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Ben Shofty
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Ben Shofty, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English, Hebrew, Spanish

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  • Ben Shofty, MD/PhD is an Israeli-board certified functional neurosurgeon and a former Israeli national rugby player. He graduated from the Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, and received a PhD in systems neuroscience from the Israeli Institute of Technology. He completed his neurosurgical training at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center, followed by two years of combined research/clinical fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. His practice will focus on neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders, surgical treatments for cancer pain, movement disorders and epilepsy. In his lab, he is investigating high-order cognition and network dependent functions such as creativity and mind wondering, as well as novel interventions for OCD, depression and PTSD. In addition, he is interested in advanced imaging and visual biopsies.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    Board of Neurosurgery (Israel)
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 42 reviews )

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    August 20, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Personable and real, caring physician! Loved him!

    May 20, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Dr Shofty was professional, respectful, and concerned with patient outcomes. A friendly and knowledgeable bedside manner. Its not often a neurosurgeon or any surgeon,will call to check on you. It was much appreciated. As far as Im concerned he offered exceptional care. Thank you Dr. Shofty!

    May 14, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    The surgery was performed great

    April 30, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    My first time meeting him, so my experience is limited. He seems very nice.

    April 24, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Dr. Shofty is very kind, informed physician and very clear communicator. His presence was greatly appreciated during my 3 1/2 week hospital stay for a brain bleed. I can always count on him to let me know what was going on when others were silent. I highly recommend him.

    April 24, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    We appreciated his response to humor and concern for our health.

    April 16, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    La experiencia fue muy agradable, su conocimiento en el rea de la Medicina, demuestra la Calidad de su Carrera Profesional en la que Estudio, muchas bendiciones

    March 20, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Dr. Shofty was a pleasure to work with. He listened to us and was careful to explain the next steps.

    March 05, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Excelente

  • Ben Shofty, MD/PhD is an Israeli-board certified functional neurosurgeon and a former Israeli national rugby player. He graduated from the Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, and received a PhD in systems neuroscience from the Israeli Institute of Technology. He completed his neurosurgical training at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center, followed by two years of combined research/clinical fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. His practice will focus on neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders, surgical treatments for cancer pain, movement disorders and epilepsy. In his lab, he is investigating high-order cognition and network dependent functions such as creativity and mind wondering, as well as novel interventions for OCD, depression and PTSD. In addition, he is interested in advanced imaging and visual biopsies.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurosurgery -Primary
    Board Certification
    Board of Neurosurgery (Israel)
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

