Joseph Chen, MD
RESIDENT
Neurological Surgery
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• M.D. Medicine The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 05/2024
• B.S. Computer Science, Neuroscience Brown University 05/2020

Publications (44)

Top publication keywords:
HemispherectomyNecrosisDrug Resistant EpilepsyHypothalamic DiseasesGlioblastomaCraniotomyHamartomaEpilepsyPropensity ScorePeripheral Arterial DiseaseRadiation InjuriesCost-Benefit AnalysisLaser TherapyContrast MediaBrain Neoplasms

• Profound Neuropathy after Penetrating Transection of the Sciatic Nerve by Femoral Cerclage Wire: Illustrative Case and Management Strategy.
  Neurotrauma reports 2025 Yue JK, Oh JY, Aabedi AA, Chen JS, Probst KX, Shah VN, Wustrack RL, Jacques LG
• Outcome of Surgery for Hypothalamic Hamartoma-Related Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.
  Neurology 2024 Niazi F, Goel K, Chen JS, Hadjinicolaou A, Keezer MR, Nguyen DK, Gallagher A, Shlobin N, Yuan-Mou Yang J, Soeby L, Webster E, Desnous B, Scavarda D, Perry MS, Mithani K, Ibrahim GM, Gaillard WD, …
• A propensity score-matched cost-effectiveness analysis of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy versus craniotomy for brain tumor radiation necrosis.
  Neurosurgical focus 2024 Chen JS, Haddad AF, Chung JE, Tang OY, Ho WS, Hervey-Jumper SL, Aghi MK
• Timing of diffusion tensor imaging in the management of a ruptured pediatric arteriovenous malformation: illustrative case.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons 2024 Chen JS, Caldwell DJ, Falcone JA, Dalle Ore C, Sankaranarayanan V, Liu F, Hetts SW, Ho WS, Gupta N
• Comparison of Surgical Modalities for Giant Pituitary Adenoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 1413 Patients.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2024 Tang OY, Chen JS, Monje S, Kumarapuram S, Eloy JA, Liu JK

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• Concussions in ice hockey: mixed methods study including assessment of concussions on games missed and cap hit among National Hockey League players, systematic review, and concussion protocol analysis.
  Neurosurgical focus 2024 Shlobin NA, Goel K, Chen JS, Kondziolka D
• Author Response: Comparison of Hemispheric Surgery Techniques for Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.
  Neurology 2024 Chen JS, Harris WB, Wu KJ, Phillips HW, Tseng CH, Weil AG, Fallah A
• Motion correction of 3D dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging without anatomical B-Mode images: Pilot evaluation in eight patients.
  Medical physics 2024 Chen JS, Goubran M, Kim G, Kim MJ, Willmann JK, Zeineh M, Hristov D, Kaffas AE
• Outcomes following surgical interventions for hypothalamic hamartomas: protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
  BMJ open 2024 Goel K, Niazi F, Chen JS, Hadjinicolaou A, Keezer M, Gallagher A, Fallah A, Weil AG
• Lumbar Decompression With and Without Fusion for Lumbar Stenosis With Spondylolisthesis: A Cost Utility Analysis.
  Spine 2024 Sastry RA, Levy JF, Chen JS, Weil RJ, Oyelese AA, Fridley JS, Gokaslan ZL
• Development of an online calculator for the prediction of seizure freedom following pediatric hemispherectomy using the Hemispherectomy Outcome Prediction Scale (HOPS).
  Epilepsia 2023 Weil AG, Dimentberg E, Lewis E, Ibrahim GM, Kola O, Tseng CH, Chen JS, Lin KM, Cai LX, Liu QZ, Lin JL, Zhou WJ, Mathern GW, Smyth MD, O'Neill BR, Dudley R, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Delev D, Ramantani G, …
• Hemispheric epilepsy surgery for hemimegalencephaly: The UCLA experience.
  Epilepsia 2023 Goel K, Phillips HW, Chen JS, Ngo J, Edmonds B, Ha PX, Wang A, Weil A, Russell BE, Salamon N, Nariai H, Fallah A
• Postnatal Myelomeningocele Repair in the United States: Rates and Disparities Before and After the Management of Myelomeningocele Study Trial.
