School of Medicine
Showing 261-280 of 336 Results
-
Benjamin C. Sherman, MD, MS
Affiliate, Neurosurgery
BioBen is a Neurosurgery Resident at Geisinger Health System conducting research in the rNET lab lead by Dr. Vivek Buch. He began collaborating with Dr. Buch while studying for his MD/MS dual degree at Drexel University, spending a year on-site at Stanford to complete the research for his MS. He is from Perkasie PA, and traveled to Washington DC for his undergraduate studies at George Washington University. He initially majored in political science, but discovered a fascination with the mind and brain, assisting in the development of GWU's BS Neuroscience degree. He graduated cum laude among the first class of the Neuroscience program with a minor in psychology. He returned home to Pennsylvania to begin his studies in medical school, further exploring his interest in neurosciences via clinical and translational research involving functional neurosurgery. He enjoys swimming, camping, playing the violin and guitar, and spending time with his shiba inu, Doge.
-
Rizwan Hassan Shinwari
Visiting Instructor, Neurosurgery
BioRizwan Hassan Shinwari is a Visiting Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University. His research focuses on the clinical outcomes and adverse effects associated with stereotactic radiosurgery, with the goal of optimizing patient care and advancing neurosurgical precision.
Dr. Shinwari earned his medical degree from Khyber Medical College and brings a strong background in clinical medicine and surgical sciences. His academic and professional interests lie at the intersection of neurosurgery, radiological innovation, and patient-centered outcomes research. He aspires to further his training and career as a neurosurgeon in the United States. -
Lawrence Shuer, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI have clinical research interests in the surgical treatment of epilepsy. I am also interested in new developments in the treatment of craniosynostosis a congenital abnormality of infant's skulls
-
Gerald Silverberg
Professor of Neurosurgery, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAge-related changes in the blood-brain barrier (BBB)and on CSF dynsmics decrease the clearance of toxic metabolites, such as amyloid beta peptides (A-betas), from the brain. I am studing the effects of aging and hydrocephalus on the BBB receptors that transport A-betas and on the formation and bulk flow of CSF.
-
Harminder Singh, MD, MBA
Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMinimally Invasive Cranial and Spinal Surgery, Endoscopic Keyhole Surgery
-
Stephen Skirboll
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on screening strategies to identify and characterize cancer stem cells (CSCs) in human gliomas. We are pursuing this in several ways: 1) a novel colony-forming antibody live cell array to identify distinct CSC surface phenotypes, 2) RNAi screens to identify kinases critical for CSC tumorigenicity, 3) high throughput small molecule and chemical screens to identify compounds that selectively kill or target CSCs, and 4) identifying CSCs using the tumor specific EGFRvIII
-
Ivan Soltesz
James R. Doty Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences
BioIvan Soltesz received his doctorate in Budapest and conducted postdoctoral research at universities at Oxford, London, Stanford and Dallas. He established his laboratory at the University of California, Irvine, in 1995. He became full Professor in 2003, and served as department Chair from 2006 to July 2015. He returned to Stanford in 2015 as the James R. Doty Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. His major research interest is focused on neuronal microcircuits, network oscillations, cannabinoid signaling and the mechanistic bases of circuit dysfunction in epilepsy.
His laboratory employs a combination of closely integrated experimental and theoretical techniques, including closed-loop in vivo optogenetics, paired patch clamp recordings, in vivo electrophysiological recordings from identified interneurons in awake mice, 2-photon imaging, machine learning-aided 3D video analysis of behavior, video-EEG recordings, behavioral approaches, and large-scale computational modeling methods using supercomputers. He is the author of a book on GABAergic microcircuits (Diversity in the Neuronal Machine, Oxford University Press), and editor of a book on Computational Neuroscience in Epilepsy (Academic Press/Elsevier). He co-founded the first Gordon Research Conference on the Mechanisms of neuronal synchronization and epilepsy, and taught for five years in the Ion Channels Course at Cold Springs Harbor. He has over 30 years of research experience, with over 20 years as a faculty involved in the training of graduate students (total of 16, 6 of them MD/PhDs) and postdoctoral fellows (20), many of whom received fellowship awards, K99 grants, joined prestigious residency programs and became independent faculty. -
Scott G. Soltys, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy clinical and research interests focus on the development of new radiation techniques involving stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy for the treatment of malignant and benign tumors of the brain and spine, as well as functional disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia.
