Publications (click to view and download pdfs of these articles)
Diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord herniation: a combined experience (pdf)
Intraoperative Neurophysiology and Methodologies Used to Monitor the Functional Integrity of the Motor System (pdf)
Occipitocervical fusion after resection of craniovertebral junction tumors (pdf)
Surgical Management of Chordomas of the Cervical Spine (pdf)
Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery (pdf)
Bibliography
Books
Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery, Editors, Dickman CA, Rosenthal DJ Perin NI (Thieme Medical Publishers, NY) 1999.
Articles
Perin, NI,, The effect of isovolaemic hemodilution and intra-venous glycerol on the sequele of middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psych. 49:428-431, 1986
Kokkino AJ, Lazio BE, Perin, NI, Vertical fractures of the odontoid process, Neurosurgery, pp. 102-104, January 1996
Oh, SH, Perin, NI; Cooper, P.R., Quantitative three-dimensional anatomy of the subaxial cervical spine: Implication for anterior spinal surgery, Neurosurgery, 38:1139-1144, June 1996
Arginteanu MS, Perin, NI Paraspinal calcinosis associated with progressive systemic sclerosis, J Neurosurgery, (87) 761-3, 1997
Arginteanu MS, Perin NI, Management of postlaminectomy instability, Contemporary Neurosurgery, 19 (7), April 1997
Shiau JC, Arginteanu MS, Perin NI, Arthritic and bone softening diseases of the craniocervical junction. Neurosurgery Quarterly 1998; 8:180-190.
Deutsch H, Arginteanu MS, Manhart K, Perin NI, Camins M, Moore F, Steinberger AA, Weisz D, Somatosensory evoked potential monitoring in anterior thoracic vertebrectomy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2000; 92: April.
Shin HC, Perin NI, Connery C, Lesser J, Tuttle C, Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis- Lessons learned. J Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. April, 2004
Shrivastava RK, Epstein FJ, Perin NI, Post K, Jallo G, Intramedullary spinal cord tumors in patients older than 50 years of age: management and outcome analysis. J Neurosurg Spine 2005; 2:249-255.
Shin HC, Barrenechea IJ, Lesser J, Sen C, Perin NI, Occipitocervical fusion in craniocervical junction tumors: indications, technical challenges and results. J Neurosurg Spine 2006; 4:137-144.
Barrenechea IJ, Lesser JB, Gidekel AL, Turjanski L, Perin NI, Diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord herniation: a combined experience. J Neurosurg Spine 2006; 5:294-302.
Barrenechea IJ, Fukumoto R, Lesser JB, Ewing DR, Connery CP, Perin NI, Endoscopic resection of thoracic paravertebral and dumbbell tumors. Neurosurgery 2006; 59:1195-1202.
Barrenechea IJ, Perin NI, Triana A, Lesser JB, Costantino PD, Sen C, Surgical management of chordomas of the cervical spine. J Neurosurg Spine, 2007; 6:398-406.
Chwajol M, Barrenechea IJ, Chakraborty S, Ichiba T, Lesser JB, Connery CP, Perin NI, Impact of symptomatic improvement, recurrence and compensatory hyperhidrosis on patient satisfaction after endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy. Neurosurgery. 2008; 64:511-518.
Latif MJ, Afthinos JN , Connery CP, Perin NI, Bhora FY, Chwajol M, Todd GJ, Belsley SJ, Robotic intercostal nerve graft for reversal of thoracic sympathectomy: a large animal feasibility model. Int J MedRobotics Comput Assist Surg. 2008; 4:258-226.
Yanni DS, Sen C, Perin NI, Revision of Chiari decompression for patients with recurrent syrinx, J Clin Neurosci. 2010; 17:1076-1079.
Yanni DS, Perin NI, Cranio-vertebral junction, fixation of the axis, Neurosurgery 2010; 66(3 Suppl):147-152.
Yanni DS, Ulkatan S, Deletis V, Barrenechea IJ, Sen C, Perin NI, Utility of neurophysiological monitoring using dorsal column mapping in intramedullary spinal cord surgery, J Neurosurg Spine. 2010;12:623-628.
Yanni DS, Connery CP, Perin NI, VATS combined with a Tubular Retractor System, for minimally invasive thoracic discectomy, Neurosurgery (in press; NEU-D-09-00581R3 Publication date March 2011)
Chapters and Reviews
Perin NI, Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, in Degenerative Diseases of the Cervical Spine, editor Cooper, P. (Neurosurgery Topics, AANS publications) 12:151-158, 1993.
Perin NI, Posterior stabilization of the cervical spine using plates and screws, in Surgery for Spinal Cord Injuries, Principles and Techniques in Spine Surgery, editors Garfin, S., Northrup, B. (Neurosurgery topics, AANS publications) 12:113-122, 1993.
Perin NI, Stanley M, Diagnosis and management of sacral fractures, in Youmans Neurological Surgery, 4th edition, editor-in-chief, Youmans, J.R.; Chapt 90, vol 3, pp.2097-2102, (WB Saunders) 1995.
Perin NI, Posterior atlantoaxial screw fixation chapter in techniques of spinal fusion and stabilization, in Techniques in Spinal Fusion and Stabilization, editors, Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S (Thieme Medical Publishing, NY) 1995.
Perin NI, Posterior transfacetal atlantoaxial screw fixation techniques. Neurosurgery, 1996; 1:102-104.
