Robert Plunkett, MD
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
