Roberto Rodriguez Rubio, MD
Associate Professor
Neurological Surgery
School of Medicine

As a neurosurgical resident at Hospital Civil de Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde," he actively participated in Guadalajara's Mission Brain with neurosurgical teams from UCSF and Johns Hopkins. He had the opportunity to attend several cadaveric courses in the United States – further igniting his passion for cadaveric dissections in the hopes of improving results in the operating room. He has an extensive observership experience from countries including the United States, Germany, France, and England.

• Immersive Surgical Anatomy of the Far-Lateral Approach.
  Cureus 2022 Payman A, Rios Zermeno J, Hirpara A, El-Sayed IH, Abla A, Rodriguez Rubio R
• Anterior transtemporal endoscopic selective amygdalohippocampectomy: a virtual and cadaveric feasibility study.
  Acta neurochirurgica 2022 Lau R, Gabarros A, Martino J, Fernandez-Coello A, Sanmillan JL, Benet A, Kola O, Rodriguez-Rubio R
• Superior Laryngeal Nerve Palsy After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion: A Case Report and Cadaveric Description.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2022 Choy W, Garcia J, Safaee MM, Rubio RR, Loftus PA, Clark AJ
• Ideal trajectory for frontal ventriculostomy: Radiological study and anatomical study.
  Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2022 Vigo V, Tassinari A, Scerrati A, Cavallo MA, Rodriguez-Rubio R, Fernandez-Miranda JC, De Bonis P
• Assessment of Arterial Configurations of the Suprachiasmatic Region from the Endoscopic Endonasal Perspective: A Cadaveric Anatomical Study.
  World neurosurgery 2021 Zhu H, Vigo V, Ahluwalia A, El-Sayed I, Abla AA, Rubio RR
• Constructing an Individualized Middle Cerebral Artery Model Using 3D Printing and Hydrogel for Bypass Training.
  Cureus 2021 Ovunc SS, Yassin M, Chae R, Abla A, Rodriguez Rubio R
• Letter to the Editor Regarding "Anticoagulant Medications and Operative Subdural Hematomas: A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating Reoperation Rates".
  World neurosurgery 2021 Vigo V, Rodriguez-Rubio R
• Immersive Surgical Anatomy of the Retrosigmoid Approach.
  Cureus 2021 Rodriguez Rubio R, Xie W, Vigo V, Lee A, Tomasi OS, El-Sayed IH, Abla A
• Supracerebellar Infratentorial Infratrochlear Trans-Quadrangular Lobule Approach to Pontine Cavernous Malformations.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2021 Rutledge C, Raper DMS, Rodriguez Rubio R, Winkler EA, Abla AA
• Importance of Veins for Neurosurgery as Landmarks Against Brain Shifting Phenomenon: An Anatomical and 3D-MPRAGE MR Reconstruction of Superficial Cortical Veins.
  Frontiers in neuroanatomy 2020 Tomasi SO, Umana GE, Scalia G, Rubio-Rodriguez RL, Cappai PF, Capone C, Raudino G, Chaurasia B, Salvati M, Jorden N, Winkler PA
• Principles of Supplemental Motor Area and Cingulate Tumor Resection With Asleep Trimodal Motor Mapping: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2020 Magill ST, Rubio RR, Berger MS
• Immersive Surgical Anatomy of the Craniocervical Junction.
  Cureus 2020 Vigo V, Hirpara A, Yassin M, Wang M, Chou D, De Bonis P, Abla A, Rodriguez Rubio R
• Microsurgical Techniques for Exposing the Internal Maxillary Artery in Cerebral Revascularization Surgery: A Comparative Cadaver Study.
  World neurosurgery 2020 Li X, Orscelik A, Vigo V, Kola O, El-Sayed IH, Abla AA, Rubio RR
• Immersive Surgical Anatomy of the Craniometric Points.
  Cureus 2020 Vigo V, Cornejo K, Nunez L, Abla A, Rodriguez Rubio R
• Comparative Analysis of Pterional, Supraorbital, Extended Supraorbital, and Transtubercular-Transplanum Approaches for Exposing the Anterior Communicating Artery Complex: A Cadaveric Study.
