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Peter Amenta, MD, Neurosurgery, New Orleans, LA, St. Bernard Parish Hospital

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Neurosurgery New Orleans, LA

Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Skull Base

Assistant Professor Co-Director Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery

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Education & Training

  • Tulane University School of Medicine
    Tulane University School of MedicineFellowship, Vascular Surgery, 2014 - 2015
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2007 - 2013
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityInternship, Transitional Year, 2006 - 2007
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 2006
  • Villanova University
    Villanova UniversityB.A., History, Magna cum Laude, 1998 - 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • LA State Medical License
    LA State Medical License 2014 - 2024
  • MS State Medical License
    MS State Medical License 2016 - 2022
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1983 - 2013
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • First Place Poster - Trauma - Longitudinal incidence and concurrence rates for traumatic brain injury and spine injury � A retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database over a twenty-year period Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2011
  • Second Place Eposter - Trauma and Critical Care - Annual Meeting. Modulation of microglial activity with a selective cannabinoid receptor agonist following traumatic brain injury American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2011
  • First Place - Pan Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference Resident Research Competition. Modulation of microglial activity with a selective cannabinoid receptor agonist following traumatic brain injury: A proposed target for novel therapeutic intervention 2010
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Endovascular Management of a Ruptured Basilar Perforator Artery Aneurysm Associated with a Pontine Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature  
    Lockwood J, Scullen T, Mathkour M, Kaufmann A, Medel R, Dumont AS, Amenta PS, World Neurosurgery, 1/1/2018
  • Endovascular management of multiple dysplastic aneurysms in a young male with an unknown underlying etiology: A case report and review of the literature  
    Scullen T, Mathkour M, Lockwood J, Ott L, Medel R, Dumont AS, Amenta PS, World Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
  • case of central diabetes insipidus caused by a ketamine infusion during a superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery anastamosis  
    Eskander JP, Amenta PS, McCLure B, Pierre N, Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Decompressive Craniectomy Complications: A Review of 191 Patients
    Ho S, Zussman B, Ooi Y, Sheikh M, Patel V, Maltenfort M, Amenta PS, Jallo J, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, 1/1/2012
  • Endoscopic harvest of fascia lata free flap in a cadaveric model
    Amenta PS, Lynn M, Kenning T, DeRose TJ, Rosen M, Evans J, North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, 1/1/2012
  • Longitudinal incidence and concurrence rates for traumatic brain injury and spine injury � A retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database over a ...
    Amenta PS, Maltenfort M, Harrop JS, Sharan A, Jallo JI, Ratliff J, Prasad S, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, 1/1/2011
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Lectures

  • The Sella and Cavernous Sinus 
    1/22/2018
  • Endovascular management of multiple dysplastic aneurysms in a young male with an unknown etiology: A case report and review of the literature 
    1/1/2018
  • Endovascular management of a ruptured basilar perforator feeding artery aneurysm associated with a pontine AVM: Case report and review of the literature 
    1/1/2018
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Authored Content

  • Endovascular Management of a Ruptured Basilar Perforator Artery Aneurysm Associated with a Pontine Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureMay 2018

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