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Office
20 Prospect Ave
Suite 907
Hackensack, NJ 07601Phone+1 201-342-2550Fax+1 201-342-7171- Is this information wrong?
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
- University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Neuropathology, 1996 - 1997
- University of Virginia Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1993 - 1994
- University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 1993
- Wesleyan UniversityB.A., 1985 - 1989
Certifications & Licensure
- OR State Medical License 2000 - Present
- CA State Medical License 2001 - Present
- NY State Medical License 2003 - 2026
- NJ State Medical License 2002 - 2025
- VA State Medical License 1993 - 2000
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best Doctor New Jersey Monthly, 2012
- Most Compassionate Doctor Consumer Research Council, 2010
- Patient Choice Award Consumer Research Council, 2010
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Clinical Trials
- A Study of a Retroviral Replicating Vector Combined With a Prodrug Administered to Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 71 citationsEffect 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, James Perry, Denise Damek, Daniela A. Bota, Chetan Bettegowda, Jay-Jiguang Zhu...> ;JAMA Oncology. 2020 Dec 1
- 19 citationsAllele-specific DNA methylation is increased in cancers and its dense mapping in normal plus neoplastic cells increases the yield of disease-associated regulatory SNPsCatherine Do, Emmanuel L. P. Dumont, Martha Salas, Angelica Castano, Huthayfa Mujahed, Leonel Maldonado, Arunjot Singh, Sonia DaSilva-Arnold, Govind Bhagat, Soren Lehm...> ;Genome Biology. 2020 Jun 29
- 36 citationsManagement and implications of intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak in transnasoseptal transsphenoidal microsurgery.George J. Kaptain, Adam S. Kanter, Edward R. Laws> ;Neurosurgery. 2011 Mar 1
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Journal Articles
- Non-surgical approach to Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Failure and PneumoventricleTavanaiepour K, Kaptain GJ, JSM Neurosurg Spine, 1/1/2015
- Management and implication of intra-operative cerebrospinal fluid leak in transnasoseptal transsphenoidal microsurgeryKaptain GJ, Kanter AS, Hamilton DK, Laws ER, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2011
- Transsphenoidal transtuburculum sellae approach for suprasellar and midline anterior cranial fossa tumorsJane JA, Thapar K, Kaptain GJ, Laws ER, Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Management and implications of intra-operative cerebrospinal fluid leak in transeptal transsphenoidal surgeryHamilton 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 patientsJohnson 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 approachKaptain GJ, Anderson G, McMenomey SO, Delashaw JB, 47th annual meeting of the Western Neurological Society, 1/1/2001
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Lectures
- Surgical Management of GliomaHackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ - 1/1/2015
- The Neurosurgical Patient: Assesment of complications causing decline in consciousnessMountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ - 1/1/2015
- Diagnosis and management of hydrocephalus in the first and third worldBergen Community College, Paramus, NJ - 1/1/2015
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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
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish, Greek
Hospital Affiliations
- Valley HospitalRidgewood, New Jersey
- Englewood HealthEnglewood, New Jersey
- Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, New Jersey
- Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck, New Jersey
- Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical CenterMontclair, New Jersey
- Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, New Jersey
- Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical CenterWestwood, New Jersey
- Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen, New Jersey
- Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus, New Jersey
- Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville, New Jersey
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