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Office
20 Prospect Ave
Suite 907
Hackensack, NJ 07601Phone+1 201-342-2550Fax+1 201-342-7171
Education & Training
- Oregon Health & Science UniversityFellowship, Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery, 2000 - 2001
- Auckland Hospital Department of Neurosurgeryspecialist registrar in neurosurgery, neurosurgery, 1999 - 1999
- Derriford Hospital Department of NeurosurgerySpecialist Registrar in Neurosurgery, neurosurgery, 1998 - 1999
- University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1994 - 1999
- University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 1997 - 1998
- University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Neuropathology, 1996 - 1997
- University of Virginia Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1993 - 1994
- University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 1993
- Wesleyan UniversityB.A., 1985 - 1989
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2001 - Present
- OR State Medical License 2000 - Present
- NY State Medical License 2003 - 2026
- NJ State Medical License 2002 - 2025
- VA State Medical License 1993 - 2000
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best Doctor New Jersey Monthly, 2012
- Most Compassionate Doctor Consumer Research Council, 2010
- Patient Choice Award Consumer Research Council, 2010
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Clinical Trials
- A Study of a Retroviral Replicating Vector Combined With a Prodrug Administered to Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 114 citationsComplications of posterior lumbar interbody fusion when using a titanium threaded cage deviceW J Elias, Nathan E. Simmons, George J. Kaptain, J B Chadduck, Richard Whitehill
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2000-07-01 - 23 citationsAllele-specific DNA methylation is increased in cancers and its dense mapping in normal plus neoplastic cells increases the yield of disease-associated regulatory SNPsCatherine Do, Emmanuel L. P. Dumont, Martha Salas, Angelica Castano, Huthayfa Mujahed
Genome Biology. 2020-06-29 - 22 citationsTranssphenoidal approaches for the extracapsular resection of midline suprasellar and anterior cranial base lesions.George J Kaptain, David A Vincent, Jason P Sheehan, Edward R Laws Jr
Neurosurgery. 2008-06-01
Journal Articles
- Non-surgical approach to Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Failure and PneumoventricleTavanaiepour K, Kaptain GJ, JSM Neurosurg Spine, 1/1/2015
- Management and implication of intra-operative cerebrospinal fluid leak in transnasoseptal transsphenoidal microsurgeryKaptain GJ, Kanter AS, Hamilton DK, Laws ER, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2011
- Surgucal management of low back painKaptain GJ, Journal or Neurosurgery, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Management and implications of intra-operative cerebrospinal fluid leak in transeptal transsphenoidal surgeryHamilton DK, Kaptain GJ, Kanter A, Laws ER, 59th Annual meeting of the congress of neurological surgeons, 1/1/2009
- Proton beam for skull base chordoma and chondrosarcoma: Ten year experience with 130 patientsJohnson WD, Kaptain GJ, Loredo LN, Grove RI, Slater JD, 52nd Annual meeting of the congress of neurological surgeons, 1/1/2002
- A quantitative analysis of the utility of clinoidectomy in obtaining proximal control of the basilar apex from a temporopolar approachKaptain GJ, Anderson G, McMenomey SO, Delashaw JB, 47th annual meeting of the Western Neurological Society, 1/1/2001
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Lectures
- Diagnosis and management of hydrocephalus in the first and third worldBergen Community College, Paramus, NJ - 1/1/2015
- The Neurosurgical Patient: Assesment of complications causing decline in consciousnessMountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ - 1/1/2015
- Surgical Management of GliomaHackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ - 1/1/2015
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Press Mentions
- John Theurer Cancer Center Treats First Patient in U.S. With Investigational New Treatment for Brain CancerMarch 28th, 2022
- Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation Celebrates Formal Investiture of Samuel A. Goldlust, M.D.December 4th, 2017
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Other Languages
- Spanish, Greek
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