  Neurosurgery 2023 Shao B, Chen JS, Kozel OA, Tang OY, Amaral-Nieves N, Sastry RA, Watson-Smith D, Monteagudo J, Luks FI, Carr SR, Klinge PM, Weil RJ, Svokos KA
• Patterns in Decompression and Fusion Procedures for Patients With Lumbar Stenosis After Major Clinical Trial Results, 2016 to 2019.
  JAMA network open 2023 Sastry RA, Chen JS, Shao B, Weil RJ, Chang KE, Maynard K, Syed SH, Zadnik Sullivan PL, Camara JQ, Niu T, Sampath P, Telfeian AE, Oyelese AA, Fridley JS, Gokaslan ZL
• Chi3l1 Is a Modulator of Glioma Stem Cell States and a Therapeutic Target in Glioblastoma.
  Cancer research 2023 Guetta-Terrier C, Karambizi D, Akosman B, Zepecki JP, Chen JS, Kamle S, Fajardo JE, Fiser A, Singh R, Toms SA, Lee CG, Elias JA, Tapinos N
• Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
  Epilepsia 2023 Chen JS, Lamoureux AA, Shlobin NA, Elkaim LM, Wang A, Ibrahim GM, Obaid S, Harroud A, Guadagno E, Dimentberg E, Bouthillier A, Bernhardt BC, Nguyen DK, Fallah A, Weil AG
• Comparison of Hemispheric Surgery Techniques for Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis.
  Neurology 2023 Chen JS, Harris WB, Wu KJ, Phillips HW, Tseng CH, Weil AG, Fallah A
• Seizure outcomes in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome undergoing epilepsy surgery: An individual participant data meta-analysis.
  Seizure 2023 Mozaffari K, Krishnakumar A, Chen JS, Goel K, Wang A, Shlobin NA, Weil AG, Fallah A
• Single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics reveal cancer-associated fibroblasts in glioblastoma with protumoral effects.
  The Journal of clinical investigation 2023 Jain S, Rick JW, Joshi RS, Beniwal A, Spatz J, Gill S, Chang AC, Choudhary N, Nguyen AT, Sudhir S, Chalif EJ, Chen JS, Chandra A, Haddad AF, Wadhwa H, Shah SS, Choi S, Hayes JL, Wang L, Yagnik G, …
• Clinical utility of intraoperative electrocorticography for epilepsy surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Epilepsia 2022 Goel K, Pek V, Shlobin NA, Chen JS, Wang A, Ibrahim GM, Hadjinicolaou A, Roessler K, Dudley RW, Nguyen DK, El-Tahry R, Fallah A, Weil AG
• Preliminary Experience Suggests the Addition of Choroid Plexus Cauterization to Functional Hemispherectomy May Reduce Posthemispherectomy Hydrocephalus.
  Neurosurgery 2022 Phillips HW, Chen JS, Tucker AM, Ding K, Kashanian A, Nagahama Y, Mathern GW, Weil AG, Fallah A
• Predictors of outcomes after surgery for medically intractable insular epilepsy: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
  Epilepsia open 2022 Obaid S, Chen JS, Ibrahim GM, Bouthillier A, Dimentberg E, Surbeck W, Guadagno E, Brunette-Clément T, Shlobin NA, Shulkin A, Hale AT, Tomycz LD, Von Lehe M, Perry MS, Chassoux F, Bouilleret V, Taussig…
• Extent of Tumor Resection and Survival in Pediatric Patients With High-Grade Gliomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  JAMA network open 2022 Hatoum R, Chen JS, Lavergne P, Shlobin NA, Wang A, Elkaim LM, Dodin P, Couturier CP, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Venne D, Perreault S, Wang AC, Jabado N, Dudley RWR, Weil AG
• Midline Brain Shift After Hemispheric Surgery: Natural History, Clinical Significance, and Association With Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2022 Phillips HW, Maniquis CAB, Chen JS, Duby SL, Nagahama Y, Bergeron D, Ibrahim GM, Weil AG, Fallah A
• Sex-specific differences in KCC2 localisation and inhibitory synaptic transmission in the rat hippocampus.
  Scientific reports 2022 Wolf DC, Sanon NT, Cunha AOS, Chen JS, Shaker T, Elhassan AR, do Nascimento ASF, Di Cristo G, Weil AG
• CD97 is associated with mitogenic pathway activation, metabolic reprogramming, and immune microenvironment changes in glioblastoma.
