Curriculum Vitae Charles A. Sansur, M.D., M.H.Sc. Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Director of Spine Surgery Assistant Program Director, Department of Neurosurgery November 1, 2012
Contact Information: University of Maryland Medical Center 22 S. Greene St., S-12-D Baltimore MD 21201 Phone: 410-328-0282 Fax: 410-328-0756 csansur@smail.umaryland.edu Education: 1993 1996 2002 2002
High School Diploma: Gilman School, Baltimore, Maryland. Cum Laude B.A.: University of Pennsylvania, Magna Cum Laude with Distinction M.D.: University of Maryland School of Medicine M.H.Sc. in Clinical Research: Duke University School of Medicine, course work 2000-2001, thesis defense 2002
Post Graduate Education and Training: 2000-01 Clinical Research Scholar, NIH Clinical Research Training Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Surgical Neurology Branch 2002-03 University of Virginia Medical Center, Intern, General Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center 2002-03 University of Virginia, General Surgery Internship 2003-06 Resident in Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Medical Center 2003-08 University of Virginia, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program 2006-07 Brain and Spine Fellowship, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland New Zealand 2007-08 Chief Resident in Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Medical Center 2008-09 Complex Spine Fellowship, UVA Neurosurgery/Orthopedic Surgery, Mentors: Drs. Chris Shaffrey and Vincent Arlet
Certifications: 03/2006
American Board of Neurological Surgery Written Board Examination
Medical Licensure: 05/2005 United States Medical Licensing Examinations, Steps 1, 2, 3 completed Academic Appointments (or Other Employment): 07/2009-Present Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine 07/2009-Present Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center 07/2009-Present Staff Neurosurgeon, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Baltimore Honors and Awards: 1994-96 Dean's List, University of Pennsylvania 1996 Dean's Scholar Nomination, University of Pennsylvania 1996 Magna Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania 1996 Honors Thesis, Department on Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania 1996 Distinction in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania 1997-98 Henry Zoler Scholarship, University of Maryland School of Medicine 1998 Short Term Research Training Fellowship, NIH and University of Maryland School of Medicine 1998 Student Research Day Prize, University of Maryland, oral presentation contest 1998 Presidential Certificate of Service for participation in International Student Org., University of Maryland School of Medicine 1999 Presidential Certificate of Service for participation in University Student Gov, University of Maryland School of Medicine 1999 American Society of Clinical Oncology Merit Award for abstract presented 2000-01 Grant from NIH NINDS Intramural Research department to fund M.S. degree from Duke University 2000-01 NIH-Pfizer Grant to participate in Clinical Research Training Program at NIH 05/2002 Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine 05/2002 Neurosurgery Prize, University of Maryland School of Medicine 12/2008 AOSpine Scholarship, Davos, Switzerland Course, “Managing Complex Spinal Conditions” 01/2009 Dr. Thomas G. Lowe Memorial Scholarship, Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders Course, Beaver Creek, CO 09/2009 Russell A. Hibbs Best Clinical Science Award at the Scoliosis
01/2010
Research Society’s 44th Annual Meeting Baltimore Veterans Hospital Gold Pin Award for excellence in clinical care,
