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Nicholas Barbaro, MD,

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Dr. Barbaro sees patients in Suite 535 at the Methodist Hospital office.

Specialty Areas
Nerve injury
Nerve tumors
Epilepsy surgery
Trigeminal Neuralgia

Testimonials
"Doctor was very informative, friendly and knowledgable."
     - Aaron L, patient of Nicholas Barbaro, MD seen in January 2012

 

Hospital Affiliations

Indiana University Health
 

Medical School

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
 

Experience

Chairman, Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Neurological Surgery

Betsey Barton Professor of Neurological Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Neurological Surgery

Vice President and Neurosurgeon, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine

Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
University of California San Francisco Residency Program

Professor and Neurosurgeon, University of California San Francisco

Co-Director, Functional Neurosurgery Program
University of California San Francisco

Residency Director
University of California San Francisco
 

Residency

Department of Neurosurgery
University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

RESEARCH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Department of Neurology
Research Fellow (Pain Research)
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, California

 

Board Certifications and Licenses

Board Certified. American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Specialty: Neurosurgery

Licensed in California and Indiana
 

Professional Memberships

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (Member of Spine Section; Pain Section, Stereotactic and Functional Section)
American Epilepsy Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons(Member of Spine Section; Pain Section, Stereotactic and Functional Section)
American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
San Francisco Neurological Society
Federation of the American College of Surgeons
Neurosurgical Society of America
American Academy of Neurological Surgeons
Trigeminal Neuralgia Association – TNA Medical Advisory Board (MAB)
Society of Neurological Surgeons (Senior Society)
Society of University Neurosurgeons (SUN)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Member of Diseases Review Panel)

 

Publications & Presentations

2006-present Editorial Board: Associate Editor, Yearbook of Neurology and Neurosurgery, AANS
2007-present Editorial Board: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
2006-2008 Editorial Board, Epilepsia
2000- 2005 Editorial Board, Neurosurgery
Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer (to present):
American Journal of Neuroradiology
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Anesthesiology
Annals of Neurology
Muscle and Nerve

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Tomko DL, Barbaro NM, Ali FN
Effect of body tilt on receptive field orientation of simple visual cortical neurons in unanaesthetized cats. Exp Brain Res 43:309-314, 1981.
2. Edwards MS, Barbaro NM, Asher SW, Murray WR
Delayed sciatic palsy after total hip replacement: case report. Neurosurgery 9:61-63, 1981.
3. Barbaro NM, Rosenblum ML, Maitland CG, Hoyt WF, Davis RL
Malignant optic glioma presenting radiologically as a “cystic” suprasellar mass: case report and
review of the literature. Neurosurgery 11:787-789, 1982.
4. Vanegas H, Barbaro NM, Fields HL
Midbrain stimulation inhibits tail flick only at currents sufficient to excite rostral medullary
neurons. Brain Res 321:127-133, 1984
5. Vanegas H, Barbaro NM, Fields HL
Tail flick related activity in medullospinal neurons. Brain Res 321:135-141, 1984.
6. Barbaro NM, Wilson CB, Gutin PH, Edwards MSB
Surgical treatment of syringomyelia. Favorable results with syringoperitoneal shunting.
J Neurosurg 61:531-538, 1984.
7. Aminoff MJ, Goodin DS, Barbaro NM, Weinstein PR, Rosenblum ML
Dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials in unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy.
Ann Neurol 17:171-176, 1985.
8. Barbaro NM, Hammond DL, Fields HL
Effects of intrathecally administered methysergide and yohimbine on microstimulation produced antinociception in the rat. Brain Res 343:223-229, 1985.
9. Aminoff MJ, Goodin DS, Parry GJ, Barbaro NM, Weinstein PR, Rosenblum ML
Electrophysiologic evaluation of lumbosacral radiculopathies: electromyography, late responses and somatosensory evoked potentials.
Neurology 35:1514-1518, 1985.
10. Badami JP, Norman D, Barbaro NM, Cann CE, Weinstein PR, Sobel DF
Metrizamide CT myelography in cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy: correlation with conventional myelography and surgical findings.
AJR 144:675 680, 1985, AJNR 6:59 64, 1985.
11. Barbaro NM, Heinricher MM, Fields HL
Putative pain modulating neurons in the rostral ventral medulla: reflex related activity predicts
effects of morphine.Brain Res 366:203-210, 1986.
12. Barbaro NM, Gutin PH, Wilson CB, Sheline GE, Boldrey EB, Wara WM
Radiation therapy in the treatment of partially resected meningiomas. Neurosurgery 20:525-528,
1987.
13. Andrews BT, Weinstein PR, Rosenblum ML, Barbaro NM
Intradural arachnoid cysts of the spinal canal associated with intramedullary cysts.
J Neurosurgery 68:544-549, 1988.
14. Barbaro NM, Heinricher MM, Fields HL
Putative nociceptive modulatory neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla of the rat display highly correlated firing patterns.
Somatosens Mot Res 6:413-425, 1989.
15. Heinricher MM, Barbaro NM, Fields HL
Putative nociceptive modulating neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla of the rat: firing of on- and off cells is related to nociceptive responsiveness.
Somatosens Mot Res 6:427-439, 1989.
16. Kim DH, Fields HL, Barbaro NM
Morphine analgesia and acute physical dependence: rapid onset of two opposing, dose related
processes. Brain Res 516:37 40, 1990.
17. Bederson JB, Fields HL, Barbaro NM
Hyperalgesia during naloxone precipitated withdrawal from morphine is associated with increased on cell activity in the rostral ventromedial medulla. Somatosens Mot Res 7:185 203, 1990.