    Education history

    Fellowship Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery - Baylor College of Medicine Fellow
    Neurosurgery - Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine Chief Resident
    Residency Neurosurgery - Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine Resident
    Systems Neuroscience - Technion - Israeli Institute of Technology Ph.D.
    Internship Rotating - Rambam Health Care Campus Intern
    Medicine - Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine M.D.
    Professional Medical Medical Science (Pre-Med) - Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine B.Med.Sci.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Venkatraman V, Futch BG, Bode Padron KJ, Yang LZ, Lee HJ, Seas A, Parente B, Shofty B, Lad SP, Williamson TL, Rahimpour S (2024). Disparities in the treatment of movement disorders using deep brain stimulation. J Neurosurg, 1-11. (Read full article)
    2. Allawala A, Bijanki KR, Oswalt D, Mathura RK, Adkinson J, Pirtle V, Shofty B, Robinson M, Harrison MT, Mathew SJ, Goodman WK, Pouratian N, Sheth SA, Borton DA (2024). Prefrontal network engagement by deep brain stimulation in limbic hubs. Front Hum Neurosci, 17, 1291315. (Read full article)
    3. Gabay S, Sapir Y, Korn A, Hochberg U, Tellem R, Zegerman A, Brogan SE, Rahimpour S, Shofty B, Strauss I (2023). Optimization of Radiofrequency Needle Placement in Percutaneous Cordotomy Using Electromyography in the Deeply Sedated Patient. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 26(1), 22-27. (Read full article)
    4. Venkatraman V, Futch BG, Bartlett A, Yang LZ, Lee HJ, Shofty B, Parente BA, Lad SP, Williamson TL, Rahimpour S (2023). Disparities in Access to Deep Brain Stimulation and Responsive Neurostimulation Approaches to Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Neuromodulation. (Read full article)
    5. Roth J, Bergman L, Weil AG, Brunette-Clement T, Weiner HL, Treiber JM, Shofty B, Cukiert A, Cukiert CM, Tripathi M, Sarat Chandra P, Bollo RJ, Machado HR, Santos MV, Gaillard WD, Oluigbo CO, Ibrahim GM, Jallo GI, Shimony N, ONeill BR, Budke M, Prez-Jimnez M, Mangano FT, Iwasaki M, Iijima K, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Kawai K, Ishishita Y, Elbabaa SK, Bello-Espinosa L, Fallah A, Maniquis CAB, Ben-Zvi I, Tisdall M, Panigrahi M, Jayalakshmi S, Blount JP, Dorfmller G, Bulteau C, Stone SS, Bolton J, Uliel-Sibony S (2023). Added value of corpus callosotomy following vagus nerve stimulation in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A multicenter, multinational study. Epilepsia. (Read full article)
    6. Shofty B, Gadot R, Viswanathan A, Provenza NR, Storch EA, McKay SA, Meyers MS, Hertz AG, Avendano-Ortega M, Goodman WK, Sheth SA (2022). Intraoperative valence testing to adjudicate between ventral capsule/ventral striatum and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis target selection in deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Neurosurg, 139(2), 442-450. (Read full article)
    7. Metzger BA, Kalva P, Mocchi MM, Cui B, Adkinson JA, Wang Z, Mathura R, Kanja K, Gavvala J, Krishnan V, Lin L, Maheshwari A, Shofty B, Magnotti JF, Willie JT, Sheth SA, Bijanki KR (2023). Intracranial stimulation and EEG feature analysis reveal affective salience network specialization. Brain, 146(10), 4366-4377. (Read full article)
    8. Xiao J, Provenza NR, Asfouri J, Myers J, Mathura RK, Metzger B, Adkinson JA, Allawala AB, Pirtle V, Oswalt D, Shofty B, Robinson ME, Mathew SJ, Goodman WK, Pouratian N, Schrater PR, Patel AB, Tolias AS, Bijanki KR, Pitkow X, Sheth SA (2023). Decoding Depression Severity From Intracranial Neural Activity. Biol Psychiatry. (Read full article)
    9. Gadot R, Li N, Shofty B, Avendano-Ortega M, McKay S, Bijanki KR, Robinson ME, Banks G, Provenza N, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Horn A, Sheth SA (2023). Tractography-Based Modeling Explains Treatment Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Biol Psychiatry. (Read full article)
    10. Jalon I, Berger A, Shofty B, Goldway N, Artzi M, Gurevitch G, Hochberg U, Tellem R, Hendler T, Gonen T, Strauss I (2022). Lesions to both somatic and affective pain pathways lead to decreased salience network connectivity. Brain. (Read full article)
    11. Giridharan N, Katlowitz KA, Anand A, Gadot R, Najera RA, Shofty B, Snyder R, Larrinaga C, Prablek M, Karas PJ, Viswanathan A, Sheth SA (2022). Robot-Assisted Deep Brain Stimulation: High Accuracy and Streamlined Workflow. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 23(3), 254-260. (Read full article)
    12. Gadot R, Vanegas Arroyave N, Dang H, Anand A, Najera RA, Taneff LY, Bellows S, Tarakad A, Jankovic J, Horn A, Shofty B, Viswanathan A, Sheth SA (2022). Association of clinical outcomes and connectivity in awake versus asleep deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease. J Neurosurg, 1-12. (Read full article)
