Sergey Spektor MD PhD 1

Curriculum Vitae

Sergey Spektor MD PhD

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Education & Training
1975-81 / Sverdlovsk Medical Institute, Sverdlovsk/Yekaterinburg, Russia (now the Ural State Medical Academy) MD cum laude,1981
Thesis: Diagnostic significance of variability of circus of Willis arteries in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Sverdlovsk Medical Institute, 1981. (now the Ural State Medical Academy) Supervisor: Dr. V. Gvosdevich, MD, PhD.
1981-83 / Residency in Neurosurgery, Faculty of Neurology and Neurosurgery Sverdlovsk Medical Institute, Sverdlovsk/Yekaterinburg, Russia
1989 / Candidate in Medical Sciences, Burdenko Neurosurgical Research Institute, Moscow, 1989 .(Recognized as the equivalent of a PhD in Medical Sciences by the Israeli Ministry of Education)
Thesis: Surgical treatment of patients with multiple occlusive lesions of the carotid arteries and their branches. Supervisor: Prof. V.P. Sakovich, MD, PhD. The scientific basis for my doctoral thesis was physiological research and measurement of cerebral blood flow and cerebral oxygenation, and changesin these parameters as a result ofreconstructive vascular surgery.
1992-97 / Residency in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery
Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
1998-99 / Clinical & Research Fellowship in Skull Base & Vascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
Licensure & Certification
1981
1992
1995
1996
1996
1997 / Russian Medical License
Israeli Medical License
European Primary Neurosurgical Examination
USMLE Step I (Basic Science)
USMLE Step II (Clinical Science)
Israeli Neurosurgical Board Examination
Professional Experience
1983-88 / Attending Neurosurgeon, Ural Regional Center of MicroNeurosurgery, Sverdlovsk/Yekaterinburg, Russia
1989-91
1992-1997 / Acting Head, Neurosurgical Department, Ural Regional Center of MicroNeurosurgery, Sverdlovsk/Yekaterinburg, Russia
Neurosurgical resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
1994-98 / Instructor, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
1997-98 / Attending Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
1998-99 / Fellow & Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
1998-99 / Instructor of Neurosurgery & Otolaryngology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
1999-01 / Attending Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Mar2000 / Clinical Observer, Barrow Neurological Institute, St Joseph’s Medical Center, Phoenix AZ, USA
2001-14 / Attending Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem
Oct2001 / Visiting Professor, Neuro-oncological Center, Ural Medical Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2003-onging / Clinical Senior Lecturer, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Apr2005 / Visiting Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
Oct2010 / Visiting Research Fellow, Research & Anatomical Studies in Skull Base Endoscopy, Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
2011-14 / Head, Skull Base Surgery Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Postgraduate Education
1987 / Micro-angioneurosurgery, Leningrad State Institute of Doctors Postgraduate Education
1990 / Brain Tumors, Moscow Central Institute of Doctors Postgraduate Education
1994 / Infratentorial Tumors & Hydrocephalus, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
1995 / Cerebral Trauma & Functional Neurosurgery, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
1996 / Spinal Neurosurgery, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
1997 / Cerebrovascular Diseases, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
1998 / Image-Guided Neurosurgery, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
1998 / Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
1998 / Trends and Controversies in Cerebrovascular Disease, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
2000, 2014 / Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course
2004 / Neuroendoscopy, North American Skull Base Society
2004 / Neuroendoscopy, Mainz University, Mainz, Germany
2006 / Neuroendoscopy of Pituitary Tumors, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2008 / Skull base endoscopy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA
2010 / Research fellowship in skull base endoscopy(Sep-Oct), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR, USA
2010 / Skull base endoscopic surgery, European Skull Base Society, Paris, France
2011 / 6th International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma, Los Angeles CA, USA
2011 / Israel Neurosurgical Society (ISN) & World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), Eilat, Israel,
2012 / European Skull Base Society, Brighton UK
2013 / Certification, Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Course offered under the supervision of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Institutional Review Board
