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Position: Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery & Radiology
Organization: Jefferson Integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center

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Highlighted Publications

Movement Disorders

Fayed, I., Syed, M., Gingold, E., Alizadeh, M., Sharan, A., & Wu, C. (2023). A Novel and Simple Method Using Computed Tomography Streak Artifact to Determine the Orientation of Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Leads. Neurosurgery, 10.1227/neu.0000000000002536. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000002536

Vedaei, F., Fayed, I., Alizadeh, M., Miller, C., Zhang, A. B., Koa, V., Khan, S., Mohamed, F. B., & Wu, C. (2023). Effect of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces in Reliable Distinction of Prospective Targeting During Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients With Advanced Parkinson's Disease: A Study of Deterministic and Probabilistic Tractography. Neurosurgery93(3), 691–698. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000002478

Miao, J., Tantawi, M., Koa, V., Zhang, A. B., Zhang, V., Sharan, A., Wu, C., & Matias, C. M. (2022). Use of Functional MRI in Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Diseases: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in neurology13, 849918. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.849918

Wu, C., Nagel, S. J., Agarwal, R., Pötter-Nerger, M., Hamel, W., Sharan, A. D., Connolly, A. T., Cheeran, B., & Larson, P. S. (2021). Reduced Risk of Reoperations With Modern Deep Brain Stimulator Systems: Big Data Analysis From a United States Claims Database. Frontiers in neurology12, 785280. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.785280

Wu, C., Matias, C., Foltynie, T., Limousin, P., Zrinzo, L., & Akram, H. (2021). Dynamic Network Connectivity Reveals Markers of Response to Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's DiseaseFrontiers in human neuroscience15, 729677. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.729677

Muller, J., Alizadeh, M., Li, L., Thalheimer, S., Matias, C., Tantawi, M., Miao, J., Silverman, M., Zhang, V., Yun, G., Romo, V., Mohamed, F. B., & Wu, C. (2020). Feasibility of diffusion and probabilistic white matter analysis in patients implanted with a deep brain stimulator. NeuroImage. Clinical25, 102135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102135

Muller, J., Alizadeh, M., Mohamed, F. B., Riley, J., Pearce, J. J., Trieu, B., Liang, T. W., Romo, V., Sharan, A., & Wu, C. (2018). Clinically applicable delineation of the pallidal sensorimotor region in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease: study of probabilistic and deterministic tractography. Journal of neurosurgery, 1–12. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3171/2018.7.JNS18541

Akram, H., Wu, C., Hyam, J., Foltynie, T., Limousin, P., De Vita, E., Yousry, T., Jahanshahi, M., Hariz, M., Behrens, T., Ashburner, J., & Zrinzo, L. (2017). l-Dopa responsiveness is associated with distinctive connectivity patterns in advanced Parkinson's disease. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society32(6), 874–883. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27017

Epilepsy

Sathe, A. V., Matias, C. M., Kogan, M., Ailes, I., Syed, M., Kang, K., Miao, J., Talekar, K., Faro, S., Mohamed, F. B., Tracy, J., Sharan, A., & Alizadeh, M. (2023). Resting-State fMRI Can Detect Alterations in Seizure Onset and Spread Regions in Patients with Non-Lesional Epilepsy: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in neuroimaging2, 1109546. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnimg.2023.1109546

Manmatharayan, A., Kogan, M., Matias, C., Syed, M., Shelley, I., Chinni, A., Kang, K., Talekar, K., Faro, S.H., Mohamed, F.B., Sharan, A., Wu, C.,  Alizadeh, M. (2023). Automated subfield volumetric analysis of amygdala, hippocampus, and thalamic nuclei in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. World Neurosurgery: X, 19.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100212.

