Ben Shofty, MD, PhD

Journal Article

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Asleh J, Shofty B, Cohen N, Kavushansky A, López-Juárez 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.
8. 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.
9. 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, 19(6), E566-E572.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Shofty B, Mauda-Havakuk M, Ben-Sira L, Bokstein F, Lidar Z, Salame K, Korn A, Constantini S (2020). Surgical Management of "Kissing" Spinal Plexiform Neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Patients. World Neurosurg, 134, e1143-e1147.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. van Baarsen K, Roth J, Serova N, Packer RJ, Shofty B, Thomale UW, Cinalli G, Toledano H, Michowiz S, Constantini S (2018). Optic pathway-hypothalamic glioma hemorrhage: a series of 9 patients and review of the literature. J Neurosurg, 129(6), 1407-1415.
16. Barzilai O, Ben Moshe S, Sitt R, Sela G, Shofty B, Ram Z (2018). Improvement in cognitive function after surgery for low-grade glioma.(Epub ahead of print) J Neurosurg, 1-9.
17. Shofty B, Artzi M, Ben Bashat D, Liberman G, Haim O, Kashanian A, Bokstein F, Blumenthal DT, Ram Z, Shahar T (2018). MRI radiomics analysis of molecular alterations in low-grade gliomas. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg, 13(4), 563-571.
18. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A, Jallo G, Groves ML, Iyer RR, Lassaletta A, Tabori U, Bouffet E, Thomale UW, Hernáiz 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.
19. Mauda-Havakuk M, Shofty B, Ben-Shachar S, Ben-Sira L, Constantini S, Bokstein (2017). Spinal and Paraspinal Plexiform Neurofibromas in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Novel Scoring System for Radiological-Clinical Correlation. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 38(10), 1869-1875.
20. Gonen L, Nov E, Shimony N, Shofty B, Margalit (2018). Sphenoorbital meningioma: surgical series and design of an intraoperative management algorithm. Neurosurgical review, 41(1), 291-301.
21. Shimony N, Shofty B, Harosh CB, Sitt R, Ram Z, Grossman (2017). Surgical Resection of Cerebral Metastases Leads to Faster Resolution of Peritumoral Edema than Stereotactic Radiosurgery: A Volumetric Analysis. Annals of surgical oncology, 24(5), 1392-1398.
22. Shimony N, Shofty B, Ram Z, Grossman (2017). Perioperative Risk Assessment of Patients with Gliomatosis Cerebri. World neurosurgery, 98, 334-338.
23. Neuberger A, Shofty B, Bishop B, Naffaa ME, Binawi T, Babich T, Rappaport ZH, Zaaroor M, Sviri G, Yahav D, Paul (2016). Risk factors associated with death or neurological deterioration among patients with Gram-negative postneurosurgical meningitis. Clinical microbiology and infection, 22(6), 573.e1-4.
24. Shofty B, Neuberger A, Naffaa ME, Binawi T, Babitch T, Rappaport ZH, Zaaroor M, Sviri G, Paul (2016). Intrathecal or intraventricular therapy for post-neurosurgical Gram-negative meningitis: matched cohort study. Clinical microbiology and infection, 22(1), 66-70.
25. 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 (2015). The effect of chemotherapy on optic pathway gliomas and their sub-components: A volumetric MR analysis study. Pediatric blood & cancer, 62(8), 1353-9.
26. Pratt L, Helfer D, Weizman L, Shofty B, Constantini S, Joskowicz L, Ben Bashat D, Ben-Sira (2015). Tumor burden evaluation in NF1 patients with plexiform neurofibromas in daily clinical practice. Acta neurochirurgica, 157(5), 855-61.
27. Ram ST, Neuberger A, Thapa LJ, Vir Singh RP, Shofty B, Schwartz (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.
28. Weizman L, Sira LB, Joskowicz L, Rubin DL, Yeom KW, Constantini S, Shofty B, Bashat D (2014). Semiautomatic segmentation and follow-up of multicomponent low-grade tumors in longitudinal brain MRI studies. Medical physics, 41(5), 052303.
29. Shofty B, Constantini S, Bokstein F, Ram Z, Ben-Sira L, Freedman S, Vainer G, Kesler (2014). Optic pathway gliomas in adults. Neurosurgery, 74(3), 273-9; discussion 279-80.
30. Weizman L, Helfer D, Ben Bashat D, Pratt LT, Joskowicz L, Constantini S, Shofty B, Ben Sira (2014). PNist: interactive volumetric measurements of plexiform neurofibromas in MRI scans. International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, 9(4), 683-93.
31. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Constantini S, Freedman S, Kesler (2012). Optic nerve sheath diameter on MR imaging: establishment of norms and comparison of pediatric patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension with healthy controls. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 33(2), 366-9.
