PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008- Staff Neurosurgeon
House Clinic
Los Angeles, CA

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

2002-2008 NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY RESIDENCY
Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Phoenix, AZ

2001-2002 GENERAL SURGERY (INTERNSHIP)
Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency Program
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

2006-2007 CEREBROVASCULAR/ SKULL BASE FELLOWSHIP
Preceptor: Robert F. Spetzler
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ

2007 COMPLEX SPINE FELLOWSHIP
Preceptor: Volker K.H. Sonntag
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ

2004-2008 RESEARCH FELLOW
Center for Science, Law, and Technology
Arizona State University College of Law
Tempe, AZ

 2004 STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FELLOWSHIP
Jun-Dec Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ

2001-2003 NON-RESIDENT FELLOW
Institute of Science, Law, and Technology
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

2001 M.D. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
College of Medicine
Chicago, IL

2001 Ph.D. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Chicago, IL
Thesis: “Synaptic Currents Mediating Efferent Inhibition in the Turtle
Cochlea”

2001 J.D. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Chicago, IL

1993 B.A. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Concentration: Biology
Chicago, IL

1989-90 LAKE FOREST COLLEGE
Lake Forest, IL

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

Faculty Associate (Adjunct) Sandra Day O-Connor School of Law
Arizona State University.
Tempe, AZ. 2006-2008

LICENSURE

California Medical License

Arizona Medical License

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES

2008- St. Vincent Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

2008- Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

AWARDS, HONORS, etc.

Residency
2005 Vesalius Award, AANS
2001 John R. Green Award (2d place), Arizona Neurosurgical Society Meeting

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
2001 AOA National Medical Honor Society
1995 M.D./ Ph.D. Training Program

Chicago-Kent College of Law
2001 Student Fellow, Illinois Institute for Science, Law, and Technology
1999 CALI Award (for highest grade in class), Negotiations
1998 CALI Award (for highest grade in class), Agency Law
1997 Dean’s List, Chicago-Kent College of Law
1996-97 Chicago-Kent Centennial Merit Tuition Scholarship

University of Chicago
1993 Graduation with Honors, University of Chicago
1992 Joint Residence in M.A. program in Germanic Languages & Literature

Lake Forest College
1990 Phi Sigma Iota National Foreign Language Honor Society

Hinsdale Township High School Central
1986 Commendation, National Merit Scholarship Program

COMMITTEES, COMMUNITY & VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

2006 House Staff Leadership Council
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
2005-2007 Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
2004- Community Board Sub-Committee on Physician Quality and Patient Safety
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
2004-2006 Ethics Committee
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
April 27th, 2004 ‘Doctor of the Day’
Arizona State Legislature
2003 Panelist and Mediator, Lumbar Interbody Fusion
World Spine II. Chicago, IL00
1997-98 Admissions Committee
University of Illinois College of Medicine
1995-98 Graduate Student Council
University of Illinois at Chicago
1997-98 Graduate Studies Committee
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, UIC
1993-95 Officer, Class of 1997
UIC College of Medicine
1993-95 Curriculum Committee
UIC College of Medicine

EDITORIAL BOARDS

2006- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Skull Base: an Interdisciplinary Approach
2005 Guest Editor, Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

COURSEWORK AND CERTIFICATIONS

April 5-10, 2005 Aesculap Neuro/Spine Course, Tuttlingen Germany
July 16-17, 2004 Endoscopic Techniques in Neurosurgery, Indianapolis IN
May 15-16, 2003 Minimally Invasive Spine Techniques, BNI, Phoenix AZ
July 2001 Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification, Phoenix AZ

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2006-2008 “Neuroscience and the Law” Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2006-2007 LLM Thesis Committee for John Arnold, JD in ASU program on Biotechnology and Genomics
2006 ATLS Trainaing Course,. December 2006
2003 Trauma Nurse Specialist Training Course, Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
1998 Teaching Assistant, Neuroanatomy
1997 Teaching Assistant, Histology
1996-97 Laboratory Instructor, Gross Anatomy

