Alex B. Valadka, M.D.

Alex B. Valadka, M.D.
Professor, Vice-Chair, Research
Department of Neurosurgery

Contact Information

Clinical Office: 832 325-7090
Fax: 713 512-2238
Clinical Assistant: Debbie Davis

Education & Training

  • Medical Degree: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
  • Residency: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery

Selected Bibliography

  • Grady MS, McLaughlin MR, Christman CW, Valadka AB, Fligner CL, Povlishock JT: The use of antibodies targeted against the neurofilament subunits for the detection of diffuse axonal injury in humans. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 52:143-152, 1993.
  • Valadka AB, Kubal WS, Smith MM: Updated management strategy for patients with cervical osteophytic dysphagia. Dysphagia 10:167-171, 1995.
  • Robertson CS, Gopinath SP, Goodman JC, Contant CF, Valadka AB, Narayan RK: SjvO2 monitoring in head-injured patients. J Neurotrauma 12:891-896, 1995.
  • Pieper DR , Valadka AB , Marsh C: Surgical management of head injury. AORN 63:854-865, 1996.
  • Fitzgerald LF, Tomaras C, Chow TSF, Valadka AB: Spontaneous subdural haematoma in pregnancy-induced hypertension. J Obstet Gynaecol Br Commonw 16:367-368, 1996.
  • Goodman JC, Valadka AB, Gopinath SP, Cormio M, Robertson CS: Lactate and excitatory amino acids measured by microdialysis are decreased by pentobarbital coma in head-injured patients. J Neurotrauma 13:549-556, 1996.
  • Gopinath SP, Cormio M, Ziegler J, Raty S, Valadka AB, Robertson CS: Intraoperative jugular desaturation during surgery for traumatic intracranial hematomas. Anesth Analg 83:1014-1021, 1996.
  • Goodman JC, Gopinath SP, Valadka AB, Narayan RK, Grossman RG, Simpson RK Jr., Robertson CS: Lactic acid and amino acid fluctuations measured using microdialysis reflect physiological derangements in head injury. Acta Neurochir Suppl 67:37-39, 1996.
  • Netscher D, Stal S, Shenaq SS, Alford EL, Valadka AB: An algorithm for management of residual posttraumatic calvarial defects in adults. J CranioMaxillofac Trauma 3:36-45, 1997.
  • Valadka AB: Monitoring strategies in traumatic brain injury. Curr Opin Crit Care 3:482-486, 1997.
  • Rumana CS, Gopinath SP, Uzura M, Valadka AB, Robertson CS: Brain temperature exceeds systemic temperature in head-injured patients. Crit Care Med 26:562-567, 1998.
  • Robertson CS, Gopinath SP, Uzura M, Valadka AB, Goodman JC: Metabolic changes in the brain during transient ischemia measured with microdialysis. Neurol Res 20:S91-S94, 1998.
  • Rumana CS, Valadka AB: Radiation therapy and malignant degeneration of benign supratentorial gangliogliomas. Neurosurgery 42:1038-1043, 1998.
  • Valadka AB, Goodman JC, Gopinath SP, Uzura M, Robertson CS: Comparison of brain tissue oxygen tension to microdialysis-based measures of cerebral ischemia in fatally head-injured humans. J Neurotrauma 15:509-519, 1998.