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CHANDRANATH
SEN, MD
Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Beth Israel Medical Center
Co-Director, Center for Cranial Base Surgery
AREAS
OF EXPERTISE
Brain Tumors
Tumors at the base of the skull
Tumors at cranio-cervical junction
• Meningioma
• Schwannoma
• Pituitary Adenoma
• Epidermoid
• Chordoma
• Chondrosarcoma
• Glomus Tumor
• Hemangioblastoma
• Juvenile Angiofibroma
Deformities at cranio-spinal junction
Functional Disorders
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
• Hemifacial Spasm
OFFICE
1000 Tenth Avenue, Suite 5G80
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 523-6720
Fax: (212) 523-6115
E-mail: csen@slrhc.org
ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE
Education And Training
High School
1970
Rosary High School, Baroda, India
Undergraduate
1970-1971
Preparatory Science, M.S. University, Baroda, India
1971-1972
Pre-Medical, M.S. University, Baroda, India
Graduate
6/72-10/76
Medical College, M.S. University, Baroda, India
Post-Graduate
12/76-11/77
Compulsory Rotating Internship: Hospitals affliated with M.S. University,
Baroda, India
7/78-6/79
Straight Surgical Internship: Middlesex General Hospital, Robert Wood
Johnson Memorial Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
7/79-6/80
PGY-2 General Surgery: Residency University of WI Hospital, Madison,
WI
7/80-6/85
Neurological Surgery: Residency University of WI Hospital Madison,
WI
7/85-12/86
Microneurosurgery: Fellowship University of Pittsburgh, Presbyterian University
Hospital Pittsburgh, PA
7/89-8/89
Visiting Fellowship: National Hospitals for Nervous Disorders, London,
England
Professional Examinations
1/78 ECFMG
6/79 FLEX- New Jersey
Specialty Certification
1983 American Board of Neurological Surgery Written exam
1989 American Board of Neurological Surgery Diplomate
Medical Licensure
1979 New Jersey (by examination)
1980 WI (by reciprocity)
1985 PA (by reciprocity)
1991 New York (by reciprocity) Appointments and Positions
Academic
1/87-7/91
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - Assistant Professor
8/91-6/95
Department of Neurosurgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY - Associate
Professor
7/95-10/00
Department of Neurosurgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY - Professor
Non-Academic
Positions
1/87-6/90
Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA - Assistant Clinical
Staff
1/87-7/91
Montetiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA - Active Staff
1/87-7/91
Eye and Ear Hospital Pittsburgh, PA - Consultant
3/88-7/91
Veteran's Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA - Consultant
6/88-7/91
Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA - Consultant
6/90-7/91
Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA - Active Staff
8/91-10/00
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY - Associate Attending
1/93-10/00
Department of Neurosurgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY - Vice
Chairman
7/99-10/00
Department of Neurosurgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY - Residency
Director
10/00-present
Department of Neurosurgery, St. Luke's-Roosevelt - Hospital Center, New
York, NY - Chairman
Memberships
in Professional and Scientific Societies and Offices Held
1987-1991
Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society
1987-1991
Allegheny County Medical Society
1987-1991
Pennsylvania Medical Society
1987-present
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1989-present
North American Skull Base Society: Founding Member
1990-present
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
1990-present
Joint Section on Tumors-American Association of Neurological Surgeons
and Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1991-present
New York State Neurosurgical Society
1995-present
Medical Society of the State of New York
1995-present
American Medical Association
1996
New York
County Medical Society
1997-present
Director at Large (Neurosurgery) North American Skull Base Society
2000
Secretary/Treasurer New York Society for Neurosurgery
Development of a model to study the pathophysiology of hemifacial spasm:
In adult rats chronic stimulation of the facial nerve trunk was carried out with implanted electrodes. After 2-6 weeks of stimulation, electrophysiological testing of these animals revealed signs of hemifacial spasm similar to those in human patients. The facial nucleus was also studied with stereotactically placed electrodes. These studies were carried out in conjunction with Dr. A. Moller.
Study in rats to evaluate the ability of long axons to regenerate after a high cervical lesion:
Unilateral dorsal column lesion was created between Cl and C2 in adult rats. A sciatic nerve graft was then inserted in the lesion. After a variable survival period, SSEP was recorded from the scalp and dorsal column nuclei. Transganglionic labelling of the median ulnar and sciatic nerves on the side of the lesion was carried out. Histological evaluation did not reveal any long tract axons from the three nerves to have regenerated into the graft.
Anatomical study in the human cadaver specimens to evaluate the intradural exposure of the clivus by the subtemporal preauricular infratemporal approach.
Anatomical studies in human cadaver to elucidate microsurgical configuration of the cavernous sinus, jugular and hypoglossal foramina.
Meningioma cell lines derived from human explants; establishment, characterization and proliferation analysis. Paino J, Sen C, Hague K, Paciucci PA