Reza Yassari
<p>Dr. Yassari earned his medical degree from the Vienna School of Medicine in Austria and a Master of Science in Experimental Pathology from the University of Chicago. He completed his residency in Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center and was a fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Subsequently he was an instructor at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Spinal Oncology and Reconstructive and Complex Spine with the Dept. of Neurosurgery. Dr. Yassari specializes in the treatment of complex degenerative, traumatic and neoplastic spine diseases, including intrinsic extradural, intradural and intramedullary spinal cord tumors as well as metastatic spine tumors. Dr. Yassari;s clinical focus is in spinal oncology in collaboration with the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care and the Department of Radiation Oncology. He combines his training in minimally invasive surgery and spinal oncology with the existing infrastructure for advanced intraoperative image guidance technology at Montefiore Medical Center to offer innovative, cutting-edge surgical treatment options to patients with all aspects of spine pathologies, in particular metastatic spine disease.</p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,JahromiB,MacdonaldR.Duralarteriovenousfistulaafter craniotomy for pilocytic astrocytoma in a patient with protein S deficiency. Surg Neurol. 2002 Jul;58(1):59-64; discussion 64. PMID: 12361657 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">KhodarevNN,YuJ,LabayE,DargaT,BrownCK,MauceriHJ,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Gupta N, Weichselbaum RR. Tumor-endothelium interactions in co- culture: coordinated changes of gene expression profiles and phenotypic properties of endothelial cells. J Cell Sci. 2003 Mar 15;116(Pt 6):1013-22. PMID: 12584245 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,MacdonaldRL.Effectsofa nitric oxide donor on and correlation of changes in cyclic nucleotide levels with experimental vasospasm. Neurosurgery. 2003 Mar;52(3):661-7; discussion 666-7. PMID: 12590692 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,NikitinaE,Agbaje-WilliamsM, Macdonald RL. Molecular profile of vascular ion channels after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2004 Jan;24(1):75-83. PMID: 14688619 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">MacdonaldRL,CurryDJ,AiharaY,ZhangZD,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Magnesium and experimental vasospasm. J Neurosurg. 2004 Jan;100(1):106-10. PMID: 14743919 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,FrimD.EvaluationandmanagementoftheChiari malformation type 1 for the primary care pediatrician. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2004 Apr;51(2):477-90. Review. PMID: 15062680 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,JahromiBS,AiharaY,StoodleyM,MacdonaldRL. Angiographic, hemodynamic and histological characterization of an arteriovenous fistula in rats. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2004 May;146(5):495- 504. Epub 2004 Mar 25. PMID: 15118887 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">CallejaR,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,WilkinsonEP,WebbR.Bladderoutflowobstruction caused by prostatic calculi. ScientificWorldJournal. 2004 Jun 7;4 Suppl 1:46-7. No abstract available. PMID:15349526 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">FaganLH,FergusonS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,FrimDM.TheChiaripseudotumor cerebri syndrome: symptom recurrence after decompressive surgery for Chiari malformation type I. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006;42(1):14-9. PMID: 16357496 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Musleh W, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Hecox K, Kohrman M, Chico M, Frim D. Low incidence of subdural grid-related complications in prolonged pediatric EEG monitoring. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006;42(5):284-7. PMID: 16902339 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Miracle surgery for foreign patients. Virtual Mentor. 2008 Apr 1;10(4):206-10. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.4.ccas3-0804. No abstract available. PMID: 23206909 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Ai J, Zhang ZD, Weyer G, Nikitina E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Houamed KM, Macdonald RL. Preserved BK channel function in vasospastic myocytes from a dog model of subarachnoid hemorrhage. J </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Vasc Res. 2008;45(5):402-15. doi: 10.1159/000124864. Epub 2008 Apr </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">10. PMID: 18401179<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Aihara Y, Jahromi BS, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Takahashi M, Macdonald RL. Induction </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">of housekeeping gene expression after subarachnoid hemorrhage in dogs. J Neurosci Methods. 2008 Jul 15;172(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.03.020. Epub 2008 Apr 10. PMID: 18490059 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Ai J, Zhang ZD, Weyer G, Nikitina E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Houamed KM, Macdonald RL. Temporal profile of potassium channel dysfunction in cerebrovascular smooth muscle after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage. Neurosci Lett. 2008 Jul 25;440(1):81-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.015. Epub 2008 May 10. PMID: 18547725 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Bydon A, Xu R, Conte JV, Gokaslan ZL, Brinker JA, Witham TF, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Surgical mystery: where is the missing pituitary rongeur tip? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Aug 1;35(17):E867-72. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d85bec. PMID: 20628330 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Clarke MJ, Hsu W, Suk I, McCarthy E, Black JH 3rd, Sciubba DM, Bydon A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Witham TF, Gokaslan ZL, Wolinsky JP. Three-level en bloc spondylectomy for chordoma. Neurosurgery. 2011 Jun;68(2 Suppl Operative):325-33; discussion 333. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31821348c9. PMID: 21368699 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Aliaga L, Hekman KE, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Straus D, Luther G, Chen J, Sampat A, Frim D. A novel scoring system for assessing Chiari malformation type I treatment outcomes. Neurosurgery. 2012 Mar;70(3):656-64; discussion 664-5. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31823200a6. PMID: 21849925 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Callery RJ, Burton E, Sharan A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Goldberg GL. Destructive T10 vertebral lesion leads to diagnosis of metastatic ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol Case Rep. 2012 Nov 1;4:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.gynor.2012.10.007. eCollection 2012. PMID: 24371659 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Clarke MJ, Dasenbrock H, Bydon A, Sciubba DM, McGirt MJ, Hsieh PC, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Gokaslan ZL, Wolinsky JP. Posterior-only approach for en bloc sacrectomy: clinical outcomes in 36 consecutive patients. Neurosurgery. 2012 Aug;71(2):357-64; discussion 364. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31825d01d4. PMID: 22569060 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Sandler AL, Thompson D, Goodrich JT, van Aalst J, Kolatch E, El Khashab M, Nejat F, Cornips E, Mohindra S, Gupta R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Daniels LB 3rd, Biswas A, Abbott R. Infections of the spinal subdural space in children: a series of 11 contemporary cases and review of all published reports. A multinational collaborative effort. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Jan;29(1):105-17. doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1916-4. Epub 2012 Sep 30. Review. PMID: 23053357 </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';"><br />Sharan AD, Szulc A, Krystal J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Laufer I, Bilsky MH. The integration of radiosurgery for the treatment of patients with metastatic spine diseases. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2014 Jul;22(7):447-54. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-22-07-447. Review. PMID: 24966251 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Houten JK, Kobets AJ, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. A rare case of panspinal Pott disease simulating metastatic disease. Spine J. 2016 Jan 1;16(1):e39-41. doi: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">10.1016/j.spinee.2015.08.052. Epub 2015 Aug 31. No abstract available. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">PMID: 26334236<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Nasser R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Pasquale D, Altschul D. Ruptured anterior </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">spinal artery aneurysm from a herniated cervical disc. A case report and review of the literature. Surg Neurol Int. 2016 Jan 28;7:10. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.175072. eCollection 2016. PMID: 26862449 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kosse A, Nakhla JP, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Abramowicz AE, Brook A. Retained needle after cement injection during vertebral augmentation and its management strategy. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Feb 18;2016. pii: bcr2015012180. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-012180. PMID: 26891698 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kosse A, Nakhla JP, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Abramowicz AE, Brook A. Retained needle after cement injection during vertebral augmentation and its management strategy. J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Feb 24. pii: neurintsurg- 2015-012180.rep. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-012180.rep. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26911334 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Jain A, Nakhla J, Nasser R, Puvanesarajah V, Hassanzadeh H, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Sciubba DM. Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality After Elective Anterior Cervical Fusion in Patients with Chronic and End-Stage Renal Disease. World Neurosurg. 2016 Nov;95:480-485. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.06.096. Epub 2016 Jun 29. PMID: 27373417 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nasser R, Drazin D, Nakhla J, Al-Khouja L, Brien E, Baron EM, Kim TT, Patrick Johnson J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Resection of spinal column tumors utilizing image-guided navigation: a multicenter analysis. Neurosurg Focus. 2016 Aug;41(2):E15. doi: 10.3171/2016.5.FOCUS16136. PMID: 27476839 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Gajavelli S, Nakhla J, Nasser R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Weidenheim KM, Graber J. Ollier disease with anaplastic astrocytoma: A review of the literature and a unique case. Surg Neurol Int. 2016 Sep 1;7(Suppl 23):S607-11. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.189731. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27656320 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kinon MD, Nasser R, Nakhla J, Desai R, Moreno JR, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Bagley CA. Atlantoaxial Rotatory Subluxation: A Review for the Pediatric Emergency Physician. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Oct;32(10):710-716. Review. PMID: 27749670 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Altschul D, Kobets A, Nakhla J, Jada A, Nasser R, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Houten J. Postoperative urinary retention in patients undergoing elective spinal surgery. J Neurosurg Spine. 