Nathan C. Rowland MD, PhD

Expected Graduation Date: 2015

 

 

 

Education, Training, and Previous Positions

1998: BS, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
2009: MD,PhD, Emory University

Selected Professional Memberships and Appointments

American College of Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Selected Honors and Awards

2012: Allen Nakagawa Neurosurgery Resident Publications Fund
2011: Donald R. Townsend, M.D. Scholarship (Sinkler Miller Medical Association)
2008: 76th American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Meeting Student Marshal
2008: Sanofi-Aventis Scholar
2007-2008: Woodruff Scholarship, Emory University School of Medicine
2004-2007: Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Scholar Program Fellowship
2004: Annual MD/PhD Conference Diversity Travel Award (Keystone, CO)
2004: Minority Trainee Research Forum Fellow (Ft. Lauderdale, FLA)
2001-2004: Individual Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)
1998-2000: Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Fellowship
1998: Phi Beta Kappa, Morehouse College
1998: Summa Cum Laude, Morehouse College

Selected Recent Publications

Gross RE, Rowland NC, Sung EK, Laborde DV, Suleiman SL. Anchoring Depth Electrodes for Bedside Removal: A 'Break-away' Suturing Technique for Intracranial Monitoring. Neurosurgery. 2012 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print].

Rowland NC, Englot DJ, Cage TA, Sughrue ME, Barbaro NM, Chang EF. A meta-analysis of predictors of seizure freedom in the surgical management of focal cortical dysplasia. J Neurosurg 2012;116(5):1035-41.

Gandhoke G, Wu JC, Rowland NC, Meyer SA, Gupta C, Mummaneni PV. Anterior corpectomy versus posterior laminoplasty: is the risk of postoperative C-5 palsy different? Neurosurg Focus 2011;31(4):E12.

Rowland NC, Aghi MK. Radiation treatment strategies for acromegaly. Neurosurgical Focus 2010;29(4):E12.

Rowland NC, Laborde DV, Abbasi A, Oyesiku NM. Microscopic and Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Reasoned and Balanced Dialectic. In Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery, ed. Schwartz TH. New York: Thieme, 2011, 239-249.

Rowland NC, Goldberg JA, Jaeger D. Cortico-cerebellar coherence and causal connectivity during slow-wave activity. Neuroscience 2010;166(2):698-711.

Rowland NC, Jaeger D. Responses to tactile stimulation in deep cerebellar nucleus neurons result from recurrent activation in multiple pathways. J Neurophysiol 2008;99(2):704-17.

Rowland NC, Jaeger D. Coding of tactile response properties in the rat deep cerebellar nuclei. J Neurophysiol 2005;94(2):1236-51.