RobertE.GrossMDPhD

Epilepsy Surgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD Henry Rutgers Professor of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience Chair of Neurosurgery Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New Jersey Medical School Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Senior Vice President for Neurosurgical Services, RWJBarnabas Health Adjunct Professor and Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory Univ

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Office
10 Plum Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone+1 732-235-5777

Summary

Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD is the Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New Jersey Medical School, both part of Rutgers University, which he joined in 2023. He is the Henry Rutgers Professor of Neurosurgery and also holds an appointment in the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology. He is an expert in the surgical treatment of epilepsy, movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, tremor and dystonia, depression and other disorders. Previously he was at Emory University for 22 years, where he was director of the Division of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Vice-chair of the department, as well as director of the Emory MD/PhD program. Dr. Gross has maintained an active clinical and NIH - funded laboratory-based research program for 25 years. He has been a participant and leader of many clinical trials for epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and depression, and is a frequent national and international lecturer and course faculty in each of these areas. Advancing medical knowledge of how neural stimulation works well—and doesn’t work well—has been the goal of Dr. Gross’ research for 25 years; his latest R01-grant–supported research seeks to understand how current neuromodulation treatments can be improved to provide better outcomes for patients with epilepsy. At Emory Dr. Gross was the co-founder and director of the Emory Neuromodulation Technology Innovation Center, or ENTICe, through which he engaged faculty in multiple disciplines across two universities to collaborate on potentially life-changing biomedical technology. At Rutgers he continues to pursue this mission as Director of the new Neurotechnology Innovation Center at Rutgers (N-TICeR) and is a member of the Brain Health Institute.

Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1991 - 1996
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore (New Rochelle)Internship, Transitional Year, 1990 - 1991
Albert Einstein College of MedicineMSc, 1982 - 1990
Albert Einstein College of MedicinePh.D., 1982 - 1990
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1990
Brown UniversityB.S., Neural Science, With Honors, 1977 - 1981

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2021 - 2023
MT State Medical License 2010 - 2016
NY State Medical License 1992 - 2013
UT State Medical License 1992 - 2002
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Charles Elsberg Fellowship in Neurosurgical Research New York Academy of Medicine, 2000
Young Investigator Award Michael J. Fox Foundation, 2000
Travel Fellowship Winter Conference on Brain Research, 2000
Young Clinician Investigator Award Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1999
The Leo M. Davidoff Society Certificate of Distinction Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1996
Botterell Fellowship in Neurosurgery The Toronto Hospital and University of Toronto, 1996
The Elsberg Award for Excellence in Resident Research New York Society for Neurosurgery, 1995
Medical Scientist Training Program Scholarship NIH/NIGMS, 1982
Sigma Xi Research Society 1981
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

A Study of Modified Stem Cells in Stable Ischemic Stroke Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Memory Retrieval and Encoding Investigated by Neural Stimulation Start of enrollment: 2014 Oct 12
Enrolling by invitation
Not Applicable
Electrophysiological Biomarkers in MTLE Patients. Start of enrollment: 2021 Nov 30
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Adaptive wheel exercise for mouse models of Parkinson's Disease.
Henry Skelton, Dayton Grogan, Amrutha Kotlure, Ken Berglund, Claire-Anne Gutekunst
Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2025-02-01
A single-center learning curve for stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy and a surgical framework to manage failures.
Ashley L B Raghu, Jonathan Lau, Matthew A Stern, Razan R Faraj, Faical Isbaine
Epilepsia. 2025-02-01
1 citations
Exploring individual differences in amygdala-mediated memory modulation.
Martina K Hollearn, Joseph R Manns, Lou T Blanpain, Stephan B Hamann, Kelly Bijanki
Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

