=====James J. Evans===== James J. Evans, MD Contact Dr. Evans 909 Walnut Street 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 955-7000 (215) 503-7007 fax Publications for this author are currently unavailable. Medical School MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School Internship, Department of General Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Specialist Registrar, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, UK Specialist Registrar, Departments of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital Residency Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Fellowship Cranial Base and Cerebrovascular Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital Board Certification Neurological Surgery Hospital Appointment Thomas Jefferson University Hospitaliate Professor Co-Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Cranial Base Surgery and Endoscopic Neurosurgery Expertise & Research Interests Dr. James Evans is a Board Certified Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, and a member of the Division of Neuro-Oncologic Neurosurgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery. He completed his neurosurgical training at the Cleveland Clinic. Following completion of his residency, he did special training in Neurosurgical Oncology and Radiosurgery, followed by fellowship training in skull base surgery with Dr. Laligam Sekhar. His areas of expertise and interest include skull base surgery, neuro-oncology, molecular genetics, brain mapping, and epilepsy surgery. ====Publications as First Author==== 1: Evans JJ, Sekhar LN, Rak R, Stimac D. Bypass grafting and revascularization in the management of posterior circulation aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 2004 Nov;55(5):1036-49. PubMed PMID: 15509310. 2: Evans JJ, Jeun SS, Lee JH, Harwalkar JA, Shoshan Y, Cowell JK, Golubic M. Molecular alterations in the neurofibromatosis type 2 gene and its protein rarely occurring in meningothelial meningiomas. J Neurosurg. 2001 Jan;94(1):111-7. PubMed PMID: 11147878. 3: Evans JJ, Lee JH, Park YS, Jeun SS, Harwalkar JA, Safayhi H, Golubic M. Future treatment modalities for meningiomas: targeting of neurofibromatosis type 2 and Ras-regulated pathways. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2000 Oct;11(4):717-33. PubMed PMID: 11082181. 4: Evans JJ, Hwang YS, Lee JH. Pre- versus post-anterior clinoidectomy measurements of the optic nerve, internal carotid artery, and opticocarotid triangle: a cadaveric morphometric study. Neurosurgery. 2000 Apr;46(4):1018-21; discussion 1021-3. PubMed PMID: 10764284.