32. Weizman L, Ben Sira L, Joskowicz L, Constantini S, Precel R, Shofty B, Ben Bashat (2012). Automatic segmentation, internal classification, and follow-up of optic pathway gliomas in MRI. Medical image analysis, 16(1), 177-88.
33. Weizman L, Ben-Sira L, Joskowicz L, Aizenstein O, Shofty B, Constantini S, Ben-Bashat (2012). Prediction of brain MR scans in longitudinal tumor follow-up studies. 15(Pt 2), 179-87.
34. Shofty B, Weizman L, Joskowicz L, Constantini S, Kesler A, Ben-Bashat D, Yalon M, Dvir R, Freedman S, Roth J, Ben-Sira (2011). MRI internal segmentation of optic pathway gliomas: clinical implementation of a novel algorithm. Child's nervous system, 27(8), 1265-72.
35. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Freedman S, Yalon M, Dvir R, Weintraub M, Toledano H, Constantini S, Kesler (2011). Visual outcome following chemotherapy for progressive optic pathway gliomas. Pediatric blood & cancer, 57(3), 481-5.
36. Shofty B, Gonen T, Bergmann E, Mayseless N, Korn A, Shamay-Tsoory S, Grossman R, Jalon I, Kahn I, Ram (2022). The default network is causally linked to creative thinking. Molecular psychiatry, 27(3), 1848-1854.
37. Shimony N, Gonen L, Shofty B, Abergel A, Fliss DM, Margalit (2016). Surgical resection of skull-base chordomas: experience in case selection for surgical approach according to anatomical compartments and review of the literature. Acta neurochirurgica,
38. Anand A, Magnotti JF, Smith DN, Gadot R, Najera RA, Hegazy MIR, Gavvala JR, Shofty B, Sheth S (2022). Predictive value of magnetoencephalography in guiding the intracranial implant strategy for intractable epilepsy. Journal of neurosurgery, 1-11.
39. Haim O, Abramov S, Shofty B, Fanizzi C, DiMeco F, Avisdris N, Ram Z, Artzi M, Grossman (2022). Predicting EGFR mutation status by a deep learning approach in patients with non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases. Journal of neuro-oncology, 157(1), 63-69.
40. Das A, Myers J, Mathura R, Shofty B, Metzger BA, Bijanki K, Wu C, Jacobs J, Sheth S (2022). Spontaneous neuronal oscillations in the human insula are hierarchically organized traveling waves. eLife, 11,
41. Jalon I, Berger A, Shofty B, Goldway N, Artzi M, Gurevitch G, Hochberg U, Tellem R, Hendler T, Gonen T, Strauss (2022). Lesions to both somatic and affective pain pathways lead to decreased salience network connectivity. Brain,
42. Giridharan N, Katlowitz KA, Anand A, Gadot R, Najera RA, Shofty B, Snyder R, Larrinaga C, Prablek M, Karas PJ, Viswanathan A, Sheth S (2022). Robot-Assisted Deep Brain Stimulation: High Accuracy and Streamlined Workflow. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 23(3), 254-260.
43. 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 S (2022). Association of clinical outcomes and connectivity in awake versus asleep deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease. Journal of neurosurgery, 1-12.
44. Shofty B, Gadot R, Viswanathan A, Provenza NR, Storch EA, McKay SA, Meyers MS, Hertz AG, Avendano-Ortega M, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2023). 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. Journal of neurosurgery, 139(2), 442-450.
45. 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 S (2023). Decoding Depression Severity From Intracranial Neural Activity. Biological psychiatry,
46. 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 S (2024). Tractography-Based Modeling Explains Treatment Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Biological psychiatry, 96(2), 95-100.
47. 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 K (2023). Intracranial stimulation and EEG feature analysis reveal affective salience network specialization. Brain, 146(10), 4366-4377.
48. 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, O'Neill BR, Budke M, Pérez-Jiménez MÁ, 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, Dorfmüller G, Bulteau C, Stone SS, Bolton J, Uliel-Sibony (2023). Added value of corpus callosotomy following vagus nerve stimulation in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A multicenter, multinational study. Epilepsia,
49. Gabay S, Sapir Y, Korn A, Hochberg U, Tellem R, Zegerman A, Brogan SE, Rahimpour S, Shofty B, Strauss (2024). Optimization of Radiofrequency Needle Placement in Percutaneous Cordotomy Using Electromyography in the Deeply Sedated Patient. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 26(1), 22-27.
50. Venkatraman V, Futch BG, Bartlett A, Yang LZ, Lee HJ, Shofty B, Parente BA, Lad SP, Williamson TL, Rahimpour (2024). Disparities in Access to Deep Brain Stimulation and Responsive Neurostimulation Approaches to Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Neuromodulation, 27(4), 792-799.
