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Assistant Professor, The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery

Mischer Neurosurgical Associates
Affiliated with Mischer Neuroscience Institute

Education & Training

• Undergraduate Degree:
  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Medical Degree:
  Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
• Residency:
  University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
• Fellowship at CNS Injury and Edema Center and Brain Tumor Research Center:
  University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
• Fellowship in Surgical Neuro-Oncology:
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York, New York

Board Certifications

• American Board of Neurological Surgery

Selected Bibliography

• Shepard, SR. The Medical Student Survival Guide. Cornell University Medical College Internal Publication, July 1989.
• Shepard, SR, Hariri, RJ, Giannuzzi, R, Hajjar, D, and Ghajar, JBG. Leukotriene Production by Human Glia. Acta Neurochiurgica, Suppl 51: 58-60, 1990
• Shepard, SR, Ghajar, JBG, Giannuzzi, R, Kupferman, S and Hariri, RJ. Fluid Percussion Barotrauma Chamber. A New In Vitro Model for Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Surgical Research. 51: 417-424, 1991.
• Hariri, RJ, Firlik, AD, Shepard, SR, Cohen, D, Barie, PS, Emery III, JM, and Ghajar, JBG. Traumatic Brain Injury, Hemorrhagic Shock, and Fluid Resuscitation: Effects on ICP and Brain Compliance. Journal of Neurosurgery, 79(3):421-427, 1993.
• Shepard, SR, McDermott MW, Chang, S, Edwards, MSB, Sneed, PK, Wara, W, Prados, MP, and Gutin, PH. Complications and Results of Craniotomy Following Brachytherapy. Submitted for publication.
• Bilsky MH, Shannon FJ, Shepard SR, Prabhu V, Boland PJ; Diagnosis and Management of a Metastatic Tumor in the Atlantoaxial Spine. Spine 2002 May 15;27(10):1062-9
• Zicherman J, Roychowdhury S, Demarco J, Shepard SR, Schonfeld S, Keller I, Schlesinger S; Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Giant Serpentine Aneurysm of the Superior Cerebellar Artery in a Patient with a Chiari II Malformation. ANJR Am J Neuroradiol 25:1077-1079, June/July 2004
• Modha A, Shepard SR, Gutin PH; Surgery of Brain Metastases-Is There Still a Place For It, J Neurooncol. 2005 Oct;75(1):21-9
• Winters BS, Shepard SR, Foty RA; Biophysical Measurement of Brain Tumor Cohesion, Int J Cancer. 2005 April 10; 114(3):371-9