Curriculum vitae
Alexander Zouros, MD, FRCS(C), FAAP
Undergraduate education:
1989 - 1992 BSc (biology)
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1992 - 1996 MD
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Post-graduate training:
1996 - 2002 neurosurgical residency
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2002 - 2003 pediatric neurosurgical fellowship
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, Texas, USA
Licensure and specialty boards:
Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada, 1996
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Canada - Neurosurgery, 2002
American Board of Neurological Surgery - Board Eligible
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Medical Board of California, 2003
American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Certified 2006 Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008
Hospital appointments:
2003 Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California
Academic appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 2003 - present
National and international presentations:
Are Infant Traumatic Chronic Subdural Hematomas Really Hematomas or are they Dynamic CSF "Hematohygromas?" A. Zouros, K.E. Aronyk, R. Bhargava, M. Hoskinson. (Poster). 30th Annual Meeting of the AANS and CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery, New York, NY - November 28 - December 1, 2001.
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation after Supratontorial Cyst - Peritoneal Shunting: An incidence Study. A Zouros, D Swift. (Poster). AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA - April 26 - May 2, 2003.
Publications:
Pediatric Hydrocephalus – Book Review. J. Neurosurg: Pediatrics. March 102(2):252, 2005
Zouros A, Bhargava R, Hoskinson M, Aronyk KE. Further characterization of traumatic subdural collections of infance. Report of five cases. J Neurosurg. 2004 May; 100(5 Suppl Pediatrics):512-8.
Psarros TG, Zouros A, Coimbra C. Neurocysticercosis: a neurosurgical perspective. South Med J. 2003 Oct;96(10):1019-22.
Psarros T, Zouros A, Coimbra C. Bromocriptine-Responsive Akinetic Mutism after Endoscopy for Ventricular Neurocysticercosis. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 2003 Aug;99(2):397-401.
Submitted for publication review:
1. Dynamic CSF Hemato-Hygromas Mimicking Chronic Subdural Hematomas in Non-Accidental Head Injured Infants - Clinical Demonstration and Proposed Mechanism of Formation. A. Zouros, R. Bhargava, M. Hoskinson, K.E. Aronyk.
Ongoing research studies:
1. Incidence and Natural History of Pediatric Radiation-induced Cerebral Cavernous Malformations
Laboratory research experience:
1999 - 2002
Development of an intracranial SCID/hu-PBL mouse human glioblastoma multiforme model for application in immunogene vaccine therapy research
Supervisor: Dr. K.C. Petruk, department of surgery, University of Alberta
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assays
1992 - 1994
Reduction of proto-oncogene c-fos expression after cortical injury by injection of antisense cDNA oligonucleotide in rats. Patterns of CFOs expression in rat basal ganglia induced by dopamine agonists and antagonists
Supervisor: Dr. H.A. Robertson, chairman, department of pharmacology, Dalhousie University
Techniques: Stereotactic surgery, Northern mRNA blotting, in-situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry
1991 - 1992
Development of fly retina after teratogenic DNA-synthesis inhibition
Supervisor: Dr. I. Meinertzhagen, department of neuroscience, Dalhousie University
Techniques: Transmission electron microscopy
Awards:
Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation Studentship, 1992-94
Bourinot Studentship in Neuroscience Research
Dalhousie Medical Research Summer Studentship, 1992
Pharmaceutical Medical Association of Canada
Research Studentship
Dalhousie University Incourse Scholarship, 1991
NSERC Summer Research Scholarship
Certifications:
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) - instructor
N.I.H. Stroke Study evaluator
Professional memberships:
Alberta Medical Association, 1996-2002
Phi Rho Sigma Medical Society - international executive, 1993-1996
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2002 - present
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2002 - present
AANS/CNS Pediatric Section, 2003-present
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