Acting Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program
Director, Neurotrauma
Co-Director, AGH Comprehensive Epilepsy Services
Department of Neurosurgery
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Assistant Medical Director
Physicians Assistants Program
Rangos School of Health Sciences
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Department of Neurosurgery
Allegheny General Hospital
420 East North Avenue Suite 302
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Business Phone:  (412) 359-8081 or (412) 359-6200

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

   Undergraduate

1970 - 1974  University of Richmond   B.A. Journalism
Richmond, Virginia   Summa Cum Laude

   Graduate

1974-1978  Virginia Commonwealth University M.D.
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia

   Postgraduate

1978-1979  University Health Center of Pittsburgh Intern
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   General Surgery

1979-1984  University Health Center of Pittsburgh
Presbyterian University Hospital
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Montefiore Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1989   Department of Surgery   Professor
Medical College of Pennsylvania

1985-Present  Department of Ophthalmology  Clinical Instructor
Eye and Ear Hospital
University of Pittsburgh

1987-Present  Department of Neurological Surgery Clinical Professor
West Virginia University
School of Medicine

1991   Department of Physician=s Assistants Adjunct Assistant Professor
St. Francis College

1996   Vice Dean
MCP?Hahnemann University School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

1984-Present  Neurosurgery    Senior Attending
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1986-Present  Sewickley Valley Hospital  Attending
Sewickley, Pennsylvania

1986-Present  North Hills Passavant Hospital  Attending
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1984-Present  Neurosurgery Department   Attending
Mercy Providence Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1985   Rehabilitation Institute of   Neurosurgical Consultant
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1986-Present  Harmarville Rehabilitation Center  Neurosurgical Consultant
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1988-Present  Greater Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Hospital Neurosurgical Consultant
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

BOARD CERTIFICATION

LICENSURE

1986   Board Certified, American Board Neurological Surgery

1979   Pennsylvania MD 022659-E

FELLOWSHIPS

1988   Fellow American College of Surgeons

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Virginia Medical Society
Pittsburgh Neurosciences Society
American College of Surgeons, Resident Member
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Allegheny County Medical Society
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Joint Section on Trauma AANS-CNS
National Head Injury Foundation
National Spinal Bifida Association
ASTM Trauma Committee
Joint Spine Section
American College of Sports Medicine
American Association of Neurologic Surgeons
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Neuroscience Society
American Spinal Injury Association
Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma
Keystone State Head Injury Foundation
Neurotrauma Society
Society for Civil War Surgeons
Association for Surgical Education
Society of Neurological Surgeons
Pittsburgh Surgical Society

 NATIONAL ACTIVITIES - APPOINTED/ELECTED POSITIONS

1985 Annual CNS Meeting Program Committee - Chairman, Special Interest Workshop
1987 Executive Council Joint Section on Trauma (AANS/CNS) - Chairman Verifications Committee
1987 Joint Committee on Education Neurologic Surgery (AANS/CNS)
1988 Annual CNS Meeting Program Committee
1988 National Committee on Neurotrauma (AANS/CNS)
1988 National Spinal Cord Injury Association Ex-Officio Board Member
1989 Midas Rex, Course Director
1989 CNS Annual Meeting Committee
Moderator, JSOT Open Scientific Session, Public Relations Committee, Sergeant-at-Arms Committee, General Scientific Session III
1989 AANS Annual Meeting, Awards Committee
1990 AMA Technical Consultant Group - Harvard RBRVS Study
1990 ASIA Task Force Spinal Cord Injury Classification
1990 Secretary/Treasurer - Joint Section on Trauma and Critical Care AANS/CNS
1990 American College of Surgeons District I Committee on Applicants
1990 Technical Expert Panel AHA/Harvard RBRVS Study
1990 Organizing Committee, Third National Injury Control Conference - Department of Health and Human Services
1990 AANS Technology Assessment and Terminology Committee
1990 Neurosurgery Journal Reviewer
1991 Think First Foundation - Northeast Regional Chairman
1991 CNS Annual Meeting - Luncheon Seminars Committee
1992 Joint Section Neurotrauma and Critical Care - Chairman Elect
1992 Think First Foundation - Campaign Committee
1992 Professional Advisory Council - Pennsylvania Blue Shield
1992 Treasurer - Pennsylvania Neurological Society
1992 Journal Reviewer - Neurosurgery, Physician and Sports Medicine, Journal of Trauma
1992 ASIA - Spine Committee, Program Committee
1992 American College of Sports Medicine - CME Committee
1992 Florida HRS Trauma Reviewer
1992 American College of Surgeons Trauma Reviewer
1992 AANS Annual Meeting Committee - Marshalls Committee
1992 CNS Annual Meeting Committee - Luncheon Seminars, Sergeant at Arms, Special Courses
1993 American College of Surgeons - Committee on Trauma
1993 American College of Sports Medicine - CME Committee; Annual Meeting Abstract Committee
1993 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma - Publications Committee
1993 CNS Annual meeting - Chairman, Sergeant at Arms Committee, Co-Director Neuro Critical Care Course
1993 AANS Annual Meeting - Co-Director Neuro Critical Care Practical Course
1994 President Elect: Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society
1994 CNS Executive Committee
1994 Chairman, Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care
1994 AANS: Guidelines Committee, Technology Assessment Committee
1994 CNS: Joint Section Program Committee, Poster Committee, Course Director - Critical Care
1994 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma: Annual Meeting Program Committee, Publications Committee
1994 American College of Sports Medicine: Annual Meeting Committee
1994 Joint Council of State Neurosurgical Society: Pennsylvania Delegate
1995 President, Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society
1995 Executive Committee American Brain Injury Consortium
1995 CNS:  Executive Committee -  Chairman Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care, Education Committee, Newsletter Committee, Joint Sections Program Committee, Liaison to Think First Foundation, Liaison to National Kidney Foundation
1995 AANS: Guidelines Committee, Technology Assessment Committee, Joint Committee on Education
1995 American College of Sports Medicine Program Committee
1995 Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma Program Committee, Careers in Trauma Committee
1996 American College of Sports Medicine Program Committee
1996 Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma Program Committee, Careers in Trauma  Committee
1996 American Academy of Neurology, Task Force on Penetrating Brain Injury
1996 Think First Foundation
1996 National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration Advisory Board
1996 National Kidney Foundation
1996 Editorial Board Reviewer Journal of Neurosurgery; Surgical Neurology; Journal of Trauma; Journal of Critical Care Medicine
1997 American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma; Executive Committee
Chairman, Subcommittee on Prehospital Service; Verifications Review Committee
1997 ThinkFirst Foundation Board of Directors
1997 Editorial Board, Neurosurgery
1998 American Brain Injury Consortium Executive Committee
1998 Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Standards Committee
1999 Editorial Board, Journal of Trauma

HOSPITAL/LOCAL ACTIVITIES

1989 Associate Editor, Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin
1989 Reviewer, Pittsburgh Press, AAsk the Doctors@
1989- Allegheny General Hospital Committees:
1996  Institutional Review Board
Council on Graduate Medical Education
Trauma Oversight Committee
Neuroscience Research Planning Committee
Neurology Residency Steering Committee
OR Committee
Injury Prevention Committee
Department of Surgery Executive Committee
1990 Vice President, Pittsburgh Neurosciences Foundation
1990 Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Head Injury Project
1990 Executive Committee Greater Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Hospital 
1990 Ben Franklin Technology Center - Project Reviewer
1990 Duquesne University School of Health Sciences - Co-Medical Director Physicians Assistant Program
1991 Editor, Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin
1992 President-Elect Greater Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Hospital
1993 Governing Board - Greater Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Hospital
1993 President, Medical Staff, Greater Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Hospital
1994 Advisory Council on Trauma Prevention
1997 LCGME Self Study Group
1997 CME Committee
1998 Trauma Research Committee

