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Born in New York, NY; married; children: four.
EDUCATION:Harvard College, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1987; Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1993.
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Neurosurgeon, administrator, educator, and author. Postdoctoral residency at Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, 1994-98; held positions at St. Barnabas Hospital, 2001-02, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 2001-09; has taught at UMDNJ-NJ Med School, Newark, NJ, 2000-01, and Columbia University, 2000-05; Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, assistant professor, 2001-05, associate professor, 2005-09, professor of neurosurgery, otolaryngology, and neuroscience, 2009–, David and Ursel Barnes Endowed Professor of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, 2014–, director of Anterior Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery, director of Epilepsy Surgery and Research Laboratory, codirector of Surgical Neuro-Oncology, and vice chairman of clinical research; consultant neurosurgeon for various hospitals. Member of the scientific advisory board, Precision Neurosciences.
MEMBER:American Medical Association, Congress of Neurological Surgery, American Association of Neurological Surgery, American Epilepsy Society, Society for Neuroscience, Society for Neuro-oncology, Neurosurgical Society of America, International Society for Pituitary Surgeons, American Academy of Neurological Surgery, and others.
AWARDS:Numerous fellowships, including Van Wagenen and Von Humboldt Fellowships, Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany, and honors, including America’s Top Surgeons citation, Castle Connolly, 2008–, and Top Doctors citation, New York, 2009–.
WRITINGS
Contributor to scientific periodicals, including Brain, Epilepsia, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurosurgery, Nature Medicine, NeuroImage, Neuron, and Neurosurgery.
SIDELIGHTS
[open new]One of America’s leading neurosurgeons, Theodore H. Schwarz has positioned hismelf at the vanguard of his field in perfecting new techniques and propagating them through his longtime professorship at Weill Cornell Medicine. He specializes in brain tumors, including pituitary, and epilepsy-related surgeries, and he has implemented technological innovations surrounding brain mapping, optical recording, midoperation imaging, and minimally invasive endoscopy. He has participated in clinical trials involving brain-tumor vaccines, radiolabelled antibodies, and implanted chemotherapy devices. In 2009 Schwartz gained the first endowed professorship in his department at Weill Cornell, as titled the David and Ursel Barnes Professor of Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery. He makes frequent appearances as a specialist and commentator for network television news media and on national radio shows.
Beyond several books he has edited for academic and professional audiences, Schwartz authored Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery for wider audiences. Owing to the protection of the skull and complications in working with the brain, the field of brain surgery started developing later than most medical fields, in the late 1800s. Early methods for accessing the brain included breaking the skull or boring through it, but Schwartz would prove a pioneer in gaining access to the brain through the nasal cavity. As surgeons and researchers drew on case studies to differentiate between the various regions of the brain and their essential functions, techniques for accessing and manipulating those regions gradually improved. The need for neurosurgery often arises from the impact of collisions, falls, and interpersonal violence. Schwartz specializes in removing tumors from less accessible regions at the bottom of the brain. Like all neurosurgeons, Schwartz has lost patients during surgery, but modern tools and techniques like MRIs and microscopic cameras help facilitate access to the brain and imrpove survival. Leaders in the field aim to use neurosurgery to enable recovery from strokes and even Parkinson’s disease.
A Kirkus Reviews writer observed that while portions of Gray Matters are “inevitably technical,” the text proves “warm and insightful” and is “accessible to general readers as well as specialists.” The reviewer concluded, “Mixing expertise with storytelling, Schwartz provides a remarkable account of a crucial but misunderstood field.”[close new]
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Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2024, review of Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery.
ONLINE
Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor, Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery, https://endoscopicskullbasesurgery.com/ (July 24, 2024), author profile.
Theodore H. Schwartz website, https://www.theodorehschwartzmd.com (July 24, 2024).
Weill Cornell Medicine website, https://neurosurgery.weillcornell.org/ (July 24, 2024), author profile.
Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After completing his residency and chief residency in Neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of New York, Dr. Schwartz spent a year at Yale-New Haven Medical Center receiving advanced fellowship training and was also awarded the Van Wagenen and Von Humboldt Fellowships to study at the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany. He has spent the majority of his neurosurgical career at Weill Cornell Medicine, where he is currently a Professor of Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and Neuroscience. Dr. Schwartz was named David and Ursel Barnes Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery, the first endowed professorship in the department. He is also the Vice-Chairman of Clinical Research, the Director of Anterior Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery, the Co-Director of Surgical Neuro-Oncology, the Director of Epilepsy Surgery, and the Epilepsy Research Laboratory.
