In Memoriam
Jurg L. Jaggi
Associate Director, Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Neurosurgery
235 S. Eighth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Department of Neurosurgery
235 S. Eighth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Office: 215-829-5375
Fax: 215-829-6645
Fax: 215-829-6645
Email:
jaggi@med.upenn.edu
jaggi@med.upenn.edu
Education:
B.S. (Electrical Engineering)
Hochschule für Technik NTB, Buchs, Switzerland, 1973.
B.S. (Bioengineering )
Hochschule für Technik NTB, Buchs, Switzerland, 1974.
M.Sc. (Radiation Physics )
University of London, England, 1976.
Ph.D. (Bioengineering)
University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1985.
Permanent linkB.S. (Electrical Engineering)
Hochschule für Technik NTB, Buchs, Switzerland, 1973.
B.S. (Bioengineering )
Hochschule für Technik NTB, Buchs, Switzerland, 1974.
M.Sc. (Radiation Physics )
University of London, England, 1976.
Ph.D. (Bioengineering)
University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1985.
Selected Publications
Kramer Daniel R, Halpern Casey H, Buonacore Dana L, McGill Kathryn R, Hurtig Howard I, Jaggi Jurg L, Baltuch Gordon H: Best surgical practices: a stepwise approach to the University of Pennsylvania deep brain stimulation protocol. Neurosurgical focus 29(2): E3, Aug 2010.Kilpatrick Michaux, Church Ephraim, Danish Shabbar, Stiefel Michael, Jaggi Jurg, Halpern Casey, Kerr Marie, Maloney Eileen, Robinson Michael, Lucki Irwin, Krizman-Grenda Elizabeth, Baltuch Gordon: Intracerebral microdialysis during deep brain stimulation surgery. Journal of neuroscience methods 190(1): 106-11, Jun 2010.
Lega BC, Halpern CH, Jaggi JL, Baltuch GH: Deep brain stimulation in the treatment of refractory epilepsy: Update on current data and future directions. Neurobiol Dis Page: In press, 2010.
Halpern CH, McGill KR,Baltuch GH, Jaggi JL : Longevity analyses of currently available deep brain stimulation devices. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Page: in press, 2010.
Bauman JA, Church E, Halpern CH, Danish SF, Zaghloul KA, Jaggi JL, Stein SC, Baltuch GH: Subcutaneous heparin for prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in deep brain stimulation surgery: evidence from a decision analysis. Neurosurgery 65(2): 276-280, Aug 2009.
Wong S, Baltuch GH, Jaggi JL, Danish SF: Functional localization and visualization of the subthalamic nucleus from microelectrode recordings acquired during DBS surgery with unsupervised machine learning. J Neural Eng 6(2): 026006, Apr 2009.
Zaghloul KA, Blanco JA, Weidemann CT, McGill K, Jaggi JL, Baltuch GH, Kahana MJ: Human Substantia Nigra Neurons Encode Unexpected Financial Rewards. Science 323(5920): 1496-1499, Mar 2009.
Sanborn MR, Danish SF, Ranalli NJ, Grady MS, Jaggi JL, Baltuch GH: Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Midbrain Tremor Secondary to Cystic Degeneration of the Brainstem. Stereot Funct Neuros 87(2): 128-33, 2009.
Connolly PJ, Kilpatrick M, Jaggi JL, Church E, Baltuch GH: Feasibility of an Operational Standardized Checklist for Movement Disorder Surgery A Pilot Study. Stereot Funct Neuros 87(2): 94-100, 2009.
Halpern CH, Wolf JA, Bale TL, Stunkard AJ, Danish SF, Grossman M, Jaggi JL, Grady MS, Baltuch GH: Deep brain stimulation in the treatment of obesity. J Neurosurg 109(4): 625-34, Oct 2008.