AWARDS AND HONORS

1974 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
1974 Omicron Delta Kappa, Honor Leadership Society
1975 Adolph D. Williams Scholarship Award
First in Medical School Class (Freshman)
1976 Adolph D. Williams Scholarship Award
First in Medical School Class (Sophomore)
1976 Southern Medical Association Scholarship Award
1976 Merck Book Award
1976 Lange Book Award
1976 Mosby Book Award
1977 Alpha Omega Alpha, Honors Medical Society
1977 Joseph Collins Award
First in Medical School Class 1974-1977
1977 Virginia Commonwealth University Scholarship Award
1978 Phi Kappa Phi, Honors Science Society
1978 Adolph D. Williams Scholarship Award
First in Medical School Class (Senior)
1983 Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine - Resident=s Day Award
1990 National Rehabilitation Award - Research in Spina Cord Injury
1990 Wakeman Award (Duke University) - Outstanding Neuroscience Award for Spinal Cord Injury Research
1990 American Men and Women of Science
1991 Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans
1991 Who's Who in the East
1991 Pittsburgh Business Times - Top 40, Under 40
1992 Personalities in America
1993 Who's Who in America
1997 Connecticut Neurosurgical Society Award
1998 Allegheny Award

 VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS

1989 University of Florida, Department of Neurosurgery
1989 West Virginia University, Department of Neurosurgery
1989 University of Miami, Department of Neurosurgery
1990 Howard University, Washington, DC, Department of Neurology
1990 Institute for Neuropathologie, Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1990 SAMU De Paris - Groupe Hospitale Necker, Paris, France
1990 Deparatement D=Anesthesie-Reanimation, L=Hospital Laboisiere, Paris, France
1991 Johns Hopkins University, Department of Emergency Medicine
1991 Keio University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Western Reserve Care System, Department of Surgery, Youngstown, Ohio
1992 Baylor School of Medicine, Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Houston, Texas
1993 Wayne State University/Detroit Receiving Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Detroit, Michigan
1994 Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Department of Neurosurgery, Dallas, Texas
1995 Temple University, Department of Neurosurgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997 Temple University, Department of Neurosurgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997 University of Pittsburgh, Department of Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1997 Yale University, Department of Neurosurgery, New Haven, Connecticut
1998 Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
1999 West Virginia University, Department of Neurosurgery, Morgantown, West Virginia

PUBLICATIONS

1. Velo A, Wilberger JE.  Transsphenoidal Microsurgery in the Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas.  VA Med. Monthly, Jan. 1979.

2. Velo A, Wilberger JE.  Microsurgery for Intracranial Aneurysms.  VA Med. Monthly, June 1979.

3. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Upward Migration of Peritoneal Tubing.  Surg. Neurol 14:363-365, 1980.

4. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Traumatic Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation with Survival.  Case Report and Review.  Neurosurgery 7:503-505, 1980.

5. Pang D, Rosenbaum AE, Gutai JP, Wilberger JE.  Metrizimide CT Cisternography for Diagnosis Occult Hypothalamic-Hypophyseal Axis Lesions in Children.  Neurosurgery 8:531-541, 1981.

6. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  Craniocerebral Injuries in an Infant from Dog Bite. Neurosurgery 9:426-428, 1981.

7. Wilberger JE, Velo A.  Microneurosurgical Treatment of Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm.  South. Med. Journ. 74:1124-1126, 1981.

8. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  Syndrome of the Incidental Herniated Lumbar Disc.  Scientific Manuscript for the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Hawaii, April 1982.

9. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Tethered Cord Syndrome in Adults.  Journ. Neurosurg.  57:32-47, 1982.

10. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality in Children.  Journ. Neurosurg. 57:114-129, 1982.
11. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  The Incidental Herniated Lumbar Disc.  Surgical Forum, 33:510:512, 1982.

12. Pang D. Wilberger JE.  Tethered Cord Syndrome in Adults.  Yearbook of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Yearbook Medical Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, 1983.

13. Pand D. Wilberger JE.  Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormalities in Children.  Yearbook of Pediatrics, Yearbook Medical Publishers, Oski FA, Stockman JA (eds.), Chicago, Illinois, 1984.

14. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  Craniocerebral Injuries from Dog Bites.  JAMA 249:2685-2688, 1983.

15. Wilberger JE.  Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Secondary to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.  Journ. Neurosurg. 58, 1983.

16. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  Syndrome of the Incidental Herniated Lumbar Disc.  Journ. Neurosurg. 59, 1983.

17. Wilberger JE.  Transplantation of Central Nervous Tissue.  Neruosurgery 13, 1983.

18. Wilberger JE.  Brainstem Transplantation with Functional Facial Reinnervation.  Surgical Forum, 34, 1983.

19. Wilberger JE.  Silent Lumbar Disc Disease.  Journ. Of Musculoskeletal Med., Sept., 1983.

20. Wilberger JE, Baghai P.  Lumbosacral Radiculopathy.  Journ. Of Musculoskeletal Med., Feb. 1984.

21. Wilberger JE, Vertosick FT, Vries JK.  Unilateral Hydrocephalus Secondary to Congenital Atresia of the Foramen of Monro.  Journ. Neurosurgery, 1983.

22. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality in Children.  Yearbook of Emergency Medicine.  Yearbook Medical Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, 1984.

23. Wilberger JE, Baghai P.  Fetal Neurosurgery.  Neurosurgery 13:596-600, 1983.

24. Baghai P, Wilberger JE.  Lasers in Neurosurgery. Surg. Rounds, June 1984.

25. Wilberger JE.  Abnormal Cooper Metabolism and Intracranial Aneurysms.  Surgical Forum 36:487-490, 1985.

26. Wilberger JE, Abla A, Kennerdell J, Maroon JC.  Mucocele of the Pterygoid Recess.  J. Neurosurg., December 1985.

27. Abla A, Maroon JC, Wilberger JE, Kennerdell J, Deeb Z.  Intra Cellar Mucocele Simulating Pituitary Adenoma.  Neurosurg.  18:197-199, 1986.

28. Wilberger JE, Abla A, Rothfus WF. Lipoma of the Septum Pellucidum.  CTJ of Comp. Tomo. 36:288, 1986.

29. Wilberger JE, Deeb ZL, Rothfus WL. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Severe Head Injury.  Neurosurg. 20:571-576, 1987.

30. Wilberger JE, Maroon JC, Prostko RE, Baghai P, Beckman I, Deeb ZL.  Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Intraoperative Ultrasound in Syringomyelia.  Neurosurg. 20:599-605, 1987.

31. Wilberger JE, Maroon JC, Abla A.  Burning Hands Syndrome Revisited.  Neurosurg. 19:103-104, 1986.

32. Wilberger JE, Cheded M.  Acute Cervical Spondylitic Myelopathy.  Neurosurg.  22:145-146, 1988.

33. Wilberger JE, Balako J.  Hydrocephalus Presenting as Psychiatric Disturbance.  Annals of Neurology, 1987.

34. Kalfas I, Wilberger JE, et al.  MRI in Acute Spinal Cord Injury.  Neurosurg. 23:295-299, 1988.

35. Deeb ZL, Daffner RD, Rothfus WB, Goldberg AG, Tabas J, Wilberger JE.  Syringomyelia: Myelography, CT, and MRI.  J of Computed Tomography, January 1983.

36. Wilberger JE.  Primary Intra Cellar Schwannoma.  Surg. Neurol.  32:593-595, 1989.

37. Pillay P, Wilberger JE.  Transcranial Doppler Evaluation of Brain Death.  Neurosurg.  25:481-492, 1989.

38. Kaufman H, Hersberger J, Maroon JC, Wilberger JE, et al.  Mechanical Aspiration of Hematomas in an In Vitro Model.  Neurosurg.  25:347-350, 1989.

