Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine

 Head, Section of Neurovascular Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA

 Director, Cerebral Blood Flow Laboratory, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA

 Medical Director, Neurosurgery ICU, UCLA Medical Center

 Co-Director, UCLA Stroke Center

 Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine

 Director Neurosurgical Residency Prog., UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles

 Neurovascular Surgery

 Skull Base Surgery

 American Academy of Neurological Surgeons

 American Association of Neurological Surgeons

 American Medical Association

 Brain Attack Coalition Faculty Member

 California Association of Neurological Surgeons

 Congress of Neurological Surgeons

 Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery, AANS/CNS

 Joint Section of Trauma and Critical Care, AANS/CNS

 Los Angeles County Medical Association

 Neurosurgical Society of America

 North American Skull Base Society

 Western Neuroradiological Society

 Western Neurosurgical Society

 World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

1. Martin N, Pavord ID. Bronchial thermoplasty for the treatment of asthma. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 9(1):88-95 (2009).

2. Speizler RF, Martin NA. A proposed grading system for arteriovenous malformations. 1986. J Neurosurg. 108(1):186-93 (2008).

3. Prakash N, Uhlemann F, Sheth SA, Bookheimer S, Martin N, Toga AW. Current trends in intraoperative optical imaging for functional brain mapping and delineation of lesions of language cortex. Neuroimage. 2008 Aug 22; (2008).

4. Miller CM, Vespa P, Saver JL, Kidwell CS, Carmichael ST, Alger J, Frazee J, Starkman S, Liebeskind D, Nenov V, Elashoff R, Martin N. Image-guided endoscopic evacuation of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Surg Neurol. 69(5):441-6; discussion 4 (2008).

5. Burgess RE, Warach S, Schaewe TJ, Copenhaver BR, Alger JR, Vespa P, Martin N, Saver JL, Kidwell CS. Development and validation of a simple conversion model for comparison of intracerebral hemorrhage volumes measured on CT and gradient recalled echo MRI. Stroke. 39(7):2017-20 (2008).

6. Martin NE, Chen MH, Catalona WJ, Loeb S, Roehl KA, D'Amico AV. The influence of serial prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening on the PSA velocity at diagnosis. Cancer. 113(4):717-22 (2008).

7. Gonzalez N, Sedrak M, Martin N, Vinuela F. Impact of anatomic features in the endovascular embolization of 181 anterior communicating artery aneurysms. Stroke. 39(10):2776-82 (2008).

8. Marcoux J, McArthur DA, Miller C, Glenn TC, Villablanca P, Martin NA, Hovda DA, Alger JR, Vespa PM. Persistent metabolic crisis as measured by elevated cerebral microdialysis lactate-pyruvate ratio predicts chronic frontal lobe brain atrophy after traumatic brain injury. Crit Care Med. 36(10):2871-7 (2008).

9. Tateshima S, Tanishita K, Omura H, Sayre J, Villablanca JP, Martin N, Vinuela F. Intra-aneurysmal hemodynamics in a large middle cerebral artery aneurysm with wall atherosclerosis. Surg Neurol. 70(5):454-62; discussion (2008).

10. Carmichael ST, Vespa PM, Saver JL, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Starkman S, Miller CM, Kidwell CS, Liebeskind DS, Martin NA. Genomic profiles of damage and protection in human intracerebral hemorrhage. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 28(11):1860-75 (2008).

11. Lee DJ, Moftakhar P, Glenn TC, Vespa PM, Martin NA. Intra-arterial calcium channel blocker infusion for treatment of severe vasospasm in traumatic brain injury: case report. Neurosurgery. 63(5):E1004-6; discussion (2008).

12. Martin ND, Smith WR, Cole TJ, Preece MA. New height, weight and head circumference charts for British children with Williams Syndrome. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Feb 14; (2007).

13. Martin N, Innes JA, Lambert CM, Turnbull CM, Wallace WA. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Associated with Leflunomide Therapy. J Rheumatol. 2007 Jul 1; (2007).

14. Hebb MO, McArthur DL, Alger J, Etchepare M, Glenn TC, Bergsneider M, Martin N, Vespa PM. Impaired percent alpha variability on continuous electroencephalography is associated with thalamic injury and predicts poor long-term outcome after human traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 24(4):579-90 (2007).

15. Dusick JR, Glenn TC, Lee WN, Vespa PM, Kelly DF, Lee SM, Hovda DA, Martin NA. Increased pentose phosphate pathway flux after clinical traumatic brain injury: a [1,2-(13)C(2)]glucose labeling study in humans. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2007 Feb 7; (2007).

16. Hu X, Nenov V, Bergsneider M, Glenn TC, Vespa P, Martin N. Estimation of hidden state variables of the Intracranial system using constrained nonlinear Kalman filters. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 54(4):597-610 (2007).

