Dr. Ashok R. Asthagiri M.D.
Neurosurgeon
3 Hospital Dr Charlottesville Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. Ashok Asthagiri practices Neurological Surgery in Charlottesville, VA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Asthagiri 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
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine 2001
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A rapid and sensitive quantitative kinase activity assay using a convenient 96-well format.
- Quantitative relationship among integrin-ligand binding, adhesion, and signaling via focal adhesion kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2.
- The role of transient ERK2 signals in fibronectin- and insulin-mediated DNA synthesis.
- A computational study of feedback effects on signal dynamics in a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway model.
- Bioengineering models of cell signaling.
- A von Hippel-Lindau disease-associated microcystic adenoma of the ethmoid sinus: case report.
- Three-dimensional analysis of the effect of epidermal growth factor on cell-cell adhesion in epithelial cell clusters.
- Long-term natural history of neurofibromatosis Type 2-associated intracranial tumors.
- Philanthropy funding for neurosurgery research and program development.
- Audiovestibular Characteristics of Small Cochleovestibular Schwannomas in Neurofibromatosis Type 2.
- International rotations and resident education.
- Evidence of polyclonality in neurofibromatosis type 2-associated multilobulated vestibular schwannomas.
- Neurological Surgery Training Abroad as a Progression to the Final Year of Training and Transition to Independent Practice.
- Redefining the Prevalence of Dural Involvement in Rosai-Dorfman Disease of the Central Nervous System.
- Geographically Remote Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Patients with Intracranial Tumors.
Treatments
- Brain Tumor
- Lumecca
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