39. Wilberger JE, Maroon JC.  Cervical Spine Injuries in Athletes.  Physician and Sports Medicine 18(3):57-79, 190.

40. Wilberger JE, Maroon JC.  Occult Post-traumatic Cervical Ligamentous Instability.  J of Spinal Disorders 3:156-161, 1990.

41. Kalfas I, Wilberger JE.  MRI in Acute Spinal Cord Training.  1990 Yearbook of Emergency Medicine.

42. Kalfas I, Wilberger JE.  MRI in Acute Spinal Cord Trauma.  1990 Yearbook of Diagnostic Radiology.

43. Wilberger JE.  Delayed Post-traumatic Cervical Instability.  Paraplegia, January 1990.

44. Wilberger JE, Harris M, Diamond D.  Acute Subdural Hematoma: Morbidity and Mortality Related to Timing of Operative Intervention.  J of Trauma 30:61-65, 1990.

45. Wilberger JE, Rothfus W, Tabas J, et al.  Tissue Tear Hemorrhages: CT and Clinicopathologic Correlations.  Neurosurg. 27:160-165, 1990.

46. Maroon JC, Kopitnik T, Schultz LA, Abla A, Wilberger JE.  Diagnosis and Microsurgical Approach to Far Lateral Disc Herniation in the Lumbar Spine.  J. Neurosurg. 72:378-382, 1990.

47. Wilberger JE.  Book Review: Working In A Small Place.  ACMS Bulletin, July 1989.

48. Bracken MB, Shepard MJ, Collins WF, et al.  A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Methylprednisolone or Naloxone in the Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Injury.  Results of the Second National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study.  NEJM 322:1405-1411, 1990.

49. Celiln SE, Wilberger JE, Chen DA.  Facial Nerve Bifurcation Within the Internal Auditory Canal.  Otolaryng-Head and Neck Surgery 104:389-393, 1991.

50. Wilberger JE, Harris ME, Diamond D.  Acute Subdural Hematoma: Morbidity, Mortality and Operative Timing.  J Neurosurgery 74:212-218, 1991. 

51. Wilberger JE.  Timing of Surgical Spinal Stabilization After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.  Innovations in Trauma Management (Monograph).  Healthways 1991.

52. Bracken MB, et al.  Methylprednisolone or Naloxone in the Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Injury: One Year Follow-up Results of the National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study.  J Neurosurgery 76:23-32, 1992.

53. Wilberger JE.  Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin Editorials.  Dr. Antonioni=s Imaginary Disease (October 1990); Tax Exempt Status of Hospitals (May 1990).

54. Wilberger JE.  Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Cord Trauma.  J of Neurotrauma 8(1):75-86, 1991.

55. Wilberger JE.  Cumulative Effects of Football-Related Minor Head Injury.  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 23(4):5151, 1991.

56. Wilberger JE.  Neurosonography in Lumbar Disc Disease (abstract).  Journal of Spinal Disorders 4(3):156, 1991.

57. Wilberger JE.  Advances in Neurotrauma 1992.  Current Opinion in General Surgery, 55-61, 1993.

58. Maroon JC, Onik G, Quigley MR, et al.  Cryosurgery Revisited for the Removal and Destruction of Brain, Spinal and Orbital Tumors.  Neurological Res 14:294-302, 1992.

59. Wilberger JE.  Minor Head Injuries in American Football: Prevention of Long-Term Sequelae.  Sports Medicine 15(5):1-6, 1993.

60. Goldberg AL, Rothfus WE, Deeb Z, et al. The Impact of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Acute Cervicothoracic Spinal Trauma.  Skeletal Rad 17:89-95, 1992.

61. Wilberger JE.  Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Cord Trauma.  Keio Journal of Medicine 42:42-44, 1992.

62. Rothfus WE, Tanas JH, Wilberger JE, et al.  Hemorrhages of the Brain.  Advances in Clinical Neurosciences 1:59-69, 1992.

63. Coffey MR, et al.  Intrathecal Baclofen for Intractable Spasticity of Spinal Origin: Results of a Long-Term Multi-Center Study.  J. Neurosurg 78:226-232, 1993.

64. Bracken MD, Duh MS, Wilberger JE.  The Effectiveness of Surgery on the Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Injury in Relationship to Pharmacologic Treatment.  Neurosurg 35:240-249, 1994.

65. Prostko R, Whiting D, Wilberger JE.  New Perspectives in Cerebral Hemodynamic Monitoring.  Current Surgery 51:289-294, 1994.

66. Wilberger JE.  The Pediatric Spine: Principles and Practice Book Review.  J Neurosurgery 81:325-326, 1994.

67. Wilberger JE.  Spinal Trauma: Current Evaluation and Management.  Surgical Neurology 43:523-526, 1995.

68. Wilberger JE, Cantella D.  Barbiturates in Intractable Intracranial Pressure.  Society for Critical Care Medicine, New Horizons, August 1995. 

69. Wilberger JE.  Current Status of Clinical Trials in Spinal Cord Injury.  J Neurotrauma 12:343, 1995.

70. Waxman KS, Wilberger JE, et al.  Report of the Six-Month Outcome of a Clinical Trial of PEG-SOD in Severely Head Injured Patients.  J Neurotrauma 12:418, 1995.

71. Wilberger JE.  Head and Neck Injuries in Sports.  Audio Digest 18 (12), December 1995.

72. Townsend R, Wilberger JE.  Violence in the Media. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Position Paper.

73. Buchman CA, Chen D, Flannigan P,  Wilberger JE et al.  The Learning Curve for Acoustic Tumor Surgery.  Laryngoscope 106:1406-1411, 1996.

74. Young B, Runge JW, Waxman HS, Harrington T,  Wilberger  JE, et al.  Effects of Pegorgotein on Neurologic Outcome of Patients with Severe Head Injury.  JAMA 27:538-543, 1996.

75. Holloway KL, Smith KW, Wilberger JE, et al. Antibiotic Prophylaxsis During Clean Neurosurgery: A Large Multicenter Study Using Cefuroxin. Clinical Therapuetics 18:84-96, 1996.

76. Elrafai, AM, Taylor MJ, Shih SR, Bailes JE, Wilberger JE, et al. Hypothermic Preservation of Immature Spinal Cord Using Hypothermosol for Transplantation in the Rat. Society for Cryobiology Procedures (Submitted 1/96).

77. Wilberger JE.  Current Clinical Trials in Neuroprotection.  Restorative Neurology and Neurosciences (in press).

78. Wilberger JE, et al. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury. J Neurotrauma 11:639-731, 1996.

79. Quigley MQ, Vidovich D, Cantella D, Wilberger JE, et al.  Defining the Limits of Survivorship Following Very
Severe Head Injury, J Trauma 42:7-10, 1997.

80. Wilberger JE. Development of Head Injury Guidelines. Bulletin (American College of Surgeons), April, 1997.

81. Elrifai AM, Wilberger JE, et al.  Catecholamine Activity in the CSF of Head Injured Trauma Patients.  Surgical  Forum (American College of Surgeons) 1996.

82. Bracken MB, Shepard MJ, Holford TR, et al. Administration of Methylprednisolme for 24 or 48 Hours or Tirilazad Mesylate for 48 Hours in the Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Injury.  JAMA 227:1597-1604, 1997.

83. Bracken MB, Shepard MJ, Holford TR, Wilberger JE, et al. Methylprednisolone for 24 or 48 hours or Tirilazad Mesylate for 48 Hours after Acute Spinal Cord Injury--Randomized Controlled Trial.  J Neurosurgery 89: 699-706, 1998.

