Francesco Sammartino MD

PubMed

• Feasibility of targeting the cingulate gyrus using high-intensity focused ultrasound on a cadaveric specimen: illustrative case.
  Francesco Sammartino, James Mossner, Hunter Stecko, Nihaal Reddy, Brian Dalm
  Journal of Neurosurgery. Case Lessons. 2024-07-15
• 5 citations
  Disease applications of spinal cord stimulation: Chronic nonmalignant pain.
  Francesco Sammartino, Jacquelyn MacDonell, Richard B North, Vibhor Krishna, Lawrence Poree
  Neurotherapeutics. 2024-04-01
• 6 citations
  Single neurons in the thalamus and subthalamic nucleus process cardiac and respiratory signals in humans.
  Emanuela De Falco, Marco Solcà, Fosco Bernasconi, Mariana Babo-Rebelo, Nicole Young
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2024-03-12

Journal Articles

• Kranion, an open-source environment for planning Transcranial FUS surgery  
  F. Sammartino, D. Beam, J. Snell, V. Krishna, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2019
• Interleaving stimulation in Parkinson's disease, tremor and dystonia  
  D. Kern, F. Sammartino, A. Fasano, et al, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery Journal, 1/1/2018
• Conflict monitoring mechanism at the single-neuron level in the human ventral anterior cingulate cortex  
  Shapira-Lichter I, Strauss I, Oren N, Gazit T, Sammartino F, Giacobbe P, et al, Neurolmage, 1/1/2018
• Predictors of deep brain stimulation outcome in tremor patients  
  Sandoe C, Krishna V, Basha D, Sammartino F, Tatsch J, Picillo M, et al, Brain Stimulation, 1/1/2018
• Unilateral Pupil Dilation From Epidural Spinal Stimulation  
  Sammartino F, Krishna V, Neuromodulation: Journal of the International Neuromodulation Society, 1/1/2018
• A review of the current therapies, challenges, and future directions of transcranial focused ultrasound technology: Advances in diagnosis and treatment  
  Krishna V, Sammartino F, Rezai A, JAMA Neurology, 1/1/2018
• Predicting lesion size by accumulated thermal dose in MR-guided focused ultrasound for essential tremor  
  Huang Y, Lipsman N, Schwartz ML, Krishna V, Sammartino F, Lozano AM, et al, Medical Physics, 1/1/2018
• Advances in surgery for movement disorders  
  Rowland NC, Sammartino F, Lozano AM, Movement Disorders, 1/1/2017
• Exploring risk factors for stuttering development in Parkinson disease after deep brain stimulation  
  Picillo M, Vincos GB, Sammartino F, Lozano AM, Fasano A, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 1/1/2017
• Anatomic Targeting of the Optimal Location for Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Essential Tremor  
  King NKK, Krishna V, Sammartino F, Bari A, Reddy GD, Hodaie M, et al, World Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
• Airway Management With a Stereotactic Headframe In Situ-A Mannequin Study  
  Brockerville M, Unger Z, Rowland NC, Sammartino F, Manninen PH, Venkatraghavan L, J Neurosurg Anesthesia, 1/1/2017
• Comparison of Diffusion-Weighted MRI Reconstruction Methods for Visualization of Cranial Nerves in Posterior Fossa Surgery  
  Behan B, Chen DQ, Sammartino F, Desouza DD, Wharton-Shukster E, Hodaie M, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 1/1/2017
• Diffusion tensor imaging and deep brain stimulation  
  Sammartino F, Rowland N, Hodaie M, Kalfa SK, Lozano AM, Hamani C, Expert Rev Med Devices, 1/1/2016
• Low-frequency Subthalamic Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: Long-term Outcome and Predictors  
  Zibetti M, Moro E, Krishna V, Sammartino F, Picillo M, Munhoz RP, et al, Brain Stimul, 1/1/2016
• The Effect of General Anesthesia on the Microelectrode Recordings From Pallidal Neurons in Patients With Dystonia  
  Venkatraghavan L, Rakhman E, Krishna V, Sammartino F, Manninen P, Hutchison W, J Neurosurg Anesthesiol, 1/1/2016
• Prediction and detection of seizures from simultaneous thalamic and scalp electroencephalography recordings  
  So RQ, Krishna V, King NK, Yang H, Zhang Z, Sammartino F, et al, J Neurosurg, 1/1/2016
• 3-Tesla MRI in patients with fully implanted deep brain stimulation devices: a preliminary study in 1O patients  
  Sammartino F, Krishna V, Sankar T, Fisico J, Kalia SK, Hodaie M, et al, J Neurosurg, 1/1/2016
• Tractography-Based Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Targeting: Novel Methodology and lntraoperative Validation  
  Sammartino F, Krishna V, King NK, Lozano AM, Schwartz ML, Huang Y, et al, Mov Disord, 1/1/2016
• Sequence of electrode implantation and outcome of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease  
  Sammartino F, Krishna V, King NK, Bruno V, Kalia S, Hodaie M, et al, J Neural Neurosurg Psychiatry, 1/1/2016
• Aspiration of parafalcine empyemas with flexible scope  
  Sammartino F, Feletti A, Fiorindi A, Mazzucco GM, Longatti P, Childs Nerv Syst, 1/1/2016
• Deep Brain Stimulation of the Fornix: Engaging Therapeutic Circuits and Networks in Alzheimer Disease  
  Rowland NC, Sammartino F, Tomaszczyk JC, Lozano AM, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2016
• Advances in surgery for movement disorders  
  Rowland NC, Sammartino F, Lozano AM, Mov Disord, 1/1/2016
• Neuromodulation for Epilepsy  
  Krishna V, Sammartino F, King NK, So RQ, Wennberg R, Neurosurg Clin N Am, 1/1/2016
• Diffusion tensor imaging assessment of microstructural brainstem integrity in Chiari malformation Type I  
  Krishna V, Sammartino F, Yee P, Mikulis D, Walker M, Elias G, et al, J Neurosurg, 1/1/2016
• Anterior Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Epilepsy: Insights Into Patterns of Seizure Control and Efficacious Target  
  Krishna V, King NKK, Sammartino F, Strauss I, Andrade DM, Wennberg RA, et al, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

