Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery, Loyola University Chicago

Neurosurgery

Christopher Loftus is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He went to medical school at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine. He received 8 awards: "West Suburban Living Magazine", "Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors", "Philadelphia Magazine", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Super Doctor", "Fellow (FAANS)" and "Top MD". Christopher Loftus is a published physician as well. He has 14 publications published. The latest was: Balloon-Occlusion Catheter Onyx Embolization of a Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in a Pediatric Patient.

Publications

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• Balloon-Occlusion Catheter Onyx Embolization of a Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in a Pediatric Patient.
• Tips, Tricks, Subtleties, and Superiority of Carotid Artery Surgery.
• Mortality rates for giant Aneurysms.
• A murine model of hypertonic saline as a treatment for acute spinal cord injury: effects on autonomic outcome.
• The combination of selective inhibition of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor and activation of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor yields improved attenuation of motor and autonom...
• The timing of Carotid endarterectomy post stroke.
• Cannabinoid CB2 receptor activation attenuates motor and autonomic function deficits in a mouse model of spinal cord injury.
• Hypertonic saline as a treatment for acute spinal cord injury: effects on somatic and autonomic outcomes as observed in a mouse model.
• Anterior approach to the subaxial Cervical spine in children: a brief review.
• Neuroendoscopy for spinal disorders: a brief review.
• Cervical carotid reVascularization: indications from a surgical perspective.
• Request form history, clinical indication, and yield of Brain magnetic resonance studies.
• Qualitative assessment of Cervical spinal stenosis: observer variability on CT and MR images.

Schools

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• SUNY Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine

• Colum Presby Med Center

• Dartmouth College

Procedures Preformed

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• Cerebral ReVascularization
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for AVM
• Ultrasound, Carotid

Conditions Treated

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• Aneurysm
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
• Neurosurgery
• Neurovascular Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• West Suburban Living Magazine
• Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors
• America's Top Doctors
• Philadelphia Magazine
• America's Top Doctors for Cancer
• Super Doctor
• Fellow (FAANS)
• Top MD

Education

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• New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus
• State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

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