84. The Optimal Radiologic Method for Assessing Spinal Canal Compromise and Cord Compression in Patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.  Part II. Spine 24(6):605-615, 1999

85. Effects of Trauma Registry Program on Reported Mortality Rates. J Trauma 47:211, 1999

86. Long Term Treatment with Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Intractable Epilepsy. Neurology (in press)

87. The Effect of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage on Cerebral Perfusion in Traumatic Brain Injury. Critical Care Medicine (in press)

88. The Utility of Neurosurgical Physician Assistants. Neurosurgery (in press)

BOOKS

1. Spinal Cord Injuries in Children.  Futura Publishing Co., New York 1986.

2. International Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury.  ASIA.  Atlanta, Georgia 1994.

3. Practice of Neurosurgery (Section Editor).  Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland, 1994.

4. Neurotrauma.  Wilberger, Narayan, Povlishock (eds).  McGraw-Hill, 1995.

5. Guideline for the Management of Severe Head Injury.  AANS Publication, Chicago, Illinois, 1996.
 

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Trigeminal Neuralgia in Conn=s Current Therapy, Rakel RE (ed).  W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995.

2. Unilateral Hydrocephalus, Fetal Neurosurgery in Annual Review of Hydrocephalus, Matsumato S. (ed).  Koke, Japan, 1985.

3. Spinal Cord Injuries in Children in Pediatric Intensive Care, Nussbaum E (ed).  Future, New York, 1989.

4. Brain Death in New Harvest: Transplanted Body Parts in the Ethical Consequences, CD Keyes (ed).  Humana Press, New York, 1990.

5. Transplantation in the Brain in New Harvest: Transplanted Body Parts and the Ethical Consequences, Keyes CD (ed).  Humana Press, New York, 1990.

6. Head Injuries in Athletes in Clinics in Sports Medicine Vol. 8, January 1989, Ray (ed).  January 1989.

7. Emergency Burr Holes: Current Role in Neurosurgical Acute Care in Topics in Emergency Medicine, Mangiardi J (ed).  Aspen Publishers, January 1990.

8. Radiologic Evaluation of Spinal Trauma in Topics in Emergency Medicine, Mangiardi J (ed).  Aspen Publisher, January 1990.

9. Initial management of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury in Topics in Emergency Medicine, Mangiardi J (ed).  Aspen Publishers, January 1990.

10. Central Spinal Cord Injury in Clinical Neurosurgery.  Williams & Wilkins, pp. 612-619, 1990.

11. Skull and Meningeal Injuries in Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, Aldrich EF, Eisenberg HM (eds).  (2) 81-88, 1991.

12. Head and Spine Injury in Children in Emergency Medicine, Hamilton (ed).  Futura Publishers, New York, pp. 921-9240, 1991.

13. Athletic Cervical Spine Injuries in Disorders of the Cervical Spine.  Calmins, O=Leary (eds).  Williams & Wilkins, 1991.

14. Spinal Cord Injury in Infants and Children in Management of Spinal Cord Injury, Zedlik (ed).  Williams & Wilkins, 1991.

15. The Multiply Injured Patient in Principles of Neurosurgery, Rengachary SS, Wilkins RH (eds).  Gower Press, 1991.

16. Athletic Head Injury in Sports Medicine, Rians SC (ed).  Human Kinetics, 1991.

17. Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Neurosurgical Operative Atlas, Wilkins RH (ed).  Williams & Wilkins, 1992.

18. Minor Head Injury in Sports in Your Patient and Fitness.  Minneapolis, 1992. 

19. Pharmacologic Resuscitation After Spinal Cord Injury in Handbook of Head and Spine Trauma, Greenberg (ed).  Dekker Press, NY 1993.

20. Emergency Care and Initial Evaluation in Head Injury, Cooper (ed), 3rd Edition.  Williams &Wilkins, 1993.

21. Radiographic Evaluating of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury in Sequelae of Spinal Cord Injury, Peipmier J (ed).  Futura Press, 1992.

22. Intra Cellar Schwannoma in Major Problems in Pathology, Sima (ed).  McGraw Hill, 1992.

23. Immobilization and Traction in Contemporary Management of Spinal Cord Injury, Tabor CE, Benzell EC (eds).  AANS Publications, Chicago, Illinois 1995, pp 79-87.

24. Acute Spinal Cord Injury in Principles of Spinal Surgery, Menezes A, Sontagg V (eds).  McGraw Hill, New York, 1995.

25. Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring in The Practice of Neurosurgery, Tindall, Cooper, Barrow (eds).  Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995.

26. Pharmacologic Resuscitation After Spinal Cord Injury in Neurotrauma.  McGraw Hill, New York, 1995.

27. Pharmacologic Management of Head Injury in Current Technique in Neurosurgery, Salcman M (ed).  Current Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995.

28. Head Injury.  Exercise Management for Persons with  Chronic Disease and Disability.  American College of Sports Medicine, Dustine(ed). Champaign, IL,  1995.

29. Non-Surgical Management of Spinal Injuries.  Spinal Cord Injury Management and Avoidance of Complications.  AANS Publications, Chicago, Illinois, 1995.

30. Cervical Traction.  Spinal Cord Injury Management and Avoidance of Complications.  AANS Publications.  Chicago, Illinois, 1995.

31. Pharmacologic Strategies in Head Injury.  Current Techniques in Neurosurgery.  Salcsman (ed).  Morrison Communications, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995

32. Molecular Biology of Head Injury in The Molecular Biology of Neurosurgical Disease.  Harsh, Raffel (eds).  AANS Publishing, Chicago, Illinois, 1996.

33. Intensive Care Management of Children with Spinal Cord Injury in  Pediatric Neurosurgical Intensive  Care.  Andrews (ed). AANS Publishing, Chicago, IL 1997.

34. Outcomes - Analysis - ICP Monitoring. Clinical Neurosurgery . Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD 1997.

35. Sports Related Head Injury in Traumatic Brain Injury, Marion (ed). Thieme, Germany, 1998.

36. Skull Fracture, in Operative Neurosurgery. Kaye, McLBlack (eds.), Churchill Livingstone, London 1999. 
37. Athletic Head and Neck Injuries, in Clinics in Sports Medicine, Cantu B, ed WB Saunders, 17 (1), Jan 1998.

38. Patholphysiology of Brain Injury, in The Collaborative Management of Traumatic Brain Injury. Keiser M,  ed.  Futura, 1998.

39. Acute Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, in Otolarygologic Emergencies. Arriaga M, Day JD, eds,
Lippencott-Raven, 1999.

40. Intraoperative Electrophysiologic Monitoring, in Otolaryngologic Emergencies. Arriaga M, Day JD, eds,
Lippencott-Raven, 1999.

41. Warren WL, Wilberger JE. Brain Resuscitation.  Emergency Neurology. Kelly K, editor, Cambridge University Press, New York,  1999.

42. Wilberger JE.  Emergency Care and Initial Evaluation. Head Injury, 4th Edition. Cooper PR (editor).  William and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

43. Wilberger JE.  Contemporary Treatment Paradigms- Brain Injury. Clinical Neurosurgery, Vol. 45, 1999.

44. Posttraumatic Infectious Complications. Infections in Neurosurgery. Hall, ed.

45. Contemporary Issues in Spinal Cord Injury Management. Neurobase-Neurosurgery. Stein, Ed.

46. Immobilization and Traction. Contemporary Management of Spinal Cord Injury 2nd Edition. Neurosurgical Topics. Benzel, ed.

47. Athletic Spine and Spinal Cord Injury. Clinics in Sports Medicine. Cantu, ed.

48. Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Pathophysiology of Evolution and Recurrence. Neurosurgical Clinics of North America. Kaufmann, ed.

49. Diagnosis and Management of Seventh and Eighth Cranial Nerve Injuries Due to Temporal Bone Fractures. Youman=s Textbook of Neurosurgery. Marshall, ed.
 