17. Vespa PM, Miller C, Hu X, Nenov V, Buxey F, Martin NA. Intensive care unit robotic telepresence facilitates rapid physician response to unstable patients and decreased cost in neurointensive care. Surg Neurol. 67(4):331-7 (2007).

18. Dusick JR, Glenn TC, Lee WN, Vespa PM, Kelly DF, Lee SM, Hovda DA, Martin NA. Increased pentose phosphate pathway flux after clinical traumatic brain injury: a [1,2-13C2]glucose labeling study in humans. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 27(9):1593-602 (2007).

19. Martin N, Innes JA, Lambert CM, Turnbull CM, Wallace WA. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with leflunomide therapy. J Rheumatol. 34(9):1934-7 (2007).

20. Gonzalez NR, Boscardin WJ, Glenn T, Vinuela F, Martin NA. Vasospasm probability index: a combination of transcranial doppler velocities, cerebral blood flow, and clinical risk factors to predict cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neurosurg. 107(6):1101-12 (2007).

21. Vespa PM, Miller C, McArthur D, Eliseo M, Etchepare M, Hirt D, Glenn TC, Martin N, Hovda D. Nonconvulsive electrographic seizures after traumatic brain injury result in a delayed, prolonged increase in intracranial pressure and metabolic crisis. Crit Care Med. 2007 Oct 23; (2007).

22. Upchurch K, Feng L, Duckwiler GR, Frazee JG, Martin NA, Vinuela F. Nongalenic arteriovenous fistulas: history of treatment and technology. Neurosurg Focus. 20(6):E8 (2006).

23. Martin N, Reid PT. The potential role of phosphodiesterase inhibitors in the management of asthma. Treat Respir Med. 5(3):207-17 (2006).

24. Hu X, Nenov V, Glenn TC, Steiner LA, Czosnyka M, Bergsneider M, Martin N. Nonlinear analysis of cerebral hemodynamic and intracranial pressure signals for characterization of autoregulation. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 53(2):195-209 (2006).

25. Vespa P, Boonyaputthikul R, McArthur DL, Miller C, Etchepare M, Bergsneider M, Glenn T, Martin N, Hovda D. Intensive insulin therapy reduces microdialysis glucose values without altering glucose utilization or improving the lactate/pyruvate ratio after traumatic brain injury. Crit Care Med. 34(3):850-6 (2006).

26. Suzuki S, Jahan R, Duckwiler GR, Frazee J, Martin N, Vinuela F. Contribution of endovascular therapy to the management of poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Clinical and angiographic outcomes. J Neurosurg. 105(5):664-70 (2006).

27. Miele VJ, Bailes JE, Martin NA. Participation in contact or collision sports in athletes with epilepsy, genetic risk factors, structural brain lesions, or history of craniotomy. Neurosurg Focus. 21(4):e9 (2006).

28. Villablanca JP, Achiriolaie A, Hooshi P, Martin N, Duckwiler G, Jahan R, Frazee J, Gobin P, Sayre J, Vinuela F. Aneurysms of the posterior circulation: detection and treatment planning using volume-rendered three-dimensional helical computerized tomography angiography. J Neurosurg. 103(6):1018-29 (2005).

29. Dusick JR, Esposito F, Kelly DF, Cohan P, DeSalles A, Becker DP, Martin NA. The extended direct endonasal transsphenoidal approach for nonadenomatous suprasellar tumors. J Neurosurg. 102(5):832-41 (2005).

30. Vespa P, Bergsneider M, Hattori N, Wu HM, Huang SC, Martin NA, Glenn TC, McArthur DL, Hovda DA. Metabolic crisis without brain ischemia is common after traumatic brain injury: a combined microdialysis and positron emission tomography study. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 25(6):763-74 (2005).

31. Oertel M, Boscardin WJ, Obrist WD, Glenn TC, McArthur DL, Gravori T, Lee JH, Martin NA. Posttraumatic vasospasm: the epidemiology, severity, and time course of an underestimated phenomenon: a prospective study performed in 299 patients. J Neurosurg. 103(5):812-24 (2005).

32. Vespa P, McArthur D, Miller C, O'Phelan K, Frazee J, Kidwell C, Saver J, Starkman S, Martin N. Frameless stereotactic aspiration and thrombolysis of deep intracerebral hemorrhage is associated with reduction of hemorrhage volume and neurological improvement. Neurocrit Care. 2(3):274-81 (2005).

33. Pouratian N, Cannestra AF, Bookheimer SY, Martin NA, Toga AW. Variability of intraoperative electrocortical stimulation mapping parameters across and within individuals. J Neurosurg. 101(3):458-66 (2004).

34. Cannestra AF, Pouratian N, Forage J, Bookheimer SY, Martin NA, Toga AW. Functional magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging for dominant-hemisphere perisylvian arteriovenous malformations. Neurosurgery. 55(4):804-12; discussion (2004).

