LukeMacyszynMDMA

Neurosurgery • Los Angeles, CA

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

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Office
UCLA Medical Center
300 Stein Plaza, Suite 420
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-825-5111

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Summary

Dr. Luke Macyszyn is a neurosurgeon in Santa Monica, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his neurosurgical training at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been in practice over 10 years and speaks multiple languages, including Polish. He specializes spinal tumors, scoliosis, spinal deformity surgery, and utilizes minimally invasive techniques.

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2008 - 2015
Shriners Hospitals for Children-PhiladelphiaFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 2014 - 2014
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Surgery, 2008 - 2009
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 2008

Certifications & Licensure

NV State Medical License 2022 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2008 - 2024
CA State Medical License 2015 - 2024
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Machine Learning Predicts Cerebral Vasospasm in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients.
Zarrin, D., Suri, A., McCarthy, K., Gaonkar, B., Wilson, B., Colby, G., Freundlich, R., Macyszyn, L., Gabel, E.> ;Research Square. 2024 Feb 5
Lumbar Spinal Canal Segmentation in Cases with Lumbar Stenosis Using Deep-U-Net Ensembles.
Azim N Laiwalla, Anshul Ratnaparkhi, David Zarrin, Kirstin Cook, Ien Li, T J Florence, Bryan Yoo, Banafsheh Salehi, Bilwaj Gaonkar, Joel Beckett, Luke Macyszyn, Wilson...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2023 Oct 1
Structural Changes in the Cervicomedullary Junction in Adult Chiari Patients.
Anshul Ratnaparkhi, Azim N Laiwalla, Bilwaj Gaonkar, David Zarrin, Kirstin Cook, Elliot Berdy, Ien Li, Mark Attiah, Langston Holly, Luke Macyszyn, Joel Beckett, Ulrich...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2022 Dec 1
Imaging Biomarker Development for Lower Back Pain Using Machine Learning: How Image Analysis Can Help Back Pain.
Bilwaj Gaonkar, Kirstin Cook, Bryan Yoo, Banafsheh Salehi, Luke Macyszyn> ;Methods in Molecular Biology. 2022 Jan 1
2 citations
High-Dose Rate Interstitial Spine Brachytherapy Using an Intraoperative Mobile Computed Tomography-Guided Surgical Navigation System.
Rogelio Medina, Luke Macyszyn, Andrew S Lim, Mark A. Attiah, Kayla Kafka-Peterson, Tania Kaprelian, John V. Hegde, Puja Venkat, Alan Lee, Sang-June Park, Albert J. Chang> ;Operative Neurosurgery. 2021 Nov 15
1 citations
Perioperative dual antiplatelet therapy for patients undergoing spine surgery soon after drug eluting stent placement.
Sophie Peeters, Daniel T. Nagasawa, Bilwaj Gaonkar, Tianyi Niu, Alexander M. Tucker, Mark A. Attiah, Diana Babayan, Natalie C. Moreland, Isaac Yang, Marcela Calfon Pre...> ;Surgical Neurology International. 2021 Jun 28
8 citations
Predicting Spinal Surgery Candidacy From Imaging Data Using Machine Learning.
Bilwaj Gaonkar, Bryan Yoo, Banafsheh Salehi, Mark A. Attiah, Diane Villaroman, Christine J. Ahn, Matthew D. Edwards, Azim Laiwalla, Anshul Ratnaparkhi, Ien Li, Kirstin...> ;Neurosurgery. 2021 Jun 15
21 citations
Updated external validation of the SORG machine learning algorithms for prediction of ninety-day and one-year mortality after surgery for spinal metastasis.
Akash A. Shah, Aditya V. Karhade, Howard Y. Park, William L. Sheppard, Luke Macyszyn, Richard Everson, Arya Nick Shamie, Don Y. Park, Joseph H. Schwab, Francis J. Horn...> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 Mar 31
6 citations
Eigenrank by committee: Von-Neumann entropy based data subset selection and failure prediction for deep learning based medical image segmentation.
Bilwaj Gaonkar, Joel S. Beckett, Mark A. Attiah, Christine S. Ahn, Matthew D. Edwards, Bayard Wilson, Azim Laiwalla, Banafsheh Salehi, Bryan Yoo, Alex A. T. Bui, Luke ...> ;Medical Image Analysis. 2021 Jan 1
3 citations
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Stratified by Target Delineation for Patients Undergoing Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Spinal Metastases
Mark A. Attiah, Kiri A. Sandler, Rogelio Medina, Bilwaj Gaonkar, David L. McArthur, George Farha, Michael T. Selch, Antonio A.F. De Salles, Stephen Tenn, Nzhde Agazary...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 1
11 citations
United States Medical Licensing Examination step 2 scores do not predict American Board of Neurological Surgery scores: A single-institution experience
Methma Udawatta, Komal Preet, Carlito Lagman, Alexis M. French, Colleen Bruton, Marvin Bergsneider, Lawrance K. Chung, Prasanth Romiyo, Luke Macyszyn, Isaac Yang> ;Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2020 Jan 15
14 citations
