AnthonyMAvellinoMDMBA

Neurosurgery • Tucson, AZ

Pediatric Neurosurgery

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Tucson, AZ 85724
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Education & Training

University of WashingtonResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1992 - 2000
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2022 - 2024
CA State Medical License 2021 - 2023
MI State Medical License 2018 - 2022
IL State Medical License 2014 - 2020
WA State Medical License 1996 - 2016
MD State Medical License 2000 - 2004
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Selected as Becker’s Healthcare “100 hospital and health system chief medical officers to know" Becker’s Healthcare, 2020
Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Enlarging traumatic superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm from a lacrosse ball injury: illustrative case.
Kristina F Terrani, Anthony M Avellino, M Michael Bercu> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Case Lessons. 2023 Jun 12
1 citations
A Rare Neonatal Intramedullary Immature Teratoma Undiagnosed in utero: A Case Report.
Max Kahn, Stanca Iacob, Sarah E Bach, Anthony M. Avellino, Julian J. Lin> ;Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2021 Nov 2
5-Aminolevulinic acid-assisted resection of pediatric dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: illustrative case.
Luke H Beauchamp, Marian Michael Bercu, Anthony M Avellino> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Case Lessons. 2021 Jul 26
2 citations
Commentary: The Dilemma of Papilledema in Chiari I Malformation
Vanessa Smith, Paul MacMahon, Anthony M. Avellino, Julian J. Lin> ;Neurosurgery. 2018 Mar 1
5 citations
Neurosurgical management of a rare congenital supratentorial neurenteric cyst with associated nasal dermal sinus: case report
Paul MacMahon, Stanca Iacob, Sarah E. Bach, Eric T. Elwood, Julian J. Lin, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2017 Sep 15
1 citations
Cerebrospinal Fluid Total Tau is Increased in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patients who Undergo Successful Lumbar Drain Trials.
Geoffrey S. Baird, Thomas J. Montine, Jason J. Chang, Shu-Ching Hu, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Cureus. 2017 May 22
2 citations
Commentary: Postural Headache Associated with Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Overdrainage: What are Our Options?
Anthony Alvarado, Jacqueline Boyle, Derek Martinez, Anthony M. Avellino, Julian J. Lin> ;Neurosurgery. 2017 May 1
1 citations
Commentary: Should Pediatric Patients with Shunts See Ophthalmologists on a Regular Basis?
Ahmad Issawi, Jacqueline Boyle, Anthony M. Avellino, Julian J. Lin> ;Neurosurgery. 2017 May 1
8 citations
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) as a Cognitive Evaluation Tool for Patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
Daisuke Nakatsu, Toru Fukuhara, Naomi Chaytor, Vaishali S. Phatak, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica. 2016 Feb 15
7 citations
Transanal presentation of a distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter: Management of bowel perforation without laparotomy.
James W. Bales, Ryan P. Morton, Nathan Airhart, David R. Flum, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Surgical Neurology International. 2016 Jan 1
Commentary on: "Spontaneous Ankylosis of Occiput to C2 following Closed Traction and Halo Treatment of Atlantoaxial Rotary Fixation".
Anthony M. Avellino> ;Global Spine Journal. 2015 Jun 1
3 citations
Dural herniation of the spinal cord: a rare cause of myelopathy with unique imaging features.
Jack Porrino, Kurt F. Scherer, Alfred C. Gellhorn, Anthony M. Avellino> ;PM & R. 2014 Nov 1
43 citations
Rapid sequence magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of children with hydrocephalus.
Brent R. O'Neill, Sumit Pruthi, Harmanjeet Bains, Ryan Robison, Keiko Weir, Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Richard G. Ellenbogen, Anthony M. Avellino, Samuel R. Browd> ;World Neurosurgery. 2013 Dec 1
11 citations
Reinnervating the Penis in Spina Bifida Patients in the United States: Ilioinguinal‐to‐Dorsal‐Penile Neurorrhaphy in Two Cases
Mph Micah A. Jacobs Md, Anthony M. Avellino, David Shurtleff, Thomas S. Lendvay> ;The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2013 Oct 1
Erratum: Complex pediatric cervical spine surgery using smaller nonspinal screws and plates and intraoperative computed tomography.
Avellino, A. M., Karandikar, M.> ;J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Jul 10
10 citations
Complex pediatric cervical spine surgery using smaller nonspinal screws and plates and intraoperative computed tomography.
Mahesh Karandikar, Sohail K. Mirza, Kit M. Song, Tong Yang, Walter F. Krengel, Kevin F. Spratt, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2012 Jun 1
26 citations
Nonprogrammable and programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunt valves: a 5-year study.
Timothy J. Hatlen, David B. Shurtleff, John D. Loeser, Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Anthony M. Avellino, Richard G. Ellenbogen> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2012 Apr 30
6 citations
Symptomatic spinal cord compression from an intradural arachnoid cyst with associated syrinx in a child: case report.
David K. Su, Sudesh Ebenezer, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2012 Jan 1
11 citations
Endoscopic repair of a rare basioccipital meningocele associated with recurrent meningitis.
Andrew L. Ko, Patrik Gabikian, Jonathan A. Perkins, David P. Gruber, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2010 Jul 30
3 citations
Human motor evoked potential responses following spinal cord transection: an in vivo study
M. Nathan Nair, Rohan Ramakrishna, Kit M. Song, Gregory A. Kinney, Jefferson C. Slimp, Andrew L. Ko, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2010 Jul 1
15 citations
Characterization of the human ventricular cerebrospinal fluid proteome obtained from hydrocephalic patients.
Timothy J. Waybright, Anthony M. Avellino, Richard G. Ellenbogen, Bradley J. Hollinger, Timothy D. Veenstra, Richard S. Morrison> ;Journal of Proteomics. 2010 Apr 18
9 citations
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction presenting as acute paraparesis in an infant.
Abhineet Chowdhary, Taylor J. Abel, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2010 Apr 1
44 citations
Equivalence of fusion rates after rigid internal fixation of the occiput to C-2 with or without C-1 instrumentation.
Todd C. Hankinson, Anthony M. Avellino, David H. Harter, Andrew Jea, Sean M. Lew, David W. Pincus, Mark R. Proctor, Luis F. Rodriguez, David Sacco, Theodore J. Spinks,...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2010 Mar 19
15 citations
Treatment of intermittent obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to a choroid plexus cyst
Tanya Filardi, Laura S. Finn, Patrik Gabikian, Carlo Giussani, Sudesh Ebenezer, Anthony M. Avellino> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec 1
4 citations
Is postoperative CT scanning predictive of subdural electrode placement complications in pediatric epileptic patients
Carlo Giussani, Tanya Filardi, Krishnapundha Bunyaratavej, Jeffrey C. Mai, Masahiro Ogino, Stephanie Greene, Samuel R. Browd, Anthony M. Avellino, Richard G. Ellenboge...> ;Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2009 Nov 11
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