CURRICULUM VITAE

DOUGLAS B. MORELAND, MD, FACS

 

 

 

Current Positions Held

 

Director -

            Buffalo Neurosurgery Group

Chief of Neurosurgery -

            Sisters of Charity Hospital

Associate Chief -

            Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Co-Director -

            Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Gamma Knife Center

Chairman -

            Executive Committee - Roswell Park Gamma Knife Center

Member at Large -

            Sisters Executive Committee

 

Education

 

Residency:  Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo 7/85-6/90

Internship: General Surgery, Millard Fillmore Hospital 7/84-6/85

Medical School: University at Buffalo 8/80-6/84

Undergraduate Education:

            University of Pennsylvania  9/76-6/80, BA- Biology

            President, Senior Honor Society (Friars)

            Class of 1915 Award, Outstanding Scholar-Athlete, Class of 1980

            Rhoades & Theoron scholarship finalist (declined)

            NCAA post graduate scholarship finalist (declined)

            National Ranking, All-Ivy League, All-East -3000m steeplechase

            Deans List 1977-1979

High School:

            Iroquois Central High School 1972-1976

            All-State, All-American Cross Country Team

            Western New York High School Athlete-of-the-Year, 1976 (Billy Kelly Award)

            Outstanding Boy, Iroquois Central High School, Class of 1976

            National Ranking – one mile and two mile runs

            Captain Track & Cross Country Teams

            WNY High School one mile run record (4:14.2) 1976 - present

 

 

Society Memberships

 

            Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1987 - present

            American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1990 - present

            New York State Neurosurgical Society, 1990 - present

            Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1997 - present

            American Medical Association - 1998 - present

            Leksell Gamma Knife Society, 1999 - present

            AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, 2000 - present

            WNY Chapter - American College of Surgeons, 2000 - present

            North American Spine Society, 2001 - present

            NY Chapter - American College of Surgeons, 2002 - present

 

 

Outside Activities

 

Running:         The Buffalo News age group "Runner of the Year", 1991

                        All American, Half Marathon, 1991

 

Board of Directors:

                        Platform Technology Holdings LLC, 1999 - 2001

 

Board of Trustees:

                        The Gow School for Dyslexia, 1989-1991

                       

Executive Committee:

                        Medical Staff President, Sisters of Charity Hospital 1998-1999

                        Cabinet Officer, Sisters of Charity Hospital 1994-1998

                        Chairman, RPCI Gamma Knife Executive Committee

                       

Little League Baseball Coach:

                        Hertel North Park, 1995 - 2001

 

 

Advisory Boards:

            Independent Health – Guidelines committee for spinal surgery

            Community Blue of WNY- Guidelines committee for spinal surgery

            Health Care Plan – General Advisory Council

            Gamma Knife Case Review Committee, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

            Kaleida Health Speakers’ Bureau

            Catholic Health System - Cabinet for Rehabilitative Medicine

            Univera, Blue Cross Blue Shield - Peer Review Board

 

Hospital Affiliations

 

Sisters of Charity - Chief of Neurosurgery

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Co-Director - Gamma Knife Center

Buffalo General

Kenmore Mercy

Millard Fillmore

South Buffalo Mercy

Our Lady of Victory

St. Joseph Hospital

Mt. St. Mary's Hospital

Erie County Medical Center

 

 

Certification

 

            License:  New York

            Board Certified:  American Board of Neurological Surgery, 11/93

 

 

Publications

 

            1.         Fish D, Mendel F, Moreland DB: Tolerance of Peripheral Nerve to Chronic Implantation of Electrode Materials.         The Anatomical Record 211:62A. 1985

            2.         Moreland DB, Glasauer FE, Egnatchik JG, Heffner RR, Alker GJ:  Focal Cortical Dysplasia; Case Report.  Journal of Neurosurgery 68:487-490. 1988

            3.         Soloniuk DS, Moreland DB: Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis with Extension to the Posterior Fossa; Case Report. Neurosurgery 23:641-643, 1988

            4.         Moreland DB, Soloniuk DS:  Leukotrienes in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury.  Surgical Neurology 31:277-280, 1989

            5.         Moreland DB, Egnatchik JG, Bennett GJ:  Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation for the Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures.  Neurosurgery 27:69-73, 1990

            6.         Moreland DB, Lewis PJ, Yu YJ, Clabeaux DE: Letter to the Editor regarding Outpatient surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy; Tomaras CR, Blacklock JB, Parker WD, et al. Journal of Neurosurgery  88:358, 1998

