Robert Harbaugh, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Robert Harbaugh, MD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Brain and Central Nervous System Cancer Team
Recent Publications
2026
EMBOLISE Investigators 2026, 'Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Subdural Hematoma: CT/MRI End Points of the EMBOLISE Trial', Radiology, vol. 318, no. 1, pp. e251746. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.251746
2025
Knopman, J, Davies, JM, Mokin, M, Hassan, AE, Harbaugh, RE, Khalessi, A, Fiehler, J, Levy, EI, Gross, BA, Grandhi, R, Tarpley, J, Sivakumar, W, Bain, M, Crowley, RW, Link, TW, Fraser, JF, Levitt, MR, Chen, PR, Hanel, RA, Bernard, JD, Jumaa, M, Youssef, PP, Cress, MC, Chaudry, MI, Shakir, HJ, Lesley, WS, Billingsley, J, Jones, J, Koch, MJ, Paul, AR, Mack, WJ, Osbun, JW, Dlouhy, KM, Grossberg, JA, Kellner, CP, Sahlein, DH, Santarelli, J, Schirmer, CM, Mazaris, P, Liu, JJ, Majjhoo, AQ, Wolfe, T, Patel, NV, Roark, CD & Siddiqui, AH 2025, 'EMBOLISE randomized surgical trial for subdural hematoma: clinical benefits beyond reoperation with middle meningeal artery embolization', Journal of neurointerventional surgery. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2025-024587
2024
Davies, JM, Knopman, J, Mokin, M, Hassan, AE, Harbaugh, RE, Khalessi, A, Fiehler, J, Gross, BA, Grandhi, R, Tarpley, J, Sivakumar, W, Bain, M, Crowley, RW, Link, TW, Fraser, JF, Levitt, MR, Chen, PR, Hanel, RA, Bernard, JD, Jumaa, M, Youssef, P, Cress, MC, Chaudry, MI, Shakir, HJ, Lesley, WS, Billingsley, J, Jones, J, Koch, MJ, Paul, AR, Mack, WJ, Osbun, JW, Dlouhy, K, Grossberg, JA, Kellner, CP, Sahlein, DH, Santarelli, J, Schirmer, CM, Singer, J, Liu, JJ, Majjhoo, AQ, Wolfe, T, Patel, NV, Roark, C & Siddiqui, AH 2024, 'Adjunctive Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Subdural Hematoma.', New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 391, no. 20, pp. 1890-1900. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2313472
Dzau, VJ, Kirch, DG, Murthy, VH, Nasca, TJ, Begley, R, Berwick, D, Boston-Leary, K, Cain, R, Cipriano, P, Clancy, C, Grant, EJ, Kessler, B, Maine, LL, Pollack, R, Rubin, B, Sandy, LG, Shanafelt, T, Villanueva, R, Williams, MA, Agee, NH, Amaya, M, Arespacochaga, E, Baker, D, Balch, A, Barden, C, Bernard, KS, Bernstein, CA, Bickel, J, Kitts, AB, Biddison, LD, Bird, S, Brigham, T, Brower, KJ, Burstin, H, Busis, N, Carayon, P, Carmen, MD, Cassel, C, Chang, CC, Cherry, RA, Clever, LH, Cockroft, K, Collins, MF, Danmeier, E, Delgado, S, Downing, V, Dyrbye, L, Farley, H, Feingold, J, Forneris, S, Fried, J, Garcia-Davis, J, Goel, S, Gold, JP, Granatir, T, Gunnell, H, Harbaugh, RE, Hawkins, R, Hengerer, Hildreth, A, Hingle, S, Hoover, E, Horvath, K, Hoyt, DB, Ishii, L, Kaplan, J, Kerschner, J, Kitts, AB, Larson, B, Dopp, AL, Leners, C, Levin, S, Lynn, L, Maguire, M, Mallick, A, Malone, B, Marx, B, Melnyk, B, Meyers, D, Mitchell, E, Howell, AN, Nora, LM, Ortega, L, Patel, N, Paul, S, Paz, H, Peccoralo, L, Perlo, J, Priselac, TM, Raiford, DS, Rajapuram, N, Raymond, JR, Riggs, R, Ripp, J, Rogers, DA, Rotella, J, Sato, L, Schwarze, M, Sees, J, Sen, S, Shah, T, Simari, R, Singer, S, Sinsky, C, Smith, C, Smith, SG, Sowers, K, Steirer, M, Sukhera, J, Tait, VF, Todd, C, Tsue, T, Upton, M, Vinson, A, Weissman, D, Weissman, E, Windover, A, Bogard, K, Tran, TA, Ahmed, F, Colgan, C, Phillips, S, Ogilvie, JL & Alexander, C 2024, National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being. in Coresource 4. National Academies Press, pp. 1-71. https://doi.org/10.17226/26744
Church, EW & Harbaugh, RE 2024, 'The history of the well-traveled aneurysm clips', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 141, no. 2, pp. 587. https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.2.JNS24384
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
Church, EW & Harbaugh, RE 2023, The Natural History and Medical Management of Carotid Occlusive Disease. in Youmans and Winn Neurological Surgery: Volumes 1-4, 8th Edition. Elsevier, pp. 3285-3288.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-66192-8.00413-4
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