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Neurosurgical Biology and Therapeutics Unit

Photo of  Russell R. Lonser, Neurosurgical Biology and Therapeutics Unit, NINDS

Russell R. Lonser, M.D., Investigator
Dr. Lonser received his M.D. from Loma Linda University Medical School in 1994 and completed his Neurological Surgery residency training at the University of Utah in 2001. During his residency training, he spent over 2 years performing research in the Surgical Neurology Branch (1995 to 1998). He returned to the Surgical Neurology Branch in 2001 as a Staff Clinician. He was awarded the Tumor Young Investigator Award in 2002 from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He is Chair of the Surgical Neurology Branch in NINDS. His laboratory studies drug delivery for treatment of neurologic disorders, as well as investigates tumor biology and treatment.

Staff:

Clinical Protocols:

  • A Prospective Natural History Study of VHL Patients with CNS Hemangioblastomas  00-N-0140
  • Evaluation of the Mechanism of NO Formation and Pharmacokinetics of Long-term Intravenous Nitrite Infusion in Healthy Volunteers  05-N-0075
  • Evaluation and Treatment of Neurosurgical Disorders  03-N-0164
  • Assessment of cerebral circulation and perfusion in adults after neonatal carotid occlusion   08-N-0095
  • A Prospective Natural History Study of Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) 08-N-0044

Selected Publications:

  • Park DM, Zhuang Z, Chen L, Maric I, Sohn T, Kim SH, Lubensky IA, Rodgers GP, Oldfield EH, Lonser RR (2007) VHL-associated hemangioblastomas derive from embryologic multipotent cells, PLoS Medicine 4, 333-341.
  • Butman JA, Kim HJ, Baggenstos M, Ammerman JM, Patsalides A, Patronas NJ, Oldfield EH, Lonser RR (2007) Mechanisms of morbid hearing loss associated with tumors of the endolymphatic sac in von Hippel-Lindau disease, JAMA 298, 41-48.
  • Lonser RR, Schiffmann R, Robison RA, Butman JA, Quezado Z, Walker ML, Morrison PF, Walbridge S, Murray G, Park DM, Brady RO, Oldfield EH (2007) Image-guided direct convective delivery of glucocerebrosidase for neuronopathic Gaucher disease, Neurology 68, 254-261.
  • Murad GJA, Walbridge S, Degen JW, Morrison PF, Brechbiel M, Garmestani K, Oldfield EH, Lonser RR (2006) Real-time, image-guided, convection-enhanced delivery of interleukin 13 bound to Pseudomonas exotoxin, Clin Cancer Res 12, 3145-3151.
  • Weil RJ, Lonser (2005) Selective excision of metastatic brain tumors originating in the motor cortex with preservation of function, J Clin Oncol 23, 1209-1217.
  • Lonser RR, Vortmeyer AO, Butman JA, Glasker S, Finn MA, Ammerman JM, Merrill MJ, Edwards NA, Zhuang Z, Oldfield EH (2005) Edema is a precursor to central nervous system peritumoral cyst formation, Ann Neurol 58, 392-399.
  • Lonser RR, Walbridge S, Murray GJ, Aizenberg MR, Vortmeyer AO, Aerts JMFG, Brady RO, Oldfield EH (2005) Convection perfusion of glucocerebrosidase for neuronopathic Gaucher's disease, Ann Neurol 57, 542-548.

All Selected Publications

Contact Information:
Dr. Russell R. Lonser
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
10 Center Drive
Building 10, Room 5D37
Bethesda, MD 20892-1414

Telephone: 301-496-5728 office, 301-496-5728 laboratory, 301-402-0380 fax
Email: lonserr@ninds.nih.gov