400 W Medical Center Blvd., Suite 250, Webster, TX 77598

Phone (713) 335-3600  Fax (713) 335-3605  E-mail: [email protected]

CURRENT POSITION

Jun.2015 - Present        Consulting Neurosurgeon and Chief of Neurosciences, HCA Houston Clearlake, Webster, TX

Jul 2017-Dec 2020        Medical Director of Neurosurgery, HCA Houston Healthcare Gulf Coast Division, Houston, TX

Nov.2002 - Present       Consulting Neurosurgeon, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, TMC, Houston, TX

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Jan.2006–June 2017    Clinical Ass. Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

American Board of Neurosurgery Oral Board Certification Review Course, 2004 – 2011

Clinical and Didactic teaching and training of Neurosurgery Residents & Medical Students, Baylor College of Medicine, Jul.2006-June 2017

AANS/CNS Resident Mentorship, 2006-2011

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Jul.1999-Jun.2001        Neurosurgery Resident, (PGY 5-6), Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Jul.1996-Jun.1999        Neurosurgery Resident (PGY 2-4), Allegheny Univ. Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Jul.1995-Jun.1996        General Surgery Resident, (PGY 1),

Allegheny Univ. Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Jul.1994-Jun.1995        Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center of New York, NY

Jun.1991-Jun.1994       Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurosurgery, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY

Aug.1990-May.1991      Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, St. John’s University, New York, NY

Nov.1985-May.1988      Master of Surgery (M.S) in General Surgery (PGY 3 & 4), Calcutta University, Kolkata, India

Oct.1982-Sep.1983        General Surgery House Staff (PGY 2), Calcutta National Medical College & Hospitals, Kolkata, India

Oct.1981-Sep.1982        Internship (PGY 1), Calcutta National Medical College & Hospitals, Kolkata, India

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Nov.2002 - Present       Private/Academic practice in Neurosurgery, Houston, TX

Jul.2001 - Oct. 2002      Private practice in Neurosurgery, Lexington, KY

Jul.1988-Jun.1990        Consultant General Surgeon, Department of Health, Kingdom of Bhutan

Jul. 1984-Sep.1985       Resident Surgeon, Woodland’s Clinic, Kolkata, India

Oct.1983-Jun.1984        Private Practice, Kolkata, India

EDUCATION

Master of Surgery in General Surgery (M.S), Calcutta University, Kolkata, India,                               May 1988

Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (M.B.B.S), Calcutta University, Kolkata, India,                               Jan.1983

LICENSES & CERTIFICATES

ABNS Board Certification, Nov.2007

Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX), Dec.1991

F.M.G.E.M.S., Jul.1990

Registered Medical Practitioner, Indian Medical Council, May.1983

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Chief of Neurosciences, HCA Houston Healthcare Clearlake, Webster, TX                                                             2015 - Present

Medical Director of Neurosurgery, HCA Houston Healthcare Gulf Coast Division, Houston, TX                    2017 - 2020

Central Peer Review Committee, HCA Houston Healthcare Clearlake, Webster, TX                                          2017 - Present

Medical Malpractice Peer Review Advisory Committee, Proassurance Indemnity Company, Austin, TX    2014-Present

Neuroscience Development Advisory Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX                                2006 – 2009

Neuroscience Peer Review Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX                                                 2004 - 2015

Neurosurgery Collaborative Practice Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX                                2002 – 2015

Stroke Center Development Committee, Methodist Hospital, Sugar Land, TX                                             2012

Operating Room Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX                                                    2006 - 2015

Critical Care Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX

 2006 - 2015

IT Subcommittee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX

  2007 - 2010

IT Subcommittee, St. Luke’s Sugar Land Hospital, Houston, TX

2007 - 2009

Neurosurgery Peer Review Committee, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lexington, KY                                2001 - 2002

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

Member, Subcortical Surgery Society Group, 2016

Member, Texas Medical Association, 2002

Member, American Medical Association, 1997

Fellow, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1998

Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1996

Associate Member, Association of Surgeons of India, 1988

AWARDS & HONORS

Hind Rattan Award nominated by NRI Welfare Society of India, Govt. of India, Jan. 2013

Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Award by NRI Welfare Society of India, Govt. of India, Oct. 2012

Certificate of Honors in Biochemistry (top 1% in medical school), Jan.1977

National Scholarship (top 1% of high school graduates), Dec.1974

PUBLICATIONS

PAPERS:

Bindal RK., Glaze S., Ognoskie M., Tanner V., Malone R., Ghosh S.: Surgeon and patient radiation exposure in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY SPINE: 9: 570-573, 2008.

Bindal RK., Ghosh S., Foldi B.: Resorbable anterior cervical plates for single-level degenerative disc disease; NEUROSURGERY: 61[ONS suppl 2]: ONS305-ONS310, 2007.

Bindal RK., Ghosh S.: Intraoperative electromyography monitoring in minimally invasive

transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY SPINE: 6:126-132, 2007.

Ghosh S., Duigou GJ.: Decreased Replication ability of E1-deleted adenoviruses correlates with Increased brain tumor malignancy; CANCER RESEARCH: 65(19):8936-43, 2005.

Ghosh S., Jichichi D.: Medulloblastoma; EMEDICINE.COM. 1998.

Ghosh S., Jichichi D.: Ependymoma; EMEDICINE.COM. 1998.

Begemann M., Kashimano SA., Choi YA., Christiansen KM., Duigou G., Mueller M., Schiren I., Ghosh S., Fabbro D., Lampen NM., Heiljan DF., Schiff PB., Bruce JN., Weinstein IB.: Inhibition of growth of glioblastoma by CGP 41251, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, and by a phorbol ester tumor promoter; CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : 2(6):1017-1030, 1996.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

Ghosh S., Biller J., Nelson P.: Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension; NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 2001.

Ghosh S., Payner T., Leipzig T., Horner T.:  PICA aneurysms: management and outcome analysis of 112 consecutive cases; CNS 2000.

ABSTRACTS:

Bindal RK., Ghosh S.:  Early results with use of resorbable anterior cervical plates in single-level degenerative disc disease; CNS 2006.

Bindal RK., Ghosh S.: Learning curve of minimally invasive lumbar discectomy in a community neurosurgical practice; CNS 2006.

 Ghosh S., Duigou G.: The use of adenovirus to detect DNA recombination in cultured normal astrocytes and brain tumors; AANS 1994.

Begemannn M., Christiansen K., Ghosh S., Duigou G., Warburton D., Sobrino A., Fabrro D., Bruce J., Weinstein B.: Inhibition of growth of glioblastoma by an inhibitor of protein kinase (PKC) and by phorbol ester tumor promoter.; CNS 1994.

Ghosh S., Li Yu-Min., Duigou G.: Expression of an inhibitor of metalloproteinase gene (TIMP-1) in human brain tumors; AANS 1994.

Ghosh S., Duigou G.: Differential growth of a mutant adenovirus in normal astrocytes and astrocytoma cells; AANS 1993.

Ghosh S., Dos Santos A., Li Yu-Min., Duigou G.: Expression of a metastasis inhibitor (nm23) gene in brain tumors; AANS 1993.

Ghosh S., Pal J.C.: Clinicopathological study of parotid tumors with a special look at the efficacy of cytodiagnosis by FNABC; Association of Surgeons of India, 1988.

MEDIA COVERAGE

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