Professional Affiliations: American Association of Neurosurgeons Congress of Neurosurgeons North American Spine Society AO Spine North America Publications: 1. Sansur CA, Chin LS, Ames JW, Banegura AT, Aggarwal S, Ballesteros M, Amin P, Simard JM, Eisenberg H, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Brain Metastases. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2000; 74(1):37-51. Review. 2. Sansur CA, Heiss JD, DeVroom HL, Eskioglu E, Ennis R, Oldfield EH. Pathophysiology of headache associated with cough in patients with Chiari I malformation. J Neurosurg, March 2003. Mar;98(3):453-8 3. Kanter AS, Diallo AO, Jane Jr JA, Sheehan JP, Asthagiri AR, Oskouian RJ, Okonkwo DO, Sansur CA, Vance ML, Rogol A, Laws ER. Pediatric Cushing's Disease: A Single Center's Experience. J Neurosurg. 2005 Nov; 103(5 Suppl):41320. 4. Kanter AS, Sansur CA, Jane Jr JA, Laws ER. Rathke's Cleft Cyst. Front Horm Res. 2006;34:127-57. Review. 5. Sansur CA, Sheehan JP, Sherman J, Jane Sr JA. Ventriculus Terminalis Causing Back Pain and Urinary Retention. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2006 Aug; 148(8):91920. 6. Oskouian RJ Jr, Shaffrey CI, Whitehill R, Sansur CA, Pouratian N, Kanter AS, Asthagiri AR, Dumont AS, Sheehan JP, Elias WJ, Shaffrey ME. Anterior stabilization of three-column thoracolumbar spinal trauma. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006 Jul; 5(1):18-25. 7. Sansur CA, Pouratian N, Dumont AS, Schiff D, Shaffrey CI, Shaffrey ME. Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Part II: Primary tumors of the bony spine and adjacent soft tissues. Lancet Oncol. 2007 Feb;8(2):137-47. Review. 8. Pouratian P, Sansur CA, Jane Jr. JA, Jane Sr. JA. Uncorrected Nonsyndromal Sagittal Synostosis Resulting in Chiari Malformation: Report of 2 Cases. Surg Neurol. 2007 Apr; 67(4):422-7; discussion 427-8. 9. Boulos PT, Kassell NF, Razack N, Sansur CA, Jensen ME, Dumont AS. Aneurysm-venous fistula formation following coil embolization of a basilar
bifurcation aneurysm. Case illustration. J Neurosurg. 2007 Mar;106(3):515. 10. Oskouian RJ Jr., Sansur CA, Shaffrey CI. Congenital abnormalities of the thoracic and lumbar spine. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Jul;18(3):479-98. Review. 11. Sansur CA, Frysinger RC, Pouratian N, Fu KG, Bittl M, Oskouian RJ, Laws ER, Elias WJ. Incidence of symptomatic hemorrhage after stereotactic electrode placement. J Neurosurg. 2007 Nov;107(5):998-1003. 12. Hamilton DK, Jones-Quaidoo SM, Sansur CA, Shaffrey CI, Oskouian R, Jane JA Sr. Outcomes of bone morphogenetic protein-2 in mature adults: posterolateral non-instrument-assisted lumbar decompression and fusion. Surg Neurol. 2008 May;69(5):457-61; discussion 461-2. Epub 2008 Jan 18. 13. Sansur CA, Fu KM, Oskouian RJ, Jagannathan J, Kuntz C, Shaffrey CI. Surgical Management of Global Sagittal Deformity in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;24(1):E8. Review. 14. Jagannathan J, Shaffrey CI, Oskouian RJ, Dumont AS, Herrold C, Sansur CA, Jane JA. Radiographic and clinical outcomes following single-level anterior cervical discectomy and allograft fusion without plate placement or cervical collar. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 May;8(5):420-8. 15. Sheehan J, Ionescu A, Pouratian N, Hamilton DK, Schlesinger D, Oskouian RJ Jr, Sansur CA. Use of trans sodium crocetinate for sensitizing glioblastoma multiforme to radiation: laboratory investigation. J Neurosurg. 2008 May; 108(5):972-8. 16. Elias WJ, Sansur CA, Frysinger RC. Sulcal and ventricular trajectories in stereotactic surgery. J Neurosurg. 2008 Sep 26. 17. Jagannathan J, Sansur CA, Shaffrey CI. Iatrogenic spinal deformity. Neurosurgery. 2008 Sep; 63 (3 Suppl):104-16. Review 18. Furneaux CE, Marshall ES, Yeoh K, Monteith SJ, Mews PJ, Sansur CA, Oskouian RJ, Sharples KJ, Baguley BC. Cell cycle times of short-term cultures of brain cancers as predictors of survival. Br J Cancer. 2008 Oct 14. 1-6. 19. Jagannathan J, Chankaew E, Urban P, Dumont AS, Sansur CA, Kern J, Peeler B, Elias WJ, Shen F, Shaffrey ME, Whitehill R, Arlet V, Shaffrey CI. Cosmetic Outcomes and Cosmetic Related Complications for Anterior Paramedian and Anterolateral Retroperitoneal Approaches to the Lumbar Spine. J Neurosurg, 2008 Nov;9(5):454-65. 20. Joaquim AF, Shaffrey CC, Sansur CA, Shaffrey CI. Man-in-the-barrel syndrome after thoracoilium fusion. J Neurosurg, Dec;9(6):566-9.
