Robert Plunkett, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Neurosurgery

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo

Profile

Areas of Expertise:

Brain Tumors

Cancer Pain

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

Research

Research Interests:

Biology of brain tumors

Novel treatments for brain tumors

Selected Publications:

1. Diagnosis of facial nerve schwannoma by magnetic resonance imaging enhancement of the geniculate ganglion. Fabiano AJ, Plunkett RJ, Gibbons KJ. Arch Neurol. 2010 Jan;67(1):112-3.

2. Approach for tunneling the lead in deep brain stimulation. Fabiano AJ, Plunkett RJ. J Neurosurg. 2010 Jun;112(6):1277-8.

3. Estrogen increases survival in an orthotopic model of glioblastoma. Barone TA, Gorski JW, Greenberg SJ, Plunkett RJ. J Neurooncol. 2009 Oct;95(1):37-48. Epub 2009 May 5.

4. Subthalamic nucleus metastasis causing hemichorea-hemiballism treated by gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery. Karampelas I, Podgorsak MB, Plunkett RJ, Fenstermaker RA. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2008 Apr;150(4):395-6; discussion 397. Epub 2008 Mar 3.

5. Elevation of osteopontin levels in brain tumor cells reduces burden and promotes survival through the inhibition of cell dispersal. Selkirk SM, Morrow J, Barone TA, Hoffer A, Lock J, DeChant A, Mangla S, Plunkett RJ, Miller RH. J Neurooncol. 2008 Feb;86(3):285-96. Epub 2007 Oct 11.

6. Intratumoral hemorrhage after remote subtotal microsurgical resection and gamma knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma. Karampelas I, Alberico RA, Plunkett RJ, Fenstermaker RA. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007 Mar;149(3):313-6; discussion 316-7. Epub 2007 Feb 2.

Background Information

Education and Training:

MD - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Residency:

Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN

Board Certification:

Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery

Fellowships:

Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Publications

Publications:

Fabiano AJ, Plunkett RJ, Gibbons KJ. Diagnosis of facial nerve schwannoma by magnetic resonance imaging enhancement of the geniculate ganglion. Archives of neurology 2010; 67(1):112-113
Fabiano AJ, Plunkett RJ. Approach for tunneling the lead in deep brain stimulation. Journal of neurosurgery 2010; 112(6):1277-1278
Gottlieb PA, Barone T, Sachs F, Plunkett R. Neurite outgrowth from PC12 cells is enhanced by an inhibitor of mechanical channels. Neuroscience letters 2010; 481(2):115-119
Barone TA, Gorski JW, Greenberg SJ, Plunkett RJ. Estrogen increases survival in an orthotopic model of glioblastoma. Journal of neuro-oncology 2009; 95(1):37-48
Strojnik T, Kavalar R, Barone TA, Plunkett RJ. Experimental model and immunohistochemical comparison of U87 human glioblastoma cell xenografts on the chicken chorioallantoic membrane and in rat brains. Anticancer research 2010; 30(12):4851-4860
Karampelas I, Podgorsak MB, Plunkett RJ, Fenstermaker RA. Subthalamic nucleus metastasis causing hemichorea-hemiballism treated by gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery. Acta neurochirurgica 2008; 150(4):395-396; discussion 397
Selkirk SM, Morrow J, Barone TA, Hoffer A, Lock J, DeChant A, Mangla S, Plunkett RJ, Miller RH. Elevation of osteopontin levels in brain tumor cells reduces burden and promotes survival through the inhibition of cell dispersal. Journal of neuro-oncology 2008; 86(3):285-296
Karampelas I, Alberico RA, Plunkett RJ, Fenstermaker RA. Intratumoral hemorrhage after remote subtotal microsurgical resection and gamma knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma. Acta neurochirurgica 2007; 149(3):313-316; discussion 316-7
Barone TA, Gottlieb PA, Murphy YK, Sachs F, Plunkett RJ. A peptide from tarantula venom enhances NGF-induced neurite production in dopaminergic PC12 cells. Cell transplantation 2008; 17(4):461
Fabiano AJ, Doyle C, Plunkett RJ. Intrathecal medications in post-herpetic neuralgia. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2012; 13(8):1088-1090
Fabiano AJ, Hoppenot R, Plunkett RJ. Heroin-inhalation-induced cerebellar leukoencephalopathy. Chirurgia (Turin, Italy) 2012; 25(2):133-134

Referral

Email:

Robert.Plunkett@RoswellPark.org

Fax:

716-845-8980