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PATRICK PEZESHKIAN, M.D., FAANS

After completing his neurosurgical residency training and a fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at UCLA, Dr. Pezeshkian joined the faculty at Kaiser Permanente Neurosurgery & Neuroscience department at Redwood City. Dr. Pezeshkian's areas of expertise and neurosurgical focus are Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery for movement and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as neuromodulation surgical procedures for chronic refractory pain syndromes. He also specializes in adult epilepsy surgery and surgical and treatment of Brachial plexus injuries and Peripheral nerve tumors & pathologies.

Experience & Affiliations

•  Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgeon -Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital at Redwood City, Department of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience. Redwood City, CA. July 2014–Present

•  Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center- San Mateo County, CA

•  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center- Torrance, CA

•  UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica- Santa Monica, CA

•  Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center- Los Angeles, CA

• VA Greater Los Angeles Medical Center- Los Angeles, CA

Education & Training

• UCLA Medical Center- Fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Fellowship Director: Nader Pouratian MD, PhD.), 2013-2014

• UCLA Medical Center-Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2007 - 2014

• UCLA Medical Center-Internship, General Surgery, 2007 - 2008

• Keck School of Medicine at USC. MD Degree, 2003-2007

•  University of Southern California. Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, 1999 - 2003

•  The English School. Nicosia, Cyprus. High School Diploma, 1992 - 1997

Certification & Licensure

• CA State Medical License- 2009 – present

• American Board of Neurological Surgery- May 2017

Awards, Honors & Recognition

• Top 10 Doctor US Health & World Report • Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Southern California Keck SOM-2008 • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society- 2008. • Recipient of the USC Keck SOM Eric Cohen Introduction to Clinical Medicine Award- 2007 • Teachers Assistant Award in Neurosciences, University of Southern California Keck SOM- 2007 • Honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society- 2002 • Honorary member of the Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honors Society- 2002

Publications & Presentations

• PubMed Journal Articles

1. Acute Ischemic Stroke During Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery of Globus Pallidus Internus: Report of 5 Cases. Downes AE, Pezeshkian P, Behnke E, Bordelon Y, Tagliati M, Mamelak A, Pouratian N. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2016 Dec 1;12(4):383-390.

2. Trigeminal and sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation for intractable craniofacial pain-case series and literature review.

William, A.,Azad, T. D.,Brecher, E.,Cherry, T.,Bernstein, I.,Bruce, D. M.,Rohrer, S.,Smith, Z.,William, M.,Sabelman, E.,Heit, G.,Pezeshkian, P.,Sedrak, M.Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2016

3. Effect of Cranial Window Diameter during Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery on Volume of Pneumocephalus. Sharim J Pezeshkian P DeSalles A Pouratian NNeuromodulation 2015 Oct

4. Outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of vestibular schwannoma. Choy W Spasic M Pezeshkian P Fong BM Nagasawa DT Trang A Mathur I De Salles A Gorgulho A Selch M Gopen QS Yang INeurosurgery 2013 Aug

5. Minimally invasive surgical decompression for lumbar spinal metastases. Kimball, J.,Kusnezov, N. A.,Pezeshkian, P.,Lu, D. C.Surg Neurol Int 2013

6. Minimally invasive palliative resection of lumbar epidural metastasis. Yew, A.,Kimball, J.,Pezeshkian, P.,Lu, D. C.Neurosurg Focus 2013 Jul

7. Hearing preservation after LINAC radiosurgery and LINAC radiotherapy for vestibular schwannoma. Fong, B. M., Pezeshkian, P., Nagasawa, D. T., De Salles, A., Gopen, Q., Yang, I.J Clin Neurosci 2012 Aug

8. Surgical approaches to tinnitus treatment: A review and novel approaches. Soleymani T Pieton D Pezeshkian P Miller P Gorgulho AA Pouratian N De Salles AA Surg Neurol Int 2011