INTRAMURAL TEACHING CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 3.29.02
2. Klippel Feil Syndrome
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 7.11.02
3. Thoracic Hyperextension-Distraction Injury.
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 9.6.02
4. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Sub-Thalamic Nucleus for Parkinson’s Disease
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 12.20.02
5. Invasive Pituitary Macroadenoma Presenting with Epistaxis
Neuroendocrine Case Conference. 3.18.03
6. Pitfalls in Lateralization of Cushings Disease
Neuroendocrine Case Conference. 5.20.03
7. A Brief History of Death
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 10.31.03
8. The CyberKnife
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 1.23.04
9. Neurosurgical Aspects of the Skeletal Dysplasias
Pediatric Neurology Case Conference. 4.25.04
10. Cognitive Impact of Craniosynostosis
Pediatric Neurology Case Conference. 5.17.04
11. Genes, Patents, and Neurological Disease
Pediatric Neurology Case Conference. 6.28.04
12. American College of Surgical Oncologists Oncology Group Protocol
Z0300: a Randomized Trial of WBRT in Addition to Radiosurgery in
Patients with Cerebral Metastases
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 10.8.04
13. The First Auditory Brainstem Implant at the Barrow Neurological
Institute
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 2.11.05
14. Biomechanics of C1-C2 Instrumentation
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 5.27.05
15. History and Future of Psychosurgery
Neurosurgery Clincial Case Conference 9.16.05
16. Pineal Region Tumors: Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 12.2.05
17. Hearing Improvement after Resection of a large Jugular Foramen Schwannoma presenting as a CPA tumor: Case Report and Proposed Mechanism
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 2.24.06
18. Non-operative Management of Penetrating Injury to the Superior Sagittal Sinus
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 4.21.06
19. Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Glomus Jugulare Tumors
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 10.5.06
20. Ankylosing Spondylitis: Patterns of Injury and Treatment.
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 1.26.07
21. Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy: Experience with 300 Consecutive Patients.
Spine Research Meeting. 4.11.2007
22. Variations of the Far Lateral Approach.
Neurosurgery Clinical Case Conference. 9.21.07

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Resident Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2001-
Resident Member, AANS 2001-
Serbian-American Medical and Dental Society 1993-

PERSONAL
Date of Birth: June 25th, 1971
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Family: Jill M. Lekovic, MD (wife)
Children (4): Punisa (Jun 2000), Luka (Dec 2001),
Eva (Oct 2003), and Naum (June 2007)
Languages: Serbo-Croation (fluent speaking, reading & writing)
German (fluent speaking, reading & writing

