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Department of Neurosurgery

Houston, Texas

Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
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Alex B. Valadka, M.D.

Associate Professor
Chief - Ben Taub General Hospital Neurosurgical Service
Adjunct Associate Professor - Department of Psychology, University of Houston

Undergraduate School
University of Dallas, Irving, Texas

Medical School
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Internship
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Residency
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery

Primary Neurosurgical Interests
Clinical: Neurotrauma; neurosurgical and critical care

Professional Associations
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American Medical Association
Houston Academy of Medicine
International Neurotrauma Society
Medical Society of Virginia
National Neurotrauma Society
Houston Neurological Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Society of Critical Care Medicine
American College of Surgeons
Harris County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Contact Information
Baylor Clinic
13th Floor, 6620 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-798-4696
Fax: 713-798-3739

Selected Publications

Dickerson J, Valadka AB, Levert T, Davis K, Kurian M, Robertson CS: Organ donation rates in a neurosurgical intensive care unit. Journal of Neurosurgery 97:811-814, 2002.

Goodman JC, Feng YQ, Valadka AB, Bryan RJ, Robertson CS: Measurement of the nitric oxide metabolites nitrate and nitrate in the human brain by microdialysis. Acta Neurochirurgica 81(supp):343-345, 2002.

Hlatky R, Furuya Y, Valadka AB, Goodman JC, Robertson CS: Comparison of microdialysate arginine and glutamate levels in severely head-injured patients. Acta Neurochirurgica 81(supp):347-349, 2002.

Hlatky R, Furuya Y, Valadka AB, Goodman JC, Robertson CS: Microdialysate nitrate/nitrite levels following severe head injury. Acta Neurochirurgica 81(supp):331-333, 2002.

Liu PK, Robertson CS, Valadka AB: The association between neuronal nitric oxide synthase and neuronal sensitivity in the brain after brain injury. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 962:226-241, 2002.

Valadka AB, Hlatky R, Furuya Y, Robertson CS: Brain tissue PO2: Correlation with cerebral blood flow. Acta Neurochirurgica 81(supp):299-301, 2002.

Valadka AB, Andrews BT, Bullock MR: How well do neurosurgeons care for trauma patients? A survey of the membership of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Neurosurgery 48:17-25, 2001.

Valadka AB: The use of a survey to quantify the community's perceptions about neurosurgeons' involvement in trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 51:420-421, 2001.

Siadati A, Powell SZ. Shahab I, Valadka AB, Parker JR: Pathologic quiz case: A 48 year-old woman with a dural-based intracranial tumor. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 125:1115-1116, 2001.

Hlatky R, Furuya Y, Valadka A, Robertson CS: Management of cerebral perfusion pressure. Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 22:3-11, 2001.

Contant CF, Valadka AB, Gopinath SP, Hannay HJ, Robertson CS: Adult respiratory distress syndrome: a complication of induced hypertension after severe head injury. Journal of Neurosurgery 95:560-568, 2001.

Yoshor D, Gentry JB, Lemaire SA, Dickerson J, Saul J, Valadka AB, Robertson CS: Subarachnoid-pleural fistula treated with noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation. Case report. Journal of Neurosurgery 94:319-322, 2001.