Georg Noѓen, MD, Ph.D
Gamma Knife and Cyberknife Radiosurgery
Dr. Noѓen, professor at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and director and chief of the Rhode Island Hospital Gamma Knife Center specializes in stereotactic radiosurgery. He has been doing Gamma Knife radiosurgery since 1974 and, in fact, pioneered its use to treat a variety of ailments, particularly acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas). Other indications for Gamma Knife treatment include meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, metastatic brain cancer, trigeminal neuralgia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and arteriovenous malformations. In addition, he is actively involved in delivering Cyberknife radiosurgery.
Professional Papers
- Role of gamma knife radiosurgery in acromegaly Jackson IMD, Norén G Pituitary 2:71-77 1999
- Role of gamma knife therapy in the management of pituitary tumors Jackson IMD, Norén G Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 28:133-142 1999
- Spinal nerve root repair and reimplantation of avulsed ventral roots into spinal cord after brachial plexus injury. Carlstedt T, Anand P, Hallin R, Misra PV, Norén G, Seferlis T J Neurosurg (Spine 2) 93:237-247 2000
- Comparison of geometric distortion in digital angiography with and without a correction program. Zheng Z, Shearer D, Norén G, Chougule P, Friehs G J Neurosurg (Suppl 3) 93:223-227 2000
- Gamma knife surgery for treatment of central neurocytomas. Report of four cases. Cobery ST, Norén G, Friehs GM, Chougule P, Zheng, Z, Epstein MH, Taylor W J Neurosurg 94:327-330 2001
- Glioblastoma multiforme occurring in a patient treated with gamma knife surgery. Case report and review of the literature Shamisa A, Bance M, Nag S, Tator C, Wong S, Norén G, Guha A J Neurosurg 94:816-821 2001
- MR imaging of pituitary adenomas after gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery. Tung GA, Norén G, Rogg JM, Jackson IMD AJR 177:919-924 2001
- Off-target patient dose during couch transit for the Leksell gamma knife Bradford CD, Morabito B, Shearer DR, Norén G, Chougule P Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 54:1134-1139 2002
- Preservation of functional hearing after gamma knife surgery for vestibular schwannoma. Litvack ZN, Norén G, Chougule PB, and Zheng Z Neurosurg Focus 14 (5): Article 3 2003
- Neurosurgery for intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression: critical issues. Greenberg BD, Price LH, Rauch SL, Friehs G, Norén G, Malone D, et al. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 14(2):199-212 2003
- Targeting the cranial nerve: microradiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia with CISS and 3D-Flash MR imaging sequences. Zerris VA, Norén G, Shucart WA, Rogg J, Friehs GM J Neurosurg (Suppl) 102:107-110 2005
- Prevalence of hydrocephalus in 157 patients with vestibular schwannoma. Rogg JM, Ahn SH, Tung GA, Reinert SE, Norén G Neuroradiology 47:344-351 2005
- Utility of apparent diffusion coefficient in predicting the outcome of Gamma Knife-treated brain metastases prior to changes in tumor volume: a preliminary study Goldman M, Boxerman JL, Rogg JM, Norén G J Neurosurg (Suppl) 105:175-182, 2006
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for functional disorders Friehs GM, Park, MC, Goldman MA, Zerris VA, Norén G, Sampath P Neurosurgical Focus 23(6):E3 2007.
- Gamma ventral capsulotomy for treatment of resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: A structural MRI pilot prospective study Cecconi JP, Lopes AC, Duran FL, Santos LC, Hoexter MQ, Gentil AF, Canteras MM, Castro CC, Norén G, Greenberg BD, Rauch SL, Busatto GF, Miguel EC:. Neurosci Lett Sep 27 2008.
- Retreatment of vestibular schwannomas with Gamma Knife surgery Dewan S, Norén G J Neurosurg 109:1044-148 2008.
