David S. Sabsevitz, Ph.D., ABPP

  1. Neuropsychologist
  1. Freund BE, Barrios ML, Feyissa AM, Sabsevitz D, Grewal SS, Freeman WD, Middlebrooks EH, Sanchez-Garavito JE, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Tatum WO. A review of acute symptomatic seizures during awake craniotomy for tumour resection. Br J Neurosurg. 2024 Oct 16; 1-6 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Middlebrooks EH, Gupta V, Agarwal AK, Freund BE, Messina SA, Tatum WO, Sabsevitz DS, Feyissa AM, Mirsattari SM, Galan FN, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Grewal SS, Murray JV. Radiologic Classification of Hippocampal Sclerosis in Epilepsy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Sep 9; 45 (9):1185-1193 Epub 2024 Sept 09
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  3. Koay JM, Michaelides L, Moniz-Garcia DP, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Chaichana K, Almeida JP, Gruenbaum BF, Sherman WJ, Sabsevitz DS. Repeated surgical resections for management of high-grade glioma and its impact on quality of life. J Neurooncol. 2024 Apr; 167 (2):267-273 Epub 2024 Feb 13
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  4. Ekert JO, Sabsevitz DS, Martin Del Campo I, Goyal A, Gillespie CS, Middlebrooks EH, Chaichana KL, Lee KS, Sanchez-Garavito JE, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Awake brain mapping paradigms for nondominant hemisphere gliomas. Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Feb; 56 (2):E7
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  5. Moniz-Garcia D, Bojaxhi E, Borah BJ, Dholakia R, Kim H, Sousa-Pinto B, Almeida JP, Mendhi M, Freeman WD, Sherman W, Christel L, Rosenfeld S, Grewal SS, Middlebrooks EH, Sabsevitz D, Gruenbaum BF, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Awake Craniotomy Program Implementation. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jan 2; 7 (1):e2352917 Epub 2024 Jan 02
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  6. Koay JM, Sabsevitz DS, Ritaccio A, Feyissa AM, Tatum W, Blackmon K. Is preserved consciousness during seizures associated with quality of life among patients with drug-resistant epilepsy? Epilepsy Behav. 2024 Jan; 150:109585 Epub 2023 Dec 13
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  7. Freund BE, Feyissa AM, Khan A, Middlebrooks EH, Grewal SS, Sabsevitz D, Sherman WJ, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Tatum WO. Early Postoperative Seizures Following Awake Craniotomy and Functional Brain Mapping for Lesionectomy. World Neurosurg. 2024 Jan; 181:e732-e742 Epub 2023 Oct 28
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  8. Martin-Monzon I, Amores-Carrera L, Sabsevitz D, Herbet G. Intraoperative mapping of the right hemisphere: a systematic review of protocols that evaluate cognitive and social cognitive functions. Front Psychol. 2024; 15:1415523 Epub 2024 June 20
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  9. Lakhani DA, Sabsevitz DS, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Middlebrooks EH. Current State of Functional MRI in the Presurgical Planning of Brain Tumors. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2023 Nov; 5 (6):e230078
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  10. Freund BE, Sherman WJ, Sabsevitz DS, Middlebrooks EH, Feyissa AM, Garcia DM, Moniz Garcia D, Grewal SS, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Tatum WO 4th. Can we improve electrocorticography using a circular grid array in brain tumor surgery? Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2023 Nov 1; 9 (6) Epub 2023 Nov 01
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  11. Freund BE, Feyissa AM, Khan A, Sirven JI, Grewal SS, Sabsevitz D, Moniz-Garcia D, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Tatum WO. Enhanced sensitivity of electrocorticography during awake craniotomy using a novel circular grid electrode. J Neurooncol. 2023 Nov; 165(2):313-320. Epub 2023 Nov 07.
