Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine

Neurosurgery

Ricardo Komotar works in the field of Neurosurgery. He studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a top medical college. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is ranked 3 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He has 2 awards "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Super Doctor". Ricardo Komotar is a published doctor and has 101 publications published. The lastest was: 'Management of Atypical and Anaplastic Meningiomas.' Doctor Ricardo J. Komotar, MD is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Subdural hematoma in a patient taking imatinib for GIST: a case report and Discussion of risk with other chemotherapeutics.
• A Randomized Clinical Trial of Hypothermia as a Preferred Second-Line Treatment for Elevated Intracranial Pressure After Traumatic Brain Injury.
• Current Applications of MRI-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in the Treatment of Brain Neoplasms and Epilepsy: A Radiologic and Neurosurgical Overview.
• A multicenter randomized clinical trial of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic Stroke caused by proximal arterial occlusion in the anterior circulation.
• Long-term psychiatric outcomes in pediatric Brain tumor survivors.
• Long-term follow-up of the International Subarachnoid-Hemorrhage Aneurysm Trial.
• The role of magnetic resonance-guided laser ablation in neurooncology.
• Pathological mechanisms underlying Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and vasospasm.
• The regulatory network of proneural glioma in tumor progression.
• Long-term Outcomes of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Stenting vs Aggressive Medical Therapy for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis.
• A randomized clinical trial to assess the benefit of decompressive craniectomy in older patients with a large middle Cerebral artery infarction.
• A randomized clinical trial of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme.
• Bilateral Cerebral infarction in the setting of pituitary apoplexy: a case presentation and literature review.
• Recognizing and Correcting Failures in Glioblastoma Treatment.
• Extracranial glioblastoma in transplant recipients.
• BET bromodomain proteins are required for glioblastoma cell proliferation.
• The role of intra-arterial chemotherapy as an adjuvant treatment for glioblastoma.
• The role of vascular remodeling and inflammation in the pathogenesis of intracranial Aneurysms.
• The role of Gliadel wafers in the treatment of high-grade Gliomas.
• Active immunotherapy using dendritic cells in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme.
• Dendritic cell vaccine for recurrent high-grade Gliomas in pediatric and adult subjects: clinical trial protocol.
• Managing intracranial incidental findings suggestive of low-grade glioma: learning from experience.
• Endoscopic endonasal versus open repair of anterior skull base CSF leak, meningocele, and encephalocele: a Systematic review of outcomes.
• Awake craniotomy for Brain tumor resection: the rule rather than the exception?
• Epigenetic pathways and glioblastoma treatment.
• Predictors of Long-Term Survival in Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme: Advancements From the Last Quarter Century.
• The role of preoperative embolization for intracranial Meningiomas.
• Adjuvant whole Brain radiation following resection of Brain metastases.
• The role of radiosurgery to the tumor bed after resection of Brain metastases.
• The Modified Pterional Keyhole Craniotomy for Open Cerebrovascular Surgery: A New Workhorse?
• Discriminating radiation necrosis from tumor progression in gliomas: a Systematic review what is the best imaging modality?
• Endoscopic Endonasal Compared with Anterior Craniofacial and Combined Cranionasal Resection of Esthesioneuroblastomas.
• The role of radiotherapy following gross-total resection of atypical Meningiomas.
• Tuberculoma of the Brain with unknown primary infection in an immunocompetent host.
• Methods of resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition in glioblastoma multiforme.
• The Role of Fever in Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
• The effect of endothelin receptor antagonists on vasospasm following Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• The management of incidental low-grade gliomas using magnetic resonance imaging: Systematic review and optimal treatment paradigm.
• Endoscopic Endonasal versus Open Transcranial Resection of Anterior Midline Skull Base Meningiomas: A Systematic Review of Outcomes.
• Endoscopic endonasal compared with microscopic transsphenoidal and open transcranial resection of giant pituitary adenomas.
• Progress in sequencing human Cancer genomes: advancements in childhood medulloblastoma.
• The endoscope-assisted ventral approach compared with open microscope-assisted surgery for clival Chordomas.
• The role of decompressive craniectomy in diffuse traumatic Brain injury.
• Epidermoid Tumors of the temporal lobe as epileptogenic foci.
• Prophylactic antiepileptic drug therapy in patients undergoing supratentorial meningioma resection: a Systematic analysis of efficacy.
• Alteration in NFKBIA and EGFR in Glioblastoma Multiforme.
• Neurosurgery for Brain tumors: update on recent technical advances.
• mTOR inhibitors in the treatment of subependymal giant-cell Astrocytomas associated with tuberous sclerosis.
• Epidermal growth factor receptor vaccination for glioblastoma multiforme.
• The Utility of 3D Computer-Based Models in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery.
• Evaluating the benefit of repeat surgery for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
• Pallidal vs subthalamic deep Brain stimulation for Parkinson disease.
• Optimal radiotherapy in patients with multiple intracranial metastases.
• Radiographic evidence of Cerebral hyperperfusion and reversal following angioplasty and stenting of intracranial carotid and middle Cerebral artery stenosis: case repo...
