Physician
Neurosurgery
Dr. Amer F. Samdani, MD
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Doctor Amer F. Samdani, MD practices Neurosurgery. He attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a one of the best medicals schools. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is ranked 3/29 in Research/PrimaryCare. He has 1 awards "Philadelphia Magazine". Amer Samdani is a published physician. He published 100 publications, including: 'Nitric oxide synthase in models of focal ischemia.'
Publications
- Major perioperative complications after spine surgery in patients with cerebral palsy: assessment of risk factors.
- What is the Risk of Developing Proximal Junctional Kyphosis During Growth Friendly Treatments for Early-onset Scoliosis?
- Smaller body size increases the percentage of blood volume lost during posterior spinal arthrodesis.
- Recurrence of rib prominence following surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with pedicle screws and direct vertebral body derotation.
- Anterior vertebral body tethering for immature adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: one-year results on the first 32 patients.
- Management of spinal cord injury-related scoliosis using pedicle screw-only constructs.
- Results of Selective Thoracic vs. Non-selective Fusion in Lenke Type 3 Curves.
- Optimal Radiographic Criteria After Selective Thoracic Fusion in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients with a C Lumbar Modifier: Does Adherence to Current Guideline...
- The effect of surgeon experience on outcomes of surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Use of the S-hook for Pelvic Fixation in Rib Based Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis: A Multicenter Study.
- Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering for Idiopathic Scoliosis: Two-Year Results.
- Is there a "july effect" in surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?
- Is there a role for the 5-degree rule in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?
- Neuromonitoring changes in pediatric spinal deformity surgery: a single-institution experience.
- The Impact of Surgical Waitlist Times on Scoliosis Surgery: The Surgeon's Perspective.
- Loss of correction in spinal cord injury-related scoliosis after pedicle screw fixation.
- The posterior pedicle screw construct: 5-year results for thoracolumbar and lumbar curves.
- Deep Wound Infections after Spinal Fusion in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Prospective Cohort Study.
- Unplanned Return to the Operating Room in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Are We Doing Better with Pedicle Screws?
- Impact of pedicle screw fixation on loss of deformity correction in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Utility of STIR MRI in pediatric cervical spine clearance after trauma.
- Diagnostic accuracy of diffusion tensor imaging for pediatric cervical spinal cord injury.
- Adolescent scoliosis classification and treatment.
- Effect of Spinal Deformity on Adolescent Quality of Life Comparison of Operative Scheuermann's Kyphosis, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis and Normal Controls.
- A multicenter analysis of factors associated with change in height after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis deformity surgery in 447 patients.
- Reduction in radiation (fluoroscopy) while maintaining safe placement of pedicle screws during lumbar spine fusion.
- Diffusion tensor imaging in pediatric transverse myelitis: A case study.
- Neuromuscular scoliosis in children with spinal cord injury.
- Cytogenetics and P-glycoprotein (PGP) are independent predictors of treatment outcome in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
- Induction of neostriatal neurogenesis slows Disease progression in a transgenic murine model of Huntington Disease.
- Subdural hematoma after diagnostic lumbar puncture.
- Vertebral body stapling as an alternative in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.
- Acute changes in systemic hemodynamics and serum vasopressin after complete cervical spinal cord injury in piglets.
- [Non-operative treatment for severe forms of infantile idiopathic scoliosis].
- Frameless image-guided stereotactic brain biopsy procedure: diagnostic yield, surgical morbidity, and comparison with the frame-based technique.
- Effect of antibiotic-impregnated shunt catheters in decreasing the incidence of shunt infection in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
- Accuracy of frameless and frame-based image-guided stereotactic brain biopsy in the diagnosis of glioma: comparison of biopsy and open resection specimen.
- The International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: relationship between S4-5 dermatome testing and anorectal testing.
- Low-back pain and unrecognized Cobb syndrome in a child resulting in paraplegia.
- Pediatric spinal cord injury in infant piglets: description of a new large animal model and review of the literature.
- Treatment of osteoblastoma at C7: a multidisciplinary approach. A case report and review of the literature.
- Experience with acellular human dura and bovine collagen matrix for duraplasty after posterior fossa decompression for Chiari malformations.
- Pediatric tethered cord syndrome: response of scoliosis to untethering procedures. Clinical article.
- Intra-rater agreement of the anorectal exam and classification of injury severity in children with spinal cord injury.
- Intraoperative disc herniation during posterior spinal fusion for correction of Scheuermann's Kyphosis.
- Intraoperative MRI: technology, systems, and application to pediatric brain tumors.