18. Ross DA, Drasner K, Weinstein PR, Flaherty JF, Barbaro NM
Use of intrathecally administered morphine in the treatment of postoperative pain after lumbar spinal surgery: a prospective, double blind, placebo controlled study. Neurosurgery 28:700 704
1991.
19. Garcia PA, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD
The prognostic value of postoperative seizures following epilepsy surgery. Neurology
41:1511 1512, 1991.
20. Dowd CF, Dillon WP, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD
Magnetic resonance imaging of intractable complex partial seizures: pathologic and
electroencephalographic correlation. Epilepsia 32:454 459, 1991.
21. Sloviter RS, Sollas AL, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD
Calcium binding protein (calbindin D28K) and parvalbumin immunocytochemistry in the normal
and epileptic human hippocampus. J Comp Neurol 308:381 396, 1991.
22. Libet B, Pearl DK, Morledge DE, Gleason CA, Hosobuchi Y, Barbaro NM
Control of the transition from sensory detection to sensory awareness in man by the duration of a
thalamic stimulus. The cerebral 'time on' factor. Brain 114:1731 1757, 1991.
23. Hentall ID, Barbaro NM, Fields HL
Spatial and temporal variation of microstimulation thresholds for inhibiting the tail flick reflex from the rat's rostral medial medulla. Brain Res 548:156 162, 1991.

24. Obana WG, Laxer KD, Cogen PH, Walker JA, Davis RL, Barbaro NM
Resection of dominant opercular gliosis in refractory partial epilepsy. Report of two cases.
J Neurosurg 77:632 639, 1992
25. Desbiens R, Berkovic SF, Dubeau F, Andermann F, Laxer KD, Harvey S, Leproux F, Melanson D, Robitaille Y, Kalnins R, Olivier A, Fabinyi G, Barbaro NM
Life threatening focal status epilepticus due to occult cortical dysplasia. Archives of Neurology
50:695-700,1993.
26. Mamelak AN, Barbaro NM, Walker JA, Laxer KD
Corpus callosotomy: a quantitative study of the extent of resection, seizure control, and
neuropsychological outcome. J Neurosurg 79:688-695, 1993.
27. Valk PE, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Knezevic S, Dillon WP, Budinger TF
High resolution (2.6 mm) PET in partial complex epilepsy associated with mesial temporal
sclerosis. Radiology 186:55 58, 1993.
28. Rampil IJ, Lopez CE, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM
Propofol sedation may disrupt interictal epileptiform activity from a seizure focus.
Anesth Analg 77:1071-1073, 1993.
29. Tecoma ES, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Plant GT
Frequency and characteristics of visual field deficits after surgery for mesial temporal sclerosis.
Neurology 43:1235-1238, 1993.
30. Plant GT, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Schiffman JS, Nakayama K
Impaired visual motion perception in the contralateral hemifield following unilateral posterior
cerebral lesions in humans. Brain 116(Part 6):1303-1335, 1993.
31. Walker JA, Bruce AV, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM
Early Age At Surgery Is Associated With Improved Vocational And Educational Outcome
Epilepsia, 35: (sppl8) , 167, 1994.
32. Gevins A, Cutillo B, DuRousseau D, Le J, Leong H, Martin N, Smith ME, Bressler S, Brickett P, McLaughlin J, Barbaro N, Laxer K
Imaging the spatiotemporal dynamics of cognition with high-resolution evoked potential methods. Human Brain Mapping 1:101-116, 1994.

