Dr. Ziya Levent Gokaslan M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1800 Orleans St Baltimore MD, 21287About
Dr. Ziya Gokaslan is a professor of neurological surgery, orthopaedic surgery and oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His clinical practice focuses on the surgical treatment of primary a ...
Education and Training
ISTANBUL UNIV, ISTANBUL TIP FAK, ISTANBUL, TURKEY 1983
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Expression and localization of urokinase-type plasminogen activator in human spinal column tumors.
- Expression and role of matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 in human spinal column tumors.
- Chondrosarcoma of the spine: 1954 to 1997.
- Adenovirus-mediated delivery of antisense gene to urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor suppresses glioma invasion and tumor growth.
- Combined chest wall resection with vertebrectomy and spinal reconstruction for the treatment of Pancoast tumors.
- Occipitocervicothoracic fixation for spinal instability in patients with neoplastic processes.
- Spinal-pelvic fixation in patients with lumbosacral neoplasms.
- Gastric cancer and metastasis to the brain.
- Coaxial double-lumen methylmethacrylate reconstruction in the anterior cervical and upper thoracic spine after tumor resection.
- Intraspinal extradural myxopapillary ependymoma of the sacrum arising from the filum terminale externa. Case report.
- Metastatic renal cell carcinoma of the spine: surgical treatment and results.
- Use of pedicle screw fixation in the management of malignant spinal disease: experience in 100 consecutive procedures.
- Simultaneous anterior-posterior approach to the thoracic and lumbar spine for the radical resection of tumors followed by reconstruction and stabilization.
- Limitations of stereotactic biopsy in the initial management of gliomas.
- Surgical resection of intrinsic insular tumors: complication avoidance.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2011 Washington, DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia Super Doctors
- 2005 Best Doctor in America, 2005 - present
- 2007 Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine, 2007 - present
Treatments
- Spine Surgery, Back Injuries, Back Pain And More
Professional Memberships
- Member Society of Neurological Surgeons
- Member Cervical Spine Research Society
- Member American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Member American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Member Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Member North American Spine Society
- Member Scoliosis Research Society
Fellowships
- Baylor College of Medicine - Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry 1985
- Baylor College of Medicine - Neurotrauma and Neurosurgery 1987
- New York University Medical Center - Spinal Surgery 1994
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