Perin NI, Endocscopy and the lumbar spine chapter in techniques. Neurosurgery, editor Loftus C, Batjer H, sect. editor Hardy R, 1996.
Perin NI, Thoracotomy and discectomy for thoracic disc herniation, in Controversies in Neurosurgery, editor Ossama Al-Mefty O., Ch. 25, pp.240-242 (Thieme Medical Publishers, NY) 1996.
Perin NI, Post-traumatic syrinx diagnosis and treatment, in Spinal Cord Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment, editors Engler GI, Cole J, Merton WL, Ch. 8, pp.199-209 (Marcel Dekker Inc, NY) 1998
Perin NI, Cusick JF, Interspinous, laminar and facet fusion, in Spine Surgery – Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, editor Benzel EC (Churchill Livingstone) 1999.
Perin NI, Baldwin N, Cooper PR, High cervical and occipito-cervical plate, rod, wire, and bone, techniques, in Spine Surgery – Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, editor Benzel EC (Churchill Livingstone) 1999.
Perin NI, Endoscopic lumbar microdiscectomy for far lateral disc herniations, Neurosurgery, editors Loftus C, Batjer H, section editor Dickman C, 1999.
Perin NI, Biopsy of vertebral lesions chapter in microsurgical throcoscopic approaches to the spine, in Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery, editors Dickman CA, Rosenthal DJ, Perin NI (Thieme Medical Publishers, NY) 1999.
Perin NI, Postoperative management, complication management and avoidance chapter, in Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery, editors Dickman CA, Rosenthal DJ, Perin NI (Thieme Medical Publishers, NY) 1999.
Perin NI, Diagnosis and management of Sacral fractures. Youmans Neurological Surgery, 5th edition, Vol. 3, Chapt 90, vol 3, editors-in-chief Youmans JR, Winn HR; section editor Sontaag V (WB Saunders, NY) 2003
Jenkins A, Perin NI, Vertebral tumors of the cervico-thoracic junction, in Atlas of Neurological Techniques, editors Sekha LN, Fessler RG (Thieme Medical Publishers, NY) 2006.
Jenkins A, Perin NI, "Luque wire stabilization" in Atlas of Neurological Techniques, in Atlas of Neurological Techniques, editors Sekha LN, Fessler RG (Thieme Medical Publishers, NY) 2006.
Perin NI, Complications of endoscopic spinal surgery" Millenium Issue of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery Supplement, 2002.
Perin NI, "Surgical Management of Spinal cord Tumors and Arterio-venous malformations" Chapter 96 in Operative Neurosurgical Techniques, editors Schmidek HH, Sweet DW (WB Saunders, NY) 2005.
Perin NI, Diagnosis and management of sacral fractures. in Youmans Neurological Surgery, 6th edition, Vol. 3, Ch. 90, editor-in-chief Youmans JR, section editor Sontaag V (WB Saunders, NY) (in press).
Perin NI, High cervical and occipito-cervical plate, rod, wire, and bone, techniques, In Spine Surgery Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, editor Benzel EC (Churchill Livingstone) (in press).
Perin NI, Interspinous, laminar and facet fusion, in Spine Surgery Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, editor Benzel EC (Churchill Livingstone) (in press).
Pacione D, Wilson T, Perin NI, Frempong-Boadu A. "Postero-lateral Approaches to the Cervico-thoracic junction"
Abstracts
Modified lateral extrapleural-extraperitoneal approach to the thoracolumbar spine allowing anterior instrumentation. AANS (Cushing) meeting, San Diego. 1994 Apr; (poster)
Three dimensional anatomy of the lower cervical spine and its relationship to anterior spinal surgery. congress of neurological surgeons, Chicago, 1994 Oct. (poster)
Three dimensional anatomy of the lower cervical spine and its relationship to anterior spinal surgery - paper presented in the scientific session of the cervical spine research society meeting-Santa-Fe 1995 Dec.
Sub-laminar wiring in the sub-axial cervical spine. poster presentation Montreal, Canada. 1996 Sept.
"Spinal cord hernia" oral/poster presentation at the annual congress of neurological surgeons meeting in Seattle Washington, Oct 3rd - 8th 1998.
"Diagnosis and management of tumors of the cervico-thoracic junction" Presented at the "World Spine"Conference in Berlin, West Germany, August, 2000. Authors: Jenkins A, Perin NI, Camins M.
"Lessons learned from the Thoracoscopic Resection of complex benign Neurogenic paravertebral tumors" Presented at the 12th International Congress & Endo Expo 2003/ Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Annual meeting. Authors: Ewing M, Connery C, Perin NI
"Utility of dorsal column mapping in intramedullary spinal surgery" Poster presentationat the Spine section meeting of AANS / CNS, Phoenix, Arizona, March, 2009. Authors: Yanni DS, Ulkatan S, Deletis V, Barrenechea IJ, Sen C, Perin NI.
Satisfaction with Indirect Decompression in Lumbar Stenosis with the XLIF Procedure, Poster Presentation at the Spine Section Meeting of AANS / CNS, Phoenix, Arizona, March, 2009. Authors: Yanni DS, Elowitz EH, Perin NI.
Surgical Management of Lumbar Synovial cysts – To or not to fuse: a 65 patient experience and review of the literature – Oral presentation at the Spine section meeting of AANS / CNS, Phoenix, Arizona, March, 2009. Authors: Chandela S, Yanni DS, Perin NI, Elowitz EH, Houten J.
