Neurosurgery Residency Program Director Barrow Neurological Institute
Neurosurgery
Dr. Peter Nakaji, MD
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Peter Nakaji works in the field of Neurosurgery. He attended University of California San Diego School of Medicine. University of California San Diego School of Medicine is ranked 17/19 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 5 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Super Doctor", "Fellow (FACS)", "Fellow (FAANS)" and "Most Compassionate Doctor". Peter Nakaji is a published doctor. He has 99 publications published. The most current publication "Techniques and outcomes of Gore-Tex clip-wrapping of ruptured and unruptured cerebral aneurysms." He accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Efficacy of Three-Dimensional Endoscopy for Ventral Skull Base Pathology: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
- A 5-Year Retrospective Analysis of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation by Neurosurgery Residents in the Modern Era.
- Ventriculostomy Simulation Using Patient-Specific Ventricular Anatomy, 3D Printing, and Hydrogel Casting.
- Poor man-rich man fluorescence. Is this really the problem?
- Long-term follow-up of surgical resection of microcystic meningiomas.
- Evaluation of surgical freedom for microscopic and endoscopic transsphenoidal approaches to the sella.
- Quantitative study of the opticocarotid and carotid-oculomotor windows for the interpeduncular fossa, before and after internal carotid artery mobilization and posteri...
- Augmented Reality-Enhanced Navigation for Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass.
- Quantitative Anatomical Study of Tailored Far-Lateral Approach for the VA-PICA Regions.
- Long-term Functional Outcomes and Predictors of Shunt-Dependent Hydrocephalus After Treatment of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms in the BRAT Trial: Revisiting the Clip...
- Repair of intraoperative aneurysm neck tear utilizing the cotton-clipping technique.
- Surgical clipping of a large left middle cerebral artery aneurysm.
- Surgical clipping of a ruptured posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm.
- The role of microscope-integrated near-infrared indocyanine green videoangiography in the surgical treatment of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas.
- Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm secondary to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: Surgical strategies, technical nuances and clinical outcomes.
- Computational fluid dynamics to evaluate the management of a giant internal carotid artery aneurysm.
- Normal perfusion pressure breakthrough theory: a reappraisal after 35 years.
- Comparison of surgical freedom and area of exposure in three endoscopic transmaxillary approaches to the anterolateral cranial base.
- Contemporary management of spinal AVFs and AVMs: lessons learned from 110 cases.
- Molecular and cellular biology of cerebral arteriovenous malformations: a review of current concepts and future trends in treatment.
- Commentary: Minimally invasive endoscopic resection of intraparenchymal brain tumors.
- Urgent Cerebral Revascularization Bypass Surgery for Iatrogenic Skull Base ICA Injury.
- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas: A Multicenter Study.
- Endoscopic approach to colloid cyst: what is the optimal entry point and trajectory?
- EC-IC Bypass and the Versatile Vertebral Artery.
- Sulforhodamine 101 selectively labels human astrocytoma cells in an animal model of glioblastoma.
- Twenty-Year Follow-Up of Flow-Reversal and Revascularization for a Giant Serpentine Basilar Artery Aneurysm.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery of petroclival meningiomas: a multicenter study.
- Revascularization and pediatric aneurysm surgery.
- Safety, efficacy, and cost of intraoperative indocyanine green angiography compared to intraoperative catheter angiography in cerebral aneurysm surgery.
- Methamphetamine use is an independent predictor of poor outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Contralateral Interhemispheric Approach to Deep-Seated Cavernous Malformations: Surgical Considerations and Clinical Outcomes in 31 Consecutive Cases.
- Gamma Knife radiosurgery for sellar and parasellar meningiomas: a multicenter study.
- Carotid Endarterectomy: Comparison of Complications Between Transverse and Longitudinal Incision.
- Laser Speckle Flow Imaging of Cerebral Blood Flow.
- Indocyanine Green Angiography in the Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations: Lessons Learned in 130 Consecutive Cases.
- Revascularization and Aneurysm Surgery: Techniques, Indications and Outcomes in the Endovascular Era.
- Prospective evaluation of preoperative stereotactic radiosurgery followed by delayed resection of a high grade arteriovenous malformation.
- Robotic Auto-Positioning of the Operating Microscope.
- The relationship between ruptured aneurysm location, subarachnoid hemorrhage clot thickness, and incidence of radiographic or symptomatic vasospasm in patients enrolle...
- Endoscopic resection of colloid cysts: use of a dual-instrument technique and an anterolateral approach.
- Endoscopic endonasal transmaxillary approach and endoscopic sublabial transmaxillary approach: surgical decision-making and implications of the nasolacrimal duct.
- Diagnostic and surgical implications of ventral vertebrobasilar displacement by posterior fossa neurenteric cysts.
- Long-Term Follow-up of Blister Aneurysms of the Internal Carotid Artery.
- The Necessity of Technical Excellence and Safety in EC-IC Bypass Surgery.
- Surgical Outcomes for Moyamoya Angiopathy at Barrow Neurological Institute With Comparison of Adult Indirect Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis Bypass, Adult Direct Super...