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ORIGINAL REFEREED ARTICLES

Gregory P. Lekovic, Louis J. Kim, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Alden Bice, Felipe C. Albuquerque, Cameron McDougall. Radiation exposure during endovascular procedures. Neurosurgery (in press 2008).
L. Fernando Gonzalez, Dixie Patterson, Gregory P. Lekovic, Peter Nakaji, and Robert F. Spetzler. Endoscopic harvesting of the radial artery in neurosurgery: technical note. Neurosurgical Focus (in press 2008).
Gregory P. Lekovic, Susan Williams, John Karis, Stephen Coons, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Louis Kim, and William L. White. Clinicopathological Review: Pituitary Tumor presenting with Epistaxis. Neurosurgery (in press 2008).
Gregory P. Lekovic, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Peter Weisskopf, and Kris A. Smith. Hearing Improvement after Resection of a Large Jugular Foramen Schwannoma: Case Report. Skull Base: An Interdisciplinary Approach (in press 2008).
Kemal Yucesoy, Zafer Yuksel, Ercan Ozer, Murvet Yuksel, Gregory P. Lekovic. Surgical management of Tarlov (perineural) cysts: Report of seven cases with long term follow-up. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine (in press 2008)
Seref Dogan, Gregory P. Lekovic, Nicholas Theodore, Eric M. Horn, Jennifer Eschbacher, Harold L. Rekate. Primary thoracolumbar Ewing’s Sarcoma presenting as isolated epidural mass. The Spine Journal (Jan 2008).
Gregory P. Lekovic, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Andrew G. Shetter, Randall W. Porter, Kris A. Smith, David Brachman, and Robert F. Spetzler. Role of Gamma Knife surgery in the management of pineal region tumors. Neurosurgical Focus 23(6): E12 (2007).
Gregory P. Lekovic, Eric A. Potts, Dean G. Karahalios, and Graham Hall. Image-Guided Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement: A Comparison of Two Techniques. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 7: 393-398 (2007).
Iman Feiz-Erfan, Eric M. Horn, Nicholas Theodore, Joseph M. Zabramski, Jeffrey D. Klopfenstein, Ruth E. Bristol, Jonathan S. Hott, Louis J. Kim, Gregory P. Lekovic, Felipe C. Albuquerque, Randall W. Porter, Shahram Partovi, Pamela W. Goslar, Scott R. Petersen. Incidence and Pattern of Direct Blunt Neurovascular Injury Associated with Trauma to the Skull Base. Journal of Neurosurgery 107: 364-369 (2007).
L. Fernando Gonzalez, Gregory P. Lekovic, Jennifer Eschbacher, Stephen Coons and Robert F. Spetzler. True Malignant Schwannoma of the Eighth Nerve. Neurosurgery 61(2): E421-E422 (2007).
Louis J. Kim, Gregory P. Lekovic, William L. White, and John Karis. Preliminary Experience with 3T MRI and Cushing’s Disease. Skull Base: An Interdisciplinary Approach 17(4): 273-278 (2007).
Gregory P. Lekovic, Patrick P. Han, Kathy Kenny, and Curtis A. Dickman. Bone Dowels in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques 20(5): 374-379 (2007).
Gregory P. Lekovic, Brenda Baker, Jill M. Lekovic, and Mark Preul. New World Cranial Deformation Practices: Implications for Pathophysiology of Cognitive Impairment in Deformational Plagiocephaly. Neurosurgery 60(6): 1137-1147. (2007).
Eric M. Horn, Iman Fiez-erfan, Ruth E. Bristol, Gregory P. Lekovic, Pam Goslar, Kris Smith, Peter Nakaji, and Robert F. Spetzler. Treatment Options for Third Ventricular Colloid Cysts: Comparison of Open Microsurgical versus Endoscopic Resection. Neurosurgery April 60(4):613-8 (2007).
Gregory P. Lekovic and Timothy Harrington. Litigation of Missed Cervical Spine Injuries in Patients Presenting with Blunt Traumatic Injury. Neurosurgery 60(3): 516-22 (2007).
Eric M. Horn, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Gregory P. Lekovic, Curtis A. Dickman, Volker KH Sonntag, and Nicholas Theodore. Survivors of occipitoatlantal dislocation injuries: imaging and clinical correlates. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine Feb; 6(2): 113-20 (2007).
L. Fernando Gonzalez, Gregory P. Lekovic, Jennifer Eschbacher, Steven Coons, Randal W. Porter, and Robert F. Spetzler. Are cavernous sinus hemangiomas and cavernous malformations different entities? Neurosurgical Focus Jul 15; 21 (1):e6 (2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Vini G. Khurana, Robert F. Spetzler. Intra-Operative Rupture of Brainstem Cavernous Malformation: Case Report. Neurosurgical Focus Jul 15; 21 (1):e14 (2006).
Eric M. Horn, Vivek Deshmukh, Gregory P. Lekovic, and Curtis A. Dickman. Complete Durectomy with Dural Reconstruction for Treatment of Recurrent Thoracic Meningioma. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine Jul; 5(1): 76-8 (2006).
Eric M. Horn, Nicholas Theodore, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Gregory P. Lekovic, Curtis A. Dickman, Volker K.H. Sonntag. Complications of Halo Fixation in the Elderly. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine Jul; 5(1):46-9 (2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic, Harold L. Rekate, Curtis A. Dickman, Margaret Pearson. Congenital Cervical Instability in a Patient with Camptomelic Dysplasia: Case Report. Child’s Nervous System (March 2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic, Eric M. Horn, and Curtis A. Dickman. Hyperextension-Distraction Injury to Thoracic Spine Treated with Thoracoscopic Dual-Rod Fixation. The Spine Journal. 6(3): 330-334 (2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic, L. Fernando Gonzales, Iman Feiz-Erfan and Harold L. Rekate. Endoscopic Resection of Hypothalamic Hamartoma with a Novel Variable-Aspiration Tissue Resection Device. Neurosurgery 58[ONS Supp 1]: ONS-166-ONS-169 (2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic, Nittin R. Mariwalla, Eric M. Horn, Steven Chang, Harold L. Rekate, and Nicholas Theodore. Skeletal dysplasia involving the subaxial cervical spine. Neurosurgical Focus 20(2): E8 (2006).
Eric M. Horn, Gregory P. Lekovic, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Volker K.H. Sonntag, and Nicholas Theodore. Cervical magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities not predictive of cervical spine instability in traumatically injured patients. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 1:39-42 (2004).
Gregory P. Lekovic. Gene Diagnosis and Intellecutal Property Rights: A
Proposal to Amend “The Physician Immunity Statute”. Yale Journal of Health Law, Policy and Ethics, IV(2): 275-304 (2004).
Gregory P. Lekovic. Synaptic Currents Mediating Efferent Inhibition in the Turtle Cochlea. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Illinois at Chicago. 1999.
Ticho SR , Stojanovic M, Lekovic G, Radulovacki, M. Effects of ethanol injection to the preoptic area on sleep and temperature in rats. Alcohol. May-Jun;9(3):275-8. 1992.

