Gabriel Zada, M.D.

Year: PGY-5

Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley, 1996-2000, BA in Molecular and Cell Biology, emphasis in Neurobiology

Medical School: University of California San Francisco, M.D., 2004

Selected Abstracts/Posters/Publications:

1. McQuillen PS, DeFreitas MF, Zada G, and Shatz CJ: A Novel Role for p75NTR in Subplate Growth Cone Complexity and Visual Thalamocortical Innervation. (The Journal of Neuroscience May 1, 2002, 22(9):3580-3593)

2. Zada G, Kelly DF, Cohan P, Wang C, Swerdloff R. Endonasal transsphenoidal approach to treat pituitary adenomas and other sellar lesions: an assessment of efficacy, safety, and patient impressions of the surgery. (Journal of Neurosurgery, February 2003)

3. Auguste KI, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Gadkary C, Zada G, Lamborn K, Berger MS.  The Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy and Motor Mapping for Glioma without Contralateral Intraoperative Mechanical Leg Prophylaxis.  (Journal of Neurosurgery, October 2003)

4. Quinones-Hinojosa A, Lyon R, Zada G, Gupta N, Lamborn K, McDermott MW, Weinstein PR. Changes in transcranial motor evoked potentials during intramedullary spinal cord tumor resection correlate with postoperative motor function. (Neurosurgery, May 2005)

5. Zada G, Liu CY, Fishback D, Singer P, and Weiss MH.  Recognition and Management of Delayed Hyponatremia following Transsphenoidal Surgery. (Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2007)

6. Zada G, Krieger MD, McNatt SA, Bowen I, McComb JG. Pathogenesis and Treatment of Intracranial Arachnoid Cysts in Pediatric Patients Less than Two Years of Age. (Neurosurgical Focus, February 2007)

7. Wu A, McCairn K, Zada G, Wu T, Turner RS. Motor Cortex Stimulation: Only Mild Transient Benefit in Primate Models of  Parkinson’s Disease (Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2007)

8. Zada G, Pezeshkian P, Giannotta S. Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension and immediate improvement following epidural blood patch placement demonstrated by intracranial pressure monitoring: Case Report. (Journal of Neurosurgery, June 2007)

9. Brown C, Zada G, Rhee P, Salim A, Inaba K, Sangthong B, Kasotakis G, Demetriades D. Indications for Routine Repeat Head CT Stratified By Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury. (Journal of Trauma, June 2007)

10. Zada G, Solomon TC, Giannotta S. A Review of Ocular Manifestations in Intracranial Hypotension. (Neurosurgical Focus, November 2007)
                                                                                                                   
11. Zada G, McNatt S, Gonzalez-Gomez, I, McComb JG. Anaplastic Intraventricular Oligodendroglioma. Case Report and Review of the Literature. (Surgical Neurology, January 2008)

12. Chang EF, Zada G, Kim S, Lamborn K, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Tyrrell JB, Wilson CB, Kunwar S. Long-term Recurrence and Mortality after Surgery and Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Non-functional Pituitary Adenomas. (The Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2008)

13. Zada G, Breault J, Liu CY, Khalessi A, Larsen D,Teitelbaum G, Giannotta S. Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms Occurring at the Origin of Fetal Variant Posterior Cerebral Arteries: Surgical and Endovascular Experience. (Operative Neurosurgery, July 2008)

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