33. Gevins A, Cutillo B, Desmond J, Ward M, Bressler S, Barbaro N, Laxer K
Subdural grid recordings of distributed neocortical networks involved with somatosensory
discrimination. Electroencephalog Clin Neurophysiol 92:282-290, 1994.
34. Garcia PA, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Dillon WP
Prognostic value of qualitative magnetic resonance imaging hippocampal abnormalities in patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for medically refractory seizures.
Epilepsia 35:520-524, 1994.
35. Tishler DM, Weinberg KI, Hinton DR, Barbaro N, Annett GM, Raffel C
MDR1 gene expression in brain of patients with medically intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia 36:1-6, 1995.
36. Parent JM, Garcia PA, Walker JA, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD.
Clinical and electroencephalographic features of Ictal speech during language dominant left
temporal lobe complex partial seizures. Neurology, 45: (suppl4), A258, 1995.
37. Roberts TP, Zusman E, McDermott M, Barbaro N, Rowley HA
Correlation of functional magnetic source imaging with intraoperative cortical stimulation in
neurosurgical patients. J Image Guid Surg 1:339-347, 1995.
38. Parent JM, Garcia PA, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM
Intraoperative Electrocorticography and Chronic Subdural EEG recordings as a guide to epilepsy
surgery. Neurology, 46: (suppl), A243, 1996.
39. Menon V, Freeman WJ, Cutillo BA, Desmond JE, Ward MF, Bressler SL, Laxer KD, Barbaro N, Gevins AS.
Spatio-temporal correlations in human gamma band electrocorticograms.
Electroencephalog Clin Neurophysiol 98:89-102,. 1996.
40. Ward MW, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD, Rampil IJ.
Preoperative valproate administration does not increase blood loss during temporal lobectomy.
Epilepsia 37(1):98-101, 1996.
41. Matz PG, Barbaro NM
Diagnosis and treatment of iatrogenic spinal accessory nerve injury.
Am Surg 62:682-685,.1996.
42. Pleasure SJ, Abosch, A, Friedman J, Ko NU, Barbaro N, Dillon W, Fishman RA,
and Poncelet A.
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension resulting in stupor caused by diencephalic compression,
Neurol 50(6):1854-7, 1998.
43. Melnick ME, Dowling GA, Aminoff MJ, Barbaro NM
The effect of pallidotomy on postural control and motor function in Parkinson’s disease.
Archives of Neurology, 1999 Nov, 56(11):1361-5.
44. Cooper EC, Aldape KD, Abosch A, Barbaro NM, Berger MS, Peacock WS, Jan Y-N, Jan LY :
Colocalization and coassembly of two human brain M-type potassium channel subunits that are
mutated in epilepsy. PNAS, 2000 Apr 25, 97(9):4914-9.
45. Chang G H-F, Barbaro NM, Pieper RO
Phosphatidylserine-dependent Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Glioma Cells by Normal Human
Microglia, Astrocytes, and Glioma Cells. Neuro Oncology 2:174-183, 2000.
46. Dowling C, Bollen A, Noworolski SM, McDermott MW, Barbaro N, Day M, Henry R, Chang S, Dillon W, Nelson S, Vigneron D
Preoperative Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging in Brain Tumor Patients: Correlation with
Resection Specimen Histology. American Journal of Neuroradiology 22:604-612, 2001.
47. Alsaadi TM, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Marks WJ, Garcia PA
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Bilateral Independent Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Epilepsia 42(7): 954-6, July 2001.
48. Alsaadi TM, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Marks WJ, Garcia PA
False Lateralization by Subdural Electrodes in Two Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Neurology 57(3):532-4, August 2001.
49. Kowlton RC, Laxer KD, Klein G, Sawrie S, Hawkins RA, Aassar OS, Soohoo K, Wong S,
Barbaro NM
In vivo hippocampal glucose metabolism in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy Neurology 57(7):
1184-90, October 2001.
50. Suhy J, Laxer KD, Capizzano AA, Vermathen P, Matson GB, Barbaro NM, Weiner MW
1H MRSI predicts surgical outcome in MRI-negative temporal lobe epilepsy
Neurology 58:821-823, 2002.
51. Vermathen P, Ende G, Laxer, KD, Walker JA, Knowlton RC, Barbaro NM, Matson GB,
Weiner MW
Temporal lobectomy for epilepsy: recovery of the contralateral hippocampus measured by (1)H
MRS Neurology 59:633-636, 2002.
52. Karkar KM, Garcia PA, Bateman LM, Smyth MD, Barbaro NM, Berger M
Focal cooling suppresses spontaneous epileptiform activity without changing the cortical motor
threshold Epilepsia 43:932-935, 2002
53. Smyth MD, Barbaro NM, Baraban SC
Effects of antiepileptic drugs on induced epileptiform activity in a rat model of dysplasia
Epilepsy Res. 50:251-264, 2002.
54. Du R, Binder DK, Halbach V, Fischbein N, Barbaro NM
Trigeminal neuralgia in a patient with a dural arteriovenous fistula in Meckel’s cave: case report
Neurosurgery 53:216-221, 2003, Discussion 221.
55. Monson KL, Goldsmith W, Barbaro NM, Manley GT
Axial mechanical properties of fresh human cerebral blood vessels J Biomech Eng 125:288-294,
2003.
56. Tang L, Mantle M, Ferrari P, Schiffbauer H, Rowley HA, Barbaro NM, Berger MS, Roberts TP
Consistency of interictal and ictal onset localization using magnetoencephalography in patients
with partial epilepsy J Neurosurg. 98:837-845, 2003.
57. Alsaadi TM, Bateman LM, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Austin EJ, Garcia PA
Potentially misleading extratemporal lobe lesions in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 74:566-569, 2003.
58. Geschwind MD, Martindale J, Miller D, DeArmond SJ, Uyehara-Lock J, Gaskin D, Kramer JH,
Barbaro NM, Miller BL
Challenging the clinical utility of the 14-3-3 protein for the diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Arch Neurol 60:813-816, 2003.

59. Hashimoto T, Wen G, Lawton MT, Boudreau NJ, Bollen AW, Yang GY, Barbaro NM, Higashida RT, Dowd CF, Halbach VV, Young WL
Abnormal expression of matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in
brain arteriovenous malformations. Stroke. 2003 Apr;34(4):925-31.
60. Brown JA, Barbaro NM.
Motor cortex stimulation for central and neuropathic pain: current status. Pain. 2003
Aug; 104(3):431-5. Review.
61. Assaf BA, Karkar KM, Laxer KD, Garcia PA, Austin EJ, Barbaro NM, Aminoff MJ.
Ictal magnetoencephalography in temporal and extratemporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2003
Oct; 44(10):1320-7.
62. Hashimoto T, Lawton MT, Wen G, Yang GY, Chaly T Jr, Stewart CL, Dressman HK, Barbaro NM, Marchuk DA, Young WL
Gene Microarray Analysis of Human Brain Arteriovenous Malformations (BAVM)
Neurosurgery, 54 (2): 410-423; discussion 423-425, 2004.
63. Sanai N, Tramontin AD, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Barbaro NM, Gupta N, Kunwar S, Lawton MT, McDermott MW, Parsa AT, Manuel-Garcia Verdugo J, Berger MS, Alvarez-Buylla A
Unique Astrocyte Ribbon in Adult Human Brain Contains Neural Stem Cells But Lacks Chain Migration Nature, 427 (6976): 740-4, 2004. Comment in Nature, 427(6976):7685-6, 2004

