Joshua B. Bederson
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Joshua B. Bederson, M.D., is a neurosurgeon
and Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
and an attending neurosurgeon at both Mount Sinai and Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, Queens
.
Bederson is co-author of Treatment of Carotid Disease: A Practitioner's Manual (ISBN 1-879284-55-3), 12 chapters and 53 peer-reviewed articles.
, where he was the Ivy League Gymnastics All-Around Champion for three years. He earned his M.D. at the University of California, San Francisco
in 1984, taking a year off to study sculpture in the master's degree program at New York University
and holding a solo art show in New York City.
Bederson completed both his internship and residency at the University of California, San Francisco. During his residency, he also studied neuropathology
at the University of Torino
in Italy
and microvascular
and skull-base neurosurgery under Dr. M. Gazi Yasargil
at the University Hospitals of Zurich
, Switzerland
and the University Medical Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia
. He completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute
in Arizona
under Dr. Robert F. Spetzler
.
and served as Vice-Chairman after 2001. From 2002 until 2008 he directed the Neurosurgery Residency Program. He is currently the Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery.
Bederson established the first basic science laboratory in the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai, developing models of stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage
. In 2002 he was the first neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai to receive an NIH
R01 grant as principal investigator.
A high-ranking member of many cerebrovascular societies, Bederson is chair of the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular section. With Bederson serving as its Chairman, the American Heart Association
Guidelines Writing Group on Subarachnoid Hemorrhage published updated guidelines on stroke treatment. He is also a member of the Society of Neurological Surgery.
Bederson's clinical interests include treatment of intracranial
and spinal vascular and tumor
pathology, including cerebral aneurysm
s, arteriovenous malformation
s, trigeminal neuralgia
, tumors of the skull base, carotid artery
disease and problems of the cervical
and lumbar spine
.
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...
and Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...
and an attending neurosurgeon at both Mount Sinai and Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, Queens
Elmhurst, Queens
Elmhurst is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Roosevelt Avenue on the north; Corona to the northeast; Junction Boulevard on the east; Rego Park to the southeast; the Long Island Expressway on the south; Middle Village to the south and southwest; and Maspeth...
.
Bederson is co-author of Treatment of Carotid Disease: A Practitioner's Manual (ISBN 1-879284-55-3), 12 chapters and 53 peer-reviewed articles.
Education and post-doctoral training
In 1979, Bederson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, where he was the Ivy League Gymnastics All-Around Champion for three years. He earned his M.D. at the University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
in 1984, taking a year off to study sculpture in the master's degree program at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and holding a solo art show in New York City.
Bederson completed both his internship and residency at the University of California, San Francisco. During his residency, he also studied neuropathology
Neuropathology
Neuropathology is the study of disease of nervous system tissue, usually in the form of either small surgical biopsies or whole autopsy brains. Neuropathology is a subspecialty of anatomic pathology, neurology, and neurosurgery...
at the University of Torino
University of Turin
The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and microvascular
Microsurgery
Microsurgery is a general term for surgery requiring an operating microscope. The most obvious developments have been procedures developed to allow anastomosis of successively smaller blood vessels and nerves which have allowed transfer of tissue from one part of the body to another and...
and skull-base neurosurgery under Dr. M. Gazi Yasargil
Gazi Yasargil
Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil is a Turkish medical scientist and neurosurgeon . He is the founder of microneurosurgery. Yaşargil treated epilepsy and brain tumors with instruments of his own design...
at the University Hospitals of Zurich
University Hospital Zurich
The University Hospital Zurich is the university hospital of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the country's largest hospital.The first hospital in Zürich, whose continuation the University Hospital ultimately is, is recorded as having existed as early as 1204. The name, location and buildings have since...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and the University Medical Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. He completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West , one of the largest healthcare systems in the West with 40 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada. St...
in Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
under Dr. Robert F. Spetzler
Robert F. Spetzler
Robert F. Spetzler M.D. is a neurosurgeon and the J.N. Harber Chairman of Neurological Surgery and Director of the Barrow neurological institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Additionally, Spetzler is Professor of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson,...
