Dr. Massoudi Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

1980-1982 - Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1982-1984 - University of California, Irvine, CA: BS in Biology
1986-1987 - Georgetown University, Washington, DC: MS in Physiology
1987-1991 - Georgetown University, Washington, DC: MD
1991-1992 - University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Internship in General Surgery
1992-1998 - University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Resident in Neurological Surgery

CERTIFICATIONS

Fellow of the American Academy of Surgeons
Board Certified in Neurological Surgery
California Medical License
DEA Controlled Substance Registration
American Board of Neurological Surgery Written Examination
National Medical Board of Examiners Tests: Parts I, II, III
Qualified Medical Examiner (QME)

CLINICAL AREAS OF INTEREST AND EXPERTISE

Frameless Intracranial and Spinal Radiosurgery
Complex Spinal Surgery
Brain Tumors and Aneurysms
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
General Adult Neurosurgical Practice

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS and COMMITTEE OFFICES

1/88-6/88 - Neuroanatomy Lab Instructor: Georgetown School of Medicine
7/93-12/93 - Neuroanatomy Instructor and Faculty Member: Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
1998-Present - Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine
1999-Present - Co-Chairman: Memorial Care Ortho/Neuro Initiative Development
2000-Present - Chairman: Division of Neurosurgery, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
2004-Present - Board of Directors: International Brain Mapping and Intra-operative Surgical Planning Symposium
2005-Present - Treasurer: Internation Brain Mapping and Itra-operative Surgical Planning Symposium
2005-Present - Co-Medical Director Neuroscience Institute, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
2005-Present - Neurosurgical Medical Director of Neuroscience Center, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
2006-Present - Chairman, Department of Surgery, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING & COURSES

7/97-12/97 - Subspecialty Training in Radiosurgery with Antonio DeSalles, MD
7/97-12/97 - Clinical Apprenticeship in Functional & Stereotactic Neurosurgery with Antonio DeSalles, M.D., Ph.D.
7/97-6/98 - Research Fellowship in CNS Repair
6/99 - Lumbar Interbody Fusion Techniques Course: Phoenix, AZ
8/99 - Seminar & Hands-On Course in Spinal Frameless Navigational Techniques: San Diego, CA
10/99 - Spinal Instrumentation Hands-On Course with Dr. Kevin Foley: Memphis, TN
4/00 - Preceptorship in Surgical Management of Pain with Claudio Feller, M.D.: Memphis, TN
9/01 - Course Certification in Vertebroplasty: San Diego, CA
3/01 - Course Instructor: Percutaneous Vertebroplastyof the Spine, American Osteomedics, Pomona CA
11/02 - Course Instructor: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty of the Spine, American Osteomedics, Irvine, CA
9/03 - Course Instructor: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty of the Spine, Interpore Cross International, Irvine, CA
04/05 - Course Certification in Artificial Disc: Cincinnati, OH

HONORS AND AWARDS

1980, 1981- Dean's List at Franklin & Marshall College
1984 - Graduated in Top 5% of Class: University of California, Irvine
1987 - Suma Cum Laude: Graduate School of Physiology, Georgetown University
1988 - Georgetown School of Medicine Research Scholarship Award
1988 - Highest Award Received for Georgetown Medical Center Research Competition
1988 - Lilly Publication Award for High Performance in Pharmacology
1989 - Georgetown Department of Anatomy Research Excellence Award
1990 - Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society
1991 - The Upjohn Achievement Award for Outstanding Research and Scholarship
1993 - Pediatric Neurosurgical Patient Care Recognition Award
1997 - Patient Service Excellence Award-Veterans Administration Hospital
1997 - Veteran Hospital Star Medal
1997 - Chairman's Commendation Letter for Distinguished Clinical Service
1997 - UCLA Institutional Award for the Study of Human CNS Stem Cells
2000 - Life-Member: Who's Who Registry for Achievement in Neurosurgery
2002 - Physician of the Year: Marriott Senior Living Services for Outstanding Participation in the Community
2006 - Orange County Physician of Excellence, Orange County Medical Association and Orange Coast Magazine

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Research

Prokaryotic Biochemical Genetics: A Gene Transposition Model for Sterility in Neurospora Crassa at UCI Biogenetics Laboratory

Graduate Research

Master's Thesis on the Study of the Effects of Atrial Natriuretic Factor on the Renal Tubular Salt Transport at Georgetown School of Medicine

Medical School Research

Central Nervous System Regeneration and Transplantation Studies in the Department of Neuroanatomy at Georgetown School of Medicine
Pharmacological & Histologic Studies of Muscarinic Receptors in the Septo-Hippocampal Pathway at the dept. of Pharmacology at Georgetown School of Medicine