51. 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 D (2024). Prefrontal network engagement by deep brain stimulation in limbic hubs. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 17, 1291315.
52. Venkatraman V, Futch BG, Bode Padron KJ, Yang LZ, Lee HJ, Seas A, Parente B, Shofty B, Lad SP, Williamson TL, Rahimpour (2024). Disparities in the treatment of movement disorders using deep brain stimulation. Journal of neurosurgery, 141(1), 241-251.
53. Campbell JM, Yost S, Gautam D, Herich A, Botros D, Slaughter M, Chodakiewitz M, Arain A, Peters A, Richards S, Newman B, Johnson B, Rahimpour S, Shofty (2024). Delays in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: A cohort study. Epilepsia, 65(5), 1314-1321.
54. Gautam D, Venkatraman V, Horns J, Yang LZ, Lee HJ, Kassavetis P, Alshaikh J, Moretti P, Shofty B, Rahimpour (2024). Demographics of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor and trends in deep brain stimulation surgery after its introduction in the USA. BMJ neurology open, 6(1), e000582.
55. Bartoli E, Devara E, Dang HQ, Rabinovich R, Mathura RK, Anand A, Pascuzzi BR, Adkinson J, Kenett YN, Bijanki KR, Sheth SA, Shofty (2024). Default mode network electrophysiological dynamics and causal role in creative thinking. Brain, 147(10), 3409-3425.
56. Findlay MC, Tenhoeve SA, Campbell JM, Yost S, Gautam D, Rahimpour S, Botros D, Liang AS, Alshaikh JT, Kassavetis P, Moretti P, Embree LM, Shofty (2024). Radiographic abnormalities and their clinical significance in patients with Parkinson disease who receive deep brain stimulation implants. Journal of neurosurgery, 141(6), 1546-1553.
57. Xiao J, Adkinson JA, Myers J, Allawala AB, Mathura RK, Pirtle V, Najera R, Provenza NR, Bartoli E, Watrous AJ, Oswalt D, Gadot R, Anand A, Shofty B, Mathew SJ, Goodman WK, Pouratian N, Pitkow X, Bijanki KR, Hayden B, Sheth S (2024). Beta activity in human anterior cingulate cortex mediates reward biases. Nature communications, 15(1), 5528.
58. Provenza NR, Reddy S, Allam AK, Rajesh SV, Diab N, Reyes G, Caston RM, Katlowitz KA, Gandhi AD, Bechtold RA, Dang HQ, Najera RA, Giridharan N, Kabotyanski KE, Momin F, Hasen M, Banks GP, Mickey BJ, Kious BM, Shofty B, Hayden BY, Herron JA, Storch EA, Patel AB, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2024). Disruption of neural periodicity predicts clinical response after deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Nature medicine, 30(10), 3004-3014.
59. Bergman L, Shofty B, Agur A, Sibony SU, Treiber JM, Curry DJ, Fried I, Weiner HL, Roth (2024). Hippocampal resection during hemispherotomy: is it needed?. Child's nervous system, 40(12), 4169-4177.
60. Campbell JM, Cowan RL, Wahlstrom KL, Hollearn MK, Jensen D, Davis T, Rahimpour S, Shofty B, Arain A, Rolston JD, Hamann S, Wang S, Eisenman LN, Swift J, Xie T, Brunner P, Manns JR, Inman CS, Smith EH, Willie J (2024). Human single-neuron activity is modulated by intracranial theta burst stimulation of the basolateral amygdala. bioRxiv,
61. Najera RA, Kabotyanski KE, McLaughlin NC, Gregory ST, Anand A, Shofty B, Provenza NR, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2025). Cost-effectiveness analysis of deep brain stimulation versus treatment as usual for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of neurosurgery, 1-10.
62. Bartoli E, Devara E, Dang HQ, Rabinovich R, Mathura RK, Anand A, Pascuzzi BR, Adkinson J, Bijanki KR, Sheth SA, Shofty (2023). Default mode network spatio-temporal electrophysiological signature and causal role in creativity. bioRxiv,
63. Provenza NR, Rajesh SV, Reyes G, Katlowitz KA, Pugalenthi LS, Bechtold RA, Diab N, Reddy S, Allam A, Gandhi AD, Kabotyanski KE, Mansourian KA, Bentley JH, Altman JR, Hinduja S, Giridharan N, Banks GP, Shofty B, Heilbronner SR, Cohn JF, Borton DA, Storch EA, Herron JA, Hayden BY, Phillips ML, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2025). High beta power in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex indexes human approach behavior: a case study. The Journal of neuroscience,
64. Dang HQ, Reyes G, Devara E, Giridharan N, Allam AK, Banks GP, Viswanathan A, Shofty B, Sheth S (2024). Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Rotation in the Early Postoperative Period. Neurosurgery practice, 5(3), e00087.
65. Allam AK, Larkin MB, Katlowitz KA, Shofty B, Viswanathan (2022). Case report: MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy for palliative cingulotomy. Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 3, 1028424.
