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Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, M.D., M.Sc.
  Skull base/Cerebrovascular Surgery
  Epilepsy Surgery
  Spinal Surgery

MEDICAL SCHOOL
  University of Southern California
    Keck School of Medicine, with highest distinction,
    Los Angeles, CA - 1997

INTERNSHIP
  Surgery, University of California - San Diego
    San Diego, CA - 1999

RESIDENCY
  Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, MN - 2005

FELLOWSHIPS  
  Skull base/Cerebrovascular Surgery (Mentors: Al-Mefty. Yasargil, Krisht)
    University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Center, Little Rock, AK - 2006
  Stereotactic/Functional Neurosurgery (Mentor: De Salles) UCLA - 2005
  Epilepsy Surgery & Brain Mapping (Mentor: Spencer) Yale University,
     New Haven, CT - 2003

MASTERS DEGREE
  Master's Degree - Clinical Research
    Mayo Graduate School
    Rochester, MN - 2005

BOARD ELIGIBLE
  American Board of Neurological Surgery

HONORS AND AWARDS
 Residency
   Clinician Scholar Award (Torticollis surgery project), 2003
   Scholarly Achievement Award, Mayo Clinic, 2005

 Medical School
   Alpha Omega Alpha (Elected Junior Year)
   Dean’s Scholar, Junior/Senior Continuum
   Dean’s Scholar for Academic Excellence
   Crowley Scholarship for Academic Excellence
   Widney Scholarship
   Baxter Foundation Research Grant, 1995
   American Diabetes Association Research Grant, 1995

 Undergraduate
   Best Engineering Student of the Year Award, 1993
   Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1992-1993
   Dean’s List for all Terms, 1990-1993
   Golden Key National Honor Society, 1992-1993
   Phi Beta Delta (International Scholars) 1992-1993
   John Sterret Engineering Scholarship, 1993

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
  Methodist Hospital
  St. Vincent Hospital

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    (History Section, Publication Committee, Young Neurosurgeons Committee)
  Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  Indiana State Medical Association
  Council of State Neurological Societies
  American Epilepsy Society

PUBLICATIONS

 BOOKS
   Cohen-Gadol AA and Spencer DD.
   The Legacy of Harvey Cushing: Profiles of Patient Care
   Thieme, New York
   (in progress, expected date of publication: April 2007)

 PEER-REVIEWED

62. Maher CO, Cohen-Gadol AA, Raffel C. Pediatric neurosurgery. Prog Neurol Surg 19:97-106, 2006

61. Clarke MJ, Cohen-Gadol AA, Ebersold MJ, Cabanela ME. Long-term incidence of subaxial cervical spine instability following cervical arthrodesis surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Surg Neurol 66:136-40, 2006

60. Collignon F, Wetjen NM, Cohen-Gadol AA, Cascino GD, Parisi J, Meyer FB, Marsh WR, Roche P, Weigand SD. Altered expression of connexin subtypes in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in humans.
J Neurosurg 105:77-87, 2006

59. Cohen-Gadol AA, Pollock BE. Radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations in children.
J Neurosurg 104:388-391, 2006

58. Kumar N, Cohen-Gadol AA, Wright A, Miller GM, Ahlskog JE. Superficial siderosis. Neurology 66:1144-1152, 2006

57. Cohen-Gadol AA, Mokri B, Piepgras DG, Meyer FB, Atkinson JL. Surgical anatomy of dural defects in spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Neurosurgery 58: 238-245, 2006

56. Cohen-Gadol AA, Wilhelmi BG, Collignon F, White JB, Britton JW, Cambier DM, Christianson TJH, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Cascino GD. Long-term outcome of epilepsy surgery among 399 patients with non-lesional seizure foci including mesial temporal lobe sclerosis. J Neurosurg 104:513-524, 2006

55. Cohen-Gadol AA, Jacob JT, Edwards DA, Krauss WE. Coexistence of intracranial and spinal cavernous malformations: a study of prevalence and natural history. J Neurosurg 104:376-381, 2006

54. Liu JK, Cohen-Gadol AA, Laws ER Jr, Cole CD, Kan P, Couldwell WT. Harvey Cushing and Oscar Hirsch: Early forefathers of modern transsphenoidal surgery. J Neurosurg 103:1096-1104, 2005