  Scientific reports 2022 Safaee MM, Wang EJ, Jain S, Chen JS, Gill S, Zheng AC, Garcia JH, Beniwal AS, Tran Y, Nguyen AT, Trieu M, Leung K, Wells J, Maclean JM, Wycoff K, Aghi MK
• The effect of levetiracetam treatment on survival in patients with glioblastoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2022 Chen JS, Clarke R, Haddad AF, Wang EJ, Lacroix M, Sarkar IN, Zand R, Chen ES, Toms SA
• Immunotherapy Resistance in Glioblastoma.
  Frontiers in genetics 2021 Wang EJ, Chen JS, Jain S, Morshed RA, Haddad AF, Gill S, Beniwal AS, Aghi MK
• Health disparities attributed to Medicare-Medicaid dual-eligible status in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2021 Chen JS, Corcoran Ruiz KM, Rivera Perla KM, Liu Y, Nwaiwu CA, Moreira CC
• Real-World Preliminary Experience With Responsive Neurostimulation in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study.
  Neurosurgery 2021 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, O'Neill BR, Alexander AL, Bollo RJ, …
• Sex differences in the developing brain impact stress-induced epileptogenicity following hyperthermia-induced seizures.
  Neurobiology of disease 2021 Wolf DC, Desgent S, Sanon NT, Chen JS, Elkaim LM, Bosoi CM, Awad PN, Simard A, Salam MT, Bilodeau GA, Duss S, Sawan M, Lewis EC, Weil AG
• 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 2021 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, O'Neill BR, Dudley RWR, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Delev D, Ramantani G, …
• Postoperative Admission of Adult Craniotomy Patients to the Neuroscience Ward Reduces Length of Stay and Cost.
  Neurosurgery 2021 Sun MZ, Babayan D, Chen JS, Wang MM, Naik PK, Reitz K, Li JJ, Pouratian N, Kim W
• miRNA-mediated loss of m6A increases nascent translation in glioblastoma.
  PLoS genetics 2021 Zepecki JP, Karambizi D, Fajardo JE, Snyder KM, Guetta-Terrier C, Tang OY, Chen JS, Sarkar A, Fiser A, Toms SA, Tapinos N
• Higher cytolytic score correlates with an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and reduced survival in glioblastoma.
  Scientific reports 2020 Haddad AF, Chen JS, Oh T, Pereira MP, Joshi RS, Aghi MK
• WHO Grade I Meningioma Recurrence: Identifying High Risk Patients Using Histopathological Features and the MIB-1 Index.
  Frontiers in oncology 2020 Haddad AF, Young JS, Kanungo I, Sudhir S, Chen JS, Raleigh DR, Magill ST, McDermott MW, Aghi MK
• Epilepsy surgery for Rasmussen encephalitis: the UCLA experience.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics 2020 Bellamkonda N, Phillips HW, Chen JS, Tucker AM, Maniquis C, Mathern GW, Fallah A
• Seizure outcomes in children with Rasmussen's encephalitis undergoing resective or hemispheric epilepsy surgery: an individual participant data meta-analysis.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics 2019 Harris WB, Phillips HW, Chen JS, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A
• The neurosurgery applicant's "arms race": analysis of medical student publication in the Neurosurgery Residency Match.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2019 Wadhwa H, Shah SS, Shan J, Cheng J, Beniwal AS, Chen JS, Gill SA, Mummaneni N, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Aghi MK
• Social Media Use for Professional Purposes in the Neurosurgical Community: A Multi-Institutional Study.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Phillips HW, Chen JS, Wilson B, Udawatta M, Prashant G, Nagasawa D, Yang I
• Prediction of post-operative delayed hyponatremia after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery.
  Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2019 Patel KS, Shu Chen J, Yuan F, Attiah M, Wilson B, Wang MB, Bergsneider M, Kim W
• Age-related differences in social media use in the neurosurgical community: A multi-institutional study.
  Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2019 Udawatta M, Ng E, Westley Phillips H, Chen JS, Wilson B, Prashant GN, Nagasawa DT, Yang I
• Predicting mortality in traumatic intracranial hemorrhage.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2019 Powers AY, Pinto MB, Tang OY, Chen JS, Doberstein C, Asaad WF
• Factors associated with the progression of conservatively managed acute traumatic subdural hemorrhage.
  Journal of critical care 2018 Powers AY, Pinto MB, Aldridge AM, Tang OY, Chen JS, Berube RL, Doberstein C, Fox JM, Carnevale JA, Asaad WF