21. Sansur CA, Early S, Reibel J, Arlet V. Pharyngocutaneous fistula after anterior cervical spine surgery. Eur Spine J. 2009 May;18(5):586-91. Epub 2009 Mar 28. 22. Jagannathan J, Sansur CA, Oskouian RJ Jr, Fu KM, Shaffrey CI. Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Neurosurgery. 2009 May;64(5):955-63; discussion 963-4. 23. Joaquim AF, Sansur CA, Hamilton DK, Shaffrey CI. Degenerative lumbar stenosis: update. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2009 Jun;67(2B):553-8. 24. Fu KM, Smith JS, Sansur CA, Shaffrey CI. Standardized measures of health status and disability and the decision to pursue operative treatment in elderly patients with degenerative scoliosis. Neurosurgery. 2010 Jan;66(1):42-7. 25.
Crowley RW, Sansur CA, Sheehan JP, Mandell JW, Kassell NF, Dumont AS. Intracranial plasmacytoma with apoplectic presentation and spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: Case report and review of the literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2010 Feb;112(2):172-5.
26. Fu KM, Smith JS, Polly DW Jr, Perra JH, Sansur CA, Berven SH, Broadstone PA, Choma TJ, Goytan MJ, Noordeen HH, Knapp DR Jr, Hart RA, Zeller RD, Donaldson WF 3rd, Boachie-Adjei O, Shaffrey CI. Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,329 adults with degenerative lumbar stenosis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 May;12(5):443-6. 27. Smith JS, Fu KM, Polly DW Jr, Sansur CA, Berven SH, Broadstone PA, Choma TJ, Goytan MJ, Noordeen HH, Knapp DR Jr, Hart RA, Donaldson WF 3rd, Perra JH, Boachie-Adjei O, Shaffrey CI. Complication Rates of Three Common Spine Procedures and Rates of Thromboembolism Following Spine Surgery Based on 108,419 Procedures: A Report From the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jun 24. 28. Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Glassman SD, Berven SH, Schwab FJ, Hamill CL, Horton WC, Ondra SL, Sansur CA, Bridwell KH; the Spinal Deformity Study Group. Risk-Benefit Assessment of Surgery for Adult Scoliosis: An Analysis Based on Patient Age. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jul 30. 29. Fu KM, Smith JS, Polly DW Jr, Perra JH, Sansur CA, Berven SH, Broadstone PA, Choma TJ, Goytan MJ, Noordeen HH, Knapp DR Jr, Hart RA, Donaldson WF 3rd, Boachie-Adjei O, Shaffrey CI. Morbidity and Mortality in the Surgical Treatment of Six Hundred Five Pediatric Patients With Isthmic or Dysplastic Spondylolisthesis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Aug 25.
