FernandoValeMD

Neurosurgery • Augusta, GA

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Epilepsy Surgery, Pituitary Surgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Medical College of Georgia-Augusta University

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Office
1120 15th St
Augusta, GA 30912
Phone+1 706-721-2273

Fax+1 706-721-1459
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Education & Training

University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1992 - 1997
University of Alabama HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1997 - 2025
GA State Medical License 2018 - 2025
AL State Medical License 1993 - 2024
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Doctors
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2011-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Endovascular Embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematomas Following Surgical Evacuation Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 01
Recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Endoscopic endonasal obliteration of the frontal recess and anterior skull base.
Harry VAN Loveren, Ivo Peto, Bailin Alexander, Paul Krafft, Siviero Agazzi, Fernando L Vale, Mark H Tabor> ;Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2024 Apr 12
No change in network connectivity measurements between separate rsfMRI acquisition times.
Elliot G Neal, Samantha Schimmel, Zeegan George, Molly Monsour, Adam Alayli, Gavin Lockard, Keaton Piper, Stephanie Maciver, Fernando L Vale, Yarema B Bezchlibnyk> ;Frontiers in Network Physiology. 2024 Jan 1
Revision and removal of vagus nerve stimulation systems: twenty-five years' experience.
Lydia Kaoutzani, Keaton Piper, Manish Kumar, Fernando L Vale, Goldman, L., Liam V Goldman> ;Acta Neurochirurgica. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Long-term outcomes of mesial temporal laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy and subsequent surgery for seizure recurrence: a multi-centre coho...
Brett E Youngerman, Matei A Banu, Farhan Khan, Guy M McKhann, Catherine A Schevon, Jonathan R Jagid, Iahn Cajigas, Christian B Theodotou, Andrew Ko, Robert Buckley, Je...> ;Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 1
Altered endocannabinoid metabolism compromises the brain-CSF barrier and exacerbates chronic deficits after traumatic brain injury in mice.
Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Hannah Mcmichael, Manish Kumar, Mario P Espinosa, Asamoah Bosomtwi, Yujiao Lu, Hesam Khodadadi, Abbas Jarrahi, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, David C ...> ;Experimental Neurology. 2023 Mar 1
Non-dominant temporal lobe surgery: a case report of prosopagnosia following cavernous malformation resection.
Luca H Debs, Debra Moore-Hill, Fernando L Vale, Patel, K.> ;Acta Neurologica Belgica. 2023 Dec 1
Protocol for behavioral and neural recording during stimulation of the macaque monkey nucleus basalis.
Xue-Lian Qi, Kendyl R Pennington, Christopher Banerjee, Fernando L Vale, Sarah K Bick, Dario J Englot, Robert S Turner, Christos Constantinidis, David T Blake> ;STAR Protocols. 2022 Mar 18
16 citations
Rescuing mitochondria in traumatic brain injury and intracerebral hemorrhages - A potential therapeutic approach.
Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Manish Kumar, Pankaj Ahluwalia, Scott Y. Rahimi, John R. Vender, Raghavan Raju, David C. Hess, Babak Baban, Fernando L. Vale, Krishnan M. Dhandapa...> ;Neurochemistry International. 2021 Nov 1
1 citations
Concomitant central venous sinus thrombosis and subdural hematoma in acute promyelocytic leukemia: middle meningeal artery embolization enables safe anticoagulation. I...
Kushagra Maini, Feroze Afzal, Dan-Victor Giurgiutiu, Scott Y Rahimi, Manan Shah, Jeffrey A Switzer, Fernando L Vale, Klepper Alfredo Garcia> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Case Lessons. 2021 Jun 7
20 citations
CSF Leak After COVID-19 Nasopharyngeal Swab: A Case Report.
Rebecca Paquin, Lindsey Ryan, Fernando L. Vale, Martin J. Rutkowski, James Kenneth Byrd> ;The Laryngoscope. 2021 Feb 12
2 citations
Anatomic Study Quantifying the Relationship Between the Arcuate Eminence and the Root of the Zygoma: Application to Skull Base Surgery.
Joseph Lockwood, Mansour Mathkour, John D Nerva, Joe Iwanaga, Cuong J. Bui, Fernando L. Vale, Aaron S. Dumont, R. Shane Tubbs> ;World Neurosurgery. 2021 Feb 1
