Inova Neuroscience Institute
Neurosurgery
Dr. Ralph Rahme, MD
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Ralph Rahme is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He studied medicine at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He over the years received 12 awards: "Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare", "Best Video Presentation Award for “Spondylectomie en Bloc: Le “Spine†Poussé àl’Extrêmeâ€Â", "WALN-DePuy Scholarship ($2,500)", "WALN-Hawkeye Scholarship ($1,000)", "Who's Who", "Jury’s Award for Best Oral Presentation for “Hémicraniectomie Décompressive pour AVC Ischémique Malin†(presented by coauthor Dr. Alexander Weil)", "Public’s Award for Best Oral Presentation for “Hémicraniectomie Décompressive pour AVC Ischémique Malin†(presented by coauthor Dr. Alexander Weil)", "2008-2009 Fellowship in Neurosurgery Scholarship ($20,000)", "Passing score on 1st attempt (during PGY-2/NS-1)", "Ranked 1st among 32 residents in 2002 in-service exam", "MD thesis unanimously awarded a perfect score (100/100)" and "2nd prize for Best MD Theses 2000-2001". Doctor Ralph Rahme, MD is a published doctor as well. He has 41 publications published. The latest was: Recurrent perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage after 12 years: missed diagnosis, vulnerable anatomy, or random events?
Publications
- Recurrent perimesencephalic subarachnoid Hemorrhage after 12 years: missed diagnosis, vulnerable anatomy, or random events?
- Atlanto-occipital dislocation.
- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy for Obstructive Hydrocephalus due to Intraventricular Hemorrhage.
- Early reperfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with M2 occlusion: pooled analysis of the PROACT II, IMS, and IMS II studies.
- Onyx HD-500 embolization of intracranial Aneurysms: Modified technique using continuous balloon inflation under conscious sedation.
- Predicting parent vessel patency and treatment durability: a proposed grading scheme for the immediate angiographic results following Onyx HD-500 embolization of intra...
- Somatosensory and pharyngolaryngeal auras in temporal lobe Epilepsy surgeries.
- A completely aberrant aortic arch.
- Cerebral Vasoconstriction Triggered By Sympathomimetic Drugs During Intra-atrerial Chemotherapy.
- Malignant MCA territory infarction in the pediatric population: subgroup analysis of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke Study.
- Is intra-arterial thrombolysis beneficial for M2 occlusions? Subgroup analysis of the PROACT-II trial.
- Decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant middle Cerebral artery territory infarction: is life worth living?
- Intra-arterial veramil-induced seizures: drug toxicity or rapid reperfusion?
- Endovascular management of posthemorrhagic Cerebral vasospasm: indications, technical nuances, and results.
- How often are patients with ischemic Stroke eligible for decompressive hemicraniectomy?
- Acute ischemic stroke in the setting of Cervical carotid occlusion: a proposed management strategy.
- Mycobacterium bovis spondyloDiscitis after intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy.
- Transarterial embolization of Cerebral arteriovenous malformations: A durable treatment for venous side hemorrhage?
- Lumbar microDiscectomy: a clinicoradiological analysis of outcome.
- Quality of life following hemicraniectomy for malignant MCA territory infarction.
- Outcome of severe arteriovenous malformation-related intracranial Hemorrhage: the importance of cisternal subarachnoid Hemorrhage and early seizures.
- Dilated Ventricles After Severe Head Trauma: Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus or Postcraniectomy Hydrocephalus?
- Early rerupture of Cerebral arteriovenous malformations: beware the progressive hemispheric swelling.
- What happens to Modic changes following lumbar Discectomy? Analysis of a cohort of 41 patients with a 3- to 5-year follow-up period.
- Decompressive craniectomy is not an independent risk factor for communicating Hydrocephalus in patients with increased intracranial pressure.
- Overt cerebroSpinal fluid drainage is not a sine qua non for paradoxical herniation after decompressive craniectomy: case report.
- Moyamoya-like vasculopathy and Seckel syndrome: just a coincidence?
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: the Lebanese experience.
- Internal hydrocephalus, external hydrocephalus, and the syndrome of intraCerebral cerebrospinal fluid entrapment: a challenge to current theories on the pathophysiolog...
- Multifocal meningeal melanocytoma: a new pathological entity or the result of leptomeningeal seeding?
- An unusual cause of hemiplegia: external Hydrocephalus.
- Acute swan-neck deformity and spinal cord compression after Cervical laminectomy.
- C1 arch regeneration, tight cisterna magna, and Cervical syringomyelia following foramen magnum surgery.
- Vasomotor dysfunction following traumatic median nerve Injury.
- Solitary myofibroma of the skull presenting outside infancy.
- The modic vertebral endplate and marrow changes: pathologic significance and relation to low back pain and segmental instability of the lumbar Spine.
- Impact of the lunar cycle on the incidence of intracranial Aneurysm rupture: myth or reality?
- Hydrocephalus following bilateral jugular venous Thrombosis in a child: case report and review of the literature.
- Dural arteriovenous malformation: an unusual cause of trigeminal neuralgia.
- Acute Korsakoff-like amnestic syndrome resulting from left thalamic infarction following a right hippocampal Hemorrhage.
Schools
University Of Medicine amp Dentistry Of New Jersey
Jefferson Medical College
University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine
Procedures Preformed
- CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
- Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities
Conditions Treated
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Best Video Presentation Award for “Spondylectomie en Bloc: Le “Spine†Poussé àl’Extrêmeâ€Â
- WALN-DePuy Scholarship ($2,500)
- WALN-Hawkeye Scholarship ($1,000)
- Who's Who
- Jury’s Award for Best Oral Presentation for “Hémicraniectomie Décompressive pour AVC Ischémique Malin†(presented by coauthor Dr. Alexander Weil)
- Public’s Award for Best Oral Presentation for “Hémicraniectomie Décompressive pour AVC Ischémique Malin†(presented by coauthor Dr. Alexander Weil)
- 2008-2009 Fellowship in Neurosurgery Scholarship ($20,000)
- Passing score on 1st attempt (during PGY-2/NS-1)
- Ranked 1st among 32 residents in 2002 in-service exam
- MD thesis unanimously awarded a perfect score (100/100)
- 2nd prize for Best MD Theses 2000-2001
Education
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Thomas Jefferson University -
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School -
St Joseph's University Medical School
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