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Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor & Chair

Endowed Title
Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Surgery
School
Medical School
Department
Neurological Surgery | Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute
Graduate Programs
Neuroscience

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  • Education
    Fellowship
    University of Virginia Medical Center , Neurological Surgery
    Fellowship
    Auckland City Hospital , Neurological Surgery
    Medical School
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (2003)
    Internship
    University of Virginia Health Sciences Center (2004), General Surgery
    Residency
    University of Virginia Health Sciences Center (2009), Neurological Surgery
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Subcallosal Cingulate Structural Connectivity Differs in Responders and Nonresponders to Electroconvulsive Therapy.
    Tsolaki E, Narr KL, Espinoza R, Wade B, Hellemann G, Kubicki A, Vasavada M, Njau S, Pouratian N, Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging 2021 Jan 6 1 10-19
    Targeted Radiation Therapy Can Treat Myxomatous Cerebral Aneurysms.
    Khatibi K, Ponce Mejia LL, Kaneko N, Ooi Y, Kaprealian T, Gonzalez NR, Pouratian N, Szeder V, World Neurosurg 2020 Nov 143 332-335
    Case Series: Deep Brain Stimulation for Facial Pain.
    Kashanian A, DiCesare JAT, Rohatgi P, Albano L, Krahl SE, Bari A, De Salles A, Pouratian N, Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2020 10 19 5 510-517
    Synchrony Drives Motor Cortex Beta Bursting, Waveform Dynamics, and Phase-Amplitude Coupling in Parkinson's Disease.
    O'Keeffe AB, Malekmohammadi M, Sparks H, Pouratian N, J Neurosci 2020 07 40 30 5833-5846
    Comparing Current Steering Technologies for Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Using a Computational Model That Incorporates Heterogeneous Tissue Properties.
    Zhang S, Silburn P, Pouratian N, Cheeran B, Venkatesan L, Kent A, Schnitzler A, Neuromodulation 2020 Jun 23 4 469-477
    Dynamic Stimulation of Visual Cortex Produces Form Vision in Sighted and Blind Humans.
    Beauchamp MS, Oswalt D, Sun P, Foster BL, Magnotti JF, Niketeghad S, Pouratian N, Bosking WH, Yoshor D, Cell 2020 05 181 4 774-783.e5
    Electrophysiology and Structural Connectivity of the Posterior Hypothalamic Region: Much to Learn From a Rare Indication of Deep Brain Stimulation.
    Kakusa B, Saluja S, Dadey DYA, Barbosa DAN, Gattas S, Miller KJ, Cowan RP, Kouyoumdjian Z, Pouratian N, Halpern CH, Front Hum Neurosci 2020 14 164
    Altered Pallidocortical Low-Beta Oscillations During Self-Initiated Movements in Parkinson Disease.
    Choi JW, Malekmohammadi M, Sparks H, Kashanian A, Cross KA, Bordelon Y, Pouratian N, Front Syst Neurosci 2020 14 54
    Impulsivity Relates to Relative Preservation of Mesolimbic Connectivity in Patients with Parkinson Disease.
    Sparks H, Riskin-Jones H, Price C, DiCesare J, Bari A, Hashoush N, Pouratian N, Neuroimage Clin 2020 27 102259
    Symptomatic Pneumocephalus after Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: Report of 2 Cases.
    Albano L, Rohatgi P, Kashanian A, Bari A, Pouratian N, Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2020 98 1 30-36