NATIONAL - INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

1. Pang D, Gutai J, Rosenbaum AE, Wilberger JE.  Metrizimide CT Cisternography for Diagnosing Occult Hypothalamic Axis Lesions in Children.  Ninth Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New York, New York, December 5, 1980.

2. Pang D, Rosenbaum AE, Gutai J, Wilberger JE.  The Current Necessity for Metrizimide CT Cisternography in the Diagnosis of Occult Hypothalamic Axis Lesions in Children.  20th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Houston, Texas, October 5-10, 1980.

3. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Traumatic Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation with Survival in Children.  7th International Congress of neurologic Surgery, Munich, Germany, July 12-18, 1981.

4. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Spinal Cord Injuries Without Radiographic Abnormalities in Children.  7th International Congress of Neurologic Surgery, Munich, Germany, July 12-18, 1981.

5. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Spinal Cord Injuries Without Radiographic Abnormalities in Children.  10th Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Dallas, Texas, December 5, 1981.

6. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  Syndrome of the Incidental Herniated Lumbar Disc.  51st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 12-18, 1982.

7. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Cain Model of Intraventricular Hemorrhage With Urokinase Administration.  Annual Meeting of the Research Society of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, June 11, 1982.

8. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  The Incidental Herniated Lumbar Disc.  68th Annual Forum on Fundamental Surgical Problems, Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, October 24-30, 1982.

9. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  Intraventricular Use of Urokinase in Canine Models of Intraventricular Hemorrhage.  Pittsburgh Neuroscience Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1982.

10. Pang D, Wilberger JE.  Adult Tethered Cord Syndrome.  32nd Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Canada, October 3-8, 1982.

11. Pang D, Horton JA, Wilberger JE, Vries JK.  Nonsurgical Management of Extradural Hematomas in Children.  11th Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, December 9, 1982.

12. Wilberger JE, Pang D.  Incidental Herniated Lumbar Discs.  Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 25, 1983.

13. Baghai P, Wilberger JE, Maroon JC.  Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Spinal Disease.  AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spinal Disorder, Orlando, Florida, February 1985.

14. Wilberger JE, Maroon JC, Baghai P, et al.  Syringomyelia - New Approaches to Treatment with Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound.  Neurological Society of America, Kiawaii, South Carolina, May 1985. 
15. Wilberger JE.  Pharmacologic Controversies in the Management of Intracranial Pressure.  National AGH Trauma Conference, Beaver Creek, Colorado, March 1985.

16. Wilberger JE.  Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Severe Head Injury.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Hawaii, October 1985.

17. Wilberger JE.  Copper Metabolism Abnormalities in Patients with Intracranial Aneurysms.  Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, October 1985.

18. Wilberger JE.  Pneumocephalus CSF Leaks and Post Traumatic Infections.  AANS/CNS Neurotrauma 1985, New York City, New York, November 1985.

19. Wilberger JE.  Microdiscectomy.  AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spinal Disorder, San Diego, California, February 1986.

20. Wilberger JE.  The Role of the Neurosurgeon on the Trauma Team, Critical Care of Spinal Injuries.  Trauma Tactics Symposium, Beaver Creek, Colorado, March 1986.

21. Wilberger JE.  MRI in Acute Spinal Cord Injury.  AANS, Denver, Colorado, April 1986.

22. Wilberger JE.  Percutaneous Microdiscectomy.  CNS, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1986.

23. Wilberger JE.  Spine Injuries in Athletes.  AANS/CNS Joint Spine Section, Boca Raton, Florida, January 1987.

24. Wilberger JE.  Pediatric Head Injuries.  Trauma Tactics Symposium, Vail, Colorado, February 1987.

25. Wilberger JE.  Minor Head Injuries in Athletes.  American College of Sports Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1987.

26. Wilberger JE.  Delayed Cervical Post-Traumatic Spinal Instability.  AANS/CNS Joint Spine Section, Phoenix, Arizona, January 1988.

27. Wilberger JE.  Spinal Injuries in Athletes.  AANS, Toronto, Canada, April 1988.

28. Wilberger JE.  Percutaneous Suction Discectomy.  PA Neurosurgical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1988.

29. Wilberger JE, Prostko RE.  Complications of Invasive ICP Monitoring.  American Trauma Society, May 1988.

30. Wilberger JE.  Lumbar Instability.  CNS, Seattle, Washington, September 1988.

31. Wilberger JE.  Microdiscectomy and Percutaneous Discectomy Spine Study Group.  Palm Springs, California, November 1988.

32. Kalfas I, Wilberger JE.  MRI in Spinal Cord Injury.  National Society of Neuroimaging, Orlando, Florida, 1989.

33. Wilberger JE.  The Emergency Burr Hole.  Trauma Tactics, Copper Mountain, Colorado, 1989.

34. Wilberger JE.  Timing of Surgery for Acute SDH.  Gardner Day, Cleveland Clinical Foundation, 1989.

35. Wilberger JE.  Microdiscectomy: Symposium of the Spine.  Singapore Neuroscience Association, Singapore, 1989.

36. Wilberger JE.  Management of Severe Spine and Spinal Cord Injury in Children: The First Hours.  9th International Congress of Neurological Surgery, New Delhi, India, October 1989.

37. Wilberger JE.  Verification of Trauma Centers - The Pennsylvania Trauma System Foundation Experience, CNS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989.

38. Wilberger JE.  Neurosurgical Interventions in the First Hour: Do They Affect Outcome: Role of Emergency Burr Holes.  CNS Annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989.

39. Wilberger JE.  Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury: Surgery When and If?  CNS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989.

40. Wilberger JE, Management of Lumbar and Cervical Discitis.  CNS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989.

41. Wilberger JE, Maroon JC.  Spinal Injuries in Athletes.  Joint Section Spinal Disorders, AANS/CNA, Cancun, Mexico, 1989.

42. Harris M, Wilberger JE, et al.  Acute Traumatic SDH: Does Timing of Operation Affect Survival.  AANS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1989.

43. Wilberger JE.  Timing of Surgical Spinal Stabilization After Spinal Cord Injury.  AANS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1989.

44. Harris M, Sternau L, Wilberger JE.  CSF Neurotransmitters as Early Predictors of Outcome in Head Injury (Poster).  AANS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1989.

45. Wilberger JE.  Spine Injuries in Athletes (Poster).  American Spinal Injury Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1989.

46. Sternau L, Harris M, Wilberger JE.  CSF Metabolite as Predictors of Outcome in Head Injury .  Neurosurgical Society of America Annual Meeting, Bermuda, 1989.

47. Pillay P, Wilberger JE.  Transcranial Doppler and Severe Head Injury.  Cleveland Clinic Foundation Research Day, 1989.

48. Celin S, Wilberger JE, Chen D.  Facial Nerve Bifurcation Within the Internal Auditory Canal.  Society of Neurootology, Los Angeles, California, 1989.

49. Pillay P, Wilberger JE.  CT-Guided Stereotaxis Thalamotomy (Poster).  CNS Annual Meeting, 1989.

50. Larkins M, Wilberger JE.  Spinal Epidural Abscess (Poster).  CNS Annual Meeting, 1989.

51. Wilberger JE.  Ventriculostomy Drainage and Acute Post-Traumatic Hydrocephalus.  CNS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989.

52. Maroon JC, Kennerdell J, Sternau LS, Wilberger JE, et al.  Management of Recurrent Spheno-Orbital Meningiomas.  AANS Annual Meeting, Nashville, May 1990.

53. Wilberger JE, Goldberg A, et al.  Sequential Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Spinal Cord Injury.  AANS Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1990.

54. Wilberger JE, Pillay P, et al.  Transcranial Doppler in Closed Head Injury.  AANS Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1990.