2013 / Joint Meeting of the Israel Neurosurgical Society, the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Tel Aviv, Israel
Teaching Experience
1992-98
2001-14 / Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem, Israel
5th year medical students, neurosurgical residents & fellows
Lectures on surgical approaches and techniques, vascular neurosurgery, skull base anatomy, surgical approaches and techniques, posteroperative management, vascular neurosurgery
Bedside & intraoperative training
2005-07 / Responsible for 5th year medical student rotation and training, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
1998-99 / Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
1st year medical school students
Instruction during dissection in the gross anatomy laboratory
1998-99 / Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
Neurosurgical and ENT residents
Instructor: Lateral approaches to the skull base
1998-99 / Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR, USA
Practicing neurosurgeons, continuing medical education
Instructor & Workshop Leader: Lateral approaches to the skull base
1999 / North American Skull Base Society, Practical Course, Chicago IL, USA
Practicing neurosurgeons, continuing medical education
Instructor: Approaches to the skull base: A hands-on workshop
1999-00 / Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
5th year medical studentsneurosurgical residents
Lectures: Surgical approaches and techniques, vascular neurosurgery, skull base anatomy, surgical approaches and techniques, posteroperative management, vascular neurosurgery
Bedside & intraoperative training
2001 / Annual Meeting of the Ural Neurosurgical Society, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Practicing neurosurgeons, continuing medical education
Skull base approaches: modern technology
2002-ongoing / Israeli Neurosurgical Society of the Israeli Medical Society, Ministry of Health
Neurosurgical residents
Examiner, Oral and written examinations for board certification in neurosurgery
2009 / Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
Practicing neurosurgeons, continuing medical education
Guest Lecturer: The far lateral approach to the skull base
2013 / International Neurosurgical Winter Congress, Chaimonix, France
Practicing neurosurgeons, continuing medical education
Lecture: Modifications of the posterior transpetrosal approach
Lecture: Giant anterior clinoidal meningiomas: surgical technique and outcomes
Lecture: Skull base surgery made safe and easy
2014 / Carpathian Winter Skull Base Conference, Bukovel, Ukraine
Practicing neurosurgeons, continuing medical education
Lecture: Far lateral approach for removal of parabrainstem lesions
Lecture: Surgical anatomy of the cavernous sinus
Lecture: Surgery of large and giant acoustic tumors, technical nuances
Lecture: Staged treatment of a giant MCA aneurysm
Medical Conference Leadership
2008 / 5th International Congress of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies & 19th Annual Meeting of the North American Skull Base Society NASBS, Vancouver, Canada
Member: Panel on Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas
2011 / World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) & Israeli Neurosurgical Society (INS), Eilat, Israel
Session Chair: Skull Base and More
2011 / Israeli Rhinological Society, Caesarea, Israel
Panel Member: Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Surgery
2011 / 6th International Congress on the Acoustic Neuroma, Los Angeles CA, USA
Panel Member: Cerebellopontine Angle (CPA) Tumors
2012 / 5th International Skull Base and Cerebrovascular Workshop, Kiev, Ukraine
Member: Scientific Committee
2012 / Israel Neurosurgical Society (INS), Safed, Israel
Chairman & Panel Discussion Moderator: Controversies in Skull Base Surgery
2012 / 5th International Neurosurgical Winter Congress, Chaimonix, France
Member: Scientific Committee
2013 / 5th International Neurosurgical Winter Congress, Chaimonix, France
Session Chair: Neurooncology
2013 / European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) / American Association of Neurosurgery (AANS) / Congress of Neurosurgery (CNS) Section on Tumors/Annual International Neuro-oncology Updates, Tel Aviv, Israel
Session Chair: Skull Base Surgery
2014 / 2nd Carpathian Winter Skull Base Conference, Bukovel, Ukraine
Session Chair: Skull Base Surgery
Professional Memberships
1993-ongoing / Israeli Neurosurgical Society (INS)
2008-ongoing / Congress of Neurological Surgery (CNS)
2008-ongoing / American Association of Neurological Surgery (AANS)
2008-ongoing / North American Skull Base Society (NASBS)
Reviewer for International Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals
Neurosurgery
Acta Neurochirurgia (Wien)
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Medicine
American Journal of Medical Sciences
Israel Medical Association Journal (IMAJ)

