Graduation from Residency: June 2008

Medical School:
(1999) Georgetown University

Other:
Specialist Operations Diving Medical Officer, US Navy - augmented Navy SEAL platoons on missions in Southeast Asia

Area of interest:
Spine

Awards:
Alpha Omega Alpha, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Magna Cum Laude, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Publications:

Peer Reviewed Journals
Tumialán LM, Lin FL, Fountain AJ, Barrow DL. CT Venography in the management of penetrating head trauma. Journal of Trauma, December 2007, In press

Schmidt GW, Oster SF, Golnik KC, Tumialán LM, Biousse V, Turbin R, Prestigiacomo CJ, Miller NR. Isolated, Progressive Visual Loss after Coiling of Paraclinoid Aneurysms. AJNR December 2007, In Press

Tumialán LM, Rodts GE. Anterior cervical discectomy with rh-BMP-2: swelling, safety and dose. Letter to the Editor. The Spine Journal In Press

Tumialán LM Brat DJ, Fountain AJ, Barrow DL. An Astroblastoma mimicking a cavernous malformation: case report. Neurosurgery 60(3): E569-570, 2007.

Highsmith JH, Tumialán LM, Rodts GE. Flexible rods and the case for dynamic stabilization. Neurosurg Focus 22(1):E11, 2007.

Tumialán LM, Lin F, Gupta SK. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis causing Serratia marcescens and Proteus mirabilis ventricular peritoneal shunt infection:Case Report. J Neurosurgery 105:320-324, 2006.

Tumialan LM, Mapstone TB. A rare cause of benign ventriculomegaly with associated syringomyelia: BRESEK/BRESHECK syndrome: Case Illustration. J Neurosurgery 105:155, 2006.

Dhall SS, Tumialán LM, Mummaneni PV. Chance fracture of the second thoracic vertebra: Case Illustration. J Trauma 60(4):922, 2006.

Tumialán LM, Hudgins P, Biousse V. Isolated Painful Third Nerve Palsy. Rev Neurol Dis. 3(1): 31-34, 2006.

Tumialán LM, Wrubel D. Re: Ventricular catheter tack-down suture: technical note. Surg Neurol 65(2):214. Letter to the Editor

Tumialán LM, Cawley CM, Barrow DL. Arachnoid cyst with associated arachnoiditis developing after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Case report. J Neurosurg 103(6): 1088-91, 2005.

Tumialán LM, Dhall SS, Tomak PR, Barrow DL. Alagille syndrome and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg 42(1):57-61, 2006

Dhall SS, Tumialán LM, Brat DJ, Barrow DL. Spinal intradural clear cell meningioma following resection of a suprasellar clear cell meningioma. Case report and recommendations for management. J Neurosurg 103(3):559-63 2005.

Tumialán LM, Barrow DL. Alagille Syndrome. J Neurosurg 102(6):1171, 2005. Letter to the Editor

Tumialán LM, Dhall SS, Biousse V, Newman NJ. Optic nerve glioma and optic neuritis mimicking one another: Case report. Neurosurgery 57(1): E190, 2005.

Tumialán LM, Wippold FJ 2nd, Morgan RA. Tortuous vertebral artery injury complicating anterior cervical spinal fusion in a symptomatic rheumatoid cervical spine. Spine 15:29(16):E343-348, 2004.

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Book Chapters
Tumialán LM, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fuison. In: Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. Ed: Connolly ES, McKhann GM, Huang J, Choudhri TF, Mocco J. In Press.

Tumialán LM, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Posterior Thoracolumbar Arthrodesis. In: Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. Ed: Connolly ES, McKhann GM, Huang J, Choudhri TF, Mocco J. In Press.

Tumialán LM, Mummaneni PV, Pan J, Rodts GE. Occipito-cervical Dissociation. In: Cervical Spine Trauma. Ed: Vaccaro A. In Press.

Tumialán LM, Rauschning W, Mummaneni PV. Anatomy of the Subaxial Cervical Spine. In: Cervical Spine Trauma. Ed: Vaccaro A. In Press.

Book Reviews
Tumialán, LM. Neurology and Trauma, second edition by Randolf W. Evans. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology September 2007 In Press

Presentations
The safety and efficacy of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with polyetheretherketone spacer and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein: A review of 196 patients. Tumialán LM, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Platform Presentation, CNS/AANS Joint Section Peripheral Nerve and Spine, Phoenix, AZ, March 2007.

Preliminary Results of Micro CT cerebral angiography in Wild type and TIMP-1 knockout Mice. Abruzzo T, Tumialán LM, Chaalala C, Guldberg R, Lin A, Cawley CM. Oral Presentation, Georgia Neurosurgical Society November 2006, Atlanta, Georgia (Awared Best Resident Paper).

Intracranial hemorrhage associated with ventricular catheterization in the setting of stent-assisted coil embolization of cerebral aneurysms. Tumialán LM, Zhang YJ, Cawley CM, Tong FC, Dion JE, Barrow DL. AANS Poster Presentation April 2006.

Poor outcomes in patients with angiographically negative subarachnoid hemorrhage. Tanaka T, Tumialán LM, Zhang J, Cawley CM, Dion JE, Tong FC, Barrow DL. Oral Presentation Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, February 2006.

Intraventricular administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for management of malignant intracranial hypertension in a multiple system trauma patient with intraventricular hemorrhage. Tumialán LM, Wrubel DM. Oral Presentation Georgia Neurosurgical Society May 2006.

Analysis of 136 civilian craniocerebral gunshot wounds at Grady Memorial Hospital. Tumialán LM, Lin F, Gupta SK. Oral Presentation Georgia Neurosurgical Society November 2005 (Awarded Best Resident Paper).

CT venography used for preoperative planning in penetrating craniocerebral trauma. Tumialán LM, Fountain AJ. Oral Presentation Georgia Neurosurgical Society November 2005.

Arachnoid cysts and subarachnoid hemorrhage.Tumialán LM, Cawley CM, Barrow DL. Oral Presentation- Georgia Neurosurgical Society May 2005

Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Possible Etiology of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients with Alagille Syndrome. Tumialán LM, Barrow DL. Oral Presentation- Georgia Neurosurgical Society November 2004.

Optic nerve glioma and optic neuritis mimicking one another: A juxtaposition of two cases. Tumialán LM, Biousse V, Newman NJ. Oral Presentation- Georgia Neurosurigcal Society November 2004 (Awarded Best Resident Paper)