Jonathan A. Friedman, M.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Surgery
Associate Dean -- Bryan/College Station Campus
Director of the Texas Brain and Spine Institute
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience (TAMU/TAMHSC)

Education

M.D. 1997, and Intern General Surgery 1997-98, University of California, San Francisco

Resident Neurosurgery 1998-2002 / Chief Resident 2002-03, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Research Interests

I'm a neurosurgeon specializing in complex intracranial surgery. After training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, I joined the faculty at Dartmouth Medical School, and specialized in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery and co-directed the stroke program. Currently I direct the Texas Brain and Spine Institute, a multidisciplinary Center of Excellence in Neuroscience. The mission of the TBSI is to provide cutting edge patient care in the neurosciences and develop translational research programs and teaching in collaboration with the College of Medicine. My primary basic science research interest is in neural regeneration, with particular regard to surgical paradigms to facilitate axonal regeneration following spinal cord injury. My main focus in clinical research has been subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebrovascular disease. I lecture in courses for first and second year medical / graduate students, and participate in shadowing and preceptorship programs.

I participate in graduate training as a member of the faculty in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience.

Selected Publications

Lee, KH, Lukovits, T and Friedman, JA. (2006) “Triple-H therapy for cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage". Neurocritical Care 4(1): 68-76.

Moore, MJ, Friedman, JA, Lewellyn, EB, Knight, AM, Currier, BL, Windebank, AJ and Yaszemski, MJ. (2006) "Multiple-channel scaffolds to promote spinal cord axon regeneration". Biomaterials 27(3): 419-429.

Shah, QA, Friedman, JA and Mamourian, AC. (2005) "Spontaneous resolution of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the middle meningeal artery". AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology 26(10): 2530-2532.

Toussaint, LG III, Friedman, JA, Wijdicks, EFM, Piepgras, DG, Pichelmann, MA, McIver, JI, McClelland, RL, Nichols, DA, Meyer, FB and Atkinson, JLD. (2005) "Survival following cardiac arrest after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage". Neurosurgery 57(1): 25-31.

Collignon, FP, Friedman, JA, Piepgras, DG, Pichelmann, MA, McIver, JI, Toussaint, LG III, McClelland, RL and Wijdicks, EFM. (2005) "Serum magnesium levels as related to symptomatic vasospasm and outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage". Neurocritical Care 1(4): 441-448.

Rabinstein, AA, Friedman, JA, Nichols, DA, Pichelmann, MA, McClelland, RL, Manno, EM, Atkinson, JLD and Wijdicks EFM. (2004) "Predictors of outcome after endovascular treatment of cerebral vasospasm". AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology 25(10): 1778-1782.

Toussaint, LG III, Friedman, JA, Wijdicks, EFM, Piepgras, DG, Pichelmann, MA, McIver, JI, McClelland, RL, Nichols, DA, Meyer, FB and Atkinson JLD. (2004) "Influence of aspirin on outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage". Journal of Neurosurgery 101(6): 921-925.

Friedman, JA, Lewellyn, EB, Moore, MJ, Schermerhorn, TC, Knight, AM, Currier, BL, Yaszemski, MJ, Ameenuddin, S and Windebank AJ. (2004) "Robust axon regeneration following surgical repair of the injured spinal cord with a novel biodegradable implant". Clinical Neurosurgery 51: 314-319.

Rabinstein, AA, Friedman, JA, Weigand, S, McClelland, RL, Fulgham, JR, Manno, EM, Atikinson, JLD and Wijdicks EFM. (2004) "Predictors of cerebral infarction in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage". Stroke 35(8): 1862-1866.

Friedman, JA, Kallmes, DF, Wijdicks EFM. (2004) Thalamic hemorrhage after carotid angioplasty and stenting. Neuroradiology 46(5): 399-403.

Talac RF, Friedman JA, Moore, MJ, Lu, L, Jabbari, E, Windebank, AJ, Currer, BL and Yaszemski MJ. (2004) "Animal models of spinal cord injury for evaluation of tissue engineering treatment strategies". Biomaterials 25(9): 1505-1510.

Blacker, DJ, Kantarci, OH, Cloft, HJ and Friedman, JA. (2004) "More than a pain in the neck: Vertebral artery dissection and subarachnoid hemorrhage". Neurocritical Care 1(1): 95-98.