REVIEW ARTICLES

1. Gregory P. Lekovic, David Jho, P. Roc Chen, Volker K.H. Sonntag, Joseph Zabramski, and Robert F. Spetzler. Delayed Vasospasm after Elective Clipping of Incidental Unruptured Aneurysms: Report of Three Cases and Review of Literature. BNI Quarterly (in press).
2. Kemal Yucesoy, Gregory P. Lekovic, Nicholas Theodore, Nittin Mariwalla, Zafer Yuksel, and Volker K.H. Sonntag. Posterior C1-C2 Transarticular Screw Fixation and wiring after Trans-Oral Decompression: Long term clinical and radiographic follow-up. BNI Quarterly (in press).
3. Gregory P. Lekovic, C. Phillip Daspit, and Randall W. Porter. The First ABI at the BNI: Case Report and Review of the Literature. BNI Quarterly 22(3):10-15 (2006).
4. Gregory P. Lekovic, Kris Smith, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Randall W. Porter, Christopher Biggs, and Andrew G. Shetter. Radiosurgery of Jugular Foramen Tumors. Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery 8(1): 54-60 (2005).
5. Gregory P. Lekovic, Robert F. Spetzler, Iman Feiz-Erfan and Nicholas Bambakidis. Case Review: A 34 Year-Old Woman with Diplopia and Left Hemi-Anaesthesia. BNI Quarterly 21(2):25-26 (2005).
6. Gregory P. Lekovic, L. Fernando Gonzales, Mark Syms, C. Phillip Daspit, and Randall Porter. Auditory Brainstem Implantation. BNI Quarterly, 20(4): 40-47 (2004).
7. L. Fernando Gonzales, Gregory P. Lekovic, Mark Symms, Randall Porter, and Robert Spetzler. Surgical Approaches to Acoustic Neuroma. BNI Quarterly 20(4): 22-32 (2004).
8. Gregory P. Lekovic, Ruth E. Bristol, Harold L. Rekate. Cognitive Impact of Craniosynostosis. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. 11(4):305-10 (2004).
9. Ruth E. Bristol, Gregory P. Lekovic, Harold L. Rekate. Intracranial Pressure in Craniosynostosis. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. 11(4):262-7 (2004).

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Nicholas Bambakidis, Gregory P. Lekovic, and Cliff A. Megerian. Historical
Perspectives. Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle (Bambakidis et al., ed.).
Decker Publishers, Hamilton Ont. Canada (2007)
2. Gregory P. Lekovic and Andrew G. Shetter. Pineal Region Tumors. Principles
and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery. (Chin and Regine, eds.) Springer
(2007).
3. Curtis A. Dickman and Gregory P. Lekovic. Biomechanical Considerations for
Stabilization of the Craniovertebral Junction. Clinical Neurosurgery, 52: 205-213
(2005).

PUBLISHED COMMENTS, LETTERS, EDITORIALS, etc.

