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PubMed

• Commentary: Altered Motor Excitability in Patients With Diffuse Gliomas Involving Motor Eloquent Areas: The Impact of Tumor Grading.
  Eichberg, D. G., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E.> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 Sep 6
• Letter to the Editor: Lessons to Learn from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic for International Medical Graduate Applicants and United States Neurosurge...
  Lu, V. M., Menendez, I., Levi, A. D., Komotar, R. J.> ;World neurosurgery. 2020 Sep 3
• Utilizing systematic reviews and meta-analyses effectively to evaluate brain tumor biomarkers.
  Lu, V. M., Shah, A. H., Eichberg, D. G., Luther, E. M., Shah, S. S., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E.> ;Biomarkers in medicine. 2020 Aug 18
• Safety Analysis of Bilateral Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Treatment of Butterfly Glioma.
  Jamshidi, A. M., Eichberg, D. G., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M.> ;World neurosurgery. 2020 Aug 17
• Brain Metastasis From Bartholin Gland Carcinoma.
  Jamshidi, A. M., Eichberg, D. G., Gultekin, S., Komotar, R. J.> ;World neurosurgery. 2020 Aug 1
• Telemedicine in Neurosurgery: Lessons Learned from a Systematic Review of the Literature for the COVID-19 Era and Beyond.
  Eichberg, D. G., Basil, G. W., Di, L., Shah, A. H., Luther, E. M., Lu, V. M., Perez-Dickens, M., Komotar, R. J., Levi, A. D., Ivan, M. E.> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 Jul 21
• Commentary: Left Modified Orbitozygomatic Approach for Clipping of Multilobulated Middle Cerebral Artery Bifurcation Aneurysm: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Eichberg, D. G., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E.> ;Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2020 Jul 18
• Letter: Guidelines for Non-Medical Field Personnel in Immediate Management of Craniofacial Baseball Injuries: The Neurosurgeon's Role.
  Sprau, A. C., Figueroa, J. M., Komotar, R. J., Jagid, J. R., Thaller, S. R.> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 Jul 17
• The Use of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy as Treatment for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Case Report and a Review of Previously Reported Cases.
  Trenchfield, D., Di, L., Shah, A., Desai, D., Gudoor, P., Eichberg, D. G., Luther, E. M., Komotar, R. J.> ;World neurosurgery. 2020 Jul 8
• Survival benefit of lobectomy for glioblastoma: moving towards radical supramaximal resection.
  Shah, A. H., Mahavadi, A., Di, L., Sanjurjo, A., Eichberg, D. G., Borowy, V., Figueroa, J., Luther, E., de la Fuente, M. I., Semonche, A., Ivan, M. E., Komotar, R. J.> ;Journal of neuro-oncology. 2020 Jul 7
• Minimally invasive resection of intracranial lesions using tubular retractors: a large, multi-surgeon, multi-institutional series.
  Eichberg, D. G., Di, L., Shah, A. H., Luther, E. M., Jackson, C., Marenco-Hillembrand, L., Chaichana, K. L., Ivan, M. E., Starke, R. M., Komotar, R. J.> ;Journal of neuro-oncology. 2020 Jun 20
• Commentary: Clipping of Complex Internal Cerebral Artery Terminus Aneurysm: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Eichberg, D. G., Komotar, R. J., Sur, S.> ;Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2020 May 27
• Commentary: Dissection of the Petrosal Presigmoid-Retrolabyrinthine Approach for the Petroclival Region on a Cadaver: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Eichberg, D. G., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E.> ;Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2020 May 27
• Telemedicine for Outpatient Neurosurgical Oncology Care: Lessons Learned for the Future During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Daggubati, L. C., Eichberg, D. G., Ivan, M. E., Hanft, S., Mansouri, A., Komotar, R. J., D'Amico, R. S., Zacharia, B. E.> ;World neurosurgery. 2020 May 26
• Resection versus biopsy in the treatment of multifocal glioblastoma: a weighted survival analysis.