            7.         Moreland DB, Diaz-Ordaz E, Czajka GA, Zugger,CM: Endoscopic Resection of Pituitary Lesions Through the Nostril. Seminars in Perioperative Nursing 7:193-199, July, 1998

8.                  Moreland DB, Diaz-Ordaz E, Czajka GA: Endoscopic Endonasal Hemisphenoidotomy

            for Resection of Pituitary Lesions Confined to the Sella.  Minimally Invasive

            Neurosurgery:  June, 2000 

9.         Moreland DB, Landi MK, Grand W: Vertebroplasty: techniques to avoid

            complications. The Spine Journal 1: 66-71, 2001

            10.       Asch HL, Lewis PJ, Moreland DB, Egnatchik JG, Yu YJ, Clabeaux DE, Hyland AH:

                        Prospective Multiple Outcomes Study of Outpatient Lumbar Microdiscectomy: should

                        75-80% success rates be the norm? J Neurosurg (Spine 1) 96:34-44, 2002

            11.       MacKenzie J.T., Podgorsak M.B., Moreland D.: Validity of stereotactic frame

                        localization when one fixation pin is removed. J Neurosurg (submitted).

            12.       MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M, Moreland D.:Stereotactic accuracy as a function of the

                        number of fixation screws. Med. Phys. 29, 1251 (2002).

13.       MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M.B., Moreland D., Huck C: Validity of stereotactic frame localization when one fixation pin is removed.  Paper Poster presentation.

Proceedings of the 11th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Prague, Czech Republic, May 12-16, 2002, p. 224.

14.       Douglas B. Moreland reviewed manuscript entitled: "Management of Spinal Metastases", by Frank D. Vrionis, M.D., Ph.D., Henry Wagner, M.D. and Rafael Miguel, M.D. for scientific content for consideration of publication in Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. January 2, 2003

15.       G. Cernica, D. Vilorio, J. MacKenzie, M. Jurca, S. deBoer, M. Podgorsak,

            D. Moreland, D. Shah, R. Fenstermaker, and R. Plunkett; The Gamma Knife Center at Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Four Years of Experience, Med. Phys. 30, 1521 (2003).

 

Presentations

 

            1.         Soloniuk DS, Moreland DB:  The Role of Leukotrienes in Secondary Spinal Cord Injury.

                                    The Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February, 1988

            2.         Moreland DB, Soloniuk DS, Perkins E:  The Effect of Succinate on the Ischemic Penumbra in Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats.

                                    The Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurologic Surgeons, Victoria British Columbia, Canada, September, 1988

            3.         Hopkins LN, Budny JL, Moreland DB:  Adjunctive Endovascular Techniques in Neurosurgery. 

                                    The Richard Lende Winter Neurosurgery Conference, Snowbird, Utah,

                                    February, 1989

            4.         Moreland DB, Egnatchik JG, Bennett GJ:  The Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures with Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation.

                                    The American Association of Neurologic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  Nashville, Tennessee, May, 1990

5.                  Moreland DB, (P. Jeffrey Lewis):  Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Pathology.

 New York State Chiropractic Association - District 17

                                     February 13, 1997

6                    Moreland DB:  Endoscopic Endonasal Removal of Pituitary Tumors.

            University Grand Rounds, Department of Endocronology

            Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo New York.

                                    March, 1997   

            7.         Moreland DB:  Endoscopic Endonasal Removal of Pituitary Tumors.

                        The University of Buffalo Spring Clinical Day, Buffalo, May, 1997 - 2nd place award.

8.      Moreland, DB:  Surgical management of low back pain.  Western New York Society

                        of  Osteopathic Medicine.  The Marriott, September 13, 1997

            9.         Moreland DB:  Bronchogenic Lung Cancer With Metastatic Disease to the Brain and

                        Adrenal Gland - Case Report.