Post Graduate Research: UCLA Division of Neurosurgery

1995 - Studies on Interlukin and Tumor Growth Factor Beta Mediated Effects in Preventing the Growth of Implanted Gliosarcoma Cell Line in the Rat Brain at the Brain Research Institute.
1995 - Studies in the Application of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to the In-vivo Study of the Biological Behavior of Pediatric Brain Tumors; Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
1995 - Studies on Endovascular Treatment of Experimentally Constructed Carotid Artery Aneurysms Using a New Generation of Highly Adhesive GDC Coils in the Swine Animal Model, UCLA Division of Interventional Neuroadiology, UCLA School of Medicine.
1997-98 - Neuroprotective and Neurorestorative Effects of Glial Cell-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Experimentally Induced Lesions of the Nigrostriatal Pathways in Non-human Primates.
1997-98 - Microtransplantation of Genetically Engineered Autologous Fibroblast Cell Suspensions into the Striatum of MPTP Lesioned Non-human Primates
1997-98 - Isolation and Characterization of Non-Human and Human CNS Stem Cells
1997-98 - Characterization of the Cell Culture Conditions Necessary for Sustaining the Growth of Stem Cells in Non-Human and Human Subjects
1997-98 - Principal Investigator in the Study of Human CNS Stem Cells.

PUBLICATIONS

The Influence of Astrocytes and Extracellular Matrix Components on Axonal Regeneration in the Mammalian CNS. F. Massoudi MD. NIH Archives of Biomedical Research. Volume 14. 1988. Grant #RR053
CNS Axonal Regeneration is Influenced by Transplants of Matrix Filled Polymer Tubes . F. Massoudi MD, J. Collins, L. Kromer. Journal of Society for Neuroscience. 10:60. September 1989
AANS 1998 Abstract: Long-Term Follow Up of Radiosurgical Treatment of Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas. F. Massoudi, MD, Antonio DeSalles, MD, Ph.D.
AANS 1998 Abstract: Implantation and Deplantation of Vagus Nerve Stimulators are Efficacios and Safe Forms of Treatment for Patients with Intractable Epilepsy. F. Massoudi, MD, Antonio DeSalles, MD, Ph.D.
S.G. Chenery, F. Massoudi, A.DeSalles, D.M.Davis, H.H. Chehabi, J.P. Wensel, J. Adler. Clinical experience with the CyberKnife at Newport Radiosurgery Center. In Radiosurgery 1999, D. Kondziolka, ed., Karger(Basel, 2000)vol 3, pp.34-40.

