Robert L. Grubb, Jr., MD

Specialty Areas
Neurological Surgery
Neurosurgery - Consultation

Areas of Clinical Interest
Consultation for spinal disorders and general neurosurgical disorders.

Patients must be referred by a physician.

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)

Listed in America's Top Doctors, 2002-2012 (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)

Distinguished Service Award, Washington University School of Medicine, May 2005

Donaghy Award - Cerebrovascular Section, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, May 2004

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Washington CW, Grubb RL Jr. Response. J Neurosurg. 2013 Jan.

Grubb RL Jr, Powers WJ, Clarke WR, Videen TO, Adams HP Jr, Derdeyn CP; Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study Investigators. Surgical results of the Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study. J Neurosurg. 2013 Jan.

Washington CW, Grubb RL Jr. Are routine repeat imaging and intensive care unit admission necessary in mild traumatic brain injury? J Neurosurg. 2012 Mar.

Kadkhodayan Y, Somogyi CT, Cross DT 3rd, Derdeyn CP, Zipfel GJ, Chicoine MR, Rich KM, Grubb RL Jr, Dacey RG Jr, Moran CJ. Technical, angiographic and clinical outcomes of Neuroform 1, 2, 2 Treo and 3 devices in stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms. J Neurointerv Surg. 2012 Sep.

Gardner MW, Roytman TM, Chen C, Brandes SB, Kibel AS, Grubb RL, Bhayani SB, Figenshau RS. Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for low-stage cancer: a Washington University update. J Endourol. 2011 Nov.

Creach KM, Rubin JB, Leonard JR, Limbrick DD, Smyth MD, Dacey R, Rich KM, Dowling JL, Grubb RL Jr, Linette GP, King AA, Michalski JM, Park TS, Perry A, Simpson JR, Mansur DB. Oligodendrogliomas in children. J Neurooncol. 2012 Jan.

Washington CW, Schuerer DJ, Grubb RL Jr. Platelet transfusion: an unnecessary risk for mild traumatic brain injury patients on antiplatelet therapy. J Trauma. 2011 Aug.

Goyal MS, Hallemeier CL, Zipfel GJ, Rich KM, Grubb RL Jr, Chicoine MR, Moran CJ, Cross DT 3rd, Dacey RG Jr, Derdeyn CP. Clinical features and outcome in North American adults with idiopathic basal arterial occlusive disease without moyamoya collaterals. Neurosurgery. 2010 Aug.

Jiang TT, Videen TO, Grubb RL Jr, Powers WJ, Derdeyn CP. Cerebellum as the normal reference for the detection of increased cerebral oxygen extraction. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2010 Oct.

Zhang D, Johnston JM, Fox MD, Leuthardt EC, Grubb RL, Chicoine MR, Smyth MD, Snyder AZ, Raichle ME, Shimony JS. Preoperative sensorimotor mapping in brain tumor patients using spontaneous fluctuations in neuronal activity imaged with functional magnetic resonance imaging: initial experience. Neurosurgery. 2009 Dec.

Zipfel GJ, Sagar J, Miller JP, Videen TO, Grubb RL Jr, Dacey RG Jr, Derdeyn CP. Cerebral hemodynamics as a predictor of stroke in adult patients with moyamoya disease: a prospective observational study. Neurosurg Focus. 2009 Apr.

Strom RG, Botros JA, Refai D, Moran CJ, Cross DT 3rd, Chicoine MR, Grubb RL Jr, Rich KM, Dacey RG Jr, Derdeyn CP, Zipfel GJ. Cranial dural arteriovenous fistulae: asymptomatic cortical venous drainage portends less aggressive clinical course. Neurosurgery. 2009 Feb.

Limbrick DD Jr, Lusis EA, Chicoine MR, Rich KM, Dacey RG, Dowling JL, Grubb RL, Filiput EA, Drzymala RE, Mansur DB, Simpson JR. Combined surgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of cerebral metastases. Surg Neurol. 2009 Mar.

Fadl YY, Ellenbogen KA, Grubb RL Jr, Khoo-Summers L, Lindsay BD. A review of spinal injuries in the invasive cardiologist II: prevention and treatment. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Sep.

Fadl YY, Ellenbogen KA, Grubb RL Jr, Khoo-Summers L, Lindsay BD. A review of spinal injuries in the invasive cardiologist: part 1. Biomechanics and pain generation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Aug.

For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med for Dr. Robert L. Grubb Jr

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