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Curriculum Vitae

Randall W. Porter, MD. FAANS

Professor of Neurosurgery

Barrow Neurological Institute

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Surgery

Creighton University School of Medicine

Mailing Address: Barrow Neurosurgical Associates

2910 N. Third Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Fax Number: (602) 406-3369

Phone Number: (602) 406-4856

Updated 06/12/2015

EDUCATION

1989: Undergraduate Southern Methodist University,

Dallas, Texas

BA Economics, minor in Biology

1993: Medical School, Rush Medical College

Chicago, IL

President, Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

June 1993-May 1994: Internship Maricopa Medical Center

General Surgery

Phoenix, Arizona

June 1994-June 2000: Residency, Neurological Surgery


St. Joseph's Hospital

University of Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

1999 Spinal Surgery Fellowship


Volker K.H. Sonntag, M.D.

1998 Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Fellowship


Kris A. Smith, M.D. and Andrew G. Shetter, M.D.

1998 Neurovascular/Skull Base Surgery Fellowship


Robert Spetzler, MD

Residency Chairman: Robert F. Spetzler, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Residency Program Director: Volker K.H. Sonntag, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Synthes Spine ProDisc Training Course: ProDisc L Forum, Flagstaff, Arizona, August 9-10,

2011.

Synthes Spine ProDisc Training Course: ProDisc C Forum, Flagstaff, Arizona, January 17-18,

2012.

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POSITIONS

2000 - present Chief Interdisciplinary Skull Base Section

2000 - present Barrow Gamma Knife Treatment Team

2000 - present Co-Director of the CyberKnife

2000 - 2010 Medical Director

Barrow Neurological Institute Operating Room

2004 - present Shareholder

Barrow Neurosurgical Associates

2005 - present Board of Directors


2005 - 2010 Chairman, Business Practices Committee


2012 Professor, Affiliate Faculty

Department of Surgery

Creighton University School of Medicine

2012 – present Founder & Chairman

TheMedicalMemory, LLC

2014 – present Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant (Sidelines)

United States National Football League

2015 – present Associate Member

Association for Medical Ethics

2015 – present Editorial Board Member

AIMS Neuroscience

BOARDS CERTIFICATION:

March 1998 American Board of Neurological Surgery (Written

examination)

November, 2004 Board Certified, American Board of Neurological Surgery

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MEDICAL LICENSURE

June 2000 Board of Medical Examiners State of Arizona, #28395

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Awards

1990 - Dean's Summer Research Fellowship, Rush Medical College

1992 - Chairman, The Daniel E. Welsh Memorial Lecture

1992 - AMA - Medical Student Section Award For Outstanding Membership Recruitment

1992-1993 - Alpha Omega Alpha, medical honor society, President

1995 - Third place, photography contest, “dura mater” CNS, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 1995

1999 - Best Poster, North American Skull Base Society – Chicago, IL

2005 – Teacher of the Year, Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ

2006 – “Top Doc,” Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Glendale, AZ

2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 – “Top Docs, Phoenix Magazine, Phoenix, AZ

2010, 2012, 2013 – “Voted Most Compassionate Doctor”, Patients’ Choice Award

2014 – America’s Top Surgeons, Consumers’ Research Council of America

2014 – The Top Phoenix Physicians, Super Doctors Phoenix

Editorial Boards

Skull Base Surgery: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Associate Editor) (2002-2007).

Guest Editor Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery, Multimodality Management of Acoustic

Neuromas Vol 4(1), March 2001.

Guest Editor Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery, Cavernous Malformations, Vol 4(1),

March 2001.

Editorial Board Member AIMS Neuroscience

Involvement in Organized Neurosurgery

Wrote and revised questions for written ABNS examination with Dr. Volker K.H. Sonntag,

1998.

Assisted with ABNS oral board examination given by Dr. Robert F. Spetzler, 1998.

Sergeant at Arms, Boston, CNS Annual Meeting, 1999

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Professional Societies

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

American Medical Association

Arizona Medical Association

American Neurotology Society

Arizona Neurosurgical Society

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

International Council of Motorsport Sciences

Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves of the AANS/CNS

Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the AANS/CNS

Joint Section on Tumors of the AANS/CNS

Maricopa County Medical Society

NRCC Physician’s Advisory Board

North American Skull Base Society

North American Spine Society

Association for Medical Ethics

Advisory Boards

SPC Capital Management, Life-Sciences Division, Health Care Advisor

The Council of Healthcare Advisors

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References

Nicholas Theodore, MD



Phoenix, Arizona 85013

(602)406-3181

Robert Spetzler, M.D.

Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery



Phoenix, Arizona 85013

(602)406-3181

C. Philip Daspit, M.D.

Division of Neuro-Otology/Skull Base Surgery


222 West Thomas Suite 114

Phoenix, AZ 85013

(602)279-5444

Updated 06/12/2015

PUBLICATIONS

Chapters

1. Eyster EF, Kelker D, Porter RW: Think first - the national head and spinal cord injury

prevention program. In Wilkins RH, and Rengachary SS, et al. (eds.): Neurosurgery, 2

ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Vol. 2, pp 2603-6, 1996.

2. Lemole GM, Zubay GP, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Rekate HL: Shunts for

hydrocephalus. Neurobase, CD ROM, Arbor Publishing Corp., San Diego, CA, 1998.

3. Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Rekate HL: Hydrocephalus in children. In Black P, Kaye A,

et al. (eds): Operative Neurosurgery. London: Harcourt Brace & Company; 1999.

4. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Rekate HL: Pediatric hydrocephalus. In Choux M, Dirocco C,

Hockley AD, Walker ML (eds.): Pediatric Neurosurgery. London: Churchill

Livingstone, 1999.

5. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Lemole GM, Shedd S: Anesthetic management and

intraoperative monitoring. In Dickman CA, Rosenthal D, Perin N (eds.): Thoracoscopic

Spine Surgery. New York: Thieme: 83-86, 1999.

6. Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Coscarella E, Spetzler RF: Surgical management of brain

stem cavernous malformations. In Fisher WS (ed): Perspectives in Neurological

Surgery. New York: Thieme; 1999: Vol. 10, No. 1.

7. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Sonntag VKH: Anterior cervical approach, including

corpectomy. In Winn H (ed.) Youmans Neurological Surgery, Fifth Ed., 2000.

8. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Classification of spinal vascular malformations.

Youmans Neurological Surgery, Fifth Ed., 2000.

9. Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Spetzler RF: Infratentorial cavernous malformations. In Winn

H (ed) Youmans Neurological Surgery, Fifth Ed., 2000.

10. Riina HA, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Classification of spinal cord vascular

lesions. In Winn H (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery, Chapter 140, 2000.

Updated 06/12/2015

11. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Sonntag VKH: Lumbar spinal stenosis: part A. Laminectomy

without fusion. In Zdeblick TA, Anderson P, Stillerman C, Benzel ED (eds):

Controversies in Spine Surgery. Quality Medical Publishing, 2000.

12. Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Sonntag VKH: Predictors of anterior cervical plate failure.

Critical Reviews in Neurosurgery. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin. 2000.

13. Porter RW, Sonntag VK: Primary spinal cord disorders, in Fardon DF, Garfin SR (eds):

OKU: Orthopaedic Knowledge Update. Spine 2. Rosemont, IL: American Academy

of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2002.

14. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Kern M: Decompressive craniectomy. In

Aminoff MJ, Daroff RB (eds): Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences, Vol. 1, pp. 791-

2, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2003.

15. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Moyamoya disease. In Aminoff MJ, Daroff RB

(eds): Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 3, pp. 236-237, Academic Press,

San Diego, 2003.

16. Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Venous malformation. In Aminoff MJ, Daroff

RB (eds): Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 4, pp. 642-643, Academic

Press, San Diego, 2003.

17. Spetzler, RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Venous malformation. In Aminoff MJ, Daroff

RB (eds.): Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 4, pp. 642-3, Academic

Press, San Diego, California, 2003.

18. Tyagi A, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Bypass surgery, In Aminoff MJ, Daroff

RB (eds): Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 1, pp. 492-493, Academic

Press, San Diego, 2003.

19. Gonzalez LF, Porter RW: Surgical technique for resection of intradural tumors. In Kim

DH, Henn JS, Vaccaro AR, Dickman CA: Surgical Anatomy and Techniques to the

Spine, Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2006.

20. Feiz-Erfan I, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Beals SP, Lettieri SC, Joganic EF: Transbasal

approaches to the skull base and extensions. In Badie B (ed): Neurosurgical Operative

Atlas, 2nd

Edition – Neuro-Oncology (Chapter 35, pages 293-300), American

Association of Neurological Surgeons, Thieme, New York, 2006.

Updated 06/12/2015

21. Feiz-Erfan I, Lettieri SC, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Beals SP, Joganic EF, DeMonte F:

Transmandibular approaches to the skull base. In Badie B (ed): Neurosurgical

Operative Atlas, 2nd

Edition – Neuro-Oncology (Chapter 36, pages 301-308),

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Thieme, New York, 2006.

22. Gonzalez LF, Weisskopf P, Porter RW: Treatment options for acoustic neuromas. In

Bambakidis N, Megerian CA, Spetzler RF: Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle,

Peoples Medical Publishing House, Shelton, CT, (Chapter 10, pages 135-145), 2009.

23. Uschold TD, Lochhead RA, Porter RW: Costotransversectomy. In Jandial, McCormick

& Black (eds): Essential Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery, Elsevier,

Philadelphia, in press.

24. Lekovic GP, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Supratentorial and infratentorial cavernous

malformations. In Winn HR (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery: Expert Consult-

Online and Print, Sixth Ed. (Chapter 394, pages 394-398), Elsevier, Philadelphia, in

press.

25. Uschold T, Panchmatia J, Fusco DJ, Abla AA, Porter RW, Theodore N: Subaxial

cervical juxtafacet cysts: single institution surgical experience and literature review. Acta

Neurochir (Wien). November 17, 2012. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23160630

[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

26. Mahan M, Porter RW: Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive. Encyclopedia of the

Neurological Sciences (Vol. 4, page 289), Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2014.

27. Ahmed A, Porter RW: Venous Malformation. Encyclopedia of the Neurological

Sciences (Vol. 4, page 621), Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2014.

