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Eric L. Zager, MD, FACS

Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Attending

Member

Medical Director

Department: Neurosurgery

Contact information

HUP - 3 Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-3497
Fax: 215-349-5534

Email:
zagere@uphs.upenn.edu

Links
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Education
B.A. (Biochemistry)
Harvard College, 1977.
M.D.
Stanford University, 1982.

Post-Graduate Training
Resident in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1983-1988.
Intern in General Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, 1982-1983.
Fellow, Peripheral Nerve Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1989-1989.
Fellow, Peripheral Nerve Surgery, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, 1989-1989.

Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1992.

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Selected Publications

Ances BM., McGarvey ML., Abrahams JM., Maldjian JA., Alsop DC., Zager EL., Detre JA.: Continuous arterial spin labeled perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in patients before and after carotid endarterectomy. Journal of Neuroimaging 14(2): 133-8, Apr 2004.

Huang JH., Zaghloul K., Zager EL.: Surgical management of brachial plexus region tumors. [Review] [31 refs] Surgical Neurology 61(4): 372-8, Apr 2004.

Huang JH., Zager EL.: Mini-open carpal tunnel decompression. [Review] [16 refs] Neurosurgery 54(2): 397-9; discussion 399-400, Feb 2004.

Samadani U., Umemura A., Jaggi JL., Colcher A., Zager EL., Baltuch GH.: Thalamic deep brain stimulation for disabling tremor after excision of a midbrain cavernous angioma. Case report. Journal of Neurosurgery 98(4): 888-90, Apr 2003.

Zager EL., Shaver EG., Hurst RW., Flamm ES.: Distal anterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms. Report of four cases. Journal of Neurosurgery 97(3): 692-6, Sep 2002.

Arle JE., Abrahams JM., Zager EL., Taylor C., Galetta SL.: Pupil-sparing third nerve palsy with preoperative improvement from a posterior communicating artery aneurysm. Surgical Neurology 57(6): 423-6; discussion 426-7, Jun 2002.

Abrahams JM., Diamond SL., Hurst RW., Zager EL., Grady MS.: Topic review: surface modifications enhancing biological activity of guglielmi detachable coils in treating intracranial aneurysms. [Review] [51 refs] Surgical Neurology 54(1): 34-40; discussion 40-1, Jul 2000.

Patel RS., Yousem DM., Maldjian JA., Zager EL.: Incidence and clinical significance of frontal sinus or orbital entry during pterional (frontotemporal) craniotomy. Ajnr: American Journal of Neuroradiology 21(7): 1327-30, Aug 2000.

Philips MF., Bagley LJ., Sinson GP., Raps EC., Galetta SL., Zager EL., Hurst RW.: Endovascular thrombolysis for symptomatic cerebral venous thrombosis. Journal of Neurosurgery 90(1): 65-71, Jan 1999.

Baumgardner JE., Baranov D., Smith DS., Zager EL.: The effectiveness of rapidly infused intravenous fluids for inducing moderate hypothermia in neurosurgical patients. Anesthesia & Analgesia 89(1): 163-9, Jul 1999.