Successful short term follow-upafter first Robotic Sympathectomy Reconstruction with autologous nerve graft: - Oral Presentation at the International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery, Dense-Denmark. June19th. Authors Belsley S., Bhora Y., Razzi SS., Latif MJ., Perin NI., Connery CP.
Teaching Experience
Feb.1991 "Intramedullary spinal-cord tumors" presented at the University of Cincinnati, Department of neurosurgery
July 1991 "Cervical spine trauma" presented at the University of Cincinnati, Department of neurosurgery grand rounds
Aug.1991 "Instrumentation of the upper cervical spine" presented Hilton-head neurosurgical symposium, Organized by the Mayfield Neurological Institute and the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery. Hilton-Head, N.C.
Aug.1991 "Surgical treatment of intra-medullary tumors" presented Hilton-head neurosurgical symposium, Organized by the Mayfield Neurological Institute and the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery. Hilton-Head, N.C.
Aug.1991 "New concepts in lumbar disc surgery" presented Hilton-head neurosurgical symposium, Organized by the Mayfield Neurological Institute and the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery. Hilton-Head, N.C.
Sept.1991 "Spinal trauma" presented at the University of Cincinnati Department of neurosurgery grand rounds
Oct.1991 "Pitfalls in cervical spine surgery" presented at luncheon seminar, The Annual meeting of the Congress of neurological surgeons, in Orlando, Florida
March 1992 "Cervical spine trauma" presented at emergency medicine Grand rounds of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio
May 1992 "Basics of fusion in the cervical spine" presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons sponsored, hands-on course held at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio
July 1992 "Surgical techniques in spinal stabilization" presented at the seminar on spinal cord injury held at the Good-Samaritan hospital, sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Oct. 1992 "Faculty consultants corner - spine" at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological surgeons, held in Washington DC
Nov.1992 "Basics of fusion - cervical spine" presented at the Annual meeting of The American Association of Neurological Surgeons, hands-on course held in Los-Angeles CA
Jan.1993 "Surgical stabilization of the upper cervical spine" presented at the spine workshop sponsored by the University of Florida, Tampa, at Snowbird, Salt-lake City, Utah
March 1993 "Indications and methods of lumbar spine stabilization" presented at the neurosurgical symposium, Organized by the Mayfield Neurological Institute and the University of Cincinnati, Ohio at Snowmass Village, Colorado
March 1993 "Metastatic disease of the spine" presented at the neurosurgical symposium, Organized by the Mayfield Neurological Institute and the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, at Snowmass Village, Colorado
May 1993 "Treatment of metastatic disease of the spine" presented at the General Surgical Grand-rounds, at The Jewish hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio
June 1993 "Basics of fusion, cervical spine" presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons sponsored, hands-on course held in Toronto, Canada
June 1993 "Posterior cervical stabilization" presented at the the American Association of Neurological Surgeons sponsored, hands-on course held in Toronto, Canada
June 1993 "Baclofen pump in spinal cord injury" presented at the seminar on spinal cord injury held at the Good-Samaritan hospital, sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, Ohio
July 1993 "Lumbar-sacral orthoses, bone healing, grafts & stimulators," presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons sponsored, hands-on course held at the Mayo-Clinic, Rochester,MN
Oct.1993 "Faculty consultants corner - spine" at the Annual meeting of the Congress of neurological surgeons, held in Vancouver, Canada
Nov.1993 'Spinal cord injury' diagnosis and treatment, presented at the Grand Rounds of the Northern Kentucky Rehabilitation center, Kentucky
Jan.1994 'Surgical stabilization of the upper cervical spine' presented at the spine workshop sponsored by the University of Florida, Tampa, at Snowbird, Salt-lake City, Utah
January 1994 'Anterior cervical instrumentation' Presented at the 'Sofamor-Danek' Annual sales meeting, held in Memphis, Tennessee
January 1994 'Occipitocervical stabilization' Weekly Grand rounds of the Department of neurosurgery, Mount Sinai medical center, New-York
April 1994 'Spinal endoscopy' presented at the plenary session of the Annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, held in San-Diego, CA
May, 1994 'Posterior instrumentation of the lower cervical spine' Presented at continuing medical education course sponsored by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, held in New-Orleans
September, 1994 'Spinal endoscopy' presented at Neurosurgical symposium, Organized by the University of Florida, Tampa
October 1994 'Atlanto-axial screw fixation' presented at the hands - on course on Craniocervical stabilization, at the annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological surgeons, held in Chicago
October 1994 'Lumbar spinal endoscopy' presented at the hands - on course on neuroendoscopy, at the annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological surgeons, held in Chicago
Oct.1995 Pathophysiology of rheumatoid disease of the spine and cranio-cervical area and management strategies - Presented at Breakfast seminar, Organized by the American association of Neurological Surgeons (annual meeting) held in Orlando, Florida
Oct.1995 Spinal endoscopy - Presented at Breakfast seminar, Organized by the American association of Neurological Surgeons (annual meeting) held in Orlando, Florida
Sept. 1995 Basic endoscopy - "minimally invasive techniques", Presented at the lumbar instrumentation course, organized by the University of Florida (Gainesville) hands - on course held in Orlando, Florida