2017 Feb;26(2):229-234. doi: 10.3171/2016.8.SPINE151371. Epub 2016 Oct 21. PMID: 27767680 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Ashayeri K, Nasser R, Nakhla J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. The use of a pedicle screw- cortical screw hybrid system for the surgical treatment of a patient with congenital multilevel spinal non-segmentation defect and spinal column deformity: a technical note. Eur Spine J. 2016 Nov;25(11):3760-3764. Epub 2016 May 2. PMID: 27137999 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kinon MD, Nasser R, Nakhla JP, Adogwa O, Moreno JR, Harowicz M, Verla T, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Bagley CA. Predictive parameters for the antecedent development of hip pathology associated with long segment fusions to the pelvis for the treatment of adult spinal deformity. Surg Neurol Int. 2016 Oct 20;7:93. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27857857 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nasser R, Nakhla J, Sharif S, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Penetrating thoracic spinal cord injury with ice pick extending into the aorta. A technical note and review of the literature. Surg Neurol Int. 2016 Nov 9;7(Suppl 28):S763-S766. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27904758. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Nasser R, Jada A, Sciubba DM, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. The Impact of Hospital Teaching Status on Timing of Intervention, Inpatient Morbidity, and Mortality After Surgery for Vertebral Column Fractures with Spinal Cord Injury. World Neurosurg. 2017 Mar;99:140-144. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.11.111. Epub 2016 Nov 30. PMID: 27915066. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Kobets A, De la Garza Ramos R, Haranhalli N, Gelfand Y, Ammar A, Echt M, Scoco A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Use of Google Glass to Enhance Surgical Education of Neurosurgery Residents: "Proof-of- Concept" Study. World Neurosurg. 2017 Feb;98:711-714. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.11.122. Epub 2016 Dec 3. PMID: 27923752. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis TE, Sciubba DM, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Thirty-day readmission and reoperation rates after single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus those after cervical disc replacement. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Feb;42(2):E6. doi: 10.3171/2016.11.FOCUS16407. PMID: 28142261. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kinon MD, Nakhla J, Brown K, Bhashyam N, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Ultra-delayed lumbar surgical wound hematoma. Surg Neurol Int. 2016 Dec 26;7(Suppl 42):S1089-S1091. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.196766. eCollection 2016. PMID: 28144491. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kobets AJ, Nakhla J, Biswas A, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Abbott IR. Isolated synchondrosis fracture of the atlas presenting as rotatory fixation of the neck: Case report and review of literature. Surg Neurol Int. 2016 Dec 26;7(Suppl 42):S1092-S1095. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.196768. eCollection 2016. PMID: 28144492. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Ambiguous subdural collection. Clin Case Rep. 2016 Dec 26;5(2):193-194. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.782. eCollection 2017 Feb. PMID: 28174649. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Haranhalli N, Gelfand Y, Abramowicz AE, Siyez A, Elahi E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia: Experience and Lessons. World Neurosurg. 2017 Jun;102:191-199. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.059. Epub 2017 Feb 22. PMID: 2825454 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Goodwin CR, Nakhla J, Nasser R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Flamm ES, Bydon A, Colby G, Sciubba DM. The Nationwide Burden of Neurological Conditions Requiring Emergency Neurosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2017 Sep 1;81(3):422-431. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyx055. PMID: 28327940 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Haranhalli N, Nakhla JP, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Kinon MD. Radiographic Pearls in the Evaluation of an Extradural Thoracic Meningioma: A Case Report. Cureus. 2017 Feb 15;9(2):e1031. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1031. PMID: 28357163 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Nasser R, Jada A, Bhashyam N, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Volume-Outcome Relationship After 1 and 2 Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. World Neurosurg. 2017 Sep;105:543-548. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.060. Epub 2017 May 19. PMID: 28532909 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis TE, Sciubba DM, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Factors associated with prolonged ventilation and reintubation in adult spinal deformity surgery. J Clin Neurosci. 2017 Sep;43:188-191. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.04.026. Epub 2017 May 24. PMID: 28551313 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, de la Garza Ramos R, Bhashyam N, Kobets A, Nasser R, Echt M, Lang G, Navarro-Ramirez R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. The Impact of Kidney Disease on Acute Tubular Necrosis and Surgical Site Infection After Lumbar Fusion. World Neurosurg. 2017 Sep;105:498-502. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.088. Epub 2017 May 25. PMID: 28552699 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. In Reply to A Letter to the Editor regarding "The Impact of Hospital Teaching Status on Timing of Intervention, Inpatient Morbidity, and Mortality After Surgery for Vertebral Column Fractures with Spinal Cord Injury." World Neurosurg. 2017 Jun;102:689. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.04.024. PMID: 28582834 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza-Ramos R, Ramhmdani S, Kosztowski T, Xu R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Witham TF, Bydon A. Prognostic Value of Preoperative Nurick Grade and Time with Symptoms in Patients with Cervical Myelopathy and Gait Impairment. World Neurosurg. 2017 Sep;105:314-320. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.166. Epub 2017 Jun 26. PMID: 28602883. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De La Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Nasser R, Bhashyam N, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Case-control study of risk factors for surgical site infection after three-column osteotomy for spine deformity. Turk Neurosurg. 2017 Jun 2. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20372-17.0. PMID: 28656584. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kinon MD, Scoco A, Farinhas JM, Kobets A, Weidenheim KM, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Lasala PA, Graber J. Glioblastoma multiforme presenting with an open ring pattern of enhancement on MR imaging. Surg Neurol Int. 2017 Jun 13;8:106. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_35_17. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28680725. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Nasser R, de la Garza Ramos R, Kobets A, Ammar A, Echt M, Gelfand Y, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Anterior Lumbar Dural Tear: A Transthecal Route for Primary Closure After Iatrogenic Durotomy. World Neurosurg. 2017 Nov;107:522-525. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.07.156. Epub 2017 Aug 18. PMID: 28823663 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Jacob J, Echt M, Ammar A, Nasser R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Kinon MD. Impact of body mass index on 30-day outcomes after spinopelvic fixation surgery. Surg Neurol Int. 2017 Aug 9;8:176. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_115_17. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28868188 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nasser R, Nakhla J, Echt M, De la Garza Ramos R, Kinon MD, Sharan A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Minimally Invasive Separation Surgery with Intraoperative Stereotactic Guidance: A Feasibility Study. World Neurosurg. 2018 </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Jan;109:68-76. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.067. Epub 2017 Sep 20. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">PMID: 28939543<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Haranhalli N, Kobets AJ, Nakhla J, Brook AL, </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Flamm ES, Altschul DJ. The Effect of July Admission on Inpatient Morbidity, Mortality, and Discharge Disposition After Endovascular Coiling in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. World Neurosurg. 2018 Jan;109:e170-e174. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.126. Epub 2017 Sep 27. PMID: 28962954 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Nasser R, Schulz JF, Purvis TE, Sciubba DM, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Effect of body mass index on surgical outcomes after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Oct;43(4):E5. doi: 10.3171/2017.7.FOCUS17342.PMID: 28965443 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nasser R, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Minimally invasive transpedicular approach for the treatment of central calcified thoracic disc disease: a technical note. Eur Spine J. 2018 Jul;27(7):1575-1585. doi: 10.1007/s00586-017-5406-y. Epub 2017 Dec 15. PMID: 29247397 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Haranhalli N, Elahi E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. A Reply to Commentaries on "Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia: Experience and Lessons". World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar;111:437-438. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.006. PMID: 29499605 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Ammar A, Zarnegar R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Kinon M. Large central lumbar disc herniation causing acute cauda equina syndrome with loss of evoked potentials during prone positioning for surgery. Surg Neurol Int. 2018 Mar 19;9:66. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_482_17. eCollection 2018. PMID: 29629233 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza-Ramos R, Nakhla J, Gelfand Y, Echt M, Scoco AN, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Predicting critical care unit-level complications after long- segment fusion procedures for adult spinal deformity. J Spine Surg. 2018 Mar;4(1):55-61. doi: 10.21037/jss.2018.03.15. PMID: 29732423 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Echt M, Gelfand Y, Altschul DJ, Cho W, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Vertebral Column Tumor Surgery: A National Investigation. World Neurosurg. World Neurosurg. 2018 Sep;117:e17-e21. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.190. Epub 2018 May 4. PMID: 29733987 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Echt M, Schulz JF, Gomez JA, Cho W, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. A National Analysis on Predictors of Discharge to Rehabilitation after Corrective Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Jun 21. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002758. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29933335 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Echt M, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Gelfand Y, Cezayirli P, Holland R, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Wound Complications After Single-Level Posterolateral and Interbody Fusion for Spondylolisthesis. World Neurosurg. 2018 Aug;116:e824-e829. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.103. Epub 2018 May 23. PMID: 29803058 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Echt M, Gelfand Y, Altschul DJ, Cho W, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Vertebral Column Tumor Surgery: A National Investigation. World Neurosurg. World Neurosurg. 2018 Sep;117:e17-e21. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.190. Epub 2018 May 4. PMID: 29733987 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Echt M, Gelfand Y, Scoco AN, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Risk Factors for 30-Day Readmissions and Reoperations After 3-Column Osteotomy for Spinal Deformity. Global Spine J. 2018 Aug;8(5):483-489. doi: 10.1177/2192568217739886. Epub 2018 Apr 26. PMID: 30258754 </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Ammar AE, Scoco AN, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Trends in the Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A 10-Year Analysis of 54</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">  </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">054 Patients. Int J Spine Surg. 2018 Aug 31;12(4):453-459. doi: 10.14444/5054. eCollection 2018 Aug </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Invited Faculty/Courses/Conferences/Panellist </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“ManagementoftheNeurotraumaPatient”.SynthesTraumaCourse2011. Faculty Member, Palm Beach Garden, July 9-10, 2011. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“PrinciplesofSpinalDisordersforORPersonnel”.AOSpineNorthAmerica Course. Faculty Member, AOSpine, Philadelphia Dec 2, 2011. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“ManagementoftheNeurotraumaPatient”.SynthesTraumaCourse2012. Faculty Member, Pittsburgh, March 30- April 1, 2012. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“OperativeTechniquesForPedicleScrewPlacement”.Medtronic Cadaveric Course. Faculty Member, Montefiore Medical Center, April 21, 2012. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“ThinkBeforeYouLeap,ThereisaTumorBelow.SurgicalManagement of Spinal Tumors.” Future Leaders Workshop: Decision Making & Treatment Options for Spine Tumors, Synthes Course, Faculty Member, New York, May 11, 2013. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“SurgicalTreatmentofIntraduralTumors”.FutureLeadersWorkshop: Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Spine Tumors, Synthes Course, Faculty Member, New York, Aug 22-23, 2014. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“PrinciplesandTreatmentofSpinalDisordersforResidents”,AOSpine North America Course, Faculty Member, AO Spine, Las Vegas, Jan 23- 24, 2015. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Cervical Disease Case Discussion”, 5</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Johns Hopkins Spine Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Aug 28-29, 2015. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“MIS Case Discussion”, 6</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Johns Hopkins Spine Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Aug 26-27, 2016. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">New York Society for Neurosurgeons: Resident Research Night, 2016. Member of the Jury, New York, July 27</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents”, AOSpine North America, Faculty Member, AO Spine, Las Vegas, Jan 13-14, 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">New York Society for Neurosurgeons: Resident Research Night, 2017. Member of the Jury, New York, August 17</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Cervical Case Discussion”, 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Johns Hopkins Spine Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Sept 22-23, 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Surgical Revision Strategies”, The Musculoskeletal Education and Research Center Course, Miami, Oct 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Minimally Invasive Posterior Approaches”, 8</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Johns Hopkins Spine Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Sept 7-8, 2018. </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Invited Presentations </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.HSV1Encephalitis:DiagnosisandTreatment.Presentedat the Grand Rounds, Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, December 1996. </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.Aforeignbodyinthebladderofa35-year-oldwoman. Presented at the Grand Rounds, Dept. of Urology, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, November 1997. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.NecrotizingFasciitisafterPercutaneousNephrolithotomy. Presented for the </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">William-Fellowes-Prize 1997</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, October 1997. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.DetectionofHSVDNAinbraintissueby</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">insitu</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Polymerase Chain Reaction. Presented for the </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Wilhelm-Auerswald-Dissertation-Prize 1997</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Austrian Society of Physicians, May 1998. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.TheRoleofEphrinsinthePathogenesisofArterio-Venous Malformations. 93</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">American College of Surgeons Meeting, New Orleans, Oct 2007. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.LowBackPain.JohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter. Interactive Seminar with prospective patients. Sept 9</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.BackandNeckPain.JohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter. Interactive Seminar with prospective patients. Nov 11</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Cervical Spondylosis, Disc Herniation, and OPLL. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Annual Clinical Meeting Degenerative Disease of the Spine: Diagnosis & Management</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Montefiore Medical Center, Nov 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari,R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.SurgicalManagementofCervicalDiscDisease:Anterior Cervical Fusion is the Answer. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Annual Clinical Meeting Degenerative Disease of the Spine: Diagnosis & Management</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Montefiore Medical Center, Nov 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Patterns of Metastatic Disease. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Annual Clinical Meeting Degenerative Disease of the Spine: Diagnosis & Management</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Montefiore Medical Center, Nov 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Spinal Disease in Cancer Patients. Oncology Grand Rounds, Montefiore Medical Center, Nov, 11</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Symposium: Current Techniques in the Management of Spine Tumors: Diagnosis and Overview of Treatment Options.” Panelist, North American Spine Society, 26</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 5</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2011. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Physiology & Pathophysiology of Intracranial Pressure.” St. Barnabas Hospital Trauma Grand Rounds, Nov 9</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2012. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Recognition & Treatment of Increased Intracranial Pressure.” St. Barnabas Hospital ER Grand Rounds, Dec 12</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2012. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Surgical Techniques and Methods for Spinal Surgery”, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor Neurosurgery, May 19</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Relief and Rebuilding in Times of Crisis: Refugee and Humanitarian Aid.” Panelist, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, International Women’s Day Global Health Symposium. March 6, 2014. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Surgical Management of Anterior Fossa & Orbital Roof Defects”, National Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 23</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Surgical Management of Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors”, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 20</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Neurosurgical Training in the U.S”, National Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 21</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">st</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">20.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Vertebral Development and Malformation”, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 20</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">21.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Chiari Malformation”, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 20</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">22.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Surgical Techniques and Methods for Spinal Surgery”, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 19</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">23.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Resection Technique Thoracic Chest Wall Tumors with Spinal Involvement.” Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, Montefiore Medical Center, Aug 11</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">24.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “L1 Fracture: Diagnosis and Treatment”. AOSpine Course, Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents, Las Vegas, January 23</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">25.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Women’s Health: Rewriting the Goals”. Panelist, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Women and Global Development Forum. Chicago, March 6</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">26.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Spinal Tumors: Overview of Treatment Options” 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 12</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">27.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. "Current Concepts in Endovascular Intracranial Emergencies”. Ministry of Health Annual Neuroscience Meeting, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 15</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">28.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Minimally Invasive Stereotactic Separation Surgery for Resection of Metastatic Spine Lesions: A Feasibility Study”. AOSpine Global Spine Congress 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 21</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">st</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">29.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Mongolia Initiative 2015”. Globus Headquarter, Pennsylvania, Sept 21</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">st</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">30.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Unusual Imaging Findings in the Patient with Spine Pain: To Treat Or Not To Treat?” 2015 Annual Assembly, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Boston, Oct 2</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">nd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">31.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhages”, Annual Stroke Meeting, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 27</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">32.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Better Residents, Better Surgeons, Better Hospitals”, Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, Northwestern University, Department of Neurosurgery, Chicago, July 8</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">33.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Mongolia Mission 2014-2016”. Stryker Headquarter, Long Island, New York, Sept 12</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">34.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Spinal Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach”. The Powelton Club, Newburgh, New York, September 24</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">35.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“The Future of Surgical Education”. Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, October 28</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">36.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Better Residents, Better Surgeons, Better Hospitals”, Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Baltimore, December 15</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">37.