55. Koiesch D, Harris ME, Diamond D.  Acute Subdural Hematoma - Timing of Operative Intervention.  Eastern Association Surgery of Trauma, Naples, Florida, February 1990.

56. Wilberger JE, Harris ME, Diamond D.  Acute Subdural Hematoma -Timing of Operative Intervention.  Eastern Association Surgery of Trauma, Naples, Florida, February 1990.

57. Loesch D, Harris ME, Wilberger JE.  Gunshot Wounds to the Head.  Eastern Medical Student Forum, Miami, Florida, February 1990.

58. Wilberger JE.  Surgical Spinal Stabilization.  American Spinal Injury Association, Orlando, Florida, May 1990.

59. Pillay P, Wilberger JE.  Oral Window for Transcranial Doppler; Transcranial Doppler in Severe Head Injury.  American Society of Neuroimaging, San Diego, California, May 1990.

60. Wilberger JE.  NASCIS II.  7th Congress Scientific A.M.U.Q., Montreal, Canada, September 1990.

61. Wilberger JE.  NASCIS II.  3rd International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 1990.

62. Wilberger JE.  The Athlete and the Neurosurgeon: Difficult Decisions.  AANS Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1990.

63. Loesch D, Wilberger JE, Adatepe M.  SPECT Imaging in Severe Head Injury (Poster).  CNS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, October 1990.

64. Wilberger JE.  Management of the Failed Back.   CNS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, October 1990.

65. Wilberger JE.  David Miller Memorial Trauma Symposium.  Springfield, Missouri, November 1990.

66. Wilberger JE.  Current Advances in the Treatment of Major Trauma.  London, England, November 1990.

67. Wilberger JE, Maroon JC.  Neurosonography in Lumbar Disc Disease.  AANS/CNS Joint Spine Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, February 1991.

68. Wilberger JE.  Neurosurgeons and Athletes: Difficult Decisions.  AANS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1991. 

69. Wilberger JE, Maroon JC.  Effects of Recurrent Concussions on Athletes.  AANS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1991.

70. Wilberger JE.  Initial Management of Spinal Cord Injury.  AANS Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana,  April 1991.

71. Loesch D, Wilberger JE.  Leeds Head Injury Scoring Scale Applied to a Homogeneous Patient Population.  AANS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1991.

72. Wilberger JE.  Cumulative Effects of Head Injury in Athletes.  American College of Sports Medicine, Orlando, Florida, May 1991.

73. Wilberger JE.  Neurotrauma in the Patient with Multiple Injuries.  Prehospital and Emergency Management.  American College of Surgeons 77th Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, 1991.

74. Wilberger JE.  Discussion - Cerebral Hemodynamic Reserve.  American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991.

75. Wilberger JE.  Pump Infusion Therapy for the Management of Chronic Pain.  Mid-Atlantic Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1991.

76. Wilberger JE.  Management of Spinal Cord Injury.  Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1991.

77. Wilberger JE.  Neurosurgical and Neurological Intensive Care Course - Treatment of Spinal Injury, Cleveland, Ohio, 1991.

78. Wilberger JE. Current Treatment of Spinal Injuries.  VII World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Montreal, Canada, 1991.

79. Wilberger JE.  Pharmacologic Management of Spinal Cord Injury.  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991.

80. Wilberger JE.  Current Concepts in Epilepsy Management - Surgical Treatment, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991.

81. Wilberger JE.  Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.  American College of Surgeons 37th Annual Southwest Pennsylvania Chapter Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991.

82. Wilberger JE.  Initial Management of Central Nervous System Injuries.  St. Elizabeth=s Hospital Symposium, Youngstown, Ohio, 1991.

83. Wilberger JE.  Frontiers in Head Injury Rehabilitation - Keynote Speaker.  New Medico Head Injury System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991.

84. Wilberger JE.  Pharmacologic Resuscitation After Spinal Cord Injury - Keynote Speaker.  Northeast Rehabilitation Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1991.

85. Wilberger JE.  Spinal Cord Injury.  Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 1991.

86. Wilberger JE.  Spinal Cord Injury in Children; High Dose Corticosteroid Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury - Keynote Speaker. Japanese Medical Society, Tokyo, Japan, 1991.

87. Wilberger JE.  Optimal Neuroresuscitation.  Albany Medical College Trends in Trauma.  Killington, Vermont, January 1992.

88. Wilberger JE.  Advancements in Pharmacologic Therapy of Central Nervous System Injury; New Perspectives in Spinal Cord Trauma.  Trauma Tactics 1992.  Park City, Utah, March 1992.

89. Wilberger JE.  Infectious Disorders of the Spine.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 1992.

90. Wilberger JE.  Spine and Peripheral Nerve Injury in the Athlete.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual meeting, San Francisco, April 1992.

91. Neurosurgical Critical Care, Monitoring Devices and Techniques.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 1992.

92. Seizure Surgery.  Hammot Institute for Behavioral Health, Erie, Pennsylvania, May 1992.

93. Models of Physician Assistant Utilization.  Hospital Association of Pennsylvania.  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 1992.

94. Commentary - Long-Term Consequences of Minimal Brain Injury.  American Association of the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, September 1992.

95. Clinical Application of New Imaging Techniques in Head Trauma.  American College of Surgeons Trauma Symposium. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1992.

96. Intrathecal Baclofen for Spasticity of Spinal Origin: Result of a Long-Term US Multi-Center Study (Abstract).  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, November 1992.

97. Ominous Prognostic Indicators Following Severe Head Injury (Abstract).  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 1992.

98. Spinal Cord Injury Management Strategies.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1992.

99. Hypervolemic Therapy for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.  Critical Care Society, Maui, Hawaii, January 1993.

100. Implanted Spinal Delivery Systems in the Management of Chronic Pain.  Issues in Acute and Chronic Pain Management, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, February 1993.

101. Anterior Cervical Spine Stabilization with a Synthes Plate System (Abstract).  Joint Section on Spinal Disorders, Tucson, Arizona, February 1993. 

102. Cryosurgical Ablation in the Treatment of Brain, Spinal and Orbital Tumors (Poster).  AANS Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1993.

103. Initial Management of Cranial Trauma.  AANS Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1993.

104. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury - The NASCIS II Experience (Abstract).  AANS Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1993.

105. Acute Spinal Cord Injury.  A Contemporary Approach.  AANS Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1993.

106. ICP Monitoring.  Neuro Critical Care Course.  AANS Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1993.

107. Procedural and Conceptual Considerations on Spinal Cord Transplantation.  NIH - University of Florida Transplantation Conference, Gainesville, FL, August 1993.

108. Intrathecal Lioresal.  Third Annual Neuroscience Conference, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pennsylvania, September 1993.

109. Cerebrospinal Fluid Neuron-Specific Enolase CMD S-100 in Severe Head Injury (Poster).  CNS 43rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, October 1993.

110. Standards of Neurologic Examination for Spinal Cord Function in Trauma (Abstract).  CNS 43rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, October 1993.

111. Indications for ICP Monitoring.  CNS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, October 1993.

112. Pharmacologic Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.  10th International Congress of Neurologic Surgery, Acapulco, Mexico, October 1993.

113. Aggressive Surgical Intervention for Spinal Cord Injury.  Detroit Trauma Symposium, Detroit, Michigan, October 1993.

114. Controversies in the Standardization of Guidelines for Neurotrauma Care.  American College of Surgeons Advances in Trauma, Kansas City, Missouri, December 1993.

115. Pharmacologic Resuscitation After Spinal Cord Injury.  Virginia Spinal Cord Injury System Symposium.  Williamsburg, Virginia, April 1994.

116. (A) Controversies in the Management of Pediatric Trauma. (B) Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Trauma Tactics.  Copper Mountain, Colorado, March 1994.

