Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Publications
Ojemann S, Szentirmai O, Felsen G. Novel Targets for Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease. In Schmideck and Sweet's Operative Neurosurgery, Ed: A Quinones-Hinojosa, Elsevier, 2012
Rachel A. Davis, M.D., Christen H. Epstein, N.P., Olga Klepitskaya, M.D., Christopher S. Sharp, M.D., Steven Ojemann, M.D., Aviva Abosch, M.D., Ph.D., Alison M. Heru, M.D.Disambiguating the Psychiatric Sequelae of Parkinson’s Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Life Events: Case Report and Literature Review.
174(1), pp. 11 –15
10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15121583
Yin D, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Pelak V, Drees C, Nagae L, Abosch A (2016) Optic radiation tractography and visual field deficits in laser interstitial thermal therapy for amygdalo-hippocampectomy in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (IN PRESS)
Yin D, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Abosch A (2016). Use of putamen as surrogate anatomical marker for the GPi in DBS surgery. American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2016 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Yin D, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Drees C, Nagae L, Abosch A (2016). The rate of visual field deficits following laser-ablation amygdalo-hippocampectomy in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2016 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Thompson JA, Bergman H, Ojemann S, Hebb A, Oukal S, Abosch A (2016). A semi-automated software for estimating subthalamic nucleus boundaries and assisting optimal target selection for deep brain stimulation implantation surgery. American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2016 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Nagae L, Honce J, Nyberg E, Ojemann S, Drees CN. Pearls and pitfalls in imaging MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in Epilepsy. 54th American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting; Washington D.C., May 2016.
Drees C, Brown MG, Sillau S, Debello R, Frey L, Korb P, Shreshta A, Strom L, Spitz M, O'Brien C, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Process Improvement to Increase Time to Epilepsy Surgery. 70th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Houston Tx, Dec 2-6, 2016
Thompson JA, Oukal S, Bergman H, Ojemann S, Hebb AO, Hanrahan S, Israel Z, Abosch A. Semi-automated application for estimating subthalamic nucleus boundaries and optimal target selection for deep brain stimulation implantation surgery. J Neurosurg. 2018 May 1;:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29775152
Brown MG, Drees C, Nagae LM, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Curative and palliative MRI-guided laser ablation for drug-resistant epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Apr;89(4):425-433. PubMed PMID: 29084870
Striatal and Thalamic Auditory Response During Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor: Implications for Psychosis.
Gault JM, Thompson JA, Maharajh K, Hosokawa P, Stevens KE, Olincy A, Liedtke EI, Ojemann A, Ojemann S, Abosch A.
Neuromodulation. 2020 Feb 5. doi: 10.1111/ner.13101. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 32022409
Kern DS, Fasano A, Thompson JA, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Munhoz RP. Constant Current versus Constant Voltage: Clinical Evidence Supporting a Fundamental Difference in the Modalities. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2020 Nov 23;:1-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33227781
Drees C, McDermott D, Sillau S, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Schwarz S, Brown MG. Seizure outcome with responsive neurostimulation (RNS) comparing strip versus depth leads. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Nov;112:107402. PubMed PMID: 32911300
Hixon AM, Brown MG, McDermott D, Destefano S, Abosch A, Kahn L, Ojemann S, Drees C. RNS modifications to eliminate stimulation-triggered signs or symptoms (STS): Case series and practical guide. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Nov;112:107327. PubMed PMID: 32717707
Kern DS, Uy D, Rhoades R, Ojemann S, Abosch A, Thompson JA. Discrete changes in brain volume after deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Sep;91(9):928-937. PubMed PMID: 32651244
George DD, Ojemann SG, Drees C, Thompson JA. Stimulation Mapping Using Stereoelectroencephalography: Current and Future Directions. Front Neurol. 2020;11:320. PubMed PMID: 32477236
Gault JM, Thompson JA, Maharajh K, Hosokawa P, Stevens KE, Olincy A, Liedtke EI, Ojemann A, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Striatal and Thalamic Auditory Response During Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor: Implications for Psychosis. Neuromodulation. 2020 Jun;23(4):478-488. PubMed PMID: 32022409