- FIENS Global Health and Neurosurgical Volunteerism.
- Electromagnetic stereotactic navigation for external ventricular drain placement in the intensive care unit.
- Histopathological features of the outer membrane of chronic subdural hematoma and correlation with clinical and radiological features.
- Primary histiocytic sarcoma of the brain mimicking cerebral abscess.
- The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial: 3-year results.
- Prospective validation of a patient-reported nasal quality-of-life tool for endonasal skull base surgery: The Anterior Skull Base Nasal Inventory-12.
- Time course of recovery following poor-grade SAH: the incidence of delayed improvement and implications for SAH outcome study design.
- Intraoperative fluorescent imaging of intracranial tumors: A review.
- Treatment of refractory low-pressure hydrocephalus with an active pumping negative-pressure shunt system.
- Biomechanical Evaluation of the Craniovertebral Junction after Anterior Unilateral Condylectomy: Implications for Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Cranial Base.
- Bypass and Flow Reduction for Complex Basilar and Vertebrobasilar Junction Aneurysms.
- Endoscopic Colloid Cyst Resection in the Absence of Ventriculomegaly.
- Adjustment of the endoscopic third ventriculostomy entry point based on the anatomical relationship between coronal and sagittal sutures.
- Microsurgical clipping of an unruptured lenticulostriate aneurysm.
- Revascularization and cerebral hyperperfusion: we know what but not why.
- A Simple and Quantitative Method to Predict Symptomatic Vasospasm after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Based on Computed Tomography: Beyond the Fisher Scale.
- Evaluation of operative procedures for symptomatic outcome after decompression surgery for Chiari type I malformation.
- Reevaluating the imaging definition of tumor progression: perfusion MRI quantifies recurrent glioblastoma tumor fraction, pseudoprogression, and radiation necrosis to ...
- Neurosurgical confocal endomicroscopy: A review of contrast agents, confocal systems, and future imaging modalities.
- Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow: pathologist, physician, anthropologist, and politician. Implications of his work for the understanding of cerebrovascular pathology and str...
- An anatomical evaluation of the mini-supraorbital approach and comparison with standard craniotomies.
- Endoscope-assisted microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: technical case report.
- Synchronous endoscopy and microsurgery: a novel strategy to approach complex ventricular lesions. Report of three cases.
- Clival incidentaloma.
- Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in patients suffering spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Predictors of ventriculoperitoneal shunting after spontaneous intraparenchymal hemorrhage.
- Evolution of surgical approaches in the treatment of petroclival meningiomas: a retrospective review.
- The minipterional craniotomy: technical description and anatomic assessment.
- Evaluation of patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage and negative angiography.
- Endoscopic harvesting of the radial artery for neurovascular bypass.
- Juvenile intradural chordoma: case report.
- Endoscopic supracerebellar infratentorial approach for pineal cyst resection: technical case report.
- Normobaric oxygen therapy strategies in the treatment of postcraniotomy pneumocephalus.
- Surgical treatment for intramedullary spinal cord melanocytomas.
- Comparative analysis of the retrosigmoid and lateral supracerebellar infratentorial approaches along the lateral surface of the pontomesencephalic junction: a differen...
- Treatment options for third ventricular colloid cysts: comparison of open microsurgical versus endoscopic resection.
- Thrombophilia Due to Factor V and Factor II Mutations and Formation of a Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Case Report and Review of a Rare Entity.
- The utility of onyx for preoperative embolization of cranial and spinal tumors.
- Immediate cranial vault reconstruction with bioresorbable plates following endoscopically assisted sagittal synostectomy.
- Endoscopic assisted posterior decompression for spinal neoplasms.
- Ependymoma.
- Improvement of aggressive and antisocial behavior after resection of temporal lobe tumors.
- Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma presenting as Brown-Sequard syndrome.
- Neuro-oncologic applications of endoscopy.
- Syringocephaly.
- Innovations in surgical approach: the marriage of technique, technology, and judgment.
- Indications for surgical treatment of arteriovenous malformations.
- Cavernous malformation of the trigeminal nerve manifesting with trigeminal neuralgia: case report.
- Management of arteriovenous malformations: a surgical perspective.
- Middle cerebral artery stenosis: endovascular and surgical options.
- Endogenous stem cell proliferation after central nervous system injury: alternative therapeutic options.
- Techniques and outcomes of Gore-Tex clip-wrapping of ruptured and unruptured cerebral aneurysms.
Schools
University Of California San Diego School Of Medicine
Ucsd Division Of Neurological Surgery Neurosurgery
BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
UCSD Division of Neuroligical Surgery
Procedures Preformed
- Acute Stroke Intervention
- Aneurysm Clipping
- AVM Embolization
- Brain Surgery
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Doctors Specialties
- Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
- Neurosurgery
- Neurovascular Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Most Compassionate Doctor
Education
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Barrow Neurological Institute -
University of California San Diego -
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Hospital
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St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center -
Chandler Regional Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1174518765 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | NAKAJI | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | PETER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 850134434 | |
| NPPES Provider State | AZ | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 25.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1174518765 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | NAKAJI |
| First Name Of The Provider | PETER |
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