Sept. 1995 Thoracoscopic spinal surgery - minimally invasive surgery in the lumbar spine - Presented at the lumbar instrumentation course, organized by the University of Florida (Gainesville) hands - on course held in Orlando, Florida
Sept 1995 Orthoses and biology of bone healing - Presented at professional development course, sponsored by the American association of Neurological Surgeons - thoraco-lumbar hands - on - course, held in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sept 1995 Spinal endoscopy - Presented at professional development course, sponsored by the American association of Neurological Surgeons - thoraco-lumbar hands - on - course, held in New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan.1996 'Thoracoscopic disc herniation' - presented at the thoracoscopic spine surgery course (hands-on), sponsored by the University of Arizona , Phoenix and the Barrow neurological institute
Oct.17th 1995 "Posterior stabilization of the upper cervical spine", Presented at a luncheon seminar organized by the Congress of Neurological surgeons annual meeting, San -Francisco
March 22nd 1996 "Orthoses and biology of bone healing" - Presented at the professional development course on - thoraco-lumbar spinal surgery, organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, held in New Orleans, Louisiana
March 22nd 1996 "Spinal endoscopy" - Presented at the professional development course on - thoraco-lumbar spinal surgery, organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, held in New-Orleans, Louisiana
April 26th. 1996 'Management of rheumatoid arthritis', Presented at the cranio-cervical junction practical course organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 26th. 1996 "Surgical management of rheumatoid arthritis of the upper cervical spine" Presented at the breakfast seminar organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct. 1996 "Biology of bone healing" - Presented at the professional development course on - thoraco-lumbar spinal surgery, organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, Chicago
Oct. 1996 "Spinal endoscopy" - Presented at the professional development course on - thoraco-lumbar spinal surgery, organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, Chicago
December 12, 1996 "C1- C2 fixation" - Presented at the New York city Neurosurgery symposium organized by New York University medical center, New York City
April 1997 "Surgical management of rheumatoid arthritis of the upper cervical spine" Presented at the cranio-cervical junction practical course organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Sept. 1997 "Microdiskectomy to Endoscopy" Luncheon seminar sponsored by the Congress of neurological surgeons, New-Orleans, Louisiana
Oct.5th 1998 'Bone grafts and substitutes in spinal fusion' Luncheon seminar at the annual congress of neurological surgeons, Seattle, Washington
Oct.7th 1998 'Avoidance and treatment of complications in spinal surgery' Luncheon seminar at the congress of neurological surgeons, Seattle, Washington
December 9th, 1998 Advances in spinal endoscopy - Nassau Surgical Society Clinic Day, Neurosurgical symposium, Long Island,
April 9th 1999 "Thoracoscopic surgery equipment and OR set-up" Endoscopic and Video monitored minimally Invasive surgery of the spine, Approaches for treatment of thoracic and lumbar spinal pathology, Albany medical center, Albany, NY
April 9th 1999 "Thoracoscopic discectomy " Endoscopic and Video monitored minimally Invasive surgery of the spine, Approaches for treatment of thoracic and lumbar spinal pathology, Albany Medical Menter, Albany, NY
May 23rd 1999 "Thoracoscopic Spinal Surgery" Talk at Symposium on Orthopedic spinal surgery in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
May25th, 1999 "Occipito-Cervical Instability, presentation, diagnosis and management" Symposium on Orthopedic surgery, Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia
May25th, 1999 Laparoscopic lumbar interbody fusion with bone dowels/cages, Symposium on Orthopedic surgery, Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia
June 2, 1999 "Endoscopic Spinal Surgery: early experience and results" Neurosurgery Research day, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
July 1999 "Management of Instability in the Upper Cervical Spine" Neurosurgery Grand rounds, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
August 4th 1999 "Management of Head and Spinal Trauma" Grand rounds, Mount Sinai Department of Neurology
Oct. 1999 "Posterior Stabilization of the sub-axial cervical spine" Annual Congress of neurological surgeons Luncheon seminar, Boston
Oct.1999 "Thoracoscopic Biopsy techniques" Presented at the Hands-on practical course on Thoracoscopic spinal surgery, Boston
Oct. 1999 "Thoracoscopic Spine surgery Indications, Contraindications and cost effectiveness" Presented at the Annual congress of neurological surgeons meeting, Selected papers spine section, Boston
April 2000 Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy, presented at the breakfast seminar of the AANS, San Francisco CA
Sept. 11th-12th, 2000 Fundamental Principals and Techniques of Laparoscopic Lumbar Interbody fusion: Presented at the hands-on course on "Anterior Endoscopic Approaches to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine", Barrow Neurological Institute Workshop, in Phoenix, Arizona
Sept. 24th, 2000 "Thoracoscopic Biopsy techniques" Presented at the hand-on course on Thoracoscopic Spinal surgery at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, in San-Antonio, Texas
Sept.24th 2000 "Laparoscopic Anterior Interbody Fusion techniques" Presented at the hands-on course on "Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spinal Surgery, at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, in San-Antonio, Texas
Sept.27th 2000 "Posterior Stabilization for Instability of the Sub-axial Cervical Spine", Presented during the Luncheon seminar at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, in San-Antonio, Texas
Nov. 2000 "A Novel Approach to the Treatment of Disorders in the spine' Presented at the annual meeting of the Sri-Lanka Medical Association , N.Y, N.Y.
