Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
8/1996-5/2000
Post-Graduate Training
Doctor of Medicine
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
7/2004-6/2005
Intern, Department of General Surgery
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Charity Hospital
Chairman: J. Patrick O’Leary, M.D.
Program Director: Jaime Rodriguez, M.D.
7/2005-6/2006
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Charity Hospital/Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Chairman: David G. Kline, M.D.
Program Director: Robert Tiel, M.D.
7/2005-6/2006
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Chairman: Edward C. Benzel, M.D.
Program Director: Richard Schlenk, M.D.
Graduation Date: June, 2011
7/2006-5/2011
Clinical Oncology Fellow
Brain Tumor Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Mentor: Robert Weil, M.D.
7/2008-12/2008
Clinical Spine Fellow, Spine Institute
Center for Spine Health
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Program Director: Edward C. Benzel M.D., Robert F. McLain M.D.
1/2009-12/2009
Cranial/Spine Radiosurgery Fellow
Brain Tumor Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Mentor: Lilyana Angelov, M.D.
1/2010-6/2010
Teaching Experience
Private Tutor, Biology and Chemistry
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
1996-2000
Mentor, LSUHSC Mentorship Program
Lab Faculty, Cleveland Clinic Spine Review
2003-2004
2009-2010
Awards & Honors
Louisiana Honors Scholarship
George P. Coussan Memorial Scholarship
Lafayette Parish Medical Society Scholarship
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Honors Program Deans List
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society
Recognized for heroic efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
1996-2000
1996
1998
1996-2000
1999
1999
2006
Certifications
USMLE Step 1 passed
USMLE Step 2 passed
USMLE Step 3 passed
ABNS Neurosurgery written examination passed
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
ACLS/BLS
2002
2003
2005
2009
2009
Licensure
State of Louisiana
State of Texas
State of NJ
State of PA
NPI #1548430754
MD.206532
P6951
25MA08973000
MD442978
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Member, American College of Surgeons
Member, American Medical Association
Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Member, North American Spine Society
Member, AO Spine
Southern Neurosurgical Society
Louisiana Neurosurgical Society
Louisiana State Medical Society
Lafayette Parish Medical Society
Committees
CCF Neurosurgery residency selection committee
2008-2010
Peer-Reviewed Publications/Papers
- Albert N. Swafford Jr., Dani S. Bidros, M.D., Terrence M. Truxillo, Mary E. Giaimo, Harvey I. Miller, Kathleen H. McDonough. Ethanol Intoxication and Lactated Ringer’s Resuscitation Prolong Hemorrhage-Induced Lactic Acidosis. Shock. 20(3):237-244, September 2003
- Dani S. Bidros, M.D.. Hurricane Katrina: Neurosurgical Resident Experiences and Impact. Neurosurgery News, 2006 AANS Meeting Issue, Volume 7-Number 1.
- Dani S. Bidros, M.D.and Michael A. Vogelbaum, M.D., Ph.D. Novel Drug Delivery Strategies in Neuro-Oncology. Neurotherapeutics 6(3):539-546, July 2009.
- Dani S. Bidros, M.D. James K. Liu, M.D., and Michael A. Vogelbaum, M.D., Ph.D. Future of Convection-Enhanced Delivery in the Treatment of Brain Tumors. Future Oncol. 6(1):117-125, 2010.
- Nagel SJ, Jehi LE, O’Dwyer R, Dani S. Bidros, M.D., Hiremath GK, Bingaman WE. Predicting Seizure Freedom after Two or More Chronic Invasive Evaluations in Patients with Intractable Epilepsy. World Neurosurg. 2012 Mar-Apr; 77 (3-4): 548-55.
- John H. Shin, M.D., Sean Nagel, M.D., Dani S. Bidros, M.D., and Ajit A. Krishnaney, M.D. Unilateral Costotransversectomy and Collagen Matrix Onlay Graft for Ventral Dural Repair in Idiopathic Thoracic Spinal Cord Herniation: Novel Technique and Report of Surgical Outcomes. Submitted for Review.