-
Konstantina M. Stankovic, MD, PhD, FACS
Bertarelli Foundation Professor and Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur investigative efforts are organized along 3 research thrusts:
1. Vestibular schwannoma: uncovering mechanisms of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and identifying better therapies;
2. High-resolution imaging of the inner ear;
3. Novel sensing of and therapies for SNHL.
Considering the complex and multifaceted nature of these challenges, our approach entails tailored solutions that integrate techniques from molecular biology, systems neuroscience, biotechnology, and otologic surgery. -
Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD
Bernard and Ronni Lacroute-William Randolph Hearst Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur laboratory investigates the pathophysiology and treatment of cerebral ischemia, and methods to restore neurologic function after stroke. Treatment strategies include brain hypothermia, stem cell transplantation and optogenetic stimulation. Our clinical research develops innovative surgical, endovascular and radiosurgical approaches for treating difficult intracranial aneurysms, complex vascular malformations and occlusive disease, including Moyamoya disease, as well as stem cell transplant.
-
Dr Michael Stuart
Clinical Instructor, Neurosurgery
BioDr Stuart is an Australian trained adult and pediatric neurosurgeon working as a Clinical Instructor in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery under Professor Gary Steinberg.
Dr Stuart completed medical school in Australia at James Cook University, followed by an Australian neurosurgical residency across multiple centres in the Binational Australian neurosurgical training program. Following residency he completed a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Prior to Stanford he worked as an attending neurosurgeon at the Queensland Children's Hospital and Townsville University Hospital. -
Sriram Sudarsanam
Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurosurgery
BioSriram is broadly interested in how cellular interactions shape neurodevelopment. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Science, and Masters at the Weizmann Institute. His doctoral research in Alex Kolodkin’s laboratory at Johns Hopkins addressed the development of idiosyncratic axonal arborization patterns of cortical neurons. He developed genetic strategies to visualize and perturb sparse populations of neurons in the mouse brain, using which he identified novel molecular and cellular determinants of spatially-restricted axon branching in vivo.
Now, as a postdoctoral scholar in Brad Zuchero's laboratory, Sriram is working to develop novel genetic tools to observe and perturb neuron-oligodendrocyte interactions in vivo. In collaboration with Ivan Soltesz’s laboratory, he aims to employ these tools to understand how myelination regulates neural circuit assembly and function. -
Thomas Sudhof
Avram Goldstein Professor in the School of Medicine, Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsInformation transfer at synapses mediates information processing in brain, and is impaired in many brain diseases. Thomas Südhof is interested in how synapses are formed, how presynaptic terminals release neurotransmitters at synapses, and how synapses become dysfunctional in diseases such as autism or Alzheimer's disease. To address these questions, Südhof's laboratory employs approaches ranging from biophysical studies to the electrophysiological and behavioral analyses of mutant mice.
-
Jie Sun
Affiliate, Neurosurgery
Visiting Scholar,BioJie Sun, MD, PhD, is a clinician–scientist whose work centers on pain as a brain-based and systemic condition, integrating neuroscience, sleep biology, and large-scale human data. Her research addresses how internal states shape sensory processing, brain network dynamics, and downstream clinical and behavioral outcomes.
She leads multiple large, deeply phenotyped clinical and population-based research programs, including the pain biobank and a national student cohort. These platforms integrate multimodal data spanning neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG/MEG), polysomnography, biospecimens, behavioral assessments, and longitudinal follow-up, providing a real-world testbed for computational modeling and mechanism-driven discovery.
Her work further explores sleep–brain interactions, neuromodulation and brain–computer interface approaches, and the application of artificial intelligence in clinical neuroscience. By bridging scalable human cohorts with advanced analytics, her research aims to enable robust biomarkers, predictive models, and clinically deployable AI systems. She actively collaborates with researchers in neuroscience, psychiatry, engineering, and data science.
Selected publications available via Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5RktMS0AAAAJ&hl=en