Sathe, A. V., Kogan, M., Kang, K., Miao, J., Syed, M., Ailes, I., Matias, C. M., Middleton, D., Mohamed, F. B., Faro, S., Tracy, J., Sharan, A., & Alizadeh, M. (2022). Amplitude synchronization of spontaneous activity of medial and lateral temporal gyri reveals altered thalamic connectivity in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Scientific reports12(1), 18389. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23297-4

Hines, K., Stefanelli, A., Haddad, T., Matias, C. M., Sharan, A., & Wu, C. (2022). Costs Associated with Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy Are Lower Than Anterior Temporal Lobectomy for Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. World neurosurgery157, e215–e222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.144

Vakharia, V. N., Sparks, R. E., Li, K., O'Keeffe, A. G., Pérez-García, F., França, L. G. S., Ko, A. L., Wu, C., Aronson, J. P., Youngerman, B. E., Sharan, A., McKhann, G., 2nd, Ourselin, S., & Duncan, J. S. (2019). Multicenter validation of automated trajectories for selective laser amygdalohippocampectomy. Epilepsia60(9), 1949–1959. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.16307

Wu, C., Jermakowicz, W. J., Chakravorti, S., Cajigas, I., Sharan, A. D., Jagid, J. R., Matias, C. M., Sperling, M. R., Buckley, R., Ko, A., Ojemann, J. G., Miller, J. W., Youngerman, B., Sheth, S. A., McKhann, G. M., Laxton, A. W., Couture, D. E., Popli, G. S., Smith, A., Mehta, A. D., … D'Haese, P. F. (2019). Effects of surgical targeting in laser interstitial thermal therapy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A multicenter study of 234 patients. Epilepsia60(6), 1171–1183. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.15565

Galovic, M., Baudracco, I., Wright-Goff, E., Pillajo, G., Nachev, P., Wandschneider, B., Woermann, F., Thompson, P., Baxendale, S., McEvoy, A. W., Nowell, M., Mancini, M., Vos, S. B., Winston, G. P., Sparks, R., Prados, F., Miserocchi, A., de Tisi, J., Van Graan, L. A., Rodionov, R., … Koepp, M. J. (2019). Association of Piriform Cortex Resection With Surgical Outcomes in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. JAMA neurology76(6), 690–700. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.0204

Vakharia, V. N., Sparks, R., Li, K., O'Keeffe, A. G., Miserocchi, A., McEvoy, A. W., Sperling, M. R., Sharan, A., Ourselin, S., Duncan, J. S., & Wu, C. (2018). Automated trajectory planning for laser interstitial thermal therapy in mesial temporal lobe epilepsyEpilepsia59(4), 814–824. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.14034

Wu, C., D'Haese, P. F., Pallavaram, S., Dawant, B. M., Konrad, P., & Sharan, A. D. (2016). Variations in Thalamic Anatomy Affect Targeting in Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy. Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery94(6), 387–396. https://doi.org/10.1159/000449009

Kang, J. Y., Wu, C., Tracy, J., Lorenzo, M., Evans, J., Nei, M., Skidmore, C., Mintzer, S., Sharan, A. D., & Sperling, M. R. (2016). Laser interstitial thermal therapy for medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsyEpilepsia57(2), 325–334. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.13284

Wu, C., Boorman, D. W., Gorniak, R., Farrell, C., Evans, J. J., Sharan, A. D. (2015) The Effects of Anatomic Variations on Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampectomy and a Proposed Protocol for Trajectory Planning. Neurosurgery 11(2):p 345-357, June 2015, DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000767 

Wu, C., LaRiviere, M. J., Laxpati, N., Evans, J. J., Gross, R. E., & Sharan, A. D. (2014). Extraventricular long-axis cannulation of the hippocampus: technical considerations. Neurosurgery10 Suppl 2(0 2), 325–333. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000320

Wu, C., Sperling, M. R., Falowski, S. M., Chitale, A. V., Werner-Wasik, M., Evans, J. J., Andrews, D. W., & Sharan, A. D. (2012). Radiosurgery for the treatment of dominant hemisphere periventricular heterotopia and intractable epilepsy in a series of three patientsEpilepsy & behavior case reports1, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2012.10.004

Wu, C., Evans, J. J., Skidmore, C., Sperling, M. R., & Sharan, A. D. (2013). Impedance variations over time for a closed-loop neurostimulation device: early experience with chronically implanted electrodesNeuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society16(1), 46–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00529.x

MR Imaging

Mandloi, S., Syed, M., Shoraka, O., Ailes, I., Kang, K. C., Sathe, A., Heller, J., Thalheimer, S., Mohamed, F. B., Sharan, A., Harrop, J., Krisa, L., Matias, C., & Alizadeh, M. (2023). The role of the insula in chronic pain following spinal cord injury: A resting-state fMRI studyJournal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.13117

Vedaei, F., Mashhadi, N., Zabrecky, G., Monti, D., Navarreto, E., Hriso, C., Wintering, N., Newberg, A.B., Mohamed, F.B. (2023). Identification of Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Using Resting State Functional MRI and Machine Learning Techniques. Frontiers in Neuroscience 16 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1099560.