35. Vespa P, McArthur DL, Alger J, O'Phelan K, Hattori N, Wu C, Glenn T, Bergsneider M, Martin NA, Hovda DA. Regional heterogeneity of post-traumatic brain metabolism as studied by microdialysis, magnetic resonance spectroscopy and positron emission tomography. Brain Pathol. 14(2):210-4 (2004).

36. Gonzalez N, Murayama Y, Nien YL, Martin N, Frazee J, Duckwiler G, Jahan R, Gobin YP, Vinuela F. Treatment of unruptured aneurysms with GDCs: clinical experience with 247 aneurysms. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 25(4):577-83 (2004).

37. Pouratian N, Sheth S, Bookheimer SY, Martin NA, Toga AW. Applications and limitations of perfusion-dependent functional brain mapping for neurosurgical guidance. Neurosurg Focus. 15(1):E2 (2003).

38. Glenn TC, Kelly DF, Boscardin WJ, McArthur DL, Vespa P, Oertel M, Hovda DA, Bergsneider M, Hillered L, Martin NA. Energy dysfunction as a predictor of outcome after moderate or severe head injury: indices of oxygen, glucose, and lactate metabolism. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 23(10):1239-50 (2003).

39. Pouratian N, Sheth SA, Martin NA, Toga AW. Shedding light on brain mapping: advances in human optical imaging. Trends Neurosci. 26(5):277-82 (2003).

40. Murayama Y, Nien YL, Duckwiler G, Gobin YP, Jahan R, Frazee J, Martin N, Vinuela F. Guglielmi detachable coil embolization of cerebral aneurysms: 11 years' experience. J Neurosurg. 98(5):959-66 (2003).

41. Vespa PM, McArthur D, O'Phelan K, Glenn T, Etchepare M, Kelly D, Bergsneider M, Martin NA, Hovda DA. Persistently low extracellular glucose correlates with poor outcome 6 months after human traumatic brain injury despite a lack of increased lactate: a microdialysis study. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 23(7):865-77 (2003).

42. Pouratian N, Bookheimer SY, Rubino G, Martin NA, Toga AW. Category-specific naming deficit identified by intraoperative stimulation mapping and postoperative neuropsychological testing. Case report. J Neurosurg. 99(1):170-6 (2003).

43. Charman T, Howlin P, Aldred C, Baird G, Degli Espinosa F, Diggle T, Kovshoff H, Law J, Le Couteur A, MacNiven J, Magiati I, Martin N, McConachie H, Peacock S, Pickles A, Randle V, Slonims V, Wolke D. Research into early intervention for children with autism and related disorders: methodological and design issues. Report on a workshop funded by the Wellcome Trust, Institute of Child Health, London, UK, November 2001. Autism. 7(2):217-25 (2003).

44. Murayama Y, Song JK, Uda K, Gobin YP, Duckwiler GR, Tateshima S, Patel AB, Martin NA, Vinuela F. Combined endovascular treatment for both intracranial aneurysm and symptomatic vasospasm. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 24(1):133-9 (2003).

45. Pouratian N, Bookheimer SY, Rex DE, Martin NA, Toga AW. Utility of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging for identifying language cortices in patients with vascular malformations. Neurosurg Focus. 13(4):e4 (2002).

46. Pouratian N, Cannestra AF, Martin NA, Toga AW. Intraoperative optical intrinsic signal imaging: a clinical tool for functional brain mapping. Neurosurg Focus. 13(4):e1 (2002).

47. Oertel M, Kelly DF, McArthur D, Boscardin WJ, Glenn TC, Lee JH, Gravori T, Obukhov D, McBride DQ, Martin NA. Progressive hemorrhage after head trauma: predictors and consequences of the evolving injury. J Neurosurg. 96(1):109-16 (2002).

48. Pouratian N, Sicotte N, Rex D, Martin NA, Becker D, Cannestra AF, Toga AW. Spatial/temporal correlation of BOLD and optical intrinsic signals in humans. Magn Reson Med. 47(4):766-76 (2002).

49. Song JK, Patel AB, Duckwiler GR, Gobin YP, Jahan R, Martin NA, Cacayorin ED, Vinuela F. Adult pial arteriovenous fistula and superior sagittal sinus stenosis: angiographic evidence for high-flow venopathy at an atypical location. Case report. J Neurosurg. 96(4):792-5 (2002).

50. Glenn TC, Patel AB, Martin NA, Samii A, De Jesus C, Hovda DA. Subarachnoid hemorrhage induces dynamic changes in regional cerebral metabolism in rats. J Neurotrauma. 19(4):449-66 (2002).

