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Marcus Stoodley

 

A/Prof Marcus STOODLEY, BMedSc (Dist) MBBS (Hons) PhD FRACS

 

 

 

 

Current appointments

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of New South Wales

Neurosurgeon, Prince of Wales Hospital & Sydney Children's Hospital

Current projects

Investigation of the mechanisms of cyst formation in the spinal cord after trauma, including examination of CSF pressure, arachnoiditis, inflammation, and stem cell grafting.

Examination of radiation treatment of brain blood vessel abnormalities, in order to improve surgical outcome.
 

Research Staff

 

Dr James Tu, MSc(Biotech), MSc(Med), MBBS, PhD - Laboratory Manager
Ms Amy Watling, BSc - Reasearch Assistant & Masters student
 

Research Students

Dr Kingsley Storer - PhD Student
Molecular characterization of human arteriovenous and caverous malformations, and the effects of radiosurgery.

Dr Athula Karunanuyanka - PhD Student
Development and molecular characterization of a rat model of arteriovenous malformations and the study of the effects of radiosurgery in the animal model.

Dr Jack Laio - PhD Student
The effect of stem cell transplantation in an animal model of post-traumatic syringomyelia.
 

Key Publications

1.       Stoodley MA, Jones NR, Brown CJ.  Evidence for rapid fluid flow from the subarachnoid space into the spinal cord central canal in the rat.  Brain Research 707:155-164, 1996.

2.       Stoodley MA, Gutschmidt B, Jones NR.  Cerebrospinal fluid flow in an animal model of non-communicating syringomyelia. Neurosurgery 44: 1065-1076, 1999.

3.       Brodbelt AR, Stoodley MA, Watling AM, Tu J, Jones NR. Fluid flow in an animal model of post-traumatic syringomyelia. European Spine Journal 12:300-306, 2003.

4.       Brodbelt AR, Stoodley MA, Watling A, Rogan C, Tu J, Brown CJ, Burke S, Jones NR. The role of excitotoxic injury in post-traumatic syringomyelia. Journal of Neurotrauma 20:883-93, 2003.

5.       Brodbelt AR, Stoodley MA Watling AM, Tu J, Burke S, Jones NR. Altered subarachnoid space compliance and fluid flow in a model of post-traumatic syringomyelia. Spine 28:E413-E419, 2003.

6.       Bilston LE, Fletcher DF, Brodbelt AR, Stoodley MA. Arterial pulsation-driven cerebrospinal fluid flow in the perivascular space: A computational model. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 6:235-241, 2003.

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