9. Accuracy of frame-based stereotactic magnetic resonance imaging vs frame-based stereotactic head computed tomography fused with recent magnetic resonance imaging for post implantation Deep Brain Stimulator Lead Localization. Pezeshkian P DeSalles AA Gorgulho A Behnke E McArthur D Bari A Neurosurgery 2011 Dec

10. The molecular biology and novel treatments of vestibular schwannomas. Fong B Barkhoudarian G Pezeshkian P Parsa AT Gopen Q Yang I J Neurosurg 2011 Nov

11. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension and immediate improvement following epidural blood patch placement demonstrated by intracranial pressure monitoring. Case report. Zada G Pezeshkian P Giannotta S J Neurosurg 2007 Jun

Books/Book Chapters

1. Intracranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Chapter 21: Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Movement Disorders Patrick Pezeshkian, Nader Pouratian, Antonio DeSallesEditors: Dade Lunsford, Jason Sheehan.Publisher: ThiemeEdition 2nd

2. The Textbook of Nanoneuroscience and Nanoneurosurgery: Chapter 30: Applications of Nanotechnology in Movement Disorders. Page 419 – 425 Pezeshkian P, Lizarraga K, Desalles A, Gorgulho A.Editors: Kateb B & Heiss J..Publisher: Taylor & FrancisNew York Edition 1

. Controversies in Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Best Evidence Recommendation: Chapter 3: Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery Pezeshkian P, Desalles A, Gorgulho A.Editors: Sheehan & Gerszten.Publisher: ThiemeNew York Edition 1

Abstracts/Posters

Accuracy of Frame-Based Stereotactic Intraoperative MRI versus Frame-Based Stereotactic Intraoperative Head CT merged with recent MRI for DBS target localization Pezeshkian, P., American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN) Biennial meeting (6/2010), New York City, New York.

Use of the Human Connectome to Validate fMRI Changes in the Nucleus Accumbens Associated with Reward Cues during a Gambling Task Pezeshkian, P., American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN) Biennial meeting (6/3/2014), Washington DC.

Screening the Human Connectome for Potential DBS Targets for the Treatment of Drug Addiction Pezeshkian, P., American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN) Biennial meeting (6/3/2014), Washington DC.

Lectures

- In vitro observations of synapse elimination at developing neuromuscular junctions of Xenopus laevis pectoralis muscle .USC Undergraduate Symposium poster presentation. April 2005 -

- Differential anterograde spread of HSV Type 1 viral strains in the murine optic pathway. USC Keck School of Medicine Student Research Forum and Poster Day Presentation. April 2006 -

-Neuromodulation for treatment of refractory pain syndromes: Lecture presentation- Northern California Kaiser Annual Spine Surgery Conference. November 2016

- Revisiting ablative therapies for Movement Disorders: San Francisco Neurologic Society; March 23-25 2018.

Clinical Trials:

• PROGRESS - Post Market Clinical Follow Up Evaluating the Infinity Deep Brain Stimulation Implantable Pulse Generator System. Study Sponsor: St. Jude Medical. Lead PI: Suketu Khandhar, M.D. Sub Investigator: Patrick Pezeshkian, M.D. • Co-principal investigator in the NEVRO sponsored multi-center trial using the NEVRO spinal cord stimulation system for non-surgical back pain treatment.

Courses/Symposia:

- Johns Hopkins 5th Annual Skull Base Course. Baltimore, Maryland (Dec 9-10, 2011)

- Facial Pain Symposium. UCLA. Los Angeles, CA (Feb 8 2014)

- American Association of Neurological Surgeons Stereotactic Radiosurgery Course Evanston, IL. (Dec 2014)

- North American Neuromodulation Society annual meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada Dec 2013.

- North American Neuromodulation Society annual meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. Dec 2016.

Press Mentions

• Kaiser Permanente Dramatically Diminishes Patient's Tremors. Published on April 25, 2017