Brian Vala Nahed

Brian Nahed, M.D.

617-724-5805

Dr. Brian Nahed specializes in Brain Tumors and Spinal Disorders. As an attending neurosurgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he has appointments with the MGH Cancer Center, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neurooncology and is a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Brian Nahed's research focuses on brain tumors and metastatic disease. In collaboration with Drs. Daniel Haber and Shyamala Maheswaran, Dr. Nahed's research has received several grants supporting his laboratory effort at the MGH Cancer Center. Dr. Nahed is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and serves on national committees for the Tumor Section and Council of State Neurological Surgeons.

Determinants of initial bone graft volume loss in posterolateral lumbar fusion.
Authors: Authors: Aghi MK, Walcott BP, Nahed BV, Cvetanovich GL, Kahle KT, Redjal N, Coumans JV.
J Clin Neurosci
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Cerebral edema and a transtentorial brain herniation syndrome associated with pandemic swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection.
Authors: Authors: Kahle KT, Walcott BP, Nahed BV, Barnard ZR, Lo EH, Buonanno FS, Venna N, Ning M.
J Clin Neurosci
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Volumetric analysis of syringomyelia following hindbrain decompression for Chiari malformation Type I: syringomyelia resolution follows exponential kinetics.
Authors: Authors: Coumans JV, Walcott BP, Butler WE, Nahed BV, Kahle KT.
Neurosurg Focus
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Is trauma transfer influenced by factors other than medical need? An examination of insurance status and transfer in patients with mild head injury.
Authors: Authors: Babu MA, Nahed BV, Demoya MA, Curry WT.
Neurosurgery
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Familial Chiari malformation: case series.
Authors: Authors: Schanker BD, Walcott BP, Nahed BV, Kahle KT, Li YM, Coumans JV.
Neurosurg Focus
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The quality of randomized controlled trial reporting in spine literature.
Authors: Authors: Naunheim MR, Walcott BP, Nahed BV, Simpson AK, Agarwalla PK, Coumans JV.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
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Early experience with flow diverting endoluminal stents for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms.
Authors: Authors: Walcott BP, Pisapia JM, Nahed BV, Kahle KT, Ogilvy CS.
J Clin Neurosci
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Vertebral artery pexy for microvascular decompression of the facial nerve in the treatment of hemifacial spasm.
Authors: Authors: Ferreira M, Walcott BP, Nahed BV, Sekhar LN.
J Neurosurg
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Temporal bone chondroblastoma with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst presenting as an intracranial mass with clinical seizure activity.
Authors: Authors: Stapleton CJ, Walcott BP, Linskey KR, Kahle KT, Nahed BV, Asaad WF.
J Clin Neurosci
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Time-resolved contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography in the investigation of suspected intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula.
Authors: Authors: Schanker BD, Walcott BP, Nahed BV, Ogilvy CS, Kiruluta AJ, Rabinov JD, Copen WA.
J Clin Neurosci
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