28. Porter RW: Disk Arthroplasty. Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (Vol. 4,

page 1008), Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2014.

29. Oppenlander ME, Porter RW: Radiosurgery – Gamma Knife and Cyberknife.

Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (Vol. 4, pages 1050-1051), Elsevier,

Philadelphia, 2014.

30. Xu D, Porter RW: Chondrosarcoma. Cyberknife Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Brain

(Vol. 1), in press, 2014.

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Refereed Journals

1. Lawton MT, Porter RW, Heiserman JE, Jacobowitz R, Sonntag VKH, Dickman CA:

Surgical management of spinal epidural hematoma: relationship between surgical timing

and neurological outcome. J Neurosurg 83(1):1-7, 1995.

2. Romanelli DA, Dickman CA, Porter RW, Haynes RJ: Comparison of initial injury

features in cervical spine trauma C3-C7: predictive outcome with halo-vest management.

J Spinal Disord 9:146-149, 1996.

3. Porter RW, Lawton MT, Hamilton MG, Spetzler RF: Concurrent aneurysm rupture and

thrombosis of high grade internal carotid artery stenosis: Report of two cases. Surg

Neurol 47(6):532-40, 1997.

4. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: De novo formation of a central

nervous system cavernous malformation: implications for predicting risk of hemorrhage.

J Neurosurg 87:629-632, 1997.

5. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: De novo formation of a central

nervous system cavernous malformations: implications for predicting risk of hemorrhage.

Neurosurg Focus 3(3): Clin Pearl, 1997.

6. Detwiler PW, Marciano FF, Porter RW, Sonntag VKH: Lumbar stenosis: indications for

fusion of the lumbar spine with and without instrumentation. Neurosurg Focus 3(2):

Article 4, 1997.

7. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Harrington TR, Sonntag VKH, Spetzler RF: Vascular

decompression of a vertebral artery loop producing cervical radiculopathy. Case Report.

J Neurosurg 89(3):485-8, 1998.

8. Detwiler PW, Henn JS, Porter RW, Lawton MT, White WL, Spetzler RF:

Medulloblastoma presenting with tentorial “dural-tail” sign: is the “dural-tail” sign

specific for meningioma? Skull Base Surg 8(4): 233-6, 1998.

9. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Radiation-induced cavernous

malformation. J Neurosurg 89(1):167-9, 1998.

10. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Coons SW, Spetzler RF, Carrion CA, Rekate HL: Sporadic

unifocal infantile myofibromatosis involving the skull. Case report. J Neurosurg

90(6):1129-32, 1999.

11. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Crawford NR, Apostolides PJ, Dickman CA: Lumbosacral

junction fixation and fusion after complete L5 spondylectomy: technical case report.

Neurosurg Focus 7(6):Article 3, 1999.

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12. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Spinal arteriovenous malformations. Neurosurg

Clin N Am 10(1):89-100, 1999.

13. Han PP, Theodore N, Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Lawton MT, Spetzler RF: Subdural

hematoma from a type I spinal arteriovenous malformation. Case report. J Neurosurg

90(4 Suppl):255-7, 1999.

14. Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Spetzler RF, Lawton MT, Derksen PT, Baskin JJ, Zabramski

JM: Cavernous malformations of the brain stem: experience with 100 patients. J

Neurosurg 90:50-58, 1999.

15. Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Coscarella E, Spetzler RF: Surgical management of brainstem

cavernous malformations. Perspectives in Neurological Surgery 10(1):55-69, 1999.

16. Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Han PP, Spetzler RF: Stereotactic radiosurgery for cavernous

malformations: Kjellberg’s experience with proton beam therapy in 98 cases at the

Harvard Cyclotron. Neurosurgery 44(2):424-425, 1999.

17. Sonntag VKH, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Neurological Surgery. J Am Coll Surg

188(2):161-70, 1999.

18. Konovalov A, Samii M, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Houteville JP, Oshimoto T,

Sambasivan M: Brainstem cavernoma, Surg Neurol 54(6):418-21, 2000.

19. Dickman CA, Detweiler PW, Porter RW: Endoscopic spine surgery. Clin Neurosurg

46:526-553, 2000.

20. Dickman CA, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: The role of pedicle screw fixation for lumbar

spinal stabilization and fusion. Clin Neurosurg 47:495-513, 2000.

21. Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Han PP, Karahalios DG, Masferrer R, Sonntag VKH: Surgical

treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis. Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg 26:331-46, 2000.

22. Konovalov A, Samii M, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Houteville JP, Yoshimoto T,

Sambasivan M. Brainstem cavernoma. Surg Neurol 54(6):418-21, 2000.

23. Walker MT, Toye LR, Coons SW, Porter RW, Wallace RC: Intradural primary

chondroblastic osteosarcoma: case report. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Surg 22:1960-2,

2001.

24. Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Riina HA, Porter RW: Modified classification of spinal cord

vascular lesions. J Neurosurg: Spine 96 (2 Suppl):145-56, 2002.

25. Porter RW: Commentary. Skull Base 12(4):207, 2002.

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26. Porter RW, Crawford NR, Chamberlain R, Park SC, Detwiler PW, Apostolides PJ,

Sonntag VKH: Biomechanical analysis of multilevel cervical corpectomy and plate

constructs. J Neurosurg (Spine 1) 99:98-103, 2003

27. Detwiler PW, Spetzler CB, Taylor SB, Crawford NR, Porter RW, Sonntag VKH:

Biomechanical comparison of facet-sparing laminectomy and Christmas tree

laminectomy. J Neurosurg (Spine 2) 99:214-220, 2003.

28. Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Lanzino G, Ferreira MAT, Gonzalez LF, Porter RW:

Salvage of advanced squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck: internal carotid

artery sacrifice and extracranial-intracranial revascularization. Neurosurgical Focus

14(3):Article 6, 2003.

29. Klopfenstein JD. Spetzler RF. Kim LJ. Feiz-Erfan I. Han PP, Zabramski JM. Porter RW.

Albuquerque FC. McDougall CG. Fiorella DJ. Comparison of routine and selective use

of intraoperative angiography during aneurysm surgery: a prospective assessment. J

Neurosurg 100(2):230-5, 2004.

30. Bambakidis NC, Gonzalez LF, Amin-Hanjani S, Deshmukh VR, Porter RW, Daspit PC,

Spetzler RF: Combined skull base approaches to the posterior fossa: Technical note.

Neurosurg Focus 19(2):E8, 2005.

31. Deshmukh V, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Use of “bonnet” bypass with radial artery

interposition graft in a patient with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma. Technical report

of two cases and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 56(ONS Suppl):202-207, 2005.

32. Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Ferreira MAT, Beals SP, Joganic EF:

Exposure of anteromedial skull base without a facial incision through a combined

craniofacial –transfacial procedure. Neurosurgery 56(1):28-35, 2005.

33. Feiz-Erfan I. Han PP. Spetzler RF. Porter RW. Klopfenstein JD. Ferreira MA. Beals SP.

Joganic EF. Exposure of midline cranial base without a facial incision through a

combined craniofacial-transfacial procedure. Neurosurgery. 56(1 Suppl):28-35;

discussion 28-35, 2005.

34. Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Horn EM, Klopfenstein JD, Porter RW, Ferreira MA,

Beals SP, Lettieri SC, Joganic EF: The radical transbasal approach for resection of

anterior and midline skull base lesions. J Neurosurg 103(3):485-490, 2005.

35. Gonzalez LF. Bristol RE. Porter RW. Spetzler RF. De novo presentation of an

arteriovenous malformation. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg

102(4):726-9, 2005.

36. Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Horn EM, Klopfenstein JD, Kim LJ, Porter RW,

Beals SP, Lettieri SC, Joganic EF: Preserving olfactory function in anterior craniofacial

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surgery through cribriform plate osteotomy applied in selected patients. Neurosurgery

57(1 Suppl):86-93, 2005.

37. Safavi-Abbasi S, Bambakidis NC, Zabramski JM, Workman R, Verma K, Senoglu M,

Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Nonvestibular schwannomas: An evaluation of functional

outcome after radiosurgical and microsurgical management. Acta Neurochir (Wien),

June, 2005.

38. Horn EM, Hott JS, Porter RW, Theodore N, Papadopoulos SM, Sonntag VKH:

Atlantoaxial stabilization with the use of C1-3 lateral mass screw fixation. Technical

note. J Neurosurg Spine 8:172-177, 2006.

39. Gonzalez LF, Lekovic GP, Eschbacher J, Coons S, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Are

cavernous hemangiomas of the cavernous sinus and cavernous malformations different

entities? Neurosurg Focus 21(6):E6, 2006.

40. Safavi-Abbasi S, Feiz-Erfan I, Spetzler RF, Kim L, Dogan S, Porter RW, Sonntag VKH:

Hemorrhage of cavernous malformations during pregnancy and in the peripartum period:

Causal or coincidence? Case report. Neurosurg Focus 21(1):E12, 2006.

41. Wanebo JE, Bristol RE, Porter RW, Coons SW, Spetzler RF: Management of cranial

base chondrosarcomas. Neurosurgery 58(2):249-255, 2006.

42. Bambakidis NC, Kakarla UK, Kim LJ, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Daspit CP, Spetzler RF:

Evolution of surgical approaches in the treatment of petroclival meningiomas: A

retrospective review. Neurosurgery 61(5, Suppl 2): 202-209, 2007.

43. Lekovic GP, Gonzalez LF, Shetter AG, Porter RW, Smith KA, Brachman D, Spetzler

RF: Role of Gamma Knife surgery in the management of pineal tumors. Neurosurg

Focus 23(6):E12, 2007.

44. Bambakidis NC, Kakarla UK, Kim LJ, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Daspit CP, Spetzler RF:

Evolution of surgical approaches in the treatment of petroclival meningiomas: A

retrospective review. Neurosurgery 62(6, Suppl 3): SHC 1182-1191, 2008.

45. Feiz-Erfan I, Spetzler RF, Horn EM, Porter RW, Beals SP, Lettieri SC, Joganic EF,

Demonte E: Proposed classification for the transbasal approach and its modifications.

Skull Base: An Interdisciplinary Approach 18(1):29-47, 2008.

