Physician
Neurosurgery
Dr. Thomas C. Origitano, MD
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Thomas Origitano is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He studied medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He has 6 awards "America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors", "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare" and "Top MD". Thomas C. Origitano, MD is a published doctor as well. He has 74 publications published. The latest was: PLA2 activity regulates Ca2+ storage-dependent cellular proliferation. He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Model-based simulation for early neurosurgical learners.
- Society of Neurological Surgeons boot camp courses: knowledge retention and relevance of hands-on learning after 6 months of postgraduate year 1 training.
- The use of abdominal free fat for volumetric augmentation and primary dural closure in supratentorial skull base surgery: managing the stigma of a temporal defect.
- Neurotraumatology.
- Carotid-cavernous fistulas: pathogenesis and routes of approach to endovascular treatment.
- Endovascular treatment of transverse-sigmoid sinus dural arteriovenous malformations presenting as pulsatile tinnitus.
- Reconstructing complex cranial defects with a preformed cranial prosthesis.
- Frameless stereotactic localization in cranial base surgery.
- Ventricular catheter placement with a frameless neuronavigational System: a 1-year experience.
- Obliteration of a tentorial dural arteriovenous fistula causing spinal cord Myelopathy using the cranio-orbito zygomatic approach.
- Endoscopic closure of postsurgical anterior cranial fossa Cerebrospinal fluid leaks.
- CT angiographic-guided frameless stereotactic-assisted clipping of a distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery Aneurysm: technical case report.
- Lazaroids inhibit proliferation of cultured human Astrocytoma cells.
- The need for neurological surgery programs to be departments.
- Inhibition of in vitro meningioma proliferation after growth factor stimulation by calcium channel antagonists: Part II--Additional growth factors, growth factor recep...
- Use of vascularized fat from the rectus abdominis myocutaneous free flap territory to seal the dura of basicranial tumor resections.
- Complications of hypervolemic therapy.
- Photodynamic therapy for intracranial neoplasms: development of an image-based computer-assisted protocol for photodynamic therapy of intracranial neoplasms.
- Photodynamic therapy for intracranial neoplasms: investigations of photosensitizer uptake and distribution using indium-111 Photofrin-II single photon emission compute...
- Refinements using free-tissue transfer for complex cranial base reconstruction.
- Skull base approaches to complex cerebral Aneurysms.
- Photodynamic therapy for intracranial neoplasms. Literature review and institutional experience.
- Vasospasm after resection of skull base Tumors.
- In vitro growth inhibition of growth factor-stimulated meningioma cells by calcium channel antagonists.
- Confirmation of an unexpected Brain O-methylation pattern for the dopamine-derived tetrahydroisoquinoline, salsolinol.
- Catecholamine-derived tetrahydroisoquinolines: O-methylation patterns and regional Brain distribution following intraventricular administration in rats.
- Gas chromatographic analysis of endogenous catecholamines, phenolic amines and derived isoquinolines using short glass capillary columns and electron-capture detection.
- Bactericidal effects of photoradiation therapy with hematoporphyrin derivative.
- Indium-111-Photofrin-II scintillation scan.
- Inhibition of catechol-O-methyltransferase by 6,7-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines related to dopamine: demonstration using liquid chromatography and a novel substra...
- Sustained increased Cerebral blood flow with prophylactic hypertensive hypervolemic hemodilution ("triple-H" therapy) after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Transoral crossbow injury to the Cervical spine: an unusual case of penetrating Cervical spine injury.
- Improved Cerebral blood flow and CO2 reactivity after microvascular anastomosis in patients at high risk for recurrent stroke.
- Complex cranial base trauma resulting from recreational fireworks Injury: case reports and review of the literature.
- En bloc resection of an ethmoid carcinoma involving the orbit and medial wall of the cavernous sinus.
- Prophylactic hypervolemia without calcium channel blockers in early Aneurysm surgery.
- Endoscopic transsphenoidal biopsy of the sphenoid and clival mass.
- Optimal clip application and intraoperative angiography for intracranial Aneurysms.
- PLA2 activity regulates Ca2+ storage-dependent cellular proliferation.
- Familial Cervical spondylosis. Case report.
- Venous drainage of the inferolateral temporal lobe in relationship to transtemporal/transtentorial approaches to the cranial base.
- Selecting Aneurysms for adequate exposure without extended cranial base approaches: neurovascular decision-making counterpoint.
- Complex penetrating cranial base trauma: case report demonstrating multiDisciplinary management.
- Joint ventures at the skull base. Defining the roles of the neurosurgeon and non-neurosurgeon.
- An unusual pituitary mass presenting with panhypopituitarism and hyponatraemia.
- Brain metastases from medullary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A.
- Intracranial complications of temporal bone osteoradionecrosis.
- Rat Brain salsolinol and blood-Brain barrier.
- On the occurrence, assay and metabolism of simple tetrahydroisoquinolines in mammalian tissues.
- Spontaneous transtemporal CSF Leakage: a study of 51 cases.
- Fundamental skills for entering neurosurgery residents: report of a Pacific region "boot camp" pilot course, 2009.
- Venous thromboembolism: deep venous Thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in a neurosurgical population.
- The clinical significance and optimal timing of postoperative computed tomography following cranial surgery.
- Spinal epidural arteriovenous fistula with late onset perimedullary venous hypertension after lumbar surgery: case report and Discussion of the pathophysiology.
- Anomalous medial origin of the anterior choroidal artery with associated Aneurysm.
- Lies, damned lies, and statistics: a neurosurgical perspective on the international randomized trial of extracranial to intracranial arterial bypass surgery.
- Sporadic unilateral vestibular Schwannoma in the pediatric population. Clinical article.
- Neurosurgical mortality rates: what variables affect mortality within a single institution and within a national database?
- Current options in clipping versus coiling of intracranial Aneurysms: to clip, to coil, to wait and watch.
- Hemicraniectomy and durotomy for malignant middle Cerebral artery infarction.
- Neurosurgical emergency transfers to academic centers in Cook County: a prospective multicenter study.
- Culture-Negative intraCerebral abscesses in children and adolescents from Streptococcus anginosus group infection: a case series.
- Thirty-year follow-up after extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery.
- The preauricular subtemporal approach for transcranial petrous apex Tumors.
- Intratemporal Grafting of the Facial Nerve following Lateral Skull Base Tumor Resection.
- Facial paralysis associated with glomus jugulare Tumors.
- Management of malignant Tumors of the anterior and anterolateral skull base.
- Variation of T-type calcium channel protein expression affects cell division of cultured tumor cells.
- Pediatric congenital vertebral Artery arteriovenous malformation.
- Intracranial Schwannomas of the lower cranial nerves.
- Morphine/ondansetron PCA for postoperative Pain, nausea, and vomiting after skull base surgery.
- Combined transtemporal access for large (>3 cm) Meningiomas of the cerebellopontine angle.
- Combined anterior and anterolateral approaches to the cranial base: complication analysis, avoidance, and management.
Schools
Loyola Univ Of Chicago Stritch Sch Of Med
Loyola University Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Herniated Disc Surgery
- Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
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Conditions Treated
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Top MD
Education
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Loyola University -
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1841277720 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | ORIGITANO | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | THOMAS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 60153 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 22.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1841277720 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ORIGITANO |
| First Name Of The Provider | THOMAS |
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