66. Hacker C, Mocchi MM, Xiao J, Metzger BA, Adkinson JA, Pascuzzi BR, Mathura RC, Oswalt D, Watrous A, Bartoli E, Allawala A, Pirtle V, Fan X, Danstrom I, Shofty B, Banks G, Zhang Y, Armenta-Salas M, Mirpour K, Provenza N, Mathew S, Cohn J, Borton D, Goodman W, Pouratian N, Sheth SA, Bijanki K (2023). Aperiodic neural activity is a biomarker for depression severity.
67. Xiao J, Adkinson JA, Allawala AB, Banks G, Bartoli E, Fan X, Mocchi M, Pascuzzi B, Pulapaka S, Franch MC, Mathew SJ, Mathura RK, Myers J, Pirtle V, Provenza NR, Shofty B, Watrous AJ, Pitkow X, Goodman WK, Pouratian N, Sheth S, Bijanki KR, Hayden B (2024). Insula uses overlapping codes for emotion in self and others. bioRxiv,
68. Myers J, Xiao J, Mathura R, Shofty B, Pirtle V, Adkinson J, Allawala AB, Anand A, Gadot R, Najera R, Rey HG, Mathew SJ, Bijanki K, Banks G, Watrous A, Bartoli E, Heilbronner SR, Provenza N, Goodman WK, Pouratian N, Hayden BY, Sheth S (2024). Intracranial Directed Connectivity Links Subregions of the Prefrontal Cortex to Major Depression. medRxiv, 2024.08.07.24311546.
69. Hacker C, Mocchi MM, Xiao J, Metzger B, Adkinson J, Pascuzzi B, Mathura R, Oswalt D, Watrous A, Bartoli E, Allawala A, Pirtle V, Fan X, Danstrom I, Shofty B, Banks G, Zhang Y, Armenta-Salas M, Mirpour K, Provenza N, Mathew S, Cohn JF, Borton D, Goodman W, Pouratian N, Sheth SA, Bijanki K (2025). Aperiodic (1/f) Neural Activity Robustly Tracks Symptom Severity Changes in Treatment-Resistant Depression. Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 10(2), 186-194.
70. Sheth SA, Shofty B, Allawala A, Xiao J, Adkinson JA, Mathura RK, Pirtle V, Myers J, Oswalt D, Provenza NR, Giridharan N, Noecker AM, Banks GP, Gadot R, Najera RA, Anand A, Devara E, Dang H, Bartoli E, Watrous A, Cohn J, Borton D, Mathew SJ, McIntyre CC, Goodman W, Bijanki K, Pouratian (2023). Stereo-EEG-guided network modulation for psychiatric disorders: Surgical considerations. Brain stimulation, 16(6), 1792-1798.
71. Dang HQ, Reyes G, Devara E, Giridharan N, Allam AK, Banks GP, Viswanathan A, Shofty B, Sheth S (2024). Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Rotation in the Early Postoperative Period. Neurosurgery practice, 5(3), e00087.
72. Cowan RL, Davis TS, Merricks EM, Kundu B, Shofty B, Rahimpour S, Schevon CA, Rolston JD, Smith E (2025). Cell-type-specific responses to single-pulse electrical stimulation of the human brain. Brain stimulation, 18(4), 1266-1278.
73. Danstrom IA, Adkinson JA, Robinson ME, Lin L, Maheshwari A, Shofty B, Banks G, Hasen M, Sheth SA, Goldman AM, Bartoli E, Heilbronner SR, Bijanki K (2025). Asymmetric Cingulum Bundle Connectivity Is Modulated by Paracingulate Sulcus Morphology. Human brain mapping, 46(9), e70230.
74. Campbell JM, Cowan RL, Wahlstrom KL, Hollearn MK, Jensen D, Davis T, Rahimpour S, Shofty B, Arain A, Rolston JD, Hamann S, Wang S, Eisenman LN, Swift J, Xie T, Brunner P, Manns J, Inman C, Smith EH, Willie J (2025). Human single-neuron activity is modulated by intracranial theta burst stimulation of the basolateral amygdala. eLife, 14,
75. Danstrom IA, Adkinson JA, Liu Z, Robinson ME, Oswalt D, Banks GP, Maheshwari A, Lin L, Shofty B, Hasen M, Goldman A, Bartoli E, Heilbronner SR, Bijanki K (2026). A nonlinear relationship of evoked responses following charge-balanced single-pulse electrical stimulation with varying pulse widths. Brain stimulation, 19(2), 103049.
76. Myers J, Xiao J, Mathura R, Shofty B, Pirtle V, Adkinson J, Allawala AB, Anand A, Gadot R, Najera R, Rey HG, Mathew SJ, Bijanki K, Banks G, Watrous A, Bartoli E, Heilbronner SR, Provenza N, Goodman WK, Pouratian N, Hayden BY, Sheth S (2026). Author Correction: Intracranial Directed Connectivity Links Subregions of the Prefrontal Cortex to Major Depression. Nature communications, 17(1), 1651.
77. Libowitz MR, Sun W, Rabinovich R, Du J, Campbell JM, Cowan RL, Shahdoust N, Price TA, Davis TS, Buckner RL, Rahimpour S, Mickey BJ, Smith EH, Shofty (2026). Increased Aperiodic Exponents Track Depression Symptom Severity. bioRxiv,
78. Reyes G, Giridharan N, Shofty B, Banks GP, Hasen M, Paulo DL, Katlowitz KA, Kabotyanski KE, Devara E, Dang H, Naqvi ZU, Liu TB, Allam AK, Gavvala JR, Krishnan V, Maheshwari A, Haneef Z, Hegazy MIR, Sheth S (2026). Combined Surgical Resection and Responsive Neurostimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Case Series. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.),
79. Shahdoust N, Cowan RL, Price TA, Davis TS, Liu A, Rabinovich R, Zarr V, Libowitz M, Shofty B, Rahimpour S, Borisyuk A, Smith E (2026). Asymmetric Reinforcement Learning Explains Human Choice Patterns in Decision-making Under Risk. bioRxiv,