                                    The Sisters Hospital Cancer Program Conference, Buffalo, December 3, 1997

            10.       Moreland DB, Shah, D:  Modern Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. 

                                    Sisters Hospital Cancer Program Conference, Buffalo, September 2, 1998

            11.       Moreland, DB, Shah D:  Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in metastatic disease.  Surgical

                        Society of Buffalo.  October, 1998

            12.       Moreland, DB, Shah D:  Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.  Niagara County Medical

                        Society, December 1998

            13.       Moreland, DB: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.  University of Buffalo,

                        Family Practice Monthly Lecture.  Sisters Hospital, January 21, 1999

            14.       Moreland, DB: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.  Buffalo Surgical Society Monthly

                        Meeting.  The Buffalo Club, January 27, 1999

            15.       Moreland DB:  Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.  Millard Fillmore Hospital Grand Rounds.

            Buffalo, New York, May 10, 1999

            16.       Moreland, DB:  Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.  Kenmore Mercy Hospital Medical

            Grand Rounds.  Buffalo, New York, August 3, 1999

            17.       Moreland, DB, Shah, D:  Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.  Erie County Medical Center,

                        University at Buffalo Medical Grand Rounds. August 6, 1999

            18.       Moreland, DB:  Applications of the Gamma Knife.  Mercy Hospital University Grand

            Rounds.  Buffalo, New York, October 14, 1999

19.       Moreland, DB:  Percutaneous Iliac Crest Bone Marrow Graft for Cage Fusions.  WNY

            Orthopaedic Society annual Potts Lecture.  Buffalo, New York, October 16, 1999

            20.       Moreland, DB:  "The Gamma Knife - An Overview".  Our Lady of Victory Hospital

                        Surgical Rounds.  Buffalo, New York, October 26, 1999

            21.       Moreland, DB, Czajka, G:  Iliac Crest Bone Marrow Graft for Lumber Cage Fusion: A

                        new minimally invasive technique.

                        Congress of Neurologic Surgeons Annual National Meeting Boston,  MA.

                        November 2, 1999

22.       Moreland, DB: MRI cross sectional Neuro Anatomy-Presented case studies of brain

                        and spine. 

Nation-wide live broadcast of General Electric Medical Systems-TIP TV. Milwaukee, WI, November 18, 1999

Subsequent taped broadcast topics:

March 2000-Vertebroplasty

June 2000-MRI Interventional procedures

August 2000-MRI Imaging

23.       Moreland, DB Gamma Knife lecture.  St. Mary's Hospital.  Lewiston, NY,

            December 16, 1999

            24.       Moreland, DB: Current Management of Acoustic Neuromas: Microsurgical or Gamma

Knife Radiosurgery?  

            University of Buffalo, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Grand Rounds.

            Buffalo, NY, January 21, 2000

25.       Moreland, DB: Minimally invasive bone graft harvest technique for

            lumbar cage fusion: Percutaneous Iliac Crest Bone Marrow Graft (PICBMG)

            plus local bone.

                        AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral

                        Nerves. Palm Springs, CA, February 23-26, 2000

            26.       Moreland, DB: The use of the MIN-RAD DRTS for Vertebroplasty. MIN-RAD

            national sales meeting.  Buffalo, NY, February 24, 2000

27.       Donaldson, DR, Moreland, DB, Shah, DK:  Short-term outcomes in the treatment of

            Vestibular Schwannomas with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

                        15th Annual Residents Research Symposium - 3rd prize

                        Buffalo, NY, Spring 2000

28.       Moreland, DB:  Laser Guidance Technology for Assistance in Vertebroplasty.

            Spencer Trask Securities, Inc.  New York, NY, May 1, 2000

29.       Landi MK, Grand W, Moreland, DB:  Vertebroplasty: Perils and Pitfalls. 

            CNS Annual Meeting.  San Antonio, Texas, September 23-28, 2000

30.       Moreland DB, Landi MK, Grand, W: Techniques to avoid complications in Percutaneous Vertebroplasty. 

                        North American Spine Society 15th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA,

                        October 27, 2000

31.       Moreland, DB: Vertebroplasty - State of the Art.  WNY Orthopaedic Society annual Potts lecture.  SUNY at Buffalo, Orthopaedic Day, Buffalo, NY, December 2, 2000

32.       Moreland, DB: "New advances in Vertebroplasty". Buffalo Spine and Sports Medicine, Clinical Rounds.  Williamsville, NY, December 18, 2000

33.       Moreland, DB: Vertebroplasty-Application to Your Practice.  The Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society Annual Spring Meeting.

                        The Crowne Plaza Hotel Philadelphia, PA - April 6, 2001

34.       Moreland, DB: Complications in Vertebroplasty.  The Department of Neurosurgery. Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

                         Philadelphia, PA - April 6, 2001

35.       Moreland, DB: Use of the Rabea cage: Preliminary results with 57 patients for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.  Signus Medical. 

