Department of Neurosurgery

Penn Neurosurgery
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James M. Schuster, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Site Coordinator for Neurosurgery-surgical clerkships
Associate Director, Neurocritical Care-Trauma
Associate Program Director- Neurosurgery Residency Program
Trauma Coordinator
Department: Neurosurgery
Contact information
HUP - 3 Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-1624
Fax: 215-349-5534
Email: schustej@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BS (Chemistry)
University of South Dakota, 1986.
 MD/PhD (Medicine/Pathology)
Duke University School of Medicine, 1993.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Surgery, University of Washington, 1993-1994.
 Neurosurgery Resident, University of Washington, 1994-1997.
 Neurosurgical Registrar, Atkinson Morley’s Hospital; London, England, 1997-1998.
 Research Fellow, University of Washington, 1998-2000.
 Spine fellowship training, University of Washington, 1998-1998.
 Chief Resident/Acting Instructor in Neurosurgery, University of Washington, 2000-2001.
Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery Primary Examination: 99th percentile (713- highest cumulative score), 1999.
 Board Certified-American Board of Neurological Surgeons, 2005.
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Selected Publications

Wilden, J; Danish, S; Schuster, JM.: Acute traumatic paraplegia in two obese patients with ankylosing spondilytis undergoing hip arthroplasty. J Neurosurg Spine, 8(1), april 2008.

 Heuer, G, Schuster, JM.: Acute paraparesis from hemorrhagic spinal ependymoma: diagnostic dilemma and surgical management. J Neurosurg Spine 7(6): 652-5, December 2007.

 Temkin, NR, Anderson, GD, Winn, HR, Britz, WG, Schuster, JM., Lucas, T., Newell, DW, Nelson, P Machamer, JE., Barber, J, Dikmen, SS.: Magnesium Sulfate for Neuroprotection after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Trial. Lancet Neurol. 6(1): 29-38, Jan 2007.

 Longo, M; Zhang, J; Schuster, J.M: A novel human osteoblast derived SCID mouse model of bone metastasis. J Neurosurg Spine 4(5): 388-91, May 2006.

 Stiefel, MF; Verdiramo, Schuster, JM; Gracias, VA; LeRoux, PD. : Multimodality Monitoring in the Management of Refractory Intracranial Hypertension: A Case Report. J Trauma 59: 757–761, 2005.

 Schuster JM, Longo, M, Nelson, PS: Differential expression of bikunin (HAI-2/PB) a proposed mediator of glioma invasion, by demethylation treatment. Journal of Neuro-oncology 64(3): 219-25, Sept 2003.

 Mohit AA, Schuster JM, Mirza SK, Mann FA. : “Plough” Fracture: Shear Fracture of the Anterior Arch of the Atlas. AJR 181: 770, Sept 2004.

 Newell DW, Schuster JM, Avellino AM: Intracranial-to-intracranial vascular anastomosis created using a microanastomotic device for the treatment of distal middle cerebral artery aneurysms. Technical note. J Neurosurg 97(2): 486-491, August 2002.

 Kinoshita Y, Jarell AD, Flaman JM, Foltz G, Schuster JM, Sopher BL, Irvin DK, Kanning K, Kornblum HL, Nelson P, Hieter P, Morrison RS: Pescadillo, a Novel Cell Cycle Regulatory Protein Abnormally Expressed in Malignant Cells. J Biol Chem 276: 6656-6665, 2001.
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