117. Cost Effective Management of Spinal Cord Injury.  National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Executive Committee Meeting.  San Diego, California, April 1994.

118. Course Director.  Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.  San Diego, California, April 1994. 

119. Temporary Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.  San Diego, California, April 1994.

120. (A) Guidelines and Development for Optimal Neurotrauma Care.  (B) Medical and Surgical Resuscitation of Acute Spinal Cord Injury.  David Miller Memorial Trauma Symposium.  Springfield, Missouri, September 1994.

121. Symposium on Hypothermic Medicine.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 1994.

122. Devastating Head and Spinal Cord Injury - Pre-Hospital Emergency and Operative Management.  American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress.  Chicago, Illinois, October 1994.

123. Course Director.  Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.  Chicago, Illinois, October 1994.

124. Advances in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, October 1994.

125. Quigley, Wilberger, et al.  Simplified Methods of Practicing the Outcome Following Very Severe Head Injury (Abstract).  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.  Chicago, Illinois, October 1994.

126. Early Pharmacologic Intervention for Spinal Cord Injury.  Contemporary Forums on Spinal Cord Injury.  Washington, DC, November 1994.

127. Timing of Surgery after Spinal Cord Injury - 11th Annual Meeting, Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine.  Phoenix, Arizona, February 1995.

128. Current Trends in Neuroprotection - Trauma Tactics.  Steamboat, Colorado, March 1995.

129. Neurosurgical Considerations in Pediatric Trauma - Trauma Tactics.  Steamboat, Colorado, March 1995.

130. Minor Head Injuries in Sports, Acute Management and Overview - Neurological Sports Injuries (University of Miami, JSNTC).   Orlando, Florida, April 1995. 

131. Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon (Course Director) - AANS Annual Meeting.  Orlando, Florida, April 1995.

132. ICP Monitoring, Technique and Technology - AANS Annual Meeting.  Orlando, Florida, April 1995.

133. Contemporary Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury - AANS Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, April 1995.

134. Simplified Method of Predicting Outcome Following Very Severe Head Injury (abstract), Quigley, Cantella, Vidovich, Wilberger - AANS Annual Meeting.  Orlando, Florida, April 1995.

135. Criteria for ICP Monitoring after Severe Head Injury with Normal CT (poster), Chalifoux, Wilberger - AANS Annual Meeting.  Orlando, Florida, April 1995.

136. Neuroprotection - Joint International Congress on Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 1995.

137. Current Status of Clinical Trials in Spinal Cord Injury - 3rd International Neurotrauma Symposium.  Toronto, Canada, July 1995.

138. Clinical Therapeutic Trials in Neurotrauma - International Symposium on Oxidative Stress.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 1995.

139. Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon (Course Director) - CNS Annual Meeting.  San Francisco, California, October 1995.

140. Limits of Salvageability, Ethical and Legal Considerations - CNS Annual Meeting.  San Francisco, California, October 1995.

141. Pharmacologic Trials in Acute Spinal Cord Injury - CNS Annual Meeting.  San Francisco, California, October 1995.

142. Barbiturates for Intractable ICP - CNS Annual Meeting.  San Francisco, California, October 1995.

143. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury - North Carolina Neurosurgical Society, Greensboro, North Carolina, October 1995.

144. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury - Colorado Neurosurgical Society, Denver, Colorado, October 1995.

145. Rapid Evacuation of Acute SDH; A Technique for Expansile Dural Incisions (abstract), Medary, Wilberger - ACS 28th Annual Residents Day Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1995.

146. National Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injuries - ACS/COT Advances in Trauma.  Kansas City, Missouri, December 1995.

147. Hypothermic Preservation of Immature Spinal Cord for Transplantation in the Rat (abstract), Elrifai, Taylor, Shih, Wilberger, et al, American Society for Neural Transplantation.  Miami, Florida, April 1996.

148. Learning Curve in Acoustic Tumor Surgery (Abstract), Chen, Wilberger, et al, Triotlogic Society.  Sarasota, Florida, April 1996.

149. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury - Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma. Orlando, FLA, January, 1996.

150. (A)Concussion-The Team Physicians Perspective. (B)Minor Neck Injuries-Guidelines for Return to Competition. Sports and Recreational Injuries: Tactics for Prevention and Treatment- Breckenridge, CO, March,1996.

151. Controversies in Critical Care. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, April, 1996.

152. Advances in Critical Care Management.  AANS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, April, 1996.

153. Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon.  AANS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, April, 1996.

154. Keynote Speaker. West Virginia Nurses Association. Wheeling Jesuit College, April, 1996. 

155. Learning Curve for Acoustic Tumor Surgery Guidelines. Texas Association for Neurological Surgeons, San  Antonio, Texas, May, 1996.

156. Brain Trauma Management Guidelines. Texas Medical Association Annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas,
 May  1996.

157. Clinical Implications of the Heterogenity of Head Injury. Pittsburgh Head Injury Symposium/ National Head  Injury Center Directors Conference, May, 1996.

158. Principles and Applications of Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring. Neuromonitoring in Neurosurgery,  Pittsburgh, June, 1996.

159. Uninduced Hypothermia is Associated with Higher Mortality after Traumatic Brain Injury. (Abstract) 
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual meeting. Houston, Texas,September 1996.

160. Legal Status of Pedicle Screw Fixation Devices. Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society Fall meeting.
Pittsburgh, September 1996.

161. Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury, Congress of Neurologic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  Montreal
October 1996.

162. Critical Care Strategies for the Head Injured Patient.  Congress of Neurologic Surgeons Annual meeting. 
         Montreal October 1996.

163. Neurosurgical Critical Care-Who=s in Charge.  Congress of Neurologic Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Montreal October 1996.

164. Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon (Course Director) Congress of Neurologic Surgeons Annual meeting
Montreal, October 1996.

165. Evaluation of Head Injury for General Surgeons.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.
San Francisco, October 1996.

 166. Uninduced Hypothermia and Mortality after Head Injury.  Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation 
  Annual Scientific meeting.  Harrisburg, PA, December 1996.

167. Implementation of Neurosurgical Guidelines.  Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual meeting.
Ft. Myers, FL   January 1997.

168. Safety Profile of Enandoline- A Potential Neuroprotective Agent (abstract). Tenth International Symposium
on Intracranial Pressure.  Williamsburg, VA, May 1997

169. Pharmacological Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries. Conference on Sports-Related Concussion and Nervous
System Injuries. Orlando, FL, February, 1997.

170. Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord Injuries.  International Symposium on Emergency Trauma Care.
Doha, Qatar, February, 1997.

171. Evaluation and Management of Head Injuries.  International Symposium on Emergency Trauma Care.
Doha, Qatar, February, 1997.

172. Cost of Brain Trauma Care.  Trauma Tactics, Aspen, CO, March 1997.

173. Spinal Cord Trauma.  Trauma Tactics, Aspen, CO, March 1997.

174. The Cost of Doing Multidisciplinary Research: Dollars and Sense.  Trauma Tactics, Aspen, CO, March 1997.

175. Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon (Course Director).  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual
Meeting.  Denver, CO, April, 1997.

176. The Integrated Trauma Center.  American Assoication of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, 
Denver, CO, April, 1997.

177. Trauma Guidelines for the Practicing Neurosurgeon.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual
Meeting.  Denver, CO, April, 1997.

178. Patient Management Guidelines and Quality Control.  American Trauma Society. Washington, D.C., 
May, 1997.

179. The Real Impact of Neurological Injury.  American Trauma Society, PA Division, Hershey, PA,
April, 1997.

180. Contemporary Management of Head Injury.  Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA , April, 1997.

181. Guidelines of the Management of Severe Head Injury.  Northwestern University Medical School,
Chicago, IL May, 1997.

182. Spinal Cord Injury Workshop.  The 7th World Congress of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.
Ottawa, Canada, July, 1997.

