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Clinical Assistant Professor, The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery

Education & Training

• Undergraduate Degree:
  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Medical Degree:
  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
• Internship:
  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residency:
  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
• Research Fellow, Division of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery:
  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Board Certifications

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgeons

Selected Bibliography

• Legnani FG, Pradilla G, Thai QA, Tyler BM, Zamora G, DiMecco F, Brem H, Olivi A. The Fas/Fas ligand pathway fails to induce apoptosis in experimental glioma cells and could be responsible for the apoptosis of T-cell surrounding malignant gliomas in vivo. Updates in Neuro-Oncology International Meeting, Arezzo, Italy, June 24-26, 2005.
• Jabbour SK, Raza SM, Thai QA, Pradilla G, Kleinberg LR, Wharam MD, Rigamonti D. Repeated Stereotactic Radiosurgery Can Result in Complete Obliteration for Large Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations. American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Oct 2005
• Recinos P, Pradilla G, Thai QA, Hdeib AM, Legnani FG, Clatterbuck RE, Tamargo RJ. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cerebral vasospasm is comparable to SAH-induced vasospasm in rabbits. 55th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2005.
• Raza SM, Thai QA, Jabbour SK, Pradilla G, Kleinberg LR, Wharam MD, Rigamonti D. Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for large intracranial arteriovenous malformations. 55th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2005.
• Pradilla G, Basu S, Thai QA, Hdeib AM, Legnani FG, Tamargo RJ, Clatterbuck RE. Simvastatin administration reverses cerebral vasospasm in rabbits by increasing endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression. 55th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2005.
• Pradilla G, Vargas DL, Thai QA, Legnani FG, Clatterbuck RE, Mankowski JL, Essa AH, Tamargo RJ. Endothelial expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 after subarachnoid hemorrhage in monkeys treated with locally-delivered ibuprofen. 55th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2005.
• Recinos PF, Thai QA, Gallia G, Rigamonti D, Tamargo RJ, Clatterbuck RE. Outcomes in 100 consecutive cases of ruptured aneurysms managed with microsurgery at an academic medical center. Scientific Program of the Annual Joint Meeting of the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section and the American Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology, 2006.
• Recinos P, Pradilla G, Thai QA, Hdeib AM, Legnani FG, Clatterbuck RE, Tamargo RJ. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cerebral vasospasm is comparable to SAH-induced vasospasm in rabbits. Scientific Program of the Annual Joint Meeting of the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section and the American Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology, 2006.
• Raza SM, Thai QA, Jabbour SK, Pradilla G, Kleinberg LR, Wharam MD, Rigamonti D. Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for large intracranial arteriovenous malformations. Scientific Program of the Annual Joint Meeting of the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section and the American Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology, 2006.
• Legnani FG, Pradilla G, Thai QA, Tyler BM, DiMeco F, Brem H, and Olivi A. Apoptosis in experimental glioma cells and could be responsible for the apoptosis of T-cell surrounding malignant gliomas in vivo. Poster presentation, 5th Annual International Neuro-Oncology Update, Memphis, TN, August 24-25, 2006.