American Cancer Society Fellowship Award 1992
Cited for Initiation of First GliaSite Brain Tumor Brachytherapy Treatment Program in New York City, Daily News,
2004
Awarded US Patent # 6,750,007: “Dehydration Detection Device and Method of Use,” 2004
Cited in Freshpatents.com for Dehydration Device and Method of Use
2004
“Well Known Brain Tumor Doctors,” New Jersey Brain Tumors.org, November 2004
Nominated for “Inventor of the Year” Award by Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation for Dehydration Detection Device and Method of Use 2005
Cited in PatentStorm.com for Dehydration Detection Device and Method of Use 2005
Keynote speaker, The Brain Tumor Society 15th Anniversary Gala 2005
Keynote speaker, Brain Tumor Foundation Family Day 2005
Honored for brain tumor research contributions by “Red Fad” with Golf Outing Fundraiser to support The New York Brain Tumor Project, Glen Ridge, NJ 2005 - 2006
Keynote speaker, Have A Chance Walkathon 2006
Keynote speaker, Brain Tumor Society Annual Meeting 2007
Lichtenstein Humanitarian Award, Voices Against Brain Cancer (with $75,000 research grant), 2008
Top Ten Abstract Award, New England Neurosurgical Society Meeting 2008
15 Year Service Award Weill Cornell Medical College 2008
America’s Top Surgeons 2009-2014
B.R.A.I.N Foundation Research Award 2009
Newark Academy Distinguished Alumnus Award 2009
Best Clinical Translational Abstract Award (Senior Author) for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy abstract, World Molecular Imaging Congress, Kyoto, Japan 2010
Honored by Rutgers University Women in Neuroscience “In recognition for her participation in the RUWINS Seminar Series and her commitment to the education of a generation of women leaders in the field of Neuroscience 2010
2011 “Compassionate Doctor Award,” 2012
Student Mentorship Award, Englewood Academies (magnet school for scientifically gifted students), 2012 -2015
Selected as “a woman of outstanding leadership in healthcare” by The International Women’s Leadership Association 2012
Honored for Contributions to American Association of Neurological Surgeons Board of Directors 2013
Selected by the Women in Medicine Chapter at Weill Cornell Medical College to pilot a mentorship program (funded by a grant from the President’s Council of Cornell Women), 2013
20 year Service Award 2013
Weill Cornell Women in Neurology 2013-present
Patients’ Choice Award, Vitals.com, 2014
Featured in New York Presbyterian “International Women’s Day” Facebook campaign 2015
Featured in New York Times Science Times Article on meningiomas 2015
Elected to Emeritus Board of Directors of National Brain Tumor Society for Exceptional Contributions, 2017
Weill Cornell Dean's Circle, 2018 - present
Weill Cornell 25 Year Service Award, 2018

Academic Positions (Teaching and Research)

Research Assistant, National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Laboratory of CNS Studies, Bethesda, MD 8/1981- 12/1981
Instructor, Harvard University, Boston, MA 7/1987 – 6/1988
Clinical Instructor of Neurosurgery, Columbia University, New York, NY 2000-2004
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 2002 – 2008
Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 2004 - Present
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 2008 – 2009
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 2009- Present
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2010 - Present (reappointed 2016)

Hospital Positions
Attending Physician in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY 7/1998 – 9/2002
Director, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY 2/2000 – 9/2002
Director of Neuro-Oncology and Assistant Attending in the Department of Neurological Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10/2002 – 2009
Director of Neuro-Oncology and Associate Attending in the Department of Neurological Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 2009 – Present
Director of Neurosurgical Radiosurgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 2004 – Present
Attending Surgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery, Lincoln Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, NY (via Columbia University) 6/2002 – 8/2004, 2004 - Present
Consultant in the Department of Neurology, Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ 7/2002 – 7/2003
Attending Surgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY (via Weill Cornell Medical College) 12/2003 – 6/2005
Attending Surgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY (via Weill Cornell Medical College) 12/2008 - Present
Attending Neurosurgeon , Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ (via Weill Cornell Medical College) 10/2009- Present
Attending Neurosurgeon, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT (via Weill Cornell Medical College) 7/2010 – Present

