The purpose of the Clinical Neurosurgery Unit is to extend the key mission objectives of NINDS to reduce the burden of neurological diseases and to train exceptional physician-scientists. The Unit provides clinical care for all neurosurgical patients being treated at the NIH Clinical Center via research protocols within NINDS and as a high-level referral and consult service for patients in other protocols. The Clinical Neurosurgery Unit provides infrastructure and personnel that supports scientifically and ethically sound research that increases knowledge about the pathophysiology and treatment of nervous system disease. This knowledge is used to improve the neurosurgical care of patients afflicted by these diseases.
Lab Members:
- John D. Heiss, M.D., Head of Clinical Neurosurgery Unit
- Shantelle Graff, Post-baccalaureate IRTA
Selected Publications:
- Dimitrov L, Hong CS, Yang C, Zhuang Z, Heiss JD: New developments in the pathogenesis and therapeutic targeting of the IDH1 mutation in glioma. Int J Med Sci Jan 20; 12(3):201-213, 2015
- Heiss JD, Snyder K, Peterson M, Patronas NJ, Butman JA, Smith RK, DeVroom HL, Sansur CA, Eskioglu E, Kammerer WA, Oldfield EH: Pathophysiology of primary spinal syringomyelia. J Neurosurg Spine 17(5):367-80, 2012
- Heiss JD, Suffredini G, Bakhtian KD, Sarntinoranont M, Oldfield EH: Normalization of hindbrain morphology after decompression of Chiari malformation Type 1. J Neurosurg 117(5):942-6, 2012
- Heiss JD, Suffredini G, Smith R, DeVroom HL, Patronas N, Butman J, Thomas F, Oldfield EH: Pathophysiology of persistent syringomyelia after decompressive craniocervical surgery. J Neurosurg Spine 13:729-742, 2010
- Heiss JD, Patronas N, DeVroom HL, Shawker T, Ennis R, Kammerer W, Eidsath A, Talbot T, Morris J, Eskioglu E, Oldfield EH: Elucidating the pathophysiology of syringomyelia. J Neurosurg 91(4):553-562, 1999.