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University of Illinois
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F. Charbel, MD

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M. Barua, MD

R. Deveshwar, MD

H. Engelhard, MD, PhD

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T. Hersonskey, MD

M. Lemole, MD

D. Nikas, MD

B. Roitberg, MD

S. Sinha Roy, MD

K. Slavin, MD

J. Stone, MD

University of Illinois
Department of Neurosurgery
912 S. Wood Street
4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60612
phone: 312-996-4842
G. Michael Lemole, Jr., MD
Assistant Professor
Chief of Section of Skull Base Neurosurgery

Email: mlemole@uic.edu

Experience

Fellowships:
Cerebrovascular/Skull Base Surgery
Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ

Complex Spinal Surgery
Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ

International Study:
Endovascular/Cerebrovascular surgery
Christian-Doppler Medical Center
Landeskliniken, Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria

Residency:
Neurological Surgery,
Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ

Internship:
General Surgery,
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ

Education

Medical School:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (M.D.)

Undergraduate:
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (A.B./A.M.)

Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgery Primary Examination

Medical Licensure:
Illinois
Pennsylvania

Appointments

Clinical:

Hospital:

Clinical Interests

  • Complex Cranial Surgery
  • Skull Base Neurosurgery
    • Acoustic neuromas
    • Meningiomas
    • Pituitary tumors
    • Chordomas/chondrosarcomas
  • Cyberknife Radiosurgery
  • Cerebrovascular Surgery
    • Intracranial aneurysms
    • Arteriovenous malformations
    • Cavernous malformations

Research Interests (Link to research page)

  • Skull Base Approaches
  • Cerebrovascular Protection
  • Computer-based Surgical Education

Achievements/Awards

Congress of Neurological Surgeons Cushing Fellowship Award
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (Faculty), University of Illinois at Chicago

Selected Publications

  • David CA, Vishteh AG, Spetzler RF, Lemole M, Lawton MT, Partovi S: Late angiographic follow-up review of surgically treated aneurysms. J Neurosurg 91(3):396-401, 1999
  • Henn JS, Lemole GM Jr, Ferreira MA, Gonzales FL, Schornak M, Preul MC, Spetzler RF:  Interactive Stereoscopic Virtual Reality: A New Tool for Neurosurgical Education. J Neurosurg 96(1):144-149, 2002
  • Lemole GM Jr, Henn JS, Javedan SA, Deshmukh V, Spetzler RF: Cerebral Revascularization Using Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery - Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Bypass: Report of Four Cases and Literature Review. J Neurosurg 97(1):219-223, 2002
  • Lemole GM Jr, Henn JS, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF: Modifications to the Orbitozygomatic Approach. J Neurosurg 99(5):924-930, 2003
  • Lemole GM Jr, Banerjee PP, Luciano C, Neckrysh S, Charbel FT: Virtual Reality in Neurosurgical Education: Part-task Ventriculostomy Simulation with Dynamic Visual and Haptic Feedback. Neurosurgery 60 (7):142-149, 2007
  • Banerjee PP, Luciano C, Lemole GM Jr, Charbel FT, Oh MY: Accuracy of Ventriculostomy Catheter Placement Using a Head-and-Hand-Tracked High-Resolution Virtual Reality Simulator with Haptic Feedback. J. Neurosurg 107(3):515-521, 2007

Selected Chapters

  • Lemole GM Jr, Bartolomei J, Henn JS, Sonntag VKH: Thoracic Fractures (T1-T11). In Vaccaro A (ed): Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2002, pp. 407-439
  • Lemole GM Jr, Henn JS, Riina HA, Lanzino G, Kim L, Spetzler RF: Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformations. In Biller J (ed): Seminars in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke. Vol. 2(3), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2002, pp. 1-10
  • Lemole GM Jr, Henn JS, Spetzler RF, Riina HA: Giant Aneurysms. In Winn HR, Dacey RG Jr (eds): Youman's Neurolgical Surgery, 5th Edition. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2003, pp. 2079-2099
  • Lemole GM Jr, Henn JS, Spetzler RF, Riina HA: Surgical Management of Giant Cerebral Aneurysms. In LeRoux PD, Winn HR, Newell DW (eds): Management of Cerebral Aneurysms. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2003, pp. 659-688
  • Neckrysh S, Charbel FT, Lemole GM Jr: Vascular Lesions of the Spinal Cord. In Kim DH, Henn JS, Vaccaro AR, Dickman CA (eds): Surgical Anatomy and Techniques to the Spine. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2006, pp. 486-498
  • Riina HA, Lemole GM Jr, Spetzler RF: Surgical Treatment of Spinal Vascular Malformations in Children. In Alexander M, Spetzler RF (eds): Pediatric Neurovascular Disease. Thieme, New York, 2006, pp. 129-134