- Angelov L, Dani S. Bidros M.D., Djemil T, Neyman A, Reddy C, Chao S, Benzel E. Surgical Separation: A Key Adjunct for Enhancing the Efficacy of Stereotactic Spine Radiosurgery for Epidural Disease. Submitted to Neurosurgery.
Research
- Hendrik Klopper, Dani Bidros, Peter Rasmussen et al. Treatment of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae: experience of three institutions.
- Dani Bidros, Fred Reu, Lilyana Angelov. Management of Multiple Myeloma Spine Metastases, Prospective RCT of observation vs Spine Radiosurgery vs vertebral augmentation vs combination therapy.
Book Chapters
- Dani S. Bidros, Michael P. Steinmetz, and Daniel K. Resnick. Pathophysiology and Treatment of Low Back Pain. Surgical Management of Low Back Pain, 2/E. Thieme Medical Publishers.
- Dani Bidros and Michael Vogelbaum. Delivery Issues in Brain Tumors. Youmans Neurological Surgery, 6th Edition.
- Dani Bidros, William Lavelle, Christopher Iannotti, and Edward Benzel. Biomechanics of the Cervical Spine. Cervical Spine Surgery: Current Trends and Challenges. Edited by Praveen Mummaneni, et al.
- Christopher Iannotti, Dani Bidros, and Edward Benzel. Biomechanics of Disk Arthroplasty, What to do to Improve Results, Present & Perspectives. Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease. Edited by Alex Vaccaro, et al.
- Dani Bidros, Christopher Iannotti, and Edward Benzel. Spine Biomechanics. Spine ehandbook. Edited by James Harrop.
- Dani Bidros, James Liu, and Edward Benzel. Management of Traumatic Bilateral Jumped Cervical Facet Joints with Open Reduction in Patients with Incomplete Myelopathy. Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance and Management. Edited by Edward Benzel, 3rd Edition.
- James K Liu, Dani S Bidros, and Edward Manno. Postoperative Care in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit. Anesthesia for Spine Surgery. Edited by Ehab Farag. Chapter 17. Cambridge University Press.
Abstracts
- Dani S Bidros, MD and Bryan R. Payne, MD. Utility of CT Cisternography with Gamma Knife Surgery in the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2005.
- Dani Bidros, Alejandro Spiotta, Lilyana Angelov. Intraventricular Malignant Meningioma with Intradural Spinal Metastases. Poster presentation presented at the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute research day, May, 2009.
- Nagel SJ, Jehi LE, O’Dwyer R, Hiremath GK, Bidros D, Bingaman WE. Predicting Seizure Freedom after Two or More Chronic Invasive Evaluations in Patients with Intractable Epilepsy. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA 2009
- Angelov L, Bidros D, Djemil T, Neyman A, Reddy C, Chao S, Benzel E. Surgical Separation: A Key Adjunct for Enhancing the Efficacy of Stereotactic Spine Radiosurgery for Epidural Disease. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October, 2010.
Courses, Meetings, Symposia
- 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2005
- Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery of the Cranial Base and Pituitary Fossa Course, University of Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
- Research Update for Neurosurgeons in Neuroscience (RUNN), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, October 2007
- Gamma Knife Course, Cleveland Clinic Brain Tumor Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008.
- Approaches to the Skull Base, Anspach Course, West Palm Beach, FL, November 2008
- Surgical Treatment of the Craniocervical Junction, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, June 2009
- Cleveland Clinic Spine Review Hands-On 2009, Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, Cleveland, Ohio, July 2009
- AANS Stereotactic Radiosurgery Course, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, October 16-18, 2009
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24-29, 2009
- 4th Annual David W. Cahill Spine Symposium, Controversies in Spinal Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, November 7-8, 2009
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 2010
- 81st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2013