Muller, J., Wang, R., Milddleton, D., Alizadeh, M., Kang, K.C., Hryczyk, R., Zabrecky, G., Hriso, C., Navarreto, E., Wintering, N., Bazzan, A.J., Wu C., MontI, D.A., Jiao, X., Wu, Q., Newberg, A.B., Mohamed, F.B. (2023). Machine learning-based classification of chronic traumatic brain injury using hybrid diffusion imaging. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1182509 

Vedaei, F., Alizadeh, M., Tantawi, M., Romo, V., Mohamed, F. B., & Wu, C. (2023). Vascular and neuronal effects of general anesthesia on the brain: An fMRI study. Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging33(1), 109–120. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.13049

Miao, J., Ailes, I., Krisa, L., Fleming, K., Middleton, D., Talekar, K., Natale, P., Mohamed, F. B., Hines, K., Matias, C. M., & Alizadeh, M. (2022). Case report: The promising application of dynamic functional connectivity analysis on an individual with failed back surgery syndrome. Frontiers in neuroscience16, 987223. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.987223

Vedaei, F., Alizadeh, M., Romo, V., Mohamed, F. B., & Wu, C. (2022). The effect of general anesthesia on the test-retest reliability of resting-state fMRI metrics and optimization of scan length. Frontiers in neuroscience16, 937172. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.937172

Wu, C., Ferreira, F., Fox, M., Harel, N., Hattangadi-Gluth, J., Horn, A., Jbabdi, S., Kahan, J., Oswal, A., Sheth, S. A., Tie, Y., Vakharia, V., Zrinzo, L., & Akram, H. (2021). Clinical applications of magnetic resonance imaging based functional and structural connectivity. NeuroImage244, 118649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118649

Recent Publications

Thoracic canal morphology on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in spinal cord stimulation patients

Learning Curves during Implementation of Robotic Stereotactic Surgery

Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Asleep Single-Stage Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: Operative Technique and Systematic Review

Demographics and PainDETECT as Predictors of 24-Month Outcomes for 10 kHz SCS in Nonsurgical Refractory Back Pain

Durable responses at 24 months with high-frequency spinal cord stimulation for nonsurgical refractory back pain

Simulated resections and responsive neurostimulator placement can optimize postoperative seizure outcomes when guided by fast ripple networks

Prospective Connectomic-Based Deep Brain Stimulation Programming for Parkinson's Disease

Epilepsy Networks and Their Surgical Relevance

The Temporal Lobe Club: Newer Approaches to Treat Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Characteristic dynamic functional connectivity during sevoflurane-induced general anesthesia

Graph theoretical measures of fast ripple networks improve the accuracy of post-operative seizure outcome prediction

Learning curves in robotic neurosurgery: a systematic review

A Novel and Simple Method Using Computed Tomography Streak Artifact to Determine the Orientation of Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Leads

Current Neurostimulation Therapies for Chronic Pain Conditions

Long-term outcomes of mesial temporal laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy and subsequent surgery for seizure recurrence: A multi-centre cohort study

Effect of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces in Reliable Distinction of Prospective Targeting During Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients With Advanced Parkinson's Disease: A Study of Deterministic and Probabilistic Tractography

Automated subfield volumetric analysis of amygdala, hippocampus, and thalamic nuclei in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Stimulation better targets fast-ripple generating networks in super responders to the responsive neurostimulator system

Evaluation of eight registration algorithms applied to the insula and insular gyri

Automatic Segmentation of Parkinson Disease Therapeutic Targets Using Nonlinear Registration and Clinical MR Imaging: Comparison of Methodology, Presence of Disease, and Quality Control

Insula in epilepsy – “untying the gordian knot”: A systematic review

A machine learning approach to predict quality of life changes in patients with Parkinson's Disease

Accuracy and efficiency using frameless transient fiducial registration in stereoelectroencephalography and deep brain stimulation

Cost-effectiveness of 10-kHz spinal cord stimulation therapy compared with conventional medical management over the first 12 months of therapy for patients with nonsurgical back pain: randomized controlled trial

Machine learning-based classification of chronic traumatic brain injury using hybrid diffusion imaging