Education:
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Board Certification(s):
American Board of Neurological Surgery
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Residency:
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Internship
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Fellowship:
Division of Neuro-Spine, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Division of Neurosurgery, Hosptial for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clinical/Research Interests:
- Epilepsy
- Minimally-invasive surgery
- Brain Tumors
- Brachial plexus repair
- Peripheral nerve entrapment; peripheral nerve tumors
- Scoliosis
- Kyphosis
- Spondylolisthesis/-lysis
- Spinal column tumors
- Spine trauma
- Tethered cord syndrome
- Pediatric & adult spina bifida
- Spasticity
- Selective dorsal rhizotomy
- Baclofen pump surgery
Select Publications:
- 1: Mendenhall S, Mobasser D, Relyea K, Jea A. Spinal instrumentation in infants, children, and adolescents: a review. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Jan 1;23(1):1-15.doi: 10.3171/2018.10.PEDS18327. Epub 2019 Jan 1. PMID: 30611158.
- 2: McVeigh LG, Anokwute MC, Chen S, Jea A. Spinal column shortening for tethered cord syndrome: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. JNeurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Mar 4;29(6):624-633. doi: 10.3171/2022.1.PEDS21503. PMID: 35245903.
- 3: Palejwala AH, Fridley JS, Garcia K, Vasudevan SA, Khechoyan D, Rednam S, Koh CJ, Jea A. Hemisacrectomy with preservation of the contralateral sacral nerve roots and sacroiliac joint for pelvic neurofibrosarcoma in a 7-year-old child: case report with 2-year follow-up. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2017 Jan;19(1): 102-07. doi: 0.3171/2016.7.PEDS16203. Epub 2016 Sep 30. PMID: 27689246.
- 4: Prather KY, Ozaydin B, Peters M, Tally E, Zieles K, Omini ME, Gernsback JE, Desai VR, Balsara KE, Jea A. Pediatric neurosurgery through the lens of time-driven activity-based costing: a pilot study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Feb 9;33(5):436-443. doi: 10.3171/2023.12.PEDS23267. PMID: 38335524.
- 5: Hwang SW, Gressot LV, Rangel-Castilla L, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Bollo RJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. Outcomes of instrumented fusion in the pediatric cervical spine. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Nov;17(5):397-409. doi: 10.3171/2012.8.SPINE12770. Epub 2012 Sep 21. PMID: 22998404.
- 6: Fulkerson DH, Vachhrajani S, Brayton A, Kulkarni AV, Jea A. The perception of complications in pediatric spine surgery: a comparative survey of surgeons, caregivers and patients. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2010;46(3):213-20. doi: 10.1159/000319364. Epub 2010 Nov 4. PMID: 21051920.
- 7: Ryan SL, Sen A, Staggers K, Luerssen TG, Jea A; Texas Children's Hospital Spine Study Group. A standardized protocol to reduce pediatric spine surgery infection: a quality improvement initiative. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Sep;14(3):259-65. doi: 10.3171/2014.5.PEDS1448. Epub 2014 Jun 27. PMID: 24971606.
- 8: Shi HH, Chen S, Propester L, Valenzuela J, Gernsback J, Desai VR, Balsara K, Zieles K, Jea A. Influence of the living Pareto chart and data transparency on patient outcomes in neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 Jan 27;31(4):380-387. doi: 10.3171/2022.12.PEDS22339. PMID: 36708543.
- 9: Savage JG, Fulkerson DH, Sen AN, Thomas JG, Jea A. Fixation with C-2 laminar screws in occipitocervical or C1-2 constructs in children 5 years of age or younger: a series of 18 patients. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Jul;14(1):87-93. doi: 10.3171/2014.3.PEDS13626. Epub 2014 May 2. PMID: 24784980.
- 10: McVeigh LG, Anokwute MC, Belal A, Raman NV, Zieles K, Szymanski KM, Misseri R, Jea A. Spinal column shortening for secondary tethered cord syndrome: radiographic, clinical, patient-reported, and urodynamic short-term outcomes. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 May 7;28(1):3-12. doi: 10.3171/2020.11.PEDS20847. PMID: 33962384
- Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=jea+a