Research Information
Research Interests
- Cerebrovascular Surgery
- Skull Base Surgery
Research Projects
Co-Investigator at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: Clot Lysis Evaluating Accelerator Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage Phase III (NIH Protocol CLEAR), Johns Hopkins Medical Center/NIH. June, 2010 鈥� June, 2015.
Internal Advisory Board Member at University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Ohio Brain Tumor SPORE. National Institutes of Health, 2015.
Co-Investigator at University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Biomarker & Phase II study of GDC-0449 for recurrent GBM. ARRA ACTNOW/National Institutes of Health, 2010 鈥� 2013.
Site PI at University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study (COSS). University of North Carolina/National Institutes of Health (NINDS), December, 2007 - November, 2012. ($20,150.00)
Principal Investigator at University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Study of Neuroprotective and Neurogenerative Effects of Amphetamine or Methamphetamine/CART from the NIH/NIDA, March, 2010 鈥� February, 2012. ($72,000.00)
Co-Investigator at University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Intraoperative Stereotactic CT-guided Endoscopic Surgery 鈥� ICES (NIH/NINDS Protocol MISTIES-ICES). Johns Hopkins Medical Center/NIH. June, 2009- 2011.
Co-Investigator at University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Interventional Management of Stroke III (IMSIII). University of Cincinnati/National Institutes of Health, 2006 鈥� 2010.
Co-investigator at University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to assess efficacy and safety of clazosentan to reduce vasospasm-related and all-cause mortality in adult patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage treated by surgical clipping (Conscious-2), Actelion. 2009 鈥� 2010.
Co-Investigator at University Hospitals Case Medical Center: The Cancer Genome 365bet体育在线世界杯las (TCGA). SAIC Frederick Inc/National Cancer Institute, 2008 鈥� 2010.
Principal Investigator at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study - NS 42167 (COSS). National Institutes of Health, Washington University, July 1, 2001 - 2010.
Clinical Consultant for Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc., 鈥淯ntethered Home Therapy System鈥� (Grant #1-R43-NS046976-01A1), NIH/NINDS, August 15, 2004 through August 15, 2005.
Co-Principal Investigator at University Hospitals of Cleveland, 鈥淎n Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel Group Study to Confirm the Safety and Efficacy of PROCRIT庐 (Epoetin Alfa) Administered Perioperatively vs. the Standard of Care in Blood Conservation in Subjects Undergoing Major Elective Spinal Surgery (Protocol #PR97-19-002)鈥�. OrthoBiotech Corporation, September 1, 2003 through August 31, 2005.
Co-Investigator at University Hospitals of Cleveland, 鈥淎 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Effects of a Targeted Concentration of Repinotan in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke.鈥� Bayer Corporation, December 1, 2001 through November 30, 2005.
Co-Investigator at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland, 鈥淪ubarachnoid Hemorrhage 鈥� Mortality and Management Before and After Published Guidelines.鈥� American Heart Association Research Award, July 1, 2002 thru June 30, 2003.
Principal Investigator at University Hospitals of Cleveland, 鈥淯se of a Venous Catheter for Core Cooling and Rewarming for Temperature Control During Aneurysm Surgery (TCAS).鈥� Innercool Therapies, Inc., July 1, 2000 through December 31, 2002.
Co-Investigator at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 鈥淔etal Hypoxia and Nicotine Exposure and Neonatal Dysfunction.鈥� Philip Morris External Research Program, May 1, 2001 through April 30, 2004.
Co-Investigator at University Hospitals of Cleveland, NIH, University of Cincinnati, 鈥淚nterventional Management of Stroke.鈥� April 1, 2001 through March 31, 2003.
Co-Investigator at University Hospitals of Cleveland, NINDS, 鈥淗emicraniectomy and Durotomy Upon Deterioration for Massive Hemispheric Infarcts, A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Study (HEADFIRST).鈥� Pilot Clinical Trial awarded funding from October 1999 through September 2002.
Primary Investigator, National Institutes of Health, 鈥淎lzheimer Proteins during Brain Metabolic Stress.鈥� #RO1 NS34731, September 30, 1997 through May 31, 2002.
Co-Investigator, American Heart Association, 鈥淢itochondrial Function in Ischemic Injury in Cortical Neurons.鈥� July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1998.
Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health, 鈥淔ocal Stroke: Metabolism and pH Using Neutral Red.鈥� #2 RO1 NS22571-04A1, March 1, 1995 through February 28, 1998.
Primary Investigator at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, McMasters University, 鈥淎SA and Carotid Endarterectomy,鈥� (WM82434). July 18, 1994 through March 31, 1998.
Research Mentor to Anthony G. Alastra, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 鈥淧athophysiology of Reversible Focal Ischemia: Salvaging the Penumbra.鈥� June 1, 1994 through May 31, 1995.
Primary Investigator at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, National Institutes of Health, 鈥淣orth American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial.鈥� #RO1 NS24456, September 1, 1992 through August 31, 1997.
Primary Investigator at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, The Upjohn Company/University of Virginia, 鈥淓fficacy/Safety Study of Tirilizad Mesylate (U-74, 006F) in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.鈥� September 1, 1992 through November 15, 1993.
Primary Investigator, National Institutes of Health, First Award, 鈥淩eversible Focal Cerebral Ischemia.鈥� #NEUA-1-R29, September 1, 1989 through August 31, 1994.
Primary Investigator, American Heart Association, Northeast Ohio Affiliate Grant-in-Aid Award, 鈥淣ew Model of Focal Chronic Cerebral Vasospasm after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Rat.鈥� #4677, July 1, 1989 through June 30, 1990.
