====== Albany ======

The City of Albany is the capital of the U.S. state of [[New York]] and the seat of Albany County. Albany is located on the west bank of the Hudson River approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River and approximately 150 miles (240 km) north of [[New York City]].

Department of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.

Elizabeth Nowac 

===== 2021 =====
Kazemivalipour E, Bhusal B, Vu J, Lin S, Nguyen BT, Kirsch J, Nowac E, Pilitsis J, Rosenow J, Atalar E, Golestanirad L. Vertical open-bore MRI scanners generate significantly less radiofrequency heating around implanted leads: A study of deep brain stimulation implants in 1.2T OASIS scanners versus 1.5T horizontal systems. Magn Reson Med. 2021 May 7. doi: 10.1002/mrm.28818. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33961301.

===== 2020 =====

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Field NC, Gullick MM, German JW. Selection of Neurological Surgery [[Applicant]]s 
and the Value of Standardized Letters of Evaluation: A Survey of United States
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2: Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging, Whitehead MT, Cardenas AM, Corey AS,
Policeni B, Burns J, Chakraborty S, Crowley RW, Jabbour P, Ledbetter LN, Lee RK, 
Pannell JS, Pollock JM, Powers WJ, Setzen G, Shih RY, Subramaniam RM, Utukuri PS,
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3: Golestanirad L, Kazemivalipour E, Lampman D, Habara H, Atalar E, Rosenow J,
Pilitsis J, Kirsch J. RF heating of deep brain stimulation implants in open-bore 
[[vertical MRI]] systems: A simulation study with realistic device configurations.
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PMID: 31677308.


4: Leonel LCPC, Peris-Celda M, de Sousa SDG, Haetinger RG, Liberti EA. The
sphenoidal emissary foramen and the emissary vein: Anatomy and clinical
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5: Peris-Celda M, Salgado-Lopez L, Inwards CY, Raghunathan A, Carr CM, Janus JR, 
Stokken JK, Van Gompel JJ. Benign notochordal cell tumor of the clivus with
chordoma component: report of 2 cases. J Neurosurg. 2019 Sep 13:1-5. doi:
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6: Field NC, Raviv N, Adamo MA. Utility of Postoperative Fever Workup After
Craniosynostosis Repair. World Neurosurg. 2019 Dec;132:e430-e433. doi:
10.1016/j.wneu.2019.08.122. Epub 2019 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 31470155.


7: Gudin J, Rauck R, Argoff C, Agaiby E, Gimbel J, Katz N, Doberstein SK,
Tagliaferri M, Tagliaferri M, Potts J, Wild J, Lu L, Siddhanti S, Hale M, Markman
J. Long-term Safety and Tolerability of NKTR-181 in Patients with Moderate to
Severe Chronic Low Back Pain or Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Phase 3 Multicenter,
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8: DiMarzio M, Rashid T, Hancu I, Fiveland E, Prusik J, Gillogly M, Madhavan R,
Joel S, Durphy J, Molho E, Hanspal E, Shin D, Pilitsis JG. Functional MRI
Signature of Chronic Pain Relief From Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's disease
Patients. Neurosurgery. 2019 Dec 1;85(6):E1043-E1049. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz269.
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9: Oushy S, Peris-Celda M, Van Gompel JJ. Skull Base Enchondroma and
Chondrosarcoma in Ollier Disease and Maffucci Syndrome. World Neurosurg. 2019
Oct;130:e356-e361. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.087. Epub 2019 Jun 22. PubMed
PMID: 31233929.


10: Entezami P, Rubino S, O'Brien MW, Spurgas M, DiRisio DJ. Stabbing Injury of
the Cervical Spinal Cord Resulting in Complete Loss of Bilateral Proprioception. 
World Neurosurg. 2019 Sep;129:295-297. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.098. Epub 2019
Jun 21. PubMed PMID: 31229754.


