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Robert Harbaugh, MD

Robert Harbaugh, MD

Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Brain and Central Nervous System Cancer Team
REH21@psu.edu

Research Interests

  • Therapeutics
  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • Intracranial Aneurysm
  • Neurosurgeons
  • Neurosurgery
  • Aneurysm
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Brain
  • Stroke
  • Seizures
  • Registries
  • Carotid Stenosis

Recent Publications

2023

Couldwell, WT, Harbaugh, RE & Rutka, JT 2023, 'EDITORIAL. Pitfalls in the practice of neurosurgery: identifying those at greatest risk', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 138, no. 5, pp. 1175-1177. https://doi.org/10.3171/2022.12.JNS222826

2022

Harbaugh, RE 2022, Becoming the Theologian and the Priest: Advice for Residents. in Surviving Neurosurgery: Vignettes of Resilience. Springer International Publishing, pp. 101-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86917-5_18
Asher, AL, Khalafallah, AM, Mukherjee, D, Alvi, MA, Yolcu, YU, Khan, I, Pennings, JS, Davidson, CA, Archer, KR, Moshel, YA, Knightly, J, Roguski, M, Zacharia, BE, Harbaugh, RE, Kalkanis, SN & Bydon, M 2022, 'Launching the Quality Outcomes Database Tumor Registry: rationale, development, and pilot data', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 136, no. 2, pp. 369-378. https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.1.JNS201115
Selden, NR, Barbaro, NM, Barrow, DL, Batjer, HH, Branch, CL, Burchiel, KJ, Byrne, RW, Dacey, RG, Day, AL, Dempsey, RJ, Derstine, P, Friedman, AH, Giannotta, SL, Grady, MS, Harsh IV, GR, Harbaugh, RE, Mapstone, TB, Muraszko, KM, Origitano, TC, Orrico, KO, Popp, AJ, Sagher, O, Selman, WR & Zipfel, GJ 2022, 'Neurosurgery residency and fellowship education in the United States: 2 decades of system development by the One Neurosurgery Summit organizations', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 136, no. 2, pp. 565-574. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.10.JNS203125
Asher, AL, El Sammak, S, Michalopoulos, GD, Yolcu, YU, Alexander, AY, Knightly, JJ, Foley, KT, Shaffrey, CI, Harbaugh, RE, Rose, GA, Coric, D, Bisson, EF, Glassman, SD, Mummaneni, PV & Bydon, M 2022, 'Time trend analysis of database and registry use in the neurosurgical literature: evidence for the advance of registry science', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 136, no. 6, pp. 1804-1809. https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.9.JNS212153

2021

Harbaugh, RE, Devin, C, Leavy, MB, Ghogawala, Z, Archer, KR, Bydon, M, Goertz, C, Dinstein, D, Nerenz, DR, Eakin, GS, Lavelle, W, Shaffer, WO, Arnold, PM, Washabaugh, CH & Gliklich, RE 2021, 'Harmonized outcome measures for use in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis patient registries and clinical practice', Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 888-896. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.9.SPINE20437

2020

Khan, I, Sivaganesan, A, Archer, KR, Bydon, M, McGirt, MJ, Nian, H, Harrell, FE, Foley, KT, Mummaneni, PV, Bisson, EF, Shaffrey, C, Harbaugh, R, Asher, AL, Devin, CJ, McGirt, MJ, Devin, CJ, Foley, KT, Sorenson, JM, Briggs, TB, Kremer, A, Griffitt, WE, Bisson, EF, Shaffrey, ME, Fassett, D, Oetting, G, Elowitz, EH & Rumana, C 2020, 'Does Neck Disability Index Correlate with 12-Month Satisfaction after Elective Surgery for Cervical Radiculopathy? Results from a National Spine Registry', Neurosurgery, vol. 86, no. 5, pp. 736-741. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyz231
Harbaugh, RE, Asher, AL, Cockroft, KM, Knightly, J & Narenthiran, G 2020, 'Evolution of the science of practice', Neurosurgical focus, vol. 48, no. 5, e1. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.2.FOCUS20128
Harbaugh, RE 2020, 'How the science of practice will improve evidence-based care', Neurosurgical focus, vol. 48, no. 5, 202. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.2.FOCUS202
Rai, P, Oh, S, Shyamkumar, P, Ramasamy, M, Harbaugh, RE & Varadan, VK 2020, 'Nano- bio- textile sensors with mobile wireless platform for wearable health monitoring of neurological and cardiovascular disorders', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 161, no. 2, pp. 3117-3151. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.012402jes
Asher, AL, Knightly, J, Mummaneni, PV, Alvi, MA, McGirt, MJ, Yolcu, YU, Chan, AK, Glassman, SD, Foley, KT, Slotkin, JR, Potts, EA, Shaffrey, ME, Shaffrey, CI, Haid, RW, Fu, KM, Wang, MY, Park, P, Bisson, EF, Harbaugh, RE & Bydon, M 2020, 'Quality outcomes database spine care project 2012-2020: Milestones achieved in a collaborative north American outcomes registry to advance value-based spine care and evolution to the american spine registry', Neurosurgical focus, vol. 48, no. 5, E2. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.2.FOCUS207
Abbott, AL, Brunser, AM, Giannoukas, A, Harbaugh, RE, Kleinig, T, Lattanzi, S, Poppert, H, Rundek, T, Shahidi, S, Silvestrini, M & Topakian, R 2020, 'Rectifying the misconceptions about current best management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis is not about revising history', Journal of Vascular Surgery, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 765-767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2020.03.020
Asher, AL, Bydon, M & Harbaugh, RE 2020, 'Reflections on the first decade of neurosurgical science of practice: What has been accomplished; What ambitions remain to be fulfilled?', Neurosurgical focus, vol. 48, no. 5, E3. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.2.FOCUS20147
Abbott, AL, Brunser, AM, Giannoukas, A, Harbaugh, RE, Kleinig, T, Lattanzi, S, Poppert, H, Rundek, T, Shahidi, S, Silvestrini, M & Topakian, R 2020, 'Reply', Journal of Vascular Surgery, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 384-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2020.03.019