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- Name
- Anand Germanwala
- Degree
- M.D.
- Rank
- Professor
- Primary Department
- Neurological Surgery
- Education
- Medical School
- Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
- Residencies
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Neurological Surgery
- Fellowships
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Endovascular Neurosurgery
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery
- Hobbies
- Family Time
- Family/Friends
- Exercise
- Football
- Tennis
- Travel
- Publications
- Pickles, AC; Tsiang, JT; Pecoraro, AA; Pecoraro, NC; Jani, RH; Bond, BJ; Germanwala, AV; Serrone, JC; Prabhu, VC Cerebral arterial vasospasm complicating supratentorial meningioma resection: illustrative cases. Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons ; 7 4
- Behzadi, F; Ruiz, GM; Tran, DH; Schaible, PA; Allen, MB; Germanwala, AV Evaluation of Retrospective Patient Preference on Extent of Resection of Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas. World neurosurgery ;
- SStephen T Magill, Theodore H Schwartz, William T Couldwell, Paul A Gardner, Carl B Heilman, Chandranath Sen, Ryojo Akagami, Paolo Cappabianca, Daniel M Prevedello, Michael W McDermott, International Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma Study (including Anand V. Germanwala) International Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma Study: Surgical Outcomes and Management Trends Neurosurgery ;
- Stephen T Magill, Theodore H Schwartz, William T Couldwell, Paul A Gardner, Carl B Heilman, Chandranath Sen, Ryojo Akagami, Paolo Cappabianca, Daniel M Prevedello, Michael W McDermott, International Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma Study (including Anand V. Germanwala) International Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma Study: Preoperative Grading Scale to Predict Outcomes and Propensity-Matched Outcomes by Endonasal Versus Transcranial Approach Neurosurgery ;
- Lee, J; Lukas, RV; Jusue-Torres, I; Germanwala, AV; Borys, E; Solanki, AA; Mallik, AK; Barton, K; Thakkar, JP MGMT Methylated High Grade Glioma with Distant Recurrence and Stable Original Tumor Site: Case Series. Annals of hematology & oncology ; 10 2
- Prabhu, VC; Serrone, JC; Thakkar, JP; Yoo, DK; Germanwala, AV Commentary: Endoscopic Endonasal Optic Nerve Decompression in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: When to Implement Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) ;
- Yang, SD; Seu, M; Qiao, JB; Tsiang, JT; Pecoraro, N; Germanwala, AV Posters Presented at North American Skull Base Society 2016-2018: What Factors Influence Their Publication? Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base ; 84 6
- Jusue-Torres, I; Lee, J; Germanwala, AV; Burns, TC; Parney, IF Impact of extent of resection on survival on Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype, WHO grade 4 (WHO 2021). Systematic review and meta-analysis. World neurosurgery ;
- Swanson, J; Oetojo, W; Uram, Z; Jusue-Torres, I; Zakaria, J; Kircher, ML; Germanwala, AV Treatment of tegmen dehiscence using a middle fossa approach and autologous temporalis fascia graft: Outcomes from a single center. CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY ; 219
- Madapoosi, A; Uram, Z; Tsiang, J; Pecoraro, N; Patel, C; Germanwala, AV Rathke's cleft cyst marsupialization and repair with a free mucosal graft - Video case report and literature review. American Journal of Otolaryngology ;
- Gavini, CK; Elshareif, N; Aubert, G; Germanwala, AV; Calcutt, NA; Mansuy-Aubert, V LXR agonist improves peripheral neuropathy and modifies PNS immune cells in aged mice. Journal of neuroinflammation ; 19 1
- Tadokoro, K; Wolf, C; Toth, J; Joyce, C; Singh, M; Germanwala, A; Patel, C K -67/MIB-1 and Recurrence in Pituitary Adenoma. Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base ; 83 Suppl 2