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Primary Tumors of the Spine: Diagnosis and Treatment”. AOSpine Course, Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents, Las Vegas, January 14</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">38.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Hematogenous Infections of the Spine”. AOSpine Course, Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents, Las Vegas, January 14</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">39.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Innovation in Surgical Education”. Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, New Haven, March 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">40.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Factors Associated with Prolonged Ventilation and Reintubation in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery”. AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">41.Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Jada A, Nasser R, Purvis T, Sciubba D, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “30-day Readmission and Reoperation after Single-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion versus Cervical Disc Replacement”. AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">42.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Risk factors for 30-day readmissions and reoperations after three-column osteotomy for complex spinal deformity.” AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">43.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Surgical Treatment of Encephalocele”. 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor Neurosurgery, May 22</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">nd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">44.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Data-Driven Resident Education: A New Approach to Standardizing Residency Training”. Grand Rounds, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Dept. of Neurosurgery, October 2</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">nd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">45.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Towards Data-Driven Residency Training: New Venues and Perspectives”. Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Neurosurgery, October 4</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">46.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">“Surgical Revision Strategies”, The Musculoskeletal Education and Research Center Course, Miami, October 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">47.De la Garza Ramos R, Nouri A, Nakhla J, Patel S, Kinon M, Cheng J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Fehlings MG. “Best versus Worst Neurological Outcome after Surgery for Cervical Degenerative Myelopathy: An Ambispective Analysis of a Global AOSpine Cohort of Patients”. Spine Summit 2018 - 34th Annual Meeting of the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 14-17, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">48.De la Garza Ramos R, Rahmdani S, Nakhla J, Comair M, Kinon M, Sciubba DM, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Bydon A. “T1 versus T2 as Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Multilevel Posterior Cervicothoracic Fusion: A Multicenter Study”. Spine Summit 2018 - 34th Annual Meeting of the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 14-17, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">49.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Scoco A, Nasser R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “The Effect Of Body Mass Index On Surgical Outcomes After Posterior Spinal Fusion For Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis”. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">50.Kinon M, Greeley S, Harris JA, Gelfand Y, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Patel P, Mirabile B, Bucklen B. “Biomechanical Evaluation Examining the Importance of Posterior Fixation in a Cervical Hybrid Decompression Model using Both Traditional Methods and Zero-Profile Device”. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">51.Kinon M, Greeley S, Harris JA, Gelfand Y, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Patel P, Mirabile B, Bucklen B. “Do Zero-Profile Devices Affect Long-term Stability in a Cervical Hybrid Decompression Model? A Biomechanical In-Vitro Study”. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">52.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Helvetica';">Rafael De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla JP, Sciubba DM, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Helvetica';">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Iliac screw versus S2 alar-iliac screw fixation in adults: a meta-analysis. 4th International Spinal Deformity Symposium</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Helvetica';">, New York, Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2018. </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Poster/Abstracts Presentations </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,JahromiBS,AiharaY,MacdonaldRL(2002). “Angiographic, hemodynamic and histological characterization of an arteriovenous fistula in rats”. 9th Annual Charles Huggins Research Conference, May 11, 2002, Chicago, Illinois. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,JahromiBS,AiharaY,MacdonaldRL(2002). “Angiographic, hemodynamic and histological characterization of an arteriovenous fistula in rats”. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Sept. 21-26, 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,MacdonaldRL(2002). Effect of a nitric oxide donor on experimental vasospasm. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Sept. 21-26, 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,MacdonaldRL,SayamaT,JahromiBS,AiharaY(2003). “Hemodynamic, angiographic and histological features of a rat arteriovenous fistula model”. 6th Joint Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery and the American Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 15-19, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,MacdonaldRL(2003). “Effect of a nitric oxide donor on and correlation of changes in cyclic nucleotide levels with experimental vasospasm”. 28th International Stroke Conference, Phoenix, Arizona , Feb. 13-15, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,MacdonaldRL(2003). “Nitric oxide replenishment does not prevent experimental vasospasm: possible block in distal vasorelaxation pathway”. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Apr. 26-May 1, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">JahromiBS,AiharaY,Agbaje-WilliamsM,NikitinaE,WeyerG,RyanD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Macdonald RL (2003). “Potassium channel dysfunction in cerebral vasospasm”. 10th Annual Charles Huggins Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 10, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">FrimDM,FaganL,YaminiB(2003).IndicationforChiari decompression derived from outcome analysis: a retrospective study of 82 patients.10th Annual Charles Huggins Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 10, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">JahromiBS,AiharaY,WeyerGW,Agbaje-WilliamsM,NikitinaE,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Macdonald RL (2003). “Potassium channel dysfunction in experimental cerebral vasospasm”. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Apr. 26-May 1, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">10.Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Agbaje-Williams M, Nikitina E, Weyer GW, Ryan D, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Macdonald RL (2003). Kv2.2 Downregulation Following Experimental Cerebral Vasospasm in Dogs. 8th International Conference on Cerebral Vasospasm, Chicago, Illinois, July 10-12, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">11.Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Agbaje-Williams M, Nikitina E, Weyer GW, Ryan D, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Macdonald RL (2003). Voltage-gated potassium channels are downregulated in experimental cerebral vasospasm. 53rd Annual Meeting </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 18-23, </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">2003.<br />12.Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Agbaje-Williams M, Nikitina E, Weyer GW, Ryan D, </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Macdonald RL (2004). Downregulation of potassium channels contributes to smooth muscle depolarization and contraction in cerebral vasospasm. 29th International Stroke Conference, San Diego, California, Feb. 5-7, 2004. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">13.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Hsuh W, Sciubba D, Witham T, Bydon A, Gokaslan Z, Wolinsky JP (2010). “The Use of Bone Morphogenic Protein in Cervical Fusion for Cervical Instability: An Outcome Study”. Poster at the 4</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AO Spine Fellow Meeting, Banff, Canada, April 2010 </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">14.Clarke M, Suk I, Sciubba D, Witham T, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Bydon A, Gokaslan Z, Wolinsky JP (2011). “Cervical Reconstruction Using Lateral Mass Cages”. Poster at the 27</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Meeting of AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, March 9-12, 2011 </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">15.Baxi, N, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2013). “Intraoperative O-arm Image Guided Navigation for the Localization and Resection of Spinal Tumors”. Digital Poster at the 2013 AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, March 6 – 9, 2013. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">16.Nasser R, Sharan A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2014). “Minimally Invasive Stereotactic Separation Surgery for Resection of Metastatic Spine Lesion: A Feasibility Study”. Digital Poster at the 2014 CNS Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 18 – 22, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">17.Legatt, A, Nakhla, J, Weicker, MA, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. (2015). “Increased Spinal Canal Compression from Patient Positioning Detected by Intraoperative MEP and SEP Monitoring”. 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Houston, Texas, February 6-8, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">18.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos, Kinon M, Jada A, Nasser R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Minimally Invasive Transpedicular Approach for the Treatment of Thoracic Disk Disease: A Technical Note and Comparison to Open Transpedicular Appraoch”. 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS), Chicago, Illinois, January 18-20, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">19.Nakhla J, Garza R, Kobets A, Jacob J, Bhashyam N, Gibber M, Garfein E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “A Novel Approach to Training Surgical Residents through Standardization and Individualization: A Proof of Concept Project”. 2017 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 9-12, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">20.De La Garza Ramos R, Ramhmdani S, Kosztowski T, Xu R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Bydon, “A Prognostic Value of Preoperative Nurick Grade and Time with Symptoms in Patients with Cervical Myelopathy and Gait Impairment”. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">21.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Scoco A, Nasser R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Case-control study of risk factors for surgical site infection after three-column osteotomy for complex spine deformity”. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">22.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Trends in The Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A 10-year Analysis of 54,054 Patients”. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">23.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos, Kinon M, Jada A, Nasser R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Impact of kidney disease on acute tubular necrosis and surgical site infection after lumbar fusion”. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">24.Haranhalli N, Gelfand Y, Abramowicz A, Siyez A, Elahi E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia: Experience and Lessons”. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">25.Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Jacob J, Echt M, Ammar A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Kinon M. “Impact of BMI on 30-day outcomes after spino- pelvic fixation surgery”. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California. April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">26.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). “Incidence and Factors Associated with Intensive Care Unit-Level Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery”. 2017 AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, Italy, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">27.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). “Surgeon Volume Threshold to Reduce Inpatient Morbidity after 1 and 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.” 2017 AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, Italy, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">28.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). “The Impact of Hospital Teaching Status on Timing of Intervention, Inpatient Morbidity, and Mortality after Surgery for Vertebral Column Fractures with Spinal Cord Injury”. 2017 AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, Italy, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">29.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos R, Kinon M, Jada A, Nasser R, Haranhalli N, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). “Minimally Invasive Transpedicular Approach For the Treatment of Thoracic Disc Disease: A Technical Note and Comparison to Open Transpedicular Approach”. 2017 AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, Italy, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">30.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Scoco A, Altschul D, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). “30-day morbidity and mortality after subdural hematoma evacuation in patients with end-stage renal disease”. 2017 CNS Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 7-11, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">31.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. (2017). “Predicting critical care unit-level complications after long-segment fusion procedures for adult spinal deformity”. 2017 CNS Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 7-11, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">32.Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Kinon M, Udemba A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. (2017). “30-Day Outcomes after Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">in Patients with Pathological Spinal Fractures”. 2017 CNS Meeting, </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 7-11, 2017.<br />33.Holland, R, De la Garza Ramos, R, Sabourin, V, Nakhla, J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">“</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Incidence of Durotomy in Spine Surgery: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis.” 2018 AANS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26 – May 2, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">34.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos R, Echt M, Holland R, Kobets A, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Vertebral Column Tumor Surgery: a National Investigation.” 2018 AANS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26 – May 2, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">35.Kobets AJ, Ammar A, Nakhla J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(9.803922%, 9.803922%, 9.803922%);">De la Garza Ramos R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Goodrich JT. Craniofacial Miniplate Internal Fixation in Correction of Congenital Kyphosis in an Infant with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome: Technical Report”. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">36.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Scoco A, Nasser R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Revision Surgery after T1 versus T2 as Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Multilevel Posterior Cervico-Thoracic Fusion”. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">37.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos R, Altschul D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Rare Complications in Cervical Spine Surgery: A National Analysis of 370,410 Elective Cases”. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Echt M, De la Garza Ramos R, Cezayirli P, Kobets A, Altschul D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Wound Complication after Single Level Posterior Lateral and Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis”. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos R, Echt M, Ammar A, Gelfand Y, Kobets A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. “Perioperative Complication in Elderly Patient Undergoing Single Level Posterior Lateral and Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis”. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nouri A, Nakhla J, Echt M, Kinon M, Cheng JS, Fehlings MG, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Best versus Worst Neurological Outcome after Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Analysis of A Global AOSpine Cohort of Patients. NASS Spine Across the Sea, Hawaii, June 30-Aug 2, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Yassari R, De la Garza R, Nouri Aria, Kobets A, Echt M, Kato S, Fehlings MG, Cheng JS, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Improvement vs deterioration of the neck disability index after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy: An analysis of a global cohort of patients. NASS Spine Across the Sea, Hawaii, June 30-Aug 2, 2018. </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Books, Chapters in Books and Review Articles </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,NikitinaE,Agbaje-WilliamsM, Macdonald RL. “Changes in vascular ion channels after subarachnoid </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">haemorrhage”. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Cerebral Vasospasm. Proc. of the 8th Int. Conference</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">ed. Macdonald RL. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">JahromiBS,AiharaY,Agbaje-WilliamsM,NikitinaE,WeyerG,RyanD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Macdonald RL. “Potassium channels in experimental cerebral vasospasm”. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Cerebral Vasospasm. Proc. of the 8th Int. Conference</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. ed. Macdonald RL. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">DasenbrockHH,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">WithamT.“NeurogenicClaudication: Operative Treatment (Decompression and Fusion)”. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Evidence-Based Orthopaedics</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, BMJ 2011. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,WolinskyJP.“Atlanto-axialInstabilityandStabilization”.In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Operative Neurosurgical Techniques</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Ed 6, Schmidek & Sweet. Elsevier Saunders Publishers; 2012. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,CarsonB,RigamontiD.“NeurologicComplicationoftheSpine in Achondroplasia”. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Operative Neurosurgical Techniques</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Ed 6, Schmidek & Sweet. Elsevier Saunders Publishers; 2012. </span></li>
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<p></p>Dr. Yassari earned his medical degree in 1997 from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria with a dissertation in neuropathology. He completed his basic surgical training (1997-1998) in England at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in Norwich, East Anglia, before relocating to the United States, where he received a master of science degree in experimental pathology at the University of Chicago. He completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Chicago Hospital and was a fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Subsequently, he underwent fellowship training in spinal oncology and reconstructive and complex spine surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was an instructor in neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery.<br /><br />He started his tenure as Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at Montefiore and our Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2010 and rose through the academic ranks to become Professor of Neurological Surgery in 2018. In 2012, Dr. Yassari was designated as Associate Program Director and then in 2014 as the Program Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Program. He is a founding member and the Director of Surgical Services for the Montefiore Spine Center, a multidisciplinary center for the treatment of patients with spinal disease. In addition, he is a faculty member at our Albert Einstein Global Health Center and leads an annual neurosurgical mission to Mongolia.<br /><br />Dr. Yassari is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, AOSpine, the American Medical Association and the New York Academy of Sciences.<p></p>
Danny Woo
Lucia R. Wolgast
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Diana S. Wolfe
<p>Diana S Wolfe, MD MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine. She is Associate Program Director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program. </p>
<p>She established the MFM Cardiology Joint Program in 2015 in response to the rising contribution of cardiovascular conditions to pregnancy related morbidity and mortality. The aim was to establish a multidisciplinary program to optimize the care of high-risk pregnant patients with known or suspected cardiac disease, as there is a real potential for communication gaps when patients are seen separately in contrast with parallel visits by different specialists. Patients are at all stages of their reproductive lives including preconception, pregnancy and postpartum. She works closely with the department of Cardiology both in the outpatient and inpatient setting to establish delivery plans and continued care postpartum. </p>
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<p>In addition, Dr. Wolfe has worked in global health, her most recent work in Africa was in Butare (Huye), Rwanda, serving as MFM subspecialist in the Human Resources for Health (HRH) program, directed by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Rwanda. Dr. Wolfe was the first MFM subspecialist from Einstein to commence HRH at CHUB, Butare, Rwanda. Her interest began locally when she volunteered as a bilingual pregnancy counselor in Escondido, California. She then started working in Africa in 1998 where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, West Africa. She was part of the national Maternal and Child Health Program. She worked as health educator in a remote village, Karangasso, located in the Sikasso region, with a birth assistant to develop health education for 7 local villages on subjects such as infant nutrition, prenatal care, family planning, and developing community health committees for each village. She also initiated a birth assistant training program with the head nurse of the nearest local health center that included training subjects such as management of postpartum hemorrhage, contraception, and first steps in obstetric emergencies. During medical school, Dr. Wolfe worked on “the Assessment of the Knowledge of Women’s Health,” a project that initiated with the Bedoin community of Israel. She implemented the same pre and post-training test to the 7 Malian villages where she served in the Peace Corps as well as to several villages in the Peruvian Amazon. </p>
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Dr. Wolfe’s clinical focus is on maternal and fetal medicine (MFM).
