Robert Bollo
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Robert Bollo, MD, MS, FAANS, FACS, FAAP

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City
801-662-5340

  • Dr. Bollo is board-certified in neurosurgery and pediatric neurosurgery. His primary focus is the surgical treatment of seizures in children, and he serves as the Division Chief of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Program as well as the surgical director of the pediatric epilepsy program at Primary Children's Hospital. Dr. Bollo introduced laser ablation and robotic epilepsy surgery including stereo EEG (robotic SEEG) to Utah and the Intermountain West, performed the first robotic surgery at Primary Children's Hospital, and is committed to identifying the least invasive surgical treatment with the highest possible efficacy for every child suffering from seizures. Dr. Bollo is among the busiest pediatric epilepsy surgeons in country, and is an expert in brain mapping in children, temporal and extra-temporal lobectomy, functional hemispherectomy, laser ablation, and awake craniotomy. He also specializes in the treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors, spasticity including selective dorsal rhizotomy, surgery for fetal anomalies including spina bifida, pediatric spine surgery, and neuroendoscopy.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 35 reviews )

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    Patient Comments

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    September 26, 2024
    PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

    Amazing doctor! We are so fortunate to know Dr Bollo. We will be forever grateful for the expertise and compassion we received at the hands of this phenomenal pediatric neurosurgeon. We seriously love this man!

    July 27, 2024
    PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

    Dr Bollo explained the upcoming procedure well, was great at answering questions and also follow up questions. He is kind and concerned about j.oroving my child's quality of life.

    June 27, 2024
    PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

    Excelente doctor y contesto mis dudas y explico muy bien sobre el proceso.

    June 13, 2024
    PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

    Muy buen doctor, escucha pacientemente todas mis preguntas y es muy amable

    June 02, 2023
    PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

    He was very nice and respectful he told us and showed use what our son's surgery was going to be like he made sure we understood everything and answered every question we had for him so it was a great visit with a great Dr

  • Dr. Bollo is board-certified in neurosurgery and pediatric neurosurgery. His primary focus is the surgical treatment of seizures in children, and he serves as the Division Chief of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Program as well as the surgical director of the pediatric epilepsy program at Primary Children's Hospital. Dr. Bollo introduced laser ablation and robotic epilepsy surgery including stereo EEG (robotic SEEG) to Utah and the Intermountain West, performed the first robotic surgery at Primary Children's Hospital, and is committed to identifying the least invasive surgical treatment with the highest possible efficacy for every child suffering from seizures. Dr. Bollo is among the busiest pediatric epilepsy surgeons in country, and is an expert in brain mapping in children, temporal and extra-temporal lobectomy, functional hemispherectomy, laser ablation, and awake craniotomy. He also specializes in the treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors, spasticity including selective dorsal rhizotomy, surgery for fetal anomalies including spina bifida, pediatric spine surgery, and neuroendoscopy.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurosurgery -Associate Professor
    Academic Divisions Pediatric Neurosurgery
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