  Di, L., Heath, R. N., Shah, A. H., Sanjurjo, A. D., Eichberg, D. G., Luther, E. M., de la Fuente, M. I., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E.> ;Journal of neuro-oncology. 2020 May 13
• The prognostic significance of CDKN2A homozygous deletion in IDH-mutant lower-grade glioma and glioblastoma: a systematic review of the contemporary literature.
  Lu, V. M., O'Connor, K. P., Shah, A. H., Eichberg, D. G., Luther, E. M., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E.> ;Journal of neuro-oncology. 2020 May 10
• Letter: Implementation of a Neurosurgery Telehealth Program Amid the COVID-19 Crisis-Challenges, Lessons Learned, and a Way Forward.
  Basil, G. W., Eichberg, D. G., Perez-Dickens, M., Menendez, I., Ivan, M. E., Urakov, T., Komotar, R. J., Wang, M. Y., Levi, A. D.> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 May 10
• Commentary: Surgical Clipping of an Unruptured Large Inferiorly Projecting Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm With Chiasmopathy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Eichberg, D. G., Sur, S., Komotar, R. J.> ;Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2020 Apr 30
• Commentary: Novel Diagnostic Methods and Posttreatment Clinical Phenotypes Among Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors.
  Eichberg, D. G., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E.> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 30
• Letter: Surgical Management of Brain Tumor Patients in the COVID-19 Era.
  Zacharia, B. E., Eichberg, D. G., Ivan, M. E., Hanft, S., Boockvar, J. A., Isildak, H., Mansouri, A., Komotar, R. J., D'Amico, R. S.> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 30
• Commentary: Value of the Petromeatal Angle in Predicting Outcome of Translabyrinthine Resection of Vestibular Schwannomas.
  Eichberg, D. G., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E.> ;Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2020 Apr 30
• Letter: Academic Neurosurgery Department Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Model.
  Eichberg, D. G., Shah, A. H., Luther, E. M., Menendez, I., Jimenez, A., Perez-Dickens, M., O'Phelan, K. H., Ivan, M. E., Komotar, R. J., Levi, A. D.> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 12
• Salvage craniotomy for treatment-refractory symptomatic cerebral radiation necrosis.
  Shah, A. H., Mahavadi, A. K., Morell, A., Eichberg, D. G., Luther, E., Sarkiss, C. A., Semonche, A., Ivan, M. E., Komotar, R. J.> ;Neuro-oncology practice. 2020 Apr 8
• Commentary: Spinal Arteriovenous Fistula: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Eichberg, D. G., Komotar, R. J., Urakov, T. M.> ;Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2020 Apr 4
• The contribution of ketone bodies to glycolytic inhibition for the treatment of adult and pediatric glioblastoma.
  Vallejo, F. A., Shah, S. S., de Cordoba, N., Walters, W. M., Prince, J., Khatib, Z., Komotar, R. J., Vanni, S., Graham, R. M.> ;Journal of neuro-oncology. 2020 Feb 26
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Journal Articles

• Real-time Video-Streaming to Surgical Loupe Mounted Head-Up Display for Navigated Meningioma Resection  
  Diaz R, Yoon J, Chen R, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Wharen R, Komotar RJ, Turk Neurosurg, 1/30/2017
• Detection of wtEGFR Amplification and EGFRvIII Mutation in CSF-Derived Extracellular Vesicles of Glioblastoma Patients  
  Figueroa JM, Skog J, Akers J, Li H, Komotar RJ, Jensen R, Ringel F, Yang I, Kalkanis S, Thompson R, LoGuidice L, Berghoff E, Parsa A, Liau L, Curry W, Cahill D, Betteg..., Neuro Oncol, 1/27/2017
• Technical feasibility and safety of image-guided parieto-occipital ventricular catheter placement with the assistance of a wearable head-up display  
  Yoon JW, Chen RE, ReFaey K, Diaz RJ, Reimer R, Komotar RJ, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Brown BL, Wharen RE, Int J Med Robot, 1/19/2017
