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Mark Iantosca, MD

Mark Iantosca, MD

Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Pediatric Cancer Team
MRI1@psu.edu

Research Interests

  • Syringomyelia
  • Pediatrics
  • Therapeutics
  • Child
  • Decompression
  • Syringes
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Neoplasms
  • Scoliosis
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Drainage

Recent Publications

2022

Akbari, HSA, Yahanda, AT, Ackerman, LL, Adelson, PD, Ahmed, R, Albert, GW, Aldana, PR, Alden, TD, Anderson, RCE, Bauer, DF, Bethel-Anderson, T, Bierbrauer, K, Brockmeyer, DL, Chern, JJ, Couture, DE, Daniels, DJ, Dlouhy, BJ, Durham, SR, Ellenbogen, RG, Eskandari, R, Fuchs, HE, Grant, GA, Graupman, PC, Greene, S, Greenfield, JP, Gross, NL, Guillaume, DJ, Hankinson, TC, Heuer, GG, Iantosca, M, Iskandar, BJ, Jackson, EM, Jallo, GI, Johnston, JM, Kaufman, BA, Keating, RF, Khan, NR, Krieger, MD, Leonard, JR, Maher, CO, Mangano, FT, McComb, JG, McEvoy, SD, Meehan, T, Menezes, AH, Muhlbauer, MS, O'Neill, BR, Olavarria, G, Ragheb, J, Selden, NR, Shah, MN, Shannon, CN, Shimony, JS, Smyth, MD, Stone, SSD, Strahle, JM, Tamber, MS, Torner, JC, Tuite, GF, Tyler-Kabara, EC, Wait, SD, Wellons, JC, Whitehead, WE, Park, TS & Limbrick, DD 2022, 'Complications and outcomes of posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty versus without duraplasty for pediatric patients with Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia: a study from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium', Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 39-51. https://doi.org/10.3171/2022.2.PEDS21446
Akbari, SHA, Rizvi, AA, CreveCoeur, TS, Han, RH, Greenberg, JK, Torner, J, Brockmeyer, DL, Wellons, JC, Leonard, JR, Mangano, FT, Johnston, JM, Shah, MN, Iskandar, BJ, Ahmed, R, Tuite, GF, Kaufman, BA, Daniels, DJ, Jackson, EM, Grant, GA, Powers, AK, Couture, DE, Adelson, PD, Alden, TD, Aldana, PR, Anderson, RCE, Selden, NR, Bierbrauer, K, Boydston, W, Chern, JJ, Whitehead, WE, Dauser, RC, Ellenbogen, RG, Ojemann, JG, Fuchs, HE, Guillaume, DJ, Hankinson, TC, O’Neill, BR, Iantosca, M, Oakes, WJ, Keating, RF, Klimo, P, Muhlbauer, MS, McComb, JG, Menezes, AH, Khan, NR, Niazi, TN, Ragheb, J, Shannon, CN, Smith, JL, Ackerman, LL, Jea, AH, Maher, CO, Narayan, P, Albert, GW, Stone, SSD, Baird, LC, Gross, NL, Durham, SR, Greene, S, McKinstry, RC, Shimony, JS, Strahle, JM, Smyth, MD, Dacey, RG, Park, TS & Limbrick, DD 2022, 'Socioeconomic and demographic factors in the diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia', Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 288-297. https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.9.PEDS2185