    13. Das A, Myers J, Mathura R, Shofty B, Metzger BA, Bijanki K, Wu C, Jacobs J, Sheth SA (2022). Spontaneous neuronal oscillations in the human insula are hierarchically organized traveling waves. Elife, 11. (Read full article)
    14. Anand A, Magnotti JF, Smith DN, Gadot R, Najera RA, Hegazy MIR, Gavvala JR, Shofty B, Sheth SA (2022). Predictive value of magnetoencephalography in guiding the intracranial implant strategy for intractable epilepsy. J Neurosurg, 1-11. (Read full article)
    15. Shofty B, Gonen T, Bergmann E, Mayseless N, Korn A, Shamay-Tsoory S, Grossman R, Jalon I, Kahn I, Ram Z (2022). The default network is causally linked to creative thinking. Mol Psychiatry, 27(3), 1848-1854. (Read full article)
    16. Haim O, Abramov S, Shofty B, Fanizzi C, DiMeco F, Avisdris N, Ram Z, Artzi M, Grossman R (2022). Predicting EGFR mutation status by a deep learning approach in patients with non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases. J Neurooncol, 157(1), 63-69. (Read full article)
    17. Shofty B, Bergman L, Berger A, Aizenstein O, Ben-Valid S, Gurovich D, Tankus A, Attias M, Fahoum F, Strauss I (2021). Adopting MR-guided stereotactic laser ablations for epileptic lesions: initial clinical experience and lessons learned. Acta Neurochir (Wien), 163(10), 2797-2803. (Read full article)
    18. Shimony N, Popovits N, Shofty B, Abergel A, Ram Z, Grossman R (2021). Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery reduces the need for re-operation compared to the microscopic approach in pituitary macroadenomas. Eur J Surg Oncol, 47(6), 1352-1356. (Read full article)
    19. Roth J, Jonas Kimchi T, Shofty B, Agur A, Ben-Sira L, Constantini S (2021). The Role of 3D Reconstruction of the Skull in Patients with Suspected Shunt Malfunction. Pediatr Neurosurg, 56(2), 110-115. (Read full article)
    20. Grossman R, Haim O, Abramov S, Shofty B, Artzi M (2021). Differentiating Small-Cell Lung Cancer From Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases Based on MRI Using Efficientnet and Transfer Learning Approach. Technol Cancer Res Treat, 20, 15330338211004919. (Read full article)
    21. Karas PJ, Giridharan N, Treiber JM, Prablek MA, Khan AB, Shofty B, Krishnan V, Chu J, Van Ness PC, Maheshwari A, Haneef Z, Gavvala JR, Sheth SA (2020). Accuracy and Workflow Improvements for Responsive Neurostimulation Hippocampal Depth Electrode Placement Using Robotic Stereotaxy. Front Neurol, 11, 590825. (Read full article)
    22. Shofty B, Haim O, Costa M, Kashanian A, Shtrozberg S, Ram Z, Grossman R (2020). Impact of repeated operations for progressive low-grade gliomas. Eur J Surg Oncol, 46(12), 2331-2337. (Read full article)
    23. Sapir Y, Korn A, Bitan-Talmor Y, Vendrov I, Berger A, Shofty B, Zegerman A, Strauss I (2020). Intraoperative Neurophysiology for Optimization of Percutaneous Spinothalamic Cordotomy for Intractable Cancer Pain. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 19(6), E566-E572. (Read full article)
    24. Artzi M, Gershov S, Ben-Sira L, Roth J, Kozyrev D, Shofty B, Gazit T, Halag-Milo T, Constantini S, Ben Bashat D (2020). Automatic segmentation, classification, and follow-up of optic pathway gliomas using deep learning and fuzzy c-means clustering based on MRI. Med Phys, 47(11), 5693-5701. (Read full article)
    25. Asleh J, Shofty B, Cohen N, Kavushansky A, Lpez-Jurez A, Constantini S, Ratner N, Kahn I (2020). Brain-wide structural and functional disruption in mice with oligodendrocyte-specific NF1 deletion is rescued by inhibition of nitric oxide synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 117(36), 22506-22513. (Read full article)
    26. Shofty B, Artzi M, Shtrozberg S, Fanizzi C, DiMeco F, Haim O, Peleg Hason S, Ram Z, Bashat DB, Grossman R (2020). Virtual biopsy using MRI radiomics for prediction of BRAF status in melanoma brain metastasis. Sci Rep, 10(1), 6623. (Read full article)
    27. Shofty B, Mauda-Havakuk M, Ben-Sira L, Bokstein F, Lidar Z, Salame K, Korn A, Constantini S (2019). Surgical Management of "Kissing" Spinal Plexiform Neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Patients. World Neurosurg, 134, e1143-e1147. (Read full article)
    28. Shofty B, Richetta C, Haim O, Kashanian A, Gurevich A, Grossman R (2019). 5-ALA-assisted stereotactic brain tumor biopsy improve diagnostic yield. Eur J Surg Oncol, 45(12), 2375-2378. (Read full article)
    29. Shofty B, Bergmann E, Zur G, Asleh J, Bosak N, Kavushansky A, Castellanos FX, Ben-Sira L, Packer RJ, Vezina GL, Constantini S, Acosta MT, Kahn I (2019). Autism-associated Nf1 deficiency disrupts corticocortical and corticostriatal functional connectivity in human and mouse. Neurobiol Dis, 130, 104479. (Read full article)
    30. Richetta C, Shofty B, Gurevich A, Grossman R (2019). Valve Failure in Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts of Neuro-Oncologic Patients: A Historical Cohort Study. World Neurosurg, 128, e329-e333. (Read full article)
