IGOR FINEMAN, M.D.
Igor
Fineman, M.D. is a board-certified neurosurgeon.
Dr. Fineman’s clinical practice encompasses a variety
of disorders of the brain and spine. His areas of focus and
expertise are in functional and stereotactic surgery for movement
disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease and essential tremor;
treatment of
benign and malignant tumors of the brain and spine, including
minimally-invasive stereotactic radiosurgery and trans-nasal
approaches for pituitary-region tumors; and treatment of degenerative
conditions of the spine, including minimally-invasive microscopic
approaches and spinal instrumentation.Dr. Fineman’s research
interests have been focused on traumatic brain injury and plasticity
following injury as well as the development of a cortical neural
prosthesis to bypass the injured central nervous system and
allow paralyzed patients to communicate with their environment.
Development of a neural prosthesis is currently under way in
collaboration with Dr. Fineman’s colleagues at Caltech.
Professional
Experience
Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA
Director, Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery 1/02-Present
Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale, CA
Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery 1/02-Present
Director, Section of Neurosurgery 1/01-1/06
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
Faculty Neurosurgeon—6/07-Present
Director-Stereotactic Radiosurgery 2/02- 6/07
California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology, Pasadena, CA
Visiting Associate 7/00-Present
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Education
UCLA Medical Center, Division of Neurosurgery
Clinical Instructor,
Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Radiosurgery 7/00-12/00
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)
Honors/Awards
- UCLA Brain Injury Research Program Young Investigator Award 2000
- Western Student Medical Research Forum Presentation Award 1992
- Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society 1990
- UCLA Alumni Scholar Achievement Award (4 times) 1985-1989
- American Heart Association Student Research Award 1988
- UCLA Medical Center Student Volunteer Scholarship Award 1988
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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
Andersen, R.A., Burdic, J., Musallam, S, Scherberger, H., Pesaran, B., Meeker, D., Corneil, B., Fineman, I., Nenedic, Z., Cham, J., Greger, B., Tai, Y., and Mojarradi, M. Recording advances for nural prosthetics. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 204; 7: 5352-5355Kelly,
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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