Gazanfar Rahmathulla MD FACS, FCNS, MBA (He/Him)

PubMed

• Guideline summary review: An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of adults with neoplastic vertebral fractures.
  Charles H Cho, Steven W Hwang, Daniel J Mazanec, John E O'Toole, William C Watters 3rd
  The Spine Journal. 2025-03-26
• Guideline summary review: An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of adults with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
  Charles H Cho, Steven W Hwang, Daniel J Mazanec, John E O'Toole, William C Watters 3rd
  The Spine Journal. 2025-01-31
• Letter: Incisional Wound Vacuum-Evaluation of Wound Outcomes in Comparison With Standard Dressings for Posterior Spinal Fusions in Traumatic Patients.
  Cathleen C Kuo, Julian Gendreau, Nolan J Brown, Yusuf Mehkri, Gazanfar Rahmathulla
  Operative Neurosurgery. 2023-07-01

Journal Articles

• Spine fusion cross-link causing delayed dural erosion and CSF leak  
  Rahmathulla G, HG Deen, J Neurosurg Spine, 1/30/2015
• Commentary in Surgical Neurology International on the article �Intraosseous angiolipoma of the cranium: Case report and review of literature  
  G Rahmathulla, Surg Neurol Int, 1/1/2014
• Cerebral Radiation necrosis: a review of pathology, diagnosis and management  
  Rahmathulla G, Marko NF, Weil RJ, Journal of Clinical Neurosciences, 1/14/2013
• Surgical briefings, checklist and the creation of an environment of safety in the Intraoperative MR Suite  
  Rahmathulla G, Recinos PF, Traul DE, Avitsian R, et al, Neurosurg Focus, 1/1/2012
• Laser Interstitial thermal therapy for focal cerebral radiation necrosis: case report and review of literature  
  Rahmathulla G, Recinos PF, Valerio JE, Chao S, Barnett GH, Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 1/1/2012
• The molecular biology of brain metastasis: a review  
  Rahmathulla G, Toms SA, Weil RJ, J Oncol, 1/1/2012
• Brainstem tumors: Current management and future directions  
  Recinos PF, Rahmathulla G, Jallo G, Recinos VR, Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2012
• Vein of Galen Malformation: Epidemiology, Clinical presentation, Management  
  PF Recinos, Rahmathulla G, et al, Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 1/1/2012
• Rare case of Salmonella enteritidis abscess following glioblastoma (GBM) resection: Case report and review of literature  
  Sait M, Rahmathulla G, Lee Chen T, Barnett GH, Surgical Neurology International, 1/1/2011
• Intraoperative high field MRI in neurosurgery � our initial experience with the �Brain Suite�  
  Jha AN, Rahmathulla G, Vaishya S, Walia BS, Gupta V, Neurology India, 1/1/2011
• Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis Mimicking a Ruptured Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report and Literature Review  
  Nayil Khursheed, G Rahmathulla, M Chugh and A N Jha, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2010
• Effect of alternative temozolomide schedules on glioblastoma O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase activity and survival  
  Robinson CG, Palomo JM, Rahmathulla G, McGraw M, Donze J, Liu L, and Vogelbaum MA, British Journal of Cancer, 1/1/2010
• Transient Oculomotor Nerve Palsy after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Due To Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm  
  AA Wani,.., G Rahmathulla, The Internet Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2008
• Spine Instrumentation: Assessment of morbidity related to 250 cases  
  G Rahmathulla, R Prasad, Apollo Medicine, 1/1/2005
• Minimally invasive endoscopic pituitary surgery  
  R Prasad, G Rahmathulla, S Sachdeva, Apollo Medicine, 1/1/2005
• Minimally invasive endoscopic pituitary surgery  
  Prasad R, Rahmathulla G, Sachdeva S, Apollo Medicine, India, 2005
• Spine Instrumentation: Assessment of morbidity related to 250 cases  
  Rahmathulla G, Prasad R, Apollo Medicine, India, 2005
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Books/Book Chapters

