Joshua B. Bederson

In 1979, Bederson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University, where he was the Ivy League Gymnastics All-Around Champion for three years. He earned his M.D. at the University of California, San Francisco in 1984, taking a year off to study sculpture in the master's degree program at New York University and hold a solo art show in New York City.[5]

Bederson completed both his internship and residency at the University of California, San Francisco. During his residency, he also studied neuropathology at the University of Torino in Italy and microvascular and skull-base neurosurgery under Dr. M. Gazi Yasargil at the University Hospitals of Zurich, Switzerland and the University Medical Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona under Dr. Robert F. Spetzler.[1][5]

Bederson joined Mount Sinai in 1992 as the Director of the Clinical Program for Cerebrovascular Disorders and served as Vice-Chairman after 2001. From 2002 until 2008 he directed the Neurosurgery Residency Program. He is currently the Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery.

Bederson established the first basic science laboratory in the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai, developing models of stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage. In 2002 he was the first neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai to receive an NIH R01 grant as principal investigator.[4]

A high-ranking member of many cerebrovascular societies, Bederson is chair of the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular section.[6] With Bederson serving as its Chairman, the American Heart Association Guidelines Writing Group on Subarachnoid Hemorrhage published updated guidelines on stroke treatment. He is also a member of the Society of Neurological Surgery.[5]

Bederson's clinical interests include treatment of intracranial and spinal vascular and tumor pathology, including cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia, tumors of the skull base, carotid artery disease and problems of the cervical and lumbar spine.[5]

During his surgical internship, he met and married Isabelle Germano, M.D. who is also Professor of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai.[5][7] They have two daughters, Lucia and Maria.[5]

• 1986 San Francisco Neurological Society Henry B. Newman Award
• 1986 International Microsurgical Society Resident Award
• 2001–Present Castle Connolly Top Metro Doctors[8]
• 2004 Cornell University Top 25 Distinguished Classmates Award

• Bederson JB (Editor) Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Pathophysiology and Treatment. 1996, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, 283 Pages. Library of Congress ISBN 1-879284-43-X.
• Bederson JB, Tuhrim S (Editors), Bederson JB, Tuhrin, S (Authors) Treatment of Carotid Disease: A Practitioner's Manual. 1998, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, 256 pages. Library of Congress ISBN 1-879284-55-3.

Partial list:

• Bederson JB, Wilson CB. "Surgical Treatment of Olfactory Groove Meningiomas." In: AANS Neurosurgical Operative Atlas, pages 77–85, 1991.
• Bederson JB. "Pathophysiology and Animal Models of Dural Arteriovenous Malformations." In: Awad I and Barrow D, eds, Dural Arteriovenous Malformations. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 23–34, 1993.
• Bederson JB. "Hemodynamics of Giant Intracranial Aneurysms." In: Awad I and Barrow D, eds, Giant Intracranial Aneurysms. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 13–22, 1995.
• Bederson JB. "Trigeminal Neuralgia." In: Rakel RE (ed), Conn's Current Therapy. WB Saunders Co, Phila, PA, pp 900–902, 1996.
• Bederson JB. "Mechanisms of Acute Brain Injury after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage." In: Bederson JB (ed), Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Pathophysiology and Treatment. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 61–76, 1996.
• Ullman J, Bederson JB. "Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations: Pathophysiology and Hemodynamics." In: Barrow D, Awad I (eds), Spinal Vascular Malformations. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 37–43, 1998.
• Bederson JB, Batjer HH, Stieg PE, Zabramski JM, Lee KC. "Management of Severe Subarachnoid Hemorrhage." In: Fisher WS (ed), Perspectives in Neurological Surgery. (9):111–128, 1998.
• Tuhrim S, Bederson JB. "Patient Selection for Carotid Endarterectomy." In: Bederson JB, Tuhrim S, (eds), Treatment of Carotid Disease: A Practitioner's Manual. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 129–142, 1998.
• Bederson JB. "Carotid Endarterectomy: Description, Complications, and Adjuncts." In: Bederson JB, Tuhrim S (eds), Treatment of Carotid Disease: A Practitioner's Manual., American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, Illinois, pp 167–180, 1998.
• Bederson JB. "Cerebrovascular Applications of Image Guidance." In: Germano IM (ed), Advances in Image-Guided Brain and Spine Surgery. Thieme, New York, NY, pp 121–131, 2002.

Partial list:

