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15th Floor, South Tower, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine3400 Civic Center BoulevardPhiladelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-3487
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Summary
- I am a board-certified neurosurgeon whose clinical practice encompasses epilepsy surgery, deep brain stimulation, and the resection of brain tumors in and around eloquent brain. I also run a laboratory focused on rebuilding brain circuitry after injury and translating CNS-based gene therapies.
Education & Training
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2007 - 2014
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2007
Harvard UniversityAB, Biochemical Studies, Summa Cum Laude, 1998 - 2002
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2014 - 2025
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 52 citationsStructural and functional integration of human forebrain organoids with the injured adult rat visual system.Dennis Jgamadze, James T Lim, Zhijian Zhang, Paul M Harary, James Germi
Cell Stem Cell. 2023-02-02 - 8 citationsAxonal Tract Reconstruction Using a Tissue-Engineered Nigrostriatal Pathway in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease.Laura A Struzyna, Kevin D Browne, Justin C Burrell, Wisberty J Gordián Vélez, Kathryn L Wofford
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022-11-12 - 12 citationsTissue-engineered grafts exploit axon-facilitated axon regeneration and pathway protection to enable recovery after 5-cm nerve defects in pigs.Douglas H Smith, Justin C Burrell, Kevin D Browne, Kritika S Katiyar, Mindy I Ezra
Science Advances. 2022-11-04
Authored Content
- The Effect of Underlying Liver Disease on Perioperative Outcomes Following Craniotomy for Tumor: An ACS-NSQIP AnalysisApril 2018
Press Mentions
Human Brain Organoids Integrated into Rats to Repair Injuries in Their Visual Processing SystemsFebruary 3rd, 2023
Grant Support
- Research Training Program in Disease-Oriented Neuroscience (R25)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2009–2029
- Chronic Versus Acute Transplantation of Neural Tissues for TBI-Induced Cortical InjuriesUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2021–2026
- Chronic versus acute transplantation of neural tissue for TBI-induced cortical injuriesNINDS/NIH2021–2026
Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Epilepsy SocietyMember
- American Society of Stereotactic and Functional NeurosurgeryMember
- Congress of Neurological SurgeonsMember
- International Society for Stem Cell ResearchMember
- Society for NeuroscienceMember
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
External Links
- Penn Neurosurgeryhttps://www.pennmedicine.org/departments-and-centers/neurosurgery
- Chen Labhttps://www.med.upenn.edu/chenlab/
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