McLAREN Neurosurgeon Makes Headlines in Four Major Academic Publications In July 2018

Sunil Manjila MD., neurosurgeon at McLaren Bay Region, is making headlines in the world of academic research by having four original articles published in three prestigious neurosurgical journals, including two that made the cover pages of these journals, all in the month of July 2018.

His articles were featured in three Pubmed-indexed neurosurgical journals. including Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Focus for the month of July 2018, links to which are found at www.Pubmed.gov. The articles are titled:

• “A Morphometric Survey of the Parasellar Region in more than 2700 Skulls: Emphasis on the Middle Clinoid Process Variants and Implications in Endoscopic and Microsurgical Approaches.” Journal of Neurosurgery. 2018 Jul;129(1):60-70.
• “Intratumoral Rathke’s Cleft Cyst Remnants Within Craniopharyngioma, Pituitary Adenoma, Suprasellar Dermoid, and Epidermoid Cysts: A Ubiquitous Signature of Ectodermal Lineage or a Transitional Entity?” Neurosurgery. 2018 Jul 12. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy285
• “A Review of Extraaxial Developmental Venous Anomalies of the Brain Involving Dural Venous Flow or Sinuses: Persistent Embryonic Sinuses, Sinus Pericranii, Venous Varices or Aneurysmal Malformations, and Enlarged Emissary Veins.” Neurosurgical Focus. 2018 Jul;45(1):E9.

The last two of these papers published by Dr. Manjila featured two original classifications: Manjila and Semaan classification of jugular bulb positions and Manjila grading for persistent falcine sinuses, the former was archived for posterity by the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing group and podcasted, truly a personal and academic milestone for this scholarly neurosurgeon. As a testimony to his academic achievements, Dr. Manjila’s papers were cited well over 1000 times since 2009 to date according to Google Scholar (h-index 13 and i10 index 34). Dr. Manjila is a passionate researcher who has made significant contributions in neurosurgical research in over 90 Pubmed-indexed publications. He enjoys sharing his neurosurgical knowledge and skill in performing neurosurgical procedures with medical students and residents who rotate with him on the neurosurgical service line. As a Clinical assistant professor in neurology, he also does innovative and collaborative research in skull base and robotics, while serving as institutional Principal Investigator for VIGILANT trial (neuro-oncology) and having a patent pending for an epoch-marking “MRI-compatible cranial neuro-endoscope”.

The neurosurgical procedures Dr. Manjila performs include: skull base surgery and microsurgical aneurysm treatment, transcranial endoscopy and pituitary surgeries, intracranial tumors and awake craniotomy, complex spine surgery as well as pain-stimulators and pumps. Dr. Manjila notes that, “Innovation and research can offer huge incentives for progress in neurosurgical practice, providing a thrust for technical improvement in my own domain of surgical work”.

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