.
Professional career
Bederson joined Mount Sinai in 1992 as the Director of the Clinical Program for Cerebrovascular DisordersCerebrovascular disease
Cerebrovascular disease is a group of brain dysfunctions related to disease of the blood vessels supplying the brain. Hypertension is the most important cause; it damages the blood vessel lining, endothelium, exposing the underlying collagen where platelets aggregate to initiate a repairing process...
and served as Vice-Chairman after 2001. From 2002 until 2008 he directed the Neurosurgery Residency Program. He is currently the Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery.
Bederson established the first basic science laboratory in the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai, developing models of stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
A subarachnoid hemorrhage , or subarachnoid haemorrhage in British English, is bleeding into the subarachnoid space—the area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater surrounding the brain...
. In 2002 he was the first neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai to receive an NIH
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
R01 grant as principal investigator.
A high-ranking member of many cerebrovascular societies, Bederson is chair of the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular section. With Bederson serving as its Chairman, the American Heart Association
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...
Guidelines Writing Group on Subarachnoid Hemorrhage published updated guidelines on stroke treatment. He is also a member of the Society of Neurological Surgery.
Bederson's clinical interests include treatment of intracranial
Brain tumor
A brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...
and spinal vascular and tumor
Tumor
A tumor or tumour is commonly used as a synonym for a neoplasm that appears enlarged in size. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer...
pathology, including cerebral aneurysm
Cerebral aneurysm
A cerebral or brain aneurysm is a cerebrovascular disorder in which weakness in the wall of a cerebral artery or vein causes a localized dilation or ballooning of the blood vessel.- Signs and symptoms :...
s, arteriovenous malformation
Arteriovenous malformation
Arteriovenous malformation or AVM is an abnormal connection between veins and arteries, usually congenital. This pathology is widely known because of its occurrence in the central nervous system, but can appear in any location. An arteriovenous malformation is a vascular anomaly. It is a...
s, trigeminal neuralgia
Neuralgia
Neuralgia is pain in one or more nerves that occurs without stimulation of pain receptor cells. Neuralgia pain is produced by a change in neurological structure or function rather than by the excitation of pain receptors that causes nociceptive pain. Neuralgia falls into two categories: central...
, tumors of the skull base, carotid artery
Common carotid artery
In human anatomy, the common carotid artery is an artery that supplies the head and neck with oxygenated blood; it divides in the neck to form the external and internal carotid arteries. - Structure :...
disease and problems of the cervical
Cervix
The cervix is the lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. It is cylindrical or conical in shape and protrudes through the upper anterior vaginal wall...
and lumbar spine
Lumbar vertebrae
The lumbar vertebrae are the largest segments of the movable part of the vertebral column, and are characterized by the absence of the foramen transversarium within the transverse process, and by the absence of facets on the sides of the body...
.
Personal life
During his surgical internship, he met and married Isabelle Germano, M.D. who is also Professor of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai. They have 2 daughters, Lucia and Maria.Honors
- 1986 San Francisco Neurological Society Henry B. Newman Award
- 1986 International Microsurgical Society Resident Award
- 2001–Present Castle Connolly Top Metro Doctors
- 2004 Cornell University Top 25 Distinguished Classmates Award
Books
- Bederson JB (Editor) Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Pathophysiology and Treatment. 1996, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, 283 Pages. Library of Congress ISBN 1-879284-43-X.
- Bederson JB, Tuhrim S (Editors), Bederson JB, Tuhrin, S (Authors) Treatment of Carotid Disease: A Practitioner's Manual. 1998, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, 256 pages. Library of Congress ISBN 1-879284-55-3.
Book chapters
Partial list:- Bederson JB, Wilson CB. "Surgical Treatment of Olfactory Groove Meningiomas." In: AANS Neurosurgical Operative Atlas, pages 77–85, 1991.
- Bederson JB. "Pathophysiology and Animal Models of Dural Arteriovenous Malformations." In: Awad I and Barrow D, eds, Dural Arteriovenous Malformations. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 23–34, 1993.
