Ribhu Tushar Jha, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Biography
Dr. Jha joined our department on November 1, 2019. He earned his MD from University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He completed his residency in Neurosurgery at Med Star Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Jha completed a fellowship in Complex cranial neurosurgery at University of South Florida Tampa General Hospital. Throughout his training, Dr. Jha has already shown a very promising career ahead of him. When he was a skull base neurosurgery fellow at University of South Florida Dr. Jha organized the cranial dissection club. He created the dissection curriculum, scheduled cadaver labs and taught medical students and resident’s cranial anatomy and surgical approaches. He served as a faculty instructor at the 17th Annual Masters Course in Skull Base Surgery and Microvascular Anastomosis at the University of Florida. Most of his publications are in the subspecialties of complex cranial neurosurgery. Dr. Jha is the primary author of several chapters in the 1st edition of a neurosurgical textbook Skull base Surgery: Strategies. Dr. Jha has nine publications and ten book chapters in neurosurgical textbooks. The expectations of Dr. Ribhu Tushar Jha in the Department of Neurosurgery will involve mentoring Neurosurgery residents, fellow and medical student’s education. Dr. Jha will be responsible for the expansion of the lab, creating and maintaining a dissection curriculum for the Residents and fellows.
Education
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, MD
- Georgetown University, MS
- Emory University, BS
Publications
- Published on 9/24/2021
Mackel CE, Medeiros I, Moore BE, Zhao Q, Jha R. Intracranial Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors Not Associated with a Cranial Nerve: Systematic Review and Illustrative Case. World Neurosurg. 2021 12; 156:76-91. PMID: 34563719.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/13/2021
Dowlati E, Mortazavi A, Keating G, Jha RT, Felbaum DR, Chang JJ, Nair MN, Mason RB, Aulisi EF, Armonda RA, Mai JC. The Retroauricular Incision as an Effective and Safe Alternative Incision for Decompressive Hemicraniectomy. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 05 13; 20(6):549-558. PMID: 33571367.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2020
Jha RT, Dietz N, Dowlati E, Sandhu F. Placement of C1 Lateral Mass Screw-Alternative Technique: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2020 Sep 01; 19(3):E297. PMID: 31960044.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/19/2020
Jha RT, McBride P, Zavadskiy G, van Loveren HR, Agazzi S. Retrosigmoid Transtentorial Approach Compared to Traditional Transpetrosal Approaches for the Resection of Petroclival Meningiomas: A Case-Control Study. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2021 Aug; 82(4):466-475. PMID: 35573927.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/10/2020
Soldozy S, Syed HR, Jha RT, O'Connell K, Ozdemirli M, Voyadzis JM. Giant Granular Cell Tumor of the Cervical Spinal Cord Resected via Anterior Corpectomy with Reconstruction: Technical Note and Review of Literature. World Neurosurg. 2020 07; 139:136-141. PMID: 32283320.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/30/2019
Pressman E, Jha RT, Zavadskiy G, Kumar JI, van Loveren H, van Gompel JJ, Agazzi S. Teflon™ or Ivalon®: a scoping review of implants used in microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia. Neurosurg Rev. 2020 Feb; 43(1):79-86. PMID: 31786660.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/2/2019
Noureldine MHA, Jha RT, Peto I, Malafronte PJ, Allen K, Agazzi S. Facial Nerve Schwannoma Complicated by Acute Hemorrhage After Treatment with Stereotactic Radiosurgery. World Neurosurg. 2020 Feb; 134:128-132. PMID: 31689568.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/28/2019
Jha RT, Kumar J, Pressman E, Agazzi S. Arterial Sling Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm. World Neurosurg. 2019 Dec; 132:134. PMID: 31470160.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/23/2019
Sappenfield EC, Jha RT, Agazzi S, Ros S. Cerebral arteriovenous malformation rupture in pregnancy. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jul 23; 12(7). PMID: 31340940.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/1/2019
Rotter J, Dowlati E, Jha RT, Deng T, Mason RB. Primary cervical spine AL-? amyloidoma: A case report and review of the literature. Neuropathology. 2019 Jun; 39(3):231-239. PMID: 31044465.
Read at: PubMed
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