30. Sansur CA, Reames DL, Smith JS, Hamilton DK, Berven SH, Broadstone PA, Choma TJ, Goytan MJ, Noordeen HH, Knapp DR, Hart RA, Zeller RD, Donaldson WF, Polly DW, Perra JH, Boachie-Adjei O, Shaffrey CI. Morbidity and Mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,242 adults with spondylolisthesis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Nov;13 (5):589-93. 31. Smith JS, Fu KM, Polly DW Jr, Sansur CA, Berven SH, Broadstone PA, Choma TJ, Goytan MJ, Noordeen HH, Knapp DR Jr, Hart RA, Donaldson WF 3rd, Perra JH, Boachie-Adjei O, Shaffrey CI. Complication rates of three common spine procedures and rates of thromboembolism following spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Nov 15;35(24):2140-9. 32. Smith JS, Sansur CA, Donaldson WF 3rd, Perra JH, Mudiyam R, Choma TJ, Zeller RD, Knapp DR Jr, Noordeen HH, Berven SH, Goytan MJ, Boachie-Adjei O, Shaffrey CI. Short-Term Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Correction of Thoracolumbar Fixed Sagital Plane Deformity: A Report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Dec 29. 33. Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Sansur CA, Berven SH, Fu KM, Broadstone PA, Choma TJ, Goytan MJ, Noordeen HH, Knapp DR, Hart RA, Donaldson WF 3rd, Polly DW Jr, Perra JH, Boachie-Adjei O. Rates of Infection Following Spine Surgery Based on 108,419 Procedures: A Report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Dec 29. 34. Sansur CA, Oldfield EH. Dec;37(6):591-3.
Pituitary Carcinoma.
Semin Oncol. 2010
35. Williams BJ, Sansur CA, Smith JS, Berven SH, Broadstone PA, Choma TJ, Goytan MJ, Noordeen HH, Knapp DR Jr, Hart RA, Zeller RD, Donaldson WF 3rd, Polly DW Jr, Perra JH, Boachie-Adjei O, Shaffrey CI. Incidence of unintended durotomy in spine surgery based on 108,478 cases. Neurosurgery. 2011 Jan;68(1):117-23; discussion 123-4. 36.
Sansur CA, Smith JS, Coe JD, Glassman SD, Berven SH, Polly DW Jr, Perra JH, Boachie-Adjei O, Shaffrey CI. Scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality of adult scoliosis surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Apr 20; 36(9):E593-7.
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Hamilton DK, Smith JS, Sansur CA, Glassman SD, Ames CP, Berven SH, Polly DW Jr, Perra JH, Knapp DR, Boachie-Adejei O, McCarthy RE, Shaffrey CI. Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. Rates of new neurological deficit associated with spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report of the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality committee. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Jul 1;36(15):1218-28.
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Hamilton DK, Smith JS, Sansur CA, Dumont AS, Shaffrey CI. C-2 neurectomy
during atlantoaxial instrumented fusion in the elderly: patient satisfaction and surgical outcome. J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jul;15(1):3-8. 39.
Sansur CA. Reviewer’s comment concerning “direct repair of displaced anterior arch fracture of the atlas under microendoscopy: experience with seven patients” (DOI 10.1007/s00586-011-1965-5 R1 by Jian Wang). Eur Spine J. 2012 Feb; 21(2):352.
40. Heiss JD, Snyder K, Peterson MM, Patronas NJ, Butman JA, Smith RK, Devroom HL, Sansur CA, Eskioglu E, Kammerer WA, Oldfield EH. Pathophysiology of primary spinal syringomyelia. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Sep 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Book Chapters(non-peer review): 1. Book Chapter in Neurosurgery of Complex Vascular Lesions and Tumors, S. Kobayashi Ed., Thieme, 2005 Giant Olfactory Groove Meningioma Dumont AS, Sansur CA, Jane JA. 2. Book Chapter in Meningiomas: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes, Joung Lee, Ed., Springer Science & Business Media, Inc., New York, NY 10013 Emerging Treatment Modalities II: Gene Therapy for Meningiomas Pouratian N, Sansur CA, Jane Jr JA, Helm GA. 3. Book Chapter in Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Lawrence Chin, William Regine, Eds., Springer Science & Business Media, Inc., New York, NY 10013 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Meningiomas Sheehan JP, Pouratian N, Sansur CA, Steiner L. 4. Book Chapter in Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Lawrence Chin, William Regine, Eds., Springer Science & Business Media, Inc., New York, NY 10013 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Psychiatric and Pain Disorders Sheehan JP, Pouratian N, Sansur CA, Steiner L. 5. Book Chapter in Spinal Deformity: A Guide to Surgical Planning and Management, Praveen Mummaneni, M.D., Regis Haid, M.D., Lawrence Lenke, M.D., Eds., Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., New York, NY 10013 Posterior Only Correction of Adult Thoracolumbar Curves Oskouian RJ, Sansur CA, Shaffrey CI. Presented Abstracts: Abstract presented at the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology,
