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Eric A. Potts, MD

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Specialty Areas
Back & Neck Pain
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Spine Trauma
Spinal Tumor Surgery
Degenerative Spinal Conditions
Image-Guided Spinal Surgery

Hospital Affiliations

Community Hospitals of Indiana
Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
St. Vincent Hospital

Medical School

1991-1995
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

1995-1996
University of Maryland Medical Systems
Baltimore, MD

Experience

2002-present
Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group
Indianapolis, IN

2004-present
Director of Spinal Surgery Indianapolis
Neurosurgical Group
Indianapolis, IN

2004-present
Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis, IN

Residency

1996-1999
Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Systems
Baltimore, MD

1999-2001
Chief Resident
Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Systems
Baltimore, MD

Fellowships

2001
Advanced Training in Spinal Surgery
Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group
Indianapolis, IN

Board Certifications and Licenses

American Board of Neurological Surgeons
written, 1999; oral, 2006

Professional Memberships

Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Member American Association of Neurological Surgeons, non-voting member

Publications & Presentations

Publications
Beringer, W. F., J. P. Mobasser, D. Karahalios, and E. A. Potts. Anterior transvertebral interbody cage with posterior transdiscal pedicle screw instrumentation for high-grade spondylolisthesis. Technical note. Neurosurg Focus 2006 Mar 15;20(3):E7.

Sasso, R. C., N. M. Best, and E. A. Potts. Percutaneous computer-assisted translaminar facet screw: an initial human cadaveric study. Spine J 2005 Sep-Oct;5(5):515-9.

Perillan, P. R., M. Chen, E. A. Potts, and J. M. Simard. Transforming Growth Factor-beta 1 Regulates Kir2.3 Inward Rectifier K+ Channels via Phospholipase C and Protein Kinase C-delta in Reactive Astrocytes from Adult Rat Brain. J Biol Chem 2002 Jan 18;277(3):1974-80.

Potts, Eric A. and J. Marc Simard. Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain. Resident and Staff Physician. October 2000.

Perillan, P. R., X. Li, E. A. Potts, D. S. Bredt, and J. M. Simard. Inward rectifier K+ channel Kir2.3 (IRK3) in reactive astrocytes from adult rat brain. Glia 31(2): 181-192, 2000.

Book Chapters
Karahalios, D. G. and E. A. Potts. Management of Thoracic Disc Herniations. Surgical Anatomy and Techniques of the Spine. 2005

Presentations
Potts, E. Anterior stabilization in cervical trauma. Principles of Spinal Trauma. Presented, Memphis, November 2005.

Potts, E. Sceptor Fixation System. Presented at Medtronic Sofamor Danek National Sales Meeting, 2005.

Potts, E. Image Guidance in Thoracolumbar Trauma. Principles of Thoracolumbar Trauma. Presented, Memphis, November 2004.

Potts, E. Image Guidance in Thoracolumbar Trauma. Principles of Thoracolumbar Trauma. Presented, Memphis, November 2003.

Potts, E. Vantage Anterolateral Plating System. Presented at the Medtronic Sofamor Danek National Sales Meeting, 2003.

Research
Potts, E. Studying inward rectifying potassium channel in reactive astrocytes from adult rats. University of Maryland Department of Neurosurgery, 1998-2000. J. Marc Simard, M. D., Ph. D., advisor.

Potts, E. Investigated the effect and mechanism of ryanodine on calcium release from nerve terminals at neuromuscular junction in crayfish first walking limb. Indiana University, Section of Neurosurgery. Richard Friedman, Ph.D., advisor.