11: Ertl MM, Trapp SK, González Arredondo S, Rodríguez Agudelo Y,
Arango-Lasprilla JC. Perceived stress, resilience, and health-related quality of 
life among Parkinson's disease caregivers in Mexico. Health Soc Care Community.
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12: Kenning TJ, Kim CS, Bien AG. Microvascular Decompression and Nervus
Intermedius Sectioning for the Treatment of Geniculate Neuralgia. J Neurol Surg B
Skull Base. 2019 Jun;80(Suppl 3):S316-S317. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1675151. Epub
2018 Nov 30. PubMed PMID: 31143610; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6534682.


13: Bien AG, Kim CS, Kenning TJ. Temporal Bone and Cerebellopontine Angle
Epidermoid Resulting in Facial Nerve Paralysis: Resection and Facial Nerve
Coaptation. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2019 Jun;80(Suppl 3):S314-S315. doi:
10.1055/s-0038-1673704. Epub 2018 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 31143609; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC6534688.


14: Riccio AR, Bishop A, Carl AL. Great Vessel Excursion: Prone Versus Supine
Position. Int J Spine Surg. 2019 Apr 30;13(2):158-161. doi: 10.14444/6021.
eCollection 2019 Apr. PubMed PMID: 31131215; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6510189.


15: Al-Mefty O, Laws ER, Popp AJ. Surgical neurology: Harvey Cushing's endangered
legacy. J Neurosurg. 2019 May 3:1-8. doi: 10.3171/2019.1.JNS182290. [Epub ahead
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16: Entezami P, Gooch MR, Adepoju A, Pilitsis J, Kenning TJ, Boulos A, Semenoff
DL. Commentary: The History of Neurosurgery at Albany Medical College and Albany 
Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York. Neurosurgery. 2019 Jul
1;85(1):E149-E157. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz101. PubMed PMID: 31004165.


17: Entezami P, Gooch MR, Dalfino J. Endovascular stenting of the superior
sagittal sinus to alleviate venous compression caused by a parasagittal
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18: Shastri KS, Leonel LCPC, Patel V, Charles-Pereira M, Kenning TJ, Peris-Celda 
M, Pinheiro-Neto CD. Lengthening the nasoseptal flap pedicle with extended
dissection into the pterygopalatine fossa. Laryngoscope. 2020 Jan;130(1):18-24.
doi: 10.1002/lary.27984. Epub 2019 Apr 1. PubMed PMID: 30933319.


19: Zhu J, Hussain M, Joshi A, Truica CI, Nesterova D, Collins J, Saunders EFH,
Hayes M, Drabick JJ, Joshi M. Effect of creative writing on mood in patients with
cancer. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2019 Mar 1. pii: bmjspcare-2018-001710. doi:
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20: Kim CS, Patel U, Pastena G, Higgins M, Peris-Celda M, Kenning TJ,
Pinheiro-Neto CD. The Magnetic Resonance Imaging Appearance of Endoscopic
Endonasal Skull Base Defect Reconstruction Using Free Mucosal Graft. World
Neurosurg. 2019 Jun;126:e165-e172. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.010. Epub 2019 Feb
19. PubMed PMID: 30794981.


21: Entezami P, Raval MP, Sanders LN, Adepoju A, Yamamoto J. Spontaneous Subdural
Hematoma in Patient with Polycythemia Vera. World Neurosurg. 2019
May;125:354-356. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.258. Epub 2019 Feb 16. PubMed PMID: 
30780039.


22: Entezami P, Adamo MA. Rare Pediatric Presentation of a Cavernous Angioma of
the Septum Pellucidum. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2019;54(2):147-149. doi:
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23: Zhang D, Kim SSR, Kelly DF, Asa SL, Movassaghi M, Mareninov S, Yong WH,
Cloughesy TF, Rodriguez FJ, McKeever P, Qian J, Li JY, Mao Q, Newell KL, Green
RM, Welsh CT, Xiong Z, Heaney AP. Somatostatin Receptor Ligand Therapy-A
Potential Therapy for Neurocytoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Jun
1;104(6):2395-2402. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-02419. PubMed PMID: 30722009.


