Neurosurgical Associates of Abington, P.C.
 
 
Jonas J. Gopez, M.D.
Board Certified, 2009

 

EDUCATION:

B.S., Wharton School of Business - University of Pennsylvania, 1992
Providence, RI


M.D., Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1996
Charlottesville, VA
 

INTERNSHIP:

Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
General Surgery Intern, 1996-97

RESIDENCY:

Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Neurosurgical Resident, 1997-2003


CERTIFICATION:

Eligible, American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2001

Unrestricted Medical License - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2000

DEA Practitioner License - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2000

USMLE Step I passed 9/94, Step II passed 3/96, and Step III passed 12/96

Advanced Trauma Life Support certificate received June 1996

PRACTICE HISTORY:

AMH Neurosurgical Associates of Abington
Joined the practice of Steven J. Barrer, M.D. and Michael Yoon July 2003
2510 Maryland Road, Willowood Building, Suite 185, Willow Grove, PA 19090

RESEARCH:

2001  Neurotrauma Research Laboratory of Raj K. Narayan, M.D. and Kenneth I. Strauss, Ph.D., Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

1993  Spinal Cord Injury Laboratory of Steven K. Salzman, Ph.D., A.I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, DE

HONORS AND AWARDS:

April 2002 - First Place, Resident Paper Competition - Philadelphia Neurological Society - Philadelphia, PA

April 2002 - First Place, National Resident Trauma Paper Competition - American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA 

December 2001 - First Place, Resident Abstract Competition - Thirteenth Pan-Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference - Philadelphia, PA

December 2001 - First Place, Resident Trauma Paper Competition - American College of Surgeons, Regional Committee on Trauma - Newark, DE

November 2001 - First Place, Resident Trauma Paper Competition - American College of Surgeons, Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma - Harrisburg, PA

1992 - Magna Cum Laude from the Wharton School

1988-1991 Dean's List

PAPERS:

  1. Young WF, Gopez J, Legos J. (2002) Non-surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injury. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs . 11(4);469-82.

  2. Gopez J, Malik A, Vasudevan R, Fogelsanger L, Panikashvili D, Shohami E, Narayan R, Strauss K.  Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition Improves Functional Recovery in a Rat Model of Traumatic Brain Injury: Reduced Inflammation and Cell Death and Protection of 2-Arachidonoyl Glycerol Levels. Submitted for Publication.

CHAPTERS:

  1. Gopez J, Meagher R, Narayan R. When and How Should I monitor ICP? In: Valadka A, Andrews B eds. Neurotrauma: Evidence-based Answers to Common Questions. In Press.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
  1. Baron E, Gaughan J, Gopez J, Jallo J, Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Patients Sustaining Severe Head Injury in Pennsylvania: Risk Factors and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients Over 5 Years (1995-2000). Fourteenth Pan Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference. Philadelphia, PA  November 2002.

  2. Gopez J, Classification and Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures. Neurosurgery/Neurology Grand Rounds, Temple University Hospital. Philadelphia, PA  October 2002

  3. Gopez J, Malik A, Vasudevan R, Narayan R, Strauss K. COX-2 Inhibition Improves Functional and Histological Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury. Michael Scott Symposium, Temple University Hospital - Philadelphia, PA June 2002; Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Philadelphia, PA September 2002

  4. Gopez J. Contemporary Update on the Management of Head Injury. UST Medical Alumni Assoication Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ May 2002

  5. GopezJ, Meagher R, Malik A, Vasudevan R, Narayan R, Strauss K. A Selective COX-2 Inhibitor Improves Functional Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury. Philadelphia Neurological Society, Philadelphia, PA April 2002

  6. Gopez J, Vasudevan R, Bratinov G, Narayan, Strauss K. DFU Treatment Attenuates COX-2 Expression and Improves Functional Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury. Thirteenth Pan Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference, Philadelphia, PA December 2001

  7. Gopez J, Vasudevan R, Bratinov G, Narayan, Strauss K. COX-2 Expression , Activity, and Inhibition In Traumatic Brain Injury. American College of Surgeons, Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma - Harrisburg, PA November 2001; American College of Surgeons, Regional Committee on Trauma - Newark, DE December 2001; American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA April 2002

  8. Gozpez, J, Meagher R, Narayan R. History of Neurosurgery at Temple University Hospital. Michael Scott Symposium, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA June 2001

  9. Acefe J, Magram G, Gopez J. Chiari Type I Malformation Associated with Hydocephalus. A Difficult Clinical Entity. XVI Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Marseille, France November 1998

POSTER PRESENTATIONS :

Gopez J. Vasudevan R, Malik A, Narayan R, Strauss K. COX-2 Expression and DFU Treatment In TGraumatic Brain Injury. Neurosurgery + Science + Management Symposium. New Orleans, LA December 2001

Meagher R, Gopez J, Weaver M, Malik A, Tyagi R, Baron E, Narayan R. History of Neurosurgery at Temple University Hospital. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Canada April 2000

Malik A, Magram G, Meagher r, Gopez J, Yoon M. Hydocephalus with a Loculated Fourth Ventricle: Endoscopic Treatment Using a Single Ventricular Catheter. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA May 1999.

Gopez J, Beirbrauer K, Magram G. Burkitt's Lymphoma Involving the Cavernous Sinus in Early Childhood: Case Report and Review of the Literature, XVI Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. Marseille, France November 1998.

MEMBERSHIPS:

American Association of Neurological Surgeons - 2000 - Present
Congress of Neurological Surgeons - 2000 - Present
Pennsylvania Medical Society - 2000 - Present


 
 
 
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