    Education history

    Other Training Advanced Training Program - Intermountain Healthcare Delivery Institute
    Fellowship Pediatric Neurosurgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Chief Resident Neurosurgery - New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Chief Resident
    Residency Neurosurgery - New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Resident
    Internship Surgery - New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Boston University School of Medicine M.D.
    Graduate Training Biophysics - Georgetown University M.S.
    Undergraduate Biophysics - Harvard University A.B.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Pathuri S, Nguyen S, Yengo-Kahn AM, Cheshier SH, Bollo RJ (2025). Laser ablation of a fourth ventricular hamartoma causing medically refractory hemifacial spasms in a child: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons, 9(10). (Read full article)
    2. Findlay MC, Russell KW, Tenhoeve SA, Owens M, Iyer RR, Bollo RJ (2024). Management of External Ventricular Drains for Neuromonitoring and Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment in Pediatric Patients Outside of Intensive Care Units: A Single-Institution Retrospective Study. J Pediatr Surg, 60(2), 161993. (Read full article)
    3. Bollo RJ, Ho WS, Strauss I, Ferguson SD, Menacho ST (2024). Introduction. Calibrating the utility of laser interstitial thermal therapy in neurosurgery: a once-novel surgical treatment finds it place in the armamentarium. Neurosurg Focus, 57(5), E1. (Read full article)
    4. Swartwood SM, Bollo RJ, Sweney MT, Wilson CA, Sandoval Karamian AG, Kaur H, Orton K, Baker M, Espinoza AC (2024). Responsive Neurostimulation in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Drug-Resistant Focal, Multifocal, and Generalized Epilepsy: A Single-Center Experience. Pediatr Neurol, 161, 247-254. (Read full article)
    5. Ravindra VM, Robinson L, Jensen H, Kurudza E, Joyce E, Ludwick A, Telford R, Youssef O, Ryan J, Bollo RJ, Iyer RR, Kestle JRW, Cheshier SH, Ikeda DS, Mao Q, Brockmeyer DL (2024). Morphological and ultrastructural investigation of the posterior atlanto-occipital membrane: Comparing children with Chiari malformation type I and controls. PLoS One, 19(1), e0296260. (Read full article)
    6. 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)
    7. Yossofzai O, Stone SSD, Madsen JR, Wang S, Ragheb J, Mohamed I, Bollo RJ, Clarke D, Perry MS, Weil AG, Raskin JS, Pindrik J, Ahmed R, Lam SK, Fallah A, Maniquis C, Andrade A, Ibrahim GM, Drake J, Rutka JT, Tailor J, Mitsakakis N, Widjaja E (2023). Machine learning models for predicting seizure outcome after MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-11. (Read full article)
    8. Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Handler MH, Tovar-Spinoza Z, Smyth MD, Bollo RJ, Donahue D, Perry MS, Levy M, Gonda D, Mangano FT, Kennedy BC, Storm PB, Price AV, Couture DE, Oluigbo C, Duhaime AC, Barnett GH, Muh CR, Sather MD, Fallah A, Wang AC, Bhatia S, Eastwood D, Tarima S, Graber S, Huckins S, Hafez D, Rumalla K, Bailey L, Shandley S, Roach A, Alexander E, Jenkins W, Tsering D, Price G, Meola A, Evanoff W, Thompson EM, Brandmeir N, Pediatric Stereotactic Laser Ablation Workgroup (2023). Magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic laser ablation therapy for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy: a retrospective multiinstitutional study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 31(6), 551-564. (Read full article)
    9. Bollo RJ, Gross PH, Rocque BG, Browd SR, Raskin JS, Leonard JR, Albarqawi L, Bailes AF, Cerebral Palsy Research Network CPRN (2023). A multicenter initiative to reduce intrathecal baclofen pump surgical site infection: a Cerebral Palsy Research Network quality improvement project. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 31(5), 444-452. (Read full article)
    10. Venkataraman SS, Herbert JP, Ravindra VM, Yu BN, Bollo RJ, Cox CS Jr, Gannon SR, Limbrick DD, Naftel RP, Ugalde IT, Yorkgitis BK, Weiner HL, Shah MN (2023). Multi-Center Validation of the McGovern Pediatric Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Screening Score. J Neurotrauma, 40(13-14), 1451-1458. (Read full article)
