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Anil Nanda, MD, FACS

Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery


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Phone: (318) 675-6404
Clinic Phone: (318) 813-1555
Fax: (318) 675-4615
ananda@lsuhsc.edu

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Clinical Services

Dr. Anil Nanda is the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport. He specializes in Skull Base and Vascular Surgery, Metastic Brain Tumors and Spinal Lesions, Neuro-Oncology, Aneurysm Repair, Neuro-Trauma and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

Five locations are conveniently located throughout Shreveport-Bossier City:

LSUHSC-Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway,
Shreveport, LA 71103
318.813.1555
Fax: 318.813.1556 		Willis Knighton North
Medical Arts Building
2551 Greenwood Road,
Ste. 320
Shreveport, LA 71103
318.813.1555 or 318.635.6363
Fax: 318.631.5392 		Willis Knighton Bossier
2300 Hospital Drive, Ste. 350
Bossier City, LA 71111
318.742.8666
Fax: 318.742.8488
Willis Knighton Pierremont
8001 Youree Drive, Ste. 640
Shreveport, LA 71115
318.813.1555
Fax: 318.675.8958 		  Willis Knighton South
2520 Bert Kouns, Ste.105
Shreveport, LA 71118
318.813.1555
Fax: 318.675.8958


Education / Professional Experience

Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport since 2000.

Program Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport since 2002.
Chairman, Brain Research Group, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport since 2002.

Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport (1995–2000).

Assistant Professor and Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport (1990–1995).

Residency in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (1988).

Rotation in Neurology, The National Hospital Institute of Neurology, University of London, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom (1987).

Residency in Neurosurgery, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (1984–1989).

Residency in General Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, IL (1983–1984).

Residency in Surgical Oncology, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (1982–1983).

ECFMG Certificate #327-019-6 (1981)

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical (1975–1982)
Education and Research, Madras University, Pondicherry, India  Degree: MBBS
University Honors in Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Medicine, Surgery

Honors and Awards

Visiting Professor
“Skull Base Approach to Vascular Lesions.” Fudan University-Hua Shan Hospital. Shanghai, China. September 11, 2006.

Honored Guest
“Skull Base Tumors: Past, Present, and Future.” 6th Congress of Chinese Neurosurgical Society. Beijing, China. September 16, 2006.

Visiting Professor
“Skull Base Approach to Vascular Lesions.” Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences. Whitefield Bangalore, India. October 28, 2006.

Honored Guest
"Aneurysm Surgery: Is it an Art Facing Extinction?” 8th Asian-Oceanian International Congress on Skull Base Surgery. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. November 2, 2006.

Distinguished Skull Base Visiting Professorship
 “Skull Base Surgery: Terra Nullius to Terra Firma.” University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Philadelphia, PA. February 8, 2007.

Presidential Address of Southern Neurosurgical Society
“Dharma in Dixie.” Annual Meeting of the Southern Neurosurgical Society. Sea Island, GA. March 14-17, 2007.

Visiting Professor
“Skull Base Surgery: Terra Nullius to Terra Firma.” Department of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada. April 27, 2007.

Chairman
“Unbearable Lightness of Honesty in Skull Base Complications.” 8th Congress of the European Skull Base Society. Prague, Czech Republic. May 2-5, 2007.

Visiting Professor
“Skull Base Surgery: Sacred and Profane.” and “Neurosurgical Aequanimitas.” Department of Neurosurgery, New York University. New York, NY. May 11, 2007.

Visiting Professor
“Skull Base Surgery: Shouts and Murmurs.” Department of Neurosurgery, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. July 25, 2007.

Visiting Professor
“Skull Base Surgery: Arcadia and Anarchy.” Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University-Chicago, Chicago, IL. November 14, 2007.

Visiting Professor
“ Is Aneurysm Clipping an Art Facing Extinction?” K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai. December 30, 2007.

Fellowship:

Fellowship in Microneurosurgery and Cranial Base Surgery, Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (1989–1990). 
Postdoctoral Fellowship via Hahnemann University, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, PA (1984–1985).