24: Entezami P, Boulos A, Yamamoto J, Adamo M. Paediatric presentation of
intracranial haemorrhage due to thrombosis of a developmental venous anomaly. BMJ
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PubMed PMID: 30659007.


25: Entezami P, Dalfino J, O'Brien MW, Paul A. Endovascular embolisation of an
iatrogenic superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm using liquid embolic. BMJ
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26: Isaacs DA, Butler J, Sukul V, Rodriguez W, Pallavaram S, Tolleson C, Fang JY,
Phibbs FT, Yu H, Konrad PE, Hedera P. Confined Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in
Refractory Essential Tremor. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2018;96(5):296-304. doi:
10.1159/000493546. Epub 2018 Nov 19. PubMed PMID: 30453287.


27: Hwang R, Field N, Kumar V, Paniccioli S, Grey R, Briotte M, Sukul V, Pilitsis
JG. Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Percutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulator
Placement. Neuromodulation. 2019 Apr;22(3):341-346. doi: 10.1111/ner.12886. Epub 
2018 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 30444284.


28: Scagnelli RJ, Patel V, Peris-Celda M, Kenning TJ, Pinheiro-Neto CD.
Implementation of Free Mucosal Graft Technique for Sellar Reconstruction After
Pituitary Surgery: Outcomes of 158 Consecutive Patients. World Neurosurg. 2019
Feb;122:e506-e511. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.090. Epub 2018 Oct 25. PubMed
PMID: 30368014.


Entezami P, Paul A, Adamo MA, Boulos AS. Transient Episode of [[Alice in
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of print] PubMed PMID: 30326315.


Prabhala T, Hellman A, Walling I, Maietta T, Qian J, Burdette C, Neubauer P,
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Lett. 2018 Jul 26. pii: S0304-3940(18)30516-0. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.07.037.
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2: Ramirez-Zamora A, Eisinger RS, Haider SA, Youn Y, Shin D, Molho ES, Pilitsis
JG. Pallidal deep brain stimulation and intraoperative neurophysiology for
treatment of poststroke hemiballism. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 May
21;5(7):865-869. doi: 10.1002/acn3.573. eCollection 2018 Jul. PubMed PMID:
30009204; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6043765.


Entezami P, Riccio A, Kenning TJ. Intratumoral Hemorrhage within a Petrous
Meningioma. World Neurosurg. 2018 Jun 21. pii: S1878-8750(18)31316-0. doi:
10.1016/j.wneu.2018.06.100. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29936208.


4: MacDonell J, Patel N, Fischer G, Burdette EC, Qian J, Chumbalkar V, Ghoshal G,
Heffter T, Williams E, Gounis M, King R, Thibodeau J, Bogdanov G, Brooks OW,
Langan E, Hwang R, Pilitsis JG. Robotic Assisted MRI-Guided Interventional
Interstitial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation in a Swine Model.
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5: Xia Z, Gu M, Jia X, Wang X, Wu C, Guo J, Zhang L, Du Y, Wang J. Integrated DNA
methylation and gene expression analysis identifies SLAMF7 as a key regulator of 
atherosclerosis. Aging (Albany NY). 2018 Jun 13;10(6):1324-1337. doi:
10.18632/aging.101470. PubMed PMID: 29905534; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6046250.


6: Huang Y, Aronson JP, Pilitsis JG, Gee L, Durphy J, Molho ES, Ramirez-Zamora A.
Anatomical Correlates of Uncontrollable Laughter With Unilateral Subthalamic Deep
Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurol. 2018 May 25;9:341. doi:
10.3389/fneur.2018.00341. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29887826; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC5980955.


7: Rubino S, Bach MD, Schober AL, Lambert IH, Mongin AA. Downregulation of
Leucine-Rich Repeat-Containing 8A Limits Proliferation and Increases Sensitivity 
of Glioblastoma to Temozolomide and Carmustine. Front Oncol. 2018 May 7;8:142.
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00142. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29868469; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC5949383.