Dec. 16th, 2000 Spinal Endoscopy" Presented at the symposium on "Advanced techniques in image-guided brain and spine surgery", New York, N.Y.
April 6th 2001 "Endoscopic Spinal Surgery" Presented at the Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Hospital Center, New York, NY
June 14th 2001 "Metastatic disease to the spine and management" Presented at the Medical grand rounds Roosevelt hospital, N.Y.
June 25th 2001 "Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery" Presented at the Neurosurgery grand rounds at Montefiore medical center, N.Y.
October 2001 "Laparoscopic anterior lumbar interbody fusion," Presented at the Annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting in San-Diego, California
April, 2002 "Rheumatoid arthritis and the cranio-cervical junction" presented at the Annual AANS meeting, Chicago
April. 2002 "Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis, To Fuse or Not to Fuse" Presentation at Breakfast seminar annual meeting AANS in Chicago
June 24th, 2002 "Management of Instability at the Cranio-cervical Junction" Presented at the Spine-club meeting of the Neuroscience Associates of Westchester
2002 "Occipito-cervical stabilization after cranio-cervical tumor resection" Presented Luncheon seminar Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting, Philadelphia
October, 2002 "Thoracoscopic spinal surgery", Presented at the Science & art of medicine symposium, at St. Luke's- Roosevelt hospital, NY
April. 2003 "Occipitocervical fusion in craniocervical junction tumors" Presented at the practical course on Craniovertebral Junction; Surgical Approaches, stabilization Techniques & complications. Annual meeting of the AANS, San-Diego, CA
September 20th, 2003 "Thoracoscopic discectomy – Nuances & lessons learned" Presented at the Bi-annual meeting of the Korea-Japan Spine Society meeting in Kyenju, South Korea
September 19th, 2003 "Occipitocervical Stabilization in Craniovertebral junction tumors" Presented at the Bi-annual meeting of the Korea-Japan Spine society meeting in Kyenju, South Korea
September 22nd, 2003 Rheumatoid Arthritis & the Cervical Spine" Presented at the Aichi-Medical University "Chubu Workshop" in Nagoya, Japan
Oct. 2003 "Percutaneous pedicle fixation in the Lumbar Spine" Presented at the practical course on Minimally Invasive surgery in the Lumbar spine, At the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, in Denver, Colorado
December 5th 2003 "Minimally Invasive Spinal surgery – lessons learned" – Presented at the 2nd Annual Neuroscience update course, Roosevelt Hospital Center, NY
March 6th, 2004 Endoscopic Spinal Surgery – Indications and Lessons Learned, Presented at the New York State Neurosurgical Society Annual meeting at the Westin, Grand Bahamas Island
April 2004 Kyphoplasty an Innovative minimal access treatment for Osteoporotic and Metastatic vertebral body fractures" Presented to Primary care Physicians
May 2004 "Transfacet screw fixation in C1-C2 Instability" Presented at the Annual meeting of the AANS practical course on Craniocervical abnormalities and treatment, Orlando, Florida
Oct.19th 2004 "Stabilization at the Cranio-Cervical Junction" Presented at the luncheon seminar of the Annual meeting of the congress of Neurological surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Oct.17th, 2004 "Percutaneous Decompression & Pedicle fixation in the Lumbar spine" Presented at the Practical course on "Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine Surgery" Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Oct.13th2004 Minimally Invasive treatment of Osteoporotic and Metastatic compression fractures – kyphoplasty, Presented at the annual meeting of the Sri-Lanka Medical association, at the New York Hilton Hotel, NY
Dec. 10th 2004 Update on current trends in spine surgery – Presented at the Annual Neuroscience review for the Non-surgeon, Roosevelt hospital Center, NY
March 17-20, 2005 Overview "Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery" – Presented at the 3rd Annual South Asian Neurosurgical Congress, in Karachi, Pakistan
April 2005 "Case presentation , Craniovertebral Trauma – Presented at the Practical course on Cranio-vertebral junction, Surgical approaches and Indications for treatment. Annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in New Orleans, LA
May 2005 Compensatory hyperhidrosis after endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for Primary hyperhidrosis: -Predisposing factors and impact on patient satisfaction – Presented at the Biannual Symposium of the Hyperhidrosis society, in Vienna, Austria
3rd Sept. 2005 Spine Surgery in the 21st Century – Presented at the Annual meeting if the Sri-Lanka Medical Association (central) in Chicago
October 9th 2005 "Percutaneous decompression and pedicle fixation lumbar spine" – Presented at the Practical course on Minimally Invasive Lumbar spine surgery, Congress of Neurological surgeons annual meeting, Boston, MA
October 10th, 2005 "Thoracoscopic spinal surgery" Presented at the Luncheon Seminar, on Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual meeting, Boston
October 11th. 2005 "Compensatory Hyperhidrosis after Endoscopic Thoracic sympathectomy for Primary Hyperhidrosis – Predisposing factors and impact on patient satisfaction", Presented, Open papers Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral nerves. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual meeting , Boston
October 17th. 2005 "Endoscopic Spinal Surgery" Presented at the Endoscopy Symposium, American College of Surgeons Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA
April 2006 Occipito-cervical stabilization following resection of Cranio-cervical Junction tumors, Presented at the Practical course on Cranio-cervical Junction at the AANS meeting in San Francisco, CA
June 10th -11th 2006 Approaches & complication Avoidance in MIS Surgery, Presented at the Symposium on "Minimally Invasive Spinal Techniques" in St. Louis,