6 citations
Seizure Freedom After Epilepsy Surgery and Higher Baseline Cognition May Be Associated With a Negatively Correlated Epilepsy Network in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
Elliot G. Neal, Mike R. Schoenberg, Stephanie Maciver, Yarema B. Bezchlibnyk, Fernando L. Vale> ;Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2021 Jan 18
17 citations
AMPK induces regulatory innate lymphoid cells after traumatic brain injury
Babak Baban, Molly Braun, Hesam Khodadadi, Ayobami Ward, Katelyn Alverson, Aneeq Malik, Khoi D. Nguyen, Skon M Nazarian, David C. Hess, Scott E. Forseen, Alexander F P...> ;JCI Insight. 2021 Jan 11
56 citations
Neurological consequences of COVID-19: what have we learned and where do we go from here?
Abbas Jarrahi, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Hesam Khodadadi, Évila Lopes Salles, Ravindra Kolhe, David C. Hess, Fernando L. Vale, Manish Kumar, Babak Baban, Kumar Vaibhav, Kri...> ;Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2020 Sep 30
71 citations
Revisiting Traumatic Brain Injury: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Interventions.
Abbas Jarrahi, Molly Braun, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Rohan V. Gupta, Michael D. Wilson, Stephanie Munie, Pankaj Ahluwalia, John R. Vender, Fernando L. Vale, Krishnan M. Dh...> ;Biomedicines. 2020 Sep 29
24 citations
Targeting the endocannabinoid system: a predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine-directed approach to the management of brain pathologies
Vamsi Reddy, Dayton Grogan, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Évila Lopes Salles, Pankaj Ahluwalia, Hesam Khodadadi, Katelyn Alverson, Andy Nguyen, Srikrishnan P. Raju, Pankaj Gaur...> ;The EPMA Journal. 2020 Apr 15
5 citations
Surgery of the amygdala and uncus: a case series of glioneuronal tumors.
Andrew C. Vivas, Stephen Reintjes, Nir Shimony, Fernando L. Vale> ;Acta Neurochirurgica. 2020 Jan 30
10 citations
Surgical disconnection of epilepsy network correlates with improved outcomes
Elliot G. Neal, Stephanie Maciver, Mike R. Schoenberg, Fernando L. Vale> ;Seizure. 2020 Jan 29
10 citations
Network connectivity separate from the hypothesized irritative zone correlates with impaired cognition and higher rates of seizure recurrence.
Elliot G. Neal, Long Di, Amber Rose Reale-Caldwell, Stephanie Maciver, Mike R. Schoenberg, Fernando L. Vale> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2019 Dec 1
101 citations
Effects of surgical targeting in laser interstitial thermal therapy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A multicenter study of 234 patients
Chengyuan Wu, Walter J. Jermakowicz, Srijata Chakravorti, Iahn Cajigas, Ashwini Sharan, Jonathan R. Jagid, Caio M. Matias, Michael R. Sperling, Robert T. Buckley, Andr...> ;Epilepsia. 2019 Jun 1
25 citations
Human stem cells transplanted into the rat stroke brain migrate to the spleen via lymphatic and inflammation pathways.
Kaya Xu, Jea Young Lee, Yuji Kaneko, Julian P. Tuazon, Fernando L. Vale, Harry R. van Loveren, Cesario V. Borlongan> ;Haematologica. 2019 May 1
17 citations
DuraSeal Exact Is a Safe Adjunctive Treatment for Durotomy in Spine: Postapproval Study.
Kee D. Kim, Dinesh Ramanathan, Jason Highsmith, William F. Lavelle, Peter C. Gerszten, Fernando L. Vale, Neill M. Wright> ;Global Spine Journal. 2019 May 1
2 citations
ENDOCRINE OUTCOMES OF TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY FOR PITUITARY APOPLEXY VERSUS ELECTIVE SURGERY FOR PITUITARY ADENOMA.
Paul Marcet, Jason Paluzzi, Anthony D. Morrison, Fernando L. Vale> ;Endocrine Practice. 2019 Jan 18
9 citations
Clinically Significant Visual Deficits after Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Mesiotemporal Epilepsy.
Walter J. Jermakowicz, Chengyuan Wu, Elliot G. Neal, Iahn Cajigas, Pierre-François D'Haese, David J. Donahue, Ashwini Sharan, Fernando L. Vale, Jonathan R. Jagid> ;Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2019 Jan 1
47 citations
Putting it all together: Options for intractable epilepsy: An updated algorithm on the use of epilepsy surgery and neurostimulation.
Selim R. Benbadis, Eric B. Geller, Philippe Ryvlin, Steven C. Schachter, James W. Wheless, Werner Doyle, Fernando L. Vale> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2018 Nov 1
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