64. Sloviter RS, Kudrimoti HS, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Chan S, Hirsch LJ, Goodman RR, Pedley TA “Tectonic” hippocampal malformations in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
Epilepsy Res, 59(2-3):123-53, 2004
65. Binder DK, Smith JS, Barbaro NM
Primary brachial plexus tumors: imaging, surgical, and pathological findings in 25 patients.
Neurosurg Focus, May 15;16(5):E11, 2004
66. Papavassiliou E, Rau G, Heath S, Abosch A, Barbaro NM, Larson PS, Lamborn K, Starr PA
Thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: relation of lead location to outcome.
Neurosurgery, 54(5):1120-29; discussion 1129-30
Comment in Neurosurgery, 55(1):266-7

67. Barbaro NM, Takahashi DK, Baraban SC
A potential role for astrocytes in mediating the antiepileptic actions of furosemide in vitro.
Neuroscience, 128(3):655-63, 2004
68. Assaf BA, Karkar KM, Laxer KD, Garcia PA, Austin EJ, Barbaro NM, Aminoff MJ
Magnetoencephalography source localization and surgical outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy.
Clinical Neurophysiology, 115(9):2066-2076, 2004.
69. Takahashi K, Dinday MT, Barbaro NM, Baraban SC
Abnormal Cortical Cells and Astrocytomas in the Eker Rat Model of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Epilepsia 45(12)1525-1530, 2004
70. Monson KL, Goldsmith W, Barbaro NM, Manley GT
Significance of source and size in the mechanical response of human cerebral blood vessels.
Journal of Biomechanics 38(4):737-744, 2005
71. Cheng JS, Sanchez-Mejia RO, Limbo M, Ward MM, Barbaro NM
Management of medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Neurosurg. Focus 18(5):E13, April 2005
72. Sanchez-Mejia RO, Limbo M, Cheng JS, Camara J, Ward MM, Barbaro NM
Recurrent or refractory trigeminal neuralgia after microvascular decompression, radiofrequency
ablation or radiosurgery. Neurosurg. Focus 18(5):E12, April 2005
73. Smith JS, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Barbaro NM, McDermott MW. 2004.
Frame-Based Stereotactic Biopsy Remains an Important Diagnostic Tool with Distinct Advantages over Frameless Stereotactic Biopsy. J. Neurooncol. 2005 June 73(2):173-9

74. Cha YH, Chi JH, Barbaro NM
Spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma associated with low-molecular-weight heparin. Case report. J Neurosurg Spine. 2005 May;2(5):612-3

75. Hashimoto T, Wu Y, Lawton MT, Yang GY, Barbaro NM, Young W
Coexpression of Angiogenic Factors in Brain Arteriovenous Malformations. Neurosurg 2005 May 56(5):1058-65; discussion 1058-65

76. Kirsch H, Garcia P, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD, Wong S, Hendrick R,
Wada memory asymmetry fails as a predictor of verbal memory change after temporal lobe lobectomy. Neurology 2005 65(5):676-680

77. Parent JM, Elliott RC, Pleasure SJ, Barbaro NM, Lowenstein DH
Aberrant seizure-induced neurogenesis in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy, Ann Neurol 2005 59(1):91-91

78. Chen Y, Fan Y, Poon KYT, Achrol AS, Lawton MT, Zhu Y, McCulloch CE, Hasimoto T, Lee C, Barbaro NM, Bollen AW, Yang G-Y, Young WL
MMP-9 expression is associated with leukocytic but not endotheilial markers in brain arteriovenous malformations. Frontiers in Bioscience 2006 Sept (11):3132-3128

79. Barbaro NM:
Stereoelectroencephalography using computerized tomography – or magnetic resonance imaging – guided electrode implantation. (Editorial) J Neurosurg 2006 May 104: 480-482.

80. Kaiboriboon K, Parent JM, Barbaro NM, Walker, JA, Garcia PA
Speech preservation during language-dominant left Temporal lobe seizures: Report of a rare, potentially misleading finding. 2006 Epilepsia 2006 47: 1343-1346.

81. Wang VY, Chang EF, Barbaro NM
Focal cortical dysplasia: a review of pathological features, genetics, and surgical outcome.
Neurosurg Focus 2006 20(1):E7. Review.

82. Aaron M. Lewis, MD; Robert Layzer, MD; J. W. Engstrom, MD; Nicholas M. Barbaro, MD; Cynthia T. Chin, MD;. Magnetic Resonance Neurography in Extraspinal Sciatica. Arch Neurol. 2006; 63:1469-1472.

83. S. Andrew Josephson, Alexander M. Papanastassiou, Mitchel S. Berger, Nicholas M. Barbaro, Michael W. McDermott, Joan F. Hilton, Bruce L. Miller, and Michael D. Geschwind. The diagnostic utility of brain biopsy procedures in patients with rapidly deteriorating neurological conditions or dementia. Journal of Neurosurgery January 2007 Volume 106: 72-75

84. Jianhua S Yao, Wenwu Zhai, Yongfeng Fan, Michael T Lawton, Nicholas M Barbaro, William L Young , Guo-Yuan Yang Interleukin-6 upregulates experession of KDR and stimulates proliferation of human cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2007) 27, 510-520

85. Canolty RT, Edwards E, Dalal SS, Soltani M, Nagarajan SS, Kirsch HE, Berger MS, Barbaro NM, Knight RT: High gamma power in phase-locked to theta oscillations in human neocortex. Science. 2006 Sep 15;313(5793):1626-8

86. Starr P, Barbaro NM, Raskin N, Ostrem J: Chronic stimulation of the posterior hypothalamic region for cluster headache: technique and one-year results in four patients. Journal of Neurosurgery June 2007 106(6):999-1005

87. House PA, Kim JH, Lanerolee ND, Barbaro NM: Radiosurgery in epilepsy –pathological considerations. Neurological Surgery 20 (2007) 279-88.