RESEARCH, PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES

Invited Speaker to the Society for the Neurosciences, Annual Meeting," Effects of Transplanted Growth Matrices on CNS Regeneration." Washinton D.C., October 1989
Invited Speaker to the Georgetown School of Medicine Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, " Transplantation and Neural Grafting in CNS Regeneration Studies." April 1990
Speaker to the Pediatric ICU Nursing Conference, " Congenital Anomolies of the Brain." Los Angeles, CA, July 1993
Invited Speaker at the UCLA Brain Tumor Awareness Conference, " Role of Surgical Resection in the Treatment of Brain Astocytomas." Los Angeles, CA, October 1997
Invited Speaker, " CNS Neural Repair." UCLA Symposium: Advances in Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, CA October 1997
Faculty Instructor, Advanced Image Guided and Stereotactic Neurosurgery Conference and Workshop, UCLA, February, 1998
Invited Speaker, "Advances in & Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease." Iranian Senior Citizens Society, Irvine, CA, November 1998
Invited Speaker, " Medical and Surgical Treatments of Stroke." Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA, January 1999
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " Advances in Radiosurgery." Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA, March 1999
Continuing Medical Educational Speaker, "Recent Advances in Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment of Brain Gliomas." Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo, CA, April 1999
F. MAssoudi, S.G. Chenery, A DeSalles, D.M. Davis, H.H. Chehabi, CyberKnife Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of trigeminal Neuralgia: First Worldwide Clinical Series Report. International Society for the Neurosurgical Technology and Instrument Inventors (ISNTii), Las Vegas,NV, April 29-May 2, 1999
Invited Speaker, " Advances in Frameless Radiosurgery." Arab-American Medical Society Meeting, Four Seasons Hotel, Newport Beach, CA, September 9,1999
Continuing Medical Educational Speaker," Medical and Surgical Treatments Spinal Stenosis: Diagnosis, Treatment and Patient Outcomes." Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills, CA, February 22, 2000
Invited Speaker, " Clasification of Headaches." Florence Sylvester Senior Center, Laguna Hills, CA August 2000
F. Massoudi, S.G. Chenery, A. DeSalles, D.M.Davis, H.H. Chehabi, Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia: First Worldwide Clinical Series Report. 46th Annual Meeting, The Western Neurosurgical Society, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, September 8-12, 2000
Invited Speaker," Treatment and Advances in Alzheimer's Disease" Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Community Health Program, Laguna Hills, CA, October 2000
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " The Role of Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Neurosurgical Patients: Aguide for the Referring Physician" South Coast Medical Center, Laguna Beach, CA, October 2000
Invited Speaker, " Vertebroplasty & Other Spine Strengthening Techniques" Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Community Health Program, Laguna Hills, CA,October 2000
S.G. Chenery, F. Massoudi, D.M.Davis, H.H. Chehabi, A. DeSalles, Clinical And Radiosurgical Outcomes in Frameless Radiosurgical Treatment of Intracranial and Extracranial Metastatic Tumors. Linac Radiosurgery 2000, Lake Buena Vista, FLA, December 6-10, 2000.
S.G. Chenery, F. Massoudi, D.M.Davis, H.H. Chehabi, A. DeSalles, Frameless Stereotactic Radiosugical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia: First Worldwide Clinical Series Report. Linac Radiosurgery 2000, Lake Buena Vista, FLA, December 6-10, 2000.
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " Failed Back Syndrome." Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills, CA, January 7, 2001
Invited Speaker, " An Overview of Osteoporosis: Medical & Surgical Treatments." Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Community Health Program, Laguna Hills, CA, January 11, 2001
Invited Speaker, " Brain Tumors & Pituitary Tumors." Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Neuroscience Nursing Staff, Mission Viejo, CA, February 2, 2001
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " Medical and Surgical Treatments of Spinal Stenosis: Diagnosis, Treatment and Patient Outcomes." St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA, February 16, 2001
Invited Faculty, Practical Clinic on Radiosurgery for Malignant and Brain Tumors (Gliomas and Metastases), 70th Annual Meeting, American Association of Neurological Surgeons(AANS), Toronto, Canada, April 6-10, 2001
F. Massoudi, S.G. Chenery, A. DeSalles, D.M.Davis, H.H. Chehabi, Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia: First Worldwide Clinical Series Report. 70th Annual Meeting, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Accuray Exhibit, Toronto, Canada, April 6-10
Invited Speaker, " Brain Attack" Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Community Health Program, Laguna Hills, CA, May 10, 2001
Invited Speaker, " Neurosurgery in the New Millennium: Advances in Neurosurgery." Iranian Medical Society,Newport Beach, CA, August 23, 2001
Invited Faculty, Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Indications and Outcomes. 51st Annual Meeting, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA, October 2-6, 2001
Invited Speaker, " Brain Attack" Brighton Gardens Senior Living Center, San Juan Capistrano, CA, October 24, 2001
Invited Speaker, " New Techniques in Oseoporosis: Vertebroplasty" Florence Sylvester Senior Center, Laguna Hills, CA, November 20, 2001
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " Minimally Invasive vs. complex Spine Surgery." Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills, CA, March 23, 2002
Invited Speaker, " Expanding CyberKnife Using CyberKnife with DTS." 71st Annual Meeting, Association of Neurological Surgeons,Accuray Exhibit, Chicago, IL, April 7-10, 2002
Invited Speaker, " New Techniques in Osteoporosis: Vertebroplasty" Palmia Senior Living Center, Mission Viejo, CA, April 16, 2002
Invited Speaker, Osteoporosis/ Vertebroplasty Seminar, Villa Valencia Senior Living Facility, Laguna Hills, CA, May 14, 2002
Key Note Speaker, " Medical and Surgical Treatments of Osteoporosis." Leisureworld Retired Nurses Luncheon, Laguna Woods, CA, May 26, 2002