October 8, 2006 Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Pedicle targeting: - Presented at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurosurgical Surgeons meeting, Course # PC29, Chicago, IL
November 16 – 18, 2006 Surgical aspects of Pedicle screw placement:- presented at the annual meeting of the "Intra operative Neurophysiological Monitoring" in neurosurgery, New York
April 2007 Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy For Focal Primary Hyperhidrosis: Factors Influencing Postoperative Improvement, Recurrence, and Compensatory Hyperhidrosis, Accepted for presentation at the Annual meeting of the Association of Neurological Surgeons
March 21st, 2007 Impact of Compensatory Hyperhidrosis on patient satisfaction after endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy: Presented at the Bi-annual symposium on Sympathetic surgery at the Summerville Resort, Recife, Brazil
March 21st, 2007 Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for focal Hyperhidrosis; predictors of outcome & recurrence: Presented at the Bi-annual symposium on Sympathetic surgery at the Summerville Resort, Recife, Brazil
March 23rd, 2007 Occipito-cervical Fusion after resection of Cranio-vertebral junction tumors, presented at the Department of Neurosurgery Grand-Rounds, University Hospital Recife, Brazil
Nov.17th, 2007 Minimal Access & Key hole Neurosurgery, Presented at the Annual meeting of the Sri-Lanka medical Association, at the Hilton Hotel, in NY
Nov. 30th, 2007 "Minimally Invasive TLIF technique" Presented at the Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery & Navigation Symposium at Weill Cornell Medical College
Nov 30th, 2007 "Possible Complications of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery" Presented at the Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery & Navigation Symposium at Weill Cornell Medical College
April – May 2008 Cranio-vertebral Junction Surgical Approaches: Indications, Techniques, Limitations & Complications – Presentation on Tumors of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction, Annual Meeting of the AANS, Chicago, IL
April 29th 2008 Presentation Breakfast seminar, "Current treatment & concepts in Hyperhidrosis" At the Annual Meeting of the AANS, Course # 209, Chicago, IL
August 15th-16th, 2008 Minimally Invasive Spinal fusion: Technique & Complication avoidance: Presented at the Minimally invasive Spinal Surgery symposium at Weill-Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY
September 5th, 2008 Percutaneous TLIF with the Tubular systems: Course chairman & Presenter at the Symposium on "Advanced Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery", at the Stryker Facility in Mahwah, NJ
December 5th, 2008 "Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spinal Surgery – An overview", Presented at the 5th Annual Symposium on Neurology & Neurosurgery for the non-surgeon, at Roosevelt Medical Center
December 5th 2008 "Hyperhidrosis diagnosis & Management" Presented at the 5th Annual Symposium on Neurology & Neurosurgery for the non-surgeon, at Roosevelt Medical Center
March 6th 2009 "Minimally Invasive Trans-foraminal Interbody stabilization / Fusion with the tubular system" Presented at the "MAST" course Lake Success New York
March, 2009 "Non-surgical management of Primary Hyperhidrosis" Presented at the Bi-annual meeting of the International Society of Sympathetic surgeons (ISSS) in Manhattan, New York
April 2009 "Tumors of the Spine and Spinal cord" presented at the Neuroscience nurses symposium at Roosevelt Medical Center, NY, NY
May 3rd, 2009 "Case presentation of Tumors at the Cranio-vertebral Junction affecting stability and treatment" Presented at the Practical course Craniovertebral Junction: Surgical Approaches, Techniques, Indications, and Fusion Techniques. At the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons meeting , San Diego
May 2009 Lumbar far-lateral disc – miss (metrx), technique & avoidance of complications Presented at the Breakfast Seminar on "Lumbar Far-Lateral Disc Herniation"- AANS Annual meeting, San-Diego
Aug.2009 "Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody fusion" presented at the Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery course at Cornell Medical Center
September 30th, 2009 "Thoracoscpic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis" presented at the Video Symposium "Masters of Neuroendoscopy" XIV World Congress of Neurological Surgery, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
March 2010 "Craniocervical and subaxial tumors of the spine" Presented at the Sri-Lanka - Australian symposium in Brisbane, Australia
May 2nd 2010 "Management, Cranio-Cervical Junction tumors", Presented at the American Association of Neurological surgeons Annual meeting in Philadelphia
May 4th 2010 "Minimally Invasive approaches to Lumbar Far lateral disc herniation" Presented at the American Association of Neurological surgeons Annual meeting in Philadelphia
Feb 25th 2011 "Thoracoscopy and Spinal Surgery" presented at the NYU Department of Neurosurgery Grand rounds. NY
Apr 10th 2011 "Craniovertebral Junction Tumors affecting stability & Treatment" Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons meeting in Denver
Apr 13th 2011 "Lumbar Far-lateral Disc, MISS approach, Technical nuances & avoidance of complications" Presented at the Annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Denver, Colorado
May 6th 2011 "Primary Hyperhidrosis, Diagnosis, Treatment & Results", Presented at the NYU Dermatology Department grand Rounds
Nov.12th 2011 "Primary Hyperhidrosis, Disease /Anxiety, Presented at the SLMANA Annual CME meeting, New York city, NY
Dec.2nd 2011 "Percutaneous Lumbar Fusion" Presented at the Argentinian Congress of Neurosurgery, Pinamar, Argentina
Dec.2nd 2011 "Trans-psoas Interbody Fusion (XLIF) in Lumbar stenosis" Presented at the Argentinian Congress of Neurosurgery, Pinamar, Argentina
Dec 2nd 2011 "Occipito-cervical Stabilization / Fusion" Presented at the Argentinian Congress of Neurosurgery, Pinamar, Argentina