Review

1. 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.
2. Shofty B, Ben Sira L, Constantini S (2020). Neurofibromatosis 1-associated optic pathway gliomas. [Review]. Childs Nerv Syst, 36, (10), 2351-2361.
3. Shimony N, Gonen L, Shofty B, Abergel A, Fliss DM, Margalit N (2017). 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.
4. Hussein K, Bitterman R, Shofty B, Paul M, Neuberger (2017). Management of post-neurosurgical meningitis: narrative review. Clinical microbiology and infection, 23(9), 621-628.
5. Shofty B, Constantini S, Ben-Shachar (2015). Advances in Molecular Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Seminars in pediatric neurology, 22(4), 234-9.
6. Shofty B, Constantini S, Freedman S, Ben-Sira L, Kesler (2010). [Optic pathway gliomas--current position and future directions]. Harefuah, 149(11), 721-5, 748.
7. Gadot R, Korst G, Shofty B, Gavvala JR, Sheth S (2022). Thalamic stereoelectroencephalography in epilepsy surgery: a scoping literature review. Journal of neurosurgery, 1-16.
8. Allam AK, Larkin Michael MB, Shofty B, Viswanathan (2022). Ablation Procedures. Neurosurgery clinics of North America, 33(3), 339-344.
9. Gadot R, Najera R, Hirani S, Anand A, Storch E, Goodman WK, Shofty B, Sheth S (2022). Efficacy of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry,
10. Najera RA, Gregory ST, Shofty B, Anand A, Gadot R, Youngerman BE, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2022). Cost-effectiveness analysis of radiosurgical capsulotomy versus treatment as usual for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of neurosurgery, 1-11.
11. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A, Constantini (2015). Optic pathway gliomas. Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery, 42, 123-46.
12. Shofty B, Gadot R, Provenza N, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2023). Neurosurgical Approaches for Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 46(1), 121-132.
13. Campbell JM, Kious BM, Rahimpour S, Shofty (2026). Contemporary Ethical Considerations in Psychiatric Neurosurgery. Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, 104(2), 91-100.
14. Strauss I, Gabay S, Shofty (2025). Cordotomy for Intractable Cancer Pain: A Historical and Technical Narrative Review with Modern Perspectives. Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, 103(6), 511-522.

