Request for Funding

Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2004

Mentor: Jonathan White
Department: Neurosurgery
Room number: CS5.105
Mail Code: 8855
Phone number: 214-648-7912
E-mail: Jonathan.White@UTSouthwestern.edu
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Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects) Patient-based research

Brief Description of Project:

Trigeminal Neuralgia is a severe form of face pain that can be treated be surgical decompression of the fifth cranial nerve. Previous studies from the 1980's suggest 85% of patients remain pain free at ten years. Advancement in microsurgical technique makes it likely these results have improved. A retrospective study of patients undergoing decompression will be reviewed. Thirteen years of data is available with around 150 cases.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:

Preceptor, Medical Student Summer Research Program: Blackburn, Spirous and Shih, Patrick, "Mathematical Modeling of Hemodynamic Forces in Aneurysm Treatment. Summer 2001. Presented at Southwest Regional Engineering Conference.

Preceptor, Medical Student Summer Research Program: MCGowan, John, "Vision Changes After Treatment of Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysms." Summer 2001. Presented at Congress of Neurosurgery, October 2002.

Preceptor, Doris Duke Research Fellowship: Karandikar, Mahesh. Data base creation for intracranial Arteriovenous malformations. Retrospective and prospective limb. Prospective limb of "Vision changes after ophthalmic artery aneurysm treatment. 12/01-5/02.

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