46. Killory BD, Kresl JJ, Wait SD, Ponce FA, Porter RW, White WL: Hypofractionated

Cyberknife radiosurgery for perichiasmatic pituitary adenomas: Early results.

Neurosurgery, 64(2 suppl):19-25, 2009.

47. Crawford NR, Yuksel KZ, Dogan S, Villasana-Ramos O, Soto-Barraza JC, Baek S,

Porter RW, Marciano FF, Theodore N: Trajectory analysis and pullout strength of self-

centering lumbar pedicle screws. J Neurosurg Spine 10(5):486-491, 2009.

Updated 06/12/2015

48. Chang SW, Wu A, Gore P, Beres E, Porter RW, Preul MC, Spetzler RF, Bambakidis

NC: Quantitative comparison of Kawase’s approach versus the retrosigmoid approach:

Implications for tumors involving both middle and posterior fossae. Neurosurgery 64(3

Suppl):44-51, 2009.

49. Safavi-Abbasi S, Bambakidis NC, Zabramski JM, Workman R, Verma K, Senoglu M,

Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Nonvestibular schwannomas: an evaluation of functional

outcome after radiosurgical and microsurgical management. Acta Neurochir (Wien)

2010 152(1):35-46, 2010.

50. Crawford NR, Dogan S, Yuksel KZ, Villasana-Ramos O, Soto-Barraza JC, Sawa AG,

Porter RW, Marciano FF, Theodore N: In vitro biomechanical analysis of a new lumbar

low-profile locking screw-plate construct versus a standard top-loading cantilevered

pedicle screw-rod construct. Technical report. Neurosurgery 66(2):E404-6, 2010.

51. Kaibara T, Karahalios DG, Porter RW, Kakarla UK, Reyes PM, Choi SK, Yaqoobi AS,

Crawford NR: Biomechanics of a lumbar interspinous anchor with transforaminal lumbar

interbody fixation. World Neurosurg 73(5):572-577, 2010.

52. Turner JD, Williamson R, Almefty KK, Nakaji P, Porter R, Tse V, Kalani MY: The

many roles of microRNAs in brain tumor biology. Neurosurg Focus 28(1):E3, 2010.

53. de Oliveira JG, Lekovic GP, Safavi-Abbasi S, Reis CV, Hanel RA Porter RW, Preul

MC, Spetzler RF: Supracerebellar infratentorial approach to cavernous malformations of

the brainstem: surgical variants and clinical experience with 45 patients. Neurosurgery

66(2):389-99, 2010.

54. Karahalios DG, Kaibara T, Porter RW, Kakarla UK, Reyes PM, Baaj AA, Yaqoobi AS,

Crawford NR: Biomechanics of a lumbar interspinous anchor with anterior lumbar

interbody fusion. J Neurosurg Spine 12(4):372-380, 2010.

55. Kalani MYS, Kalani MA, Kalb S, Albuquerque FC, Nakaji P, Spetzler RF, Porter RW,

Feiz-Erfan I: Craniofacial approaches to large juvenile angiofibromas. J Neurosurg

Pediatrics; 8(1):71-78, 2011.

56. Cavalcanti DD, Martirosyan NL, Verma K, Safavi-Abbasi S, Porter RW, Theodore N,

Sonntag VK, Dickman CA, Spetzler RF: Surgical management and outcome of

schwannomas in the craniocervical region. J Neurosurg 114(5):1257-67, 2011.

57. Hu YC, Newman CB, Porter RW, Albuquerque FC: Transarterial onyx embolization of

sacral chordoma: case report and review of the literature. J Neurointervent Surg

3(1):85-87, 2011.

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58. Kalani MY, Kalb S, Perez-Orribo L, Porter R: Spinal instrumentation salvage after

surgical site infection post long-segment deformity correction. Acta Neurochir (Wien)

published online December 16, 2011; DOI: 10.1007/S00701-011-1249-1.

59. Tyree TL, Porter RW: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a case study. J American

Academy of Nurse Practitioners 24:286-289, 2012.

60. Yanamadala V, Williamson RW, Fusco DJ, Eschbacher J, Weisskopf P, Porter RW:

Malignant transformation of a vestibular schwannoma after gamma knife radiosurgery.

World Neurosurg published online April 2, 2012; DOI 10.016/J.WNEU.2012.03.016.

61. Kalani MYS, Kalb S, Martirosyan NK, Lettieri SC, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Feiz-Erfan

I: Cerebral revascularization and carotid artery resection at the skull base for treatment of

advanced head and neck malignancies. J Neurosurg published online October 19, 2012;

DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.JNS12332.

62. Uschold T, Panchmatia J, Fusco DJ, Abla AA, Porter RW, Theodore N: Subaxial cervical

justafacet cysts: single institution surgical experience and literature review. Acta

Neurochir (Wien) published online November 17, 2012; DOI: 10.1007/S00701-012-

1549-0.

63. Snyder LA, Kalb S, Kakarla UK, Porter RW, Kaibara T, Dickman CA, Theodore N:

Effects of anterior plating on clinical outcomes of anterior lumbar interbody fusion. J

Spinal Disord Tech published online December 3, 2012; PMID: 23222098.

64. Hardesty DA, Wolf AB, Brachman DG, McBride HL, Youssef E, Nakaji P, Porter RW,

Smith KA, Spetzler RF, Sanai N: The impact of adjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery on

atypical meningioma recurrence following aggressive microsurgical resection. J

Neurosurg published online February 8, 2013; PMID: 23394332/.

65. Kalani MY, Kalb S, MartirosyanNL, Lettieri SC, Spetzler RF, Porter RM, Feiz-Erfan I.

Cerebral revascularization and carotid artery resection at the skull base for treatment of

advanced head and neck malignancies. J Neurosurg 118(3):637-642, 2013; PMID:

23082880.

66. Snyder LA, Kalb S, Kakarla UK, Porter RW, Kaibara T, Dickman CA, Theodore N.

Effects of anterior plating on clinical outcomes of anterior lumbar interbody fusion. J

Spinal Disord Tech published online November 8, 2013; PMID: 23222098.

67. Uschold T, Panchmatia J, Fusco DJ, Abla AA, Porter RW, Theodore N. Subaxial

cervical juxtafacet cysts: single institution surgical experience and literature review. Acta

Neurochir (Wien) 155(2):299-308, 2013; PMID: 23160630.

68. Yanamadala V, Williamson RW, Fusco DJ, Eschbacher J, Weisskopf P, Porter RW.

Malignant transformation of a vestibular schwannoma after gamma knife radiosurgery.

World Neurosurg 79(3-4)593.e1-8, 2013; PMID: 22480982.

Updated 06/12/2015

69. Oppenlander ME, Wolf AB, Snyder LA, Bina R, Wilson JR, Coons SW, Ashby LS,

Brachman D, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Smith KA, Spetzler RF, Sanai N: An extent of

resection threshold for recurrent glioblastoma and its risk for neurological morbidity. J

Neurosurg 120(4):846-853, 2014; PMID: 24484232.

70. Kalb S, Fakhran S, Dean B, Ross J, Porter RW, Kakarla UK, Ruggieri P, Theodore N.

Cervical spinal cord infarction after cervical spine decompression surgery. World

Neurosurg 81(5-6):810-817, 2014; PMID: 23268196.

71. Oppenlander ME, Wolf AB, Snyder LA, Bina R, Wilson JR, Coons SW, Ashby LS,

Brachman D, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Smith KA, Spetzler RF, Sanai N. An extent of

resection threshold for recurrent glioblastoma and its risk for neurological morbidity. J

Neurosurg 120(4):846-853, 2014; PMID: 24484232.

72. Porter RW, Meeusen AJ, Grigaitis M. Memory when you need it most: review of

personalized video recording of doctor-patient consultations at a neurosurgical institution.

Neurosurgery 61 Suppl 1:205, 2014; PMID: 25032591.

73. Kalani MY, Cavallo C, Coons SW, Lettieri SC, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Feiz-

Erfan I. Long-tern follow-up of surgical resection of microcystic meningiomas. J Clin

Neurosci. 2015 Apr;22(4):713-7. Epub 2015 Feb 9. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.12.004.

PubMed PMID: 25819526.

74. Almefty KK, Porter RW. Rethinking traumatic brain injury. World Neurosurg. 2016

May;89:718-9. Epub 2016 Mar 26. Doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.03.072. PubMed PMID:

27020977.

Updated 06/12/2015

75. Oral Presentations

1. Biomechanical Comparison of One Versus Two Level Corpectomy, American

Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, April 24, 2001.

2. Cavernous malformations, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto,

Ontario, April 23, 2001.

3. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery , Boswell Hospital Grand Rounds, Sun City, AZ, February

14, 2001.

4. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Scottsdale Healthcare Grand Rounds, Scottsdale, AZ,

March 2, 2001.

5. Neurosurgical Emergencies, Internal Medicine Resident Grand Rounds, July 17, 2001.

6. Brain Stem Cavernous Malformations, BNI Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, March 3, 2001.

7. Gamma Knife for Acoustic Neuromas 1000th

Celebration, April 6, 2001.

8. Neurosurgical Emergencies, Grand Rounds, Boswell Hospital, Sun City, AZ, March 5,

2002.

9. Knifeless, Bloodless, Painless Brain Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute Nursing

Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, September 11, 2002.

10. Skull Base Program at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, September 9,

2002.

11. Cavernous Malformations of the Brainstem, North American Skull Base Meeting,

Memphis, TN, February 22, 2003.

12. Gamma Knife for Acoustic Neuromas, February 12, 2003.

13. Management of Skull Base Meningiomas, February 12, 2003.

14. Neurosurgical Aspects of NF and TS, 8th

Annual BNI/SJH Pediatric Neurosciences

Symposium, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, October 18, 2003.

15. Management of Acoustic Neuromas, 30th

Annual symposia, March 6, 2004.

16. Cyberknife vs. Gamma knife. Barrow Nursing Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, September,

2004.

Updated 06/12/2015

17. Advanced Fully Endoscopic Approaches or Standard Surgical Orbital zygomatic and

Posterior Petrosectomy Approaches. 17th

Annual North American Skull Base Society,

Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, February 16, 2006.

