In medical school at Harvard, Brian Hanak served as President of the Cushing Neurosurgical Society. Brian won a Congress of Neurological Surgery Student Fellowship in Socioeconomic Research to study post-operative ICU requirements after elective craniotomy, as well as an AANS Fellowship used to investigate NKG2D ligand expression in human glioblastoma cells following radiation. In addition to this lab work, he was the Event Director for the John Warren Surgical Society at Harvard.
Tumor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Hydrocephalus, VP Shunt Occlusion, Shunt Design/Biomaterials, Clinical Outcomes
Running, traveling, surfing, snowboarding, gastronomy
Undergraduate Education
Yale University
Medical Education
Harvard University
Publications
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Peterson E, Hanak B, Morton R, Osbun JW, Levitt MR, Kim LJ. Are aneurysms treated with balloon-assisted coiling and stent-assisted coiling different? Morphological analysis of 113 unruptured wide-necked aneurysms treated with adjunctive devices. Neurosurgery. 2014;75(2):145-51; quiz 51. PMID:24739363
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Morton RP, Hanak BW, Levitt MR, Fink KR, Peterson EC, Vilela MD, Kim LJ, Chesnut RM. Blunt traumatic occlusion of the internal carotid and vertebral arteries. J Neurosurg. 2014;120(6):1446-50. PMID:24678781
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Hanak BW, Walcott BP, Nahed BV, Muzikansky A, Mian MK, Kimberly WT, Curry WT. Postoperative intensive care unit requirements after elective craniotomy. World Neurosurg. 2014;81(1):165-72. PMID:23182731 PMC: 3596491
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Hanak BW, Zada G, Nayar VV, Thiex R, Du R, Day AL, Laws ER. Cerebral aneurysms with intrasellar extension: a systematic review of clinical, anatomical, and treatment characteristics. J Neurosurg. 2012;116(1):164-78. PMID:22054212
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Hanak, B.W., Walcott, B.P., Codd, P.J., Jones, P.S., Nahed, B.V., Butler, W.E., Asaad, W.F. Fourth ventricular neurocystercercosis presenting with acute hydrocephalus. J Clin Neurosci. 2011;18: 867-869.
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Walcott, B.P., Hanak, B.W., Caracci, J.R., Redjal, N., Nahed, B.V., Kahle, K.T., Coumans, J.V. Trends in inpatient setting laminectomy for excision of herniated intervertebral disc: Population-based estimates from the US nationwide inpatient sample. Surg Neurol Int. 2011; 2:7.
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Soldin, O.P., Pezzullo, J.C., Hanak, B., Miller, M., Soldin, S.J. Changing trends in the epidemiology of pediatric lead exposure: interrelationship of blood lead and ZPP concentrations and a comparison to the U.S. population. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. 2003; 25: 415-420.
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Soldin, O.P., Hanak, B., Soldin, S.J. Blood lead concentrations in children: new ranges. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2003; 327: 109-113.