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Prashant Chittiboina

CURRICULUM VITAE

Prashant Chittiboina

Work Address:
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery
P O Box 33932
LSU HSC Shreveport,
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932

EDUCATION

06/2006 – Present Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University at Shreveport. Resident PGY6.

07/2005 – 06/2006 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington. Clinical Fellow

07/2004 – 06/2005 Department of Surgery, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. Surgical Internship

08/2001 - 05/2004 Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

Degree: Master of Public Health, 05/2004. GPA 3.94/4.00.

08/1994 - 11/1998 Goa Medical College, India

Degree: MBBS, 02/2001. Graduated among top 5% of class.

EXAMINATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

03/2010 ABNS Written Boards. Passed.

01/2003 USMLE Step 1, Passed. 99/251.

08/2003 USMLE Step 2, Passed. 99/250.

03/2004 USMLE Step 3, Passed. 85/209.

09/2003 ECFMG - CSA, Passed.

02/2003 ECFMG - TOEFL, Passed.

ECFMG Certified, on October 14, 2003.

AWARDS/HONORS/APPOINTMENTS

-Committee Member of Young Neurosurgeon Committee of the AANS

-Malcolm Feist Cardiovascular Research Fellowship (2010-2011)

-Second Place Scientific E-poster at the 2009 AANS Annual Meeting in the Cerebrovascular category.

-Third Place Scientific E-poster at the 2008 AANS Annual Meeting in the Spine and Peripheral Nerve category

Medical School Honors:

-Distinctions in Biochemistry, Pathology, Eye and ENT.

-Second College prize in Eye/ENT.

-Second College prize in Surgery.

-Late Col. Aires de Sa prize in Surgery and Obst. & Gynecology taken together.

-Late Dr. Vania Quadros prize in Pediatrics.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

06/2006 – Present Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University at Shreveport. Resident PGY6.

07/2005 – 06/2006 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington. Clinical Fellow

07/2004 – 06/2005 Department of Surgery, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. Surgical Internship

03/2004 – 05/2004 Intermountain Neurosurgery, Portneuf Regional Medical Center. Clinical Observer

03/2000 - 07/2001 Department of Neurosurgery, Goa Medical College, India. Junior Resident Doctor

01/1999 – 12/1999 Goa Medical College Hospitals, India. Rotating Intern

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

06/2002 - 05/2004 Institute of Rural Health, Idaho State University. Graduate Research Assistant.

09/2001 - 05/2002 Faculty Senate, Idaho State University. Graduate Assistant.

12/2002 - 12/2002 Southeastern District Health Department, Pocatello, Idaho

Infectious Disease Investigator, Jeff Doerr

04/1996 - 11/1999 Dept. of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College, India. Volunteer Research Worker, Dr. Roza Diniz

Editor and contributor, the Annual College Magazine of Goa Medical College for 1995-1996. Led the college team to success in various intercollegiate extracurricular competitions.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

-Malcolm Feist Cardiovascular Research Fellowship (2010-2011)

Administered by: Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Imaging

Project: Inhibition of Neuro-Inflammation to Extend rt-PA Therapeutic Window in Ischemic Stroke: Role of PI3K-γ Inhibition.

Role: Fellow.

Sponsor: Guohong Li, MD, PhD.

PUBLICATIONS

- Chittiboina P, Willet O, Nanda A, Guthikonda B. Transient Oculomotor Nerve Palsy after Topical Administration of Intracisternal Papaverine. Acta Neurochirurgica (In print)

-Nourbakhsh A, Chittiboina P, Vannemreddy P, Guthikonda B. Feasibility of thoracic nerve root preservation in posterior transpedicular vertebrectomy with anterior cage reconstruction: A cadaveric study. J Neurosurg. (In print – November 2010)(Cover article).

-Chittiboina P, Zhang S, Bao J, Vannemreddy P, Guthikonda B. Subependymoma at

the foramen of monro presenting with intermittent hydrocephalus: case report and

review of the literature. J La State Med Soc. 2010 Jul-Aug;162(4):214-7. PubMed

PMID: 20882814.

-Chittiboina P, Cuellar H, Ballenilla F, Nanda A. Two cases of ruptured

cerebral aneurysms presenting with contralateral hematomas. Emerg Radiol. 2010

Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20809343.

-Cardenas R, Chittiboina P, Willis BK, Gonzalez-Toldeo E, Nanda A. Cerebellar

lesion. J La State Med Soc. 2010 May-Jun;162(3):162-4. PubMed PMID: 20666170.

-Chittiboina P, Wylen E, Ogden A, Mukherjee DP, Vannemreddy P, Nanda A.

Traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis: a biomechanical comparison of clinically

relevant anterior and posterior fusion techniques. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009

Oct;11(4):379-87. PubMed PMID: 19929332. (Cover article).

-Conrad S, Chittiboina P, Guthikonda B. Hemodynamic Therapy of Middle Cerebral Artery Vasospasm Guided by a Multiphase Model of Oxygen Transport. Excerpt from the Proceedings of the COMSOL Conference 2008 Boston.