    11. Yossofzai O, Stone S, Madsen J, Moineddin R, Wang S, Ragheb J, Mohamed I, Bollo R, Clarke D, Perry MS, Weil AG, Raskin J, Pindrik J, Ahmed R, Lam S, Fallah A, Maniquis C, Andrade A, Ibrahim GM, Drake J, Rutka J, Tailor J, Mitsakakis N, Puka K, Widjaja E (2022). Seizure Outcome of Pediatric MR-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy versus Open Surgery: A Matched Non-Inferiority Cohort Study. Epilepsia, 64, 114-126. (Read full article)
    12. Baker C, Cox P, Gamboa NT, Bollo RJ (2022). Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury in a Geographically Dispersed Population: A Relationship Between Distance to Definitive Neurosurgical Treatment and Outcome. World Neurosurg, 166, e924-e932. (Read full article)
    13. Vallejo FA, Schachner B, VanderVeer-Harris N, Torres AA, Weng J, Chang H, Bollo R, Ragheb J (2022). A snapshot of contemporary leadership at pediatric neurosurgery fellowships. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 30(5), 532-537. (Read full article)
    14. Hunsaker JC, Scoville JP, Joyce E, Harper J, Kurudza E, Sweney M, Bollo RJ, Rolston JD (2022). Stereotactic electroencephalography is associated with reduced opioid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use when compared with subdural grids: a pediatric case series. J Clin Neurosci, 101, 180-185. (Read full article)
    15. Siegel L, Yan H, Warsi N, Wong S, Suresh H, Weil AG, Ragheb J, Wang S, Rozzelle C, Albert GW, Raskin J, Abel T, Hauptman J, Schrader DV, Bollo R, Smyth MD, Lew SM, Lopresti M, Kizek DJ, Weiner HL, Fallah A, Widjaja E, Ibrahim GM (2022). Connectomic profiling and Vagus nerve stimulation Outcomes Study (CONNECTiVOS): a prospective observational protocol to identify biomarkers of seizure response in children and youth. BMJ Open, 12(4), e055886. (Read full article)
    16. Baker C, Crevelt J, Whipple N, Bollo RJ, Cheshier S (2022). Treatment of a symptomatic thalamic pilocytic astrocytoma with reservoir placement and laser interstitial thermal therapy: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons, 3(11). (Read full article)
    17. Moores NG, Luo J, Pires G, Moss W, Short S, Bollo RJ, Randall RL, Agarwal JP (2022). Transverse Rectus Abdominis Muscle Flow-Through to Free Fibula Flap for Lumbar Spinal Reconstruction in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect, 12(1). (Read full article)
    18. Baker CM, Cox AP, Hunsaker JC, Scoville J, Bollo RJ (2022). Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging may predict poor outcome in children with severe traumatic brain injuries who undergo cranial surgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-5. (Read full article)
    19. Limoges N, Ostrander B, Kennedy A, Woodward PJ, Bollo RJ (2021). Neurological and clinical outcomes in infants and children with a fetal diagnosis of asymmetric ventriculomegaly, interhemispheric cyst, and dysgenesis of the corpus callosum. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-5. (Read full article)
    20. Nagahama Y, Zervos TM, Murata KK, Holman L, Karsonovich T, Parker JJ, Chen JS, Phillips HW, Fajardo M, Nariai H, Hussain SA, Porter BE, Grant GA, Ragheb J, Wang S, ONeill BR, Alexander AL, Bollo RJ, Fallah A (2021). Real-World Preliminary Experience With Responsive Neurostimulation in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study. Neurosurgery, 89(6), 997-1004. (Read full article)
    21. Fallah A, Lewis E, Ibrahim GM, Kola O, Tseng CH, Harris WB, Chen JS, Lin KM, Cai LX, Liu QZ, Lin JL, Zhou WJ, Mathern GW, Smyth MD, ONeill BR, Dudley RWR, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Delev D, Ramantani G, Zentner J, Wang AC, Dorfer C, Feucht M, Czech T, Bollo RJ, Issabekov G, Zhu H, Connolly M, Steinbok P, Zhang JG, Zhang K, Hidalgo ET, Weiner HL, Wong-Kisiel L, Lapalme-Remis S, Tripathi M, Sarat Chandra P, Hader W, Wang FP, Yao Y, Champagne PO, Brunette-Clment T, Guo Q, Li SC, Budke M, Prez-Jimnez MA, Raftopoulos C, Finet P, Michel P, Schaller K, Stienen MN, Baro V, Cantillano Malone C, Pociecha J, Chamorro N, Muro VL, von Lehe M, Vieker S, Oluigbo C, Gaillard WD, Al-Khateeb M, Al Otaibi F, Krayenbhl N, Bolton J, Pearl PL, Weil AG (2021). Comparison of the real-world effectiveness of vertical versus lateral functional hemispherotomy techniques for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: A post hoc analysis of the HOPS study. Epilepsia, 62(11), 2707-2718. (Read full article)
    22. Kozyrev DA, Soleman J, Tsering D, Keating RF, Hersh DS, Boop FA, Spennato P, Cinalli G, Tamburrini G, Thomale UW, Bollo RJ, Chatterjee S, Lalgudi Srinivasan H, Constantini S, Roth J (2021). Pediatric thalamic incidentalomas: an international retrospective multicenter study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-9. (Read full article)