Board Certifications:

Diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons (1993)

Professional Associations:

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Professional Development Committee (2007–2008)
International Relations Committee (2007–2008)

American Heart Association Caddo-Bossier Division
Board of Directors Medical Chairman (1997–1998)

Louisiana State Neurosurgical Society
Secretary/Treasurer (2003–2005)
President (2005–2007)

North American Skull Base Society
Publications Committee 
Chairman (1992–2002)
Member at Large (1998–2000)
Secretary (2001–2004)
President Elect (2004)
President (2005–2006)

Society of University Neurosurgeons:  Secretary/Treasurer (2006–2008)

Southern Neurosurgical Society:  Chairman Membership Committee
President Elect (2005)
President (2006–2007)

Think First Foundation Resource
Development Committee:  Regional Chairman (1995)

American Association of Neurological Surgeons 1990 – Present
American Medical Association 1990 – Present
Louisiana State Medical Society 1990 – Present
Shreveport Medical Society 1990 – Present
Louisiana Neurosurgical Society 1991 – Present
Congress of Neurological Surgeons 1992 – Present
North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) 1992 – Present
AANS-CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma & Critical Care 1993 – Present
Biomedical Research Foundation Council 1994 – 1996
Brain Attack Coalition 1995 – Present
Society for Neuroscience 1996 – 2000
Southern Neurosurgical Society 1996 – Present
Society of University Neurosurgeons 1998 – Present
Society of Neurological Surgeons 2004 – Present

Research Interest

  1. Gliomas Outcomes Project
    Contribute to database of outcomes for patients who undergo surgery for glioma to better understand the relationship of practices in the care of these patients on clinical outcomes. Key objectives of the project are to identify opportunities to improve quality of care for patients with glioma, describe diagnostic and treatment strategies and patient outcomes, provide physicians with data to evaluate and improve their practices, publish objective data on temporal trends and regional differences in the care of patients with glioma, and develop hypotheses for future clinical trials.
  2. Stimulators and Inhibitors of DNA Damage in CNS
    Use transgenic mice to develop agents capable of selectively blocking the pathological effects of glutamate in injured neurons while leaving the physiological actions of glutamate in non-lesioned areas of the brain unaffected. Our studies center on delineating the mechanisms by which glutamate receptor (NMDA) activation stimulates neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) activity. Other studies focus on identifying cellular targets and gene products that modify cellular signaling pathways that lead to DNA strand breaks, activation of DNA repair enzymes, and energy depletion.
  3. Role of Glutamate Receptors Overactivity in Neuronal Injury
    Assess differences in excitotoxic neuronal vulnerability by selectively blocking production of specific NMDA subunits in cerebellar and hippocampal cells using viral mediated gene transfer. These studies allow us to specifically arrest mRNA translation into functional receptor protein, and thus provide unique functional information on individual NMDA receptor subtypes without affecting the other receptor subunits.    
  4. Therapies for Brain Tumors
    Study the mechanism by which the differential responses in DNA damage and repair take place and the role of vascular cell adhesion molecules in brain tumors and neuronal injury.

Clinical Trials

  1. Co-Investigator
    Multi-Centered Controlled Clinical trial to Evaluate the Concentric Retriever System (Mechanical Embolus Removal in Cerebral Ischemia-MERCI)
  2. Principal Investigator
    American Brain Injury Consortium-PHARMOS. Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of a Single Intravenous Dose of Dexanabinol in Patients Suffering from Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
  3. Co-Investigator
    Ortho-Biotech Parexel: An Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel-Group Study to Confirm the Safety and Efficacy of Procrit® (Epoetin Alfa) Administered Perioperatively Versus the Standard of Care in Blood Conservation in Subjects Undergoing Major Elective Spinal Surgery
  4. Co-Investigator
    Actipore PLFx for Degenerative Disc Disease Multi-Center, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial (Interbody Lumbar Implant)
  5. Principal Investigator
    Non-Convulsive Status Epileptcus in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
  6. Principal Investigator
    Epidural Morphine and Steroids after Lumbar Surgery
  7. Principal Investigator
    Comparison of Fusion Rate Following a Single Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with a Plate vs. Without a Plate: Randomized Prospective Study
  8. Principal Investigator
    Predictive Factors for Dural Tear and Spinal Fluid Leak in Lumbar Spinal Surgeries
  9. Co-Investigator
    Efficacy of Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery with or without External Beam Radiation in Management of Brain Metastasis
  10. Principal Investigator
    Role of Systemically Administered VEGF-1 to Induce Endothelial Cell Proliferation
  11. Principal Investigator
    Animal Model to Predict Brain Edema Following Gamma Knife
  12. Principal Investigator
    Hypertensive Hemorrhage in African Americans
  13. Principal Investigator
    Effect of Celecoxib, a Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor, on Radiosensitization of Brain Mets to GK Radiosurger
  14. Co-Investigator
    Development of the Novel Countersunk Anterior Pedicle Screw Instrumentation Device (CAPSID)
  15. Principal Investigator
    DuraSeal Sealant Post Market Study
  16. Principal Investigator
    A Prospective, Multi-Center, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Study Comparing SyntheCelTM Dura Replacement to Other Dura Replacements in Patients Requiring Dura Repair Following Cranial Surgery

