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Pediatric Neurosurgery

Faculty and Staff Member Subspecialty Interest(s) Appointment Phone Address
McAllister, Pat, PhD - Professor, Director of Research Brain damage, neuroprotection, and recovery in animal models of hydrocephalus; bioengineering advances to improve treatments for hydrocephalus (313) 993-9294
(313) 993-0913

Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
University Health Center,Suite 6E
4202 St. Antoine
Detroit, MI 48201
Steven D. Ham, DO - Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery Pediatric neurosurgery, General neurosurgery (313) 833-4490 Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien

Detroit, MI 48201
Sandeep Sood, MD - Staff Pediatric Neurosurgeon Pediatric neurosurgery, Epilepsy surgery, Pediatric brain tumors, Hydrocephalus, Endoscopic surgery, Craniofacial surgery, Spinal dysraphism (313) 833-4490 Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien

Detroit, MI 48201
Holly Gilmer-Hill, MD - Staff Pediatric Neurosurgeon Adult and pediatric peripheral nerve surgery, Pediatric neurosurgery (313) 833-4490 Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien

Detroit, MI 48201
 
Alexa I. Canady, MD - Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery (Retired)   (313)745-9515 Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien

Detroit, MI 48201
 
Martin Schuhmann, MD, PhD, Visiting Scholar Intracranial pressure monitoring and control in hydrocephalus; improved diagnostic tools for infection and pressure control; mechanisms of brain injury and recovery (313) 833-4490 Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurochirurgie
Fockestr. 11
04275, Leipzig, Germany
Yuchuan Ding, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor Motor learning in infantile hydrocephalus; cerebral blood flow and ischemia; exercise-induced neuroprotection; role of inflammation in brain damage (313) 577-1372

Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lande Medical Research Building, Room48
550 East Canfield Detroit, MI 48201

Janet Miller, PhD-Lab Manager Gliosis and genetic changes in neonatal hydrocephalus; reversible brain damage after shunting; development of novel models of communicating hydrocephalus (313) 577-1303 Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lande Medical Research Building, Room48
550 East Canfield Detroit, MI 48201
Ramin Eskandari-MS- Medical Student Changes in neuronal connections in hydrocephalic animals and recovery after shunting (313) 993-9269 Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lande Medical Research Building, Room48
550 East Canfield Detroit, MI 48201
Jie Li , MD - Research Associate Development of novel models of communicating hydrocephalus and analysis of CSF flow; implantable sensors; reducing infection and cell adhesion in shunts (313) 577-0545 Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lande Medical Research Building, Room48
550 East Canfield Detroit, MI 48201
Anupam Gupta , MD - Research Associate Clinical studies of children with hydrocephalus; clinical trials of shunt valves (313) 993-0913 Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
4201 St. Antoine, UHC-6E, Detroit, MI 48201
Carolyn Black, BS - Research Assistant and Graduate Student Development of shunt coatings to reduce cell adhesion and infection; cell culture and animal studies (313) 993-9269 Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lande Medical Research Building, Room48
550 East Canfield Detroit, MI 48201
Katherine Kotz – Clinical Study Coordinator & Research Assistant Clinical studies of children with hydrocephalus; clinical trials of shunt valves (313) 993-0913 Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
4201 St. Antoine, UHC-6E, Detroit, MI 48201
Kelley Deren, BS - Research Assistant and Graduate Student Study the effects of shunt malfunctions in neonatal hydrocephalic brains and analyze the gliotic response; development and animal testing of shunt coatings to reduce infection and cell adhesion. (313) 993-9269 Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lande Medical Research Building, Room48
550 East Canfield Detroit, MI 48201
Jennifer Brock , BS- Research Assistant Clinical research on the CODMAN Bactiseal catheter study evaluating a majority pediatric population

(313) 993-0913

(313)745-5817

Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
University Health Center,Suite 6E
4202 St. Antoine
Detroit, MI 48201
Joel W. Parraghi, BS- Student Assistant Development and animal testing of hydrocephalus behavior and CSF flow. (313) 993-9269 Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lande Medical Research Building, Room48
550 East Canfield Detroit, MI 48201
Yandong Zhou , MS - Research Assistant Development of patient databases for clinical research; website design (313) 993-9269 Department of Neurological Surgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lande Medical Research Building, Room48
550 East Canfield Detroit, MI 48201

Collaborators

Faculty and Staff Member Subspecialty Interest(s) Appointment Phone Address
Marion Walker, MD-Professor General Pediatric Neurosurgery
Management of Hydrocephalus
(801) 588 3400 Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Primary Childrens Medical Center
Suite 1475
Salt Lake City, Utah 84113
Miles Johnston, MD-Professor   (416) 480-5700 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue, Suite S1 11
Toronto, ON M4N 3M5
Michael Egnor, MD-Professor Pediatric Tumors, Hydrocephalus, Arnold-Chiari Malformations, Tethered Spinal Cords (631) 444-1210
Department of Neurosurgery
HSC T-12
Room 080
University Medical Center
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Mark Wagshul, PhD-AssistantProfessor Utilizing MRI techniques for better understanding, diagnosing and treating disease. (631) 444-9563  
Erin McCormack, PhD Student     emccorma@ic.sunysb.edu
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Gregory W. Auner, PhD-Professor Design and fabrication of nanoscale neural sensors and stimulators (313) 577-3904
Room 3111, ENG
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI 48201
Simon Ng, PhD-Professor Design and fabrication of polymer coatings, self-assembled monolayers, and antibiotic impregnated silicone; drug release coatings for neural implants (313) 577-3805 1123 ENG
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Mohammed Islam, PhD-Professor   (734) 647-9700 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan
1110 EECS
1301 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
William Grever, PhD Tissue culture studies of cell adhesion on silicone   Children’s Research Center of Michigan, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien, Detroit, MI 48201
Anfeng Wang, PhD-     Engineering Building 1124
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Xuemei Liang, PhD- Development of bioengineering methods and materials to reduce infection and cell adhesion on shunts (313) 577-5021 Engineering Building 1124
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Haiying Tang, BS-PhD Student Development of hydrophobic polymers and self-assembled monolayers to resist cell adhesion on silicone (313) 577-3528 Chemical Engineering Department
Wayne State University
Engineering Building, Room 2322
5050 Anthony Wayne Dr.
Detroit, MI 48202
Ting Cao, BS, PhD-Student Atomic Force Microscopy studies of cell adhesion on silicone (313) 577-3528 Chemical Engineering Department
Wayne State University
Engineering Building, Room 2322
5050 Anthony Wayne Dr.
Detroit, MI 48202