Other Employment
Neurologist, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY 1990
Attending Neurologist, Kaiser-Permanente, White Plains, NY 1990
Member, GodotSoft, LLC 5/1997 – Present
Member, Arrow Development Corporation, Purchase, NY 9/2001 – Present
Founder and Member, Hope Brain Tumor Center, LLC, Global Brain Tumor Information Service 2001 – 2007

Articles in professional peer-reviewed journals

1. Radwanski R, Winston G, Younus I, Song I, Cardinal T, Mack WJ, Zada Greenfield JP, Pannullo SC. Neurosurgery training camp for sub-internship preparation: updates following 2019 course expansion [published online ahead of print, 2019 Jul 25]. World Neurosurg. 2019;S1878-8750(19)32063-7. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.07.157

2. Chidambaram S, Winston G, Knisely J, Ramakrishna R, Juthani R, Salah K, McKenna J, Jozsef G, Cardona D, Pannullo S. A multidisciplinary team approach to brain and spine stereotactic radiosurgery conferences: A unique, institutional model. World Neurosurgery (in press).

3. Julie, D. A., Ahmed, Z., Karceski, S. C., Pannullo, S. C., Schwartz, T. H., Parashar, B., & Wernicke, A. G. (2019). An overview of anti-epileptic therapy management of patients with malignant tumors of the brain undergoing radiation therapy. Seizure. doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2019.06.019

4. ElJalby M, Pannullo SC, Schwartz TH, Parashar B, Wernicke GA. Optimal Timing and Sequence of Immunotherapy When Combined with Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Brain Metastases. World neurosurgery 2019;127:397. PMID: 31004856

5. Chidambaram S, Pannullo SC, Schwartz TH, Wernicke GA. Reirradiation of Recurrent Brain Metastases: Where Do We Stand? World Neurosurgery 2019;125:156

6. Ivanidze J, Roytman M, Lin E, Magge RS, Pisapia DJ, Liechty B, Karakatsanis NA, Ramakrishna R, Knisely J, Schwartz TH, Osborne JR, Pannullo SC. Gallium-68 DOTATATE PET in the Evaluation of Intracranial Meningiomas. Journal of Neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2019

7. Radwanski R, Winston G, Younus I, ElJalby M, Yuan M, Oh Y, Gucer S, Hoffman C, Stieg PE, Greenfield JP, Pannullo SC. Neurosurgery Training Camp for Sub-Internship Preparation: Lessons From the Inaugural Course. World Neurosurgery 2019. PMID: 30947014.

8. Pannullo SC, Julie D, Chidambaram S, Balogun OD, Formenti SC, Apuzzo M, Knisely J. Worldwide Access to Stereotactic Radiosurgery. World neurosurgery 2019 (in press)

9. Agarwal N, White MD, Pannullo SC, Chambless LB. Analysis of National Trends in Neurosurgical Resident Attrition. J Neurosurg. 2018 Nov 1:1-6. doi: 10.3171/2018.5. JNS18519. [Epub ahead of print]

10. Mittal S, Klinger N, Michelhaugh S, Barger G, Pannullo SC, Juhász C. Alternating electric tumor treating fields for treatment of glioblastoma: Rationale preclinical and clinical studies. Journal of neurosurgery 2018;128(2):414. PMID: 28298023.

11. Wang W, Miller J, Pannullo SC, Reinhart-King C, Bordeleau F. Quantitative assessment of cell contractility using polarized light microscopy. Journal of biophotonics 2018. PMID: 29931742. doi:10.1002/jbio.201800008

12. Link, T. W., Winston, G., Schwarz, J. T., Lin, N., Patsalides, A., Gobin, P., Pannullo, S., Knopman, J. (2018). Treatment of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: A Single-Center Experience of 86 Patients and a Critique of the A Randomized Trial of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations (ARUBA) Trial. World Neurosurgery. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.025

13. Miller J, Borde B, Bordeleau F, Zanotelli M, LaValley D, Parker D, Bonassar L, Pannullo S, Reinhart-King C , Clinical doses of radiation reduce collagen matrix stiffness. APL Bioengineering. 2018;2(3):031901.

14. Mahase SS, Julie D, Pannullo SC, Parashar B, Wernicke AG. Excellent Outcomes in a Geriatric Patient with Multiple Brain Metastases Undergoing Surgical Resection with Cesium-131 Implantation and Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Cureus. 2017. doi:10.7759/cureus.1970.

