George J Kaptain MD FAANS

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Pituitary Surgery, Skull Base

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery Department of Neurosurgery Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Director, Division of Neuro-Oncology and Skull-Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Hackensack University Medical Center

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20 Prospect AveSuite 907Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone+1 201-342-2550
Fax+1 201-342-7171

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Education & Training

Oregon Health & Science UniversityFellowship, Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery, 2000 - 2001
Auckland Hospital Department of Neurosurgeryspecialist registrar in neurosurgery, neurosurgery, 1999 - 1999
Derriford Hospital Department of NeurosurgerySpecialist Registrar in Neurosurgery, neurosurgery, 1998 - 1999
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1994 - 1999
University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 1997 - 1998

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Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2003 - 2028
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Doctor New Jersey Monthly, 2012
Patient Choice Award Consumer Research Council, 2010
Most Compassionate Doctor Consumer Research Council, 2010

Clinical Trials

A Study of a Retroviral Replicating Vector Combined With a Prodrug Administered to Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma
COMPLETED
PHASE1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Phase 1 study of concomitant tumor treating fields and temozolomide chemoradiation for newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
Samuel A Goldlust, Samuel Singer, Lori A Cappello, Ahmad K AlMekkawi, Kangmin D Lee
Neuro-Oncology Advances. 2024-07-29
100 citations
Effect of Vocimagene Amiretrorepvec in Combination With Flucytosine vs Standard of Care on Survival Following Tumor Resection in Patients With Recurrent High-Grade Gli...
Timothy F. Cloughesy, Kevin Petrecca, Tobias Walbert, Nicholas Butowski, Michael Salacz
JAMA Oncology. 2020-12-01
33 citations
Allele-specific DNA methylation is increased in cancers and its dense mapping in normal plus neoplastic cells increases the yield of disease-associated regulatory SNPs
Catherine Do, Emmanuel L. P. Dumont, Martha Salas, Angelica Castano, Huthayfa Mujahed
Genome Biology. 2020-06-29

Journal Articles

Non-surgical approach to Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Failure and Pneumoventricle
Tavanaiepour K, Kaptain GJ, JSM Neurosurg Spine, 1/1/2015
Management and implication of intra-operative cerebrospinal fluid leak in transnasoseptal transsphenoidal microsurgery
Kaptain GJ, Kanter AS, Hamilton DK, Laws ER, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2011
Surgucal management of low back pain
Kaptain GJ, Journal or Neurosurgery, 1/1/2002

Books/Book Chapters

Spine Surgery: Techniques. Complications. Avoidance and Management
Chapter: Dorsal and lateral thoracic and lumbar fusion
Page 347 - 358Kaptain GJ, Shaffrey CI, Halliday AL, Schneier IM, Jane JAEditors: Benzel EC.Churchill Livingstone, New York, NY1999

Abstracts/Posters

Management and implications of intra-operative cerebrospinal fluid leak in transeptal transsphenoidal surgery
Hamilton DK, Kaptain GJ, Kanter A, Laws ER, 59th Annual meeting of the congress of neurological surgeons, 1/1/2009
Proton beam for skull base chordoma and chondrosarcoma: Ten year experience with 130 patients
Johnson WD, Kaptain GJ, Loredo LN, Grove RI, Slater JD, 52nd Annual meeting of the congress of neurological surgeons, 1/1/2002
A quantitative analysis of the utility of clinoidectomy in obtaining proximal control of the basilar apex from a temporopolar approach
Kaptain GJ, Anderson G, McMenomey SO, Delashaw JB, 47th annual meeting of the Western Neurological Society, 1/1/2001

Lectures

Diagnosis and management of hydrocephalus in the first and third world
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ - 1/1/2015
The Neurosurgical Patient: Assesment of complications causing decline in consciousness
Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ - 1/1/2015
Surgical Management of Glioma
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ - 1/1/2015

Press Mentions

John Theurer Cancer Center Treats First Patient in U.S. With Investigational New Treatment for Brain CancerMarch 28th, 2022
Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation Celebrates Formal Investiture of Samuel A. Goldlust, M.D.December 4th, 2017