Andrew J. Fabiano, MD
Profile
Areas of Expertise:
Brain Tumors
Spinal Tumors
Meningiomas
Hydrocephalus
Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Chiari Malformations
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Biography:
Dr. Fabiano is a native of Buffalo, NY. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago on scholarship and after only five semesters graduated with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and Chemistry with College Honors and Highest Departmental Distinction. He then matriculated to the SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences where he earned an M.D. and graduated with Thesis Honors. During medical school Dr. Fabiano was supported by an Alpha Omega Alpha Research Fellowship and evaluated the effect of multiple sclerosis on the grey matter in the brain. He helped develop methods for evaluating the multiple sclerosis disease process using magnetization transfer and diffusion-weighted MR imaging sequences.
Next, Dr. Fabiano completed a neurosurgical training program with the SUNY at Buffalo Department of Neurosurgery. His research efforts during this time focused on advances in minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques, and were supported by a Thomas F. Frawley Research Fellowship. He won a general interest award for his presentation at the 2008 American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting entitled, “Vascular presentations in the stoma with endoscopic third ventriculostomy.”
Dr. Fabiano accepted a faculty position with the Department of Neurosurgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute after completing his residency training. He has completed additional neurosurgical training courses on Gamma Knife Radiosurgery and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery. He continues to focus on the effective diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system disorders.
Research
Research Interests:
Improvements in surgical techniques for minimally invasive, endoscopic neurosurgery.
Selected Publications:
Fabiano AJ and Siddiqui AH. Spinal cord syrinx expansion following acquired chiari malformation decompression: case report. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 112(9):832-4, 2010.
Fabiano AJ, Doyle K and Grand W. Delayed stoma failure in adult communicating hydrocephalus following initial successful treatment by endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Neurosurgery 66(6):E1210-11, 2010.
Fabiano AJ, Plunkett RJ and Gibbons KJ. Diagnosis of a facial schwannoma by mr imaging enhancement of the geniculate ganglion. Archives of Neurology 67(1):112-113, 2010.
Fabiano AJ and Plunkett RJ. Approach for tunneling the lead in deep brain stimulation: technical note. Journal of Neurosurgery 112(6):1277-8, 2010.
Fabiano AJ, Leonardo J and Grand W. The posterior cerebral artery p1 segment at the stoma during endoscopic third ventriculostomy in adults. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 81(4):374-8, 2010.
Fabiano AJ, Khan MF, Rozzelle CJ and Li V. Preoperative predictors for improvement after surgical untethering in occult tight filum terminale syndrome. Pediatric Neurosurgery 45:256-61, 2009.
Fabiano AJ, Doyle CA and Plunkett RJ. Distal baclofen pump catheter migration associated with far-lateral paraspinal surgical placement. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Interface 12(2):130-4, 2009.
Fabiano AJ, Rigual N, Belber CS and Fenstermaker RA. Sellar floor reconstruction with concha bullosa bone autograft and nasal septal flap: technical note. Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery 52:86-88, 2009.
Fabiano AJ and Grand W. Vascular presentations in the stoma with endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Journal of Neurosurgery 109(2):A374, 2008.
Background Information
Education and Training:
B.S. – University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
M.D. – SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
Residency:
SUNY at Buffalo Department of Neurosurgery, Buffalo, NY