• Intraoperative Neuromonitoring 
  Chapter: Monitoring in Intradural spine tumor surgery 
  Rahmathulla G, Recinos P F, Recinos V R, Jallo G IEditors: Loftus C M, Biller J, Baron E M.McGraw Hill, New York
• Intraoperative Monitoring 
  Chapter: Monitoring in Intradural Spinal Tumor Surgery 
  Loftus, Biller, and BaronEditors: G Rahmathulla, PF Recinos, Recinos, GI Jallo.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2014
• Manual of Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Navigation in Brain and Spinal Surgery 
  AN Jha, G RahmathullaEditors: Ravi Ramamurthi and PN Tandon.JP medical publishers, India2014
• Manual of Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Operation theatre for Neurosurgery 
  G Rahmathulla, AN JhaEditors: Ravi Ramamurthi and PN Tandon.JP medical publishers, India2014
• Anesthesia for Otolaryngologic Procedures 
  Chapter: 12. Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery 
  Rahmathulla G, Weil R J, Traul DEditors: Abdelmalek, Doyle.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK2013
• Textbook of Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Operation theatre in Neurosurgery 
  Rahmathulla G, Jha A NEditors: Ramamurthi R, Tandon P N.JP Press, IndiaEdition 3,2012
• Textbook of Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: i. Navigation in Brain and Spine Surgery 
  Jha A N, Rahmathulla GEditors: Ramamurthi R, Tandon P N.JP Press, IndiaEdition 3,2012
• Textbook of Uncommon Cancer 
  Chapter: Craniopharyngiomas 
  Rahmathulla G, Park J, Barnett G HEditors: Raghavan D.Oxford Press, LondonEdition 4,2012
• Anesthesia for Otolaryngologic Procedures 
  Chapter: Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery 
  G Rahmathulla, RJ Weil, D TraulEditors: Abdelmalak and Doyle.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom2012
• Textbook of Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Navigation in Brain and Spine Surgery 
  AN Jha, G RahmathullaEditors: Ravi Ramamurthi and PN Tandon.JP medical publishers, India2012
• Textbook of Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Operation theatre for Neurosurgery 
  G Rahmathulla, AN JhaEditors: Ravi Ramamurthi and PN Tandon.JP medical publishers, India2012
• eBook Chapter: Controversies in Neuro-Oncology (Avastin and Malignant Gliomas) 
  Chapter: Neurosurgical implications of Avastin 
  Page 107 - 110Rahmathulla G, Vogelbaum M AEditors: Chen T C, Chamberlain M.Bentham Science Publishers, Oak Park, Il2009
• CME PUBLICATION FOR Neurological Society of India 2007, DECEMBER 
  Chapter: Intraoperative MRI : patients who need it and those who do not 
  Rahmathulla G, Jha A N, et alEditors: Rajashekhar V, Kalyan B.Byword books Pvt, New Delhi, IndiaEdition 2007,2007
• Controversies in Neuro-Oncology (Avastin and Malignant Gliomas) 
  Chapter: Neurosurgical implications of Avastin 
  Page 107 - 110G Rahmathulla, MA Vogelbaum
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Abstracts/Posters