- Li, D; Choe, S; Borys, E; Serrone, JC; Germanwala, AV Primary Intradural Extramedullary Sporadic Spinal Hemangioblastomas: CASE Report and Systematic Review. World neurosurgery ;
- Raju, SS; Niranjan, A; Germanwala, AV; Lunsford, LD Letter to the Editor: Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgery and Review of the Literature. World neurosurgery ; 149
- Li, D; Johans, S; Martin, B; Cobb, A; Kim, M; Germanwala, AV Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Tumors in the United States, 2009 to 2011: Effects of Hospital Volume on Postoperative Complications. Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base ; 82 2
- Heiferman, DM; Prabhu, VC; Germanwala, AV; Anderson, DE Commentary: Anatomical Variations in the Location of Veins Draining Into the Anterior Superior Sagittal Sinus: Implications for the Transbasal Approach. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) ; 18 6
- Zakaria, J; Saini, P; Yanovskaya, M; Tsiang, JT; Ravindran, K; Johans, S; Patel, CR; Germanwala, AV Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Meckel's Cave Epidermoid Cysts: Case Discussion and Literature Review. Case reports in neurological medicine ; 2020
- Patel, A; Zakaria, J; Bartindale, MR; Germanwala, AV; Anderson, DE; Marzo, SJ; Kircher, ML; Leonetti, JP; Prabhu, VC Fetal Bovine Collagen Grafts for Repair of Tegmen Defects and Encephaloceles Via Middle Cranial Fossa Approach. Ear, nose, & throat journal ;
- Souter, JR; Jusue-Torres, I; Grahnke, K; Borys, E; Patel, C; Germanwala, AV Long-Term Outcomes of Pituitary Gland Preservation in Pituitary Macroadenoma Apoplexy: Case Series and Review of the Literature. Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base ; 82 2
- Yun, JJ; Johans, SJ; Shepherd, DJ; Martin, B; Joyce, C; Borys, E; Reddy, AS; Patel, CR; Germanwala, AV The Utility of Using Preoperative MRI as a Predictor for Intraoperative Pituitary Adenoma Consistency and Surgical Resection Technique. Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base ; 81 6
- Rosenbaum, MD; Heiferman, DM; Raslan, OA; Martin, B; Dominguez, JF; de la Peña, PM; Ashley, WW; Rosenblum, JD; Germanwala, AV Basilar Apex Aneurysms in the Setting of Carotid Artery Stenosis: Case Series and Angiographic Anatomic Study. CURRENT NEUROVASCULAR RESEARCH ; 16 1
- Jusue-Torres, I; Hulbert, A; Germanwala, AA; Patel, CR; Germanwala, AV In Reply to the Letter to the Editor "Craniopharyngioma: 10 Selected Works Which Provide Comprehensive and Valuable Insight into These Complex Tumors". World neurosurgery ; 122
- Ravindran, K; Zsigray, BM; Wemhoff, MP; Spencer, JD; Borys, E; Patel, CR; Germanwala, AV Sellar Metastasis of Cervical Adenocarcinoma. Case reports in neurological medicine ; 2019
- Kalmanson, OA; Khayatzadeh, S; Germanwala, A; Scott-Young, M; Havey, RM; Voronov, LI; Patwardhan, AG Anatomic considerations in headaches associated with cervical sagittal imbalance: A cadaveric biomechanical study. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia ; 65
- Heiferman, DM; Jack, MM; Johnson, KD; Katsevman, GA; Prabhu, VC; Germanwala, AV; Serrone, JC Mercury vs. Water: An Analysis of Multi-Institutional Survey Data Assessing Intracranial Pressure Unit of Measure Awareness. World neurosurgery ; 129
- Heiferman, DM; Li, D; Serrone, JC; Reynolds, MR; Germanwala, AV; Watridge, CB; Arthur, AS Murphey's teat: history and insight into an enigmatic cerebrovascular eponym. Journal of neurosurgery ;
- Pecoraro, NC; Heiferman, DM; Martin, B; Li, D; Johans, SJ; Patel, CR; Germanwala, AV Lower-dose perioperative steroid protocol during endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma resection. Surgical neurology international ; 10
- Rosenbaum MD, Heiferman DM, Raslan OA, Martin B, Dominguez JF, de la Peña PM, Ashley WW, Rosenblum JD, Germanwala AV. Basilar Apex Aneurysms in the Setting of Carotid Artery Stenosis: Case Series and Angiographic Anatomic Study. CURRENT NEUROVASCULAR RESEARCH ;