• Costantino PD, Chaplin JM, Wolpoe ME, Catalano PJ, Sen C, Bederson JB, Govindaraj S. "Applications of fast-setting hydroxyapatite cement: cranioplasty" [In Process Citation]. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000, 123, 409-412. PMID 11020176
• Bederson JB, Chair, Awad I, Rosenwasser R, Weibers D, Piepgras D, Hademenos G, Members. "Guidelines for the management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association." Stroke, 2000, 31, 2742–2750. PMID 11056108
• Wright P, Horowitz D, Tuhrim S, Bederson JB. "Clinical improvement related to thrombolysis of third ventricular blood clot in a patient with thalamic hemorrhage." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease 10:23-26, 2001. PMID 17903795
• Patel AB, Gandhi CD, Bederson JB. "Angiographic documentation of a persistent otic artery." AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2003. 24(1): 124-6. PMID 12533340
• Bederson JB, Levy AL, Ding WH, Kahn R, DiPerna CA, Jenkins AL 3rd, Vallabhajosyula P. Acute vasoconstriction after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery. 1998 Feb;42(2):352-60; discussion 360-2. PMID 9482187
• Naff NJ, Hanley DF, Keyl PM, Tuhrim S, Kraut M, Bederson J, Bullock R, Mayer SA, Schmutzhard E. "Intraventricular thrombolysis speeds blood clot resolution: results of a pilot, prospective, randomized double-blind, controlled trial." Neurosurgery 2004. 54(3): 577-83; discussion 583-4. PMID 15028130
• Sehba FA, Mostafa G, Knopman J, Bederson JB. "Acute alterations in microvascular basal lamina after subarachnoid hemorrhage." J Neurosurg 2004. 101(4): 633-40. PMID 15481718
• Sehba FA, Mostafa G, Friedrich V, Bederson JB. "Acute microvascular platelet aggregation after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)." J Neurosurg 2005. 102(6) 1094- 1100. PMID 16028769
• Sehba FA, Bederson JB. "Mechanisms of acute brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage." Neurol Research 2006. 28(4):381-98. PMID 16759442
• Bederson JB, Chair, Batjer HH, Conolly ES, Dacey RG, Duldner J, Diringer M, Harbaugh RE, Dion JJ, Patel AB, Rosenwasser RH, Members. "Guidelines for the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council." American Heart Association. Stroke Dec, 2006. PMID 19164800
• Eloy JA, Fatterpekar GM, Bederson JB, Shohet MR. "Intracranial mucocele: an unusual complication of cerebrospinal fluid leakage repair with middle turbinate mucosal graft. J. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2007. PMID 17666272
• Eloy JA, Bederson JB, Smouha EE. "Petrous apex aspergillosis as a long-term complication of cholesterol granuloma: case report and review of the literature." Laryngoscope Journal, 2007. PMID 17471108
• Sehba FA, Flores R, Muller A, Friedrich V, Chen JF, Britz GW, Winn HR, Bederson JB. "Adenosine A(2A) receptors in early ischemic vascular injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage." J Neurosurg. 6 November 2009. PMID 19895201
• Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Derdeyn CP, Nesbit GM, Sacks D, Wechsler LR, Bederson JB, Lavine SD, Rasmussen P; American Society of Interventional Neuroradiology; Society of Interventional Radiology. "Reporting standards for endovascular repair of saccular intracranial cerebral aneurysms." J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Jul. PMID 19560031
• Gilad R, Fatterpekar GM, Gandhi CD, Winn HR, Johnson DM, Patel AB, Bederson JB, Naidich TP. "Intracranial tumors: cisternal angle as a measure of midbrain compression for assessing risk of postembolization clinical deterioration." Radiology. 2009 Jun. PMID 19474379
• Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Derdeyn CP, Nesbit GM, Sacks D, Wechsler LR, Bederson JB, Lavine SD, Rasmussen P. "Reporting standards for endovascular repair of saccular intracranial cerebral aneurysms." Stroke. 2009 May. PMID 19246711
• Bederson JB, Connolly ES Jr, Batjer HH, Dacey RG, Dion JE, Diringer MN, Duldner JE Jr, Harbaugh RE, Patel AB, Rosenwasser RH; American Heart Association. "Guidelines for the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association." Stroke. 2009 Mar. PMID 19164800
• Gologorsky Y, Meyer SA, Post AF, Winn HR, Patel AB, Bederson JB. "Novel surgical treatment of a transverse-sigmoid sinus aneurysm presenting as pulsatile tinnitus: technical case report." Neurosurgery. 2009 Feb. PMID
• Eloy JA, Carneiro E, Vibhute P, Genden EM, Bederson JB, Som PM. "A rare prevertebral ordinary lipoma presenting as obstructive sleep apnea: computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings." Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Sep. PMID 18794447
• Gandhi CD, Gilad R, Patel AB, Haridas A, Bederson JB. "Treatment of ruptured lenticulostriate artery aneurysms." J Neurosurg. 2008 Jul. PMID 18590430
• Eloy JA, Carai A, Patel AB, Genden EM, Bederson JB. "Combined endoscope-assisted transclival clipping and endovascular stenting of a basilar trunk aneurysm: case report." Neurosurgery. 2008 Mar. PMID 18424979
• Reis C, Genden EM, Bederson JB, Som PM. "A rare spontaneous osteosarcoma of the calvarium in a patient with long-standing fibrous dysplasia: CT and MR findings." Br J Radiol. 2008 Feb. PMID 18238909
• Sehba FA, Friedrich V Jr, Makonnen G, Bederson JB. "Acute cerebral vascular injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage and its prevention by administration of a nitric oxide donor." J Neurosurg. 2007 Feb. PMID 17410718
• Sehba FA, Chereshnev I, Maayani S, Friedrich V Jr, Bederson JB. "Nitric oxide synthase in acute alteration of nitric oxide levels after subarachnoid hemorrhage." Neurosurgery. 2004 Sep. PMID 15335435
• Patel AB, Gandhi CD, Bederson JB. "Angiographic documentation of a persistent otic artery." AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Jan. PMID 12533340
• Wright P, Horowitz DR, Tuhrim S, Bederson JB. "Clinical improvement related to thrombolysis of third ventricular blood clot in a patient with thalamic hemorrhage." J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2001 Jan-Feb. PMID 17903795
• Horowitz DR, Sheinart KF, Bederson JB. "Spontaneous caudate hemorrhage associated with ingestion of a decongestant containing phenylpropanolamine." J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 1999 Mar-Apr. PMID 17895147

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