18. Radiosurgery for intracanalicular acoustic neuromas. Advanced Fully Endoscopic

Approaches or Standard Surgical Orbital zygomatic and Posterior Petrosectomy

Approaches. 17th

Annual North American Skull Base Society, Barrow Neurological

Institute, Phoenix, AZ, February 16, 2006.

19. Introduction to Gamma knife training program for neurotologists, oncologists, and

otolaryngologists, Phoenix, AZ, April 18-21, 2006.

20. Management of non-vestibular schwannomas with Gamma knife and Cyberknife

radiosurgery: A 7-year experience at the Barrow Neurological Institute. AANS,

September 15, 2006.

21. Porter RW (Moderator): Hearing outcomes after radiosurgery for vestibular

schwannoma: Comparison of Gamma knife and Cyberknife at a single institution.

Cyberknife Society Award, 7th

Annual Cyberknife User’s Meeting, January 23, 2008.

22. Slattery W, Chin L, Porter RW, Kondziolka D: Hearing Outcomes with vestibular

schwannomas. 6th

International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma, Los Angeles, CA,

June 30, 2011.

23. Extreme lateral interbody fusion: A minimally invasive alternative to degenerative disc

disease, scoliosis, and instability, Grand Rounds, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix,

AZ, February 18, 2010.

24. Theodore N, Porter R: Expanded Applications for XLIF (Extreme Lateral Interbody

Fusion, Cadaveric Lab and Discussion, Barrow Neurological Institute, February 19,

2010.

25. Minimally invasive spine surgery, BNI Symposium, Barrow Neurological Institute,

Phoenix, AZ, March, 2010.

26. Gamma Knife/Cyberknife, Acoustic Neuroma Conference, Los Angeles, CA, June 2011.

27. Modern management of acoustic neuromas, Grand Rounds, Barrow Neurological

Institute, Phoenix, AZ, September 16, 2011.

28. The Barrow Neurological Institute experience with stereotactic radiosurgery for

vestibular schwannomas: single vs. multiple fraction and hearing outcomes, 80th

Annual

Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Miami, FL.,

April 18, 2012.

Updated 06/12/2015

29. Acoustic tumor management, BNA Symposium, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix,

AZ, May 18, 2012.

30. The Agony and the Ecstacy: Acoustic Neuroma Case. Barrow Neurological Institute

Annual Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, May 16, 2013.

30. The Agony and the Ecstacy: Spinal Case. Barrow Neurological Institute Annual

Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, May 17, 2013.

31. Microsurgical Approaches for Giant Vestibular Schwannomas. 2013 Barrow Neuro-

Oncology Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ, September 13, 2013.

32. Remembering What the Doctor Said: A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective on Provider-Patient

Communication. Barrow Neurological Institute Grand Rounds, Phoenix, AZ, March 21,

2014.

33. Remembering What the Doctor Said: Review of a Single Surgeon’s Experience Video

Recording Doctor-Patient Visits Using The Medical Memory. American Association of

Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 8-9, 2014.

34. Helping Patients to Remember What the Doctor Said: A Surgeon’s Experience Recording

Doctor-Patient Visits. American Telemedicine Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore,

MD, May 19, 2014.

35. Lumbar Lateral Interbody Fusion. Biomet/Lanx Training Course Presentation, San

Diego, CA, August 22-23, 2014.

36. Memory When You Need It Most: Review of Personalized Video Recording of Doctor-

Patient Consultations at a Neurosurgical Institution. Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 18, 2014.

37. Best Practice for Acoustic Neuromas. Barrow Brain Tumor Symposium, Phoenix, AZ,

November 7, 2014.

38. Surgical Resection of Acoustic Neuromas: Comparison of Hearing and Facial Nerve

Outcomes between Primary and Redo Operations. North American Skull Base Society,

Tampa, FL, February 21, 2015.

39. NakajiNEXUS Presentation: Minimally Invasive Foraminotomy for Cervical

Radiculopathy. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2015.

40. Supplemental Interspinous Process Fixation in A/P/T/LLIF: 0-4 Year ODI Outcomes.

DSPN Spine Summit, 2016.

41. Doctor-Patient Communication from a Neurosurgeon’s Perspective. Stanford University

Common Good Conference. Health Technology Forum, 2016.

Updated 06/12/2015

Abstracts

Lawton MT, Porter RW, Heiserman JE, Jacobowitz R, Sonntag VKH, Dickman CA: Surgical

management of spinal epidural hematoma: relationship between surgical timing and outcome

(poster). AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Ft.

Lauderdale, FL, February 1994.

Porter RW, Lawton MT, Sonntag VKH, Detwiler PW, Dickman CA: Spinal epidural hematoma

after spine surgery (poster). AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral

Nerves. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, February 1994.

Romanelli DA, Porter RW, Dickman CA: Comparison of initial injury features in cervical spine

trauma C3-C7; predictive outcome with halo management (poster). Cervical Spine Research

Society. November 29 - December 2, 1994.

Lawton MT, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Contralateral approaches to aneurysms (poster). CNS,

San Francisco, CA, September 1995.

Porter RW, Johnson PC, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: The role of estrogen and progesterone

receptors in cavernous malformations (poster). Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Diseases, San

Antonio, TX, January 23-25, 1996.

Porter RW, Johnson PC, Vishteh AG, Spetzler RF: MIB1 Immunostaining of cavernous

malformations (poster). AANS, Minneapolis, MN. April 27- May 2, 1996.

Porter RW, Lawton MT, Beals SP, Joganic E, Spetzler RF: Transfacial approaches to

angiofibromas (poster). North American Skull Base Society, June 29-July 5, 1996, San Diego.

Porter RW, Lawton MT, Beals SP, Joganic E, Spetzler RF: Transfacial approaches to

angiofibromas (poster). Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, Telluride, CO, June 1996.


after spine surgery (poster). AANS, Minneapolis, MN. April 27-May 2, 1996.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Spetzler RF: The management and natural history of brain stem

cavernous malformations. Barrow Neurological Institute Grand Rounds, Phoenix, AZ, August

1996.


after spine surgery. Western Neurosurgical Society, Menele Bay, Island of Lanai, Hawaii,

September14-17, 1996.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW: Brain stem cavernous malformations. International Neurovascular

Symposium - Department of Neurosurgery, Clinica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile - August 22-24,

1996.

Updated 06/12/2015

Vishteh AG, Porter RW, Sonntag VKH, Dickman CA: Anterior thoracic lumbar plating.

AANS, Minneapolis, March 1996.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Treatment of cerebral vasospasm

following subarachnoid hemorrhage with cisternal urokinase and cisternal and super-selective

intra-arterial papaverine. AANS, Philadelphia, PA. April 25-30, 1997.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: De novo formation of central nervous

system cavernous malformations: implications for predicting risk of hemorrhage. Rocky

Mountain Neurosurgical Society, Jasper Park Lodge, Canada, June 26-30, 1997.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: The effect of de novo formation of

central nervous system cavernous malformations on the calculated risk of hemorrhage. CNS,

New Orleans, LA, September 27 - October 2, 1997.


following subarachnoid hemorrhage with cisternal and super-selective intra-arterial papaverine.

CNS, New Orleans, LA, September 27 - October 2, 1997.

Lawton MT, Porter RW, Coons SW, Ragsdale BD, Spetzler RF: Juvenile active ossifying

fibroma: experience with four cases. North American Skull Base Society, San Diego, CA, June -

July 1997.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Lawton MT, Derksen PT, Baskin JJ, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF:

Surgical approaches to brain stem cavernous malformations: experience with 100 cases. AANS,

Philadelphia, PA, April 25-30, 1997.

Porter RW, Coscarella E, Spetzler RF: Surgical approaches to brain stem cavernous

malformations. Societa Italiana di Neurochirurgia (Italian Congress of Neurosurgery), Bologna,

Italy, October 19-22, 1997.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Lawton MT, Baskin JJ, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Surgical

approaches to brain stem cavernous malformations (oral). CNS, New Orleans, LA, 1997.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Lawton MT, Strohschein B, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Surgical

approaches to 100 brain stem cavernous malformations. CNS, New Orleans, LA, September 27-

October 2, 1997.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Prendergast V, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Hemorrhage in pregnant

women harboring brain stem cavernous malformations. AANS, Philadelphia, PA, April 25-30,

1997.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Shetter AW, Henn JS, Spetzler RF: Facial pain due to brain stem

cavernous malformations. AANS, Philadelphia, PA, April 25-30, 1997.

Updated 06/12/2015

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Spetzler RF: Surgical approaches to brain stem cavernous

malformations. Barrow Neurological Institute Grand Rounds, Phoenix, AZ, September 1997.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Strohschein BL, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Magnetic resonance

imaging versus angiography in detecting venous malformations associated with brain stem

cavernous malformations. AANS, Philadelphia, PA, April 25-30, 1997.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Management of brain stem cavernous malformations.

Neurosurgery at Jackson Hole, Teton Village, Wyoming, February 22-26, 1997.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW: Cavernous malformations In deep locations. 11th International

Congress of Neurological Surgery, Amsterdam, July 6-11, 1997.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW: Surgical approaches to brain stem cavernous malformations. The

Fourth Annual Charles Drake Lecturer, The University of Virginia Health Sciences Center,

Department of Neurological Surgery - Charlottesville, VA, June 4-8, 1997.

Spetzler RF, Karahalios DG, Porter RW: Image guided surgery of vascular lesions. 11th

International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Amsterdam, July 6-11, 1997.

Detwiler PW, Partovi S, Porter RW, Fram E, Zabramski JM: The use of diffusion-weighted

magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of basal cistern neurocysticercosis. AANS,


Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Krutchman G, Rekate HL: Reduction of intracranial pressure

following unilateral optic nerve sheath fenestration in patients with pseudotumor cerebri. AANS,


Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Lumbar drain in intractable intracranial hypertension. International

Council of Motor Sport Sciences, Phoenix, AZ, November 16, 1998.

Detwiler PW, Smith KA, Porter RW: Minimal access stereotactic wand-guided, selective

amygdalohippocampectomy. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, Vail, CO, June 18, 1998.


amygdalohippocampectomy. Western Neurosurgical Society, Silverado Resort, Napa, CA,

September 12-15, 1998.


amygdalohippocampectomy. CNS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. October 3-8, 1998

Dickman CA, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Comparison of pedicle screws with anterior interbody

cages for single level lumbar spinal fusion. CNS, Seattle, WA, October 3-8, 1998.