88. Yang, I, Barbaro, NM: Advances in the radiosurgical treatement of epilepsy. Epilepsy Curr 7(2) (2007) 31-35.

89. Guggisberg, Adrian G. Kirsch, Heidi E, Mantle, Mary M, Barbaro, Nicholas M, Nagarajan, Srikantan S: Fast oscillations associated with interictal spikes localize the epileptogenic zone in patients with partial epilepsy. NeuroImage 39 (2007) 661-668.

90. Dalal SS, Guggisberg AG, Edwards E, Sekihara K, Findlay AM, Canolty RT, Knight RT, Barbaro NM, Kirsch HE, Nagarajan. Spatial localization of cortical time-frequency dynamics. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Sci 2007: 4941-4.

91. Chang Edward, Keles G. Evren, Potts Matthew, Lamborn Kathleen R., Chang Susan M. , Barbaro Nicholas M., Berger Mitchel S. Seizure Characteristics and Control Following Surgical Resection in 332 Patients with Low-Grade Gliomas. Journal of Neurosurgery 2008 Feb; 108(2):227-35.

92. Richardson RM, Barbaro NM, Alvarez-Bullya A, Baraban SC. Developing cell transplantation for temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurosurgical Focus 24(3-4) (2008) E17.

93. Quigg M, Barbaro NM. Stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of epilepsy. Archives of Neurology 65(2) (2008) 1770183.

94. Dalal SS, Guggisberg AG, Edwards E, Sekihara K, Findlay AM, Canolty RT, Berger MS, Knight RT, Barbaro NM, Kirsch HE, Nagarajan SS (2008). Five-dimensional neuroimaging: Localization of the time-frequency dynamics of cortical activity. NeuroImage 40 (2008) 1686-1700.

95. Michael E. Sughrue M.D., Jon Levine M.D. and Nicholas M. Barbaro M.D. Pain as a symptom of peripheral nerve sheath tumors: clinical significance and future therapeutic directions. Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury. In Press

96. Chen Y, Zhu W, Bollen AW, Lawton MT, Barbaro NM, Dowd CF, Hashimoto T, Yang GY,
Young WL. Evidence of inflammatory cell involvement in brain arteriovenous malformations.
Neurosurgery June 2008 62 (6).

97. Dalal SS, Edwards E, Kirsch HE, Barbaro NM, Knight RT, Nagarajan SS. Localization of neurosurgically implanted electrodes via photograph-MRI-radiograph coregistration. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2008 Sep; 174(1): 106-15.

98. Barajas RF Jr, Chi J, Guo L, Barbaro NM. Microvascular decompression in hemifacial spasm resulting from a cerebellopontine angle lipoma: case report. Neurosurgery. 2008 Oct; 63(4): E815-6.

99. Monson KL, Barbaro NM, Manley GT. Biaxial Response of Passive Human Cerebral Arteries.
Annals of Biomedical Engineering 2008: 36(12): 2028-41.

100. Barbaro NM, Quigg M, Broshek DK, Ward MM, Lamborn KR, Laxer KD, Larson LDA, Verhey L, Garcia P, Steiner L, Heck C, Kondziolka D, Beach R, Olivero W, Witt TC, Salanova V, Goodman R. A Multicenter, Prospective Pilot Study of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Seizure Response, Adverse Events, and Verbal Memory. Annals of Neurology 65 (2) 2009: 167-75.

101. Barbaro NM, Quigg, M. Radiosurgery for Epilepsy. Reviews in Neurological Diseases. 2009; 6(1):39.

102. Binder DK, Garcia PA, Elangovan GK, Barbaro NM. Characteristics of auras in patients undergoing temporal lobectomy. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2009; 111(6): 1283-9.

103. Chang EF, Gabriel RA, Potts MB, Garcia PA, Barbaro NM, Lawton MT. Seizure characteristics and control after microsurgical resection of supratentorial cerebral cavernous malformations. Neurosurgery. 2009; 65(1):31-7.

104. Chang EF, Nagarajan SS, Mantle M, Barbaro NM, Kirsch HE. Magnetic source imaging for the surgical evaluation of the electroencephalography-confirmed secondary bilateral synchrony in intractable epilepsy. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2009; 111(6) 1248-56.

105. Aiken AH, Akgun H, Tihan T, Barbaro NM, Glastonbury, C. Calcifying Pseudoneoplasms of the Neuraxis: CT, MRI and Histological Figures. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2009; 30(6) 1256-60.

106. Chen Y, Hao Q, Kim H, Su H, Letarte M, Karumanchi SA, Lawton MT, Barbaro NM, Yang GY, Young WL. Soluble Endoglin Modulates Aberrant Cerebral Vascular Remodeling. Annals of Neurology 2009; 66: 19-27.

107. Ganguly K, Secundo L, Ranade G, Orsborn A, Chang EF, Dimitrov D, Wallis J, Barbaro NM, Knight R, Carmena J. Cortical representation of ipsilateral arm movements in monkey and man. Journal of Neuroscience. 2009; 29(41):12948-56.

108. Edwards E, Nagarajan SS, Dalal SS, Canolty RT, Kirsch HE, Barbaro NM, Knight RT. Spatiotemporal imaging of cortical activation during verb generation and picture naming. Neuroimage 2010;50(1):291-301.