  World neurosurgery 2020 Zhu H, Vigo V, Ahluwalia A, Chae R, El-Sayed I, Abla AA, Rubio RR
• Far Lateral Approach for In Situ Occlusion of Craniospinal Cervicomedullary Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
  World neurosurgery 2020 Rodriguez Rubio R, Raper D, Zhu H, Abla AA
• Hyperostosing sphenoid wing meningiomas: surgical outcomes and strategy for bone resection and multidisciplinary orbital reconstruction.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2020 Dalle Ore CL, Magill ST, Rodriguez Rubio R, Shahin MN, Aghi MK, Theodosopoulos PV, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Kersten RC, Idowu OO, Vagefi MR, McDermott MW
• Replicating Skull Base Anatomy With 3D Technologies: A Comparative Study Using 3D-scanned and 3D-printed Models of the Temporal Bone.
  Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2020 Chae R, Sharon JD, Kournoutas I, Ovunc SS, Wang M, Abla AA, El-Sayed IH, Rubio RR
• Supracerebellar Approach for Resection of a Falcotentorial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula with Pial Tectal Arteriovenous Malformation Component Associated with a Left Parafalcine Meningioma.
  World neurosurgery 2020 Rubio RR, Li X, Orscelik A, Dubnicoff T, Raper D, Hervey-Jumper S, Abla AA
• Stereoscopy in Surgical Neuroanatomy: Past, Present, and Future.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2020 Rubio RR, Bonaventura RD, Kournoutas I, Barakat D, Vigo V, El-Sayed I, Abla AA
• Comparative analysis of surgical exposure and freedom between the subtonsillar, endoscope-assisted subtonsillar, and far-lateral approaches to the lower clivus: A cadaveric study.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2020 Wang M, Chae R, Shehata J, Vigo V, Raygor KP, Tomasi SO, McDermott MW, Abla AA, El-Sayed IH, Rodriguez Rubio R
• Anatomy of petrous face.
  Handbook of clinical neurology 2020 Chae R, Rodriguez Rubio R
• Middle fossa meningiomas.
  Handbook of clinical neurology 2020 Magill ST, Sughrue ME, Rodriguez LR, McDermott MW
• Venous anatomy of the infratentorial compartment.
  Handbook of clinical neurology 2020 Kournoutas I, Rodriguez Rubio R
• Combined Pterional Transsylvian and Bifrontal Interhemispheric Approach to Ruptured Subcallosal and Pericallosal Brain Arteriovenous Malformation with Skeletonization of the Entire A2 ACA Segment.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Rubio RR, Dubnicoff T, Rutledge WC, Abla AA
• Immersive Surgical Anatomy of the Frontotemporal-Orbitozygomatic Approach.
  Cureus 2019 Rodriguez Rubio R, Chae R, Kournoutas I, Abla A, McDermott M
• An Anatomic Feasibility Study for Revascularization of the Ophthalmic Artery, Part I: Intracanalicular Segment.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Rubio RR, Gandhi S, Vigo V, Tabani H, Meybodi AT, Abla AA, Lawton MT, Benet A
• An Anatomical Feasibility Study for Revascularization of the Ophthalmic Artery. Part II: Intraorbital Segment.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Rubio RR, Vigo V, Gandhi S, Tabani H, Meybodi AT, Winkler EA, Abla AA, Lawton MT, Benet A
• Supracerebellar Approach to Radiation-Induced Giant Capillary Telangiectasia Within Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma of Upper Brainstem.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Rubio RR, Chae R, Khare A, Dubnicoff T, Winkler E, Sloan E, Bollen AW, Berger MS, Abla AA
• Characterization of Anatomical Landmarks for Exposing the Internal Carotid Artery in the Infratemporal Fossa Through an Endoscopic Transmasticator Approach: A Morphometric Cadaveric Study.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Li W, Chae R, Rubio RR, Benet A, Meybodi AT, Feng X, Huang G, El-Sayed IH
• Immersive Surgical Anatomy of the Pterional Approach.