Teaching Faculty - Hands-On Courses
Aug.1991 "Cervical spine instrumentation Practical course", At the Hilton head island neurosurgical symposium. Presented by the University of Cincinnati and the Mayfield Neurological Institute, held at Hilton-head Island, NC
Jan.1992 "Disorders of the spine, a contemporary update", presented at the spine workshop sponsored by the University of Florida, Tampa, at Snowbird, Salt-lake City, Utah
May 1992 "Cervical spine instrumentation course" Continuing medical education course sponsored by the American Association of neurological surgeons, held at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Oct. 1992 "Posterior cervical spine instrumentation symposium" Continuing medical education course sponsored by the American Association of neurological surgeons, held in Oklahoma city, Oklahoma
Oct. 1992 "Posterior cervical spine instrumentation symposium" Continuing medical education course sponsored by the American Association of neurological surgeons, held in Portland, Oregon
Nov. 1992 "Cervical spine instrumentation course" Continuing medical education course sponsored by the American Association of neurological surgeons, held in Los-Angeles, CA
Feb. 1993 "Disorders of the spine, a contemporary update" presented at the spine workshop sponsored by the University of Florida, Tampa, at Snowbird, Salt-lake City, Utah
March 1993 "Spine stabilization course" at the neurosurgical symposium organized by the University of Cincinnati and the Mayfield Neurological Institute, at Snowmass, Colorado
June 1993 "Cervical spine instrumentation course," continuing medical education course organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, at the University of Toronto, Canada
July 1993 "Lumbar spine instrumentation course," continuing medical education course organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, held at the Mayo-clinic, in Rochester, MN
Oct. 1993 "Upper cervical spine stabilization" hands-on course sponsored by the Congress of neurological surgeons annual meeting, held in Vancouver, Canada
Feb. 1994 "Disorders of the spine, a contemporary update," presented at the spine workshop sponsored by the University of Florida, Tampa, at Snowbird, Salt-lake City, Utah
February 1994 "Anterior cervical spine stabilization" hands-on course, held at the Annual meeting of the spine section of the American Association of neurological surgeons meeting held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
February 1994 "Posterior cervical spine stabilization" hands-on-course, held at the Annual meeting of the spine section of the American Association of neurological surgeons meeting held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
April. 1994 "Stabilization of the upper cervical spine," taught at the Annual meeting of the American Association of neurological surgeons meeting held in San-Diego
April. 1994 "Spinal endoscopy," taught at the Annual meeting of the American Association of neurological surgeons meeting held in San-Diego
May 1994 "Surgery of the cervical spine." Continuing medical education course organized by the American association of neurological surgeons in New-Orleans
October 1994 "Craniocervical junction stabilization." Practical course at the Congress of neurological surgeons annual meeting, Chicago
October 1994 "Neuroendoscopy course." Practical course at the Congress of neurological surgeons annual meeting, held in Chicago
October 1994 "Consultants corner spine" held at the Annual meeting of the Congress of neurological surgeons held in Chicago
February 1995 "Spinal endoscopy course," co-director, AANS joint spine section meeting, Phoenix, Arizona
February 1995 "Thoraco-lumbar instrumentation course," held at the Annual meeting of the spine section of the American Association of neurological surgeons meeting held in, Phoenix, Arizona
March 1995 "Thoracoscopic spinal surgery workshop," co-director, at Ehicon - Endo. surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio
April 1995 "Cranio-cervical course faculty" held at the annual meeting of the American Association of neurological surgeons meeting, held in Orlando, Florida
April.1995 "Endoscopy, percutaneous lumbar techniques," held at the annual meeting of the American Association of neurological surgeons meeting, held in Orlando, Florida
Sept. 1995 "Thoraco-lumbar instrumentation course," a continuing medical education course organized by the American association of neurological surgeons in Chicago
Sept.1995 "Minimally invasive techniques, lumbar instrumentation course," sponsored by the University of Florida (Gainsville), held in Orlando, Florida
Jan. 1996 "Thoracoscopic spinal surgery," sponsored by the University of Arizona, held at the Barrow neurological institute in Phoenix, Arizona
March 2nd 1996 Director practical course - "thoracoscopic spinal surgery"- held at the annual meeting of the spine section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons meeting in Orlando Florida
Oct.1995 "Percutaneous spinal techniques," (Course director), held at the annual meeting of the Congress of neurological surgeons held in San Francisco
Jan.1996 "Thoracoscopic spinal surgery," sponsored by the University of Arizona, held at the Barrow neurological institute in Phoenix, Arizona
Sept.1996 "Minimally invasive spinal surgery" (Course director), sponsored by the Congress of neurological surgeons, held in Montreal, Canada
Oct. 1996 "Advanced thoracic and lumbar spine management," a continuing medical education course; the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, in Chicago
Dec. 10th 1996 Video workshop – "Endoscopic spinal surgery (Course director)," at the neurosurgery symposium sponsored by New York University Medical Center, NYC
April 1997 "The Cranio-Cervical junction practical course" organized by the American Association of neurological surgeons, held in San Francisco
Sept. 1997 Course director "Minimally Invasive spinal surgery" Hands-on course sponsored by the Congress of neurological surgeons, held in New-Orleans, Louisiana