109. Chang EF, Christie C, Sullivan JE, Garcia PA, Tihan T, Gupta N, Berger MS, Barbaro NM. Seizure control outcomes after resection of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor in 50 patients. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 2010. 5(1): 123-30.

110. Chang EF, Quigg M, Oh MC, Dillon WP, Ward MM, Laxer KD, Broshek DK, Barbaro NM; Epilepsy Radiosurgery Study Group. Predictors of efficacy after stereotactic radiosurgery for medial temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology. 2010 74(2): 165-72.

111. Fisher R, Salanova V, Witt T, Worth R, Henry T, Gross R, Oommen K, Osorio I, Nazzaro J, Labar D, Kaplitt M, Sperling M, Sandok E, Neal J, Handforth A, Stern J, Desalles A, Chung S, Shetter A, Bergen D, Bakay R, Henderson J, French J, Baltuch G, Rosenfeld W, Youkilis A, Marks W, Garcia P, Barbaro N, Fountain N, Bazil C, Goodman R, McKhann G, Babu Krishnamurthy K, Papavassiliou S, Epstein C, Pollard J, Tonder L, Grebin J, Coffey R, Graves N; the SANTE Study Group. Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2010 Mar 17. In press

112. Chang EF, Barbaro NM. Nonresective epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia. 2010 Feb; 51 Suppl:87-9. In press

NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Gutin PH, Edwards MSB, Wara WM, Leibel SA, Lamb S, Weaver KA, Levin VA, Barbaro N, Berger MS, Phillips TL
Preliminary experience with 125I-brachytherapy of pediatric brain tumors.
Concepts in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Vol. 5, Karger, Basel, 1985, pp 187 206.

2. Barbaro NM, Wilson CB, Gutin PH, Edwards MSB
Surgical treatment of syringomyelia: favorable results with syringoperitoneal shunting.
In Matsumoto S, Sato K, Oi S(eds.): Annual Review of Hydrocephalus. Tokyo, Neuron Publishing Co, 1985, vol. 3, pp 86-87.

3. Lamb S, Barbaro NM Neurosurgical approaches to the management of chronic pain syndromes. Orthop Nurs, 6:23-29, 1987.

4. Powers SK, Barbaro NM, Levy RM
Pain control with laser produced dorsal root entry zone lesions. Appl Neurophysiol, 51:243 254,
1988.

5. Dowd CF, Dillon WP, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD
Intractable complex partial seizure: correlation of magnetic resonance imaging with pathology and electroencephalography. Epilepsy Res Suppl, 5:101 110, 1992.

6. Barbaro NM
Temporal lobectomy and speech mapping under local anesthesia.
Techniques in Neurosurgery, 1(1):1-7, 1995.

7. Dillon W, Barbaro N
Noninvasive surgery for epilepsy (Editorial) AJNR , 20(2):185, Feb, 1999.

8. Matz PG, Barbaro NM
Radial tunnel / posterior interosseous nerve entrapment syndrome
Techniques in Neurosurgery, 6(1): 19-26, Mar, 2000.

9. Monson KL, Goldsmith W, Barbaro NM, Manley G
Static and Dynamic Mechanical and Failure Properties of Human Cerebral Vessels
Crashworthiness, Occupant protection, and Biomechanics in Transportation Systems 2000
H.F. Mahmood, SD Barbat, and MR Baccouche (eds), ASME 2000, AMD v. 246/BED v. 49:255-265

10. Monson KL, Goldsmith W, Barbaro NM, Manley GT. Significance of source and size in the mechanical response of human cerebral blood vessels. Journal of Biomechanics. 2005 Apr; 38 (4):

ABSTRACTS

Plant GT, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Nakayama K
Impaired speed discrimination restricted to the hemifield contralateral to an occipito parietal surgical
resection Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 16:5, 1990.

Tecoma ES, Plant GT, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD
Visual field defects after temporal lobectomy for refractory seizures. American Epilepsy Society,
San Diego, CA, November 11 14, 1990.

Libet B, Pearl DK, Morledge D, Gleason C, Hosobuchi Y, Barbaro N
Sensory detection with and without awareness, with thalamic stimulation in man. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 16:27, 1990.

Obana WG, Laxer K, Cogen PH, Walker J, Davis RL, Barbaro NM
Resection of dominant opercular gliosis in refractory partial epilepsy.
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 20 25, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana J Neurosurg 74:359A, 1991.

Bederson JB, Barbaro NM, Kim DL, Fields HL
Abnormal activation of brain stem pain facilitating network in opiate tolerance.
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 20 25, 1991,
New Orleans, Louisiana J Neurosurg 74:366A, 1991.

Barbaro NM, Rosenbaum T, Laxer KD
Focal encephalitis as an etiology of temporal lobe epilepsy.
American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
June 17, 1991. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 58:178, 1992.

Raffel C, Tishler DM, Weinberg KI, Barbaro N
Medically intractable epilepsy: the role of the multiple drug resistance gene.
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 11 16, 1992,
San Francisco, CA J Neurosurg 76:387A, 1992.

Zusman EE, Laxer K, Garcia PA, Walker J, Barbaro NM
Subdural grid used to evaluate intractable focal seizures.
Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 9 14,
1994, San Diego, CA.

Garcia PA, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Dillon WP
Prognostic value of qualitative magnetic resonance imaging hippocampal abnormalities in patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for medically refractory seizures.
Epilepsia 35:520-524, 1994.