Natural history of the aging spine: a cross-sectional analysis of spinopelvic parameters in the asymptomatic population.
Mark A. Attiah, Bilwaj Gaonkar, Yasmine Alkhalid, Diane Villaroman, Rogelio Medina, Christine J. Ahn, Tianyi Niu, Joel S. Beckett, Christopher P. Ames, Luke Macyszyn> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2020 Jan 1
Clinical and surgical management of holocervical spinal cord ependymomas.
Kevin Mckay, Mark A. Attiah, Tianyi Niu, Daniel T. Nagasawa, Kunal S. Patel, Bilwaj Gaonkar, Barbara Van de Wiele, Natalie C. Moreland, Alexander M. Tucker, Pedro Chur...> ;Surgical Neurology International. 2019 Nov 22
14 citations
Quantitative Analysis of Spinal Canal Areas in the Lumbar Spine: An Imaging Informatics and Machine Learning Study.
Bilwaj Gaonkar, Diane Villaroman, Joel S. Beckett, C. Ahn, Mark A. Attiah, Diana Babayan, J. P. Villablanca, Noriko Salamon, Alex A. T. Bui, Luke Macyszyn> ;AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2019 Sep 1
3 citations
Cangrelor Bridging Within 6 Months of a Drug-Eluting Stent in a Patient for Emergency Cervical Spine Surgery: A Case Report.
Tiffany Y. Hu, Sophie Peeters, Daniel T. Nagasawa, Nirav Kamdar, Rachel P. Brook, Jesse Sun, Sandy Park, Natalie C. Moreland, Daniel Cruz, Luke Macyszyn, Marcella Calf...> ;A&A Practice. 2019 Jul 15
10 citations
Quantitative Analysis of Neural Foramina in the Lumbar Spine: An Imaging Informatics and Machine Learning Study.
Bilwaj Gaonkar, Joel Beckett, Diane Villaroman, Christine J. Ahn, Matthew D. Edwards, Steven Moran, Mark A. Attiah, Diana Babayan, Christopher P. Ames, J. Pablo Villab...> ;Radiology. Artificial Intelligence. 2019 Mar 6
9 citations
Cell Counting and Segmentation of Immunohistochemical Images in the Spinal Cord: Comparing Deep Learning and Traditional Approaches
Bau Pham, Bilwaj Gaonkar, William Whitehead, Steven Moran, Qing Dai, Luke Macyszyn, V. Reggie Edgerton> ;Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. 2018 Jul 18
3 citations
Autonomous Trajectory Planning for External Ventricular Drain Placement.
Joel S. Beckett, Bilwaj Gaonkar, Diana Babayan, Justin Mathew, David L. McArthur, Noriko Salamon, Neil A. Martin, Isaac Yang, Luke Macyszyn> ;Operative Neurosurgery. 2018 Oct 1
6 citations
Orchestral fully convolutional networks for small lesion segmentation in brain MRI
Botian Xu, Yaqiong Chai, Cristina Galarza, Chau Vu, Benita Tamrazi, Bilwaj Gaonkar, Luke Macyszyn, Thomas D. Coates, Natasha Lepore, John C. Wood> ;Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. 2018 Apr 1
Bayesian automated cortical segmentation for neonatal MRI
Zane Chou, Natacha Paquette, Bhavana Ganesh, Yalin Wang, Rafael Ceschin, Marvin D. Nelson, Luke Macyszyn, Bilwaj Gaonkar, Ashok Panigrahy, Natasha Lepore> ;Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering. 2017 Nov 17
14 citations
Multi-Parameter Ensemble Learning for Automated Vertebral Body Segmentation in Heterogeneously Acquired Clinical MR Images
Bilwaj Gaonkar, Yihao Xia, Diane Villaroman, Allison Ko, Mark A. Attiah, Joel S. Beckett, Luke Macyszyn> ;IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 2017 Jun 22
54 citations
Direct versus indirect revascularization procedures for moyamoya disease: a comparative effectiveness study.
Luke Macyszyn, Mark A. Attiah, Tracy Ma, Zarina S. Ali, Ryan W. Faught, Alisha T Hossain, Karen Man, Hiren Patel, Rosanna Sobota, Eric L. Zager, Sherman C. Stein> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2017 May 1
7 citations
Isolated Transverse Process Fractures and Markers of Associated Injuries: The Experience at University of California, Los Angeles.
Timothy T. Bui, Daniel T. Nagasawa, Carlito Lagman, Cheng Hao Jacky Chen, Lawrance K. Chung, Brittany L. Voth, Joel S. Beckett, Alexander M. Tucker, Tianyi Niu, Bilwaj...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2017 Apr 28
13 citations
Amyloid-β-related angiitis: a report of 2 cases with unusual presentations.
Denise W. Ng, Shino Magaki, Kevin H. Terashima, Adrienne M. Keener, Noriko Salamon, Stellios Karnezis, Luke Macyszyn, Harry V. Vinters> ;Human Pathology. 2017 Jun 1
26 citations
United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 Scores Directly Correlate with American Board of Neurological Surgery Scores: A Single-Institution Experience.
Daniel T. Nagasawa, Joel S. Beckett, Carlito Lagman, Lawrance K. Chung, Benjamin Schmidt, Michael Safaee, Marvin Bergsneider, Neil A. Martin, Bilwaj Gaonkar, Luke Macy...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2017 Feb 1
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Press Mentions

The Issues Spine Surgeons Are Advocating for Outside of the Operating RoomMarch 2nd, 2023
AI, Regenerative Medicine and More: What 11 Spine Surgeons Would Do with a $5M GrantFebruary 2nd, 2023
AI Tool Analyzes Images to Determine Spine Surgery CandidatesDecember 16th, 2019
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