Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine

Neurosurgery

Doctor Mark S. Dias, MD works in the field of Neurosurgery. He went to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a top medical university. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has a rank of 3 in research and a 29 in primary care He has 3 awards "America's Top Doctors", "Fellow (FAANS)" and "Fellow (FAAP)". Dr. Mark S. Dias is also a published physician. He has 57 paper published. The most recent paper is: The embryogenesis of congenital vertebral dislocation: early embryonic buckling? He accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Venous Injury in abusive head trauma.
• Erratum to: Imaging of spinal Injury in abusive head trauma: a retrospective study.
• Short-term Outcomes of Sport- and Recreation-Related Concussion in Patients Admitted to a Pediatric Trauma Service.
• Imaging of spinal Injury in abusive head trauma: a retrospective study.
• Pediatric tectal plate Gliomas: clinical and radiological progression, MR imaging characteristics, and management of hydrocephalus.
• Treatment of depressed skull Fractures in neonates using percutaneous microscrew elevation.
• Spinal Subdural Hemorrhage in Abusive Head Trauma: A Retrospective Study.
• Variability among pediatric neurosurgeons in the threshold for ventricular shunting in asymptomatic children with Hydrocephalus.
• Intracardiac migration of a distal shunt catheter: an unusual complication of ventricular shunts. Report of 2 cases.
• Cranial auto graft expansion (CAGE) technique for Cranial vault expansion.
• Demographics of abusive head Trauma in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• Temporal factors and the incidence of physical abuse in young children: decreased nonaccidental Trauma during Child Abuse Prevention Month.
• Normal and abnormal development of the Spine.
• Unilateral retinal Hemorrhages in shaken baby syndrome.
• Termination of the normal conus medullaris in children: a whole-Spine magnetic resonance imaging study.
• Neurosurgical causes of Scoliosis in patients with myelomeningocele: an evidence-based literature review.
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura complicated by an intracranial Hemorrhage secondary to an arteriovenous malformation.
• Preventing abusive head Trauma among infants and young children: a hospital-based, parent education program.
• Neurosurgical management of myelomeningocele (spina bifida).
• Management of accidental minor head injuries in children: a prospective outcomes study.
• Traumatic Brain and spinal cord injury.
• Embryology of myelomeningocele and anencephaly.
• Bilateral retro-auricular dermal sinus tracts with intradural extension. Case report.
• Malpractice crisis.
• Magnetic resonance imaging correlation in pediatric spinal cord Injury without radiographic abnormality.
• Inflicted head Injury: future directions and prevention.
• Myelomeningocele repair in utero.
• Enterogenous cyst of the fourth ventricle: case report.
• Split cord malformation: Part I: A unified theory of embryogenesis for double spinal cord malformations.
• Neurovascular emergencies in pregnancy.
• Intracranial hemorrhage from Aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations during pregnancy and the puerperium.
• Cervical myelomeningoceles.
• Double vision in a child.
• A modified lateral decubitus position for surgical approaches to midline posterior fossa lesions: technical note.
• Management of Hydrocephalus complicating childhood posterior fossa tumors.
• A novel embryogenetic mechanism for Currarino''s triad: inadequate dorsoventral separation of the caudal eminence from hindgut endoderm.
• Occipital plagiocephaly: deformation or lambdoid synostosis? II. A unifying theory regarding pathogenesis.
• Occipital plagiocephaly: deformation or lambdoid synostosis? I. Morphometric analysis and results of unilateral lambdoid craniectomy.
• Complications of myelomeningocele closure.
• The embryogenesis of congenital vertebral dislocation: early embryonic buckling?
• The embryogenesis of complex dysraphic malformations: a disorder of gastrulation?
• Cranial birth injuries in term newborn infants.
• Publication patterns of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. Is there support among members for peer-reviewed pediatric neurosurgical journals?
• Split cord malformations.
• The results of a practice survey on the management of patients with shunted Hydrocephalus.
• Immediate postTraumatic seizures: is routine hospitalization necessary?
• Low-pressure shunt ''malfunction'' following lumbar puncture in children with shunted obstructive Hydrocephalus.
• Occipital sutures and its variations: the value of 3D-CT and how to differentiate it from Fractures using 3D-CT?
• Arachnoid cyst causing third Cranial nerve palsy manifesting as isolated internal ophthalmoplegia and iris cholinergic supersensitivity.
• Pediatric neurosurgical Disease.
• Hydrocephalus in the child with dysraphism.
• Pathological changes in exposed neural tissue of fetal delayed splotch (Spd) mice.
• Serial radiography in the infant shaken impact syndrome.
• The Chiari II malformation: cause and impact.
• Incidence and severity of postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome in children with Medulloblastoma: a prospective study by the Children''s Oncology Group.
• Prevention and management of positional skull deformities in infants.

Schools

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• Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine

• University Of Pittsburgh Med Center

• University Of Ut Med Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
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Conditions Treated

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• Acoustic Neuroma
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• America's Top Doctors
• Fellow (FAANS)
• Fellow (FAAP)

Education

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• University of Utah
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1174575690
Last Name Of The Provider	DIAS
First Name Of The Provider	MARK
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