- Conrad S, Chittiboina P, Guthikonda B. Hemodynamic Therapy of Middle Cerebral Artery Vasospasm Guided by a Multiphase Model of Oxygen Transport. Supplementary material in Introductory Biophysics: Perspectives on the Living State, ISBN 9780763779986, by James R. Claycomb

PODIUM AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

10/2010 Shreveport, LA. Poster at the Annual Barlow Symposium at LSU HSC Shreveport.

Banerjee AD, Ezer H, Prashant Chittiboina, Nanda A. Petrous carotid exposure with Eustachian tube preservation: a morphometric study. October 16 – 21, 2010.

10/2010 San Francisco, CA. Poster at the 60th CNS Annual Meeting.

Banerjee AD, Ezer H, Prashant Chittiboina, Nanda A. Petrous carotid exposure with Eustachian tube preservation: a morphometric study. October 16 – 21, 2010.

05/2010 Philadelphia, PA. Electronic Poster at 2010 AANS Annual Meeting.

Chittiboina P, Zhang S, Willis BK, Nanda A. Gunshot Injury to Spine: A Retrospective Analysis.

02/2010 San Antonio, TX. Oral presentation at International Stroke Conference.

Jin R, Deasis DP, Chittiboina P, *Li G. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma and delta isoform, a promising novel target for the treatment of ischemia-reperfusion brain injury.

04/2009 San Diego, CA. Electronic Poster at 2009 AANS Annual Meeting.

Connor DE, Chittiboina P, Vannemreddy P, Nanda A. A Review of Spinal Epidural Abscesses: Making a case for aggressive management and surgical evacuation.

04/2009 San Diego, CA. Electronic Poster at 2009 AANS Annual Meeting.

Chittiboina P, Guthikonda B, Conrad S. Finite element analysis of cerebral vasospasm: The role of hemodilution in altering cerebral oxygen delivery.

09/11/2008 Vancouver, BC. Podium Presentation at 19th Annual Meeting of the North American Skull Base Society.

Chittiboina P, Vannemreddy P, Katira K, Simpkins C, Warren P, Nanda A.

Skull base and closed head injury increase poor outcome in fractures of the C2 vertebra: A trauma data base registry analysis.

05/2008 Chicago, IL. Electronic Poster at 2008 AANS Annual Meeting.

Chittiboina P, Wylen E, Ogden A, Mukherjee DP, Nanda A. Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Axis: A biomechanical Comparison of Clinically Relevant Anterior and Posterior Fusion Techniques. A Cadaver Study.

CURRENT PROJECTS AND SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS

Project: Inhibition of Neuro-Inflammation to Extend rt-PA Therapeutic Window in Ischemic Stroke: Role of PI3K-γ Inhibition. Secured funding for protected research time in Dr. Guohong Li’s lab.

Project: Index CSF and ICP parameters. Role of CSF lactate in prognosis from brain injury: A prospective study. IRB approval and internal funding secured. Projected start September 2010.

Project: A review of spinal epidural abscess: Making a case for aggressive management and surgical evacuation. Data presented as E-poster at 2009 AANS Annual Meeting.

Project: Gunshot Injury to Spine: A Retrospective Analysis. Data to be presented as E-poster at 2010 AANS Annual Meeting.

Chittiboina P, Guthikonda B, Wollblatt C, Conrad S. A computational simulation of the effect of hemodilution on oxygen transport in middle cerebral artery vasospasm. E-poster Award at 2009 AANS Annual Meeting.

Chittiboina P, Vannemreddy P, Nanda A. Skull base and closed head injury increase poor outcome in fractures of the C2 vertebra: A trauma data base registry analysis. Data presented as oral presentation at 2008 NASBS meeting.

Chittiboina P, Ampil F, Caldito G, Nanda A. Does hemorrhage associated with brain metastases predict early mortality after cranial irradiation in lung cancer patients? Submitted for resident award and presentation for 2011 AANS Annual Meeting.

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY / PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

-Committee Member of Young Neurosurgeon Committee of the AANS.

-Resident Member of AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section.

-American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Resident Member.

-Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Resident Member.

-Louisiana State Medical Society

-Louisiana Neurosurgical Association

-Neurosurgical Society of India

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

05/2010. AANS Annual Meeting Philadelphia. Neurosurgery TopGun. Currently assisting with funding requests.

05/2010. AANS Annual Meeting Philadelphia. Marshall.

04/2009. AANS Annual Meeting San Diego. Neurosurgery TopGun Competition. Assisted AANS with competition.

04/2009. AANS Annual Meeting San Diego. Marshall.

08/2002 - 05/2003 J.C. Anderson Center for Gender, Idaho State University

Member, Student Advisory Board

07/1999 - 06/2001 SOFERDS International, Guntur, A.P., India

Camp Doctor

12/1996 - 07/2001 Jaycees International, Kulem, Goa Chapter, India

Camp Doctor

LANGUAGE FLUENCY (OTHER THAN ENGLISH)

College level course-work, and working knowledge of Spanish.

Fluent in national language of India: Hindi.

Fluent in regional languages of India: Telugu, Konkani.

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

Running, Mountain biking, Hiking, Reading.

Prashant Chittiboina, MD, MPH

Updated: October 14, 2010