The 2012 Rush Neuroscience Review highlights recent accomplishments by the Department of Neurological Science and the Department of Neurological Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, including leading-edge research, publications, grants, and volume and quality data. The neuroscience program at Rush is consistently ranked among the best in the nation by U.S.News & World Report.

Richard W. Byrne, MD, and Aimee Szewka, MD, are the faculty editors of The 2012 Rush Neuroscience Review.

Richard W. Byrne, MD, is the chairperson of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Rush. Jacob H. Fox, MD, is the chairperson of the Department of Neurological Sciences. 

Table of Contents

Chairmen’s Letter

Department of Neurological Sciences Primary and Associated Faculty

Department of Neurological Surgery Primary and Associated Faculty

Department of Neurological Sciences Residents and Fellows

Department of Neurological Surgery Residents and Fellows

Articles
High-Grade Glioma Relationship to the Neural Stem Cell Compartment: A Retrospective Review of 104 Cases
James C. Marsh, MD; Julie A. Wendt, MD; Arnold M. Herskovic, MD; Aidnag Diaz, MD, MPH; Benjamin T. Gielda, MD; Richard W. Byrne, MD

Medically Intractable Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in Patients with Normal Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Surgical Outcome in 21 Consecutive Patients
Adam P. Smith, MD; Sepehr Sani, MD; Andres M. Kanner, MD; Travis Stoub, PhD; Matthew Morrin, BS; Susan Palac, MD; Donna C. Bergen, MD; Antoaneta Balabanov, MD; Michael Smith, MD; Walter W. Whisler, MD, PhD; Richard W. Byrne, MD

Gender Differences in Cerebral Aneurysm Location
Ali J. Ghods, MD; Demetrius Lopes, MD; Michael Chen, MD

Minimally Invasive Retropleural Approach for Central Thoracic Disk Herniation
Manish K. Kasliwal, MD; Harel Deutsch, MD

Clinical Validation of Movement Disorder Society-Recommended Diagnostic Criteria for Parkinson’s Disease With Dementia
Brandon Barton, MD, MS; David Grabli, MD, PhD; Bryan Bernard, PhD; Virginie Czernecki, PhD; Jennifer G. Goldman, MD, MS; Glenn T. Stebbins, PhD; Bruno Dubois, MD; Christopher G. Goetz, MD

Initial Experience With Neuroform EZ in the Treatment of Wide-Necked Cerebral Aneurysms
Erwin Zeta Mangubat, MD, MPH; Andrew Kelly Johnson, MD; Kiffon M. Keigher, APN; Demetrius Lopes, MD

Stenting of Aneurysms in Locations Approved for the Pipeline Embolization Device
Andrew K. Johnson, MD; Joshua T. Billingsley, MD; Daniel M. Heiferman, BA; Demetrius Lopes, MD

Visual Plus Nonvisual Hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease: Development and Evolution Over 10 Years
Christopher G. Goetz, MD; Glenn T. Stebbins, PhD; Bichun Ouyang, PhD

Predicting White Matter Targets for Direct Neurostimulation Therapy
Marvin A. Rossi, MD, PhD; Glenn T. Stebbins, PhD; Christopher Murphy, BS; David Greene, MS; Spencer Brinker, BS; David Sarcu, MD; Aaron Tenharmsel, MD; Travis Stoub, PhD; Michael A. Stein, MD; Thomas J. Hoeppner, PhD; Richard W. Byrne, MD; Michael E. Moseley, PhD; Roland A. Bammer, PhD; Steve Bild, BS, REEGT; Jennifer Dennis, REEGT; Nichole Arnett, REEGT; Antoaneta Balabanov, MD; Donna Bergen, MD; Andres M. Kanner, MD; Michael C. Smith, MD

Publications

Research Grants

Volume and Quality Data

Lifetime Achievement: Bridging the Gap Between Surgeon and Scientist
An interview with renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist Roy A. E. Bakay, MD, by Sepehr Sani, MD

References