15. Greer L, Pannullo SC, Smith AW, Taube S, Yondorf MZ, Parashar B, Trichter S, Nedialkova L, Sabbas A, Christos P, Wernicke AG Health-related quality of life, cognitive screening, and functional status in a randomized phase III trial (EF-14) of tumor treating fields with temozolomide compared to temozolomide alone in newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2017;135(3):545-552

16. Yondorf MZ, Schwartz TH, Boockvar JA, Pannullo S, Stieg P, Sabbas A, Pavese A, Trichter S, Nedialkova L, Parashar B, Nori D, Chao KS, Wernicke AG. Radiation Exposure and Safety Precautions Following 131Cs Brachytherapy in Patients with Brain Tumors. Health Physics. 2017;112(4):403-408

17. Wernicke AG, Smith AW, Taube S, Yondorf MZ, Parashar B, Trichter S, Nedialkova L, Sabbas A, Christos P, Ramakrishna R, Pannullo SC, Stieg PE, Schwartz TH. Cesium-131 brachytherapy for recurrent brain metastases: durable salvage treatment for previously irradiated metastatic disease. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2017;126(4):1212-1219.

18. Faraz S, Pannullo S, Rosenblum M, Smith A, Wernicke AG. Long-term survival in a patient with glioblastoma on antipsychotic therapy for schizophrenia: a case report and literature review. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 2016;8(6):421-428

19. Pannullo SC, Ramakrishna R. Neurosurgical Guidelines in a Medicolegal Minefield. World Neurosurgery. 2016;96:602-603

20. Wernicke AG, Hirschfeld CB, Smith AW, Taube S, Yondorf MZ, Parashar B, Nedialkova L, Kulidzhanov F, Trichter S, Sabbas A, Ramakrishna R, Pannullo S, Schwartz TH. Clinical Outcomes of Large Brain Metastases Treated With Neurosurgical Resection and Intraoperative Cesium-131 Brachytherapy: Results of a Prospective Trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 2016;96(2)

21. Wernicke AG, Yondorf MZ, Parashar B, Nori D, Clifford Chao KS, Boockvar JA, Pannullo S, Stieg P, Schwartz TH. The cost-effectiveness of surgical resection and cesium-131 intraoperative brachytherapy versus surgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of metastatic brain tumors. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2016;127(1):145-153

22. Ahluwalia MS, Xie H, Dahiya S, Hashemi-Sadraei N, Schiff D, Fisher PG, Chamberlain MC, Pannullo SC, Newton HB, Brewer C, Wood L, Prayson R, Elson P, Peereboom DM. Efficacy and patient-reported outcomes with dose-intense temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed pure and mixed anaplastic oligodendroglioma: a phase II multicenter study, Journal of neuro-oncology, 122(1): 111-119, March 2015.

23. Ye JC, Yondorf M, Pannullo SC, Boockvar JA, Stieg PE, Schwartz TH, Scheff R, Parashar B, Nori D, Chao KS, Wernicke AG, Hypofractionated radiotherapy with concurrent temozolomide chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed RPA class V glioblastoma multiforme: promising early results, Journal of Radiation Oncology, 4:19-27, March 2015.

24. Lynch G, Nieto K, Puthenveettil S, Reyes M, Jureller M, Huang J, Grady MS, Harris O, Ganju A, Germano I, Pilitsis J, Pannullo S, Benzil D, Abosch A, Samadani U. Attrition Rates in Neurosurgery Residency: Analysis of 1361 Consecutive Residents Matched from 1990 to 1999, Journal of Neurosurgery, 122:240-249, Feb 2015.

25. Wernicke AG, Yondorf MZ, Peng L, Trichter S, Nedialkova L, Sabbas A, Khulidzhanov F, Parashar B, Nori D, Chao KS, Christos P, Kovanlikaya I, Pannullo S, Boockvar J, Stieg P, Schwartz TH. Phase I/II Study of Resection and Intraoperative Cesium-131 Radioisotope Brachytherapy in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases, Journal of Neurosurgery, Aug 2014; 22(2):338-348.