Dr. Schwartz specializes in the treatment of brain tumors such as meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, glioblastomas, astrocytomas, craniopharyngiomas, chordomas, as well as other diseases such as epilepsy, cerebrospinal fluid leaks and hydrocephalus. He has devoted his career and is world renowned for developing and perfecting a variety of minimally invasive techniques such as endonasal, transorbital, supraorbital endoscopic skull base approaches, laser interstitial therapy, radiosurgery, brachytherapy and robotic surgery. He serves on the scientific advisory board for Precision Neurosciences, a leading company on the frontier of brain-computer interfaces.
Dr. Schwartz has published many scholarly articles for journals such as Brain, Neuron, Nature Medicine, The Journal of Neuroscience NeuroImage, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism as well as the Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Epilepsia and the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. He has served on editorial boards for the Journal of Neurosurgery, Acta Neurochirurgica, Epilepsy Currents and World Neurosurgery and has written numerous ad hoc editorial reviews for several other clinical and basic science journals. He has served on several other NIH review committees was a standing member of NSD-C and has himself received K08, R01 and R21 funding from NINDS for his epilepsy research.
Dr. Schwartz has provided commentary for numerous television shows on ABC, NBC, CBS, and Larry King, in addition to national radio shows. His expertise has been sought through interviews, quoted and published, in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, and Crain's New York Business; he is invited to lecture throughout the country and world on novel minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques. Dr. Schwartz has been named one of New York's Super Doctors, Best Doctors in New York Magazine, America's Top Surgeons, America's Best Doctors and America's Best Doctors for Cancer. He is the co-author of seven books on minimally invasive brain and pituitary surgery as well as a textbook on imaging techniques for the central nervous system.
Theodore H. Schwartz, MD
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Director, Center for Epilepsy and Pituitary Surgery
Co-Director, Surgical Neuro-oncology
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Dr. Schwartz is among the nation’s leading neurological surgeons specializing in brain tumor and epilepsy surgery. He has been named to the lists of New York’s Super Doctors, Best Doctors in New York magazine, America’s Top Surgeons, America’s Best Doctors, and America’s Best Doctors for Cancer. His research has been widely published and he has received numerous national awards. Dr. Schwartz has also appeared in the media on ABC, NBC, CBS, and Larry King, in addition to national radio shows. He is particularly known for advancing the use of state-of-the-art intraoperative technology, such as minimally invasive endoscopy, brain mapping, and intraoperative imaging. At Weill Cornell, he is Director of the Center for Epilepsy and Pituitary Surgery and Co-Director of Surgical Neuro-oncology. Dr. Schwartz was recently named David and Ursel Barnes Professor of Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery, the first endowed professorship in the department. (See news item about the endowed position.)
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Castle Connolly Top DoctorDr. Schwartz received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude. Following completion of his residency and chief residency at The Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Schwartz received further training in surgical treatment of brain tumors and epilepsy at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, as well as research training at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. Dr. Schwartz is board-certified in Neurological Surgery.
RESEARCH
Dr. Schwartz’s NIH-funded laboratory has pioneered new techniques in brain mapping using optical recording technology. He is also involved in several clinical trials for treating brain tumors using vaccines, radiolabelled antibodies, and implanted devices for administering chemotherapy.
Dr. Schwartz has received numerous awards for his innovative work from notable institutions such as the NIH, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the CURE Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the DANA Foundation. He was the recipient of the prestigious Van Wagenen and Von Humboldt Fellowships. He frequently lectures around the world and was an honored guest lecturer at the Society for British Neurosurgery in Scotland, the Mexican Neurosurgery Congress, the First Workshop on Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery in Shanghai, the World Congress for Endoscopic Surgery of the Brain in Vienna, and the Bombay Neurological Society in India. He has been awarded the Synthese skull base award for developing novel minimal-access approaches to skull base and pituitary tumors. He is the co-author of eight books on endoscopic skull base surgery and endoscopic pituitary surgery.
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Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After completing his residency and chief residency in Neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Schwartz completed advanced fellowship training at Yale-New Haven Medical Center in the surgical treatment of brain tumors and epilepsy. Dr. Schwartz specializes in image-guided minimally invasive surgical techniques such as endonasal and transorbital approaches, stereotaxis, endoscopy, tubular surgery and has received numerous awards and fellowships including the prestigious van Wagenen Fellowship, awarded by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the von Humboldt Fellowship, awarded by the German Government. Dr. Schwartz is a Professor of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Vice-Chairman of Clinical Research, co-Director of the Institute for Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery and Surgical Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.