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  12. Parsons MW, Sabsevitz DS. Cognitive issues in patients with IDH mutant gliomas: from neuroscience to clinical neuropsychology. J Neurooncol. 2023 May; 162 (3):525-533 Epub 2023 Mar 20
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  13. Suarez-Meade P, Marenco-Hillembrand L, Sabsevitz D, Okromelidze L, Blake Perdikis BS, Sherman WJ, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Middlebrooks EH, Chaichana KL. Surgical resection of gliomas in the dominant inferior frontal gyrus: Consecutive case series and anatomy review of Broca's area. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2022 Dec; 223:107512 Epub 2022 Nov 11
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  14. Koay JM, Blackmon KE, Middlebrooks EH, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Chaichana KL, Feyissa AM, Grewal SS, Sabsevitz DS. Examining the role of the uncinate fasciculus in proper noun naming: awake brain tumor resections and stereo EEG targeted electrical stimulation multiple case study. Neurocase. 2022 Oct; 28(5):439-447. Epub 2022 Dec 22.
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  15. Tripathi S, Vivas-Buitrago T, Domingo RA, Biase G, Brown D, Akinduro OO, Ramos-Fresnedo A, Sherman W, Gupta V, Middlebrooks EH, Sabsevitz DS, Porter AB, Uhm JH, Bendok BR, Parney I, Meyer FB, Chaichana KL, Swanson KR, Quinones-Hinojosa A. IDH-wild-type glioblastoma cell density and infiltration distribution influence on supramarginal resection and its impact on overall survival: a mathematical model. J Neurosurg. 2022 Jun 1; 136 (6):1567-1575 Epub 2021 Oct 29
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  16. Vivas-Buitrago T, Domingo RA, Tripathi S, De Biase G, Brown D, Akinduro OO, Ramos-Fresnedo A, Sabsevitz DS, Bendok BR, Sherman W, Parney IF, Jentoft ME, Middlebrooks EH, Meyer FB, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Influence of supramarginal resection on survival outcomes after gross-total resection of IDH-wild-type glioblastoma. J Neurosurg. 2022 Jan 1; 136 (1):1-8 Epub 2021 June 04
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  17. Colaguori F, Marin-Mera M, McDonnell M, Martinez J, Valero-Moreno F, Damon A, Domingo RA, Clifton W, Fox WC, Chaichana K, Middlebrooks EH, Sabsevitz D, Forry R, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Three-Dimensionally Printed Surgical Simulation Tool for Brain Mapping Training and Preoperative Planning. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Nov 15; 21 (6):523-532
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  18. Domingo RA, Vivas-Buitrago T, De Biase G, Middlebrooks EH, Bechtle PS, Sabsevitz DS, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Tatum WO. Intraoperative Seizure Detection During Active Resection of Glioblastoma Through a Novel Hollow Circular Electrocorticography Array. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Jul 15; 21 (2):E147-E152
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  19. Ortiz KJ, Hawayek MI, Middlebrooks EH, Sabsevitz DS, Garcia DP, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Chaichana KL. Intraoperative Direct Stimulation Identification and Preservation of Critical White Matter Tracts During Brain Surgery. World Neurosurg. 2021 Feb; 146:64-74. Epub 2020 Oct 24.
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  20. Drane DL, Pedersen NP, Sabsevitz DS, Block C, Dickey AS, Alwaki A, Kheder A. Cognitive and Emotional Mapping With SEEG. Front Neurol. 2021; 12:627981. Epub 2021 Apr 12.