Book Chapter

1. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Toledano-Alhadef H, Bokstein F, Constantini (2018). Neurofibromatosis type I.
2. Shofty B, Barzilai O, Lidar Z, Hwang E, Constantini (2017). Pediatric Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors.
3. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A, Constantini (2013). Optic Pathway Gliomas. (NEUROSURGERY, volume 29),
4. Shofty B, Ben-Sira L, Kesler A, Constantini (2014). Optic Pathway Gliomas.
5. Shofty B, Korn A, Lidar Z, Constantini (2012). Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors.

Commentary

1. Shofty B, Grossman (2016). Treatment Options for Chronic Subdural Hematoma. World neurosurgery, 87, 529-30.

Case Report

1. 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.
2. Shofty B, Roth J, Ben-Sira L, Brotchi J, Korn A, Constantini (2012). Massive hematomyelia following intramedullary spinal cord tumor surgery. Acta neurochirurgica, 154(4), 751-2.
3. Anand A, Gavvala JR, Mathura R, Najera RA, Gadot R, Shofty B, Sheth S (2022). Elimination of anxiety after laser interstitial thermal ablation of the dominant cingulate gyrus for epilepsy. Surgical neurology international, 13, 178.

Letter

1. Dang HQ, Provenza NR, Banks GP, Giridharan N, Avendano-Ortega M, McKay SA, Devara E, Shofty B, Storch EA, Sheth SA, Goodman W (2023). Attenuating side effects of deep brain stimulation in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis for obsessive compulsive disorder using current-steering strategies. Brain stimulation, 16(2), 650-652.
2. Najera RA, Provenza N, Dang H, Katlowitz KA, Hertz A, Reddy S, Shofty B, Bellows ST, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2023). Dual-Target Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome. Biological psychiatry, 93(11), e53-e55.
3. Findlay MC, Campbell JM, Rahimpour S, Shofty (2024). Incidental Brain Lesions in Parkinson Disease: High Prevalence, Minimal Impact on DBS Outcomes. World neurosurgery,

Other

1. Provenza NR, Reddy S, Allam AK, Rajesh SV, Diab N, Reyes G, Caston RM, Katlowitz KA, Gandhi AD, Bechtold RA, Dang HQ, Najera RA, Giridharan N, Kabotyanski KE, Momin F, Hasen M, Banks GP, Mickey BJ, Kious BM, Shofty B, Hayden BY, Herron JA, Storch EA, Patel AB, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2025). Author Correction: Disruption of neural periodicity predicts clinical response after deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Nature medicine,
2. Xiao J, Adkinson JA, Myers J, Allawala AB, Mathura RK, Pirtle V, Najera R, Provenza NR, Bartoli E, Watrous AJ, Oswalt D, Gadot R, Anand A, Shofty B, Mathew SJ, Goodman WK, Pouratian N, Pitkow X, Bijanki KR, Hayden B, Sheth S (2025). Author Correction: Beta activity in human anterior cingulate cortex mediates reward biases. Nature communications, 16(1), 5397.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

1. Shofty B, Mathura RK, Provenza NR, Vogt GS, Storch EA, Goodman WK, Sheth S (2021). DBS for Severe, treatment resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.

News

• WashingtonPost.com
• Study Pinpoints Origins of Creativity in the Brain
• How Neurosurgery and Psychiatry Transform OCD Treatment
• The Neuroscience of Creativity with Dr. Ben Shofty — The Creative Process

Huntsman Cancer Institute News

• In the Face of Pain: A Story of Courage and Resilience

Podcasts

• Effective Surgical Treatments for Severe Depression and OCD
• Seven Questions for a Functional Neurosurgeon