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Theodore H. Schwartz
Born May 13, 1965 (age 59)
New York City, New York, US
Alma mater Harvard University, Harvard University Medical School
Occupation Neurosurgeon
Known for Endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery, epilepsy surgery, and research
Dr. Schwartz's voice
Duration: 3 minutes and 1 second.3:01
Treating pediatric epilepsy at the Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, 23 September 2013.[1]
Website http://weillcornell.org/tschwartz/
Theodore H. Schwartz (born in New York City) is an American medical scientist, academic physician and neurosurgeon.
Schwartz specializes in surgery for brain tumors, pituitary tumors and epilepsy. He is particularly known for developing and expanding the field of minimally-invasive endonasal endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery and for his research on neurovascular coupling and propagation of epilepsy.
Schwartz is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology & Neuroscience[2] and the Director of Surgical Neuro-Oncology, Epilepsy & Pituitary Surgery[3] at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital. In 2014, Schwartz received the first endowed professorship in the Department of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College being named the David and Ursel Barnes Professor of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. He is the Director of the Institute for Minimally Invasive Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery Program[4] and the Director of the Epilepsy Research Laboratory[5] in The Department of Neurosurgery [6] investigating brain mapping, neurovascular coupling [7] and other novel techniques [8] for imaging and treating epilepsy. This epilepsy research laboratory, which is now part of the newly developed Brain and Mind Research Institute[9] at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been funded with K08, R21 and R01 grants [10] by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - a research institute of the National Institutes of Health - and several private organizations. Schwartz has served as a standing member of the NINDS NSD-C Grant Review Committee [11] and also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Neurosurgery and World Neurosurgery.[12]
Biography
Theodore Schwartz graduated magna cum laude with dual undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and English from Harvard University in 1987. While in attendance at Harvard, he received the John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Achievement from 1985 to 1987 and was awarded the Hoopes Prize for his senior thesis. Schwartz then went on to graduate magna cum laude from Harvard University Medical School in 1990. After completing his residency and chief residency in neurosurgery at the Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University Medical Center, Schwartz completed advanced fellowship training at Yale-New Haven Hospital in the surgical treatment of brain tumors and epilepsy. He was awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Van Wagenen Fellowship named after William P. Van Wagenen, a charter member of the Harvey Cushing Society. He was further recognized by the German government when he was awarded the Von Humboldt Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.[citation needed]
Schwartz has provided commentary to the media on his neurosurgical expertise. This has included the broadcast news organizations of ABC,[13] NBC[14] and CBS.[15] He has also been a guest on the Larry King Live[16] television show. His expertise has also been sought through interviews - quoted and published - in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The New York Daily News,[17] and Crain's New York Business.[18] Schwartz lectures and presents his surgical techniques to other neurosurgeons and ENT surgeons around the world.
Society memberships
In addition to serving as Professor of Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College, Schwartz is a member of several professional societies including: American Medical Association (1993); New York Medical Society (1994); Congress of Neurological Surgery (1995); American Association of Neurological Surgery (1995); American Epilepsy Society (1997); Society for Neuroscience (1997); Society for Neuro-oncology (1998); American College of Surgeons (2003); New York Society for Neurosurgery (2003);The Medical Strollers (2005); Physician's Scientific Society (2005); North American Skull Base Society (2005); The Hospital Graduates (2007); Cornell Alumni Council(2008); Neurosurgical Society of America (2008); Institute for Biomedical Imaging Sciences (2008); International Society for Pituitary Surgeons (2010); American Academy of Neurological Surgery (2010).
Honors and awards
Junior Investigator Award, American Epilepsy Society [19](1997)
Young Clinical Investigators Award, NREF, AANS [20] (2001-2002)
The Dana Foundation Program in Clinical Imaging Award [21](2002-2005)
George Ehni Lectureship, Visiting Professor, Baylor School of Medicine [22](2008)
The New York Times New York SuperDoctors [23] (2008-2013)
New York Magazine Top Doctors, New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly [24] (2008–13)
U.S. News & World Report [25] (2008-2013)
America's Top Surgeons (2009-2013)
Best Doctors in America (2009-2013)
Pituitary Network Association's Gentle Giant Award [26](2013)
Visiting Professorships/Honored Guest Lectureships (National): University of California, Los Angeles, Stanford University, Baylor College of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Rochester, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Barrow Neurological Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Michigan, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Yale University
Visiting Professorships/Honored Guest Lectureships (International): St Catherine's College; Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, India;[27] Sheffield Medical School; Mexican Neurosurgical Congress;[28] Neurosurgical Department of Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China;[29] Society of British Neurological Surgeons at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - based at the Royal College of Surgeons of England; National University Health System, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Singapore; Rhinology Meeting, São Paulo Brazil;[30] International Epilepsy Congress, Montreal, Canada [31]
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Program Introduction - Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College
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Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery - Osteoma
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Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery - Prepontine Cyst
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Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery - Intrasellar Craniopharyngioma
Selected publications
To date, Schwartz has co-authored more than 400 research articles,[32][33] 65 book chapters,[34] as well as co-editing two neurosurgical textbooks on the subject of endoscopic surgery.
