Director, Neurosurgical Movement Disorder Program and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Program
Neurosurgery
Dr. Nader Pouratian, MD
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Nader Pouratian practices Neurosurgery. He went to David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a top medical college. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is ranked 13/7 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received 16 awards: "Neurosurgery Faculty Quality Award", "Scholars in Translational Medicine Program", "Crutchfield, Gage, and thomson Award", "Avicenna Award of Excellence in Medical Education", "Emil Bogen Research Prize", "Travel Award", "Dissertation Year Fellowship", "Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA)", "College Honors", "Phi Beta Kappa", "the Jerusalem Fellowship", "Golden Key National Honor Society", "Alumni Scholar", "Stone Prize", "Dean's Honor List" and "Fellow (FACS)". Nader Pouratian is also a published doctor. He has 86 publication published. The most recent publication is: Refractory periods observed by intrinsic signal and fluorescent dye imaging. He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Lateralization of the Subthalamic Nucleus with Age in Parkinson's Disease.
- Parietal neural prosthetic control of a computer cursor in a graphical-user-interface task.
- Proceedings of the Second Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: What's in the Pipeline.
- A method for optimizing EEG electrode number and configuration for signal acquisition in P300 speller Systems.
- Characterization of the Relationship Between Intracranial Pressure and Electroencephalographic Monitoring in Burst-Suppressed Patients.
- Deep Brain stimulation for tourette syndrome.
- Advanced neuroimaging techniques for central neuromodulation.
- Identification of knowledge gaps in neurosurgery using a validated self-assessment examination: differences between general and spinal neurosurgeons.
- Common cerebral networks associated with distinct deep Brain stimulation targets for cluster headache.
- An Evidence-Based Approach to the Efficient Use of CT-imaging in the Neurosurgical Patient.
- Improved P300 speller performance using electrocorticography, spectral features, and natural language processing.
- The effects of stimulus timing features on P300 speller performance.
- 200-300Hz movement modulated oscillations in the internal globus pallidus of patients with Parkinson's Disease.
- DTI correlates of distinct cognitive impairments in Parkinson's Disease.
- Brain imaging correlates of peripheral nerve stimulation.
- Use of language mapping to aid in resection of gliomas in eloquent Brain regions.
- Evaluating True BCI Communication Rate through Mutual Information and Language Models.
- Gamma knife surgery for glioblastoma multiforme.
- Potentiation of neurite outgrowth and reduction of apoptosis by immunosuppressive agents: implications for neuronal Injury and transplantation.
- Blood flow affects light transmission but its impact on NIRS remains unclear.
- Anterior stabilization of three-column thoracolumbar spinal trauma.
- Gamma knife radiosurgery for medically and surgically refractory prolactinomas.
- Peroneal neuropathy following successful bariatric surgery. Case report and review of the literature.
- Toxicity and efficacy of protracted low dose temozolomide for the treatment of low grade Gliomas.
- Part II: spinal-cord neoplasms--primary tumours of the bony Spine and adjacent soft tissues.
- Chiari malformations in patients with uncorrected sagittal synostosis.
- Gamma Knife surgery for Cushing's Disease.
- Outcomes and management of patients with Cushing's Disease without pathological confirmation of tumor resection after transsphenoidal surgery.
- Advances in Brain tumor surgery.
- Incidence of symptomatic Hemorrhage after stereotactic electrode placement.
- Surgery Insight: the role of surgery in the management of low-grade Gliomas.
- Reconstruction of the sellar dura in transsphenoidal surgery using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene dural substitute.
- Use of trans sodium crocetinate for sensitizing glioblastoma multiforme to radiation: laboratory investigation.
- Effect of ropivacaine skull block on perioperative outcomes in patients with supratentorial Brain tumors and comparison with remifentanil: a pilot study.
- Low-grade Gliomas in older patients: a retrospective analysis of prognostic factors.
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in patients with glioma treated with temozolomide.
- Gamma knife radiosurgery for acromegaly: outcomes after failed transsphenoidal surgery.
- Management of Cushing's Disease: outcome in patients with microadenoma detected on pituitary magnetic resonance imaging.
- Strict glucose control does not affect mortality after Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Gamma Knife radiosurgery after radiation therapy as an adjunctive treatment for glioblastoma.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas: a comprehensive review of indications, techniques and long-term results using the Gamma Knife.
- Gamma Knife radiosurgery to the surgical cavity following resection of Brain metastases.
