Raj K Shrivastava MD

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Pituitary Surgery, Skull Base

Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Residency Program Director Department of Neurological Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Summary

Dr. Shrivastava specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of skull base tumors, meningiomas, and pituitary tumors. He has sub-specialty fellowship training in complex skull base surgery that entails the use of minimally invasive technologies. These consist of endoscopic, 3D and stereotactic navigation in order to safely remove difficult and "hard-to-reach" brain tumors. He has been active in the advancement and development of these technologies through clinical research which has resulted in several national peer-reviewed publications and awards. Dr. Shrivastava lectures nationally and internationally where he has been invited as a guest Professor and Lecturer. He is a co-investigator in an NIH study regarding the use of Ultra-High Field 7T MRI mapping of skull base tumors to improve patient outcome and safety.

Most importantly, however, Dr. Shrivastava believes that patient-centered care, good clinical outcome and personalized treatment comes first, this will always be the first priority.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Skull Base Surgery, 2003 - 2004
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiChief Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2002 - 2003
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1998 - 2002
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiInternship, Transitional Year, 1997 - 1998
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1997

PubMed

How Accessible are Clinical Trials for Skull Base Disorders within the United States?
Dany Alkurdi, Shiven Sharma, Ezdean Alkurdi, Dev Patel, Omar Alani
Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base. 2025-12-01
Immunohistochemical Comparison of Dopamine-2 Receptor Expression in Resistant and Non-Resistant Prolactinomas.
Ilana Ramer Bass, Julia Ferreira de Carvalho, Melissa Umphlett, William Shuman, Alexander Kirschenbaum
Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025-10-17
Identifying associated comorbidities in the development of trigeminal neuralgia: A propensity-matched analysis of the National Inpatient Sample.
Megan Tang, Alex Devarajan, Lily Huo, Tony Chung, Vikram Vasan
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2025-08-01

Journal Articles

Original Article Malpractice Litigation in Brain Tumor Surgery: A 31-Year Analysis of Causative Factors in the United States from the Westlaw Database
Joshua Bederson, Raj K Shrivastava, ScienceDirect
Intracranial Meningioma Surgery: Value-Based Care Determinants in New York State 1995-2015
Joshua B Bederson, Raj K Shrivastava, World Neurosurgery
Intracranial Meningioma Surgery: Value-Based Care Determinants in New York State 1995-2015
Joshua B Bederson, Raj K Shrivastava, World Neurosurgery

Books/Book Chapters

Tumors of the Central Nervous System
Chapter: Craniocervical Resection of Skull Base Tumors
Shrivastava RK, Manolidis SEditors: Springer Verlag.2012
Skull Base Pathology
Chapter: Neurosurgery of Orbital Tumors
Shrivastava RK, Sen CNEditors: Manolidis, Tabaee.Thieme2012
Tumors of the Central Nervous System
Chapter: Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery
Tabaee, A, Shrivastava RKSpringer Verlag2012

Abstracts/Posters

Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in pituitary surgery outcomes.
Goljo E, Parasher A, Iloreta A, Shrivastava RK, Govindaraj S, Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base, 1/1/2016
Early Postoperative (POD1) Discharge in Pituitary Adenoma Patients: The Effect of Socioeconomic Factors.
Sarkiss C, Lee J, Shrivastava, RK, Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base, 1/1/2015
Detection of Skull Base CSF Leaks Using High Resolution CT-MRI Fusion Imaging: A New Algorithm in Management and Treatment.
Shrivastava RK, Govindaraj, Agbetoba A, Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base, 1/1/2014

Lectures

Use of Simulation and Augmented Reality in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery.
Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/2017
Extreme Lateral Posterior Fossa Skull Base Approaches.
Phoenix, AZ - 1/14/2016
Ultra-High Field Mapping of Pituitary Tumors.
Dublin - 1/1/2016

Other

Macrophage inflammatory protein-1[alpha] protein (MIP-1[alpha]) and LD78 expression in astrocytes : quantitative MIP-1[alpha] mRNA induction by lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Shrivastava RK, Graduate Thesis , Stanford University
1/1/1993
"Glioma Surgery: Case Presentations"
Shrivastava RK, Web-Based Publication for Issues in Clinical Neurosciences
"Endoscopic Resection of Pituitary Tumors."
Shrivastava RK, Web-Based Publication for Issues in Clinical Neurosciences

Intracranial Meningioma Surgery: Value-Based Care Determinants in New York State 1995-2015July 2018
Brain Metastasis from Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A Review of the Literature in the Genomic Era RelatedJune 2018
Is Psychiatric Depression a Presenting Neurologic Sign of Meningioma? A Critical Review of the Literature with Causative EtiologyJanuary 2018

Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks (CSF) and MeningoencephalocelesOctober 23rd, 2020
Doctors Operate on ‘Cancer,’ Overjoyed to Find Tapeworm in Woman’s Brain InsteadJune 7th, 2019
Woman's Brain Tumor Turns Out to Be a Baby Tapeworm Living in Her HeadJune 4th, 2019