8: De Leacy RA, Fargen KM, Mascitelli JR, Fifi J, Turkheimer L, Zhang X, Patel
AB, Koch MJ, Pandey AS, Wilkinson DA, Griauzde J, James RF, Fortuny EM, Cruz A,
Boulos A, Nourollah-Zadeh E, Paul A, Sauvageau E, Hanel R, Aguilar-Salinas P,
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9: Wang J, Wang ML, Wang CH, Sun SY, Zhang HB, Jiang YY, Xu QW, Wang Y, Gu SX. A 
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10: Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging:, Kennedy TA, Corey AS, Policeni B,
Agarwal V, Burns J, Harvey HB, Hoang J, Hunt CH, Juliano AF, Mack W, Moonis G,
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11: Pinheiro-Neto CD, Peris-Celda M, Kenning T. Extrapolating the Limits of the
Nasoseptal Flap With Pedicle Dissection to the Internal Maxillary Artery. Oper
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12: Jia D, Li S, Li D, Xue H, Yang D, Liu Y. Mining TCGA database for genes of
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13: DiMarzio M, Pilitsis JG, Gee L, Peng S, Prusik J, Durphy J, Ramirez-Zamora A,
Hanspal E, Molho E, McCallum SE. King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Scale for
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14: Kenning TJ, Pinheiro-Neto CD. Complications of Extended Endoscopic Endonasal 
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15: Kenning TJ, Pinheiro-Neto CD. Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of a
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16: Peterson JM, Chlebek C, Clough AM, Wells AK, Batzinger KE, Houston JM,
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17: Mahoney EC, Zeng A, Yu W, Rowe M, Sahai S, Feustel PJ, Ramirez-Zamora A,
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partial, generalized and tonic-clonic seizures in two rat models. Epilepsy Res.
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18: Gee L, Smith HC, Ghulam-Jelani Z, Khan H, Prusik J, Feustel PJ, McCallum SE, 
Pilitsis JG. Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Reduces
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19: Rughani A, Schwalb JM, Sidiropoulos C, Pilitsis J, Ramirez-Zamora A, Sweet
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Hamani C. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based 
Guideline on Subthalamic Nucleus and Globus Pallidus Internus Deep Brain
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20: Kaluz S, Tan C, Van Meir EG. Taking a HIF pill for old age diseases? Aging
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21: Ritaccio AL, Brunner P, Schalk G. Electrostimulation Mapping of the
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23: Zhao X, Liao Y, Morgan S, Mathur R, Feustel P, Mazurkiewicz J, Qian J, Chang 
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24: Ledet EH, Sanders GP, DiRisio DJ, Glennon JC. Load-sharing through elastic
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25: Sweeney JF, Smith H, Taplin A, Perloff E, Adamo MA. Efficacy of
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26: Youn Y, Hellman A, Walling I, Gee L, Qian J, Burdette C, Frith L, Pilitsis
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27: Kuo WT, Sista AK, Faintuch S, Dariushnia SR, Baerlocher MO, Lookstein RA,
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28: Kumar V, Prusik J, Lin Y, Hwang R, Feustel P, Pilitsis JG. Efficacy of
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29: MacDonell J, Patel N, Rubino S, Ghoshal G, Fischer G, Burdette EC, Hwang R,
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30: Ghoshal G, Gee L, Heffter T, Williams E, Bromfield C, Rund L, Ehrhardt JM,
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31: Lipsman N, Elias WJ, Gwinn RP, Pilitsis JG. Introduction. Focused ultrasound.
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32: Budman E, Deeb W, Martinez-Ramirez D, Pilitsis JG, Peng-Chen Z, Okun MS,
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33: Ma R, Levy M, Gui B, Lu SE, Narra V, Goyal S, Danish S, Hanft S, Khan AJ,
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34: Khan H, Pilitsis JG, Prusik J, Smith H, McCallum SE. Pain Remission at
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35: Ahn S, Cho H, Kwon M, Kim K, Kwon H, Kim BS, Chang WS, Chang JW, Jun SC.
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