• Carotid endarterectomy vs endovascular stenting: recent results from ICSS and CREST.
• Elevated troponin levels are predictive of mortality in surgical intraCerebral hemorrhage patients.
• IDH1 and IDH2 mutations in Gliomas and the associated induction of hypoxia-inducible factor and production of 2-hydroxyglutarate.
• The role of drain placement following chronic subdural hematoma evacuation.
• Systemic expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformations.
• The role of bevacizumab in hearing preservation and tumor volume control in patients with vestibular Schwannomas.
• Clinical features, surgical treatment, and long-term outcome in adult patients with moyamoya Disease. Clinical article.
• Evoked potential monitoring identifies possible neurological injury during positioning for craniotomy.
• Rapidly successive, symptomatic, bilateral, spontaneous vertebral Artery dissections: treatment with stent reconstruction.
• Predictors of seizure onset after intraCerebral hemorrhage and the role of long-term antiepileptic therapy.
• Adjuvant embolization with N-butyl cyanoacrylate in the treatment of Cerebral arteriovenous malformations: outcomes, complications, and predictors of neurologic deficits.
• Efficacy of lamina terminalis fenestration in reducing shunt-dependent hydrocephalus following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a Systematic review. Clinical article.
• The role of indirect extracranial-intracranial bypass in the treatment of symptomatic intracranial atheroocclusive Disease.
• Bioethical considerations in translational research: primate Stroke.
• Response to open peer commentaries on "Bioethical considerations in translational research: primate Stroke".
• General anesthesia versus local anesthesia for carotid surgery.
• Intraoperative magnesium infusion during carotid endarterectomy: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
• Surgical management of Craniopharyngiomas.
• Optimal surgical treatment for moyamoya Disease in adults: direct versus indirect bypass.
• Deep Brain stimulation for obsessive compulsive disorder.
• Resuscitation and critical care of poor-grade subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
• C3a receptor antagonist attenuates Brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage.
• The incidence of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Type II in patients with subarachnoid Hemorrhage treated with heparin versus enoxaparin.
• Genomics of human glioblastoma multiforme: a glimpse of the future.
• Radiographic and clinical predictors of hemodynamic insufficiency in patients with athero-occlusive Disease.
• Cervical spine Disease may result in a negative lumbar spinal drainage trial in normal pressure hydrocephalus: case report.
• Orally administered factor xa inhibitor, rivaroxaban: a novel thromboembolic prophylaxis agent.
• Impact of a protocol for acute antifibrinolytic therapy on Aneurysm rebleeding after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor after treatment for Cerebral arteriovenous malformations.
• Carotid stenting versus endarterectomy in high-risk cases: what do "high-risk" and "equivalent" mean?
• Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 predicts outcome and vasospasm following Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Protective effect of C5a receptor inhibition after murine reperfused Stroke.
• Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for complex cerebral Aneurysms: lessons learned.
• Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene single-nucleotide polymorphism predicts cerebral vasospasm after Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Brain magnetic resonance imaging scans for asymptomatic patients: role in medical screening.
• C3a receptor modulation of granulocyte infiltration after murine focal Cerebral ischemia is reperfusion dependent.
• Controversies in the endovascular management of cerebral vasospasm after intracranial Aneurysm rupture and future directions for therapeutic approaches.
• Chronic myelopathy due to a giant Spinal arachnoid cyst: a complication of the intrathecal injection of phenol. Case report.
• Controversies in the surgical treatment of ruptured intracranial Aneurysms: the First Annual J. Lawrence Pool Memorial Research Symposium--controversies in the managem...
• Guidelines for the surgical treatment of unruptured intracranial Aneurysms: the first annual J. Lawrence pool memorial research symposium--controversies in the managem...
• The extracranial-intracranial bypass trial: implications for future investigations.
• "Epilepsy surgery" versus lesionectomy in patients with seizures secondary to cavernous malformations.
• Pupillary reactivity upon hospital admission predicts long-term outcome in poor grade Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients.
• The role of complement in Stroke therapy.
• The impact of microsurgical fenestration of the lamina terminalis on shunt-dependent hydrocephalus and vasospasm after Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Management of Atypical and Anaplastic Meningiomas.

Schools

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• Johns Hopkins Univ Sch Of Med

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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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Super Doctor

Education

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• New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus
• New York Presbyterian Hospital
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• University of Miami Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1487803094
NPPES Provider LastName		KOMOTAR
NPPES Provider FirstName		RICARDO
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		331361060
NPPES Provider State		FL
Specialty Description		Neurosurgery
Total Claim Count		107.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1487803094
Last Name Of The Provider	KOMOTAR
First Name Of The Provider	RICARDO
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