    23. Lepard JR, Kim I, Arynchyna A, Lew SM, Bollo RJ, ONeill BR, Perry MS, Donahue D, Smyth MD, Blount J (2021). Early implementation of stereoelectroencephalography in children: a multiinstitutional case series. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-8. (Read full article)
    24. Roth J, Constantini S, Ekstein M, Weiner HL, Tripathi M, Chandra PS, Cossu M, Rizzi M, Bollo RJ, Machado HR, Santos MV, Keating RF, Oluigbo CO, Rutka JT, Drake JM, Jallo GI, Shimony N, Treiber JM, Consales A, Mangano FT, Wisoff JH, Teresa Hidalgo E, Bingaman WE, Gupta A, Erdemir G, Sundar SJ, Benifla M, Shapira V, Lam SK, Fallah A, Maniquis CAB, Tisdall M, Chari A, Cinalli G, Blount JP, Dorfmller G, Christine Bulteau, Uliel-Sibony S (2021). Epilepsy surgery in infants up to 3 months of age: Safety, feasibility, and outcomes: A multicenter, multinational study. Epilepsia, 62(8), 1897-1906. (Read full article)
    25. Scoville JP, Joyce E, Hunsaker J, Reese J, Wilde H, Arain A, Bollo RL, Rolston JD (2020). Stereotactic Electroencephalography Is Associated With Reduced Pain and Opioid Use When Compared with Subdural Grids: A Case Series. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 21(1), 6-13. (Read full article)
    26. Ravindra VM, Iyer RR, Yahanda AT, Bollo RJ, Zhu H, Joyce E, Bethel-Anderson T, Meehan T, Smyth MD, Strahle JM, Park TS, Limbrick DD, Brockmeyer DL, Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium (2021). A multicenter validation of the condylar-C2 sagittal vertical alignment in Chiari malformation type I: a study using the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 28(2), 1-7. (Read full article)
    27. Weil AG, Lewis EC, Ibrahim GM, Kola O, Tseng CH, Zhou X, Lin KM, Cai LX, Liu QZ, Lin JL, Zhou WJ, Mathern GW, Smyth MD, ONeill BR, Dudley R, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Delev D, Ramantani G, Zentner J, Ojemann J, Wang AC, Dorfer C, Feucht M, Czech T, Bollo RJ, Issabekov G, Zhu H, Connelly M, Steinbok P, Zhang JG, Zhang K, Hidalgo ET, Weiner HL, Wong-Kisiel L, Lapalme-Remis S, Tripathi M, Sarat Chandra P, Hader W, Wang FP, Yao Y, Olivier Champagne P, Guo Q, Li SC, Budke M, Prez-Jimnez MA, Raftapoulos C, Finet P, Michel P, Schaller K, Stienen MN, Baro V, Cantillano Malone C, Pociecha J, Chamorro N, Muro VL, von Lehe M, Vieker S, Oluigbo C, Gaillard WD, Al Khateeb M, Al Otaibi F, Krayenbhl N, Bolton J, Pearl PL, Fallah A (2021). Hemispherectomy Outcome Prediction Scale: Development and validation of a seizure freedom prediction tool. Epilepsia, 62(5), 1064-1073. (Read full article)
    28. Ravindra VM, Bollo RJ, Dewan MC, Riva-Cambrin JK, Tonetti D, Awad AW, Akbari SH, Gannon S, Shannon C, Birkas Y, Limbrick D, Jea A, Naftel RP, Kestle JR, Grandhi R (2020). Comparison of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy for treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injury in children <10 years of age: a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Childs Nerv Syst, 37(1), 47-54. (Read full article)
    29. Ravindra VM, Alexander M, Taussky P, Bollo RJ, Hassan AE, Scoville JP, Griauzde J, Awad AW, Jumaa M, Zaidi S, Lee JJ, Hafeez MU, Nascimento FA, LoPresti MA, Couldwell WT, Hetts SW, Lam SK, Kan P, Grandhi R (2019). Endovascular Thrombectomy for Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multi-Institutional Experience of Technical and Clinical Outcomes. Neurosurgery, 88(1), 46-54. (Read full article)
    30. Ravindra VM, Iyer RR, Awad AW, Bollo RJ, Zhu H, Brockmeyer DL (2020). Defining the role of the condylar-C2 sagittal vertical alignment in Chiari malformation type I. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 26(4), 1-6. (Read full article)
    31. Gamboa NT, Karsy M, Iyer RR, Bollo RJ, Schmidt RH (2020). Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy for brainstem cavernous malformations: two preliminary cases. Acta Neurochir (Wien), 162(7), 1771-1775. (Read full article)
    32. Lucas CG, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Whipple N, Oberheim Bush NA, Cooney T, Chang S, McDermott M, Berger M, Cham E, Sun PP, Putnam A, Zhou H, Bollo R, Cheshier S, Poppe MM, Fung KM, Sung S, Glenn C, Fan X, Bannykh S, Hu J, Danielpour M, Li R, Alva E, Johnston J, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Devine P, Grenert JP, Lee JC, Pekmezci M, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Perry A, Solomon DA (2019). Myxoid glioneuronal tumor, PDGFRA p.K385-mutant: clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic features. Brain Pathol, 30(3), 479-494. (Read full article)