2021

Yahanda, AT, David Adelson, P, Hassan, S, Albert, GW, Aldana, PR, Alden, TD, Anderson, RCE, Bauer, DF, Bethel-Anderson, T, Brockmeyer, DL, Chern, JJ, Couture, DE, Daniels, DJ, Dlouhy, BJ, Durham, SR, Ellenbogen, RG, Eskandari, R, George, TM, Grant, GA, Graupman, PC, Greene, S, Greenfield, JP, Gross, NL, Guillaume, DJ, Hankinson, TC, Heuer, GG, Iantosca, M, Iskandar, BJ, Jackson, EM, Johnston, JM, Keating, RF, Krieger, MD, Leonard, JR, Maher, CO, Mangano, FT, Gordon McComb, J, McEvoy, SD, Meehan, T, Menezes, AH, O'Neill, BR, Olavarria, G, Ragheb, J, Selden, NR, Shah, MN, Shannon, CN, Shimony, JS, Smyth, MD, Stone, SSD, Strahle, JM, Torner, JC, Tuite, GF, Wait, SD, Wellons, JC, Whitehead, WE, Park, TS & Limbrick, DD 2021, 'Dural augmentation approaches and complication rates after posterior fossa decompression for Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia: A Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium study', Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 459-468. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.8.PEDS2087
Sadler, B, Skidmore, A, Gewirtz, J, Anderson, RCE, Haller, G, Ackerman, LL, Adelson, PD, Ahmed, R, Albert, GW, Aldana, PR, Alden, TD, Averill, C, Baird, LC, Bauer, DF, Bethel-Anderson, T, Bierbrauer, KS, Bonfield, CM, Brockmeyer, DL, Chern, JJ, Couture, DE, Daniels, DJ, Dlouhy, BJ, Durham, SR, Ellenbogen, RG, Eskandari, R, Fuchs, HE, George, TM, Grant, GA, Graupman, PC, Greene, S, Greenfield, JP, Gross, NL, Guillaume, DJ, Hankinson, TC, Heuer, GG, Iantosca, M, Iskandar, BJ, Jackson, EM, Jea, AH, Johnston, JM, Keating, RF, Khan, N, Krieger, MD, Leonard, JR, Maher, CO, Mangano, FT, Mapstone, TB, McComb, JG, McEvoy, SD, Meehan, T, Menezes, AH, Muhlbauer, M, Oakes, WJ, Olavarria, G, O'Neill, BR, Ragheb, J, Selden, NR, Shah, MN, Shannon, CN, Smith, J, Smyth, MD, Stone, SSD, Tuite, GF, Wait, SD, Wellons, JC, Whitehead, WE, Park, TS, Limbrick, DD & Strahle, JM 2021, 'Extradural decompression versus duraplasty in Chiari malformation type I with syrinx: Outcomes on scoliosis from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium', Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 167-175. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.12.PEDS20552
Gigliotti, MJ, Mau, C, Specht, CS, Lawson, C, McNutt, S, Natarajan, S, Rizk, EB & Iantosca, M 2021, 'Malignant spindle cell tumors of the posterior fossa in children: case series and review of management', Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 609-619. https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.3.PEDS2148
Crevecoeur, TS, Yahanda, AT, Maher, CO, Johnson, GW, Ackerman, LL, David Adelson, PD, Ahmed, R, Albert, GW, Aldana, PR, Alden, TD, Anderson, RCE, Baird, L, Bauer, DF, Bierbrauer, KS, Brockmeyer, DL, Chern, JJ, Couture, DE, Daniels, DJ, Dauser, RC, Durham, SR, Ellenbogen, RG, Eskandari, R, Fuchs, HE, George, TM, Grant, GA, Graupman, PC, Greene, S, Greenfield, JP, Gross, NL, Guillaume, DJ, Haller, G, Hankinson, TC, Heuer, GG, Iantosca, M, Iskandar, BJ, Jackson, EM, Jea, AH, Johnston, JM, Keating, RF, Kelly, MP, Khan, N, Krieger, MD, Leonard, JR, Mangano, FT, Mapstone, TB, Gordon McComb, J, Menezes, AH, Muhlbauer, M, Jerry Oakes, W, Olavarria, G, O'Neill, BR, Park, TS, Ragheb, J, Selden, NR, Shah, MN, Shannon, C, Shimony, JS, Smith, J, Smyth, MD, Stone, SSD, Strahle, JM, Tamber, MS, Torner, JC, Tuite, GF, Wait, SD, Wellons, JC, Whitehead, WE & Limbrick, DD 2021, 'Occipital-Cervical Fusion and Ventral Decompression in the Surgical Management of Chiari-1 Malformation and Syringomyelia: Analysis of Data from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium', Neurosurgery, vol. 88, no. 2, pp. 332-341. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyaa460

2020

Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium Investigators 2020, 'Factors associated with syrinx size in pediatric patients treated for Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia: A study from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia research consortium', Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 629-639. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.1.PEDS19493
Mrowczynski, OD, Lane, JR, Specht, CS, Greiner, RJ, Iantosca, MR & Rizk, EB 2020, 'Suprasellar central nervous system ganglioneuroblastoma: a case in a 9-year-old child and review of the literature', Child's Nervous System, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 2845-2849. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04597-4