- Bederson JB. "Hemodynamics of Giant Intracranial Aneurysms." In: Awad I and Barrow D, eds, Giant Intracranial Aneurysms. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 13–22, 1995.
- Bederson JB. "Trigeminal Neuralgia." In: Rakel RE (ed), Conn's Current Therapy. WB Saunders Co, Phila, PA, pp 900–902, 1996.
- Bederson JB. "Mechanisms of Acute Brain Injury after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage." In: Bederson JB (ed), Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Pathophysiology and Treatment. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 61–76, 1996.
- Ullman J, Bederson JB. "Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations: Pathophysiology and Hemodynamics." In: Barrow D, Awad I (eds), Spinal Vascular Malformations. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 37–43, 1998.
- Bederson JB, Batjer HH, Stieg PE, Zabramski JM, Lee KC. "Management of Severe Subarachnoid Hemorrhage." In: Fisher WS (ed), Perspectives in Neurological Surgery. (9):111–128, 1998.
- Tuhrim S, Bederson JB. "Patient Selection for Carotid Endarterectomy." In: Bederson JB, Tuhrim S, (eds), Treatment of Carotid Disease: A Practitioner's Manual. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 129–142, 1998.
- Bederson JB. "Carotid Endarterectomy: Description, Complications, and Adjuncts." In: Bederson JB, Tuhrim S (eds), Treatment of Carotid Disease: A Practitioner's Manual., American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 167–180, 1998.
- Bederson JB. "Cerebrovascular Applications of Image Guidance." In: Germano IM (ed), Advances in Image-Guided Brain and Spine Surgery. Thieme, New York, NY, pp 121–131, 2002.
Publications
Partial list:- Costantino PD, Chaplin JM, Wolpoe ME, Catalano PJ, Sen C, Bederson JB, Govindaraj S. "Applications of fast-setting hydroxyapatite cement: cranioplasty" [In Process Citation]. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000, 123, 409-412. PMID 11020176
- Bederson JB, Chair, Awad I, Rosenwasser R, Weibers D, Piepgras D, Hademenos G, Members. "Guidelines for the management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association." Stroke, 2000, 31, 2742–2750. PMID 11056108
- Wright P, Horowitz D, Tuhrim S, Bederson JB. "Clinical improvement related to thrombolysis of third ventricular blood clot in a patient with thalamic hemorrhage." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease 10:23-26, 2001. PMID 17903795
- Patel AB, Gandhi CD, Bederson JB. "Angiographic documentation of a persistent otic artery." AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2003. 24(1): 124-6. PMID 12533340
- Naff NJ, Hanley DF, Keyl PM, Tuhrim S, Kraut M, Bederson J, Bullock R, Mayer SA, Schmutzhard E. "Intraventricular thrombolysis speeds blood clot resolution: results of a pilot, prospective, randomized double-blind, controlled trial." Neurosurgery 2004. 54(3): 577-83; discussion 583-4. PMID 15028130
- Sehba FA, Mostafa G, Knopman J, Bederson JB. "Acute alterations in microvascular basal lamina after subarachnoid hemorrhage." J Neurosurg 2004. 101(4): 633-40. PMID 15481718
- Sehba FA, Mostafa G, Friedrich V, Bederson JB. "Acute microvascular platelet aggregation after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)." J Neurosurg 2005. 102(6) 1094- 1100. PMID 16028769
- Sehba FA, Bederson JB. "Mechanisms of acute brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage." Neurol Research 2006. 28(4):381-98. PMID 16759442
- Bederson JB, Chair, Batjer HH, Conolly ES, Dacey RG, Duldner J, Diringer M, Harbaugh RE, Dion JJ, Patel AB, Rosenwasser RH, Members. "Guidelines for the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council." American Heart Association. Stroke Dec, 2006. PMID 19164800
- Eloy JA, Fatterpekar GM, Bederson JB, Shohet MR. "Intracranial mucocele: an unusual complication of cerebrospinal fluid leakage repair with middle turbinate mucosal graft. J. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2007. PMID 17666272