Selected Publications   2006-2007

MANUSCRIPTS

  1. Wadhwa RK, Shaya MR, Nanda A. Spinal Cord Compression in a Patient with a Pain Pump for Failed Back Syndrome: A Chalk-like Precipitate Mimicking a Spinal Cord Neoplasm: Case Report. Neurosurgery. 2006; 58(2): E387.
  2. Nanda A, Vannemreddy P, Willis B, Kelley R. Stroke in the Young: Relationship of Active Cocaine Use with Stroke Mechanism and Outcome. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement. 2006; 96: 91-96.
  3. Karim A, Mukherjee D, Ankem M, Gonzalez-Cruz J, Smith D, Nanda A. Augmentation of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Anterior Pedicle Screw Fixation: Demonstration of Novel Constructs and Evaluation of Biomechanical Stability in Cadaveric Specimens. Neurosurgery. 2006; 58(3): 522-527; Discussion 522-527.
  4. Patwardhan R, Minagar A, Kelley RE, Nanda A. Neurosurgical Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. Neurosurgical Research. 2006; 28(3): 320-325.
  5. Nanda A, Vannemreddy P. Cerebral Ischemia as a Presenting Feature of Intracranial Aneurysms: A Negative Prognostic Indicator in the Management of Aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 2006; 58(5): 831-837; Discussion 831-837.
  6. Karim A, Mukherjee D, Gonzalez-Cruz J, Ogden A, Smith D, Nanda A. Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement for Lumbar Fusion Using Anatomic Landmarks versus Open Laminectomy: A Comparison of Two Surgical Techniques in Cadaveric Specimens. Neurosurgery. 2006; 59(1): ONS 13-19; Discussion 13-19.
  7. Chanda A, Nanda A. Retrosigmoid Intradural Suprameatal Approach: Advantages and Disadvantages from an Anatomical Perspective. Neurosurgery. 2006; 59(1): ONS 1-6; Discussion 1-6.
  8. Karim A, Knapp J, Nanda A. Internal Jugular Venous Thrombosis as a Complication after an Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy: Case Report. Neurosurgery. 2006; 59(3): E705; Discussion E705.
  9. Karim A, Fowler M, McLaren B, Cardenas R, Patwardhan R, Nanda A. Concomitant Choroid Plexus Papillomas involving the Third and Fourth Ventricles: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2006; 108(6): 586-589.
  10. Sin AH, Caldito G, Smith D, Rashidi M, Willis B, Nanda A. Predictive Factors for Dural Tear and Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Surgery. Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine. 2006; 5(3): 224-227.
  11. Gonzalez-Cruz J, Nanda A. Occipito-Atlantal Dislocation: An Uncommon Case of Cervical Spine Injury. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 2006; 158(6): 297-301.
  12. Hussain S, Nanda A, Fowler M, Ampil F, Burton G. Primary Intracranial Leiomyosarcoma: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. Sarcoma. 2006; 2006: 1-3.
  13. Patwardhan R, Cardenas R, Myers D, Ware P, Nanda A. Left Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression: First Implantation Case Post-FDA Approval and Review of the Literature. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 2007; 159(1): 38-41.
  14. Ampil F, Caldito G, Milligan S, Mills G, Nanda A. The Elderly with Synchronous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Solitary Brain Metastasis: Does Palliative Thoracic Radiotherapy have a Useful Role? Lung Cancer. 2007; 57(1): 60-5.
  15. Ampil F, Caldito G, Milligan S, Mills G, Nanda A. The Elderly with Synchronous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Solitary Brain Metastasis: Does Palliative Thoracic Radiotherapy have a Useful Role? Lung Cancer. 2007; 57(1): 60-5.
  16. Sin A, Rashidi M, Caldito G, Nanda A. Surgical Treatment of Myelomeningocele: Year 2000 Hospitalization, Outcome, and Cost Analysis in the U.S. Child’s Nervous System. 2007; 23(10): 1125-7.
  17. Sin A, Smith D, Nanda A. Iatrogenic Splenic Injury during Anterior Thoracolumbar Spinal Surgery Case Report. Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine. 2007; 7(2): 227-9.
  18. Sin A, Smith D, Nanda A. Iatrogenic Splenic Injury during Anterior Thoracolumbar Spinal Surgery Case Report. Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine. 2007; 7(2): 227-9.
  19. Chen C, Hu Q, Yan J, Lei J, Qin L, Shi X, Luan L, Yang L, Wang K, Han J, Nanda A, Zhou C. Multiple Effects of 2ME2 and D609 on the Cortical Expression of HIF-1 Alpha and Apoptotic Genes in a Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion-Induced Focal Ischemia Rat Model. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2007; 102(6): 1831-41.
  20. Pillai P, Karim A, Nanda A. Technical Challenges to Surgical Clipping of Aneurysmal Regrowth with Coil Herniation following Endovascular Treatment – A Case Report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2007; 1(1): 168.
  21. Ampil F, Burton GV, Gonzalez-Toledo E, Nanda A. Do we Need Whole Brain Irradiation in Multifocal or Multicentric High-Grade Cerebral Gliomas? Review of Cases and Literature. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2007; [Epub ahead of print]
  22. Notarianni C, Akin M, Fowler M, Nanda A. Brainstem Astroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Surgical Neurology. 2007; [Epub ahead of print]
  23. Vannemreddy P, Caldito G, Willis B, Nanda A. The Influence of Cocaine on Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A Case Control Study for Poor Prognostic Indicators. Journal of Neurosurgery. [In Press]

