GeorgeMamdouhGhobrialMD

Neurosurgery • Pikeville, KY

Spinal Surgery, Adult Deformity and Scoliosis, Spinal Oncology, Minimally-Invasive Spinal Surgery

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Office
911 Bypass Rd
Bldg A
Pikeville, KY 41501
Phone+1 606-430-2208

Fax+1 606-218-7508
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Education & Training

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2009 - 2016
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 2009

Certifications & Licensure

KY State Medical License 2019 - 2025
SC State Medical License 2019 - 2023
NC State Medical License 2016 - 2023
OH State Medical License 2019 - 2023
PA State Medical License 2009 - 2016
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

44 citations
Minimizing Blood Loss in Spine Surgery
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1 citations
Implementation of a Spine-Centered Care Pathway at a Regional Academic Spine Center.
George M. Ghobrial, Jefferson R. Wilson, Daniel Franco, Kristen Vogl, Alexander R. Vaccaro, James S. Harrop> ;Global Spine Journal. 2020 Jan 6
10 citations
Surgical Site Infection as a Risk Factor for Long-Term Instrumentation Failure in Patients with Spinal Deformity: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Andrew A. Fanous, John Paul G. Kolcun, G. Damian Brusko, Michael Paci, George M. Ghobrial, Jonathan Nakhla, Ananth S. Eleswarapu, Nathan H. Lebwohl, Barth A. Green, Jo...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2019 Aug 23
2 citations
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion With an Expandable Meshed Allograft Containment Device: Analysis of Subsidence With 12-Month Minimum Follow-Up
John Paul G. Kolcun, George M. Ghobrial, Kenneth M. Crandall, Ken Hsuan-Kan Chang, Giacomo Pacchiorotti, Michael Wang> ;International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2019 Aug 1
16 citations
Anterior Reduction and Fusion of Cervical Facet Dislocations.
Christian B Theodotou, George M. Ghobrial, Andrew L Middleton, Michael Wang, Allan D. Levi> ;Neurosurgery. 2019 Feb 1
In Reply: Symptomatic Adjacent Level Disease Requiring Surgery: Analysis of 10-Year Results From a Prospective, Randomized, Clinical Trial Comparing Cervical Disc Arth...
George M Ghobrial, William F Lavelle, Jeffrey E Florman, K Daniel Riew, Allan D Levi> ;Neurosurgery. 2019 Jan 1
5 citations
Surgical Treatment of Vascular Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lesions.
George M. Ghobrial, Jason I. Liounakos, Robert M. Starke, Allan D. Levi> ;Cureus. 2018 Aug 16
13 citations
Symptomatic Adjacent Level Disease Requiring Surgery: Analysis of 10-Year Results From a Prospective, Randomized, Clinical Trial Comparing Cervical Disc Arthroplasty t...
George M Ghobrial, William F Lavelle, Jeffrey E Florman, K Daniel Riew, Allan D Levi> ;Neurosurgery. 2019 Feb 1
4 citations
Changes in Cervical Alignment after Multilevel Schwab Grade II Thoracolumbar Osteotomies for Adult Spinal Deformity.
George M. Ghobrial, Nathan H. Lebwohl, Barth A. Green, Joseph P. Gjolaj> ;Spine. 2018 Jan 15
23 citations
Preoperative skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine gluconate versus povidone-iodine: a prospective analysis of 6959 consecutive spinal surgery patients
George M. Ghobrial, Michael Wang, Barth A. Green, Howard B. Levene, Glen R. Manzano, Steven Vanni, Robert M. Starke, George Jimsheleishvili, Kenneth M. Crandall, Marin...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2017 Nov 24
41 citations
Human Neural Stem Cell Transplantation in Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Functional Outcomes at 12 Months in a Phase II Clinical Trial.
George M. Ghobrial, Kim D. Anderson, Marine Dididze, Jasmine Martinez-Barrizonte, Gabriel H. Sunn, Katie Gant, Allan D. Levi> ;Neurosurgery. 2017 Sep 1
14 citations