Gregory P. Lekovic. Neuroscience and Law. (Editorial). Surgical Neurology 69(1): 99-101 (2008).
Gregory P. Lekovic and Robert F. Spetzler. Image-Guided Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Resection and Simultaneous Computer-Assisted Cranio-Orbital Reconstruction: Technical Note (Comment). Neurosurgery 60 [ONS Supp 1]: ONS-E174 (2007).
K. Michael Webb and Gregory P. Lekovic. Professional Liability Primer: Learning the Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit. AANS Bulletin 15(3): 18 (2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic and Robert F. Spetzler. Exposure of the Cervical Internal Carotid Artery: Surgical Steps to the Cranial Base and Morphometric Study (Comment). Neurosurgery 59 [ONS Supp 1]: ONS-33 (2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic and Harold Rekate. Re: Pressure gradients in the brain in an experimental model of hydrocephalus (Letter to the editor). Journal of Neurosurgery Jun; 104(6): 992-4 (2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic and Robert F. Spetzler. The excimer laser-assisted nonocclusive anastomosis practice model: development and application of a tool for practicing microvascular anastomosis techniques. (Comment) . Neurosurgery 58[ONS Supp 1]: ONS-155 (2006).
Gregory P. Lekovic. Introduction: The History and Future of Neuroendoscopy (Editorial). Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery 8(4): 171 (2005).
Gregory P. Lekovic. The High Price of Innovation (Editorial). Surgical Neurology 2005 July; 64(1): 90-91.
Gregory P. Lekovic. Quo Vadimus: the Perspective from Neurosurgery’s Next Generation. (Editorial). Surgical Neurology 2004 Feb; 61(2): 117-118.
Gregory P. Lekovic. Day Residue. (Short story). Body Electric 17: 30-33 (2001).

INVITED TALKS

Gregory P. Lekovic. Legal Implications of Neurotrauma Care. Second Annual Neurotrauma Symposium. Barrow Neurological Institute. Phoenix AZ, Jan 17th, 2008.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “Cerebrovascular Surgery in the 21st Century”. Grand Rounds, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago. Chicago, IL Jan 16th, 2008.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “Ethical Issues in Neuro-Imaging”. International Brain Mapping and Intra-Operative Surgical Planning Society”. Washington D.C. September 8th, 2007.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Benign Tumors of the Skull Base”. 7th Annual Radiosurgery Nurses Meeting (IRSA). Phoenix, AZ April 6th, 2007.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “Trends in Acoustic Neuroma Surgery”. Neuroscience Grand Rounds. Barrow Neurological Institute. Phoenix, AZ. February 9th, 2007.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “Litigation of Cervical Spine Injuries Missed in the Trauma Room: Implications for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cervical Spine Imaging” February in Phoenix: Trauma Symposium. February 8th, 2007.
Gregory P. Lekovic and Randall Porter. “Radiosurgery of Glomus Jugulare Tumors”. Introduction to Gamma Knife Training Program for Neurotologists, Otologists, and Otolaryngologists. Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix AZ. April 19th, 2006.
Gregory P. Lekovic, Brenda Baker, and Mark Preul. “Cranial Deformation and Cognitive Impairment: Lessons from the Past and Implications for Future Applications in Anthropology and Neurosurgery”. 104th Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C. Dec, 2005.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “Craniosynostosis: A Review”. Pediatric Nursing Continuing Education Seminar. St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix AZ. Oct. 18th, 2005.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “Genes, Patents, and Neurologic Disease”. Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Barrow Neurological Institute. Phoenix, AZ. June 3d, 2005.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “A Clockwork Orange Revisited: Can Understanding Neuroscience Predict or Prevent Criminal Recidivism?” Arizona State University College of Law, Workshop on Abnormal Brains and Criminal Responsibility: Neuroscience Implications for Criminal Culpability and Sentencing. Tempe AZ, April 29th, 2005.
Curtis A. Dickman and Gregory P. Lekovic. “Biomechanical Considerations for Stabilization of the Craniovertebral Junction.” Plenary Session, 54th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2004.
Gregory. P. Lekovic. “Auditory Brainstem Implantation”. Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Barrow Neurological Institute. Phoenix, AZ. July 30th, 2004.
Gregory P. Lekovic. “Missed Diagnosis of Cervical Spine Injury”. Trauma Grand Rounds. St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Phoenix, AZ. June 2d, 2002.