                        Toronto, Ontario, April 23, 2001

36.       Moreland, DB: The Effect of Age on outcomes in outpatient lumbar Microdiscectomy: A Prospective Study of 212 patients.  The University at Buffalo Spring Clinical Day.

                        Buffalo, NY - April 28, 2001

37.       Moreland, DB: Use of the Rabea cage: Preliminary results with 57 patients for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.  Signus Medical.  Focus Group.

                        San Diego, CA, October 1, 2001

38.       Moreland, DB: The Effect of Age on outcomes in outpatient lumbar Microdiscectomy.  A Prospective study of 212 patients.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.  San Diego, CA, October 2, 2001

39.       MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M.B., Moreland, DB: Relationship between stereotactic headframe rigidity and the number of pins used for fixation.

             Bi-annual meeting of the Upstate NY Chapter of the AAPM and the 8th annual

             Lecture Series in Medical Physics.  Rochester, NY, October 25, 2001

40.       Moreland DB, Huynh L, Cappuccino A, Czajka G, Castiglia, G: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with Implantable Titanium Cage. 

                        2002 AANS/CNS section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves

                        Annual Meeting.  Orlando, Florida, February 27 - March 2, 2002        

41.       Moreland DB: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with Titanium Inter-body "Box" Cage. Poster presentation.

                        Meeting of the Americas II

                        New York, New York, April 25 - 27, 2002

42.       MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M.B., Moreland DB, Huck C.: Validity of Stereotactic Frame Localization When One Fixation Pin is Removed. Paper Poster presentation.

                        11th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society

                        Prague, Czech Republic, May 12 - 16, 2002

43.       Moreland DB: Our experience with Radiosurgery for Brain Metastasis in 121 Consecutive Patients: Does Peer Review Prior to Treatment Effect Survival Curves? Paper Poster presentation.

                        11th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society

                        Prague, Czech Republic, May 15 - 17, 2002

44.       MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M., Moreland D.: Stereotactic accuracy as a function of the number of fixation screws.   Paper Poster presentation.

            American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 44th annual meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - July 14-18, 2002

45.       Moreland DB: Outpatient Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Age Relationship to Outcome and Tempered Expectations.  Poster presentation

                        North American Spine Society (NASS), 17th Annual Meeting

                        Montreal, Quebec, Canada - October 29 - November 2, 2002

46.       Moreland DB, Maurer P, Castiglia G, Czajka G, Egnatchik J, Lewis P: ACDF with Cylinder Type Cage compared to Box Cage & Allograft Bone.  Paper Poster presentation. 

                        Cervical Spine Research Society 30th Annual Meeting.

                        Miami Beach, Fl - Fountainbleau Hilton - December 5-7, 2002

47.       Cernica G, Vilorio D, Mackenzie J, Jurca M, deBoer S, Podgorsak M, Moreland D, Shah D, Fenstermaker R, Plunkett R:  The gamma knife center at Roswell Park Cancer Institute - four years of experience.

                        American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 45th annual meeting

                        San Diego, California, August 10-14, 2003

 

 

Presentations to the Allied Health Community

 


            1.         Moreland DB:  Applications of Imaging Procedures in Neurosurgery.

                                    Niagara Frontier Society of Radiologic Technologists, March, 1997

            2.         Moreland DB:  Neurosurgical Treatments of Spinal Pathology and Pituitary Tumors.

                                    Computed Tomography Technologist Society of Western New York, March 7, 1998

3.                  Moreland DB:  Advances in the Treatment of Gliomas, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

                        Western New York Physician Assistant Association,

                        Amherst, New York, May 11, 1999

4.         Moreland DB:  Gamma Knife Surgery.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Central New York- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, June 21, 1999

5.         Moreland DB:  Anesthetic Concerns in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

                        New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetist Annual Meeting.