    33. Dorfer C, Rydenhag B, Baltuch G, Buch V, Blount J, Bollo R, Gerrard J, Nilsson D, Roessler K, Rutka J, Sharan A, Spencer D, Cukiert A (2020). How technology is driving the landscape of epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia, 61(5), 841-855. (Read full article)
    34. Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Handler MH, Tovar-Spinoza Z, Smyth M, Bollo R, Donahue D, Perry MS, Levy ML, Gonda D, Mangano FT, Storm PB, Price AV, Couture DE, Oluigbo C, Duhaime AC, Barnett GH, Muh CR, Sather MD, Fallah A, Wang AC, Bhatia S, Patel K, Tarima S, Graber S, Huckins S, Hafez DM, Rumalla K, Bailey L, Shandley S, Roach A, Alexander E, Jenkins W, Tsering D, Price G, Meola A, Evanoff W, Thompson EM, Brandmeir N, Pediatric Stereotactic Laser Ablation Workgroup (2020). Magnetic resonance-guided stereotactic laser ablation therapy for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors: a multiinstitutional retrospective study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-9. (Read full article)
    35. Sherrod BA, Ho WS, Hedlund A, Kennedy A, Ostrander B, Bollo RJ (2019). A comparison of the accuracy of fetal MRI and prenatal ultrasonography at predicting lesion level and perinatal motor outcome in patients with myelomeningocele. Neurosurg Focus, 47(4), E4. (Read full article)
    36. Alford EN, Hopson BD, Safyanov F, Arynchyna A, Bollo RJ, Hankinson TC, Rocque BG, Blount JP (2019). Care management and contemporary challenges in spina bifida: a practice preference survey of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-10. (Read full article)
    37. Ravindra VM, Karsy M, Lanpher A, Bollo RJ, Griauzde J, Scott RM, Couldwell WT, Smith ER (2019). A national analysis of 9655 pediatric cerebrovascular malformations: effect of hospital volume on outcomes. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-10. (Read full article)
    38. Chern JJ, Bollo RJ, Governale LS, Halvorson KG, Hooten K, Kulkarni AV, Lo W, Mathieu F, Mrowczynski O, Piatt J, Rizk E, Thompson E (2019). Pediatrics. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 17(Suppl 2), S182-S208. (Read full article)
    39. Karsy M, Akbari SH, Limbrick D, Leuthardt EC, Evans J, Smyth MD, Strahle J, Leonard J, Cheshier S, Brockmeyer DL, Bollo RJ, Kestle JR, Honeycutt J, Donahue DJ, Roberts RA, Hansen DR, Riva-Cambrin J, Sutherland G, Gallagher C, Hader W, Starreveld Y, Hamilton M, Duhaime AC, Jensen RL, Chicoine MR (2019). Evaluation of pediatric glioma outcomes using intraoperative MRI: a multicenter cohort study. J Neurooncol, 143(2), 271-280. (Read full article)
    40. Ravindra VM, Bollo RJ, Eli IM, Griauzde J, Lanpher A, Klein J, Zhu H, Brockmeyer DL, Kestle JRW, Couldwell WT, Scott RM, Smith E (2018). A study of pediatric cerebral arteriovenous malformations: clinical presentation, radiological features, and long-term functional and educational outcomes with predictors of sustained neurological deficits. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 24(1), 1-8. (Read full article)
    41. Greenberg JK, Jeffe DB, Carpenter CR, Yan Y, Pineda JA, Lumba-Brown A, Keller MS, Berger D, Bollo RJ, Ravindra VM, Naftel RP, Dewan MC, Shah MN, Burns EC, ONeill BR, Hankinson TC, Whitehead WE, Adelson PD, Tamber MS, McDonald PJ, Ahn ES, Titsworth W, West AN, Brownson RC, Limbrick DD (2018). North American survey on the post-neuroimaging management of children with mild head injuries. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 23(2), 227-235. (Read full article)
    42. Bhadkamkar MA, Albright SB, Wolfswinkel EM, Bollo R, Buchanan EP (2015). Posterior cranial vault distraction in the treatment of shunt-induced craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg, 26(1), e70-2. (Read full article)
    43. Patel AJ, Sivaganesan A, Bollo RJ, Brayton A, Luerssen TG, Jea A (2014). Assessment of the impact of comorbidities on perioperative complications in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 13(5), 579-82. (Read full article)
    44. Hadley C, Gressot LV, Patel AJ, Wang LL, Flores RJ, Whitehead WE, Luerssen TG, Jea A, Bollo RJ (2014). Osteosarcoma of the cranial vault and skull base in pediatric patients. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 13(4), 380-7. (Read full article)