• Trends in Civilian Penetrating Brain Injury: A review of 26,871 patients
  David Skarupa, �. Gazanfar Rahmathulla, et al, 31st Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 1/11/2018
• Delayed Paraplegia Following Conservative Management for Incomplete Burst Fracture
  W Clifton, D Tavanaiepour, G Rahmathulla, American Spinal Injury Association Annual meeting, 1/3/2018
• Antibiotics for drains after traumatic spine instrumentation are not prophylactic or therapeutic
  David J. Skarupa, Firas G. Madbak, David J. Ebler, Albert T. Hsu, Don W. Johnson Pharm, Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Andrew J. Kerwin, Marie L. Crandall, AAST meeting, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 1/1/2018
• Halo Vest Immobilization - An Institutional Review Of Safety And Effectiveness In Acute Cervical Spine Injury From 2013 To 2016
  Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Laura McLauchlin, Dunbar Alcindor, Carlos Arce, Daryoush Tavanaiepour, 35th annual National Neurotrauma conference, Snowbird, UT, 1/10/2017
• HALO Vest Immobilization Causing Distraction in Traumatic Occipital Atlanto-Axial Dissociation
  G Rahmathulla, Laura McLauchlin, CNS meeting, Boston, MA, 1/8/2017
• Comparisons of cross-sectional lumbar pedicle fill when placing screws with navigation versus free hand technique
  SM. Pirris, EW. Nottmeier, G Rahmathulla, MC. O'Brien, MA. Pichelmann, CNS meeting, Boston, MA, 1/19/2014
• Tumor Progression in Patients Receiving Adjuvant Whole-Brain Radiotherapy vs. Localized Radiotherapy After Surgical Resection of Brain Metastases
  J Hsieh, P Elson, B Otvos, J Rose, C Loftus, G Rahmathulla, L Angelov, G Barnett, R Weil, MA Vogelbaum, CNS meeting, 1/1/2013
• Laser interstitial therapy (LITT) for focal cerebral radiation necrosis
  G Rahmathulla, PF Recinos, JE Valerio, S Chao, GH Barnett, Neurological Institute Research day, Cleveland Clinical, 1/24/2012
• Surgical vs. Minimally invasive approaches to the management of adult Craniopharyngiomas
  G Rahmathulla, PF Recinos, GH Barnett, Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/6/2012
• Glioblastoma in the elderly: the Cleveland clinic experience (1992 � 2010)
  HS Bawa, N Hashemi-Sadraei, JH Suh, G Stevens, G Rahmathulla, ST Chao, TM Tekautz, P Elson, DM Peerboom, L Angelov, R Weil, MA Vogelbaum, G Barnett, MS Ahluwalia, Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/8/2011
• Cervico-thoracic spine radiosurgery: Evaluating dose constraints on Adjacent Organs at Risk
  G Rahmathulla, et al, Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, 1/1/2011
• Treatment of cerebral radiation necrosis with Bevacizumab: The Cleveland Clinic Experience
  M Ahluwalia, N Hashemi-Sadraei, G Rahmathulla, et al, Society of Neuro-oncology Annual meeting, Orange County, CA, 1/1/2011
• Prognostic factors in patients with WHO grade 3 gliomas: the Cleveland Clinic experience
  N Hashemi-Sadraei, H S Bawa, A Satra, G. Rahmathulla, M Patel, G Stevens, T M Tekautz, L A Rybicki, D M Peerboom, J H Suh, R Weil, M A Vogelbaum, G Barnett, M S Ahluwalia, Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2011
• Impact of Cervico-Thoracic region Spine Radiosurgery on adjacent Organs at Risk
  G Rahmathulla, T Djemil, M Khan, M Burdick, Sam Chao, T Emch, L Angelov, American Society of Radiation Oncology annual meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/31/2010
• Minimally invasive therapeutic strategy for Adult Craniopharyngiomas
  . Rahmathulla, et al, Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/17/2010
• Adult Craniopharyngiomas � an alternative approach to a �baffling� problem
  G. Rahmathulla, G Barnett, Neurological Society of India annual meeting, Jaipur, India, 1/1/2010
• Effects of the RTOG 0525 dose-intense Temozolomide schedule on GBM-MGMT activity and overall survival in an Orthotopic Xenograft model
  C Robinson, J M Palomo, G. Rahmathulla, et al, Joint Meeting of SNO & AANS/CNS Section of Tumors; Neuro-oncology, New Orleans, LA, 1/22/2009
• Can small-molecule Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors alter signaling in gliomas? Evaluation of the ability of Erlotinib to achieve clinically relevant tissue concentration in...
  C Robinson, J M Palomo, G.Rahmathulla, et al, Joint Meeting of SNO & AANS/CNS Section of Tumors; Neuro-oncology, New Orleans, LA, 1/22/2009
• MR characterization of Cotton patty and surgicel during Intraoperative MR imaging
  A N Jha, G.Rahmathulla, et al, Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, Orlando, FL, 1/20/2008
• Consecutive aneurysms treated with embolization as first choice of treatment: Management outcomes
  A N Jha, V Gupta, M Chugh, G Rahmathulla, CNS, 1/1/2008
• Intraoperative high-field MRI in glioma surgery: assessment of volume reduction and surgical outcome
  G Rahmathulla, A N Jha, B Walia, S Vaishya, et al, 4th South Asian Neurosurgical Congress, IHC, New Delhi, India, 1/15/2007
• Intraoperative MRI with navigation: Our experience and outcomes with brain shift in Glioma surgery
  A N Jha, G Rahmathulla, et a, CNS, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2007
• Intraoperative high-field (1.5T) MRI for Pituitary adenomas � our initial experience
  G Rahmathulla, S Vaishya, et al, Skull Base Conference, PGI, Chandigarh, India, 1/15/2006
• A rare case report of bilateral cavernous sinus lymphoma metastasis
  G Rahmathulla, NSI, Madurai, India, 1/1/2006
• Retrobasia of Clivus A Rare Entity
  K Verma, G Rahmathulla, et al, NSI, Madurai, India, 1/1/2006
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Lectures

• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri syndrome) 
  1/21/2018
• �It�s not just a �Cranioplasty�, lessons learned 
  Ponte Vedra, FL - 1/31/2017
• An interesting case of central cord syndrome 
  Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL - 1/6/2017
• Devastating complication of en-bloc Chordoma resection at L4 following a CSF leak� 
  Scottsdale, AZ - 1/1/2014
• History of Neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic 
  Jaipur, India - 1/1/2010
• Clinical Translation Therapeutics � from bench to bedside 
  Lucknow, India - 1/1/2009
• Minimal invasive treatment of pituitary adenomas by endoscopic surgery 
  Mumbai, India - 1/1/2006
• Surgery for Cervical Disc Prolapse:� Results of Cervical Fusion & Plating 
  1/1/2005
• Spinal Instrumentation: Assessment of morbidity with 240 consecutive cases 
  Bangalore, India - 1/1/2005
• Carotid Endarterectomy for Extra-cranial Carotid Occlusive Disease 
  Cochin - 1/1/2002
• Meningioma excision under low flow state and hypothermia 
  1/1/2002
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Other

• Intraoperative MRI : patients who need it and those who do not 
  G Rahmathulla, AN Jha, et al, Neurological Society of India
  1/1/2007
• Intraoperative MRI and Image Guided Neurosurgery 
  G Rahmathulla, AN Jha, et al, Neurological Society of India
  1/1/2006