53. Cohen-Gadol AA, Liu JK, Laws ER. Cushing’s first case of transsphenoidal surgery: the launch of pituitary surgery era. J Neurosurg 103: 570-574, 2005

52. Maramattom BV, Cohen-Gadol AA, Wijdicks EFM, Kallmes D. Segmental cutaneous hemangioma and spinal arteriovenous malformation (Cobb Syndrome): A case report and historical perspective.
J Neurosurg-Spine 3:249-252, 2005

51. Cohen-Gadol AA, Laws ER, Spencer DD. The evolution of Harvey Cushing’s surgical approach to pituitary tumors from transsphenoidal to transfrontal. J Neurosurg 103:372-377, 2005

Spencer, DD, Cohen-Gadol AA. Normal magnetic resonance imaging and medial temporal lobe epilepsy: the clinical syndrome of paradoxical temporal lobe epilepsy. Editorial response letter [Comment] J Neurosurg (in press)

50. Cohen-Gadol AA, Bradley CC, Williamson A, Kim JH, Westerveld M, Duckrow BB, Spencer DD. Normal magnetic resonance imaging and medial temporal lobe epilepsy: the clinical syndrome of paradoxical temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurosurg 102:902-909, 2005

49. Cohen-Gadol AA, Nahed BV, Voorhees JR, Spencer DD. Cushing’s experience with the surgical treatment of spinal dysraphism. J Neurosurg-Peds 102:441-444, 2005

48. Krauss WE, Edwards DA, Cohen-Gadol AA. Transthoracic discectomy without interbody fusion. Surg Neurol 63:403-8, 2005

47. Jacob JT, Cohen-Gadol AA, Maher CO, Meyer FB. Transorbital penetrating brain stem injury in a child: case report. J Neurosurg-Peds: 102:350-352, 2005

46. Voorhees JR, Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. The early evolution of neurological surgery: conquering increased intracranial pressure, infection, and blood loss. Neurosurg Focus 18:(4)e2, 2005

Cohen-Gadol AA, Voorhees JR, Laws ER, Spencer DD. Battling blood loss in neurosurgery: Harvey Cushing’s embrace of electrosurgery. Editorial response letter [Comment] J Neurosurg 102: 599-600, 2005

45. Voorhees JR, Cohen-Gadol AA, Laws ER, Spencer DD. Battling blood loss in neurosurgery: Harvey Cushing’s embrace of electrosurgery. J Neurosurg 102:745-752, 2005

44. Jacob JT, Cohen-Gadol AA, Scheithauer BW, Krauss WE. Intramedullary spinal cord gangliocytoma: case report and a review of the literature. Neurosurg Rev 28:326-329, 2005

43. Pan JW, Kim JH, Cohen-Gadol AA, Pan C, Spencer DD, Hetherington HP. Regional energetic dysfunction in hippocampal epilepsy. Acta Neurol Scand 111:218-24, 2005

42. Cohen-Gadol AA, Homan MJ, Laws ER, Atkinson JDL, Miller R. The Mayo brothers and Harvey Cushing: a review of their personal letters through their 39-year friendship. J Neurosurg 102:391-396, 2005

41. Cohen-Gadol AA, Atkinson P, Krauss WE. CNS superficial siderosis following spinal surgery: case report. J Neurosurg-Spine 2:206-208, 2005

40. Cohen-Gadol AA, Piepgras DG, Krishnamurthy S, Fessler RD. Residency work-hours reform: the results of a national survey of the program directors and residents in neurosurgery training programs. Neurosurgery 56:398-403, 2005

39. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. The development of techniques for resection of spinal cord tumors by Harvey W. Cushing. J Neurosurg-Spine 2: 92-97, 2005

38. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer, DD. Epilepsy surgery in 2005. Neurosurgery Quarterly 14:198-203, 2004

37. Cohen-Gadol AA, Westerveld M, Alvarez-Carilles J, Stoddard KR, Spencer DD. Intracarotid amytal memory and hippocampal MRI volumetry: validity of the Wada test as an indicator of hippocampal integrity among the candidates for epilepsy surgery. J Neurosurg 101:926-31, 2004