Updated 06/12/2015

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Lawton MT, Derksen PT, Baskin JJ, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF:

Surgical approaches to brain stem cavernous malformations. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical

Society, Vail, CO, June 16, 1998.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Shetter AG, Spetzler RF: Facial pain due to brain stem cavernous

malformations. CNS, Seattle, WA, Oral Poster, Section on Pain I, October 5, 1998.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Hemorrhage in pregnant women

harboring brain stem cavernous malformations (oral). CNS, Seattle, WA, October 7, 1998.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Care of the spinal cord patient, Barrow Neurological Institute,

Nursing Symposium, March 1998.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Surgical management of spinal arteriovenous

malformations. XII Congress of the Brazilian Neurosurgical Society, September 6-11, 1998.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Surgical treatment of spinal arteriovenous

malformations. Barrow Neurological Institute Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, March 1998.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Surgical treatment of spinal arteriovenous

malformations. The Schnieder Lecture, AANS, Philadelphia, April 1998.

Spetzler RF (Visiting Professor), Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Spinal arteriovenous

malformations, Yale University, November 19, 1998.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Spinal vascular lesions: nomenclature and management.

The Bennett Lecture at Northwestern University; December 4, 1998.

Adams MS, Eleraky M, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Sonntag VKH: Ten year experience with

treatment of pediatric cervical spine injuries. Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and

Peripheral Nerves, Orlando, FL, February 10-13, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Alleyne CH Jr, Porter RW, Vishteh AG, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Rekate HL, Daspit

CP, Zabramski JM, Beals SP, Joganic EF, McDougall CG: Long-term survival of two patients

with skull base mucormycosis after aggressive resection by a multidisciplinary team (poster).

CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Henn JS, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Is the “dural tail” sign specific for

meningiomas? North American Skull Base Society, Chicago, IL, May 31, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Dickman CA: Preliminary results with thoracoscopic

sympathectomy: in-situ chain transection versus resection. Joint Section on Disorders of the

Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Orlando, FL, February 10-13, 1999.

Updated 06/12/2015

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Smith KA, Lemole MG, Han PP: Twenty-three month experience

with minimal access wand-guided selective amygdalohippocampectomy (oral poster). CNS,

Boston, MA, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Smith KA, Spetzler RF, Han PP, Lemole, GM Jr: Multimodality

treatment of skull-based meningiomas with combined surgical resection and Gamma knife

radiosurgery: Preliminary results (poster). CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Smith KA: Experience with minimal access stereotactic wand-guided

selective amygdalohippocampectomy. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, Coeur d’Alene,

ID, June 20-24, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Smith KA: Gamma knife radiosurgery of skull-based meningiomas as

a part of comprehensive surgical management. North American Skull Base Society meeting,

Chicago, IL, May 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Smith KA: Minimal access stereotactic wand-guided selective

amygdalohippocampectomy. North American Skull Base Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, May

1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Smith KA: Twenty-one month experience with minimal access

stereotactic wand-guided selective amygdalohippocampectomy. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical

Society, June 20-24, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Ayanzen RH, Heiserman JE, Vishteh AG, Han PP,

Zabramski JM: Postoperative management of intracranial aneurysms treated with titanium clips:

A prospective study using intracranial magnetic resonance angiography and conventional

cerebral angiography (oral poster). CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Ayanzen RH, Heiserman JI, Vishteh AG, Han PP,


A prospective study using intracranial magnetic resonance angiography and conventional

cerebral angiography. CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Lawton MT, Lemole GM Jr, Sonntag VKH, McDougall

CG: Surgical treatment of cervical spinal cord vascular fistulae and malformations: experience

over 16 years. Cervical Spine Research Society Meeting, Seattle, WA; December 16-18, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Lawton MT, Lemole GM Jr, Sonntag VKH, McDougall

CG: Surgical treatment of cervical spinal cord vascular fistulae and malformations: experience

over 16 years. Cervical Spine Research Society Meeting, Seattle, WA; December 16-18, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Lawton MT: Conus arteriovenous malformation:

proposal of a new type of spinal arteriovenous lesion. CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.

Updated 06/12/2015

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Stone C, Adams MS, Dickman CA: Eight and ten month follow-up

with thoracic sympathectomy: in situ chain transection vs. resection. CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.


following subarachnoid hemorrhage with cisternal urokinase and cisternal and super-selective

intra-arterial papaverine. North American Skull Base Society meeting, Chicago, May 1999.

Dickman CA, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Barrow

Neurological Institute Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, March 5, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Stone K, Adams MS, Dickman CA: Preliminary results with

thoracoscopic sympathectomy: In-situ chain transection versus resection (poster). AANS/CNS

Spine & Peripheral Nerves section, 1999.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Zabramski JM, Daspit CP: Cure of mucormycosis involving the

petrous bone and cerebral vasculature. North American Skull Base Society Meeting, Chicago,

May 1999.

Han PP, Beals SP, Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Feiz-Erfan, Joganic EF: Barrow

Neurological Institute experience with transfacial approaches to anterior skull base lesions. North

American Skull Base Meeting, October 19, 1999.

Han PP, Feiz-Erfan I, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Theodore N, Joganic EF, Beals

SP, Reiff J: Results of extracranial transfacial approaches to anterior skull base lesions. CNS,

Boston, MA, 1999.

Han PP, Shetter AG, Rogers CL, Fiedler JA, Smith KA, Feiz-Erfan I, Detwiler PW, Porter RW,

Speiser BL: Gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: the initial experience at the

Barrow Neurological Institute. CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.

Han PP, Spetzler RF, Feiz-Erfan I, Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Beals SP, Joganic E: Midline

transfacial approaches to the anterior skull base: The Barrow Neurological Institute Experience.

The 58th

Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, October 27-29, 1999.

Han PP, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Raudzens P, Feiz-Erfan I,

Yokum HA, Jahnke H: Results of intraoperative electroencephalographic monitoring in 627

microsurgical carotid endarterectomies done under general anesthesia with barbiturate

protection. CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.

Han PP, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Jahnke H: Microsurgical carotid

endarterectomy in 629 cases: the Barrow Neurological Institute experience from 1988-1997.

Joint Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery and American Society of

Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology Annual Meeting.

Updated 06/12/2015

Lemole GM Jr, Zubay GP, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Wallace D, Coons SW, Rekate HL: Gross

and histopathological brain stem changes associated with Chiari II malformation (oral). CNS,

Boston, MA, 1999.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Coons SW, Spetzler RF: Ganglioneurofibroma of the skull base.

North American Skull Base Society meeting, Chicago, IL May 1999.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Han PP, Feiz-Erfan I, Rekate HL, Spetzler RF: Cavernous

hemangiomas of the brain stem in the pediatric population (oral). CNS, Boston, MA, 1999.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Han PP, Feiz-Erfan I, Spetzler RF: Cavernous malformations

preceded by venous malformation four years later (poster). CNS, Boston MA, 1999.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Han PP, Spetzler RF: MRI evidence of a cavernous malformation

preceded by a venous malformation four years earlier. North American Skull Base Society

meeting, Chicago, IL, May 1999.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Lawton MT, Detwiler PW, Derksen PT, Baskin JJ, Zabramski JM,

Spetzler RF: Cavernous malformations of the brain stem: experience with 100 patients. North

American Skull Base Society meeting; Chicago, IL, May 1999.

Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Stone K, Adams MS, Gerber M, Dickman CA: Comparison of single

level fusion with pedicle screws versus anterior interbody fusion. AANS/CNS Joint Section on

Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, February

10-13, 1999.

Porter RW, Eleraky M, Detwiler PW, Han P, Sonntag VKH: Benign and malignant tumors of

the vertebral column (poster). CNS, Boston, MA, May, 1999.

Porter RW, Eleraky M, Detwiler PJ, Han PP, Sonntag VKH: Benign and malignant tumors of

the vertebral column. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, Coeur d’Alene, ID, June 20-24,

1999.

Porter RW, Eleraky M, Guest J, Apostolides PJ, Detwiler PW, Sonntag VKH: Traumatic central

cord syndrome: results of surgical management. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, Coeur

d’Alene, ID, June 20-24, 1999.

Smith KA, Fiedler J, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Combined surgical resection and gamma knife

radiosurgery of skull based meningiomas. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, Coeur

d’Alene, ID, June 20-24, 1999.

Sonntag VKH, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Cervical spondylosis: when is fusion indicated with

posterior decompression? Joint Section on Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, FL,

February 6-10, 1999.

Updated 06/12/2015

Sonntag VKH, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Autograft cervical fusion (discectomy, corpectomy,

with and without plates). Joint Section on Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, FL,

February 6-10, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Apostolides PJ, Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Vishteh AG, Han P, Zabramski JM:

How I do it: high risk carotid patients, AANS Breakfast Seminar, New Orleans, LA, April

28,1999.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Classification and treatment of spinal AVMs.

Olivecrona Lecture, Stockholm, Sweden, December 9, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Management of spinal arteriovenous malformations.

Venezuela Congress of Neurosurgery, May 12, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Spinal vascular lesions. Shelley N. Chou Lecture.

University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN, September 23, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Surgery for vascular lesions of the spinal cord.

University of California San Francisco First Annual Cerebrovascular Symposium, San Francisco,

CA, June 19, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Detwiler PW, Porter RW: Surgical treatment of spinal vascular lesions. Barrow

Neurological Institute Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, March 2, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Lemole GM Jr, Zabramski JM, Smith P, Schornak M:

Surgery for cavernous malformations of the brain stem. University of California San Francisco

First Annual Cerebrovascular Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 19, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Brain stem cavernous malformations. Grand rounds,

University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN, September 23, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Cavernous malformations. Barrow Neurological

Institute Women’s Board, Phoenix, AZ, February 12, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Management of cavernous malformations of the brain

stem. The Second Black Sea Countries Neurosurgical and the First East Mediterranean Countries

Joint Meeting, June 11, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Surgical management of brain stem cavernous

malformations: an update of 160 patients. Barrow Neurological Institute Symposium, Phoenix,

AZ, March 4, 1999.

Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW: Surgical management of brain stem cavernous

malformations: an update of 187 patients. Venezuela Congress of Neurosurgery, May 12, 1999.

Updated 06/12/2015

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Lawton MT, Sonntag VKH, McDougall CG:

Multidisciplinary treatment of cervical spinal cord vascular fistulae and malformations:

experience over 16 years. 2000 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine on Disorders of the Spine

and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting. February 23-26, 2000.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Lawton MT: Conus arteriovenous malformation:

proposal of a new type of spinal arteriovenous lesion. Recent Advances in Neurosurgery 26th

Annual Symposium, Phoenix, AZ March 2-4, 2000.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF, Ayanzen RH, Heiserman JE, Vishteh AG, Han PP,


a prospective study using intracranial magnetic resonance angiography and conventional cerebral

angiography. Recent Advances in Neurosurgery 26th

Annual Symposium, Phoenix, AZ March 2-

4, 2000.

Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Stone C, Adams MS, Dickman CA: Eight and ten month follow-up

with thoracoscopic sympathectomy: in-situ chain transection versus resection. Recent Advances

in Neurosurgery 26th


Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Stone K, Han PP, Dickman CA: One year follow-up with

thoracoscopic sympathectomy: in-situ chain transection versus resection. Submitted to the 2000

AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual

Meeting. February 23-26, 2000.

Han PP, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Dickman CA: Outcomes and complications of 179

thoracoscopic approaches to the thoracic spine (oral). Annual Meeting of the AANS, San

Francisco, CA, 2000.

Han PP, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Dickman CA: Outcomes and complications of 179

thoracoscopic approaches to the thoracic spine. AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine

and Peripheral Nerves, Palm Desert, CA, February 2000.


endarterectomy in 629 cases: The Barrow Neurological Institute Experience from 1988 to 1997.

AANS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2000,


endarterectomy in 629 cases: The Barrow Neurological Institute Experience from 1988 to 1997.

American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology Annual Meeting, New

Orleans, LA, February 2000.

Han PP, Shetter AG, Rogers CL, Fiedler JA, Smith KA, Feiz-Erfan I, Detwiler PW, Porter RW,

Speiser BL: Gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: the initial experience at the

Barrow Neurological Institute. Recent Advances in Neurosurgery 26th

Annual Symposium,

Phoenix, AZ March 2-4, 2000.

Updated 06/12/2015

Han PP, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Raudzens P, Feiz-Erfan I,

Yokum HA, Jahnke H: Results of intraoperative electroencephalographic monitoring in 627

microsurgical carotid endarterectomies done under general anesthesia with barbiturate

protection. Recent Advances in Neurosurgery 26th

Annual Symposium, Phoenix, AZ March 2-4,

2000.

Lemole GM Jr, Zubay GP, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Wallace D, Coons SW, Rekate HL: Gross

and histopathological brain stem changes associated with Chiari II malformation. Recent

Advances in Neurosurgery 26th


Porter RW, Detwiler PW, Han PP, Feiz-Erfan I, Rekate HL, Spetzler RF: Cavernous

hemangiomas of the brain stem in the pediatric population. Recent Advances in Neurosurgery

26th


Porter RW, Eleraky MA, Guest JD, Apostolides PJ, Detwiler, PW, Sonntag VKH: Traumatic

central cord syndrome: results of surgical management. Recent Advances in Neurosurgery 26th


Theodore N, Gonzalez LF, Spetzler CB, Porter RW, Zubay G, Hott J, Dickman CA, Sonntag

VKH: Vertebral coccidioidal infection: The Barrow Neurological Institute Experience (oral).

CNS, San Antonio, TX, 2000.

Theodore N, Gonzalez LF, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Zubay G, Hott J, Dickman CA, Sonntag

VKH: Vertebral coccidioidal infection: The Barrow Neurological Institute experience. Rocky

Mountain Neurosurgical Society 35th

Annual Meeting, Alyeska, Alaska, June 24-28, 2000 .

Ayanzen RH, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Wallace RC, Spetzler RF, Heiserman JE:

Quantification of titanium aneurysm clip artifacts: prediction of detectable minimum recurrent

aneurysm size. Western Neuroradiological Society 2000

Zubay GP, Riina H, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Acute sialadenitis from positioning during skull

base surgery (poster). CNS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2001.

Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Beals SP, Joganic EF: The combined single-

stage bifrontal craniotomy with fronto-orbitonasal osteotomy and Le Fort I osteotomy for access

to the entire anterior skull base. CNS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2001.

Porter RW, Sonntag VKH: Atlantis plating system: a constrained and nonconstrained system

(poster). AANS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2001.

Porter RW, Crawford NR, Chamberlain RH, Park SC, Detwiler PW, Apostolides PJ, Sonntag

VKH: Biomechanical analysis of multi-level cervical corpectomy and plating constructs (poster).

AANS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2001.

Hyag WC, Porter RW, Detwiler P, Sonntag VKH: Floating lumbar fusion. AANS 63rd

Annual

Meeting, November 14-17, 2001.

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Zabramski, JM, Detwiler PW, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Management of patients presenting on a

delayed basis after aneurismal rupture with severe symptomatic vasospasm (poster).

Cerebrovascular Section, Hawaii, 2001.

Bristol RE, Wanebo J, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Skull base chordoma and chondrosarcoma:

outsomes after radiosurgery (poster). CNS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.

Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Beals SP, Joganic EF: The combined single-


to the entire anterior skull base. North American Skull Base Society, San Diego, February 2002.

Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Gonzalez F, Porter RW: Value of extra-to-intracranial (EC-

IC) bypass surgery using a saphenous vein graft and carotid sacrifice to resect squamous cell

carcinomas (SCCS) of the skull base, 13th

Annual Meeting, North American Skull Base Society,

San Diego, CA, February, 2002.

Porter RW, Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Beals SP, Joganic EF: The combined single-


to the entire anterior skull base. 13th

Annual Meeting, North American Skull Base Annual

Meeting, San Diego, CA, February, 2002.

Porter RW, Feiz-Erfan I, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Hemorrhage in pregnant women

harboring brain stem cavernous malformations. North American Skull Base Society, 13th

Annual

Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 16-19, 2002.

Porter RW: Elekta Gamma Knife Course, Barrow Neurological Institute, Gamma Knife

Radiosurgery for Acoustic Neuromas, Phoenix, AZ April 24, 2002.

Porter RW: New Frontiers in Radiosurgery. Grand Rounds, Barrow Neurological Institute.

Phoenix, AZ, March 22, 2002.

Wanebo JE, Porter RW, Gabikian P, Spetzler RF: Skull base chordomas. NASBS 13th

Annual

Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 16-19, 2002.

Brachman DG, Porter RW, Fiedler JA, Speiser BL: Combined gamma knife and intensity

modulated radiotherapy for intracranial and skull base tumors: a report of 21 cases using an

emerging technique. North American Skull Base Society Meeting, Memphis, TN, February 22,

2003

Bristol RE, Porter RW, Dickman CA: Thoracoscopic resection of paraspinal granular cell

tumor: a novel approach. AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2003.

Deshmukh VR, Hsu F, Gerber MS, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Use of the “bonnet” bypass with

radial artery interposition graft in a patient with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the skull

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base: case report and review of literature. North American Skull Base Society, Memphis, TN,

February 22, 2003.

Deshmukh VR, Porter RW, Hsu F, Gerber MS, Spetzler RF: Use of the “bonnet” bypass with

radial artery interposition graft in a patient with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the skull

base: case report and review of literature. AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2003.

Feiz-Erfan I, Ferreira MAT, Horn EM, Albuquerque FC, Porter RW: Spontaneous regression of

an indirect carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) associated with a clival fracture. AANS Annual

Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2003.

Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Ferreira MAT, Horn EM, Beals SP, Joganic EF:

Long-term outcome and complications after resection of high-grade anterior midline skull base

malignancies. AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2003.

Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Ferreira MAT, Klopfenstein JD, Beals SP,

Joganic EF: The radical transbasal approach for resection of midline anterior skull base lesions.

CNS, Denver, CO., 2003.

Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Porter RW, Ferreira MAT, Klopfenstein JD, Beals SP,

Joganic EF: Experience with the radical transbasal approach in resection of extensive benign

anterior skull base tumors. Presented at NASB, Memphis, TN, February 22, 2003.

Horn EM, Bristol RE, Gore P, Porter RW, McDougall CG, Spetzler RF, Kaufman BA:

Development of a previously undetected cerebral arteriovenous malformation. AANS Annual

Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2003.

Klopfenstein JD, Spetzler RF, Zabramski JM, McDougall CG, Albuquerque F, Porter RW, Kim

LJ, Han PP, Feiz-Erfan I: Selective vs. routine use of intraoperative angiography during

aneurysm surgery: a prospective assessment. AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2003.

Porter RW, Feiz-Erfan I, Spetzler RF: The risk of hemorrhage of brain stem cavernous

malformations during pregnancy. AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2003.

Porter RW, Feiz-Erfan I, Spetzler RF: Vascular bypass in skull base surgery. The Arizona

Society of Otolaryngology. Phoenix, AZ, April 26, 2003

Porter RW, Feiz-Erfan I, Detwiler, Spetzler RF: Brainstem cavernous malformations in

pregnancy. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA, April 2003

Porter RW, Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Spetzler RF, Gonzalez F: Value of extracranial-to-intracranial

(EC-IC) bypass surgery using saphenous vein graft with carotid sacrifice for complete resection

of squamous cell carcinoma involving the skull base. AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA,

2003.

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Porter RW, Lee I, Fiedler J, Feiz-Erfan I, Brachman D: Hearing outcomes of patients with

vestibular schwannomas undergoing gamma knife. Presented at NASB, Memphis, TN, February

22, 2003.

Porter RW, Lee I, Fiedler J, Feiz-Erfan I, Brachman D: Hearing outcomes of patients with

vestibular schwannomas undergoing gamma knife. AANS 2003 Annual Meeting, San Diego,

CA.