26. Rajappa P, Margetis K, Wernicke G, Ginter P, Cope W, Sherr DL, Lavi E, Fine RL, Schwartz TH, Bruckner H, Pannullo SC. Stereotactic radiosurgery plays a critical role in enhancing long-term survival in a patient with pancreatic cancer metastatic to the brain, Anticancer Research, Sept 2013;33(9): 3899-903.

27. Lewis GK, Schulz ZR, Pannullo SC, Southard TL, Olbricht WL. Ultrasound-assisted Convection Enhanced Delivery to the Brain in vivo with a Novel Transducer Cannula Assembly: Laboratory Investigation, Journal of Neurosurgery, Dec 2012; 117(6):1128-40.

28. Stessin AM, Schwartz A, Judanin G, Pannullo S, Boockvar J, Schwartz T, Stieg PE, Wernicke AG. Does adjuvant external beam radiotherapy improve outcomes for non-benign meningiomas? A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-based analysis, Journal of Neurosurgery, Oct 2012;117(4):669-75.

29. Kesavabhotla K, Schlaff CD, Shin B, Mubita L, Kaplan R, Tsiouris AJ, Pannullo SC, Christos P, Lavi E, Scheff R, Boockvar JA. Phase I/II Study of Oral Erlotinib for Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Glioblastoma Multiforme and Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Journal of Exp Ther Oncology, 2012;10(1):71-81.

30. Stupp R, Wong ET, Kanner AA, Steinberg D, Engelhard H, Heidecke V, Kirson ED, Taillibert S, Liebermann F, Dbalý V, Ram Z, Villano JL, Rainov N, Weinberg U, Schiff D, Kunschner L, Raizer J, Honnorat J, Sloan A, Malkin M, Landolfi JC, Payer F, Mehdorn M, Weil RJ, Pannullo SC, Westphal M, Smrcka M, Chin L, Kostron H, Hofer S, Bruce J, Cosgrove R, Paleologous N, Palti Y, Gutin PH. NovoTTF-100A Versus Physician’s Choice in Recurrent Glioblastoma: A Randomised Phase III Trial of a Novel Treatment Modality, European Journal of Cancer, Sept 2012;48(14):2912-202.

31. Torres A, Zhu C, Shuler M, Pannullo S. Paclitaxel delivery to brain tumors from hydrogels: a computational study. Biotechnology Progress, Sept/Oct 2011; vol 27, issue 5, pp 1478-1487.

32. Pannullo SC, Fraser JF, Moliterno JA, Cobb W, Stieg PE. Stereotactic radiosurgery for neurosurgical applications: A meta-analysis of current therapeutic applications in neuro-oncologic disease, Journal of Neuro-Oncology J Neurooncology, May 2011;103(1):1-17.

33. Takenouchi T, Pannullo SC, Stieg PE, Lavi E. Solitary Fibrous Tumor with Multiple Intracranial and Spinal Lesions. Neurosurgery, April 2011;68(4):E1148-51.

34. Boockvar, J.A, Tsiouris AJ, Hofstetter CP, Kovanlikaya I, Fralin S, Kesavabhotla K, Seedial SM, Pannullo SC, Schwartz TH, Stieg P, Zimmerman RD, Knopman J, Scheff RJ, Christos P, Vallabhajosula, S, Riina H. Safety and maximum tolerated dose of superselective intraarterial cerebral infusion of bevacizumab after osmotic blood-brain barrier disruption for recurrent malignant glioma. Clinical article. Journal of neurosurgery, March 2011: 114(3): 624-632.

35. Boockvar JA, Tsiouris AJ, Hofstetter CP, Kovanlikaya I, Fralin S, Kesavabhotla K, Seedial SM, Pannullo SC, Schwartz TH, Stieg P, Zimmerman RD, Knopman J, Scheff RJ, Christos P, Vallabhajosula S, Riina H. Safety and maximum tolerated dose of superselective intraarterial cerebral infusion of bevacizumab after osmotic blood-brain barrier disruption for recurrent malignant glioma. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2011;114(3): 624-632.

36. Wernicke AG, Sherr DL, Schwartz TH, Pannullo SC, Stieg PE, Boockvar JA, Ivanidze J, Moliterno JA, Parashar B, Trichter S, Sabbas AM, Nori D. Feasibility and Safety of GliaSite Brachytherapy in Treatment of CNS Tumors Following Neurosurgical Resection. Journal Cancer Res Ther, Jan-March 2010; 6(1)65-74.

