Dr. Dimitris G. Placantonakis MD, PHD
Neurosurgeon
525 E 68th St Neurological Surgery New York NY, 10065About
Dr. Dimitris Placantonakis practices Neurological Surgery in New York, NY. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Placantonakis prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
New York University 2003
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS- 2013
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Serotonin suppresses subthreshold and suprathreshold oscillatory activity of rat inferior olivary neurones in vitro.
- The serotonin hypothesis of myoclonus from the perspective of neuronal rhythmicity.
- Neurosurgical management of medically intractable epilepsy associated with hypomelanosis of Ito.
- Is autism due to brain desynchronization?
- High-throughput screening assay for the identification of compounds regulating self-renewal and differentiation in human embryonic stem cells.
- BAC transgenesis in human embryonic stem cells as a novel tool to define the human neural lineage.
- Localization in epilepsy.
- Bilateral intracranial electrodes for lateralizing intractable epilepsy: efficacy, risk, and outcome.
- Transsphenoidal resection of sellar tumors using high-field intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging.
- A panoramic view of the skull base: systematic review of open and endoscopic endonasal approaches to four tumors.
- Brain stem cells as the cell of origin in glioma.
- Selective lentiviral gene delivery to CD133-expressing human glioblastoma stem cells.
- Sox2 antagonizes the Hippo pathway to maintain stemness in cancer cells.
- 144 GPR133 Promotes Glioblastoma Growth in Hypoxia.
- Adult Primary Spinal Epidural Extraosseous Ewing's Sarcoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Brain Cancer
- Astrocytoma
- Brain Metastasis
- Craniopharyngioma
- Brain Tumor
- Glioma
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Meningioma
- Endoscopic Surgery
Fellowships
- Memorial Sloan-Ketteriing Cancer Center Memorial Sloan-Ketteriing Cancer Center 2008
Experience & Accolades
- Assistant Professor, Department of NeurosurgeryNYU Langone Medical Center
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