Porter RW, Lee I, Fiedler JA, Feiz-Erfan I, Brachman DA, Symms M, Daspit CP: The influence

of cochlear dose in gamma knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas. North American

Skull Base Society Meeting, Memphis, TN, February 22, 2003

Porter RW, Syms M, Daspit CP, Feidler JA, Feiz-Erfan I: Poor hearing outcomes after gamma

knife for vestibular schwannomas. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego,

CA, April 2003

Deshmukh VR (presenter), Porter RW, Zabramski JM, Albuquerque FC, McDougall CG,

Spetzler RF: Skull base approaches in the management of tentorial dural arteriovenous fistulae.

15th

Annual Meeting North American Skull Base Society, Astor Crowne Plaza, New Orleans,

LA, February 14-17, 2004.

Feiz-Erfan I (presenter), Han PP, Spetzler RF, Klopfenstein JD, Porter RW, Beals SP, Joganic

EF: Preservation of olfaction in anterior craniofacial surgery through cribriform plate osteotomy.

15th

Annual Meeting North American Skull Base Society, Astor Crowne Plaza, New Orleans,

LA, February 14-17, 2004.

Kresl JJ, Pueschel JK, Porter RW, Yan ES, McDermott MW, Sneed PK: Surgical resection &

postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for single brain metastases, ASTRO 2004

Lekovic GP, Porter RW, Kresl J, Shetter A, Barranco D: The initial 12-month experience with

Cyberknife at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Congress of Neurological Surgery, San

Francisco, CA, 2004.

Bambakidis NC (presenter), Kakarla UK, Gore PA, Gonzalez LF, Kim LJ, Nakaji P, Porter

RW, Daspit CP, Spetzler RF: Alternative surgical approaches in the treatment of petroclival

meningiomas (Abstract #47). NASBS, 2005.

Crawford NR, Papadopoulos SM, Porter RW, Dickman CA: Experimental protocol:

biomechanical comparison of cervical intervertebral disc prostheses, in progress.

Feiz-Erfan I (presenter), Horn EM, Zabramski JM, Klopfenstein JD, Kim LJ, Bristol RE,

Lekovic GP, Gore PA, Partovi S, Theodore N, Porter RW: Incidence and pattern of

neurovascular injury associated with trauma to the skull base.

Gore P, Porter RW: Surgical outcomes with midline intraventricular GBM (digital poster).

CNS, 55th

Annual Meeting, October 8-13, Boston, MA, 2005.

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endarterectomy in 629 cases: the Barrow Neurological Institute experience from 1988 – 1997.

Joint Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, New Orleans, LA,

February, 2005.

Horn EM, Hott J, Porter RW, Theodore N, Papadopoulos S, Sonntag VKH: Initial series of

atlantoaxial subluxation using a unique C1-C3 lateral mass screw fixation technique (poster).

Barrow Neurological Institute Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona.

Porter RW: Cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute:

Preliminary experience with the first one hundred patients (digital poster), CNS 55th

Annual

Meeting, October 8-13, Boston, MA.

Willsey BS, Kresl J, Porter RW, Swenson V, Thomas T: Retrospective review of Gamma Knife

stereotactic radiosurgery (Gamma Knife) with and without whole brain radiation in the treatment

of brainstem metastases. AANS, New Orleans, April, 2005.

Harvey A, Porter RW, Lekovic GP, Daspit CP: A retrospective analysis of vestibular

schwannoma tumors treated with Gamma knife radiosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute

(poster). CNS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2006.

Wanebo JE, Bristol RE, Porter RW, Coons SW, Spetzler RW: Management of cranial base

chondrosarcomas. 32nd

Annual Barrow Symposium, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ,

February, 2006

Porter RW: Hearing preservation and acoustic neuromas. 17th

Annual NASBS Scientific

Meeting, Barrow Neurological Institute, February 16, Phoenix, AZ, 2006.

Little AS, Lekovic GP, Porter RW, Shetter AG, Treiman DM, Smith KA: Functional

stimulation mapping using subdural cortical electrodes prior to resection of suspected low-grade

gliomas in eloquent cortex. AANS, April 15, Washington, DC, 2007.

Porter RW, Weisskopf P, Kresl JJ: Hearing outcomes after radiosurgery for vestibular

schwannoma: Comparison of Gamma knife and Cyberknife at a single institution (best paper

award), CNS award, January, 2008.

Porter, RW: The telovelar approach to fourth ventricle cavernous malformations (poster).

AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 26 to May 1, 2008.

Lekovic GP, Gonzalez LF, Porter RW, de Oliveira J, Spetzler RF: Surgical management of

cavernous malformations of the brainstem presenting in childhood. AANS, April 29, 2008.

Cavalcanti DD, Safavi-Abbasi S, Reis CVC, Verma K, Sonntag VKH, Dickman CA, Porter,

RW, Spetzler RF: Craniocervical schwannomas: the Barrow Neurological Institute Experience

(poster). CNS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, September 20-25, 2008.

Updated 06/12/2015

deOliveria JG, Lekovic GP, Safavi-Abbasi S, Reis CVC, Hanel RA, Porter RW, Pruel MC,

Spetzler RF: Supracerebella infratentorial approach to brainstem cavernous malformations

(poster). CNS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, September 20-25, 2008.

Porter, RW: Surgical management of brainstem cavernous malformations (poster). AANS

Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 28, 2009.

Porter RW: Surgical management of cavernous malformations of the brainstem presenting in

childhood (poster). AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 29, 2009.

Kumar UK, Reyes PM, Porter RW, Kaibara T, Yaqoobi AS, Karahalios DG, Crawford NR:

Biomechanics of a lumbar interspinous anchor with TLIF (poster), AANS, San Diego, CA, May

2-6, 2009.

Porter RW: Hearing outcomes after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas: Gamma Knife

versus Cyberknife, AANS, San Diego, CA, May 4, 2009.

Porter RW: Biomechanics of a lumbar interspinous anchor with anterior lumber interbody

fusion. XIV World Congress of Neurological Surgery of the World Federation of Neurological

Societies, Boston, MA, August 30-September 4, 2009.

Lemole GM Jr, Porter RW: Choose your weapons! Treating acoustic neuromas. North

American Skull Base Society, 20th

Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October, 2009.

Porter RW: Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSR) for vestibular schwannoma.

Neurofibromatosis Type 2: State of the Art, Bally’s, Las Vegas, NV, May 2-4, 2010.

Porter RW: CyberKnife® radiosurgery for treatment of vestibular schwannoma: Hearing

outcomes and tumor control (digital poster). 2010 CNS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA,

October 16-21, 2010.

Yashar M, Kalani S, Feiz-Erfan I, Kalani MA, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Craniofacial

approaches to large juvenile angiofibromas (abstract), 2010 CNS Annual Meeting, San

Francisco, CA, October 16-21, 2010.

Porter RW, Killory B, Wait S, Garrett M: Fractionated Stereotactic robotic radiosurgery for

treatment of vestibular schwannoma: hearing outcomes and tumor control (abstract). 2010 CNS

Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 16-21, 2010.

Uschold TD, Panchmatia J, Abla AA, Porter RW, Theodore N: Presentation and management

of cervical juxtafacet cysts: single-center series (abstract). 2010 CNS Annual Meeting, San

Francisco, CA, October 16-21, 2010.

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Kalb S, Dean B, Porter RW, Martirosyan N, Theodore N: Cervical spine cord infarct after

decompression surgery (oral presentation), St. Joseph’s Academic Excellence meeting, Phoenix,

AZ, April, 2011.

Kalb S, Dean B, Porter RW, Martirosyan N, Theodore N: Cervical spine cord infarct after

decompression surgery. CNS, 2011, Washington DC, October 2011.

Yashar M, Kalani S, Feiz-Erfan I, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Spetzler RF: Craniofacial JNAs. 21st

North American Skull Base Society, Scottsdale, AZ February, 2011 (oral presentation).

Porter RW, Garrett M, Woznica J: Lumbar microdisectomy outcomes in patients ages twenty-

one and under. AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix,

AZ, March 9-12, 2011.

Porter RW: Lumbar microdiscectomy outcomes in teens and young adults (poster). AANS

Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, April 9-13, 2011.

Porter RW: Hearing outcomes with vestibular schwannomas. International Advisory Board for

the Sixth International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma, Los Angeles, CA, June 30, 2011.

Porter RW: New onset cranial nerve deficits after cyberknife radiosurgery for complex skull

base meningiomas. CNS Neurosurgical Forum, October 1-6, Washington, DC, 2011.

Porter RW, Woznica J, Lefevre R: Hearing preservation in patients who have undergone

cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of vestibular schwannomas. 2011 CNS Annual

Meeting, October 1-6, Washington, DC, 2011.

Porter RW, Meeusen AJ: Remembering what the doctor said: review of a single surgeon’s

experience recording doctor-patient visits using The Medical Memory. AANS 2014 Annual

Scientific Meeting, April 5-9, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

Porter RW, Meeusen AJ: What the doctor said: review of a single surgeon’s experience video

recording doctor-patient visits. 2014 American Telemedicine Association Annual Meeting, May

18-20, Baltimore, MD, 2014.

Porter RW, Meeusen AJ, Grigaitis M: Memory when you need it most: review of personalized

video recording of doctor-patient consultations at a neurosurgical institution. 2014 CNS Annual

Meeting, October 18-22, Boston, MA, 2014.

Bohl M, Clark J, Meeusen AJ, Porter RW, Spetzler R: The Barrow Randomized OR Traffic

(BRITE) Trial: an observational study on the effect of OR traffic on infection rates. 2014 CNS

Annual Meeting, October 18-22, Boston, MA, 2014.

Porter RW, Meeusen AJ: Surgical Resection of Acoustic Neuromas: Comparison of Hearing

and Facial Nerve Outcomes between Primary and Redo Operations. Journal of Neurological

Surgery – Part B, Vol. 76 Suppl. S1:S43-S44.

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Faculty Courses

1. Prosector – “Surgical Approaches to Spinal AVMs” - Live 3D Course with Robert F.

Spetzler, MD, AANS, Philadelphia, 1998.

2. American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology – “Frameless stereotactic resection

of tumors – a live cadaveric dissection,” October 1998.

