Pacific Hills Neurosurgical Medical Group, Inc.

 630 S. Raymond Ave     • Suite 301 Pasadena, California 91105   •  ( 626) 535-9552  Fax (626) 535-9505  
  

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 Professional Experience

Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena California
Director, Funtional and Stereotactic Neursurgery 01/02-Present

Glendale Adventist Medical Center
Glandale California
Director, Section of Neurosurgery 01/01-Present

City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte California
Faculty Neurosurgeon, Director-Stereotactic Radiosurgery 02/02-Present

California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology, Pasadena California
Visiting Associate 07/00-Present

UCLA Medical Center, Division of Neurosurgery
Clinical Instructor, Functional and Stereotactic Surgery, Radiosurgery 07/00-12/00


 Education

UCLA Medical Center
, Division of Neurosurgery
Chief Resident 07/99-06/00

UCLA Medical Center, Division of Neurosurgery
Resident 07/95-06/99

UCLA Medical Center
, Department of Surgery
Surgical Intern 06/94-06/95

UCLA School of Medicine

M.D. with Thesis 06/94

UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science

B.S. Engineering (Bioengineering) 06/90


 Board Certification

National Board of Medical Examiners Steps 1,2,3 (1992, 1994, 1995)
Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery (2004)

 SELECTED Publications

Rizutto, D.S., Mamelak, A.N., Sutherling, W.W., Fineman, I.,, and Andersen, R.A. Spatial selectivity in human ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 2005, 8: 415-417

Scherberger H, Fineman, I., Musallam, S., Dubowitz, D.J., Bernheim, K.A., Pesaran, D., Corneil, B.D., Gilliken, B., and Andersen, R.A. Magnetic resonance image-guided implantation of chronic recording electrodes in the macaque intraparietal sulcus. Jounal of Neuroscience Methods, 2003, 130(1): 1-8

Kelly, D.F., Oskouian, R.J. and Fineman, I. Collagen sponge repair of small cerebrospinal fluid leaks obviates tissue grafts and cerebrospinal fluid diversion after pituitary surgery. Neurosurgery, 2001, 49:885-890

Fineman, I., Giza, C.C., Nahed, B.V., Lee, S.M., and Hovda, D.A. Inhibition of neocortical plasticity during development by a moderate concussive brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2000, 17:739-749

Fineman, I., Johnson, J.P., Di-Patre, P., and Sandhu, H. Chronic renal failure causing brown tumors and myelopathy: case report and review of pathophysiology and treatment. Journal of Neurosurgery (Spine 2), 1999, 90:242-246

Doberstein, C., Fineman, I., Hovda, D.A., Martin, N.A., Keenly, L. and Becker, D.P. Metabolic alterations accompany ionic disturbances and cellular swelling during a hypoxic insult to the retina: an in vitro study. Acta Neurochirurgica, 1994, Sup. 60:41-44

Fineman, I., Hovda, D.A., Smith, M. and Becker, D.P. Concussive brain injury is associated with a prolonged accumulation of calcium: a 45-Ca++ autoradigraphic study. Brain Research, 1993, 624:94-102

Hovda, D.A., Yoshino, A., Kawamata, T., Katayama, Y., Fineman, I., and Becker, D.P. The increase in local cerebral glucose utilization folowwing fluid percussion brain injury is prevented with kynurenic acid and is associated with an increase in calcium. Acta neurochirugica, 1990, Sup. 51:331-333

Fineman, I., Hart, D., and Nord, E.P. Intracellular pH regulates Na+ -independent C1- base exchange in JTC-12 (proximal tubule) cells. American Journal of Physiology, 1990, 258:F883-92

 Research Support

A Human Cortical Prosthetic to assist severly paralyzed patients
Funding source- The McKnight Endowment for Neuroscience (co-PI)
Funding period: 2/05-2/08

Smart MEMS Recording Systems for Visual Cortical Studies.
Funding source- National Institutes of Health- 1 R01 EY015545 (Co-PI)
Funding period: 11/04-11/09

  Professional Organizations

American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
North American Spine Society
Society for Neuroscience


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