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Christopher Loftus, MD, FACS

Chairperson, Department of Neurosurgery

Professor, Neurosurgery

Telephone:  215-707-9747

Fax:  215-707-3831

Email: neurosrg@temple.edu

Department of Neurosurgery

MD, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

 

Neurosurgery Training - The Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

 

Board Certified

 

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• Intracranial collateral circulation
• Intraoperative hypothermia/aneurysm cooperative trial
• Extracranial carotid occlusive disease
• Responses of cerebral blood flow to cerebral revascularization

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Loftus CM, Kresowik TF: Anatomic basis and technique of carotid endarterectomy. In Loftus CM, Kresowik TF (eds.): Carotid Artery Surgery. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2000, pp.245-256.

Loftus CM: Propagating intraluminal carotid thrombus - surgery or anticoagulation? In Loftus CM, Kresowik TF (eds.): Carotid Artery Surgery. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2000, pp.321-328.

Loftus CM: Surgical anatomy, technique, and indications for carotid endarterectomy. In Matsuno H (ed.): Proceedings of the 12th Microsurgical Anatomy Seminar Program, Tokyo, SciMed Publications, 1998.

Honeycutt JH, Loftus CM: Carotid stump syndromes and external revascularization. In Loftus CM, Kresowik TF (eds.): Carotid Artery Surgery. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2000, pp.315-320.

Loftus CM: Overview of shunt controversy. In Loftus CM, Kresowik TF (eds.): Carotid Artery Surgery. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2000, pp.409-420.

Loftus CM, Kresowik TF (eds.): Carotid Artery Surgery. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2000.

Honeycutt JH, Loftus CM: Surgical management of extracranial carotid stenosis. In Schmidek HH and Sweet WH (eds.): Operative Neurosurgical Techniques. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2000, pp. 1067-1079.

Min WD, Loftus CM: The history of carotid surgery. In Dagi TF (ed.): The History of Neurosurgery. Neurosurgical Clinics of North America, W.B. Saunders, 2001, pp. 167-172..

Fleck, Biller J, Loftus CM: Carotid occlusive disease – Natural history and medical management. In Winn HR (ed.): Youmans’ Neurological Surgery, Sixth Edition, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders (in press).

Honeycutt JH, Loftus CM: Carotid endarterectomy: General principles and surgical technique. Neurosurgical Clinics of North America 11 (2):279-297, 2000.

Loftus CM: Extracranial carotid lesions which should be managed with angioplasty and stenting. Clinical Neurosurgery 47:249-256, 2000.

Ikezaki K, Loftus CM (eds.): MoyaMoya Disease. Chicago, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, 2001.

Wetjen, NM, Loftus CM: Midwest and American surgical experience with MoyaMoya disease. In Ikezaki K, Loftus CM (eds.): MoyaMoya Disease. Chicago, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, 2001.

Snell BE, Loftus CM: Surgical treatment of distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms. In Batjer HH, Loftus CM (eds.): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Wiliams, and Wilkins, 2003.

Batjer HH, Loftus CM (eds.): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Wiliams, and Wilkins, 2003..

Snell BE, Wienecke R, Loftus CM: Surgical Management of Extracranial Vascular Occlusive Disease. In Lawton M (ed.), Neurosurgical Topics 2002, (in press).

Loftus CM, Stanfield MR: Carotid Endarterectomy. In Batjer HH, Loftus CM (eds.): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2003..

Wienecke, R, Loftus CM: MoyaMoya Disease. In Rengachary S, Maciunas R, Wilkins RH: Neurosurgery (3rd edition), (in press 2002).

Snell BE, Loftus CM: Extracranial carotid artery atherosclerosis: Carotid endarterectomy. In Rengachary S, Maciunas R, Wilkins RH: Neurosurgery (3rd edition), (in press 2002).

Bhattacharjee S, Loftus CM: Carotid endarterectomy: Neurosurgical Perspective. In Sekhar L, Fessler R: Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2002 (in press).

Loftus CM: High risk carotid endarterectomy and high-risk carotid surgery: is surgery or stenting the best choice? In Watanabe K (ed.): Developments in Neuroscience. Amsterdam, Excerpta Medica International Congress Series 1247, Elsevier, 2002, pp. 319-326.

Snell B, Loftus CM: Cervical Carotid Revascularization: Indications from a surgical perspective. In Guterman L, Hopkins LN: Neurosurgery Clinics of North America (in press 2004).