Publications, Participation in Medical & Scientific Forums

Sergey Spektor MD PhD

MD Thesis

Diagnostic significance of variability of circus of Willis arteries in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Sverdlovsk Medical Institute, 1981.

Supervisor: Dr. V. Gvosdevich, MD, PhD.

MD degree conferred 1981, cum laude

Doctoral Thesis

Surgical treatment of patients with multiple occlusive lesions of the carotid arteries and their branches. Moscow, Burdenko Neurosurgical Research Institute, 1989.

Supervisor: Prof V.P. Sakovich, MD PhD., 247 pp.

PhD in Medical Science conferred 1989.

The scientific basis for my MD, PhD thesis was physiological research and measurement of cerebral blood flow and cerebral oxygenation, and changes in these parameters as a result of reconstructive vascular surgery

Chapters in Collections

  1. Krupin EN,Gvozdevich VD, Spektor S. (1980) Diagnostic significance of variability of circus of Willis arteries in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. In: Vascular Diseases of the Nervous System, Moscow (in Russian).
  2. Sakovich VP, Suslov SA, Spektor S, .Zhuravlev AV, Novikova L, Perunova NU. (1987) Our 6-year experience of EC/IC operations in neurosurgical clinic: analysis of 180 cases. In: Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia, Riga, Latvia (in Russian).
  3. Sakovich VP, Spektor S, Leshinsky VG. (1989) In: Indications for surgical treatment of patients with multiple occlusive lesions of the carotid arteries.Constructive Vascular Surgery in Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia, Riga, Latvia (in Russian).
  4. Spektor S, .Sakovich VP, Suslov SA. (1989) Changes of functional importance for the carotid arteries after reconstructive operations and their significance for surgical tactics in patients with bilateral occlusive lesions. In: Constructive Vascular Surgery in the Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia, Riga, Latvia (in Russian).
  5. Spektor S (1996) Approaches to the skull base. In Palmer D (ed)Manual of Neurosurgery, New York, Churchill Livingstone.
  6. Umansky F, Valarezo A, Piontek E, Spektor S. (1997) The surgical anatomy of the cavernous sinus and dural folds of the parasellar region, In: Kobayashi S, Goel A, Hongo K (Eds): Neurosurgery of complex tumors and vascular lesions, New York, Churchill Livingstone.
  7. Spektor S, Umansky FC. (2004) Giant communicating artery aneurysm, complicated by visual deterioration after coiling. In: Kobayashi S. (Ed), Neurosurgery of complex vascular lesions and tumors. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers.
  8. Shoshan Y, Spektor S, Rosenthal G, Fraifeld S, Umansky F. (2008) Radiation-induced meningioma: history, clinical presentation, and genetic aspects. In: Lee. J.H. (Ed), Meningiomas: diagnosis, treatment and outcome, Berlin. Springer-Verlag.
  9. Umansky F, Sadetzki S, Spektor S, Rosenthal G, Fraifeld S, Shoshan Y. (2008) Radiation-Induced Meningiomas. In: Pamir MN, Black P, Falbusch R. Meningiomas: acomprehensive text. Philadelphia. Saunders-Elsevier,pp79-97.
  10. Rosenthal G, Spektor S, Shoshan Y. Radiation induced meningiomas. In: Misra B, Kaye A, Laws E. Current progress in neurosurgery. Taupo New Zealand. Tree of Life Media. (In press)

