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Office
6621 Fannin St
Clinical Care Center 1230.01
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 832-822-1282Fax+1 713-796-9636- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- University of Utah HealthResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1997 - 2002
- District of Columbia General HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
- McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2007 - 2025
- IN State Medical License 2003 - 2007
- UT State Medical License 1999 - 2004
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- HCRN Core Data Project: Characterizing Patient Populations in the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN) Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 01
- The Ventricular Catheter Placement Study: Assessment of Efficacy and Safety of an Ultrasound Guided Shunt Insertion Technique Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
- Shunt Outcomes of Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 10
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Cognitive Sparing in Proton versus Photon Radiotherapy for Pediatric Brain Tumor Is Associated with White Matter Integrity: An Exploratory Study.Lisa E Mash, Lisa S Kahalley, Kimberly P Raghubar, Naomi J Goodrich-Hunsaker, Tracy J Abildskov, Luz A De Leon, Marianne MacLeod, Heather Stancel, Kelley Parsons, Bria...> ;Cancers. 2023 Mar 19
- 1 citationsFetal Brain Tumors, a Challenge in Prenatal Diagnosis, Counselling, and Therapy.Ivonne Alexandra Bedei, Thierry A G M Huisman, William Whitehead, Roland Axt-Fliedner, Michael Belfort, Magdalena Sanz Cortes> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 Dec 21
- 6 citationsSocioeconomic and demographic factors in the diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia.Syed Hassan A Akbari, Asad A Rizvi, Travis S. CreveCoeur, Rowland H. Han, Jacob K. Greenberg, James C. Torner, Douglas L. Brockmeyer, John C. Wellons, Jeffrey R. Leona...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2021 Dec 3
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Journal Articles
- Doppler Changes in the Umbilical Artery and Ductus Venosus During Fetoscopic Prenatal Surgical Repair of MyelomeningoceleElias Kassir, Alireza A Shamshirsaz, Michael A Belfort, William E Whitehead, Jimmy Espinoza, Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Neurological Outcomes by Mode of Delivery for Fetuses with Open Neural Tube Defects: A Systematic Review and Meta‐AnalysisJimmy Espinoza, Ahmed A Nassr, Alireza A Shamshirsaz, Alex C Vidaeff, William E Whitehead, Michael A Belfort, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Authored Content
- Ventricular Catheter Entry Site and Not Catheter Tip Location Predicts Shunt Survival: A Secondary Analysis of 3 Large Pediatric Hydrocephalus StudiesApril 2018
- Ventricular Catheter Entry Site and Not Catheter Tip Location Predicts Shunt Survival: A Secondary Analysis of 3 Large Pediatric Hydrocephalus Studies RelatedApril 2018
Press Mentions
- Texas Children's Hospital Surgeons Perform 100th Pioneering Fetoscopic Procedure to Treat Spina BifidaJune 30th, 2021
- Texas Hospital Marks 100th Fetoscopic Spine SurgeryJune 30th, 2021
- 1-Year-Old Who Had Surgery Inside Womb to Correct Spina Bifda Now Standing on 2 FeetJune 28th, 2019
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Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
- Texas Children's HospitalHouston, Texas
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