Snell B, Honeycutt JH, Loftus CM: Surgical Management of Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease. In Schmidek HH, Sweet WH (eds.): Operative Neurosurgical Techniques. (In press 2004)

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Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

19778440. Burbelo PD, Ching KH, Issa AT, Loftus CM, Li Y, Satoh M, Reeves WH, Iadarola MJ, Rapid serological detection of autoantibodies associated with Sjögren's syndrome. J Transl Med 7:(83)2009 Sep 24

19608230. Loftus CM, Commentary. Surg Neurol :()2009 Jul 14

18790378. Baron EM, Baty DE, Loftus CM, The timing of carotid endarterectomy post stroke. Neurosurg Clin N Am 19:3(425-32, v)2008 Jul

18579212. Levene HB, Mohamed FB, Faro SH, Seshadri AB, Loftus CM, Tuma RF, Jallo JI, Small mammal MRI imaging in spinal cord injury: a novel practical technique for using a 1.5 T MRI. J Neurosci Methods 172:2(245-9)2008 Jul 30

18504922. Levene HB, Erb CJ, Gaughan JP, Loftus CM, Tuma RF, Jallo JI, Hypertonic saline as a treatment for acute spinal cord injury: effects on somatic and autonomic outcomes as observed in a mouse model. Clin Neurosurg 54:(213-9)2007

19248685. Baty DE, Zhang M, Li H, Erb CJ, Adler MW, Ganea D, Loftus CM, Jallo JI, Tuma RF, Cannabinoid CB2 receptor activation attenuates motor and autonomic function deficits in a mouse model of spinal cord injury. Clin Neurosurg 55:(172-7)2008

17574682. Levene HB, Zhang M, Erb CJ, Jallo JI, Loftus CM, Tuma RF, Method to perform IV injections on mice using the facial vein. J Neurosci Methods 164:2(304-7)2007 Aug 30

17574484. Tyagi R, Donaldson K, Loftus CM, Jallo J, Hypertonic saline: a clinical review. Neurosurg Rev 30:4(277-89; discussion 289-90)2007 Oct

17112204. Wetjen NM, Garell PC, Stence NV, Loftus CM, Moyamoya disease in the midwestern United States. Neurosurg Focus 5:5(e1)1998 Nov 15

17112200. Brennan JJ, Loftus CM, Carotid endarterectomy: current indications for surgery. Neurosurg Focus 5:6(e1)1998 Dec 15

16935195. Baron EM, Baty DE, Loftus CM, The timing of carotid endarterectomy post stroke. Neurol Clin 24:4(669-80)2006 Nov

16512655. Baron EM, Loftus CM, Vaccaro AR, Dominique DA, Anterior approach to the subaxial cervical spine in children: a brief review. Neurosurg Focus 20:2(E4)2006 Feb 15

16398482. Baron EM, Levene HB, Heller JE, Jallo JI, Loftus CM, Dominique DA, Neuroendoscopy for spinal disorders: a brief review. Neurosurg Focus 19:6(E5)2005 Dec 15

15694158. Snell BE, Loftus CM, Cervical carotid revascularization: indications from a surgical perspective. Neurosurg Clin N Am 16:2(257-8, viii)2005 Apr

15269947. Pack JR, Yuh WT, Sonnad JR, Maley JE, Petropoulou K, Wegner KF, Loftus CM, Mayr NA, Whitehead DP, Maier GJ, Request form history, clinical indication, and yield of brain magnetic resonance studies. J Magn Reson Imaging 20:2(228-32)2004 Aug

12695220. Stafira JS, Sonnad JR, Yuh WT, Huard DR, Acker RE, Nguyen DL, Maley JE, Ramji FG, Li WB, Loftus CM, Qualitative assessment of cervical spinal stenosis: observer variability on CT and MR images. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 24:4(766-9)2003 Apr

12069280. Surdell DL Jr, Bhattacharjee S, Loftus CM, Pros, cons, and current indications of open craniotomy versus gamma knife in the treatment of arteriovenous malformations and the role of endovascular embolization. Neurol Res 24:4(347-53)2002 Jun

11197727. Traynelis VC, Andrews BT, Awad IA, Batjer HH, Belzberg A, Leibrock L, Couldwell W, Follett K, Friedman A, Loftus CM, Maniker A, Mapstone T, Pollock BE, Schochet SS Jr, Valadka A, Wolfla C, Resident curriculum guidelines for neurosurgery. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Education Committee. Clin Neurosurg 47:(589-681)2000

11197706. Loftus CM, Extracranial carotid lesions that should be managed with angioplasty and stenting. Clin Neurosurg 47:(249-56)2000

11175996. Min WD, Loftus CM, History of carotid surgery. Neurosurg Clin N Am 12:1(167-72, ix-x)2001 Jan

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