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<li>Wolfe DS, Hameed AB, Taub CC, Zaidi AN, Bortnick AE. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30278179">Addressing maternal mortality: the pregnant cardiac patient.</a> Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Feb;220(2):167.e1-167.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.09.035. Epub 2018 Sep 29.</li>
<li>Sahasrabudhe N, Teigen N, Wolfe DS, Taub C. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29581907">Pregnancy after Prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: How Do We Monitor Prosthetic Valvular Function during Pregnancy?</a>Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Jan 17;2018:4935957. doi: 10.1155/2018/4935957. eCollection 2018.</li>
<li>Kim SY, Wolfe DS, Taub CC. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29063738">Cardiovascular outcomes of pregnancy in Marfan's syndrome patients: A literature review.</a> Congenit Heart Dis. 2018 Mar;13(2):203-209. doi: 10.1111/chd.12546. Epub 2017 Oct 23. Review.</li>
<li>Wolfe DS, Williams SF, Ross MG, Beall MH, Apuzzio JJ. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23943702">Does preeclampsia predict the risk of late postpartum eclampsia?</a> AJP Rep. 2013 May;3(1):13-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1329127. Epub 2013 Jan 25.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Wolfe%20D%5BAuthor%5D&cau… D</a>1, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Gong%20M%5BAuthor%5D&caut… M</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Han%20G%5BAuthor%5D&cauth… G</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Magee%20TR%5BAuthor%5D&ca… TR</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ross%20MG%5BAuthor%5D&cau… MG</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Desai%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cau… M</a>.Nutrient sensor mediated programmed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in low birthweight offspring. <a title="American journal of obstetrics and gynecology." href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Nutrient+sensor-mediated+prog… J Obstet Gynecol.</a> 2012 Oct;207(4):308.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.07.033. Epub 2012 Jul 31.</li>
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<p>Diana S. Wolfe, MD, MPH, FACOG is Attending Physician at Montefiore and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Wolfe’s clinical focus is on maternal and fetal medicine (MFM). In 2015, she established the MFM-Cardiology Joint Program at Montefiore—a multidisciplinary program to reduce morbidity and prevent mortality in expecting mothers with cardiovascular disease by optimizing the care of high-risk pregnant patients.</p><p>From 1988 to 1993, Dr. Wolfe pursued her Bachelor of Science in biology through the University of California San Diego, participating in the Education Abroad Program with Universita di Bologna, Italy from 1990 through 1991. In 1996 she began studies at University of California, Berkeley focusing on maternal child health, earning her Master of Public Health in 1998. After two years serving in the health extension of the Child Health Survival Program with the Peace Corps in Mali, Dr. Wolfe pursued her Doctor of Medicine at Ben Gurion University, Israel, receiving her degree in 2004.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Wolfe’s research investigates cardio-obstetrics, preconception health, maternal morbidity and contraception in high risk women. She has published her research in several reviewed journals, book chapters and review articles.</p><p>Dr. Wolfe is board certified and is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. She is active in global health, most recently working in Butare (Huye), Rwanda, serving as MFM subspecialist in the Human Resources for Health program, directed by the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Ministry of Health of Rwanda.</p>
Daniel A. Weiser
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Childhood cancer research laboratory</strong></span></p>
<p>Our laboratory is focused on childhood cancer research with a goal of elucidating the underlying biology of the most aggressive malignancies. In such patients with typically incurable cancer, we are striving to identify new approaches to and types of treatment. We have multiple ongoing projects:</p>
<p><strong>+ Identification of biologic drivers of ultra-high-risk neuroblastoma</strong>. Neuroblastoma is one of the most common and deadly childhood cancers. Despite intensive research, there are limited therapeutic strategies for patients with <em>de novo </em>chemotherapy resistance that leads to particularly poor outcomes. We have been studying neuroblastoma since 2009 and are identifying additional biologic drivers of highly lethal tumors.</p>
<p>We compare tumor features from patients with early death from tumor progression compared to those with a maintained complete response. We assess unique histo-morphologic and proteomic features and computationally integrate these data with genomic and transcriptomic datasets to develop a combined predictor of primary refractory disease. Patients with this entity require non-standard and/or intensified treatment. Oncogenic drivers are being characterized in the lab which will facilitate strategies for novel pharmacologic intervention.</p>
<p><strong>+ Characterization of neuroblastoma development from neural crest cells</strong>. We are studying pathways and interactions that results in uncontrolled cell proliferation early in neuroblastoma development with an ultimate goal of identifying new targets and approaches for pharmacologic intervention.</p>
<p><strong>+ Evaluation of novel combinatorial targeted therapeutic approaches in neuroblastoma</strong>. With expected outcomes lagging behind those of more common childhood cancers, children with neuroblastoma require new approaches to treatment. Our lab works with multiple international clinical and research consortium groups to perform preclinical studies that substantiate human clinical trials. </p>
<p><strong>+ Detection of circulating tumor DNA in osteosarcoma</strong>. With no reliable non-invasive approach for disease monitoring during and after treatment, we are applying cutting edge next-generation sequencing approaches to identify solid tumors with a blood-based “liquid” biopsies. This will allow clinicians to assess tumor responsiveness to chemotherapy and predict likelihood of recurrence.</p>
<p><strong>+ Assessment of accelerated aging using miRNA-seq in survivors of childhood cancer</strong>. Chemotherapy has many untoward effects on healthy cells and leads to many signs of accelerated aging in children treated for cancer. Using a known microRNA “aging” signature discovered at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, we are studying what causes this phenotype in childhood cancer, with a goal of offering improved intervention to minimize long-term toxicity of treatment.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Physician Summary</span></strong></p>
<p>Daniel A. Weiser, MD, is board-certified in pediatric hematology/oncology with clinical expertise in neuroblastoma and other tumors of the adrenal glands, kidneys, liver, and gonads. He is the medical director of the intra-abdominal solid tumor program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and brings together a highly specialized multi-disciplinary care team to provide comprehensive treatment for diverse pediatric malignancies. In addition, Dr. Weiser directs a childhood cancer research laboratory that focuses on the identification of new targeted agents for cancer therapy, especially in the treatment of rare and aggressive malignancies such as neuroblastoma. His research goals are to understand the role of certain genes in the risk, development, and treatment of cancer. The approaches taken and agents studied hold promise for improving management of all patients with solid tumors.</p>
<p>Dr. Weiser participates in the efforts of a number of professional organizations including the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Association (ANRA), National Pediatric Cancer Foundation (NPCF), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He has received numerous awards including the Brigid Leventhal Special Merit Award from ASCO and the Conquer Cancer Foundation, and a prestigious K12 from the National Cancer Institute for the training of the next generation of physician-scientists in pediatric cancer. Dr. Weiser is actively involved in teaching and mentorship of trainees, and takes great pride in providing advanced and compassionate care to his patients and their families.</p>
<p><strong>Clinical Expertise</strong></p>
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<li>Neuroblastoma (adrenal tumors)</li>
<li>Wilms tumor (renal tumors)</li>
<li>Hepatoblastoma (liver tumors)</li>
<li>Germ cell tumors (including testicular and ovarian tumors)</li>
<li>Thyroid and other rare tumors</li>
<li>Experimental therapeutics</li>
<li>Cancer genetics and biomarkers</li>
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<p><strong>Board Certifications</strong></p>
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<li>Pediatrics</li>
<li>Pediatric Hematology/Oncology</li>
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<p><strong>Professional Education</strong></p>
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<li>M.D. – Stony Brook University, NY</li>
<li>Residency – Children’s Hospital of NY-Presbyterian, Columbia University, NY</li>
<li>Chief Residency – Children’s Hospital of NY-Presbyterian, Columbia University, NY</li>
<li>Fellowship – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA</li>
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DR. Weiser's clinical focuses are neuroblastoma and adrenal tumors, Wilms tumor and other kidney (renal) tumors, hepatoblastoma, and other liver tumors, germ cell tumors (including testicular and ovarian tumors), Thyroid and other rare tumors, experimental therapeutics, and cancer genetics and biomarkers.