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " The Role of Radiosurgery for Neurosurgical Patients: A Guide for the Referring Physician." St. Joseph's Hospital, Orange, CA, June 17, 2002
Invited Speaker, " Minimally Invasive Treatments of the Spine." South Coast Medical Center, Nursing Staff in-service, Laguna Beach, CA, September 5, 2002
S.G. Chenery, F. Massoudi, D.M.Davis, H.H. Chehabi, A. DeSalles, Clinical And Radiosurgical Outcomes in Frameless Radiosurgical Treatment of Intracranial and Extracranial Metastatic Tumors. 48th Annual Meeting, Western Neurosurgical Society, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, October 29, 2002
S Palmer, MK Bader, J Palmer, F Massoudi, R Jackson, et al, Implementation of the TraumaticBrain Injury Guidelines: Lessons Learned in a 3 year Experience. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
Invited Speaker, " Neurosurgery in the New Millennium: Advancements in Cranial and Spinal Radiosurgery." Newport Diagnostic Center Radiosugery Seminar, Newport Beach, CA, October 22, 2002
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " Advances in the Neurosurgical Treatment of Intracranial and Spinal Tumors." South Coast Medical Center, Laguna Beach, CA, October 29, 2002
Invited Speaker, " Clinical Experience with CyberKnife at Newport Diagnostic Center." 2nd Annual CyberKnife User's Meeting, Napa, CA, November 14-17, 2002
F. Massoudi, S.G. Chenery, H.H. Chehabi, Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia: Clinical Series Report. Fourth National Trigeminal Neuralgia Association Conference, San Diego, CA, November 14-17, 2002
Invited Speaker, " CyberKnife, Framelss Stereotactic Radiosugery." KRLA Smart Talk Radio, Los Angeles, CA, hosted by Dr. Eugene Steiner, December 16, 2002
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " Neurosurgery in the New Millennium: Advances in Cranial and Spinal Radiosurgery." Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills, CA, January 8, 2003
Invited Speaker," Treatments in Osteoporosis: Vertebroplasty." South Coast Medical Center, Community Health Program, Laguna Beach, CA, February 27, 2003
Invited Speaker, " New, Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery." Villa Valencia Senior Living Center, Laguna Hills, CA, March 6, 2003
Invited Speaker , "Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia wtih CyberKnife Radiosurgery " Irvine Renaissance Senior Facility Orange County Chapter of the Trigeminal Neuralgia Support Group, Irvine, CA, March 29th, 2003
F. Massoudi, S.G. Chenery, A. DeSalles, D.M.Davis, H.H. Chehabi, Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia: First Worldwide Clinical Series Report. 71st Annual Meeting, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Accuray Exhibit, San Diego, CA, April 6-10, 2003
Invited Speaker, " Understanding Osteoporosis", Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Just For Women Luncheon, Laguna Hills, CA, April 26th 2003
Invited Speaker, CyberKnife Workshop, The Wellness Community, Santa Ana, CA, August 16, 2003
F Massoudi , R Jackson, Safety and Efficacy of the Lateral Extrapedicular Approach of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in the Treatment of Spinal Compression Fractures, 49th Annual Meeting, Western Neurosurgical Society, Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, Hawaii, September 20-24, 2003 . Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " Recent Advances in Radiosurgery", Citrus Valley Medical Center, Inter-Community Campus, West Covina, CA, October 7th, 2003
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " Recent Advances in Radiosurger y", Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo, CA, October 14th, 2003
Invited Speaker, " Anatomy of the Nervous System", Guest Lecturer, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA, October 15, 2003
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " The Role of Radiosurgery in the Head & Neck", University of California, Irvine, Department of Otolarynology-Head and Neck Surgery, UCI Medical Center, October 22, 2003
Invited Faculty, "Brain Tumors", Continuing Education Program for the Mission Hospital ICU and Critical Care Nursing Staff, Mission Viejo, CA, October 23, 2003
Invited Speaker, "CyberKnife Radiosurgery", Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization, Santa Ana, CA, November 4th, 2000
Invited Speaker, "Treatment of Radiculopathy Using CyberKnife Radiosurgery" 3rd Anuual Worldwide CyberKnife Users Meeting, Silverado Resort, Napa, CA, November 13-16, 2003
Invited Speaker, " New Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery", Neuropsychiatric Medical Group Monthly Meeting, Western Medical Center, Santa Ana, CA. January 22nd, 2004
Invited Faculty, "Vertebroplasty: Present and Future", Spinal Skeletal Solutions: A Global Perspectives, Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii. January 27-31st, 2004
Invited Faculty, " The Peripheral Nervous System", Saddleback College, Anatomy Course, March 10, 2004, Mission Viejo, CA
Invited Speaker, " The Treatment Applications For CyberKnife Radiosurgery", Trigeminal Neuralgia Support Group, Renaissance Banquet Room, March 27th, 2004, Irvine, CA
Continuing Medical Education Speaker ," Minimally Invasive vs. Complex Spine", Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center Grand Rounds, April 6th, 2004, Mission Viejo, CA
Guest Speaker, " Advances in the Treatment of Brain Injury", Brain Injury Support Group, Saddleback Hospital, May 6th, 2004, Laguna Hills, CA
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, " New Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery", San Clemente Hospital Special Lecture, San Clemente Villas, June 23, 2004, San Clemente, CA
Guest Speaker, " Treatement of Headaches", Saddleback Hospital Special Community Lecture, Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, June 24, 2004, Laguna Hills, CA
Continuing Medical Education Speaker, “Artificial Discs”, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo, CA, May 3rd, 2005
Continuing Medical education Speaker, “The Role of Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Neurosurgical Patients”, Coastal Communities Hospital, Costa Mesa, CA, November 8th, 2005

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
California Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Western Neurosurgical Society