Books
Neurovascular Coupling Methods. Mingrui Zhao (Author/Editor), Hongtao Ma (Author/Editor),Theodore H. Schwartz (Author/Editor). Humana Press. New York, NY; Publication Date: August 1, 2014. ISBN 1493907239 | ISBN 978-1493907236
Practical Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery. Vijay K. Anand (Author/Editor), Theodore H. Schwartz (Author/Editor). Plural Pub. San Diego, CA; Publication Date: April 15, 2007. ISBN 159756060X | ISBN 978-1597560603
Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery: Endocrine, Neuro-Ophthalmologic and Surgical Management. Theodore H. Schwartz (Editor), Vijay K. Anand (Editor). Thieme, New York; Publication Date: November 23, 2011 | ISBN 1604063475 | ISBN 978-1604063479
Book chapters
Nyquist GG, Anand VK, Schwartz TH. Chapter 20 - "Transplanum, Transtuberculum Approach" in Transnasal Endoscopic Skull Base and Brain Surgery: Tips and Pearls. Stamm A. (Editor); Thieme, New York, pp 193–200; Publication Date: August 24, 2011 | ISBN 1604063106 | ISBN 978-1604063103
Singh A, Anand VK, Schwartz TH. Chapter 47 - "Successful Management of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Complications" in Transnasal Endoscopic Skull Base and Brain Surgery: Tips and Pearls. Stamm A. (Editor); Thieme, New York, pp 396–401; Publication Date: August 24, 2011 | ISBN 1604063106 | ISBN 978-1604063103
Fraser JF, Anand VK, Schwartz TH. Chapter 46 - "Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach" in Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery. Jandial R. (Author), McCormick P. (Author), Black P. (Author); Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, pp 328–338; Publication Date: April 25, 2011 | ISBN 1437709079 | ISBN 978-1437709070
Souweidane MM, Greenfield JP, Schwartz TH. Chapter 29 - "Endoscopic Approach to Intraventricular Brain Tumors" in Schmidek and Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques: Indications, Methods and Results, 6th edition. Quinones-Hinojosa A. (Editor); Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, pp 351–356; Publication Date: July 6, 2012 | ISBN 1416068392 | ISBN 978-1416068396
Moshel YA, Anand VK, Hartl R, Schwartz TH. Chapter 26 - "Extended Endonasal Approaches to the Craniovertebral Junction" in Surgery of the Craniovertebral Junction, 2nd edition. Bambakidis N, Dickman C, Spetzler R, Sonntag V (Editors); Thieme, New York; Publication Date: June 15, 2012 | ISBN 1604063386 | ISBN 978-1604063387
Research articles - Epilepsy
Schwartz TH, Bonhoeffer T.; In vivo optical mapping of epileptic foci and surround inhibition in ferret cerebral cortex. Nat Med. (2001) Sep; 7(9): 1063–67. doi:10.1038/nm0901-1063. PMID 11533712
Suh M., Bahar S., Mehta AD, Schwartz TH; Temporal dependence in uncoupling of blood volume and oxygenation during interictal epileptiform events in rat neocortex. J Neuroscience (2005) Jan 5; 25(1): 68–77. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2823-04.2005. PMID 15634768
Suh M., Bahar S., Mehta AD, Schwartz TH; Blood volume and hemoglobin oxygenation response following electrical stimulation of human cortex. Neuroimage (2006) May 15; 31(1): 66–75. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.030. PMID 16480899
Zhao M., Suh M., Ma H., Perry C., Geneslaw A., Schwart TH; Focal increases in perfusion and decreases in hemoglobin oxygenation precede seizure onset in spontaneous human epilepsy. Epilepsia (2007) Nov; 48(11): 2059–67. doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01229.x. PMID 17666071
Zhao M., Ma H., Suh M., Schwartz TH; Spatiotemporal dynamics of perfusion and oximetry during ictal discharges in the rat neocortex. J Neuroscience (2009) Mar 4; 29(9): 2814–23. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4667-08.2009. PMID 19261877
Ma H., Zhao M., Suh M., Schwartz TH; Hemodynamic surrogates for excitatory membrane potential change during interictal epileptiform events in rat neocortex. J Neurophysiology (2009) May; 101(5): 2550–62. doi:10.1152/jn.90694.2008. PMID 19244357
Ma H., Geneslaw A., Zhao M., Suh M., Perry C., Schwartz TH; The importance of latency in the focality of perfusion and oxygenation changes associated with triggered afterdischarges in human cortex. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab (2009) May; 29(5): 1003–14. doi:10.1038/jcbfm.2009.26. PMID 19293822