• The role of bevacizumab in the treatment of glioblastoma  
  Diaz RJ, Ali S, Qadir MG, De La Fuente MI, Ivan ME, Komotar RJ, J Neurooncol, 1/19/2017
• Autologous Heat Shock Protein Peptide Vaccination for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: Impact of Peripheral PD-L1 Expression on Response to Therapy  
  Bloch O, Lim M, Sughrue ME, Komotar RJ, Abrahams JM, O'Rourke DM, D'Ambrosio A, Bruce JN, Parsa AT, Clin Cancer Res, 1/13/2017
• Pathogens and glioma: a history of unexpected discoveries ushering in novel therapy  
  Shah AH, Jusue-Torres I, Ivan ME, Komotar RJ, Kasahara N, J Neurosurg, 1/9/2017
• Curcumin decreases malignant characteristics of glioblastoma stem cells via induction of reactive oxygen species  
  Gersey ZC, Rodriguez GA, Barbarite E, Sanchez A, Walters WM, Ohaeto KC, Komotar RJ, Graham RM, BMC Cancer, 1/1/2017
• Revisiting the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Outcome in Glioblastoma Patients  
  Shah AH, Barbarite E, Scoma C, Kuchakulla M, Parikh S, Bregy A, Komotar RJ, Cureus, 1/1/2017
• Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension  
  Starke RM, Komotar RJ, Connolly ES, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
• A cerebrospinal fluid microRNA signature as biomarker for glioblastoma  
  Akers JC, Hua W, Li H, Ramakrishnan V, Yang Z, Quan K, Zhu W, Li J, Figueroa J, Hirshman BR, Miller B, Piccioni D, Ringel F, Komotar RJ, Messer K, Galasko DR, Hochberg..., Oncotarget, 1/1/2017
• Neurosarcoidosis presenting as an incidental solitary cranial ring-enhancing lesion  
  Thambuswamy M, Shah AH, Tran M, Thambuswamy JT, Bregy A, Norenberg MD, Komotar RJ, Asian J Neurosurg, 1/1/2017
• The Future of Cranial Neurosurgery-Adapting New Approaches  
  Buttrick SS, Shah AH, Basil GW, Komotar RJ, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
• Intradermal Scalp Closure Using Barbed Suture in Cranial Tumor Surgeries: A Technical Note  
  Buttrick SS, Eichberg D, Ali SC, Komotar RJ, Oper Neurosurg, 1/1/2017
• The role of 5-aminolevulinic acid in brain tumor surgery: a systematic review  
  Ferraro N, Barbarite E, Albert TR, Berchmans E, Shah AH, Bregy A, Ivan ME, Brown T, Komotar RJ, Neurosurg Rev, 1/27/2016
• Management of Atypical and Anaplastic Meningiomas  
  Buttrick S, Shah AH, Komotar RJ, Ivan ME, Neurosurg Clin N Am, 1/27/2016
• Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Ablation for the Treatment of Recurrent Dural Based Lesions: A Series of Five Cases  
  Ivan ME, Diaz RJ, Berger MH, Basil GW, Osiason DA, Plate T, Wallo A, Komotar RJ, World Neurosurg, 1/17/2016
• The role of brachytherapy in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme  
  Barbarite E, Sick JT, Berchmans E, Bregy A, Shah AH, Elsayyad N, Komotar RJ, Neurosurg Rev, 1/16/2016
• Use of a mobile intraoperative CT scanner for navigation registration during laser interstitial thermal therapy of brain tumors  
  Jermakowicz WJ, Diaz RJ, Cass SH, Ivan ME, Komotar RJ, World Neurosurg, 1/8/2016
• Glioblastoma multiforme of the optic chiasm: A rare case of common pathology  
  Lyapichev KA, Bregy A, Cassel A, Handfield C, Velazquez-Vega J, Kay MD, Basil G, Komotar RJ, Surg Neurol Int, 1/7/2016
• Stereotactic catheter placement for Ommaya reservoirs  
  Kennedy BC, Brown LT, Komotar RJ, McKhann GM II, J Clin Neurosci, 1/6/2016
• LITT Technology, Physics of MRI Thermometry, and Technical Considerations for Proper Catheter Placement During MRI-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy  
  Diaz RJ, Komotar RJ, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2016
• Long-term follow-up of 25 cases of biopsy proven radiation necrosis or post-radiation treatment effect treated with MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy  
  Diaz RJ, Komotar RJ, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2016