Chang S, Vigneron D, Fishbein N, Aldape K, McDermott M, Barbaro N, Dillon W, Nelson S
Characterization of Newly Diagnose Brain Tumors Using Magnetic Resonance Cerebral Blood Volume (MRCBV ): Preliminary Results of a Pilot Study. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Tumor Satellite
Conference, 1996.

Divenyi PL, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Walker J, Perry DW, Kwee IL, Algazi AP, Haupt KM
Pre and Post-Operative Auditory Spatial Perception in Anterior Temporal Lobectomy Patients
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 1996.

Assaf BA, Laxer KD,, Knowlton RC, Garcia PA, Marks WJ Jr., Bernath O, Barbaro NM,
Aminoff MJ, Rowley HA.
Magnetoencephalography in epilepsy following craniotomy. Annual Epilepsy Society Meeting
San Francisco, CA December 1997.

Chang S, Henry R, Vigneron D, Fishbein N, Aldape K, McDermott M, Barbaro N, Dillon W, Nelson S, Wilson C, Dowling C
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) characteristics of newly diagnosed brain lesions. The Society for Neuro Oncology 2nd Annual Meeting, Charlottesville, VA ,
October 31-November 2, 1997.

Barbaro NM, Garcia PA, Walker JA, Ojemann S, Laxer KD
Language Function and Seizure Control Following Temporal Lobe Resection
Neurosurgical Society of America Annual meeting, Quebec City, Quebec Canada May, 1998.

Cooper EC, Abosch A, Peacock WJ, Berger MS, Barbaro NM, Jan YN, Jan LY
Molecular Characterization and Subcellular Localization of Heteromeric KCNQ2/KCNQ3 Potassium
Channels from Human Cortex and Hippocampus. American Epilepsy Society, Orlando, Florida, 1999.

Alsaadi T, Laxer KD, Garcia P, Barbaro N, Marks WJ
VNS For The Treatment of Bilateral Independent Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia, 41(7), 2000.

Barbaro N, Alsaadi T, Garcia P, Laxer KD
Subdural Electrodes can be falsely lateralizing in patients with Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
Epilepsia 41(7), 2000.

Zakhary R, Alsaadi T, Lasky A, Laxer KD, Garcia P, Barbaro NM
Invasive Monitoring in Patients with Medically Refractory Epilepsy and Normal MRI
Epilepsia 41(7), 2000.

Laxer KD, Suhy J, Capizzano AA, Vermathen P, Matson GB, Barbaro NM, Weiner MW
1H MRSI Predicts Surgical Outcome in MRI-Negative Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia 41(7), 2000.

Barbaro NM, de Lotbiniere AC, Ward MM Kinsley J, Sneed PK
Gamma Knife Radiosurgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Associated with Multiple Sclerosis
51st Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA, October 2001.

Barbaro NM, Smyth MD, Baraban SC, Ph.D.
Altered Response to Mannitol in GFAP Knockout Mice
American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Joint Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, November-December 2001.

Smyth MD, Barbaro NM, Baraban SC, PhD
Antiepileptic Drugs Lack Efficacy in Dysplastic MAM Rats
American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Joint Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, November-December 2001. Neurosurgery

Peterson A, Walker JA, Laxer KD, Garcia PA, Barbaro NM
Determinants of Cognitive Performance in Epilepsy: Focus on Medial Temporal Sclerosis
Patients. American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Joint Meeting,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November-December 2001.

Vyas SK, Thomas TE, Walker JA, Garcia PA, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM,
Hemispheric Memory Asymmetry and the Influence of Language Laterality in Wada Tests
American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Joint Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, November-December 2001.

Garcia PA, Laxer KD, Knowlton RC, Kraemer DL, Vossler DG, Alsaadi T, Barbaro NM, Hawkins RA
18-FDG PET in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Normal MRI Scans
American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Joint Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, November-December 2001.

Bateman LM, Al Saadi TM, Laxer KD, Garcia PA, Austin EJ, Barbaro NM
Predictive Value of Electrocorticography in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and
Normal MRI. American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Joint Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November-December 2001.

Alsaadi TM, Bateman LM, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Austin E, Garcia PA
Extratemporal Lobe Lesions Can Be Misleading in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Joint Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, November-December 2001.

Geschwind MD, Miller D, Martindale JL, DeArmond SJ, Barbaro NM, Gaskin DA,
Prusiner S, Miller BL
Challenging the Clinical Utility of the 14-3-3 Protein in Cerebrospinal Fluid as a Diagnostic Marker for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, April 2002

Barbaro NM, Regis JM, Lee KS, Niranjan A (Neurological Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Timone Hospital, Marseilles, Orsay, France; Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA)
Radiosurgical treatment of epilepsy: basic science and clinical mechanisms. Epilepsia 43,(Suppl. 7): 3,
2002.

KM Karkar, Garcia PA, Nutik SL, Barbaro NM, Laxer KD, and Austin EJ (Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Neurological Surgery University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Neurology, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA; Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA)
The value of invasive presurgical electrophysiologic recording in patients with orbitofrontal lesions and
medically refractory partial seizures. Epilepsia 43(Suppl. 7): 152-153, 2002.

Assaf BA, K Karkar, Laxer KD, Garcia PA, Austin EJ, Barbaro NM, Aminoff MJ, and Rowley HA (Neurology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA; Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Neurological Surgery University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)
Magnetoencephalography in temporal lobe epilepsy: source characteristics, localizations, and surgical
outcome. Epilepsia 43(Suppl. 7): 313, 2002.

Bateman LM, Garcia PA, Austin EJ, Barbaro NM, Walker JA, and Laser KD (Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Neurological Surgery University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA)
MRI-negative temporal lobe epilepsy Epilepsia 43 (Suppl. 7): 317, 2002.