    31. van Baarsen K, Roth J, Serova N, Packer RJ, Shofty B, Thomale UW, Cinalli G, Toledano H, Michowiz S, Constantini S (2017). Optic pathway-hypothalamic glioma hemorrhage: a series of 9 patients and review of the literature. J Neurosurg, 129(6), 1407-1415. (Read full article)
    32. Shofty B, Artzi M, Ben Bashat D, Liberman G, Haim O, Kashanian A, Bokstein F, Blumenthal DT, Ram Z, Shahar T (2017). MRI radiomics analysis of molecular alterations in low-grade gliomas. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg, 13(4), 563-571. (Read full article)
    33. Barzilai O, Ben Moshe S, Sitt R, Sela G, Shofty B, Ram Z (2018). Improvement in cognitive function after surgery for low-grade glioma. J Neurosurg, 1-9. (Read full article)
    34. Gonen L, Nov E, Shimony N, Shofty B, Margalit N (2017). Sphenoorbital meningioma: surgical series and design of an intraoperative management algorithm. Neurosurg Rev, 41(1), 291-301. (Read full article)
    35. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A, Jallo G, Groves ML, Iyer RR, Lassaletta A, Tabori U, Bouffet E, Thomale UW, Herniz Driever P, Constantini S, Isolated Optic Nerve Abnormalities IONA Collaboration (2017). Isolated optic nerve gliomas: a multicenter historical cohort study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 20(6), 549-555. (Read full article)
    36. Mauda-Havakuk M, Shofty B, Ben-Shachar S, Ben-Sira L, Constantini S, Bokstein F (2017). Spinal and Paraspinal Plexiform Neurofibromas in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Novel Scoring System for Radiological-Clinical Correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 38(10), 1869-1875. (Read full article)
    37. Shimony N, Shofty B, Harosh CB, Sitt R, Ram Z, Grossman R (2016). Surgical Resection of Cerebral Metastases Leads to Faster Resolution of Peritumoral Edema than Stereotactic Radiosurgery: A Volumetric Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol, 24(5), 1392-1398. (Read full article)
    38. Shimony N, Shofty B, Ram Z, Grossman R (2016). Perioperative Risk Assessment of Patients with Gliomatosis Cerebri. World Neurosurg, 98, 334-338. (Read full article)
    39. Shimony N, Gonen L, Shofty B, Abergel A, Fliss DM, Margalit N (2016). Surgical resection of skull-base chordomas: experience in case selection for surgical approach according to anatomical compartments and review of the literature. Acta Neurochir (Wien).
    40. Neuberger A, Shofty B, Bishop B, Naffaa ME, Binawi T, Babich T, Rappaport ZH, Zaaroor M, Sviri G, Yahav D, Paul M (2016). Risk factors associated with death or neurological deterioration among patients with Gram-negative postneurosurgical meningitis. Clin Microbiol Infect, 22(6), 573.e1-4. (Read full article)
    41. Shofty B, Neuberger A, Naffaa ME, Binawi T, Babitch T, Rappaport ZH, Zaaroor M, Sviri G, Paul M (2015). Intrathecal or intraventricular therapy for post-neurosurgical Gram-negative meningitis: matched cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect, 22(1), 66-70. (Read full article)
    42. Shofty B, Mauda-Havakuk M, Weizman L, Constantini S, Ben-Bashat D, Dvir R, Pratt LT, Joskowicz L, Kesler A, Yalon M, Ravid L, Ben-Sira L (2015). The effect of chemotherapy on optic pathway gliomas and their sub-components: A volumetric MR analysis study. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 62(8), 1353-9. (Read full article)
    43. Pratt L, Helfer D, Weizman L, Shofty B, Constantini S, Joskowicz L, Ben Bashat D, Ben-Sira L (2015). Tumor burden evaluation in NF1 patients with plexiform neurofibromas in daily clinical practice. Acta Neurochir (Wien), 157(5), 855-61. (Read full article)
    44. Weizman L, Helfer D, Ben Bashat D, Pratt LT, Joskowicz L, Constantini S, Shofty B, Ben Sira L (2013). PNist: interactive volumetric measurements of plexiform neurofibromas in MRI scans. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg, 9(4), 683-93. (Read full article)
    45. Ram ST, Neuberger A, Thapa LJ, Vir Singh RP, Shofty B, Schwartz E (2014). Japanese encephalitis among patients with acute encephalitic syndrome admitted to a tertiary hospital in Chitwan, Nepal--a prospective observational study. PLoS One, 9(6), e99999. (Read full article)
    46. Weizman L, Sira LB, Joskowicz L, Rubin DL, Yeom KW, Constantini S, Shofty B, Bashat DB (2014). Semiautomatic segmentation and follow-up of multicomponent low-grade tumors in longitudinal brain MRI studies. Med Phys, 41(5), 052303. (Read full article)
    47. Shofty B, Constantini S, Bokstein F, Ram Z, Ben-Sira L, Freedman S, Vainer G, Kesler A (2013). Optic pathway gliomas in adults. Neurosurgery, 74(3), 273-9; discussion 279-80. (Read full article)
    48. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Constantini S, Freedman S, Kesler A (2011). Optic nerve sheath diameter on MR imaging: establishment of norms and comparison of pediatric patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension with healthy controls. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 33(2), 366-9. (Read full article)