• The Role of MRgLITT in Overcoming the Diagnostic Challenges and Treatment Dilemmas in Managing Radiation Necrosis and Recurrent Metastatic Tumor Progression  
  Diaz RJ, Komotar RJ, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2016
• Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy  
  Diaz RJ, Komotar RJ, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2016
• Spinal Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy - A Novel Alternative to Surgery for Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression  
  Buttrick S, Komotar RJ, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

• Handbook of Neuro-Oncology Neuroimaging 
  Chapter: Neoplasms of the Cranial Nerves 
  Page 307 - 315Ferraro NC, Ivan ME, Komotar RJAcademic Press, San Diego, CAEdition 2nd,2016
• Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery: Principles and Practice 
  Chapter: Craniopharyngiomas: The Endonasal Endoscopic Approach 
  Raper DMS, Starke RM, Jane JA Jr, Komotar RJNova Biomedical, New York, NY2013
• Tumors of the Central Nervous System 
  Chapter: Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Skull Base Meningiomas 
  Raper DMS, Starke RM, Komotar RJEditors: Hayat MA.Springer, New York, NY2013
• Tumors of the Central Nervous System 
  Chapter: Skull Base Chordomas � Endonasal Endoscopic Transclival Approach 
  Raper DMS, Komotar RJ, Fraser JF, Anand VK, Moore N, Schwartz THEditors: Hayat MA.Springer, New York, NY2013
• Stroke - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management 
  Chapter: Surgical Decision Making, Techniques, and Peri-Procedural Care of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations 
  Starke RM, Komotar RJ, Connolly ESEditors: Mohr JP.Churchill Livingstone, New York, NYEdition 5th,2013
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Editors: Connolly ES, McKhann GM, Huang J, Komotar RJ, Mocco J.Thieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Radiosurgical Procedures - Glioma 
  Page 837 - 840Syed ON, Komotar RJ, Sisti MBThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Occipital Approach 
  Page 212 - 215Syed ON, Komotar RJ, Bruce JNThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Occipital Glioma Surgery 
  Page 837 - 840Syed ON, Komotar RJ, Sisti MBThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Cordotomy 
  Page 635 - 639Syed ON, Komotar RJ, McKhann GMThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Surgical Treatment of Vertebral Artery Aneurysms 
  Page 121 - 127Komotar RJ, Otten ML, Merkow MB, Connolly ESThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Reversed Saphenous Vein Bypass 
  Page 171 - 177Otten ML, Komotar RJ, Garrett MC, Connolly ESThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Surgical Treatment of Cortical Arteriovenous Malformations 
  Page 138 - 144Komotar RJ, Otten ML, Starke RM, Connolly ESThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery for Arteriovenous Malformations 
  Page 834 - 837Komotar RJ, Otten ML, Rynkowski MA, Sisti MBThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Operative Treatment of Penetrating Spinal Trauma 
  Page 639 - 642Komotar RJ, Otten MLThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Endovascular Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations 
  Page 786 - 790Komotar RJ, Otten ML, Lavine SDThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Endovascular Treatment of Vein of Galen Malformations 
  Page 814 - 817Komotar RJ, Otten ML, Lavine SDThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Endovascular Treatment of Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms 
  Page 760 - 765Otten ML, Starke RM, Komotar RJ, Lavine SDThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Endovascular Treatment of Basilar Artery Aneurysms 