3. Advanced Trauma Life Support - 1997, 1998, 1999.

4. North American Skull Base Society – Approaches to the Skull Base: Practical Course

5. The Orbitozygomatic Approach, Scottsdale, AZ, March 16, 1999 (invited).

6. AANS and CNS Section on Tumors, Resident member, 2000

7. 27th

Annual Symposium: Breakthroughs in Neuroscience Neurosurgery, Phoenix, AZ,

March 1-3, 2001.

8. Principles and Practice of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, BNI, Phoenix, AZ April 22-26,

2002.

9. Cyberknife versus Gamma knife, Barrow Nursing Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, September

9, 2004.

10. Midwestern University – AZCOM Preceptor – October-December, 2005

11. Robotic Radiosurgery Course, Dana Point, CA, November 15, 2008.

12. Natural History and Management of Acoustic Neuromas, 2008 Skills in Neurosurgery,

Education for Neurosurgery Residents, Barrow Neurological Institute, October 3-4, 2008.

13. Transpetrosal approaches, 2008 Skills in Neurosurgery, Education for Neurosurgery

Residents, Barrow Neurological Institute, October 3-4, 2008.

14. The cervical spine. 2008 Skills in Neurosurgery, Education for Neurosurgery Residents,

Barrow Neurological Institute, October 3-4, 2008.

15. The business side of neurosurgery 2008 Skills in Neurosurgery, Education for

Neurosurgery Residents, Barrow Neurological Institute, October 3-4, 2008.

16. Minimally invasive lumbar fusion and discectomy, 2008 Skills in Neurosurgery,

Education for Neurosurgery Residents, Barrow Neurological Institute, October 3-4, 2008.

17. Current management of acoustic neuromas, 35th

Annual Barrow Symposium, Innovations

in Neuroscience, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, March 6, 2009.

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18. Minimally Invasive Discectomy and Decompression, 2009 Neurosurgery Residents

Education, Miami, FL, March 7, 2009.

19. Timberline® Advanced Lateral Course, Biomet Skills Academy Medical Innovations and

Training Institute, Las Vegas, NV, March 15, 2014.

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Research Grants

Biggs C, Porter RW, Scheck AC, Smith K: “Resistance of human malignant brain tumor cells to

radiation treatment by Gamma and CyberKnife” - $25,000 – Barrow Neurological Institute

Women’s Board – Applied, 2000

Porter RW, Gore P: Neuropsychological sequelae of non-dominant and dominant superior

parieto-occipital lobule approaches - $60,000 – Barrow Neurological Foundation and the

Women’s Board.

Porter RW: Gamma Knife and CyberKnife projects exploring resistance of malignant cells to

radiation, Barrow Neurological Institute Women’s Board, $25,000, 2004.

Shapiro W (Principle Investigator), Smith K, Porter RW, Nakaji P, Shetter A: Peregrine Cotera

Study for Recurrent GBMs - $2500.00 – Barrow Neurological Institute, 2009.

Porter RW: Effects of personalized recorded video discharge instructions on recall, satisfaction,

and readmission rates - $52,000 – Barrow Neurological Institute Women’s Board (via Strata),

2015-16

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Randomized Trials

“A prospective, randomized clinical investigation of recombinant human bone morphogenic

protein-2 and compression resistant matrix with the CD Horizon Spinal System for posterior

lateral lumbar fusion in patients with symptomatic degenerative disc disease.” June 2002

Porter RW: Gamma knife radiosurgery for the palliative management of post-herpetic neuralgia

and other syndromes of intractable facial pain targeting the centromedian nucleus and trigeminal

nerve 2004

A multicenter study to evaluate the DuraSeal™ dural sealant system as an adjunct to sutured

dural repair during cranial surgery 2004

Dickman CA (principle investigator), Bambakidis NC, Porter RW, Theodore N: A multi-center,

prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing cervical arthroplasty to ACDF for the

treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease, “DePuy Spine, Inc (sponsor), 2006.

Harrington T, Sonntag VKH (co-principal investigators), Porter RW: A double-blind,

randomized single center evaluation of platelet-rich plasma on bone formation and rate of fusion

on VG2 allograft bone. IRB#01BN082 (closed, April 2007).

Dickman CA (principal investigator), Porter RW: AMPLIFY™ rhMBP-2 matrix trial follow-up

extension: A pivotal prospective, randomized clinical investigation of recombinant human bone

morphogenetic protein-2 and compression-resistant matrix with the CD Horizon® Spinal System

for posterolateral lumbar fusion in patients with symptomatic degenerative disc disease.

IRB#02BN014 (closed, May 2010).

Kris Smith (principal investigator), Porter RW: Carmustine wafers and gamma knife

radiosurgery followed by conformal external beam radiotherapy in the initial treatment of gross

total resected supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme. IRB#02BN034 (closed September, 2000).

Dickman C (principal investigator), Crandall D, Marciano F, Papadopoulos S, Porter RW,

Slaughter D, Sonntag VKH (all co-investigators): Modification name: Continued access arm of a

study of safety and effectiveness of the Bryan™ cervical disc prosthesis in the treatment of

degenerative disc disease study of . IRB#02BN039 (revised, 2005).

Porter RW (principal investigator): Gamma knife radiosurgery for the palliative management of

post-herpetic neuralgia and other syndromes of intractable facial pain targeting the centromedian

nucleus in combination with the trigeminal nerve. IRB#3BN081 (closed June, 2000).

Kresl J, Porter RW (co-principal investigators): Retrospective review of stereotactic

radiosurgery (Gamma knife) vs. whole brain radiation therapy in the treatment of brain stem

metastases. IRB#04RT044.

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Speiser B, Brachman D (principal investigators): Phase V GilaSite® radiation therapy system

(RTS) registry protocol for the treatment of respectable malignant brain tumors. IRB#03RT062

(closed December, 2007).

Theodore N (principal investigator): OP1 putty (HDE# Ho20008) IRB#04BN051 (closed July

2007).

Shapiro W (principal investigator): A multicenter phase II study of TP-38 in those patients with

glioblastoma multiforme who have recurred or progressed after previous resection and radiation

therapy and are scheduled for gross total resection. IRB#04BN068 (closed, July 2007).

Porter RW (principal investigator): A retrospective analysis of patients undergoing Cyberknife

radiosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. IRB#04BN083 (closed April 2005).

Ashby L (principal investigator): Temozolomide as neoadjuvant and chemo-radiotherapy

following resection and GLIADEL wafer placement in patients with newly diagnosed high-grade

glioma. IRB#04BN098 (ongoing).

Nakaji P (principal investigator): Radiological biological, and molecular characteristics of

meningiomas: A prospective research database. IRB#06BN017 (closed, December 2010).

Porter RW (principal investigator), Theodore N: A multi-center, prospective, randomized

controlled trial comparing cervical arthroplasty to ACDF for the treatment of cervical

degenerative disc disease, “DePuy Spine, Inc (sponsor) IRB#06BN048 (10/13/08).

Porter RW: A post-approval study of the Bryan Cervical Disc device at a single level for

symptomatic cervical degenerative disc disease, FDA approval, Medtronic, May 12, 2009

IRB#10BN033.

Freeman D, Emmanuel M, Kaibara T, Porter R: A retrospective multi-center case series of the

Aspen™ Spinous Process System. IRB#08BN143, 2009.

Hunsley S, Chang S, Porter RW, Nakaji P, Spetzler RF: TC-2402-038-SP: Tacho Sil® versus

current practice in dura sealing techniques for the prevention of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid

(CSF) leaks in patients undergoing skull base surgery: An open label, randomised, controlled,

multi-center parallel group efficacy and safety trial, 2009.

Sanai N (principal investigator), Albuquerque F, Barranco D, Bristol R, Chang S, Dickman CA,

Kaibara T, Kakarla K, Little A, McDougall C, Nakaji P, Papadopoulos S, Porter RW, Shetter A,

Smith K, Spetzler RF, Theodore N, Wanebo J, White W, Zabramski J, Abla A, Almefty K,

Almefty R, Clark J, Consiglieri G, Cronk K, Fusco D, Garrett M, Germain R, Kalani Y, Kalyvas

J, Killory B, Lochhead R, Mahan M, Mirzadeh Z, Moom K, Oppenlander M, Ponce F, Snyder L,

Turner J, Uschold T, Wait S, Williamson R, Wilson D, Zaidi H: The Barrow 5-ALA

Intraoperative Confocal Evaluation (BALANCE) Trial. IRB#10BN132, 2010.

Updated 06/12/2015

Moseley T, Lopez J, Dewey P, Porter R: Cellular characterization of autograft bone and bone

marrow aspirate, “NuVasive, Inc (sponsor) IRB#11BN016, 2011.

Porter R, et al: Diagnosis of pathologic brain and spinal cord specimens with ex vivo confocal

microscopy: comparison to standard histological diagnosis, IRB#10BN130, 2016.

Updated 06/12/2015

Experimental Protocols

Theodore N, Porter RW, Villasana O, Soto JC, Crawford NR: In vitro biomechanical analysis

of RPS versus standard lumbar pedicle screw fixation.

Theodore N, Porter RW, Soto JC, Villasana O, Crawford: Trajectory analysis and pullout

strength of RPS self-centering lumbar pedicle screws.

Crawford NR, Porter RW: Biomechanical evaluation of a lumbar interspinous fusion device

with ALIF.

Crawford NR, Porter RW: Fatigue loosening of a lumbar interspinous anchor.

Sanai N (principal investigator), Spetzler RF, Nakaji P, Smith K, Theodore N, Porter RW,

White W, Kaibara T, Chang S, Porter S: OMPI Pentero with option Pivot (sponsor – Carl Zeiss

Surgical GmbH, Oberkochen, Germany).

Porter RW, Nakaji P: A comparison of outcomes in patients with vestibular schwannoma

tumors treated with Gamma knife and CyberKnife radiosurgery (IRB#07BNI130), 12/1/07-

12/31/09.

Porter RW (principal investigator): A retrospective analysis of vestibular schwannoma tumors

treated with Gamma knife radiosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute. IRB#06BN046

(revisions requested 10/26/06).

Porter RW: Proposal for standardization of reporting results related to management of acoustic

neuromas.

Porter RW (principal investigator), Lekovic G, Horn E, Biggs C, Gibson A, Theodore N,

Sonntag VKH: Stereotactic radiosurgery for traumatic spinal cord injury.

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