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  21. Singh TD, Sabsevitz DS, Desai NN, Middlebrooks EH, Feyissa AM, Grewal S, Wharen RE, Tatum WO, Ritaccio AL. Crying with depressed affect induced by electrical stimulation of the anterior insula: A stereo EEG case study. Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2021; 15:100421 Epub 2020 Dec 31
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  22. Domingo RA, Vivas-Buitrago T, Sabsevitz DS, Middlebrooks EH, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Awake Craniotomy with Cortical and Subcortical Speech Mapping for Supramarginal Cavernoma Resection. World Neurosurg. 2020 Sep; 141:260 Epub 2020 June 22
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  23. Sabsevitz DS, Middlebrooks EH, Tatum W, Grewal SS, Wharen R, Ritaccio AL. Examining the function of the visual word form area with stereo EEG electrical stimulation: A case report of pure alexia. Cortex. 2020 Aug; 129:112-118 Epub 2020 Apr 28
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  24. Suarez-Meade P, Marenco-Hillembrand L, Prevatt C, Murguia-Fuentes R, Mohamed A, Alsaeed T, Lehrer EJ, Brigham T, Ruiz-Garcia H, Sabsevitz D, Middlebrooks EH, Bechtle PS, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Chaichana KL. Awake vs. asleep motor mapping for glioma resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Jul; 162 (7):1709-1720 Epub 2020 May 09
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  25. Marenco-Hillembrand L, Suarez-Meade P, Sabsevitz DS, Leone BJ, Chaichana KL. Awake Craniotomy in a Patient with Previously Diagnosed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jul; 139:7-11 Epub 2020 Apr 09
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  26. ReFaey K, Tripathi S, Bhargav AG, Grewal SS, Middlebrooks EH, Sabsevitz DS, Jentoft M, Brunner P, Wu A, Tatum WO, Ritaccio A, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Potential differences between monolingual and bilingual patients in approach and outcome after awake brain surgery. J Neurooncol. 2020 Jul; 148 (3):587-598 Epub 2020 June 10
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  27. Bohm P, McKay J, Lucas J, Sabsevitz D, Feyissa AM, Ritaccio T, Grewal SS, Wharen RE, Gupta V, Tatum WO. Wada testing and fMRI in a polyglot evaluated for epilepsy surgery. Epileptic Disord. 2020 Apr 1; 22 (2):207-213
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  28. Bovi JA, Pugh SL, Sabsevitz D, Robinson CG, Paulson E, Mehta MP, Gondi V, Kundapur V, Shahin MS, Chao ST, Machtay M, DeNittis AS, Laack NN, Greenspoon JN, Moore KN, Huang J, Dominello MM, Kachnic LA. Pretreatment Volume of MRI-Determined White Matter Injury Predicts Neurocognitive Decline After Hippocampal Avoidant Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: Secondary Analysis of NRG Oncology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0933. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2019 Oct-Dec; 4 (4):579-586 Epub 2019 July 16
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  29. Elverman KH, Resch ZJ, Quasney EE, Sabsevitz DS, Binder JR, Swanson SJ. Temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with distinct cognitive phenotypes. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 May 8; 96:61-68 Epub 2019 May 08
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  30. Raghavan M, Li Z, Carlson C, Anderson CT, Stout J, Sabsevitz DS, Swanson SJ, Binder JR. MEG language lateralization in partial epilepsy using dSPM of auditory event-related fields. Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Aug; 73:247-255 Epub 2017 June 26
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  31. Maiser S, Kabir A, Sabsevitz D, Peltier W. Locked-In Syndrome #303. J Palliat Med. 2016 Apr; 19 (4):460-1 Epub 2016 Mar 07
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  32. DeYoe EA, Ulmer JL, Mueller WM, Sabsevitz DS, Reitsma DC, Pillai JJ. Imaging of the Functional and Dysfunctional Visual System. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2015 Jun; 36(3):234-48. Epub 2015 May 27.
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  33. Raslau FD, Mark LP, Sabsevitz DS, Ulmer JL. Imaging of Functional and Dysfunctional Episodic Memory. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2015 Jun; 36 (3):260-74 Epub 2015 May 18
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  34. Klein AP, Sabsevitz DS, Ulmer JL, Mark LP. Imaging of Cortical and White Matter Language Processing. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2015 Jun; 36 (3):249-59 Epub 2015 May 18
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  35. Umfleet LG, Janecek JK, Quasney E, Sabsevitz DS, Ryan JJ, Binder JR, Swanson SJ. Sensitivity and specificity of memory and naming tests for identifying left temporal-lobe epilepsy. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2015; 22 (3):189-96 Epub 2014 Sept 25