37. Harden C, Nikolav B, Kandula P, Labar D, Pannullo S. Effect of Levetiracetam on Testosterone Levels in Male Patients, Epilepsia, Vol 51, Issue 11, pp 2348-2351, November 2010.

38. Wernicke AG, Sherr DL, Schwartz TH, Pannullo SC, Stieg PE, Boockvar JA, Moliterno JA, Ivanidze J, Trichter S, Sabbas AM, Parashar B, Nori D. The Role of Dose Escalation With Intracavitary Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Localized CNS Malignancies: Outcomes and Toxicities of A Prospective Study. Brachytherapy, Volume 8, Issue 2, 9(1): 91-9, Jan-March 2010.

39. Moliterno JA, Henry E, Pannullo SC. Corticorelin Acetate Injections for the Treatment of Peritumoral Brain Edema. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, Vol 18, No 9, pages 1413-1419, September 2009.

40. Benzil DL, Abosch A, Germano I, Gilmer H, Maraire JN, Muraszko K, Pannullo S, Rosseau G, Schwartz L, Todor R, Ullman J, Zusman E. The Future of Neurosurgery: A White Paper on the Recruitment and Retention of Women in Neurosurgery. Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol: 109, Issue: 3, p. 378-387, September 2008.

41. Balmaceda C, Peereboom D, Pannullo S, Cheung Y, Fisher P, Alavi J, Sisti M, Chen J, Fine R. Multi-institutional Phase II Study of Temozolomide Administered Twice Daily for Recurrent High-Grade Gliomas: A Well Tolerated Regimen with Minimal Toxicity. Cancer, March 2008, 112(5): 1139-1146.

42. Greenfield JP, Ayuso-Sacido A, Schwartz TH, Pannullo SC, Souweidane MM, Stieg PE, Boockvar JA. Use of Human Neural Tissue for the Generation of Progenitors. Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol: 62, Issue: 1, p. 21-30, January 2008.

43. Dyke JP, Sanelli PC, Henning V, Serventi JV, Stieg PE, Schwartz TS, Ballon D, Shungu DS, Pannullo SC. Monitoring the effects of BCNU chemotherapy Wafers (Gliadel) in glioblastoma multiforme with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at 3.0 Tesla. J Neurooncol. 2007 Mar; 82(1): 103-10.

44. Balmaceda C., Critchell D., Mao X., Cheung K., Pannullo S., DeLaPaz R., Shungu D. “Multisection 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Assessment of Glioma Response to Chemotherapy.” Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 76(2): 185-191, January 2006.

45. G.Lederman, E.Arbit, S.Pannullo, J.Lowry, S.Wertheim, P.Silverman, D.Bockowski, M.Fine, M.Raden, I.Grosman Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery and taxol (FSR/T) for Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme (RGBM). International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 254

46. Hayes R, Arbit E, Odaimi M, Pannullo SC, Kravchinskiy D, and Zaroulis C. Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 2001; 9:31-42

47. Jones V, Hopkins MA, Pannullo S, Svahn J. “Why Aren’t There More Women Surgeons?” Journal of the American Medical Association. 283(5): 670, February 2000.

48. Lederman G, Lowry J, Wertheim S, Pannullo SC. Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Acoustic Neuroma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology/Biology/Physics 1999; 3:45.

49. Pannullo SC and Lavyne MH. Trigeminal Neuralgia: Neurosurgical Management. Journal of the American Dental Association 1996; 127:1635-1639.

50. Pannullo SC, Reich JB, Krol G, Deck MDF, and Posner JB. MRI Changes in Intracranial Hypotension. Neurology 1993; 43:919-926.

51. Breitbart W, Steifel F, Kornblith AB, and Pannullo SC. Neuropsychiatric Disturbance in Cancer Patients with Epidural Spinal Cord Compression Receiving High Dose Corticosteroids: A Prospective Comparison Study. Psycho-Oncology 1993; 2:233-245.

B.A. Anthropology with Honors
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
8/1979 - 5/1983

MD (Top 10% Graduating Class)
Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
8/1983 - 5/1987