Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Endowed Title Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Surgery
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
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