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Office
2500 Metrohealth Dr
Suite H-910
Cleveland, OH 44109Phone+1 216-778-8019Fax+1 216-778-3300- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2003 - 2004
- University Hospitals2003
- Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
- New York Medical CollegeClass of 1996
- New York Medical CollegePhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1996
- New York Medical CollegePh.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1987 - 1994
- New York Medical CollegeMSc, Biochemistry, 1988
- Case Western Reserve UniversityB.A., Biochemistry, Cum Laude, 1985
- Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery
Certifications & Licensure
- OH State Medical License 1997 - 2025
- IL State Medical License 2003 - 2005
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
- Licensure, State of Ohio; Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Childrens Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 2003-2004; Qualification and Training in GammaKnife Radiosurgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best Empirical Research Poster Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, 2013
- The Apple Award American Spinal Cord Injury Association, 2009
- Cor et Manus Award 1996
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Impact of the cough stimulation system on the care burden and life quality of caregivers of tetraplegics.Anthony F DiMarco, Robert T Geertman, Gregory A Nemunaitis, Krzysztof E Kowalski> ;The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2023 Sep 1
- 1 citationsEffects of restoration of cough via spinal cord stimulation on subject quality of life.Anthony F DiMarco, Robert T Geertman, Gregory A Nemunaitis, Krzysztof E Kowalski> ;Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2022 Nov 1
- 2 citationsComparison of disc and wire electrodes to restore cough via lower thoracic spinal cord stimulation.Anthony F. DiMarco, Robert T. Geertman, Gregory A. Nemunaitis, Krzysztof E. Kowalski> ;The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2021 Jul 7
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Journal Articles
- Holospinal epidural abscess of the spinal axis: two illustrative cases with review of treatment strategies and surgical techniquesSmith GA, Kochar AS, Manjila S, Onwuzulike K, Geertman RT, Anderson JS, Steinmetz MP, Neurosurg Focus, 1/1/2014
- Extracranial ligation of ethmoidal arteries before resection of giant olfactory groove or planum sphenoidale meningiomas: 3 illustrative cases with a review of the lit...Manjila S, Cox EM, Smith GA, Corriveau M, Chhabra N, Johnson F, Geertman RT, Neurosurg Focus, 1/1/2013
- Lower thoracic spinal cord stimulation to restore cough in patients with spinal cord injury: results of an NIH sponsored clinical trial Part II: clinical outcomesDiMarco AF, Kowalski KE, Geertman RT, Hromyak DR, Frost FS, Creasey GH, Nemunaitis GA, Arch Phys Med Rehab, 1/1/2009
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Abstracts/Posters
- Long Term Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Cough System in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)DiMarco AF, Kowalski KE, Riffle RR, Geertman RT, Frost FS, Nemunaitis GA, Research ShowCASE, The 4th ISCoS and ASIA Joint Scientific Meeting, Cleveland, OH, 2012; Montreal, Canada, 2015, 1/1/2015
- Neurologic Outcomes and Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in Traumatically Brain-Injured Patients after Decompressive Hemicraniectomy: Experience from a Level I Trauma CenterSmith GA, Brown WC, Corriveau M, Manjila S, Geertman RT, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
- Long-term efficacy of the cough system in subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI)DiMarco AF, Kowalski KE, Hromyak DR, Geertman RT, Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2014
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Lectures
- Pediatric Neurosurgical Emergencies1/28/2015
- Neural Tube Defects and Hydrocephalus1/24/2014
- State-of-the-Art Neurotrauma: Update on Pediatric Head InjuryCleveland, OH - 1/30/2011
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Authored Content
- From Hypothermia to Cephalo-Somatic Anastomoses: The Legacy of Robert White (1926-2010) at Case Western Reserve University of ClevelandFebruary 2018
- From Hypothermia to Cephalo-Somatic Anastomoses: The Legacy of Robert White (1926-2010) at Case Western Reserve University of ClevelandFebruary 2018
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