Primary Investigator, Case Western Reserve University Research Initiation Grant, 鈥淪ubarachnoid Hemorrhage鈥擱at Model.鈥� May 1, 1987 through April 30, 1988.
Primary Investigator, American Heart Association, Northeast Ohio Affiliate Grant-in-Aid Award, 鈥淢etabolic Analysis of Focal Cerebral Ischemia.鈥� #4480R, January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987.
Primary Investigator, Young Clinician Investigator Award, Research Foundation of the Association of Neurological Surgeons, 鈥淢etabolic Analysis of Focal Cerebral Ischemia.鈥� #4480R, January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987.
Primary Investigator, Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Research Support Grant Program, 鈥淢etabolic Analysis of Focal Cerebral Ischemia.鈥� #RR-05410-24, November 1, 1985 through March 31, 1986.
Primary Investigator, American Heart Association, Northeast Ohio Affiliate Grant-in-Aid Award, 鈥淢etabolic Analysis of Focal Cerebral Ischemia.鈥� #4480, July 1, 1985 through January 30, 1986.
External Appointments
Publications
Peer-Viewed Articles
Rothstein BD, Selman WR. . Virtual Mentor. 2015;17(1):33-36. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2015.17.1.medu1-1501.
Arafah, B, Gabriek Z, Selman W, Shasby, G. Pitfalls in the Diagnosis and Management of Cushing鈥檚 Syndrome. NeuroFocus Journal: Neurosurgical Focus Podcast. February 2015.
Bansal V, El Asmar N, Selman WR, Arafah BM. . Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Feb;38(2):E4. doi: 10.3171/2014.11.FOCUS14704. Review.
Wright J, Wright CH, Selman WR. . Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Feb;38(2):E3. doi: 10.3171/2014.11.FOCUS14771.
Zada G, Carmichael JD, Selman WR. . Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Feb;38(2):E1. doi: 10.3171/2014.11.FOCUS14788.
Carmichael JD, Zada G, Selman WR. . Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Feb;38(2):E8. doi: 10.3171/2014.11.FOCUS14778.
Bonda DJ, Manjila S, Selman WR, Dean D. . Neurosurgery. 2015 Nov;77(5):814-824.
Nahabet EH, Gatherwright J, Vockley J, Henderson N, Tomei KL, Grigorian AP, Kaminski B, Bass N, Selman WR, Lakin GE. . Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2015 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print]
Seicean A, Alan N, Seicean S, Neuhauser D, Selman WR, Bambakidis NC. . J Neurosurg. 2015 Jul;123(1):91-100. doi: 10.3171/2014.10.JNS14551. Epub 2015 Apr 10.
Abboud SE, Wolansky LJ, Manjila SV, Lo SS, Arafah BM, Selman WR, Couce ME, Rogers LR. . J Neuroimaging. 2015 Jul-Aug;25(4):674-6. doi: 10.1111/jon.12181. Epub 2014 Oct 27.
Book Chapters
Selman WR, Tarr RW, Sunshine JL, Tarr RW, Ratcheson RA. "Arteriovenous malformations" In Neurology in Clinical Practice: Principles of Diagnosis and Management, 4th Edition, Volume II, Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J (Eds). Butterworth-Heinemann, Woburn, Massachusetts, pp. 1285-1297; 2004.
Bambakidis NC and Selman WR. "Subarachnoid hemorrhage" In Current Clinical Neurology: Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery, Suarez J (Ed). Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, New Jersey, pp. 365-377; 2004.
Rodrigue T, Selman WR. "Postoperative management in the neurosciences critical care unit" In Current Clinical Neurology: Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery, Suarez J (Ed). The Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, New Jersey, pp. 433-448; 2004.
Selman WR, Hsu D, Tarr RW, Ratcheson RA. "Intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage" In Neurology in Clinical Practice: Principles of Diagnosis and Management, 5th Edition, Volume II, Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J (Eds). Butterworth-Heinemann, Butterworth-Heinemann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 1243-1257, 2007.
Selman WR, Blackham K, Tarr RW, Ratcheson RA. "Arteriovenous malformations" In Neurology in Clinical Practice: Principles of Diagnosis and Management, 5th Edition, Volume II, Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J (Eds). Butterworth-Heinemann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 1259-1271, 2007.
Dashti SR, Miller JP, Tarr, RW, Selman WR. "Vascular lesions of the cerebellopontine angle" In Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle, Bambakidis NC, Megerian CA, Spetzler RF (Eds). People鈥檚 Medical Publishing House, Decker, Inc., Shelton, Connecticut, pp. 287-299, 2009.
Dashti, SR., Sunshine JL, Tarr RW, Selman WR, "Arteriovenous malformations: functional evaluation and diagnosis" In Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations, Stieg PE, Batjer HH and Samson DS (Eds). Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis, Missouri, pp 115 鈥� 122, 2006.
Hoffer SA, Singer J, Selman WR, Bambakidis NC. "Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage" In Ellenbogen RG, Abdulrauf SI, Sekhar LN, eds. Principles of Neurosurgery. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Penn: Elsevier; 2012: Chapter 16.
Bambakidis NC, Nelson JT, Selman WR. "Cerebral protection" In: Aminoff MJ, ed. Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Penn: Elsevier Inc.; May, 2014.
Selman WR, Bambakidis NC, Hdeib A. "Subarachnoid hemorrhage: Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery", Current Clinical Neurology. The Humana Press, Inc. 2014.