    45. Weathers WM, Khechoyan D, Wolfswinkel EM, Mohan K, Nagy A, Bollo RJ, Buchanan EP, Hollier LH Jr (2014). A novel quantitative method for evaluating surgical outcomes in craniosynostosis: pilot analysis for metopic synostosis. Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr, 7(1), 1-8. (Read full article)
    46. Gressot LV, Mohila CA, Jea A, Luerssen TG, Bollo RJ (2013). Cervicothoracic nonterminal myelocystocele with mature teratoma. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 13(2), 204-8. (Read full article)
    47. Carlson C, Elliott RE, Devinsky O, Geller EB, Bollo RJ, Barr WB, Doyle WK (2013). Response. J Neurosurg, 119(2), 258-60. (Read full article)
    48. Elliott RE, Bollo RJ, Berliner JL, Silverberg A, Carlson C, Geller EB, Barr WB, Devinsky O, Doyle WK (2013). Anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalohippocampectomy for mesial temporal sclerosis: predictors of long-term seizure control. J Neurosurg, 119(2), 261-72. (Read full article)
    49. Reddy GD, Sen AN, Patel AJ, Bollo RJ, Jea A (2013). Glioblastoma of the cerebellum in children: report of five cases and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst, 29(5), 821-32. (Read full article)
    50. Rao VY, Shah KB, Bollo RJ, Mawad ME, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Dauser RC, Luerssen TG, Jea A (2013). Management of ruptured dissecting intracranial aneurysms in infants: report of four cases and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst, 29(4), 685-91. (Read full article)
    51. Teo WY, Chintagumpala M, Okcu MF, Dauser RC, Mahajan A, Adesina AM, Whitehead WE, Jea A, Bollo RJ, Paulino AC (2013). A retrospective analysis of the patterns of failure in pediatric myxopapillary ependymoma. J Radiat Oncol, 2(1), 21-26.
    52. Hwang SW, Gressot LV, Rangel-Castilla L, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Bollo RJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A (2012). Outcomes of instrumented fusion in the pediatric cervical spine. J Neurosurg Spine, 17(5), 397-409. (Read full article)
    53. Mayer RR, Hwang SW, Reddy GD, Morales DL, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Bollo RJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A (2012). Neurosurgical complications of left ventricular assist devices in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 10(5), 370-5. (Read full article)
    54. Bollo RJ, Riva-Cambrin J, Brockmeyer MM, Brockmeyer DL (2012). Complex Chiari malformations in children: an analysis of preoperative risk factors for occipitocervical fusion. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 10(2), 134-41. (Read full article)
    55. Bollo RJ, Gooch JL, Walker ML (2012). Stereotactic endoscopic placement of third ventricle catheter for long-term infusion of baclofen in patients with secondary generalized dystonia. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 10(1), 30-3. (Read full article)
    56. Calhoun AR, Bollo RJ, Garber ST, McDonald J, Stevenson DA, Hung IH, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2012). Spinal arteriovenous fistulas in children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(6), 654-9. (Read full article)
    57. Carro MS, Lim WK, Alvarez MJ, Bollo RJ, Zhao X, Snyder EY, Sulman EP, Anne SL, Doetsch F, Colman H, Lasorella A, Aldape K, Califano A, Iavarone A (2010). The transcriptional network for mesenchymal transformation of brain tumours. Nature, 463(7279), 318-25. (Read full article)
    58. Bollo RJ, Carlson C, Schevon C, Wisoff JH, Devinsky O, Weiner HL (2009). Extraoperative functional mapping and staged resection of supratentorial tumors near eloquent cortex in children. Pediatr Neurosurg, 45(3), 175-80. (Read full article)
    59. Fischer I, Cunliffe CH, Bollo RJ, Raza S, Monoky D, Chiriboga L, Parker EC, Golfinos JG, Kelly PJ, Knopp EA, Gruber ML, Zagzag D, Narayana A (2008). High-grade glioma before and after treatment with radiation and Avastin: initial observations. Neuro Oncol, 10(5), 700-8. (Read full article)
    60. Fischer I, Cunliffe C, Bollo RJ, Weiner HL, Devinsky O, Ruiz-Tachiquin ME, Venuto T, Pearlman A, Chiriboga L, Schneider RJ, Ostrer H, Miller DC (2008). Glioma-like proliferation within tissues excised as tubers in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Acta Neuropathol, 116(1), 67-77. (Read full article)