Minimally invasive direct pars repair with cannulated screws and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein: case series and review of the literature.
George M. Ghobrial, Kenneth M. Crandall, Anthony C. Lau, Seth K. Williams, Allan D. Levi> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2017 Aug 1
14 citations
Cervical Spondylodiscitis: Presentation, Timing, and Surgical Management in 59 Patients.
George M. Ghobrial, Daniel Franco, Thana Theofanis, Philip J. Margiotta, Edward Andrews, Jefferson R. Wilson, James S. Harrop, Joshua Heller> ;World Neurosurgery. 2017 Jul 1
24 citations
Matched Comparison of Flow Diversion and Coiling in Small, Noncomplex Intracranial Aneurysms.
Nohra Chalouhi, Badih Daou, Guilherme Barros, Robert M. Starke, Ameet Chitale, George M. Ghobrial, Richard Dalyai, David Hasan, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Stavropoula Tjoum...> ;Neurosurgery. 2017 Jul 1
3 citations
Suture Choice in Lumbar Dural Closure Contributes to Variation in Leak Pressures: Experimental Model.
George M Ghobrial, Christopher M Maulucci, Matthew J Viereck, Sara Beygi, Ameet Chitale, Srinivas Prasad, Jack Jallo, Joshua Heller, Ashwini D Sharan, James S Harrop> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2017 Jul 1
39 citations
Prophylactic vertebral cement augmentation at the uppermost instrumented vertebra and rostral adjacent vertebra for the prevention of proximal junctional kyphosis and ...
George M. Ghobrial, Daniel G Eichberg, John Paul G. Kolcun, Karthik Madhavan, Nathan H. Lebwohl, Barth A. Green, Joseph P. Gjolaj> ;The Spine Journal. 2017 May 15
4 citations
Multilevel Schwab grade II osteotomies for sagittal plane correction in the management of adult spinal deformity.
George M. Ghobrial, Nathan H. Lebwohl, Barth A. Green, Joseph P. Gjolaj> ;The Spine Journal. 2017 May 11
1 citations
Editorial. The next generation of powered exoskeleton use in spinal cord injury
George M. Ghobrial, Michael Wang> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2017 May 1
5 citations
Lateral lumbar retroperitoneal transpsoas approach in the setting of spondylodiscitis: A technical note.
George M. Ghobrial, Fadi Al-Saiegh, Daniel Franco, Daniel Benito, Joshua Heller> ;Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2017 May 1
2 citations
Is An Isolated Intervertebral Disk With Significant Degeneration Magnetic Resonance Imaging A Cause of Low Back Pain That Requires No Confirmatory Diagnostic Tests
George M. Ghobrial, Joshua Heller, Daniel Cataldo, Christopher K. Kepler> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2017 May 1
13 citations
Metals in Spine
Dimitri Tahal, Karthik Madhavan, Lee Onn Chieng, George M. Ghobrial, Michael Wang> ;World Neurosurgery. 2017 Apr 1
18 citations
Anterior Cervical Infection: Presentation and Incidence of an Uncommon Postoperative Complication.
George M. Ghobrial, James S. Harrop, Rick C. Sasso, Chadi Tannoury, Tony Tannoury, Zachary A. Smith, Wellington K. Hsu, Paul M. Arnold, Michael G. Fehlings, Thomas E. ...> ;Global Spine Journal. 2017 Apr 1
2 citations
Fluoroscopic Confirmation of Sacral Pedicle Screw Placement Utilizing Pelvic Inlet and Outlet Technique: Technical Note.
George M. Ghobrial, Fadi Al-Saiegh, Daniel Franco, Joshua Heller> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2017 May 1
5 citations
Odontogenic Sinusitis Resulting in Abscess Formation Within the Optic Chiasm and Tract: Case Report and Review.
George M. Ghobrial, Mary L. Pisculli, James J. Evans, Jurij R. Bilyk, Christopher J. Farrell> ;Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2016 Dec 1
8 citations
Complications in the Management of Patients with Spine Trauma.
Geoffrey Stricsek, George M. Ghobrial, Jefferson R. Wilson, Thana Theofanis, James S. Harrop> ;Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 2017 Jan 1
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