• Current Concepts in Movement Disorder Management (Progress in Neurological Surgery, Vol. 33) 
  Chapter: Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Basal Ganglia for Functional Neurosurgery Applications 
  Page 62 - 79Sammartino F, Hodaie MKarger, Basel2018
• Youmans and Winn Neurological Surgery 
  Chapter: Deep Brain Stimulation for Alzheimer's Disease 
  Vibhor Krishna, Francesco Sammartino, Nir Lipsman, Lozano AMEdition 7th,2017

Abstracts/Posters

• Distinct cortical regions mediate improvements in individual motor symptoms after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease.
  Krishna V, Sammartino F, Rabbani Q, Changizi B, Agrawal P, Deogaonkar M, et al, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2018
• Acute clinical effects of stimulation in a patient with Nucleus Accumbens DBS-Insights from a structural connectivity study.
  Krishna V, Bigler A, Sammartino F, Weichart E, Shaikhouni A, Agrawat P, et al, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
• A novel tractography-based targeting method for focused ultrasound thalamotomy: Clinical outcomes.
  Krishna V, Hargrove A, Agrawal P, Changizi B, Sammartino F, Bourekas E, et al, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
• Predictors of Deep Brain Stimulation Outcome in Tremor Patients.
  Sandoe C, Krishna V, Sammartino F, Poon Y-Y, Hamani C, Lozano A, et al, Neurology, 1/1/2016
• Stuttering after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: A case series
  Picillo M, Vincos G, Sammartino F, Munhoz R, Fasano A, 19th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, 1/1/2015
• Concepts, Innovations, and Techniques Fluorescein-Enhanced Characterization of Additional Anatomical Landmarks in Cerebral Ventricular Endoscopy.
  Longatti P, Basaldella L, Sammartino F, Boaro A, Fiorindi A., Neurosurgery, Baltimore, MD; Hagerstown, MD, 1/1/2013
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Lectures

• Longitudinal analysis of lesion microstructural changes after focused ultrasound thalamotomy. 
  Reston, VA - 1/1/2018
• Accumulated Thermal Dose in MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Essential Tremor. 
  Honolulu, HI - 1/1/2017
• Rates of Serious Adverse Psychiatric Events Post-Subgenual Cingulate Cortex Deep Brain Stimulation for Psychiatric Illness: A Single-Centre, Prospective Follow-up Study. 
  Chicago, IL - 1/18/2016
• Tractography-defined VIM nucleus: comparison of deterministic and probabilistic methods. 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2016
• A stepwise algorithm for tractography-based targeting in movement disorder surgery. 
  Madrid, Spain - 1/1/2016
• Peripheral nerve-field stimulation for chronic intractable pain: single center experience with long term follow up. 
  1/16/2015
• Una complicanza inusuale della chirurgia transfenoidale per adenoma ipofisario: deficit transitorio del terzo nervo cranico da 'trapped air' intrasellare. 
  1/1/2015
• Assessment of parenchymal damage in ventriculostomies performed for ICP monitoring: a retrospective analysis of 200 cases. 
  Palermo, Italy - 1/1/2013
• Anterior sacral meningocele with presacral cyst presenting with recurrent cystitis: a case report. 
  Milan, Italy - 1/1/2010
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