- Spinal angiolipoma: case report and review of the literature.
- Pneumocephalus in a newborn with an open myelomeningocele.
- Nitric oxide synthase in models of focal ischemia.
- Differential susceptibility to neurotoxicity mediated by neurotrophins and neuronal nitric oxide synthase.
- Intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging in neurosurgery.
- Diffusion tensor imaging of the pediatric spinal cord at 1.5T: preliminary results.
- [Congenital vertebral dislocation].
- Effect of direct vertebral body derotation on the sagittal profile in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Cognitive testing of the spinal appearance questionnaire with typically developing youth and youth with idiopathic scoliosis.
- Interrater reliability of the international standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury in youths with Chronic spinal cord injury.
- Cervical sagittal plane decompensation after surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an effect imparted by postoperative thoracic hypokyphosis.
- Description of sensory preservation in children and adolescents with incomplete spinal cord injury.
- Impact of direct vertebral body derotation on rib prominence: are preoperative factors predictive of changes in rib prominence?
- Postoperative trunk shift in Lenke 1 and 2 curves: how common is it? and analysis of risk factors.
- Other causes of pediatric deformity.
- Clinical outcomes of nitinol staples for preventing curve progression in idiopathic scoliosis.
- Triggered electromyography for placement of thoracic pedicle screws: is it reliable?
- The role of the vertical expandable titanium rib in the treatment of infantile idiopathic scoliosis: early results from a single institution.
- Histology of a fusion mass augmented with demineralized bone matrix for congenital scoliosis.
- Autofusion in the immature spine treated with growing rods.
- Bone grafting options in children.
- A patient with myelomeningocele: is untethering necessary prior to scoliosis correction?
- Learning curve for placement of thoracic pedicle screws in the deformed spine.
- Vertebral body stapling: a fusionless treatment option for a growing child with moderate idiopathic scoliosis.
- Vision loss after spinal fusion for scoliosis in a child with spinal cord injury.
- Feasibility and accuracy of pedicle screws in children younger than eight years of age.
- Accuracy of free-hand placement of thoracic pedicle screws in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: how much of a difference does surgeon experience make?
- Transplantation of human marrow stromal cells and mono-nuclear bone marrow cells into the injured spinal cord: a comparative study.
- An unusual case of congenital scoliosis in a patient with Down syndrome.
- Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR): Indications, Technique, and Management Review.
- Neurologic injury in the surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis: guidelines for assessment and management.
- The role of bracing, casting, and vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib for the treatment of infantile idiopathic scoliosis: a single-institution experience with...
- Torticollis manifest after a minor fall with underlying bony anomalies and a hypoplastic vertebral artery.
- The usefulness of VEPTR in the older child with complex spine and chest deformity.
- Intraspinal anomalies in infantile idiopathic scoliosis: prevalence and role of magnetic resonance imaging.
- Bilateral use of the vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib attached to the pelvis: a novel treatment for scoliosis in the growing spine.
- Computed tomography evaluation of rotation correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a comparison of an all pedicle screw construct versus a hook-rod system.
- Intraventricular ganglioglioma: a short illustrated review.
- Grafting of human bone marrow stromal cells into spinal cord injury: a comparison of delivery methods.
- Chronic spinal cord injury in the pediatric population: does magnetic resonance imaging correlate with the International Standards for Neurological Classification of S...
- Scoliosis: a straightforward approach to diagnosis and management.
- An unusual cause of low back pain in an adolescent.
- Regarding "Delayed presentation of aortic injury by pedicle screws: report of two cases and review of the literature".
- Strategies to reduce blood loss during posterior spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis: a review of current techniques and experience with a unique bipolar electro...
- Minimally invasive direct repair of lumbar spondylolysis with a pedicle screw and hook construct.
- Cervical pseudomeningocele due to occult hydrocephalus.
- Spinal cord regeneration: injury modulation, repair strategies, and clinical trials: the Howard H. Steel Conference Precourse.
- Concurrent spinal cord untethering and scoliosis correction: case report.
- Newer technologies for the treatment of scoliosis in the growing spine.
- Use of allogeneic skin graft for the closure of large meningomyeloceles: technical case report.
- Astroglia induce cytotoxic effects on brain tumors via a nitric oxide-dependent pathway both in vitro and in vivo.
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction presenting with pleuritic chest pain.
- Use of a compact intraoperative low-field magnetic imager in pediatric neurosurgery.
Schools
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School Med
Procedures Preformed
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Asthma
- Atelectasis
- Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
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