Professional
Experience
Huntington
Memorial Hospital, Pasadena California
Director, Funtional and Stereotactic Neursurgery 01/02-Present
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlandale 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
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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
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Board Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners Steps 1,2,3 (1992, 1994, 1995)
Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery (2004)
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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
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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
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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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