Geneslaw AS, Zhao M., Ma H., Schwartz TH; Tissue hypoxia correlates with intensity of interictal spikes. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab (2011) June; 31(6): 1394–402. doi:10.1038/jcbfm.2011.16. PMID 21343943
Zhao M., Nguyen J., Ma H., Nishimura N., Schaeffer CB, Schwartz TH; Preictal and ictal neurovascular and metabolic coupling surrounding a seizure focus. J Neuroscience (2011) Sep 14; 31(37) 13292–300. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2597-11.2011. PMID 21917812
Ma H., Zhao M., Schwartz TH; Dynamic neurovascular coupling and uncoupling during ictal onset, propagation, and termination revealed by simultaneous in vivo optical imaging of neural activity and local blood volume. Cereb Cortex (2013) Apr; 23(4) 885–99. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs079. PMID 22499798
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Research articles - Endoscopic skull base surgery
Laufer I., Anand VK, Schwartz TH; Endoscopic, endonasal extended transsphenoidal, transplanum transtuberculum approach for resection of suprasellar lesions. J Neurosurg (2007) Mar; 106(3): 400–6. doi:10.3171/jns.2007.106.3.400. PMID 17367062
Leng LZ, Brown S., Anand VK, Schwartz TH; "Gasket-seal" watertight closure in minimal-access endoscopic cranial base surgery. Neurosurgery (2008) May; 62(5 Suppl 2): ONSE 342–3. doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000326017.84315.1f. PMID 18596534
Schwartz TH, Fraser JF, Brown S., Tabaee A., Kacker A., Anand VK; Endoscopic cranial base surgery: classification of operative approaches. Neurosurgery (2008) May; 62(5): 991–1002. doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000325861.06832.06. PMID 18580797
Fraser JF, Nyquist GG, Moore N., Anand VK, Schwartz TH; Endoscopic endonasal transclival resection of chordomas: operative technique, clinical outcome, and review of the literature. J Neurosurg (2010) May; 112(5): 1061–9. doi:10.3171/2009.7.JNS081504. PMID 19698043
Hofstetter CP, Singh A., Anand VK, Kacker A., Schwartz TH; The endoscopic, endonasal, transmaxillary transpterygoid approach to the pterygopalatine fossa, infratemporal fossa, petrous apex, and the Meckel cave. J Neurosurg (2010) Nov; 113(5): 967–74. doi:10.3171/2009.10.JNS09157. PMID 19929194
Schwartz, Theodore H. GRAY MATTERS Dutton (NonFiction None) $32.00 8, 13 ISBN: 9780593474105
An informative study of modern brain surgery.
Schwartz, a leading neurosurgeon and professor of minimally invasive neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, traces the turbulent history of his field, from the days when the chances of survival from an operation were poor to recent significant breakthroughs. Neurosurgery was one of the last areas of medicine to develop, beginning in the late 1800s, simply because of the inherent difficulty of working with the brain and the inadequacy of the available tools. For a long time, the only way to reach the brain was to break the skull, a process that could easily do more harm than good. Eventually, the discipline progressed, as scientists and doctors increased their understanding of the functions and parts of the brain and how to manipulate them effectively. Schwartz's career has stretched from the days of boring holes through bone to noninvasive entry methods, such as through the nasal cavity, a technique he pioneered. Brain surgery often takes many hours, and every surgeon, writes the author, has lost patients. You must accept it and move on, but it never gets easier. Much of neurosurgery deals with head traumas caused by falls, collisions, or violence. Schwartz has worked on many such cases, but his specialty is removing tumors in the difficult areas at the bottom of the brain. With improvements like microscopic cameras, MRIs, and endoscopic tools, the success rate has dramatically improved. Schwartz provides anecdotes and case studies to give the story a human dimension, and he notes that surgery to address even strokes and Parkinson's disease is becoming possible. While parts of the text are inevitably technical, the author is warm and insightful, making the book accessible to general readers as well as specialists.
Mixing expertise with storytelling, Schwartz provides a remarkable account of a crucial but misunderstood field.
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