OPEN PAPERS/ ORAL POSTERS

1. Gregory P. Lekovic, Patrick P. Han, Kathy Kenney, Curtis A. Dickman. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF): 110 Consecutive Cases. Arizona Neurosurgical Society. Tucson, AZ , August 2001. (Co-Winner of John Green Award for Best Abstract).
2. Gregory P. Lekovic and Timothy Harrington. Actionable Delayed Diagnosis of Cervical Spine Injury. American Association of Neurological Surgeons. San Diego, CA, April 2003.
3. Gregory P. Lekovic, Patrick P. Han, Kathy Kenney, and Curtis A. Dickman. Bone Dowels in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. World Spine II, Chicago, IL. August, 2003.
4. Gregory P. Lekovic, Andrew Shetter, Kris Smith, Johan Samanta, and Mark Stacy. Cognitive Complications of Simultaneous Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Denver, CO, Oct. 2003.
5. Iman Feiz-Erfan, Eric M Horn, Joseph Zabramski, Jeffrey D. Klopfenstein, Louis J. Kim, Ruth Bristol, Gregory P Lekovic, Pankaj Gore, Shahram Partovi, Nicholas Theodore, and Randall W. Porter. Incidence and Pattern of Neurovascular Injury Associated with Trauma to the Skull Base. North American Skull Base Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2004.
6. Eric M. Horn, Gregory P. Lekovic, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Volker K.H. Sonntag, and Nicholas Theodore. Cervical MRI abnormalities are not predictive of Cervical Spine Instability in Trauma Patients. American Association of Neurological Surgeons. 2004.
7. Luis F. Gonzalez, Gregory P. Lekovic, Harold Rekate, Yu Tze Ng, Steven Chung. Endoscopic Resection of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society 39th Annual Meeting, Squaw Valley, CA, June 2004.
8. Gregory P. Lekovic and Timothy Harrington. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Early CT Scanning of the Cervical Spine in Patients Presenting with Blunt Traumatic Injury. 54th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2004.
9. Gregory P. Lekovic and Mark Preul. Cranial Deformation Practices among Pre-Columbian Americans: Implications for Pathophysiology of Cognitive Impairment in Deformational Plagiocephaly. Vesalius Award, AANS New Orleans, April 2005.
10. Gregory P. Lekovic, Zafer Yuksel, Nicholas Theodore, Murat Yilmaz, Eric Horn, Volker K.H. Sonntag. Ankylosing Spondylitis: Patterns of Injury and Treatment. Oral Poster, CNS, Boston MA, Oct. 2005.
11. Gregory P. Lekovic, Scott Wait, Patrick Han, Kathy Kenny, and Curtis A. Dickman. Biportal Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis: Experience with 300 Patients. AANS Washington, D.C. April 17th, 2007.