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Sakovich VP, Suslov SA, Spektor S, Zhuravlev AV (1987) [Extra-intracranial anastomosis in the surgical treatment of arterial aneurysms of the brain]. Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko (2):13-9 (in Russian)
  2. Spektor S, Sakovich VP (1988) [Polarographic evaluation of extra-intracranial microvascular anastomoses in the early postoperative period]. Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko (5):34-7 (in Russian)
  3. Bein BN,Spektor S (1991) [Betolepsy in patients with multiple lesions of major cerebral blood vessels]. Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 91(6):19-22 (in Russian)
  4. Shakhnovich AR, Sakovich VP, Spektor S (1991) [EC/IC bypass operation for the treatment of cerebral ischemia]. Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 5:34-8 (in Russian)
  5. Shakhnovich AR, Sakovich VP, Spektor S (1991) [Extra-intracranial microvascular anastomosis in the surgical treatment of cerebrovascular diseases]. Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko (2):24-31
  6. Spektor S, Bein BN (1992) [Electroencephalogram dynamics in Matas' compression test as a criterion of the efficacy of reconstructive operations on the vessels of the carotid basin]. Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko (4-5):5-8 (in Russian)
  7. Spektor S, Ashkenazi E, Israel Z (1995) Intracranial hemorrhage from a meningioma in a patient receiving aspirin prophylaxis: a case report. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 134(1-2):51-3
  8. Spektor S, Piontek E, Umansky F (1997) Orbital venous drainage into the anterior cavernous sinus space: microanatomic relationships. Neurosurgery 40(3):532-9; discussion 539-40
  9. Spektor S, Gomori JM, Beni-Adani L, Constantini S (1997) Spinal echinococcal cyst: treatment using computerized tomography-guided needle aspiration and hypertonic saline irrigation. Case report. J Neurosurg 87(3):464-7
  10. Spektor S, Weinberger G, Constantini S, Gomori JM, Beni-Adani L (1998) Giant lateral sinus pericranii. Case report. J Neurosurg 88(1):145-7
  11. Rosenthal G, Pomeranz S, Spektor S, Yacoub M, Israel ZH (1999) Syndrome of overdrainage associated with disconnection of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Pediatr Neurosurg 31(3):124-6
  12. Beni-Adani L, Flores I,Spektor S, Umansky F, Constantini S (1999) Epidural hematoma in infants: a different entity? J Trauma Acute Care 46(2):306-11
  13. Sakovich VP, Lebedeva ER,Spektor S (1999) [The formation of true saccular aneurysms from diverticula of the cerebral arterial walls]. Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko (4):37-9 (in Russian)
  14. Fliss DM, Zucker G, Amir A, Gatot A, Cohen JT, Spektor S (2000) The subcranial approach for anterior skull base tumors. Oper Techniques Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 11(4):238-53
  15. Beni-Adani L, Gomori M, Spektor S, Constantini S (2000) Cyst wall enhancement in pilocytic astrocytoma: neoplastic or reactive phenomena. Pediatr Neurosurg 32(5):234-9
  16. Spektor S, Anderson GJ, McMenomey SO, Horgan MA, Kellogg JX, Delashaw JB (2000) Quantitative description of the far-lateral transcondylar transtubercular approach to the foramen magnum and clivus. J Neurosurg 92(5):824-1
  17. Agus S, Spektor S, Israel Z (2000) CNS granulomatosis in a child with chronic granulomatosis disease. Br J Neurosurg 14(1):59-61
  18. Horgan MA, Anderson GJ, Kellogg JX, Schwartz MS, Spektor S, McMenomey SO, Delashaw JB (2000) Classification and quantification of the petrosal approach to the petroclival region. J Neurosurg 93(1):108-12
  19. Israel ZH, Yacoub M, Gomori JM, Dotan S, Fellig Y, Shoshan Y, Spektor S (2000) Rathke’s cleft cyst abscess. Pediatr Neurosurg 33(3):159-61
  20. Horgan MA, Delashaw JB, Schwartz MS, Kellogg JX, Spektor S, McMenomey SO (2001) Transcrusal approach to the petroclival region with hearing preservation. Technical note and illustrative cases. J Neurosurg 94(4):660-6
  21. Siomin V, Spektor S, Beni-Adani L, Constantini S (2001) Application of the orbito-cranial approach in pediatric neurosurgery. Child Nerv Sys 17(10):612-7
  22. Kramer U, Spector S, Nasser W, Siomin V, Fried I, Constantini S (2001) Surgical treatment of hypothalamic hamartoma and refractory seizures, a case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg 34(1):40-2
  23. Fliss DM, Gil Z, Spektor S, Leider-Trejo L, Abergel A, Khafif A, Amir A, Gur E, Cohen JT (2002) Skull base reconstruction after anterior subcranial tumor resection. Neurosurg Focus 12(5):e10