- Impact of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education work-hour regulations on neurosurgical resident education and productivity.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery: quo vadis?
- Catheter-tip mass mimicking a spinal epidural hematoma.
- The reliability of neuroanatomy as a predictor of eloquence: a review.
- Factors predicting language lateralization in patients with perisylvian Vascular malformations. Clinical article.
- Management of low-grade glioma.
- Gamma Knife surgery for pituitary adenomas: factors related to radiological and endocrine outcomes.
- Electrophysiologically guided untethering of secondary tethered spinal cord Syndrome.
- MR imaging characteristics of oligodendroglial Tumors with assessment of 1p/19q deletion status.
- Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and colored fractional anisotropy (FA) mapping of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and the globus pallidus interna (GPi).
- Standards for reporting randomized controlled trials in neurosurgery.
- Impact of temozolomide chemotherapy on seizure frequency in patients with low-grade Gliomas.
- Comprehensive analysis of risk factors for seizures after deep Brain stimulation surgery. Clinical article.
- Diffusion tensor imaging and colored fractional anisotropy mapping of the ventralis intermedius nucleus of the thalamus.
- The Brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface.
- Multi-institutional evaluation of deep Brain stimulation targeting using probabilistic connectivity-based thalamic segmentation.
- Validation of connectivity-based thalamic segmentation with direct electrophysiologic recordings from human sensory thalamus.
- Post-transplantation primary central Nervous system lymphoma: A case report and review of the literature.
- Surgical approaches to tinnitus treatment: A review and novel approaches.
- Natural language processing with dynamic classification improves P300 speller accuracy and bit rate.
- Spatial/temporal correlation of BOLD and optical intrinsic signals in humans.
- Temporally staggered forelimb stimulation modulates barrel cortex optical intrinsic signal responses to whisker stimulation.
- Utility of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging for identifying language cortices in patients with Vascular malformations.
- Multiwavelength optical intrinsic signal imaging of cortical spreading depression.
- Shedding light on Brain mapping: advances in human optical imaging.
- Category-specific naming deficit identified by intraoperative stimulation mapping and postoperative neuropsychological testing. Case report.
- Evaluation of coupling between optical intrinsic signals and neuronal activity in rat somatosensory cortex.
- Columnar specificity of microvascular oxygenation and volume responses: implications for functional Brain mapping.
- Functional signal- and paradigm-dependent linear relationships between synaptic activity and hemodynamic responses in rat somatosensory cortex.
- Linear and nonlinear relationships between neuronal activity, oxygen metabolism, and hemodynamic responses.
- Update on management of intraCerebral hemorrhage.
- Variability of intraoperative electrocortical stimulation mapping parameters across and within individuals.
- Applications and limitations of perfusion-dependent functional Brain mapping for neurosurgical guidance.
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging for dominant-hemisphere perisylvian arteriovenous malformations.
- Intraoperative optical intrinsic signal imaging: a clinical tool for functional Brain mapping.
- Cortical spreading depression produces long-term disruption of activity-related changes in Cerebral blood volume and neurovascular coupling.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas: a review of the literature and our experience.
- Endovascular management of unruptured intracranial Aneurysms.
- Refractory periods observed by intrinsic signal and fluorescent dye imaging.
- Temporal and topographical characterization of language cortices using intraoperative optical intrinsic signals.
- Characterization of optical intrinsic signals and blood volume during cortical spreading depression.
- Optical imaging of bilingual cortical representations. Case report.
- Temporal spatial differences observed by functional MRI and human intraoperative optical imaging.
Schools
David Geffen School Of Medicine At UCLA
University Of Virginia
Functional Neurosurgery
UCLA Neuroscience
Procedures Preformed
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
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Conditions Treated
- Brachial Plexus Injuries
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Neurosurgery Faculty Quality Award
- Scholars in Translational Medicine Program
- Crutchfield, Gage, and thomson Award
- Avicenna Award of Excellence in Medical Education
- Emil Bogen Research Prize
- Travel Award
- Dissertation Year Fellowship
- Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA)
- College Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa
- the Jerusalem Fellowship
- Golden Key National Honor Society
- Alumni Scholar
- Stone Prize
- Dean's Honor List
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Virginia -
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hospital
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center -
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1255548418 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | POURATIAN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | NADER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 900950001 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 35.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1255548418 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | POURATIAN |
| First Name Of The Provider | NADER |
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