183. The Current Status and Challenges for Nerve Tissue Engineering.  Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering
Initiative.  Nemacolin, PA , August, 1997.

184. Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon. (Course Co-Director).  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual
Meeting.  New Orleans, LA, September, 1997.

185. Current Status of Clinical Trials in Neurotrauma.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.
New Orleans, LA, September, 1997.

186. Implementing Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury.  American College of Surgeons
Clinical Congress.  Chicago, IL, October, 1997.

187. Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy.  Recent Advances in the Treatment of Movement Disorders and Spasticity.
Pittsburgh, PA, November, 1997.

188. The Learning Curve for Acoustic Neuroma Surgery.  Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1997.

189. Molecular Genetics for CNS Disorders.  Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1997.

190. Pediatric Neurosurgery in The American Civil War.  The American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Annual Meeting.  Pittsburgh, PA November, 1997.

191. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury.  Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Annual
Meeting.  Harrisburg, PA, November, 1997.

192. The Civil War: Neurosurgery in Pittsburgh.  University of Pittsburgh.  Pittsburgh, PA, Novermber, 1997.

193. Bioengineering and Molecular Genetics for CNS Disease and Injury.  Yale University.  New Haven, CT,  December, 1997.

194. Clinical Trials in Neurotrauma.  Connecticut Society of Neurological Surgery, New Haven, CT, December, 1997.

195. NASCIS III Results and significance.  Joint Spine Section Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA 
February, 1998.

196. Molecular Genetics and Bioengineering in CNS Injury and Disease.  Chicago Interurban Society
Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March, 1998.

197. Critical Care for the Neurosurgeon.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Philadelphia, PA April, 1998.

198. Implementation of Head Injury Guidelines.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual
Meeting.  Philadelphia, PA April, 1998.

199. Development of a Neurosurgical Critical Care Fellowship.  Society of Neurological Surgeons Annual
Meeting.  St. Louis, MO May, 1998.

200. Recent Developments in Clinical and Basic Science Research in Head Injury. Fourth Annual Department of the Army Trauma Symposium. Tulsa, OK September 1998.

201. Strategies for Maximizing Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury. St. Francis Trauma Symposium.
Tulsa, OK September 1998.

202. Clinical Implementation of the Head Injury Guidelines.  St. Francis Trauma Symposium.  Tulsa, OK
September  1998.

203.  Brain Trauma: The Continuum of Care.  Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, OK
September 1998.

204. Contemporary Treatment Paradigms - Brain Injury.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Seattle, WA October 1998.

205. Sports Related Spinal Cord Injury .  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.  Seattle, WA
October 1998.

206. Advances in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Seattle, WA October 1998.

207. A New Model to Study the Cerebral Microcirculation in Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Circulatory Arrest in Rabbits (abstract).  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.  Seattle, WA October 1998.

208. Head and Spinal Cord Injury: Lessons for the General Surgeon.  American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress.  Orlando, FL October 1998.

209. Management of Spinal Cord Injury: Lessons for the General Surgeon.  American College of Surgeons Annual
Clinical Congress.  Orlando, Fl October, 1998.

210. Current Guidelines for Head Injury.  American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress. Orlando, FL
October 1998.

211. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury.  Detroit Trauma Symposium.  Detroit, MI November 1998.

212. Contemporary Issues in Trauma Neurosurgery.  Carolinas Medical Center.  Charlotte, NC November 1998.

213. A Simulation Study of On-Call OR Team Efficacy in Trauma. Central Surgery Assn. 

214. Utilization of Head Injury Guidelines in United States Trauma Centers. Congress of Neurological Surgeons

215. Effects of Trauma Registry Program on Reported Mortality Rates. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

216. Optimal Fluid Resuscitation after Severe Head Injury. American College of Surgeons, 85th Clinical Congress

217. Priorities in the Management of Blunt Abdominal Trauma and Closed Head Injury. American College of Surgeons, 85th Clinical Congress.

218. Contemporary Management of Head Injury.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.

219. Evaluation of the Pediatric Cervical Spine. Emergency Medicine, 1999.

220. Head Injury Guidelines. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.

221. Clinical Trials Update. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.

CLINICAL RESEARCH

1985 - Present National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study - NASCIS II/III
Director, Allegheny General Hospital Center
Executive Committee Member

1982 - Present Treatment of Benign Pain with Intrathecal Morphine

1988 - Present Treatment of Spasticity with Intrathecal Baclofen

1989  National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study - NASCIS III
Director: Phase II Lazeroid Trial AGH

1989  National Severe Head Injury Study
Director: Phase II Lazeroid Trial AGH

1991  Tirilizad Head Injury Trial
Director: Phase III Studies

1993  PEG-SOD Head Injury Trial
Director: Phase III Studies
Data Review & Publications Committee

1995  Selfotel Head Injury Trial
Director: Phase III Studies

1995- Present Opioid Receptor Antagonist Enadoline in Severe Head Injury
Principal Investigator:  Phase II Trial AGH
(Parke-Davis)

1996- Present GM-I Ganglioside for Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Principal Investigator: AGH Multicenter Clinical Trial (Fidia)

1996- Present NMDA Antagonist CPP-ENE in Severe Head Injury
National Principal Investigator: Multicenter Clinical Trial 
(Sandoz)

1996  Surgical vs. Medical Treatment of Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage
Principal Investigator: AGH Multicenter Clinical Trial
(NIH Grant Submission, August 1996)

1996  Acute vs. Delayed Surgical Decompression After Spinal Cord Injury
National Principal Investigator: Multicenter Clinical Trial
(NIH Grant Submission, June 1996)

1997  The Cerebrovascular Response to Mild and Profound Hypothermia

1997  Antithrombin III Phase 3 Trial for Severe Sepsis 
Principal Investigator - Multicenter Clinical Trial (Pharmaco-PPD)

1997  Magnesium for Severe Head Injury Pilot Project
Co-Principal Investigtor, Allegheny General Hospital

1998  CP101,256 Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in Severe Head Injury
Principal Investigator - Multicenter Clinical Trial (Parke Davis) 

1998  SNXIII, Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in Severe Head Injury
Principal Investigator - Multicenter Clinical Trial (Hoffman LaRoche)

1999  Decompressive Craniectomy for Stroke
Co-Principal Investigator (NIH-Pilot)
 CLINICAL RESEARCH (Cont=d)

1999  Decompressive Craniectomy after Severe Head Injury
Principal Investigator (NIH-Pilot)

BASIC RESEARCH

1989 - Present Intrauterine Meningomyelocele Model in Sheep

1989 - Present Neurotransmitters in CSF After Head Injury

1989 - Present Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury as Delineated by MRI

1991 - Present Microdialysis in Head Injury

1994  Comparison of CSF Drainage Protocol in Intracranial Pressure Management

1995  Hypothermic Presentation of Immature Spinal Cord for Transplantation

1997  The Cerebrovascular Response to Mild and Profound Hypothermia

MISCELLANEOUS

1. Editorial Board, Neurosurgery

2. Editorial Board, Journal of Trauma

3. Reviewer - Neurosurgery,  Journal of Neurosurgery,  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise,  Journal of Trauma,  The Physician in Sports Medicine,  Journal of Neurosurgery,  Paraplegia , Surgical Neurology , Sports Medicine,  Journal for the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Life Sciences 

4. International Advisory Committee - Sandoz Pharmaceuticals.

5. Current Trends in the Management of Major Trauma (videotape).

6. Think First Foundation Annual Fund Quadrant Chairman.

7. Neurosurgical Consultant - American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

8. Association for Surgical Education.

9. Examiner - American Board of Neurological Surgery

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