Amer Khalil

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Director of Spine Neurosurgery, Neurological Surgery
School of Medicine
M.D., University of Jordan Medical School, 2002
M.D., Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2014, Neurological Surgery
M.D., New England Hospital Boston, 2015, Spine Surgery
Phone: (714) 456-6966
Email: khalila1@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive S, Bldg 200, Suite 21
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Spine surgery, spinal cord injury, scoliosis, cervical spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, spine tumors
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications

Khalil A, Spiotta AM, Barnett GH. Difficulties with the neurological assessment of humans following a chimpanzee attack. J Neurosurg. 2011 Jul;115(1):140-4.

Klimo P Jr., Khalil A, Slotkin JR, Smith ER, Scott RM, Goumnerova LC. Wound complications associated with the use of bovine serum albumin-glutaraldehyde surgical adhesive in pediatric patients. Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4 Suppl 2):305-9.

Manuscripts in Preparation
Reynolds FM, Woodard EJ, Slotkin JR, Dai H, Luque B, Ye J, Layer RT, Pritchard CD, Khalil A, Lawrence MS, O’Shea TM,Roy RR, Zhong H, Vollenweider I, Edgerton VR, Courtine G, Langer RS. Porous biodegradable polymeric scaffolds promote tissue remodeling and functional improvement in non-human primates with spinal cord injury.

Presentations and Posters

Kwon B, Khalil A. Accuracy of fluoroscopically-assisted percutaneous pedicle Screws placed in patients in the lateral decubitus position. SMISS Global Forum, 2015.

Dai H, Layer R, O’Shea T, Hou J, Khalil A, Podell P, Hess B, Aimetti A, Huang, G, Reynolds F. Effect of porous PLGA-PLL scaffolds on recovery following spinal contusion injury in rats. Neurotrauma Society, 2013.

Khalil A. Endoscopic lamina terminalis fenestration for treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus following failed ETV. AANS, 2010.

Khalil A, Deogaonkar M. Peripheral nerve/field stimulation for post-intervention trigeminal neuropathic pain. CNS, 2010.

Khalil A, Barnett G. Difficulties with the neurological assessment of humans after chimpanzee attack. CNS, 2009.

Khalil A, Tierney T, Smith E. Case Report: Double split cord malformation, a novel type of congenital split cord. AANS, 2007.

Kim A, Khalil A, Black P, Golby A. Simultaneous multiple craniotomies for multiple metastatic lesions. CNS, 2006.
Grants
MIT/Invivo Therapeutics Grant in Spinal Cord Injury Research
Professional Societies
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine
AO Spine Foundation
Other Experience
Research Fellow in Spinal Cord Injury
MIT/Invivo Therapeutics 2012—2013
Last updated
06/07/2016