Dr. Weiser’s research goals are to understand the role of certain genes in the risk, development, and treatment of cancer. The approaches taken and agents studied hold promise in the treatment of all solid tumors. Dr. Weiser’s laboratory focuses on childhood cancer research with a goal of elucidating the underlying biology of the most aggressive malignancies. He has multiple ongoing projects, such as identification of biologic drivers of neuroblastoma at ultra-high risk for treatment failure, characterization of neuroblastoma development from neural crest cells, and evaluation of novel combinatorial targeted therapeutic approaches in neuroblastoma, among others.
<p>Daniel A. Weiser, MD, is a Medical Director of the Intra-abdominal Solid Tumor Program in the Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology department at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. He is also Associate Professor in the Pediatrics and Genetics departments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focuses are neuroblastoma and adrenal tumors, Wilms tumor and other kidney (renal) tumors, hepatoblastoma and other liver tumors, germ cell tumors (including testicular and ovarian tumors), Thyroid and other rare tumors, experimental therapeutics, and cancer genetics and biomarkers. Dr. Weiser is actively involved in teaching and mentorship of trainees and takes great pride in his active participation in patient care.</p><p>Dr. Weiser received his Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology in 1995 at Haverford College, PA. In 2004, he received his Doctor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY. He is currently earning his Master of Science in Translational Research at the University of Pennsylvania. He began a residency in Pediatrics at the New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University in 2007. Dr. Weiser then completed a three-year fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. </p><p>Dr. Weiser’s research goals are to understand the role of certain genes in the risk, development, and treatment of cancer. The approaches taken and agents studied hold promise in the treatment of all solid tumors. Dr. Weiser’s laboratory focuses on childhood cancer research with a goal of elucidating the underlying biology of the most aggressive malignancies. He has multiple ongoing projects, such as identification of biologic drivers of neuroblastoma at ultra-high risk for treatment failure, characterization of neuroblastoma development from neural crest cells, and evaluation of novel combinatorial targeted therapeutic approaches in neuroblastoma, among others. His research has been published in many reviewed journals. </p><p>Dr. Weiser participates in the efforts of a number of professional organizations including the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He has received many awards including the Brigid Leventhal Special Merit Award through ASCO, and he has been awarded a prestigious K12 from the NCI for the training of the next generation of physician-scientists in pediatric cancer.</p><p>He is board certified in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and General Pediatrics.</p>
Shudan Wang
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-indent: .5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dr. Wang is an Attending Physician in the Division of Rheumatology at Montefiore Medical Center, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is board certified in both internal medicine and rheumatology and currently sees patients at the Montefiore Westchester Practice at Taxter Road. Dr. Wang has an expertise in lupus and lupus related kidney disease. She is also skilled to see a wide range of other rheumatologic diseases, including but not limited to antiphospholipid syndrome, Sjogren’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, <span style="color: black;">spondyloarthropathy</span> and psoriatic arthritis, vasculitis, myositis, polymyalgia rheumatica, scleroderma and osteoarthritis.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-indent: .5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dr. Wang graduated from McGill University with a major in Physiology and Statistics in 2009. Dr. Wang received her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2013. She subsequently completed her internal medicine residency training at New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell in 2016, followed by a fellowship in Rheumatology at New York University Hospital in 2018. Dr. Wang obtained a MS in clinical research from the Albert Einstein Clinical Research Training Program in 2021. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-indent: .5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dr. Wang's research interest is in lupus, focused on the role of the complement system in lupus related kidney disease. Dr. Wang is supported by the NIH KL2 Mentored Clinical Research Scholar Grant and the Rheumatology Research Foundation K-Bridge Grant to investigate complement biomarkers in lupus nephritis using various translational approaches including immunohistochemistry, urine proteomics and single cell RNA sequencing. Dr. Wang has experience working with large cohorts and databases, recruiting patients for the Einstein Rheumatic Disease Registry and serve as sub-investigator for lupus clinical trials. She has published first author papers in prestigious journals, presented her academic work at national meetings and served on NIH and CDC study sections. She was recognized by American College of Rheumatology as a Distinguished Fellow nationally for translational research and clinical excellence in 2018.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Wang Shudan</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">, Wu M, Chiriboga L, Zeck B, Goilav B, Wang Shuwei, Jimenez-Londono A, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Putterman C, Schwartz D, Pullman J, Broder A, HM Belmont. Membrane Attack Complex (MAC) Deposition in Renal Tubules is Associated with Interstitial Fibrosis/Tubular Atrophy: A Pilot Study. <em>Lupus Science & Medicine. </em>2022 Jan; 9(1). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Tagoe, CE, Wang W, <strong>Wang S</strong>, Barbour K. Association of anti-thyroid antibodies with radiographic knee osteoarthritis and chondrocalcinosis: a NHANES III study. <em>Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease. </em>2021 Aug 4; 13. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Guerrero, MS, Londono, A, Dobrowolski C, Mowrey WB, Goilav B, <strong>Wang S</strong>, Broder A. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Activity and Hydroxychloroquine Use Before and After End-Stage Renal Disease. <em>BMC Nephrology</em>. 2020 Oct 28; 21(1): 450.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Wang S, </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Wu M, Pillinger MH, Krasnokutsky, S, and Barbour K. The Association between Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia and Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. <a title="Osteoarthritis and cartilage." href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+Association+between+Asymp… class="highlight"><em><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Osteoarthritis</span></em></span><em> Cartilage.</em></a> 2019 Sep;27(9):1301-1308. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Wang S, </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Wu M, Chiriboga L, Zeck B, HM Belmont. Membrane Attack Complex (MAC) Deposition in Lupus Nephritis is Associated with Hypertension and Poor Clinical Response to Treatment. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2018; 48(2): 256-262.</em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Wang S, </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Broder N, Marchetta P, Nowatzky J. Myelodysplastic syndrome presenting as a Behcet’s like syndrome with aortitis. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BMJ Case Rep. 2018 March 15. </em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Oshima-Takane Y, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wang S</strong>, Takane M and Takane, Y. T</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">he Acquisition of Personal Pronouns in English: Neural Network Stimulations. S<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tudies in Language Sciences. 2014, Jan: 13 (53-69).</em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Sleat DE, Ding L, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wang S, </strong>Zhao C, Wang Y, Zheng H, Moore DF, Sims KB, Lobel P<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </strong>Mass spectrometry-based protein profiling to determine the cause of lysosomal storage disease of unknown etiology. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mole Cell Proteomics</em>. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">2009 Jul; 8(7): 1708-18.</em> </span></p>
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Stanley F. Wainapel
<p>My primary areas of clinical and research interest are: Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM); physical disability among physicians and medical students; medical problems in musicians; ethical aspects of rehabilitation research; and disability in the novels of Charles Dickens. My long-term research goal is to write a book on Dickens and Medicine. </p>