Hirt L, Grassia F, Feuerstein J, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Kern DS. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Intermediate Nucleus of the Thalamus in Writer's Cramp: A Case Report. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2021;11:46. PubMed PMID: 34824889
Davis RA, Giordano J, Hufford DB, Sheth SA, Warnke P, Widge AS, Richardson RM, Rosenow JM, Rossi PJ, Storch EA, Winston H, Zboyan J, Dougherty DD, Foote KD, Goodman WK, McLaughlin NCR, Ojemann S, Rasmussen S, Abosch A, Okun MS. Restriction of Access to Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory OCD: Failure to Apply the Federal Parity Act. Front Psychiatry. 2021;12:706181. PubMed PMID: 34456762
Ung TH, Kahn L, Hirt L, Chatain G, Humes E, David-Gerecht P, Drees C, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Using a Robotic-Assisted Approach for Stereotactic Laser Ablation Corpus Callosotomy: A Technical Report. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021 Aug 17;:1-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34515241
Kortz MW, Kongs BM, McCray E, Grassia F, Hosokawa P, Bernstein JE, Moore SP, Yanovskaya M, Ojemann SG. How neuropsychiatric comorbidity, modulatory indication, demographics, and other factors impact deep brain stimulation inpatient outcomes in the United States: A population-based study of 27,956 patients. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2021 Sep;208:106842. PubMed PMID: 34339900
Belanger K, Grassia F, Kortz MW, Thompson JA, DeStefano S, Ojemann S. Management of post-operative delirium following stereoelectroencephalography electrode placement for drug resistant epilepsy: Lessons learned from two case reports. Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2021;16:100438. PubMed PMID: 33997756
Thaker AA, Reddy KM, Thompson JA, Gerecht PD, Brown MS, Abosch A, Ojemann SG, Kern DS. Coronal Gradient Echo MRI to Visualize the Zona Incerta for Deep Brain Stimulation Targeting in Parkinson's Disease. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021;99(5):443-450. PubMed PMID: 33902054
Kern DS, Fasano A, Thompson JA, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Munhoz RP. Constant Current versus Constant Voltage: Clinical Evidence Supporting a Fundamental Difference in the Modalities. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021;99(2):171-175. PubMed PMID: 33227781
Freeman L, Kortz M, Grassia F, Ung T, Ojemann S. Fluorescein-aided resection of fusiform gyrus neurocysticercosis in a patient with medically refractory epilepsy localized to the anterior hippocampus: Case report and surgical technique. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management. 2021. 26. 10.1016/j.inat.2021
Duffy KA, Fenstermacher EA, Thompson JA, Tanabe J, Patel MS, Ojemann S, Davis RA. Case report: Clinical efficacy of deep brain stimulation contacts corresponds to local field potential signals in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Front Psychiatry. 2023;14:1279972. PubMed PMID: 38076699
Zhang J, Ryu JY, Tirado SR, Dickinson LD, Abosch A, Aziz-Sultan MA, Boulos AS, Barrow DL, Batjer HH, Binyamin TR, Blackburn SL, Chang EF, Chen PR, Colby GP, Cosgrove GR, David CA, Day AL, Folkerth RD, Frerichs KU, Howard BM, Jahromi BR, Niemela M, Ojemann SG, Patel NJ, Richardson RM, Shi X, Valle-Giler EP, Wang AC, Welch BG, Williams Z, Zusman EE, Weiss ST, Du R. A Transcriptomic Comparative Study of Cranial Vasculature. Transl Stroke Res. 2023 Aug 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37612482
Welton TA, George NM, Ozbay BN, Gentile Polese A, Osborne G, Futia GL, Kushner JK, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters B, Alexander AL, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Restrepo D, Gibson EA. Two-photon microendoscope for label-free imaging in stereotactic neurosurgery. Biomed Opt Express. 2023 Jul 1;14(7):3705-3725. PubMed PMID: 37497482
Thompson JA, Hirt L, David-Gerecht P, Fasano A, Kramer DR, Ojemann SG, Kern DS. Comparison of Monopolar Review to Fixed Parameter Fractionation in Deep Brain Stimulation. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2023 Jun;10(6):987-991. PubMed PMID: 37332654
Radcliffe EM, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS, Al Borno M, Ojemann S, Kramer DR, Thompson JA. Oscillatory beta dynamics inform biomarker-driven treatment optimization for Parkinson's disease. J Neurophysiol. 2023 Jun 1;129(6):1492-1504. PubMed PMID: 37198135
Kennis M, Hale EW, Hemendinger E, Davis R, Ojemann SG, Strom L, Klepitskaya O. Suicide in Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: A Retrospective Case-Control Study. J Parkinsons Dis. 2023;13(3):415-419. PubMed PMID: 36911947
Lewis S, Radcliffe E, Ojemann S, Kramer DR, Hirt L, Case M, Holt-Becker AB, Raike R, Kern DS, Thompson JA. Pilot Study to Investigate the Use of In-Clinic Sensing to Identify Optimal Stimulation Parameters for Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy in Parkinson's Disease. Neuromodulation. 2023 Feb 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36797194
Clinical Interests
I am interested in surgical treatment of movement disorders, and chronic pain disorders, epilepsy surgery, functional and stereotactic radiosurgery.