Nicholas Bambikidis, MD

 

 

Nicholas Bambikidis, M.D.

Director, Cerebrovascular Center

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery

Case School of Medicine
University Hospitals Case Medical Center

 

 

 

Medical School:

Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH		 M.D. 1997

Graduate Medical Education:

Case Western Reserve University
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

 Intern, General Surgery 1997 - 1998
Case Western Reserve University
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH		 Resident,
Neurological Surgery		 1998 - 2004
Barrows Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ		 Fellow, Spinal Neurosurgery 2004 - 2005
Barrows Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ		 Fellow, Cerebro-vascular Surgery 2007 - 2008

Clinical Interests:
Cerebrovascular Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, Spine Surgery

Selected Publications (past five years):

Bambakidis NC, Miller RH. Transplantation of oligodendrocyte precursors and sonic hedgehog results in improved function and white matter sparing in the spinal cords of adult rats after contusion. Spine J. 2004 Jan-Feb;4(1):16-26.

Bambakidis NC, Megerian CA, Ratcheson RA. Differential grading of endolymphatic sac tumor extension by virtue of von Hippel-Lindau disease status. Otol Neurotol. 2004 Sep;25(5):773-81.

Feiz-Erfan I, Klopfenstein JD, Bambakidis NC, Sonntag VK. Surgical management of cervical disc disease: from no fusion to fusion and back again. Clin Neurosurg. 2005;52:331-7.

Bambakidis NC, Rodrigue T, Megerian CA, Ratcheson RA. Endolymphatic sac tumor metastatic to the spine. Case report. J Neurosurg Spine. 2005 Jul;3(1):68-70.

Bambakidis NC, Feiz-Erfan I, Klopfenstein JD, Sonntag VK. Indications for surgical fusion of the cervical and lumbar motion segment. Spine. 2005 Aug 15;30(16 Suppl):S2-6.

Gonzalez LF, Amin-Hanjani S, Bambakidis NC, Spetzler RF. Skull base approaches to the basilar artery. Neurosurg Focus. 2005 Aug 15;19(2):E3. Review.

Bambakidis NC, Gonzalez LF, Amin-Hanjani S, Deshmukh VR, Porter RW, Daspit PC, Spetzler RF. Combined skull base approaches to the posterior fossa. Technical note. Neurosurg Focus. 2005 Aug 15;19(2):E8.

Bambakidis NC, Theodore N, Nakaji P, Harvey A, Sonntag VK, Preul MC, Miller RH. Endogenous stem cell proliferation after central nervous system injury: alternative therapeutic options. Neurosurg Focus. 2005 Sep 15;19(3):E1. Review.

Horn EM, Bristol RE, Feiz-Erfan I, Beres EJ, Bambakidis NC, Theodore N. Spinal cord compression from traumatic anterior cervical pseudomeningoceles. Report of three cases. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006 Sep;5(3):254-8.

Rocha R, Safavi-Abbasi S, Reis C, Theodore N, Bambakidis N, de Oliveira E, Sonntag VK, Crawford NR. Working area, safety zones, and angles of approach for posterior C-1 lateral mass screw placement: a quantitative anatomical and morphometric evaluation. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Mar;6(3):247-54.

Bambakidis NC, Gore P, Eschbacher J, Coons S, Albuquerque FC. Intraosseous spinal glomus tumors: case report. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jun;60(6):E1152-3; discussion E1153.

Senoglu M, Safavi-Abbasi S, Theodore N, Bambakidis NC, Crawford NR, Sonntag VK. The frequency and clinical significance of congenital defects of the posterior and anterior arch of the atlas. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Oct;7(4):399-402.

Safavi-Abbasi S, Zabramski JM, Deshmukh P, Reis CV, Bambakidis NC, Theodore N, Crawford NR, Spetzler RF, Preul MC. Moving toward the petroclival region: a model for quantitative and anatomical analysis of tumor shift. J Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;107(4):797-804.

Bambakidis NC, Kakarla UK, Kim LJ, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Daspit CP, Spetzler RF. Evolution of surgical approaches in the treatment of petroclival meningiomas: a retrospective review. Neurosurgery. 2007 Nov;61(5 Suppl 2):202-9; discussion 209-11.

Bambakidis NC, Butler J, Horn EM, Wang X, Preul MC, Theodore N, Spetzler RF, Sonntag VK. Stem cell biology and its therapeutic applications in the setting of spinal cord injury. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;24(3-4):E20. Review.

Dashti SR, Baharvahdat H, Spetzler RF, Sauvageau E, Chang SW, Stiefel MF, Park MS, Bambakidis NC. Operative intracranial infection following craniotomy. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;24(6):E10.

Dashti SR, Baharvahdat H, Sauvageau E, Chang SW, Stiefel MF, Park MS, Spetzler RF, Bambakidis NC. Brain abscess formation at the site of intracerebral hemorrhage secondary to central nervous system vasculitis. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;24(6):E12.

Bambakidis NC, Feiz-Erfan I, Horn EM, Gonzalez LF, Baek S, Yüksel KZ, Brantley AG, Sonntag VK, Crawford NR. Biomechanical comparison of occipitoatlantal screw fixation techniques. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Feb;8(2):143-52.

Safavi-Abbasi S, Di Rocco F, Bambakidis N, Talley MC, Gharabaghi A, Luedemann W, Samii M, Samii A. Has management of epidermoid tumors of the cerebellopontine angle improved? A surgical synopsis of the past and present. Skull Base. 2008 Mar;18(2):85-98.

Little AS, Jittapiromsak P, Crawford NR, Deshmukh P, Preul MC, Spetzler RF, Bambakidis NC. Quantitative analysis of exposure of staged orbitozygomatic and retrosigmoid craniotomies for lesions of the clivus with supratentorial extension. Neurosurgery. 2008 May;62(5 Suppl 2):ONS318-23; discussion ONS323-4.

Bambakidis NC, Kakarla UK, Kim LJ, Nakaji P, Porter RW, Daspit CP, Spetzler RF. Evolution of surgical approaches in the treatment of petroclival meningiomas: a retrospective review. Neurosurgery. 2008 Jun;62(6 Suppl 3):1182-91.

Horn EM, Theodore N, Crawford NR, Bambakidis NC, Sonntag VK. Transfacet screw placement for posterior fixation of C-7. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Aug;9(2):200-6.

Bambakidis NC, Horn EM, Nakaji P, Theodore N, Bless E, Dellovade T, Ma C, Wang X, Preul MC, Coons SW, Spetzler RF, Sonntag VK. Endogenous stem cell proliferation induced by intravenous hedgehog agonist administration after contusion in the adult rat spinal cord. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Feb;10(2):171-6.

Chang SW, Wu A, Gore P, Beres E, Porter RW, Preul MC, Spetzler RF, Bambakidis NC. Quantitative comparison of Kawase's approach versus the retrosigmoid approach: implications for tumors involving both middle and posterior fossae. Neurosurgery. 2009 Mar;64(3 Suppl):44-51; discussion 51-2.

Selected Chapters/Textbooks:

Spetzler R and Bambikidis N, eds. Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle. Hamilton, ON: B.C. Decker, 2008.