Marat V. Avshalumov, Ph.D , is
a neurophysiologist who specializes in the intraoperative
monitoring of spinal cord and brain function during
complicated surgical procedures that place the nervous
system at risk. Intraoperative neurophysiological
monitoring assists in protecting the brain and spinal
cord by providing real time feedback (information)
regarding the status of the nervous system to the
surgical team. The neurophysiological team will make
recordings of spontaneous or elicited electrical signals
from the brain, spinal cord, cranial and peripheral
nerves, and
muscle during surgery. The timely neurophysiological
assessments help in the
identification of neural tissue and can warn of impending
injury, thus permitting corrective action to be taken
while the patient is still in the operating room.
Dr. Avshalumov received his doctorate in neuroscience
from the Rostove State
University in Russia. Following this he completed
several years of postdoctoral
training in neurophysiology in NYU School of Medicine,
where he became a Research Assistant Professor. In
2007 Dr. Avshalumov joined an intraoperative monitoring
program in Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, and
received advanced training in clinical neurophysiology.
Dr. Avshalumov is also an active researcher. He
has conducted research studies related to Parkinson’s
disease. These studies resulted in numerous publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (PNAS), and The Journal of Neuroscience. Currently Dr. Avshalumov
is co-investigator on the NIH funded project focusing
on the role of potassium channels in regulation of
physiological properties of dopaminergic neurons.
Dr. Avshalumov is a member of the American Society
of Neurophysiologic Monitoring and the Society for
Neuroscience.