  Page 777 - 783Otten ML, Starke RM, Komotar RJ, Lavine SDThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Operative Treatment of Blunt Spinal Trauma 
  Page 642 - 647Otten ML, Merkow MB, Stuart RM, Komotar RJThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Cerebrovascular Revascularization Procedures - Carotid Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty and Stenting (PTA/S) 
  Page 821 - 825Otten ML, Merkow MB, Komotar RJ, Meyers PMThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Endovascular Treatment of Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations 
  Page 817 - 821Otten ML, Garrett MC, Komotar RJ, Meyers PMThieme, New York, NY & Stuttgart, GermanyEdition 2nd,2010
• Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery 
  Chapter: Arteriovenous malformations: surgery perspective 
  Page 473 - 478Komotar RJ, Vera E, Mocco J, Connolly ES JrEditors: Chin LS, Regine WR.Springer, New York, NY2008
• Encyclopedic Reference of Pain 
  Chapter: Sacroiliac Joint Pain 
  Page 2136 - 2137Komotar RJ, Mocco J, Winfree CJEditors: Schmidt RF, Willis WD.Springer-Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg, Germany & New York, NY2007
• Encyclopedic Reference of Pain 
  Chapter: Epidemiology of Low Back Pain 
  Page 1061 - 1063Mocco J, Komotar RJ, Winfree CJEditors: Schmidt RF, Willis WD.Springer-Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg, Germany & New York, NY2007
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Abstracts/Posters

• Resuscitation and Critical Care of Poor Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  Komotar RJ, Schmidt JM, Starke RM, Claassen J, Wartenberg KE, Lee K, Badjatia N, Connolly ES, Mayer SA, Annual J. Lawrence Pool Memorial Research Symposium - Controversies in the Management of Cerebral Aneurysms; Neurosurgery, 1/1/2009

Lectures

• Building a Brain Tumor Practice and Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program 
  1/19/2018
• The University of Miami Brain Tumor Initiative 
  Multiple locations, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 - 1/29/2017
• When to NOT Operate on a Meningioma 
  Sao Paolo, Brazil - 1/29/2017
• Eloquent Region Glioma Surgery 
  Sao Paolo, Brazil - 1/28/2017
• Optimal Glioma Management Debate 
  Sao Paolo, Brazil - 1/28/2017
• Is Novo-TTF the New Standard of Care? 
  Sao Paolo, Brazil - 1/28/2017
• How to Launch a Career as an Academic Brain Tumor Surgeon 
  1/23/2017
• Advances in Brain Tumor Surgery 
  Multiple locations, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 - 1/10/2017
• Laser Ablation for Dural Based Lesions 
  1/8/2017
• Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Surgery 
  1/27/2016
• The Role of Laser Ablation in Brain Tumor Surgery 
  1/27/2016
• Surgical Case Examples 
  1/27/2016
• Laser Ablation of Brain Tumors 
  1/24/2016
• Fellowship Awards Program 
  1/24/2016
• The Future of Surgical Neurooncology 
  1/24/2016
• Innovation in Brain Tumor Surgery 
  Multiple locations, 2015, 2016 - 1/16/2016
• The University of Miami Brain Tumor Initiative � An Overview 
  1/14/2016
• Getch Fellowship Introduction 
  1/29/2015
• Advanced Neuronavigation Techniques in Brain Tumor Surgery 
  Multiple locations, 2013, 2014, 2015 - 1/22/2015
• Laser Ablation in Brain Tumor Surgery 
  Multiple locations, 2013, 2014, 2015 - 1/7/2015
• University of Miami Surgical Neurooncology Program 
  1/7/2015
• Brain Tumor Management 
  1/7/2015
• The Role of Awake Craniotomy in Brain Tumor Surgery 
  Panama, 2012 - 1/27/2014
• The Role of Awake Craniotomies in Brain Tumor Surgery 
  Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2014 - 1/26/2014
• Advanced Neuronavigation in Brain Tumor Surgery 
  Sao Paolo, Brazil - 1/26/2014
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Other

• Bilateral Ethmoidal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae � A Previously Unreported Entity 
  Komotar RJ, Connolly ES
  1/1/2005