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  36. Stewart CC, Swanson SJ, Sabsevitz DS, Rozman ME, Janecek JK, Binder JR. Predictors of language lateralization in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuropsychologia. 2014 Jul; 60:93-102 Epub 2014 June 04
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  37. Sabsevitz DS, Bovi JA, Leo PD, Laviolette PS, Rand SD, Mueller WM, Schultz CJ. The role of pre-treatment white matter abnormalities in developing white matter changes following whole brain radiation: a volumetric study. J Neurooncol. 2013 Sep; 114 (3):291-7 Epub 2013 June 30
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  38. Janecek JK, Winstanley FS, Sabsevitz DS, Raghavan M, Mueller W, Binder JR, Swanson SJ. Naming outcome after left or right temporal lobectomy in patients with bilateral language representation by Wada testing. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Jul; 28 (1):95-8 Epub 2013 May 18
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  39. Janecek JK, Swanson SJ, Sabsevitz DS, Hammeke TA, Raghavan M, Mueller W, Binder JR. Naming outcome prediction in patients with discordant Wada and fMRI language lateralization. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 May; 27 (2):399-403 Epub 2013 Mar 29
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  40. Janecek JK, Swanson SJ, Sabsevitz DS, Hammeke TA, Raghavan M, E Rozman M, Binder JR. Language lateralization by fMRI and Wada testing in 229 patients with epilepsy: rates and predictors of discordance. Epilepsia. 2013 Feb; 54 (2):314-22 Epub 2013 Jan 07
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  41. Binder JR, Swanson SJ, Sabsevitz DS, Hammeke TA, Raghavan M, Mueller WM. A comparison of two fMRI methods for predicting verbal memory decline after left temporal lobectomy: language lateralization versus hippocampal activation asymmetry. Epilepsia. 2010 Apr; 51 (4):618-26 Epub 2009 Oct 08
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  42. Binder JR, Swanson SJ, Hammeke TA, Sabsevitz DS. A comparison of five fMRI protocols for mapping speech comprehension systems. Epilepsia. 2008 Dec; 49 (12):1980-97 Epub 2008 May 29
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  43. Lee D, Swanson SJ, Sabsevitz DS, Hammeke TA, Scott Winstanley F, Possing ET, Binder JR. Functional MRI and Wada studies in patients with interhemispheric dissociation of language functions. Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Aug; 13 (2):350-6 Epub 2008 May 27
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  44. Binder JR, Sabsevitz DS, Swanson SJ, Hammeke TA, Raghavan M, Mueller WM. Use of preoperative functional MRI to predict verbal memory decline after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia. 2008 Aug; 49 (8):1377-94 Epub 2008 Apr 24
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  45. Swanson SJ, Sabsevitz DS, Hammeke TA, Binder JR. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of language in epilepsy. Neuropsychol Rev. 2007 Dec; 17 (4):491-504 Epub 2007 Nov 16
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  46. Ruff IM, Swanson SJ, Hammeke TA, Sabsevitz D, Mueller WM, Morris GL. Predictors of naming decline after dominant temporal lobectomy: age at onset of epilepsy and age of word acquisition. Epilepsy Behav. 2007 Mar; 10 (2):272-7 Epub 2007 Jan 31
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  47. Sabsevitz DS, Medler DA, Seidenberg M, Binder JR. Modulation of the semantic system by word imageability. Neuroimage. 2005 Aug 1; 27 (1):188-200
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  48. Moran M, Seidenberg M, Sabsevitz D, Swanson S, Hermann B. The acquisition of face and person identity information following anterior temporal lobectomy. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2005 May; 11 (3):237-48
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  49. Sabsevitz DS, Swanson SJ, Hammeke TA, Spanaki MV, Possing ET, Morris GL 3rd, Mueller WM, Binder JR. Use of preoperative functional neuroimaging to predict language deficits from epilepsy surgery. Neurology. 2003 Jun 10; 60 (11):1788-92
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  50. Seidenberg M, Griffith R, Sabsevitz D, Moran M, Haltiner A, Bell B, Swanson S, Hammeke T, Hermann B. Recognition and identification of famous faces in patients with unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuropsychologia. 2002; 40 (4):446-56
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  51. Sabsevitz DS, Swanson SJ, Morris GL, Mueller WM, Seidenberg M. Memory outcome after left anterior temporal lobectomy in patients with expected and reversed Wada memory asymmetry scores. Epilepsia. 2001 Nov; 42 (11):1408-15
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  52. Ray WJ, Sabsevitz D, De Pascalis V, Quigley K, Aikins D, Tubbs M. Cardiovascular reactivity during hypnosis and hypnotic susceptibility: three studies of heart rate variability. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2000 Jan; 48 (1):22-31
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