NicholasRobertMetrusMD

Neurology • Summit, NJ

Neurooncology

Neuro Oncologist

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Office
99 Beauvoir Avenue
Fifth Floor
Summit, NJ 07901

Summary

Dr. Nicholas Metrus is a neurologist/neuro-oncologist with Atlantic
Medical Group Neuroscience Associates. He is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of patients
with brain tumors and conditions of the central nervous system. Dr. Metrus is part of a medical team
that works together to provide exceptional personalized care for every patient using a multidisciplinary
and comprehensive approach. His commitment to individualized care includes designing and
overseeing each patient’s treatment plan, which can include any combination of chemotherapy, target
therapy, and immunotherapy.

Throughout his medical education, Dr. Metrus devoted his time to cutting-edge research and
publishing his work on topics such as paraneoplastic disorders, tumefactive multiple sclerosis, and
clinical trial enrollment, to name a few. He has also published book chapters on ependymomas and
advances in clinical trial design for brain tumors. He pursed his fellowship training in neuro-oncology
at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he was the 2018 recipient of a research grant, the William
James Miller Endowed Fellowship Award, for his work in Guillain Barre Syndrome following stem
cell transplants, and again in 2019 for his description of unique presentations of cancer in the brain.
His research on hypermutator gliomas has been presented at national and international medical
conferences. Dr. Metrus earned his medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean and
went on to complete his residency in neurology at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Dr. Metrus is a participating provider of the Atlantic Accountable Care Organization.

Education & Training

University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsResidency, Neurology, 2013 - 2016
American University of the Caribbean School of MedicineClass of 2013

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2017 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

William James Miller Endowed Fellowship Award MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2017-2018, 2018-2019

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Pseudoabducens palsy mimicking myasthenia gravis
Bing Liao, Rafael Rodriguez, Nicholas R. Metrus, Carlos Kamiya-Matsuoka
BMJ Case Reports. 2015-03-02

Journal Articles

RMB10 truncation in astroblastoma in a patient with history of mandibular ameloblastoma: a case report.
Majd N, Metrus NR, Santos-Pinheiro F, Trevino CR, Fuller GN, Huse JT, Chung C, Letonen L, Anderson MD, Penas-Prado M, Cancer Genetics, 2/2019
The natural course of hypermutator gliomas.
Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Metrus NR, Shaw KR, Penas-Prado M, Weathers SS, Loghin ME, Alfaro-Munoz K, Yuan Y, O’Brien BJ, Harrison RA, Yung WKA, Meric-Bernstam F, De Groot JF, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 5/20/2018
Prognosis and outcomes in ependymal tumors
Metrus N, Cachia D, Int J Med Biol Front., 2016
Pseudoabducens palsy mimicking myasthenia gravis
Liao B, Rodriguez RM, Metrus NR, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, BMJ Case Rep, 3/2/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

Brain Tumor Surgery
Chapter: Clinical Trials in Glioblastoma: Familiar Obstacles and New Approaches.
Metrus N, Yung WKA.Edition 2,
Ependymomas: Prognostic Factors, Treatment Strategies and Clinical Outcomes.
Chapter: Prognosis and outcomes in ependymal tumors.
Metrus N, Cachia D.Nova Science Publishers, New YorkEdition 1,2016

Abstracts/Posters

Improvement of leptomeningeal disease following infectious meningitis
Metrus NR, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Weathers S, Seligman C, O’Brien B, Society of Neuro Oncology, Phoenix, AZ, 11/2019
Is immuno-oncology therapy effective in hypermutator glioblastomas with somatic or germline mutations?
Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Metrus NR, Weathers S, Shaw KR, Penas Prado M, Loghin M, Alfaro-Munoz K, Obrien B, Majd M, Yung WKA, Meric F, Hambardzumyan D, De Groot J, ESMO, Barcelona, Spain, 2019
Isolated CNS blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm in a patient with AML
Metrus NR, Harrison R, Ferguson S, Weathers S., American Academy of Neurology, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Analysis of challenges to accrual in clinical trials for newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
Metrus NR, Daher A, Harrison RA, Majd N, Maraka S, Nam JY, Trevino C, Weathers S, O’Brien B, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Loghin M, Alfaro K, Hunter K, Yung WKA, de Groot J, Pen..., Society of Neuro Oncology, New Orleans, LA, 2018
Clinical outcomes of hypermutator glioblastomas treated with immunotherapy.
Metrus NR*, Kamiya-Matsuoka C*, Shaw KR, Penas-Prado M, Weathers SS, Loghin ME, Alfaro-Munoz K, Yuan Y, O’Brien BJ, Harrison RA, Yung WKA, Meric-Bernstam F, De Groot JF, ASCO, Chicago, IL, 2018
Guillain Barre Syndrome following stem cell transplant: a single institution five-year retrospective study.
Metrus N, Gatson N, Pillainayagam C, Woodman K., American Academy of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Glioblastoma that arises from tumefactive multiple sclerosis
Johnson J, Metrus N, Kamiya Matsuoka C., American Academy of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Paroxysmal singultus as the result of brainstem histoplasmosis.
Metrus N, Johnson J, Kamiya Matsuoka C., American Academy of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Idiopathic Spinal Cord Compression in a patient with newly diagnosed tuberculosis.
Agashe S, Fang X, Campbell G, Metrus N., American Academy of Neurology, Boston, MA, 2017
Stiff person syndrome complicated by bilateral femur fractures in a breast cancer patient
Metrus N, Tummala S, Penas-Prado M, Woodman K, Loghin M, Chen M, O’Brien B, American Neurological Association, Baltimore, MD, 2016
Isolated transient forced gaze deviation as initial presentation of anaplastic oligodendroglioma
Metrus N, Shah R, Fang, X., American Neurological Association, Baltimore, MD, 2016
Low cumulative dose propofol precipitating propofol infusion syndrome in intracranial hemorrhage patient.
Metrus N, Dabi A., American Neurological Association, Baltimore, MD, 2016
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