    49. Weizman L, Ben Sira L, Joskowicz L, Constantini S, Precel R, Shofty B, Ben Bashat D (2011). Automatic segmentation, internal classification, and follow-up of optic pathway gliomas in MRI. Med Image Anal, 16(1), 177-88. (Read full article)
    50. Weizman L, Ben-Sira L, Joskowicz L, Aizenstein O, Shofty B, Constantini S, Ben-Bashat D (2013). Prediction of brain MR scans in longitudinal tumor follow-up studies. 15(Pt 2), 179-87. (Read full article)
    51. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Freedman S, Yalon M, Dvir R, Weintraub M, Toledano H, Constantini S, Kesler A (2011). Visual outcome following chemotherapy for progressive optic pathway gliomas. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 57(3), 481-5. (Read full article)
    52. Shofty B, Weizman L, Joskowicz L, Constantini S, Kesler A, Ben-Bashat D, Yalon M, Dvir R, Freedman S, Roth J, Ben-Sira L (2011). MRI internal segmentation of optic pathway gliomas: clinical implementation of a novel algorithm. Childs Nerv Syst, 27(8), 1265-72. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Shofty B, Gadot R, Provenza N, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth SA (2022). Neurosurgical Approaches for Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. [Review]. Psychiatr Clin North Am, 46(1), 121-132. (Read full article)
    2. Gadot R, Najera R, Hirani S, Anand A, Storch E, Goodman WK, Shofty B, Sheth SA (2022). Efficacy of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis. [Review]. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. (Read full article)
    3. Najera RA, Gregory ST, Shofty B, Anand A, Gadot R, Youngerman BE, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth SA (2022). Cost-effectiveness analysis of radiosurgical capsulotomy versus treatment as usual for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. [Review]. J Neurosurg, 1-11. (Read full article)
    4. Allam AK, Larkin Michael MB, Shofty B, Viswanathan A (2022). Ablation Procedures. [Review]. Neurosurg Clin N Am, 33(3), 339-344. (Read full article)
    5. Gadot R, Korst G, Shofty B, Gavvala JR, Sheth SA (2022). Thalamic stereoelectroencephalography in epilepsy surgery: a scoping literature review. [Review]. J Neurosurg, 1-16. (Read full article)
    6. Shofty B, Ben Sira L, Constantini S (2020). Neurofibromatosis 1-associated optic pathway gliomas. [Review]. Childs Nerv Syst, 36(10), 2351-2361. (Read full article)
    7. Shofty B, Barzilai O, Khashan M, Lidar Z, Constantini S (2020). Spinal manifestations of Neurofibromatosis type 1. [Review]. Childs Nerv Syst, 36(10), 2401-2408. (Read full article)
    8. Shimony N, Gonen L, Shofty B, Abergel A, Fliss DM, Margalit N (2016). Surgical resection of skull-base chordomas: experience in case selection for surgical approach according to anatomical compartments and review of the literature. [Review]. Acta Neurochir (Wien), 159(10), 1835-1845. (Read full article)
    9. Hussein K, Bitterman R, Shofty B, Paul M, Neuberger A (2017). Management of post-neurosurgical meningitis: narrative review. [Review]. Clin Microbiol Infect, 23(9), 621-628. (Read full article)
    10. Shofty B, Constantini S, Ben-Shachar S (2015). Advances in Molecular Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis Type 1. [Review]. Semin Pediatr Neurol, 22(4), 234-9. (Read full article)
    11. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A, Constantini S (2014). Optic pathway gliomas. [Review]. Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg, 42, 123-46. (Read full article)
    12. Shofty B, Constantini S, Freedman S, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A (2011). [Optic pathway gliomas--current position and future directions]. [Review]. Harefuah, 149(11), 721-5, 748. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Toledano-Alhadef H, Bokstein F, Constantini S (2018). Neurofibromatosis type I. In Jallo GI, Kothbauer K, Recinos VMR (Eds.), Handbook of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Thieme.
    2. Shofty B, Barzilai O, Lidar Z, Hwang E, Constantini S (2017). Pediatric Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors. In Swaiman KF, Ashwal S, Ferriero DM, Schor NF, Finkel RS, Gropman AL, Pearl PL, Shevell M (Eds.), Swaiman’s Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice (6th Edition). Elsevier.
    3. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A, Constantini S (2014). Optic Pathway Gliomas. In Albright AL, Pollack IF, Adelson PD (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery (3rd Edition). Thieme.
    4. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A, Constantini S (2013). Optic Pathway Gliomas. In Pickard JD, Rocco C, Dolenc VV, Fahlbusch R, Lobo Antunes J, Sindou M, Tribolet N, Tulleken CAF, Vapalahti M (Eds.), Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery ((NEUROSURGERY, volume 29)). Springer.
    5. Shofty B, Korn A, Lidar Z, Constantini S (2012). Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors. In Packer RJ, Schiff D (Eds.), Neurology in Practice: Neuro-Oncology (1st Edition). Wiley-Blackwell.

