AlexanderBudDruMD

Neurosurgery • Gainesville, FL

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Office
University of Florida Shands Hospital
1st Floor, Room 1097
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone+1 352-273-9000
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Education & Training

University of FloridaResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2015 - 2022
University of Arizona College of MedicineClass of 2015

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2022 - 2026
TN State Medical License 2023 - 2024
MI State Medical License 2021 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Recipient McGraw Hill Lange Award, 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Intraoperative confocal laser endomicroscopy: prospective in vivo feasibility study of a clinical-grade system for brain tumors.
Irakliy Abramov, Marian T Park, Evgenii Belykh, Alexander B Dru, Yuan Xu, Timothy C Gooldy, Lea Scherschinski, S Harrison Farber, Andrew S Little, Randall W Porter, Kr...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2023 Mar 1
1 citations
Preoperative Radiographic Prediction Tool for Early Postoperative Segmental and Lumbar Lordosis Alignment After Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
Ken Porche, Alexander B. Dru, Rachel Moor, Paul Kubilis, Sasha Vaziri, Daniel J. Hoh> ;Cureus. 2021 Sep 21
6 citations
Redosing of Fluorescein Sodium Improves Image Interpretation During Intraoperative Ex Vivo Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy of Brain Tumors.
Irakliy Abramov, Alexander B. Dru, Evgenii Belykh, Marian T. Park, L. A. Bardonova, Mark C. Preul> ;Frontiers in Oncology. 2021 Jan 1
5 citations
Partial high frequency nerve block decreases neuropathic signaling following chronic sciatic nerve constriction injury.
Lauren Savannah Dewberry, Alexander B. Dru, Maxwell Gravenstine, Brian Nguyen, James V. Anderson, Sasha Vaziri, Daniel J. Hoh, Kyle D. Allen, Kevin J. Otto> ;Journal of Neural Engineering. 2021 Apr 1
Correlation of perioperative risk scores with hospital costs in neurosurgical patients.
Sasha Vaziri, Joseph M. Abbatematteo, Max S. Fleisher, Alexander B. Dru, Dennis T. Lockney, Paul Kubilis, Daniel J. Hoh> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020 Mar 1
1 citations
Changes in Neurosurgeon Reimbursement Since Healthcare Reform in the United States.
Sasha Vaziri, Carlton Christie, Dimitri Laurent, Ken Porche, Alexander B. Dru, Brandon Lucke-Wold, W. Christopher Fox> ;World Neurosurgery. 2020 Feb 1
10 citations
Does Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Progress After Fusion
Sasha Vaziri, Dennis T. Lockney, Alexander B. Dru, Adam J. Polifka, W. Christopher Fox, Daniel J. Hoh> ;Neurospine. 2019 Sep 30
31 citations
Cervical Spine Deformity Correction Techniques.
Alexander B. Dru, Dennis T. Lockney, Sasha Vaziri, Matthew Decker, Adam J. Polifka, W. Christopher Fox, Daniel J. Hoh> ;Neurospine. 2019 Sep 30
2 citations
Reimbursement patterns for neurosurgery: Analysis of the NERVES survey results from 2011-2016.
Omar Awan, Kyle W. Scott, Sasha Vaziri, Ken Porche, Matthew Decker, Alexander B. Dru, Saptarshi Chakraborty, Kshitij Khare, Brian L. Hoh, Maryam Rahman> ;Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2019 Sep 1
19 citations
Race and socioeconomic disparity in treatment and outcome of traumatic cervical spinal cord injury with fracture: Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, 1998–2009
Alexander B. Dru, Brett Reichwage, Dan Neal, Sasha Vaziri, Dennis T. Lockney, W. Christopher Fox, Brian L. Hoh, Daniel J. Hoh> ;Spinal Cord. 2019 Apr 16
Radiographic and Neurological Outcome After Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Fractures of the Ankylotic Thoracic Spine: A Retrospective Case Series.
Alexander B. Dru, Paul Kubilis, Gregory A Murad, Tyler J. Carney, Daniel J. Hoh> ;Operative Neurosurgery. 2018 Mar 1
49 citations
Impact of Timing of Intervention Among 397 Consecutively Treated Brainstem Cavernous Malformations
Hasan A. Zaidi, Michael A Mooney, Michael R. Levitt, Alexander B. Dru, Adib A. Abla, Robert F. Spetzler> ;Neurosurgery. 2017 Oct 1
Chen Jingrun, China's famous mathematician: devastated by brain injuries on the doorstep to solving a fundamental mathematical puzzle.
Ting Lei, Evgenii Belykh, Alexander B. Dru, Kaan Yağmurlu, Ali M. Elhadi, Peter Nakaji, Mark C. Preul> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2016 Jul 1
The Anterolateral Limit of the Occipital Lobe: an Anatomical and Imaging Study
Cassius V C Reis, Kaan Yağmurlu, Ali M. Elhadi, Alexander B. Dru, Ting Lei, Sebastião Gusmão, Uédson Tazinaffo, Joseph M. Zabramski, Robert F. Spetzler, Mark C. Preul> ;Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base. 2016 May 27
2 citations
Activating Spinal Interneurons for Neural Repair After Spinal Cord Injury
Alexander B. Dru, Daniel J. Hoh> ;World Neurosurgery. 2015 Nov 1
9 citations
Midline as a landmark for the position of the superior sagittal sinus on the cranial vault: An anatomical and imaging study
Cassius V C Reis, Sebastião Gusmão, Ali M. Elhadi, Alexander B. Dru, Uédson Tazinaffo, Joseph M. Zabramski, Robert F. Spetzler, Mark C. Preul> ;Surgical Neurology International. 2015 Jul 21
15 citations
Pharmacophysiology of bone and spinal fusion.
Samuel Kalb, Mark A. Mahan, Ali M. Elhadi, Alexander B. Dru, Justin Eales, Marcelo Lemos, Nicholas Theodore> ;The Spine Journal. 2013 Oct 1
38 citations
Comparison of surgical freedom and area of exposure in three endoscopic transmaxillary approaches to the anterolateral cranial base.
Ali M. Elhadi, Kaith K. Almefty, George A C Mendes, M. Yashar S. Kalani, Peter Nakaji, Alexander B. Dru, Mark C. Preul, Andrew S. Little> ;Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base. 2013 Mar 16
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