51. Villablanca JP, Hooshi P, Martin N, Jahan R, Duckwiler G, Lim S, Frazee J, Gobin YP, Sayre J, Bentson J, Vinuela F. Three-dimensional helical computerized tomography angiography in the diagnosis, characterization, and management of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: comparison with conventional angiography and intraoperative findings. J Neurosurg. 97(6):1322-32 (2002).

52. Martin N. First experiences of prescribing nicotine replacement therapy as part of a smoking cessation service on an SSBN patrol. J R Nav Med Serv. 88(2):57-60 (2002).

53. Oertel M, Kelly DF, Lee JH, McArthur DL, Glenn TC, Vespa P, Boscardin WJ, Hovda DA, Martin NA. Efficacy of hyperventilation, blood pressure elevation, and metabolic suppression therapy in controlling intracranial pressure after head injury. J Neurosurg. 97(5):1045-53 (2002).

54. Vespa PM, Boscardin WJ, Hovda DA, McArthur DL, Nuwer MR, Martin NA, Nenov V, Glenn TC, Bergsneider M, Kelly DF, Becker DP. Early and persistent impaired percent alpha variability on continuous electroencephalography monitoring as predictive of poor outcome after traumatic brain injury. J Neurosurg. 97(1):84-92 (2002).

55. Villablanca JP, Jahan R, Hooshi P, Lim S, Duckwiler G, Patel A, Sayre J, Martin N, Frazee J, Bentson J, Vinuela F. Detection and characterization of very small cerebral aneurysms by using 2D and 3D helical CT angiography. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 23(7):1187-98 (2002).

56. Oskouian RJ Jr, Martin NA, Lee JH, Glenn TC, Guthrie D, Gonzalez NR, Afari A, Vinuela F. Multimodal quantitation of the effects of endovascular therapy for vasospasm on cerebral blood flow, transcranial doppler ultrasonographic velocities, and cerebral artery diameters. Neurosurgery. 51(1):30-41; discussion 4 (2002).

57. Kidwell CS, Saver JL, Mattiello J, Warach S, Liebeskind DS, Starkman S, Vespa P, Vinuela F, Villablanca JP, Martin NA, Frazee J, Alger JR. Diffusion-perfusion MR evaluation of perihematomal injury in hyperacute intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurology. 57:1611-1617. (2001).

58. Kidwell CS, El-Saden S, Livshits S, Martin NA, Glenn TC, Saver JL. Transcranial Doppler pulsatility indices as a measure of diffuse small vessel disease. Journal of Neuroimaging. 11:229-235 (2001).

59. Kidwell CS, Saver JL, Mattiello J, Warach S, Liebeskind DS, Starkman S, Vespa P, Vinuela F, Villablanca JP, Martin NA, Frazee J, Alger JR. Diffusion-perfusion MR evaluation of perihematomal injury in hyperacute intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurology. 57:1611-1617 (2001).

60. Lee J, Kelly D, Glenn T, Vespa P, Hovda DA, Martin NA. Carbon dioxide reactivity, pressure autoregulation and metabolic suppression reactivity after head injury: A transcranial Doppler ultrasound study. J Neurosurg. 2:222-32 (2001).

61. Villablanca JP, Jahan R, Hooshi P, Lim S, Duckwiler G, Patel A, Sayre J, Martin N, Frazee J, Bentson J, Vinuela F. Very small aneurysms: detection and characterization using 2D and 3D helical CTA. AJNR. (2001).

62. Kidwell CS, Saver JL, Mattielo J, Warach S, Liebeskind D, Starkman S, Vespa PM, Martin NA, Villablanca JP, Frazee J, Alger JR. Diffusion-perfusion MRI evaluation of perihematomal injury in hyperacute intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurology. 57:1611-1617 (2001).

63. Song JK, Gobin YP, Duckwiler GR, Murayama Y, Frazee JG, Martin NA, Vinuela F. NBCA embolization of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: Technical results and clinical outcome. AJNR. 22: 40-47 (2001).

64. Song JK, Vinuela F, Gobin YP, Duckwiler GR, Murayama Y, Kureshi I, Frazee JG, Martin NA. Surgical and endovascular treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: long-term disability assessment and prognostic factors. J Neurosurg. 94:199-204 (2001).

65. Kidwell CS, Martin NA, Saver JL. A new pocket-sized transcranial ultrasound device (NeuroDop): comparison with standard TCD. Journal of Neuroimaging. 10:91-95 (2000).

66. Villablanca JP, Martin N, Jahan R, Gobin YP, Frazee J, Duckwiler G, Bentson J, Hardart M, Coiteiro D, Sayre j, Vinuela F. Volume rendered helical computerized tomography angiography in the detection and characterization of intracranial aneurysms. J Neurosurg. 93(2):254-264 (2000).

67. Martin NA. Contraversies in Carotid Endarterectomy. West J Med. 149(3):326 (1988).

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