Physicians

Charles J Hodge, M.D.

Professor, Neurosurgery
6TH FL Jacobsen Hall
Upstate Medical University
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210

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Education and Clinical Training

M.D.: 1967, Columbia University
Residency: 1969, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Residency: 1974, University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse

Clinical Specialty

Neurological Surgery, Certified: 1977

Clinical Department/Section Affiliations

Neurosurgery/Brain Tumors
Neurosurgery/Neurovascular
Neurosurgery/Radiosurgery

Clinical Interests

Functional imaging; MRI

Research Program and Department Affiliations

Biomedical Sciences Program
Neuroscience Program
Neurosurgery

Research Interests

Mechanisms of cortical plasticity and cortical reorganization after injury.

Research Abstract

My laboratory is studying two new imaging techniques. The first uses Echo Planar MR technology to visualize areas of human brain that are activated by a variety of tasks. The simplest projects involve confirming the accuracy of functional MR localization using electrical stimulation on awake and anesthetized patients undergoing craniotomy. This technique will allow the surgeon to know the locations of important functional cortical areas and their relation to the pathology prior to surgery. This should allow superior operative planning. Additionally, this technique is used to study various cognitive functions that the human brain participates in. My laboratory has a particular interest in imagery and the areas of cortex involved in mental activity.My laboratory is also interested in optical imaging of the exposed cortex. This technique allows visualization, with great precision, of areas of cortex involved in a variety of functions. Optical imaging, which we are using in both animals and humans, should allow major advances to be made in understanding how cortex, particularly human cortex, functions under a variety of complex conditions.

Selected Publications

Apuzzo, Hodge C: The metamorphosis of communication, the knowledge revolution and the maintenance of a contemporary perspective during the 21st century neurosurgery. Neurosurgery 46: 7-12, 2000.

Rodziewicz G, Smith M, Hodge C: Endoscopic colloid cyst surgery. Neurosurgery 46: 655-662, March 2000.

Yamamoto, Nguyen T, Stevens R, Meiri, Hodge C: Increase of GAP 43 expression following kainic acid injection into whisker barrel cortex. Neuroreport 11: 1603-1605, 2000.

Nguyen T, Yanamote, Stevens R, Hodge C: Reorganization of adult rat barrel cortex intrinsic signals following kainic acid induced central lesion. Neuroscience Let. 288: 5-8, 2000.

Boayke M, Huckins S, Szeverenyi, Taskey R, Hodge C: Runctional magnetic resonance imaging of somatosens cortex activity produced by electrical stimulation of the median nerve or tactile stimulation of index finger. Journal of Neurosurgery 93: 774-783, 2000.

Hodge C, Boayke M: Biological Plasticity: The future of science in neurosurgery. Neurosurgery 48: 2-16, 2001.

Hodge C, Christensen M: Anterolateral cordotomy. Surgical Management of Pain, 732-ff, Thieme, New York, 2001.

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This profile was last updated on 09/29/2008

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