ABSTRACTS AND POSTERS

A1. Gregory P. Lekovic, Jon J. Art. Tonotopic organization of potassium current expression in the turtle basilar papilla. Society for Neuroscience Abstract, 1997.
A2. Patrick P. Han, Gregory P. Lekovic, Kathy Kenney, Curtis A. Dickman. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF): 110 Consecutive Cases. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 2002.
A3. Louis J. Kim, Jonathan T. Hott, Jeffrey A. Nemeth, Lisa Tweardy, Eric M. Horn, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Ruth E. Bristol, Gregory P. Lekovic, Jeffrey D. Klopfenstein, Pankaj Gore, Volker K. H. Sonntag. Prospective Analysis of Ceramic Skull Pins for Halo Vest Fixation to Prevent Pin-Heating Phenomenon during MRI. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 2002.
A4. Gregory P. Lekovic, Patrick P. Han, Kathy Kenney, Curtis A. Dickman. Bone Dowels in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 2003 Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Tampa, Florida, March 2003.
A5. Gregory P Lekovic, Mark C Preul. Maurice Klippel and Andre Feil: A Unique Case that Stood at the Vanguard of a Socioscientific Transformation of Medicine. American Association of Neurological Surgeons. San Diego, April 2003.
A6. Iman Feiz-Erfan, Eric M. Horn, William L. White, Louis J. Kim, Gregory P Lekovic. Management of Clival Lesions through the Standard Trans-sphenoidal Approach. Annual Meeting of the North American Skull Base Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2004.
A7. Gregory P. Lekovic, Harold L. Rekate, Curtis A. Dickman, and Margaret Pearson. Congenital Cervical Instability in Camptomelic Dysplasia. 54th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. Oct. 2004.
A8. Gregory P. Lekovic, Randall Porter, John Kresl, Andrew Shetter, David Barranco, Ray Rodebaugh. The Initial 12 Month Experience with CyberKnife at the Barrow Neurological Institute. 54th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. Oct 2004.
A9. Gregory P. Lekovic, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Harold Rekate, Erin Prenger, and Iman Feiz-Erfan. Assessment of Laterality of Hypothalamic Hamartoma: Correlation of MRI and Operative Findings. AANS, New Orleans, April 2005.
A10 Gregory P. Lekovic, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Harold Rekate, Erin Prenger, and Iman Feiz-Erfan. Assessment of Laterality of Hypothalamic Hamartoma: Correlation of MRI and Operative Findings. AANS, New Orlean, April 2005.
A11. Eric Horn, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Gregory P. Lekovic, and Nicholas Theodore. Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Following Cervical Foraminotomy: A Seldom Recognized Risk of Neurosurgery. AANS, New Orlean, April 2005.
A12. Eric M. Horn, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Ruth E. Bristol, Gregory P. Lekovic, Kris Smith, Peter Nakaji, Robert F. Spetzler. Treatment Options for Third Ventricular Colloid Cysts: Comparison of Open Microsurgical vs. Endoscopic Resection. AANS, New Orlean, April 2005.
A13. Jennifer M. Eschbacher, Sarah I. Estrada, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Gregory P. Lekovic, and Stephen W. Coons. Case Report: A True Malignant Schwannoma of the Eigth Cranial Nerve. 81st American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, June 2005.
A14. Randall W. Porter, John Kresl, Adrian Harvey, Neil Roundy, Gregory P. Lekovic, Raymond Rodebaugh. CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute: Preliminary Experience wit the First One Hundred Cases. 55th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston MA October 2005.
A15. Eric Horn, Nicholas Theodore, Iman Feiz-Erfan, Gregory P. Lekovic, Curtis Dickman, Volker K.H. Sonntag. Complications of Halo Fixation in the Elderly. 55th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston MA October 2005.
A16. Gregory P. Lekovic, Kris Smith, David Brachman. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery after Resection of Solitary Brain Metastases. 55th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston MA October 2005.
A17. L. Fernando Gonzalez, Gregory P. Lekovic, Randall W. Porter, Robert F. Spetzler. Postoperative Dural Sinus Thrombosis: Diagnosis and Clinical Implications. 55th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston MA October 2005.
A18. Gregory P. Lekovic, Peter Weisskopf, and Kris Smith. Hearing improvement after resection of a large jugular foramen schwannoma: case report and proposed mechanism. North American Skull Base Society, Phoenix AZ February 2006.
A19. Gregory P. Lekovic, David Jho, P. Roc Cheng, Volker K.H. Sonntag, Robert F. Spetzler and Joseph Zabramski. Severe Vasospasm Following Elective Clipping of Unruptured Aneurysm: A Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago IL 2006.
A20. Gregory P. Lekovic, Louis J. Kim, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Felipe Albuquerque, Cameron McDougall. Patient Radiation Exposure During Endovascular Procedures. AANS Washington D.C. April 2007.
A21. L. Fernando Gonzalez, Francisco A. Ponce, Louis J. Kim, Gregory P. Lekovic, Cameron G. McDougall, Felipe Albuquerque, and Robert Spetzler. Combined Endovascular and Microsurgical Treatment of Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms. AANS Washington D.C. April 2007.
A.22 Gregory P. Lekovic, Brock Armstrong, Kris Smith, Tom Mikkelsen, and Michael Berens. Glioma cDNA Microarray Expression Analysis Following AlphaVBeta3 Integrin Antagonism. AANS Washington D.C. April 2007.