    Commentary

    1. Bollo RJ (2014). Comment on: Manwaring JC, El Damaty A, Baldauf J, Schroeder HW (2014). The Small-Chamber Irrigation Technique (SCIT): A simple maneuver for managing intraoperative hemorrhage during endoscopic intraventricular surgery. Neurosurgery, 10(Suppl 3), 375-379.

    Case Report

    1. Kole MJ, Fridley JS, Jea A, Bollo RJ (2014). Currarino syndrome and spinal dysraphism. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 13(6), 685-9. (Read full article)
    2. Garber ST, Bollo RJ, Riva-Cambrin JK (2013). Pediatric spinal pilomyxoid astrocytoma. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(5), 511-6. (Read full article)
    3. Gressot LV, Patel AJ, Bollo RJ, Mohila CA, Jea A (2013). Disseminated intracranial juvenile xanthogranulomatosis in a neonate without cutaneous lesions. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(2), 187-91. (Read full article)
    4. Patel AJ, Boatey J, Muns J, Bollo RJ, Whitehead WE, Giannoni CM, Jea A (2012). Endoscopic endonasal odontoidectomy in a child with chronic type 3 atlantoaxial rotatory fixation: case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst, 28(11), 1971-5. (Read full article)
    5. Bollo RJ, Zagzag D, Samadani U (2010). Synchronous choroid plexus papilloma of the fourth ventricle and ependymoma of the filum terminale: case report. Neurosurgery, 67(5), E1454-9; discussion E1459. (Read full article)
    6. Bollo RJ, Williams SC, Peskin CS, Samadani U (2010). When the air hits your brain: cerebral autoregulation of brain oxygenation during aerobic exercise allows transient hyperoxygenation: case report. Neurosurgery, 67(2), E507-9. (Read full article)
    7. Bollo RJ, Berliner JL, Fischer I, Miles DK, Thiele EA, Zagzag D, Weiner HL (2009). Extraventricular subependymal giant cell tumor in a child with tuberous sclerosis complex. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 4(1), 85-90. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Bollo RJ, Lam SK (2024). Editorial. Occult dysraphism, spinopelvic angles, and machine learning: applying new tools to complex unsolved problems in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 33(5), 403-404. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Yengo-Kahn AM, Brockmeyer DL, Bollo RJ (2025). Letter to the Editor. The young Chiari patient, an oft-forced hand? [Letter to the editor]. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-2. (Read full article)

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