Barbaro NM, Laxer KD, and Radiotherapy in Epilepsy Study Group (Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA)
Radiosurgery in the treatment of medial temporal lobe epilepsy Epilepsia 43(Suppl. 7): 342-343, 2002.

Wang, Vincent Y. M.D., Ph.D.; Barbaro, Nicholas M. M.D.; Lawton, Michael T. M.D.; Pitts, Lawrence M.D.; Kunwar, Sandeep M.D.; Parsa, Andrew T. M.D., Ph.D.; Gupta, Nalin M.D., Ph.D.; McDermott, Michael W. M.D.
Complications of Lumboperitoneal Shunts Neurosurgery. 60(6):1045-1049, June 2007


INVITED LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA

International

Fourth World Congress on Pain. 1. "Midbrain stimulation produces analgesia only at currents sufficient to activate rostral medullary neurons", 2. "Differential effect of morphine on three classes of medullary neurons" Seattle, Washington, September 3, 1984

Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, “Radiosurgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: preliminary results of a U.S. multi-center trial”, Yokohama, Japan, October 6, 2005

13th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Special Symposium, Moderator: “Gamma Knife Surgery in Functional Disorders: Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy – the US Experience”, Seoul, Korea, May 24, 2006

13th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Moderator, General Session, Seoul, Korea, May 24, 2006

7th European Congress on Epileptology, Moderator, “What future for radiosurgery in epilepsy surgery” Helsinki, Finland, July 5, 2006

8th International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Congress, “Radiosurgery Versus Temporal
Lobectomy for Mesial Temporal Sclerosis” San Francisco, CA June 25, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Amygadalohippocampectomy” Course Participant, Cleveland, Ohio June 28, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Gamma-knife for the
Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy” Course Participant, Cleveland, Ohio June 28, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Temporal Lobe Dissection”
Course Participant, Cleveland, Ohio June 28, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Temporal Lobe Surgery –
Amygadalohippocampectomy”, Lecturer, Cleveland, Ohio June 28, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Gamma-knife Treatment of
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy”, Lecturer, Cleveland, Ohio June 28, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Surgical Demonstration
Temporal Lobe Dissection”, Lab Session Faculty, Cleveland, Ohio June 28, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Ethics in Epilepsy Surgery”,
Discussant, Cleveland, Ohio June 28, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Can Epilepsy Surgery Trials
Still Be Performed? Ethical Challenges in Enrolling Patients”, Course Participant, Cleveland, Ohio June 29, 2007

17th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium Epilepsy Surgery “Surgical Demonstration on
Temporal Lobe Dissection”, Lab Session Faculty, Cleveland, Ohio June 29, 2007

1st International Epilepsy Colloquium, “Alternative treatment strategies of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy”,
Moderator, Marburg, Germany June 25, 2008
1st International Epilepsy Colloquium, “Radiotherapy”, Lecturer, Marburg, Germany June 25, 2008

45th Annual Meeting, Society of University Neurosurgeons, “The Role of Magnetic Resonance Neurography in Management of Patients with Suspected Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome”, Lecturer, Naples, Italy June 12, 2009

National

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Pediatric Section, Dallas, Texas, "Radiology of the Chiari malformations", April 1982

American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, First Meeting of the Joint Section on Spinal Disorders, Grenelefe, Florida, “Magnetic resonance imaging in syringomyelia” February 6, 1985

American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, “Differential effect of morphine on three classes of medullary neurons” April 24, 1985

American Academy of Neurological Surgery, annual meeting, Half Moon Bay, California , “Altered synaptic inhibition in human focal cortical dysplasia”, September 23, 2005

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, San Francisco, California, Course,
“Non-Invasive Operative Brain Mapping and Treatment of Epilepsy”, April 22, 2006

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, San Francisco, California, Discussant,
“Long-Term Seizure Outcome in Re-Operation after Failure of Epilepsy Surgery”, April 24, 2006

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, San Francisco, California, Discussant,
“Microvascular Decompression without Neurophysiological Monitoring in Treatment of
Hemifacial Spasm”, April 24, 2006

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, San Francisco, California, Panelist,
“Neurosurgical Management of Intractable Pain: Techniques and Outcomes”, April 24, 2006

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, San Francisco, California, Panelist,
“Epilepsy: New Surgical Treatment and Management Approaches”, April 25, 2006

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, San Francisco, California, Moderator,
“Chiari Malformations: Diagnosis Treatments and Failures”, April 26, 2006

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, Washington DC, Course Participant,
“Temporal Lobectomy Technique”, Lecturer, “Radiosurgical Treatment of Epilepsy”, April 15, 2007

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, Washington DC, Lecturer,
“Stereotactic and Functional Section Session: Translational Research from the Epilepsy Operating Room”, April 16, 2007

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, Washington DC, Panelist,
“Syringomyelia: Pathophysiology and Treatment Approaches”, April 17, 2007

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, Washington DC, Panelist, “Epilepsy:
New Surgical Treatment and Management Approaches”, April 18, 2007

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Panelist,
“Non-Invasive Pre-Operative and Intra-Operative Brain Mapping and Treatment of Epilepsy”,
April 27, 2008
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Panelist, “Epilepsy:
New Surgical Treatment and Management Approaches”, April 28, 2008

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Panelist,
“Syringomyelia: Pathophysiology and Treatment Approaches”, April 30, 2008

American Association of Neurological Surgery, annual meeting, Palm Beach, Flordia, “Gamma Knife
Radiosurgery Treatment Outcomes for Trigeminal Neuralgia: The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Experience”, November 6, 2009