    Commentary

    1. Shofty B, Grossman R (2015). Treatment Options for Chronic Subdural Hematoma. World Neurosurg, 87, 529-30. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Anand A, Gavvala JR, Mathura R, Najera RA, Gadot R, Shofty B, Sheth SA (2022). Elimination of anxiety after laser interstitial thermal ablation of the dominant cingulate gyrus for epilepsy. Surg Neurol Int, 13, 178. (Read full article)
    2. Gadot R, Shofty B, Najera RA, Anand A, Banks G, Khan AB, LoPresti MA, Vanegas Arroyave N, Sheth SA (2021). Case Report: Dual Target Deep Brain Stimulation With Externalized Programming for Post-traumatic Complex Movement Disorder. Front Neurosci, 15, 774073. (Read full article)
    3. Shofty B, Roth J, Ben-Sira L, Brotchi J, Korn A, Constantini S (2012). Massive hematomyelia following intramedullary spinal cord tumor surgery. Acta Neurochir (Wien), 154(4), 751-2. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Dang HQ, Provenza NR, Banks GP, Giridharan N, Avendano-Ortega M, McKay SA, Devara E, Shofty B, Storch EA, Sheth SA, Goodman WK (2023). Attenuating side effects of deep brain stimulation in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis for obsessive compulsive disorder using current-steering strategies. [Letter to the editor]. Brain Stimul, 16(2), 650-652. (Read full article)
    2. Najera RA, Provenza N, Dang H, Katlowitz KA, Hertz A, Reddy S, Shofty B, Bellows ST, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth SA (2023). Dual-Target Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome. [Letter to the editor]. Biol Psychiatry, 93(11), e53-e55. (Read full article)

    Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

    1. Shofty B, Mathura RK, Provenza NR, Vogt GS, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth SA (2021). DBS for Severe, treatment resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder [Web]. CNS Nexus. Available: https://www.cns.org/nexus/case/detail/dbs-severe- treatment-resistant-obsessive-compulsiv.