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<p>Stanley F. Wainapel, MD, MPH, is Clinical Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Montefiore, and Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team, his clinical focus has been general rehabilitation, vision rehabilitation, chronic pain, and acupuncture.</p><p>In 1970, Dr. Wainapel received his Bachelor of Arts after completing a 6-year medical program at Boston University. During this time, he also attended Boston University School of Medicine, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 1970. He began his postgraduate training in 1970 with a year-long internship in medicine at Genessee Hospital, followed by a residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, which he completed in 1974. In 1982, Dr. Wainapel his Master of Public Health in 1989 from Boston University.</p><p>Vision rehabilitation, the history of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, physical disabilities among physicians, and bioethics are the main focuses of Dr. Wainapel’s research. His work has been presented nationally at many guest lectures and published in numerous books and textbooks.</p><p>From 1982 to 1985, Dr. Wainapel was President of the American Society of Handicapped Physicians. He also spent a year as President of the New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1991. Dr. Wainapel is a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.</p>
Sayed E. Wahezi
<p>Dr. Wahezi earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Buffalo and completed his Residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Montefiore Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. He then completed an Interventional Spine fellowship at Spine Technology and Rehabilitation under the mentorship of Joseph D. Fortin. Following his training he completed a Pain Medicine Fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, where he cultivated the clinical and academic development of the Pain Program.</p>
<p>Dr. Wahezi currently serves as Associate Professor of PMR and Anesthesiology at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City where he serves as the Program Director of the ACGME accredited Pain Fellowship. He has created a fellowship with an interventional focus and multidisciplinary foundation. His mission is to create an academic environment which fosters the growth of Pain Medicine by education and investigation/development of new devices and techniques.</p>
<p>Dr. Wahezi is a long-standing member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), New York Pain Society (NYPS), Association of Academic Physiatrists, New York Pain Society (NYPS), and Eastern Pain Association. He is a nominated AAPMR delegate representative for the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Expert Panel on Pain Management, nominated representative on ASIPP’s expert lumbar stenosis panel and the Board of Directors for the NYPS. He is a graduate of the Academy of Academic Physiatrists’ (AAP) Program for Academic Leadership (PAL), nominated Board of Director member for the Academy of Pain Program Directors (APPD), Reviewer and Editor for the <em>Pain Physician Journal</em>, co-director of for American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) membership council. He is also a nominated member of the Promotions Committee at Montefiore/Einstein. In addition, he is a nominated <em>Super Doctor</em>, as identified by the New York Times Magazine.</p>
<p>Dr. Wahezi has authored more than fifty publications in peer reviewed pain journals, book chapters, abstracts, and posters. He has presented several lectures at national meetings, and has given more than 150 academic lectures in Pain Management. He is actively involved in basic science and clinical studies in Pain management. His basic science interests include the physiology of neuropathic and orthopedic pain. His clinical research interests include innovative percutaneous pain treatments.</p>
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Dr. Wahezi’s research interests include innovative percutaneous pain treatments and his basic science interests include the physiology of neuropathic and orthopedic pain. He is actively involved in basic science and clinical studies in pain management. <quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Sayed Emal Wahezi, MD, is Professor and Program Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Wahezi’s clinical focus is in interventional pain medicine.</p><p>A graduate of State University of New York at Buffalo, Dr. Wahezi earned his Doctor of Medicine in 2005. He completed his internal medicine internship at Cornell University, New York Hospital, Queens in 2006, then came to Montefiore to complete his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation in 2009, serving as chief resident in his final year. In 2010, Dr. Wahezi completed his interventional spine and musculoskeletal fellowship at Spine Technology and Rehabilitation, then returned to Montefiore to complete a pain medicine fellowship in 2013, and created the clinical and academic foundation for Pain Medicine at Montefiore.</p><p>Dr. Wahezi’s research interests include innovative percutaneous pain treatments and his basic science interests include the physiology of neuropathic and orthopedic pain. He is actively involved in basic science and clinical studies in pain management. Dr. Wahezi has authored more than 80 publications in peer-reviewed pain journals, book chapters, abstracts and posters. Many of Dr. Wahezi’s publications have led to the innovation of novel interventional pain procedures. He has given more than 200 academic lectures in pain management across the country. He is a reviewer and editor for several pain journals.</p><p>Dr. Wahezi is certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a long-standing member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), American Academy of Pain Medicine, New York Pain Society (NYPS), Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP), Eastern Pain Association (EPA) and Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD). He is a nominated American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) delegate representative for the American Medical Association’s Expert Panel on Pain Management, nominated representative on ASIPP’s expert lumbar stenosis panel and the Board of Directors for the NYPS. He is also a graduate of the AAP Program for Academic Leadership (PAL) and a past president of the APPD. He serves on the Board of Directors for American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), is a member of the Educational Council for the Association of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN), and is a co-director for the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) membership council.</p>
Dawn M. Wahezi
<p>Dr. Wahezi attended medical school at the University of Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She completed her residency training in Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where she stayed on as the inaugural fellow in Pediatric Rheumatology. She subsequently joined the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore and completed a Master’s Degree in clinical research through the Einstein-Montefiore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Program. Dr. Wahezi is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and serves as the Program Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program. </p>
<p>Dr. Wahezi has a special interest in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and was awarded the Cure JM Foundation Early Investigator Award for her research in premature atherosclerosis. She has additionally established a pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Cohort and participates in a dedicated, multi-disciplinary pediatric Lupus Nephritis Clinic. Dr. Wahezi is currently engaged in several research projects within the domains of JDM and SLE, contributing to over 40 peer reviewed manuscripts, reviews and scientific abstracts.</p>
<p>Dr. Wahezi is an active member of both the JDM subcommittee and SLE subcommittee within the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) and has participated in numerous observational and comparative effectiveness research protocols through this research consortium. </p>
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Dr. Wahezi has a particular research interest in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and was awarded the Cure JM Foundation Early Investigator Award for her research in premature atherosclerosis.
<p></p>Dawn Wahezi, MD, MS, is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology and Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also Associate Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.<br /><br />Dr. Wahezi received her Bachelor of Science from Loyola College and earned her Doctor of Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and did her residency and fellowship training at CHAM.<br /><br />Dr. Wahezi’s clinical and research interests include juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). At CHAM, she established an interdisciplinary clinic and comprehensive patient registry for children with JDM and SLE.. Dr. Wahezi is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Rheumatology Advisory Board and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA).<p></p>