- Eloy JA, Bederson JB, Smouha EE. "Petrous apex aspergillosis as a long-term complication of cholesterol granuloma: case report and review of the literature." Laryngoscope Journal, 2007. PMID 17471108
- Sehba FA, Flores R, Muller A, Friedrich V, Chen JF, Britz GW, Winn HR, Bederson JB. "Adenosine A(2A) receptors in early ischemic vascular injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage." J Neurosurg. 6 November 2009. PMID 19895201
- Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Derdeyn CP, Nesbit GM, Sacks D, Wechsler LR, Bederson JB, Lavine SD, Rasmussen P; American Society of Interventional Neuroradiology; Society of Interventional Radiology. "Reporting standards for endovascular repair of saccular intracranial cerebral aneurysms." J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Jul. PMID 19560031
- Gilad R, Fatterpekar GM, Gandhi CD, Winn HR, Johnson DM, Patel AB, Bederson JB, Naidich TP. "Intracranial tumors: cisternal angle as a measure of midbrain compression for assessing risk of postembolization clinical deterioration." Radiology. 2009 Jun. PMID 19474379
- Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Derdeyn CP, Nesbit GM, Sacks D, Wechsler LR, Bederson JB, Lavine SD, Rasmussen P. "Reporting standards for endovascular repair of saccular intracranial cerebral aneurysms." Stroke. 2009 May. PMID 19246711
- Bederson JB, Connolly ES Jr, Batjer HH, Dacey RG, Dion JE, Diringer MN, Duldner JE Jr, Harbaugh RE, Patel AB, Rosenwasser RH; American Heart Association. "Guidelines for the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association." Stroke. 2009 Mar. PMID 19164800
- Gologorsky Y, Meyer SA, Post AF, Winn HR, Patel AB, Bederson JB. "Novel surgical treatment of a transverse-sigmoid sinus aneurysm presenting as pulsatile tinnitus: technical case report." Neurosurgery. 2009 Feb. PMID
- Eloy JA, Carneiro E, Vibhute P, Genden EMEric M. GendenEric M. Genden is an American otolaryngologist with the distinction of being the first surgeon to perform a jaw transplant in the United States. It was also the first jaw transplant ever to combine donor jaw with bone marrow from the patient....
, Bederson JB, Som PM. "A rare prevertebral ordinary lipoma presenting as obstructive sleep apnea: computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings." Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Sep. PMID 18794447
- Gandhi CD, Gilad R, Patel AB, Haridas A, Bederson JB. "Treatment of ruptured lenticulostriate artery aneurysms." J Neurosurg. 2008 Jul. PMID 18590430
- Eloy JA, Carai A, Patel AB, Genden EM, Bederson JB. "Combined endoscope-assisted transclival clipping and endovascular stenting of a basilar trunk aneurysm: case report." Neurosurgery. 2008 Mar. PMID 18424979
- Reis C, Genden EM, Bederson JB, Som PM. "A rare spontaneous osteosarcoma of the calvarium in a patient with long-standing fibrous dysplasia: CT and MR findings." Br J Radiol. 2008 Feb. PMID 18238909
- Sehba FA, Friedrich V Jr, Makonnen G, Bederson JB. "Acute cerebral vascular injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage and its prevention by administration of a nitric oxide donor." J Neurosurg. 2007 Feb. PMID 17410718
- Sehba FA, Chereshnev I, Maayani S, Friedrich V Jr, Bederson JB. "Nitric oxide synthase in acute alteration of nitric oxide levels after subarachnoid hemorrhage." Neurosurgery. 2004 Sep. PMID 15335435
- Patel AB, Gandhi CD, Bederson JB. "Angiographic documentation of a persistent otic artery." AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Jan. PMID 12533340
- Wright P, Horowitz DR, Tuhrim S, Bederson JB. "Clinical improvement related to thrombolysis of third ventricular blood clot in a patient with thalamic hemorrhage." J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2001 Jan-Feb. PMID 17903795
- Horowitz DR, Sheinart KF, Bederson JB. "Spontaneous caudate hemorrhage associated with ingestion of a decongestant containing phenylpropanolamine." J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 1999 Mar-Apr. PMID 17895147