  24. Itshayek E, Spector S, Gomori JM, Segal R (2002) Fibrous dysplasia in combination with aneurismal bone cyst of the occipital bone and clivus: case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 51:815-9
  25. Gil Z, Cohen JT, Spektor S, Fliss DM (2003) The role of hair shaving in skull base surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 128(1):43-7
  26. Veshchev I, Spektor S (2002) Trochlear nerve neuroma manifested with intractable atypical facial pain: case report. Neurosurgery 50(4):889-91; discussion 891-2
  27. Gil Z, Cohen JT, Spektor S, Trejo L, Fliss D, Beasley N, Gullane P, Donald P, Draf W, and Raveh J (2002) Recurrent anterior skull base plasmacytoma. Skull Base 12:107-12
  28. Gil Z, Cohen JT, Spektor S, Shlomi B, Fliss DM (2003) Anterior skull base surgery without prophylactic airway diversion procedures. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 128(5):681-5
  29. Valarezo J, Cohen JE, Valarezo L, Spektor S, Shoshan Y, Rosenthal G, Umansky F (2003) Nocardial cerebral abscess: report of three cases and review of the current neurosurgical management. Neurol Res 25(1):27-30
  30. Cohen JE, Spektor S, Valarezo J, Fellig Y, Umansky F (2003) Endolymphatic sac tumor: staged endovascular-neurosurgical approach. Neurol Res 25(3):237-40
  31. Gil Z, Spektor S, Abergel A, Cohen JT, Khafif A, Shlomi B, Amir A, Gur E, Zucker G, Fliss DM (2003) [The subcranial approach for tumors involving the anterior skull base]. Harefuah 142(6):416-20, 487, 486
  32. Gil Z, Abergel A, Spektor S, Cohen JT, Khafif A, Shabtai E, Fliss DM (2003) Quality of life following surgery for anterior skull base tumors. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg129(12):1303-9
  33. Spektor S, Agus S, Merkin V, Constantini S. (2003) Low-dose aspirin prophylaxis and risk of intracranial hemorrhage in patients older than 60 years of age with mild or moderate head injury: a prospective study. J Neurosurg 99(4):661-5
  34. Umansky F, Spektor S (2003) Comment on the article by George B., Ferrario C.A., BlanQuet A., et al. Cavernous sinus exenteration for invasive cranial base tumors. Neurosurgery 52:781, 2003
  35. Cohen JE, Rajz G, Umansky F, Spektor S (2003) Thrombosis and recanalization of symptomatic nongiant saccular aneurysm. Neurol Res 25(8):857-9
  36. Cohen JE, Rajz G, Valarezo J, Umansky F, Spektor S (2004) Endovascular stenting for the treatment of post-traumatic aneurysms of the extracranial internal carotid artery. Neurol Res 26(6):662-5
  37. Gil Z, Abergel A, Spektor S, Khafif A, Fliss DM (2004) Patient, caregiver, and surgeon perceptions of quality of life following anterior skull base surgery. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg130(11):1276-81
  38. Gil Z, Abergel A, Spektor S, Shabtai E, Khafif A, Fliss DM (2004) Development of a cancer-specific anterior skull base quality-of-life questionnaire. J Neurosurg 100(5):813-9
  39. Abergel A, Gil Z, Spektor S, Khafif A, Fliss DM (2004) [Quality of life following anterior skull base surgery]. Harefuah 143(7):489-93, 550, 549
  40. Gil Z, Fliss DM, Voskoboinik N, Leider-Trejo L, Spektor S, Yaron Y, Orr-Urtreger A (2004) Cytogenetic analysis of three variants of clival chordoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 154(2):124-30
  41. Gil Z, Constantini S, Spektor S, Abergel A, Khafif A, Beni-Adani L, Leonor TL, DeRowe A, Fliss DM (2005) Skull base approaches in the pediatric population. Head Neck 27(8):682-9
  42. Segal R, Shoshan Y, Israel Z, Spektor S, Cohen J, Fraifeld S, Umansky F (2005) Neurosurgery at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. Neurosurgery 56(5):1135-48; discussion 1135-48
  43. Spektor S, Valarezo J, Fliss DM, Gil Z, Cohen JE, Goldman J, Umansky F (2005) Olfactory groove meningiomas from neurosurgical and ear, nose, and throat perspectives: approaches, techniques, and outcomes. Neurosurgery 57(4 Suppl):268-80; discussion 268-80
  44. Gil Z, Orr-Urtreger A, Voskoboinik N, Trejo-Leider L, Spektor S, Shomrat R, Fliss DM. (2006) Cytogenetic analysis of sinonasal carcinomas. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 134(4):654-60
  45. Itshayek E, Rosenthal G, Fraifeld S, Perez-Sanchez X, Cohen JE, Spektor S (2006) Delayed posttraumatic acute subdural hematoma in elderly patients on anticoagulation. Neurosurgery 58(5):E851-856; discussion E851-6