ABSTRACTS

  1. Sin A, Brown B, Caldito G, Willis B, Smith D, Nanda A. Prospective Study of Long-Term Effects of Dural Tear and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak in Lumbar Spinal Surgeries. Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting; March 14-17, 2007; Sea Island, GA.
  2. Sin A, Shorter C, Smith D, Nanda A. Long-Term Treatment of Thoracic and Lumbar (T/L) Spinal Disease via Anterior Approach at a Single Institution: LSUHSC-S Experience. Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting; March 14-17, 2007; Sea Island, GA.
  3. Gonzalez-Cruz J. Mukherjee D, Cardenas R, Patil S, Ogden A, Nanda A. A Biomechanical Study of the Lumbar Spine after Insertion and Removal of an Interspinous Process Distraction Device with Subsequent Laminectomies. Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting; March 14-17, 2007; Sea Island, GA.
  4. Cardenas R, Ogden A, Mukherjee D, Smith D, Nanda A. A Biomechanical Study of Anterior Corpectomy. Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting; March 14-17, 2007; Sea Island, GA.
  5. Notarianni C, Wylen E, Caldito G, Nanda A. Myelomeningocele Defects Have not Declined Since Folate Supplementation at LSUHSC-Shreveport. Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting; March 14-17, 2007; Sea Island, GA.
  6. Wadhwa R, Patwardhan R, Haydel J, Nanda A. Cervical Spine Clearance in Trauma Patients by Flexion and Extension CT Scanning with Reconstruction (FECTR). Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting; March 14-17, 2007; Sea Island, GA.
  7. Gonzalez-Cruz J, Mukherjee D, Ogden A, Cardenas R, Patil S, Nanda A. A Biomechanical Study of the Lumbar Spine after Insertion and Removal of an Interspinous Process Distraction Device. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons; April 14-19, 2007; Washington, D.C.
  8. Nanda A. Semantics in Skull Base Surgery. 8th Congress of the European Skull Base Society Meeting; May 2-5, 2007; Prague, Czech Republic.
  9. Javalkar V, Nanda A. Surgical Treatment of Anterior Cranial Fossa Meningiomas: Complications and Outcome. North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting; May 24-25, 2007; Chicago, IL.
  10. Patil S, Freeman K, Nanda A. Results of Interspinous Process Distraction Device Placement. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting 2008; San Diego, CA.
  11. Hebert B, Sin A, Smith D, Nanda A. Long-Term Outcome after Occipitocervical (OC) Fusion. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting 2008; San Diego, CA.
  12. Vannemreddy P, Nanda A. Intraoperative Aneurysm Rupture: Prognostic Significance and Correlating Variables. Accepted for Annual American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting; 2008; Chicago, IL.
  13.   Chittiboina P, Wylen E, Ogden A, Mukherjee D, Nanda A. Traumatic Spondylothesis of the Axis: A Biomechanical Comparison of Clinically Relevant Anterior and Posterior Fusion Techniques. A Cadaver Study. Accepted for American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting; 2008; Chicago, IL.
  14. Javalkar V, Vannemreddy P, Caldito G, Nanda A. Evaluation of CSF Drainage by Subcutaneous Ventricular Reservoir and Permanent Diversion Procedures in the Management of Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus in Premature Infants. Accepted for Annual American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting; 2008; Chicago, IL.
  15. Notarianni C, Bollam P, Vannemreddy P, Caldito G, Wylen E, Willis B, Nanda A. Congenital Hydrocephalus still Beats the Shunt Technology: Programmable Shunt did not Change the Scenario of Revisions. Accepted for Annual American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting; 2008; Chicago, IL.