StimVision Software: Examples and Applications in Subcallosal Cingulate Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression
Robert E Gross, Helen S Mayberg, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface
Magnetic Resonance Thermometry-Guided Stereotactic Laser Ablation of Cavernous Malformations in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Imaging and Clinical Results
Amit M Saindane, Jon T Willie, Daniel L Barrow, D Jay McCracken, Robert E Gross, Daniel L Drane, Operative Neurosurgery
Hippocampal seizure-onset laterality can change over long timescales: A same-patient observation over 500 days
Smart O, Rolston J, Epstein CM, Gross RE, Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, 1/1/2014
Remediation of a Category-Specific Naming Deficit Following Left Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery
Gess JL, Denham M, Pennell PB, Gross RE, Stringer AY, Applied Neuropsychology-Adult, 9/12/2013
Invited Commentary: Beyond therapeutic nihilism? The neurosurgical treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage
Willie JT, Gross RE, World Neurosurgery, 1/1/2013
Improved Efficacy of Temporally Non-Regular Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease
Brocker DT, Swan BD, Turner DA, Gross RE, Tatter SB, Koop MM, Bronte-Stewart H, Grill WG, Exp Neurol, 9/27/2012
Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant unipolar and bipolar depression: a sham-controlled trial
Holtzheimer PE, Kelley ME, Gross RE, Filkowski MM, Garlow SJ, Barrocas A, Wint D, Craighead MC, Kozarsky J, Chismar R, Moreines JL, Mewes K, Riva Posse P, Gutman DA, M..., Arch Gen Psychiat, 1/2/2012
Closed-loop, multichannel experimentation using the open-source NeuroRighter electrophysiology platform
Newman JP, Zeller-Townson R, Fong M-F, Arcot Desai S, Gross RE and Potter SM, Front Neural Circuits, 1/1/2012
Stimulus features underlying reduced tremor suppression with temporally patterned deep brain stimulation (DBS) with temporally irregular patterns
Birdno MJ, Kuncel AM, Dorval AD, Turner DA, Gross RE, Grill WM, Journal of Neurophysiology, 1/1/2012
In-training factors predictive of choosing and sustaining a productive academic career path in neurological surgery
Crowley RW, Asthagiri AR, Starke RM, Zusman EE, Chiocca EA, Lonser RR; Research Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2012
Meningioangiomatosis-A case report and literature review emphasizing diverse appearance on different imaging modalities
Kashlan O, LaBorde D, Davison L, Saindane A, Brat DJ, Hudgins PA, Gross RE, Case Reports in Neurological Med, 10/9/2011
Responsive cortical stimulation for the treatment of medically intractable partial epilepsy
Morrell MJ and RNS System in Epilepsy Study Group, Neurology, 9/14/2011
Intrastriatal transplantation of microcarrier-bound human retinal pigment epithelial cells versus sham surgery in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease: a double-...
Gross RE, Watts RL, Hauser RA, Bakay RA, Reichmann H, von Kummer R, Ondo WG, Reissig E, Eisner W, Steiner-Schulze H, Siedentop H, Fichte K, Hong W, Cornfeldt M, Beebe ..., Lancet Neurol, 5/10/2011
Planning extent of resection in epilepsy: Limited versus large resections
Okonma SV, Blount JP, Gross RE, Epilepsy and Behavior, 1/1/2011
The functional neuroanatomy of dystonia
Neychev VK, Gross RE, Lehericy S, Hess EJ, Jinnah HA, Neurobiol Dis, 1/1/2011
Electrical stimulation for epilepsy: experimental methods
Rolston JD, Desai, S, Laxpati NG, Gross RE, Neurosurg Clinics N, 1/1/2011
Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson Disease: An expert consensus and review of key issues
Bronstein JM, Tagliati M, Alterman RL, Lozano AM, Volkmann J, Stefani A, Horak FB, Okun MS, Foote KD, Krack P, Pahwa R, Henderson JM, Hariz MI, Bakay RA, Rezai A, Mark..., Arch Neurol, 1/1/2011
Closed-loop, open-source electrophysiology
Rolston JD, Gross RE, Potter SM, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 9/15/2010
Expression of Plexin A4 in the brain and spinal cord
Gutekunst C-A, Stewart E, Torre E, Gross RE, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 7/13/2010
Axons in the neuropil are activated by electrical stimulation of the cortex: some surprises, some clinical implications
Laxpati NG, Gross RE, Neurosurgery, 6/1/2010
Viability of the rotenone model in question
Cicchetti F, Drouin-Ouellet J, Gross RE, Trends in Pharmacological Science, 1/22/2010
Spontaneous and evoked high-frequency oscillations in the tetanus toxin model of epilepsy
Rolston JD, Laxpati NG, Gutekunst CA, Potter SM, Gross RE, Epilepsia, 1/1/2010
Expression by midbrain dopamine neurons of Sema3A and 3F receptors is associated with chemorepulsion in vitro but a mild in vivo phenotype
Torre E, Gutekunst C-A, Gross RE, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 1/1/2010
Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy
Fisher R, Salanova V, Witt T, Worth R, Henry T, Gross R, et al, Epilepsia, 1/1/2010
Adenosine A(2A) receptor mediates microglial process retraction
Orr AG, Orr AL, Li XJ, Gross RE, Traynelis SF, Nature Neuroscience, 1/1/2009
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Press Mentions

RWJUH Recognized in Becker’s Hospital Review’s ‘100 Great Neuro & Spine Programs’January 30th, 2025
RWJBH Adds Two Technologies to Improve Neurosurgery Precision and Performance at RWJUH-New BrunswickOctober 3rd, 2024
NeuroPace RNS System Treats First LGS Patient in IDE StudyNovember 30th, 2022
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