- Jusue-Torres I, Hulbert A, Germanwala AA, Patel CR, Germanwala AV. In Reply to the Letter to the Editor "Craniopharyngioma: 10 Selected Works Which Provide Comprehensive and Valuable Insight into These Complex Tumors". World neurosurgery ;
- Ravindran K, Zsigray BM, Wemhoff MP, Spencer JD, Borys E, Patel CR, Germanwala AV. Sellar Metastasis of Cervical Adenocarcinoma. Case reports in neurological medicine ;
- Kalmanson OA, Khayatzadeh S, Germanwala A, Scott-Young M, Havey RM, Voronov LI, Patwardhan AG. Anatomic considerations in headaches associated with cervical sagittal imbalance: A cadaveric biomechanical study. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia ;
- Swong K, Johans S, Molefe A, Hofler RC, Wemhoff M, Kuo P, Germanwala A. Unintended Consequences After Postoperative Ileus in Spinal Fusion Patients. World neurosurgery ;
- Bornstein NM, Saver JL, Diener HC, Gorelick PB, Shuaib A, Solberg Y, Devlin T, Leung T, Molina CA; ImpACT-24A Investigators †; ImpACT-24A Investigators include the Site Principal Investigators, DSMB members, and the Site Co-Investigators listed. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation to Augment Cerebral Blood Flow. Stroke ;
- Heiferman DM, Jack MM, Johnson KD, Katsevman GA, Prabhu VC, Germanwala AV, Serrone JC. Mercury vs. Water: An Analysis of Multi-Institutional Survey Data Assessing Intracranial Pressure Unit of Measure Awareness. World neurosurgery ;
- Heiferman DM, Li D, Serrone JC, Reynolds MR, Germanwala AV, Watridge CB, Arthur AS. Murphey's teat: history and insight into an enigmatic cerebrovascular eponym. Journal of neurosurgery ;
- Pecoraro NC, Heiferman DM, Martin B, Li D, Johans SJ, Patel CR, Germanwala AV. Lower-dose perioperative steroid protocol during endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma resection. Surgical neurology international ;
- Swong, K; Johans, S; Molefe, A; Hofler, RC; Wemhoff, M; Kuo, P; Germanwala, A Unintended Consequences After Postoperative Ileus in Spinal Fusion Patients. World neurosurgery ; 122
- Silva, SR; Gliniewicz, A; Martin, B; Prabhu, VC; Germanwala, AV; Melian, E; Jones, GA; Solanki, AA Oligometastatic Disease State Is Associated with Improved Local Control in Patients Undergoing Three or Five Fraction Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. World neurosurgery ;
- Johans, SJ; Swong, KN; Burkett, DJ; Wemhoff, MP; Lew, SM; Patel, CR; Germanwala, AV Clival meningocele causing bilateral hearing loss in a child due to superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: case report. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics ; 21 5
- Jusue-Torres, I; Hulbert, A; Germanwala, AA; Patel, CR; Germanwala, AV The 100 Most Cited Papers about Craniopharyngioma. World neurosurgery ;
- Dewan, Ramita; Pemov, Alexander; Dutra, Amalia S.; Pak, Evgenia D.; Edwards, Nancy A.; Ray-Chaudhury, Abhik; Hansen, Nancy F.; Chandrasekharappa, Settara C.; Mullikin, James C.; Asthagiri, Ashok R.; Heiss, John D.; Stewart, Douglas R.; Germanwala, Anand V. First insight into the somatic mutation burden of neurofibromatosis type 2-associated grade I and grade II meningiomas: a case report comprehensive genomic study of two cranial meningiomas with vastly different clinical presentation. BMC CANCER ; 17 10
- Jones, Michael; Johans, Stephen; Ziegler, Andrea; Welch, Kevin C.; Patadia, Monica O.; Patel, Chirag R.; Germanwala, Anand V. Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery at a VA Hospital. JAMA surgery ;
- Tsimpas, A; Ashley, WW; Germanwala, AV Spontaneous regression of intracranial aneurysm following remote ruptured aneurysm treatment with pipeline stent assisted coiling. Journal of neurointerventional surgery ; 8 10
- Gerszten PC, Germanwala AV, Burton SA, Welch WC, Ozhasoglu C, Vogel WJ. Combination Kyphoplasty and Spinal Radiosurgery: A new treatment paradigm for pathologic compression fractures Neurosurgical Focus ; 18 e8