  Cureus 2019 Rodriguez Rubio R, Chae R, Vigo V, Abla AA, McDermott M
• Acquisition of Volumetric Models of Skull Base Anatomy Using Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches: 3D Scanning of Deep Corridors Via Photogrammetry.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Kournoutas I, Vigo V, Chae R, Wang M, Gurrola J, Abla AA, El-Sayed I, Rubio RR
• Comparative Analysis of the Subtonsillar, Far-Lateral, Extreme-Lateral, and Endoscopic Far-Medial Approaches to the Lower Clivus: An Anatomical Cadaver Study.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Wang M, Chae R, Vigo V, Winkler E, McDermott MW, El-Sayed IH, Abla AA, Rubio RR
• Endoscopic Transanterior Middle Temporal Approach to the Atrium-An Anatomical Feasibility Study.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Lau R, Rodriguez Rubio R, Martino J, Sanmillán JL, Benet A, Tayebi Meybodi A, Gandhi S, Kournoutas I, Gabarrós A
• Revascularization of the Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Using Extracranial and Intracranial Donors: A Morphometric Cadaveric Study.
  World neurosurgery 2019 De Vilalta A, Kournoutas I, Ojeda PL, Canals AG, Vigo V, Rutledge CW, Chae R, Abla AA, Rubio RR
• Intradural and Extradural Ligation of a Left Dural Arteriovenous Fistula of the Sigmoid Sinus Using a Retrosigmoid Approach: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2019 Rubio RR, Vigo V, Bonaventura RD, Abla AA
• Clipping of High-Risk Dural Arteriovenous Fistula of the Posterior Fossa: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Rubio RR, Chae R, Rutledge WC, De Vilalta A, Kournoutas I, Winkler E, Abla AA
• Construction of Neuroanatomical Volumetric Models Using 3-Dimensional Scanning Techniques: Technical Note and Applications.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Rubio RR, Shehata J, Kournoutas I, Chae R, Vigo V, Wang M, El-Sayed I, Abla AA
• Local in situ fibrinolysis for recanalization of an occluded extracranial-intracranial bypass: Technical note.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2019 Winkler EA, Raygor K, Caleb Rutledge W, Lu AP, Phelps RRL, Lien BV, Rubio RR, Abla AA
• In Reply: Minimally Invasive Exposure of the Maxillary Artery at the Anteromedial Infratemporal Fossa.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2019 Rubio RR, Kola O, Lawton MT, Benet A
• National trends in cerebral bypass surgery in the United States, 2002-2014.
  Neurosurgical focus 2019 Winkler EA, Yue JK, Deng H, Raygor KP, Phelps RRL, Rutledge C, Lu AY, Rodriguez Rubio R, Burkhardt JK, Abla AA
• Right Retrosigmoid Approach for In Situ Occlusion of Brainstem Arteriovenous Malformation Surrounding the Trigeminal Nerve: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2019 Rubio RR, Vigo V, Bonaventura RD, Abla AA
• A Combined Extradural-Intradural Technique for an En Bloc Anterior Petrosectomy: A Cadaveric Feasibility Study.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Dones F, Kournoutas I, Vigo V, Di Bonaventura R, Raygor K, El-Sayed IH, Abla AA, Rubio RR
• Minimally Invasive Exposure of the Maxillary Artery at the Anteromedial Infratemporal Fossa.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2019 Rodriguez Rubio R, Kola O, Tayebi Meybodi A, Tabani H, Feng X, Burkhardt JK, Yousef S, Lawton MT, Benet A
• Middle Meningeal Artery to Premeatal Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Bypass via Anterior Petrosectomy: An Anatomic Feasibility Study.