Oct. 3rd 1998 Course director "Minimally invasive spinal surgery course" Congress of neurological surgeons annual meeting held in Seattle, Washington
Oct 4th 1998 Faculty "Surgical exposure of the thoracic and lumbar spine" at the annual meeting of the congress of neurological surgeons, Seattle, Washington
April 9-10th 1999 Faculty "Endoscopic and video monitored minimally invasive surgery of the spine, Approaches for treatment of thoracic and lumbar spinal pathology."Albany Medical, Albany, NY
May 21st - 27th, 1999 Faculty at Scientific Symposium Orthopedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Delegation to Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia, Intercontinental Hotel Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia
October 1999 Director "Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine" course at the Annual Congress of Neurological surgeons meeting in Boston, MA
October. 1999 Faculty "Thoracoscopic spinal surgery" course, at the Annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting in Boston, MA
Sept. 11th & 12th 2000 Faculty hands-on course "Anterior Endoscopic Approaches to the Thoracic and Lumbar spine", Barrow Neurological Institute spine workshop, Phoenix, AZ
24th of Sept. 2000 Director hands-on course on "Minimally Invasive Lumbar spine surgery" at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 24th, 2000 Faculty, hands-on course on "Thoracoscopic Spinal Surgery" at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in San Antonio, Texas
2001 Course Director & Faculty, hands-on course on " Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spinal surgery" Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting, San-Diego, California
April 2002 Faculty, hands-on course "Cranio-cervical Junction, Approaches and Stabilization Techniques" Annual meeting of the AANS in Chicago, IL
Sept. 22, 2002 Faculty & Course Director , "Minimally Invasive Techniques for the Lumbar Spine" Congress of neurological surgeons meeting, Philadelphia
April, 2003 Faculty Hands - on course " Craniovertebral junction: Surgical Approaches, Stabilization Techniques & Complications" Annual meeting AANS, San Diego, CA
Oct. 2003 Faculty & Course Director "Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Lumbar spine" Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado
May 2004 Faculty at the Practical Course on Craniocervical Abnormalities and treatment, at the Annual meeting of the AANS in Orlando, Florida
Oct. 17th, 2004 Co-Director Practical course (PC-24) " Minimally Invasive Lumbar spine surgery" at the Congress of Neurological surgeons annual meeting, San Francisco, CA
March 17-20, 2005 Co-Director practical course on "Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spinal Surgery," 3rd Annual South Asian Neurosurgical Congress, in Karachi, Pakistan
April 2005 Faculty at the practical course on "Cranio-Vertebral junction, Surgical Approaches, Indications, Techniques, Limitations and Complications." Annual Meeting of the AANS, New Orleans
October 9th, 2005 Co-director practical course "Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine Surgery," Congress of Neurological surgeons Annual meeting, Boston
April, 2006 Teaching Faculty, practical course on "Cranio-Vertebral Junction Approaches," at the AANS annual meeting in San-Francisco, CA
June 10-11, 2006 Teaching Faculty "Minimally Invasive Spinal Techniques," a AANS sponsored program held in St. Louis, Missouri
August 25th - 26th, 2006 Teaching faculty "The art and science of Minimally Invasive surgery," sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, at Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY
October 8th, 2006 Director "Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery; Nuances, complication avoidance and management" at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurosurgical Surgeons meeting, Course # PC29, Chicago
Dec. 8th- 9th, 2006 Teaching Faculty "The Fourth Annual International Course on Spinal Focus", Crown Plaza Hotel, New York City
Nov.30th & Dec.1st 2007 Teaching Faculty at the "Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery & Navigation Hands-on Symposium" at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City
April 26th 2008 Teaching Faculty "Minimal Access Management of Spinal disease, Case Reviews with the Experts" at the AANS meeting in Chicago, IL
April 27th 2008 Teaching Faculty at the Practical course on "Craniovertebral Junction Surgical Approaches: Indications, Techniques, Limitations & Complications" at the Annual meeting of the AANS in Chicago
August 15th,16th 2008 Teaching faculty Cadaver Lab, at the Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery course at Weill-Cornell Medical center Facility, NY, NY
Sept.5th, 2008 Course chairman and teaching faculty, "Advanced Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery" at the Stryker Facility, Mahwah, NJ
March 6th 2009 Teaching faculty "MAST" course at the North-Shore hospital, Bioskills facility, Lake Success, NY
May 3rd, 2009 Teaching faculty Practical course "Craniovertebral Junction: Surgical approaches, Indications, and fusion techniques" at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons meeting, in San Diego, CA
May 3rd 2009 Practical course Co-director "Minimally Invasive spinal Surgery" at the Annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological surgeons meeting in San Diego, CA
Aug. 2009 Practical course "Minimally Invasive spinal Surgery" at the Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY
May 2nd 2010 Teaching faculty Practical course " Cranio-Cervical Stabilization Techniques, Surgical Approaches and Indications, Annual meeting American Association of Neurological surgeons meeting, Philadelphia, PA
Apr.10th 2011 Teaching faculty Practical course " Cranio-Cervical Stabilization Techniques, Surgical Approaches and Indications, Annual meeting American Association of Neurological surgeons meeting, Denver, Colorado
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