                        University Inn, Buffalo, New York, May 6, 2000

6.         Moreland DB:  Gamma Knife Review and Update.

                        Independent Health Association-Roswell Park Cancer Institute, May 3, 2000

7.         Moreland DB:  Gamma Knife Review and Update.

                        Univera Health Care, Inc-Roswell Park Cancer Institute, May 9, 2000

8.         Moreland DB:  Clinical Review Committee for procedural approval: The Gamma

                        Knife experience.  Medical Advisory Board - Blue Cross & Blue Shield of

                        WNY.  Invited guest lecturer.  Blue Cross & Blue Shield corporate offices,

                        Buffalo, NY, October 19, 2000

9.         Moreland DB:  Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

                        Nurse Practitioner's Association of WNY.  Saturn Club, Buffalo, NY,

                        October 24, 2000

10.       Moreland DB: Clinical Applications of the Dual Radiation Targeting System.

                        MINRAD Corporation - Pillars Hotel, Buffalo, NY, November 8, 2000

11.       Moreland DB: Clinical Applications of the Dual Radiation Targeting System.

                        MINRAD Corporation - Pillars Hotel, Buffalo, NY, February 19, 2001

12.       Moreland DB, Mackenzie J, Podgorsak M, - Roswell Park Cancer Institute -

                        Department of Radiation Medicine: Lecture Series in Medical Physics.

            Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: The relationship between stereotactic head-frame

            rigidity and the number of pins used for fixation.  Upstate New York Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine - University of Rochester Medical Center, October 25, 2001

13.       Moreland DB: Treatment of TIC DOULOUREX.

                        WNY Association of Neuroscience Nurses.  Mariott Hotel, Buffalo, NY,

                        June 5, 2000.

Neurosurgery Courses

 


            Emory University School of Medicine - Contemporary Neurosurgery Lesson Series - 1994

 

            Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Annual Meeting - October, 1994

            Annenberg Center - Current Concepts in Spinal Endoscopy - Palm Springs, California - November 18-19, 1994

 

            Emory University School of Medicine - Contemporary Neurosurgery Lesson Series - 1995

 

            Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Annual Meeting - October, 1995

 

            Emory University School of Medicine - Contemporary

            Neurosurgery Lesson Series - 1996

 

            Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Annual Meeting - October, 1996

 

            Medical Education and Research Institute - Frameless Stereotaxy: Innovative Applications for Image Guided Surgery -  Memphis, Tennessee - May 30-31, 1996

 

            University of Florida College of Medicine - Linac Radiosurgery - 1996 Program - Gainsville, Florida - December 11-15, 1996

 

            Emory University School of Medicine - Contemporary Neurosurgery Lesson Series  1997

 

            University at Buffalo School of Medicine - Spring Clinical Day 1997 - Buffalo, NY - April 26, 1997

 

            University at Buffalo School of Medicine - Brain Microvasculature Conference - Buffalo, NY - May 3-4, 1997

 

            University of Pittsburgh, Center for Continuing Education in Health Sciences - Advanced Image-Guided Stereotactic Surgery, Radiosurgery, and Frameless Techniques - Palm Beach, Florida - November 19-21, 1997

 

            American Association of Neurological Surgeons & Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery Annual Meeting - Orlando, Florida - February 1-4, 1998

 

            Karolinska Gamma Knife Center - The Leksell Gamma Knife Training Course - Stockholm, Sweden - September 14-23, 1998

           

            Barrow Neurological Institute- Recent Advances in Neurosurgery - Scottsdale, Arizona - March 4-5, 1999

 

            Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Conference - Buffalo, NY - October 8, October 22, November 5, November 19, December 3, December 17, December 31, 1999

            The joint meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery & the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology.  Extracranial Carotid Reconstruction: Endarterectomy, Angioplasty & Stenting -  New Orleans, LA - February 6-9, 2000

 

            10th International meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Squaw Valley, CA - April 14-16, 2000

 

            Vertebroplasty Preceptorship with Dr. Mohit Bhatnagar, Baltimore, MD - June 7, 2000

 

            Advances in Treating Vertebral Body Compression Fractures focusing on Kyphoplasty,™

            the minimally invasive reduction and fixation of vertebral body compression fractures, Cleveland, OH - September 15, 2000

 

            North American Spine Society 15th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA - October 25-28, 2000

 

            A Decade of Difference:  Progress in the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - 1/1/00 -12/21/00

 

            Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - September 30, 2001 - October 4, 2001

              

            11th International meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Prague, Czech Republic -

            May 13 - 16, 2002

 

            Synthetic Bone Grafting for Physicians - Buffalo, NY - December 15, 2002

 

            American Association of  Neurological Surgeons 71st Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA -

            April 26 - May 1, 2003

 

            Global Symposium on Intervertebral Disc Replacement and Non-Fusion Technology - Scottsdale, Arizona - May 1 - 3, 2003

 

 

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