  46. Perez-Sanchez X, Umansky F, Margolin E, Spektor S (2006) Fronto-orbital craniotomy reconstruction using the titanium clamp (Craniofix): a technical note. Surg Neurol 65(1):51-54
  47. Cohen JE, Itshayek E, Gomori JM, Grigoriadis S, Raphaeli G, Spektor S, Rajz G (2007) Spontaneous thrombosis of cerebral aneurysms presenting with ischemic stroke. J Neurol Sci 254(1-2):95-8
  48. Itshayek E, Perez-Sanchez X, Cohen JE, Umansky F, Spektor S (2007) Cavernous hemangioma of the third cranial nerve: case report. Neurosurgery 61(3):E653; discussion E653
  49. Cohen JE, Gomori JM, Segal R, Spivak A, Margolin E, Sviri G, Rajz G, Fraifeld S, Spektor S(2008) Endovascular treatment of traumatic intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery63(3):476-485; discussion 485-6Selected for CME credit
  50. Umansky F, Shoshan Y, Rosenthal G, Fraifeld S, Spektor S (2008) Radiation-induced meningioma. Neurosurg Focus 24(5):E7
  51. Cohen JE, Klimov A, Rajz G, Paldor I, Spektor S (2008) Exsanguinating tracheoinnominate artery fistula repaired with endovascular stent-graft. Surg Neurol 69(3):306-9
  52. Adeleye AO, Shoshan Y, Cohen JE, Spektor S. (2008) Ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm in an infant presenting as acute subdural hematoma: a case report. Pediatr Neurosurg 44:397-401
  53. Cohen JE, Gomori JM, Grigoriadis S, Spektor S, Rajz G. (2008) Dural arteriovenous fistula of the greater sphenoid wing region in neurofibromatosis type 1. Pediatr Neurosurg 44(2):172-5
  54. Shamir RR, Freiman M, Joskowicz L, Spektor S, Shoshan Y (2009) Localization and registration accuracy in image guided neurosurgery: a clinical study. Int J Computer Assisted Radiol Surg4(1):45:52
  55. Shamir RR, Freiman M, Joskowicz L, Spektor S, Shoshan Y (2009) Surface based facial scan registration in neuronavigation procedures: a clinical study. J Neurosurg111(6):1201-6
  56. Lavon I, Zrihan D, Granit A, Einstein O, Fainstein N, Cohen ME, Cohen MA, Zelikovitch B, Shoshan Y, Spektor S, Reubinoff BE, Felig Y, Gerlitz O, Ben-Hur T, Smith Y, Siegal T (2010) Gliomas display a microRNA expression profile reminiscent of neural precursor cells. Neurooncology 12(5):422-33
  57. Adeleye AO, Amir G, Fraifeld S, Shoshan Y, Umansky F, Spektor S(2010) Diagnosis and management of Rosai-Dorfman disease involving the central nervous system. Neurol Res32(6):572-8
  58. Itshayek E, Gomori JM, Spektor S, Cohen JE. (2010) Stiletto stabbing: penetrating injury to the hypothalamus with hyperacute diabetes insipidus. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 112(10):924-6
  59. Shamir RR, Joskowicz L, Spektor S, Shoshan Y (2011) Target and trajectory clinical application accuracy in neuronavigation. Neurosurgery 68(1 Suppl Operative Neurosurgery):95-101; discussion 101-2
  60. Moscovici S, Paldor I, Ramirez de Noriega F, Itshayek E, Shoshan Y, Spektor S, Attia MI. (2011) Do cranial subdural hematomas migrate to the lumbar spine? J Clin Neurosci 18(4):563-5
  61. Attia M, Cohen JE, Shapira OM, Eimerl D, Gomori MJ, Dotan S, Spektor S (2011) Visual failure and recovery after thrombosis of a giant carotid ophthalmic aneurysm following vascular bypass and carotid artery ligation. J Clin Neurosci 18(1):152-4
  62. Cohen JE, Gomori JM, Itshayek E, Spektor S, Shoshan Y, Rosenthal G, Moscoviti S (2012) Single-center experience on endovascular reconstruction of traumatic internal carotid artery dissections. J Trauma Acute Care72(1):216-21
  63. Attia M, Umansky F, Paldor I, Dotan S, Shoshan Y, Spektor S (2012) Giant anterior clinoidal meningiomas: surgical technique and outcomes. J Neurosurg117(4):654-65 featured article
  64. Tamir I, Davir R, Fellig Y, Weintraub M, Constantini S, Spektor S (2013) Solitary juvenile xanthogranuloma mimicking intracranial tumor in children. J Clin Neurosci20(1): 183-8
  65. Spektor S, Dotan S, Mizrahi CJ (2013) Safety of drilling for clinoidectomy and optic canal unroofing in anterior skull base surgery. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 155(6):1017-24
  66. Moscovici S, Fraifeld S, Cohen JE, Dotan S, Elchalal U, Shoshan Y, Spektor S(2013) Parasellar meningiomas in pregnancy: surgical results and visual outcomes.World NeurosurgEpub July 2013 doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2013.06.019
  67. Pikis S, Goldstein J, Spektor S. (2014) Potential neurotoxic effects of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) during cranioplasty. J Clin NeurosciEpub Jun 2014 doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2014.06.006

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