Staff Biography
Brian K. Willis, MD, FACSProfessor of Neurosurgery, |
Clinical Services / Education / Honors / Board Certifications / Professional Associations / Research / Publications
Clinical Services
General Neurosurgery
Education / Professional Experience
Professor of Neurosurgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center since 2003
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1996-2003
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1992-1996
Degree: M.D. Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport, Shreveport, LA (1982)
Honors and Awards
Fellowship:
Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (Oct. – Nov 1995)
Board Certifications:
Diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons (1994)
Professional Associations:
1996-present American College of Surgeons
1996-present Southern Neurosurgical Society
1995-present Joint Section (AANS/CNS) on Tumors
1995-present American Association of Neurological Surgeons
1994-present Alpha Omega Alpha, Gamma Chapter
1993-present Surgical Association of Louisiana
1993-present Shreveport Medical Society
1993-present Louisiana State Medical Society
1993-present Louisiana Neurosurgical Society
1993-present Joint Section (AANS/CNS) on Neurotrauma and Critical Care
1993-present Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1992-present North American Skull Base Society
1990-present Southwest Oncology Group, Full Member
1990-present American Medical Association
Research Interest
Selected Publications
Jawahar A, Shaya M, Campbell P, Ampil F, Willis BK, Smith D, Nanda A. Role of stereotactic radiosurgery as a primary treatment option in the management of newly diagnosed multiple (3-6) intracranial metastases. Surg Neurol. 2005 Sep; 64(3):207-12.
Patwardhan R, Shorter C, Willis BK, Reddy P, Smith DR, Caldito GC, Nanda A. Survival Trends in Elderly Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme: Resective Surgery, Radiation, and Chemotherapy. Surgical Neurol 62:207-13; discussion 214-5, 2004.
Jawahar A, Matthew RE, Minagar A, Sulka D, Zhang J, Willis BK, Ampil FL, Nanda A. Gamma Knife surgery in the management of brain metastases from lung carcinoma: a retrospective analysis of survival, local control, and freedom from new brain metastases. J Neurosurg 100: 842-7, 2004
Ampil FL, Jawahar A, Mills GM, Willis BK, Krishnamsetty RM, Nanda A. Brainstem metastasis in lung cancer patients: a treatment conundrum? Submitted to Inten Care Med, 2004.