36. Cohen-Gadol AA, Ozduman K, Bronen RA, Kim JH, Spencer DD. Long-term outcome after epilepsy surgery for focal cortical dysplasia. J Neurosurg 101:55-65, 2004

35. Cohen-Gadol AA, Krauss WE, Spinner RJ. Delayed central nervous system superficial siderosis following brachial plexus avulsion injury. Neurosurg Focus 16: Article 10, 2004

34. Cohen-Gadol AA, Pan JW, Kim JH, Spencer DD, Hetherington HH. Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study and a histopathologic analysis. J Neurosurg 101:613-620, 2004

Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. Inauguration of pediatric neurosurgery by Harvey W. Cushing: his contributions to the surgery of posterior fossa tumors in children. Editorial response letter [Comment]. J Neurosurg: Peds (in press)

33. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. Inauguration of pediatric neurosurgery by Harvey W. Cushing: his contributions to the surgery of posterior fossa tumors in children. J Neurosurg: Peds 100(2 Suppl):225-31, 2004

32. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. Harvey W. Cushing and cerebrovascular surgery: Part I: Aneurysms. J Neurosurg 101:547-552, 2004

31. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. Harvey W. Cushing and cerebrovascular surgery: Part II: Vascular malformations. J Neurosurg 101:553-559, 2004

30. Schäuble B, Cascino GD, Pollock BE, Gorman DA, Weigand S, Cohen-Gadol AA, McClelland RL. Seizure outcomes after stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Neurology 63:683-687, 2004

29. Cohen-Gadol AA, DiLuna ML, Spencer DD. Partial epilepsy presenting as episodic dyspnea: a specific network involved in limbic seizure propagation. J Neurosurg 100(3): 565-7, 2004

28. Cohen-Gadol AA, White JB, Lynch JJ, Miller GM, Krauss WE. Synovial cysts of the thoracic spine.
J Neurosurg-Spine 1:52-57, 2004

27. Collignon FP, Cohen-Gadol AA, Krauss, WE. Circumferential decompression of the foramen magnum for the treatment of syringomyelia associated with basilar invagination. Neurosurg Rev 27:168-72, 2004

26. Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton, JW, Worrell GA, Meyer, FB. Transient cortical abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging after status epilepticus – Case report. Surg Neurol 61:479-82, 2004

25. Cohen-Gadol AA, DiLuna ML, Piepmeier J, Spencer DD. Non-enhancing de novo glioblastomas: report of two cases. Neurosurg Rev 27:281-285, 2004

24. Collignon FP, Cohen-Gadol AA, Piepgras DG. Hemangiopericytoma of the confluence of sinuses and the transverse sinuses: Case report. J Neurosurg 99:1085-88, 2003

23. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. The use of an antereomedial subdural strip in the evaluation of medial temporal lobe epilepsy - Technical note. J Neurosurg 99:921-23, 2003

22. McIver JI, Link MJ, Giannini C, Cohen-Gadol AA, Driscoll C. Choroid plexus papilloma and meningioma: coincidental posterior fossa tumors. Case report and review of the literature. Surg Neurol 60: 360-365, 2003

21. Maher CO, Cohen-Gadol AA, Raffel C. Cortical resection for epilepsy in children with linear sebaceous nevus syndrome. Pediatr Neurosurg 39: 129-35, 2003

20. Cohen-Gadol AA, Leavitt JA, Lynch JJ, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Cascino GD. A prospective analysis of diplopia after temporal lobectomy for mesial temporal lobe sclerosis. J Neurosurg 99:496-499, 2003

Cohen-Gadol AA, Davis DH. Selective peripheral denervation for intractable torticollis: Experience with 168 patients at the Mayo Clinic Editorial response letter [Comment]. J Neurosurg 100:172, 2004

19. Cohen-Gadol AA, Matsumoto JY, Ahlskog JE, Swansen MA, McClelland R, Davis DH. Selective peripheral denervation for intractable torticollis: Experience with 168 patients at the Mayo Clinic.
J Neurosurg 98: 1247-54, 2003

18. Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Collignon F, Bates LM, Cascino GD, Meyer FB. Central lobule seizures: the use of awake cortical mapping and subdural grid monitoring for resection of seizure focus. J Neurosurg 98: 1255-62, 2003

17. Cohen-Gadol AA, Stoffman MR, Spencer DD. Emerging surgical and radiotherapeutic techniques for treating epilepsy. Curr Opin Neurol 16:213-219, 2003

16. Cohen-Gadol AA, Koch CA, Raffel C, Spinner RJ. Confirmation of research publications reported by neurological surgery residency applicants. Surg Neurol 60: 280-4, 2003

15. Cohen-Gadol AA, Pichelmann MA, Link MJ, Scheithauer BW, Krecke KN, Young WF, Hardy J, Giannini C. Granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis: a clinicopathologic study of 11 cases. Mayo Clin Proc 78:567-573, 2003

14. Cohen-Gadol, AA, Zikel OM, Aksamit AJ, Miller GM, Scheithauer BW, Krauss WE. Spinal cord biopsy: A review of 38 cases. Neurosurgery 52(4):806-16, 2003

13. Cohen-Gadol AA, Zikel OM, Scheithauer BW, Krauss WE. Spinal meningiomas in patients under age 50: A 21 year experience. J Neurosurg-Spine 98:258-63, 2003

12. Cohen-Gadol AA, White CB, Dekutoski MB, Shaughnessy WJ. Arterial-esophageal fistula: A complication of nasogastric tube placement following lumbar spine surgery: Case report. Spine 28(5):E98-E101, 2003

11. Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Wetjen NM, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Raffel C. Neurostimulation therapies in epilepsy: current modalities and future directions. Mayo Clin Proc. 78(2):238-48, 2003

10. Inoue T, Cohen-Gadol AA, Krauss WE. Low-pressure headaches and spinal cord herniation: Case report. J Neurosurg-Spine 98:93-95, 2003

9. Cohen-Gadol AA, Dekutoski MB, Kim CW, Quast LM, Krauss WE. Safety of supplemental endplate screws in thoracic pedicle hook fixation. J Neurosurg-Spine 98:31-35, 2003

8. Ecker RD, Goerss SJ, Meyer FB, Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Levine JA. Vision of the future: Initial experience with real-time intraoperative high-resolution dynamic infrared imaging (DIRI). J Neurosurg 97:1460-1471, 2002

7. Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Friedman JA, Marsh WR. Transient postictal MR abnormality of the corpus callosum in a patient with epilepsy: Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg 97:714-717, 2002

6. Wetjen NM, Cohen-Gadol AA, Maher CO, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Cascino GD. Frontal lobe epilepsy: diagnosis and surgical management. Neurosurg Rev 24:119-138, 2002

5. Kadyrov NA, Friedman JA, Nichols DA, Cohen-Gadol AA, Link MJ, Piepgras DG. Endovascular treatment of an internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following transphenoidal surgery. Case Report. J Neurosurg 96(3):624-7, 2002

4. Lavine SD, Petrovich Z, Cohen-Gadol AA, Masri LS, Morton DL, O'Day SJ, Essner R, Zelman V, Yu C, Luxton G, Apuzzo ML. Gamma knife radiosurgery for metastatic melanoma: An analysis of survival, outcome, and complications. Neurosurgery 44(1):59-66, 1999

3. Chen JC, O'Day S, Morton D, Essner R, Cohen-Gadol AA, MacPherson D, Giannotta SL, Petrovich Z, Yu C, Apuzzo ML. Stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of metastatic disease to the brain. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 73(1-4):60-3, 1999

2. Miles PD, Hart M, Romeo O, Cheng J, Cohen-Gadol AA, Rafaat K, Moossa AR, Olefsky J. Mechanisms of insulin resistance in experimental hyperinsulinemic dogs. J Clin Invest 101: 202-11, 1998

1. Miles PD, Romeo O, Higo K, Cohen-Gadol AA, Rafaat K, Olesky JM. TNF-Alpha induced insulin resistance in vivo and its prevention by Troglitazone. Diabetes 46:1678-83, 1997

  

 

  
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