October 1998. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Metastatic Disease to the Brain from Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma. Aggarwal S, Ames JW, Amin P, Banegura AT, Sansur C, Fiandaca MS, Chin LS. Abstract presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 1999. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Brain Metastases. Sansur C, Ames JW, Banegura AT, Aggarwal S, Ballesteros M, Amin P, Chin LS. Abstract presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Sept 1999. Outcome Analysis in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases Chin LS, Sansur C, Ames JW, Agarwal S, Banegura AT, Ballesteros M, Amin P, Simard JM, Eisenberg H. Abstract presented at the annual Computer Based Medical Systems Meeting of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, July 2001. A Method to Record, Store, and Analyze Multiple Physiologic Pressure Recordings. Sansur C, Eidsath A, DeVroom HL, Ennis R, Heiss JD. Abstract presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Sept 2001. Cough in the Evaluation of the Physiology of Patients with Chiari I Malformation Sansur C, Heiss JD, DeVroom HL, Eskioglu E, Ennis R, Oldfield EH. Abstract presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Sept 2002. Pathophysiology of Primary Spinal Syringomyelia Heiss JD, DeVroom HL, Sansur C, Smith RK, Gutovitz S, Patronas N, Oldfield EH. Abstract presented at the Society of the Virginias, Jan 2004 Benign Enlargement of the Subarachnoid Space, a Sex Linked Phenomenon Sansur C, Alden T, Walker L, Jane Sr. J. Abstract presented at the Society of the Virginias, Jan 2005 Psychiatric Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation Sansur C, Frysinger R, Elias WJ. Abstract presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, May 2005. Incidence of Hyperglycemia in Patients Undergoing Cerebrovascular Surgery Sansur CA, Dumont AS, Bittl M, Kassell NF. Abstract presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, October 2005. Hypomania after Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease Sansur CA, Frysinger RC, Pouratian N, Huss D, Harrison M, Manning C,
Elias WJ. Abstract presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, October 2005. Uncorrected Nonsyndromal Sagittal Synostosis Resulting in Malformation: Report of 2 Cases Pouratian N, Sansur CA, Jane Jr JA, Jane Sr JA.
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Abstract presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 2006 Risk factors for hemorrhage in stereotactic electrode procedures Sansur CA, Frysinger RC, Pouratian N, Fu KG, Bittl M, Oskouian RJ, Laws ER, Elias WJ. Abstract presented at the North American Spine Society, October 2008 Cosmetic Outcomes and Cosmetic Related Complications for Anterior Paramedian and Anterolateral Retroperitoneal Approaches to the Lumbar Spine Sansur CA, Jagannathan J, Chankaew E, Urban P, Dumont AS, Kern J, Peeler B, Elias WJ, Shen F, Shaffrey ME, Whitehill R, Arlet V, Shaffrey CI. Abstract presented at the North American Spine Society, October 2008 Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment using the transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion Sansur CA, Jagannathan J, Oskouian RJ, Fu KG, Shaffrey CI. Invited Lectures: Headache in Chiari I Malformation and Resolution after Surgery: American Syringomyelia Alliance Project Meeting. July 2008. Cosmetic and Functional Outcomes following Anterior Paramedian and Anterolateral Retroperitoneal Approaches to the Lumbar Spine. St. Louis University. August 2008. Neurosurgery Interests: Complex Spine surgery Endoscopic and Microscopic Transsphenoidal surgery Craniocervical Junction Pathology and Syringomyelia