  World neurosurgery 2018 Vigo V, Dones F, Di Bonaventura R, Barakat D, McDermott MW, Abla AA, Rubio RR
• Analysis of Surgical Freedom Variation Across the Basilar Artery Bifurcation: Towards a Deeper Insight Into Approach Selection for Basilar Apex Aneurysms.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Tayebi Meybodi A, Benet A, Rodriguez Rubio R, Yousef S, Lawton MT
• Combination Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass and M2-M2 Reanastomosis With Trapping of a Stented Distal Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Burkhardt JK, Yousef S, Tabani H, Benet A, Rubio RR, Lawton MT
• Comprehensive Anatomic Assessment of the Pterional, Orbitopterional, and Orbitozygomatic Approaches for Basilar Apex Aneurysm Clipping.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Tayebi Meybodi A, Benet A, Rodriguez Rubio R, Yousef S, Lawton MT
• A mini-open transspinous approach for resection of intramedullary spinal cavernous malformations.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2018 Winkler EA, Lu A, Rutledge WC, Tabani H, Rodriguez Rubio R, Mummaneni PV, Abla AA
• Internal Maxillary Artery to Anterior Circulation Bypass with Local Interposition Grafts Using a Minimally Invasive Approach: Surgical Anatomy and Technical Feasibility.
  World neurosurgery 2018 Rubio RR, Gandhi S, Benet A, Tabani H, Burkhardt JK, Kola O, Yousef S, Abla AA, Lawton MT
• Comparative Analysis of Orbitozygomatic and Subtemporal Approaches to the Basilar Apex: A Cadaveric Study.
  World neurosurgery 2018 Tayebi Meybodi A, Benet A, Rodriguez Rubio R, Yousef S, Mokhtari P, Preul MC, Lawton MT
• Simultaneous Clipping of a Basilar Apex Aneurysm and Right Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Benet A, Griswold D, Tabani H, Rubio RR, Yousef S, Meybodi AT, Lawton MT
• Assessment of the endoscopic endonasal approach to the basilar apex region for aneurysm clipping.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2018 Tayebi Meybodi A, Benet A, Vigo V, Rodriguez Rubio R, Yousef S, Mokhtari P, Dones F, Kakaizada S, Lawton MT
• Supracerebellar-Infratentorial Approach for Resection of Tectal and Thalamic Cavernous Malformations: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Benet A, Tabani H, Griswold D, Yousef S, Rubio RR, Lawton MT
• Cross-Wise Counter Clipping of a Dolichoectatic Left Vertebral Artery Aneurysm: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Benet A, Griswold D, Tabani H, Rubio RR, Yousef S, Meybodi AT, Lawton MT
• Tentative Stacking Technique with Tandem Clipping and Bypass for an MCA Aneurysm: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Benet A, Griswold D, Tabani H, Rubio RR, Yousef S, Meybodi AT, Lawton MT
• The transperiosteal "inside-out" occipital artery harvesting technique.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2018 Benet A, Tabani H, Ding X, Burkhardt JK, Rodriguez Rubio R, Tayebi Meybodi A, Nisson P, Kola O, Gandhi S, Yousef S, Lawton MT
• Contralateral Anterior Interhemispheric Approach to Medial Frontal Arteriovenous Malformation: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Benet A, Griswold D, Tabani H, Rubio RR, Yousef S, Meybodi AT, Lawton MT
• Macrovascular Decompression of Brainstem and Lower Cranial Nerves: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2018 Benet A, Griswold D, Tabani H, Rubio RR, Yousef S, Meybodi AT, Lawton MT
• The Middle Temporal Artery: Surgical Anatomy and Exposure for Cerebral Revascularization.
  World neurosurgery 2017 Rubio RR, Lawton MT, Kola O, Tabani H, Yousef S, Meybodi AT, Burkhardt JK, El-Sayed I, Benet A
• Contralateral Approach to Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: An Anatomical-Clinical Analysis to Improve Patient Selection.
  World neurosurgery 2017 Meybodi AT, Lawton MT, Rubio RR, Yousef S, Benet A
• Internal Maxillary Artery to Upper Posterior Circulation Bypass Using a Superficial Temporal Artery Graft: Surgical Anatomy and Feasibility Assessment.
  World neurosurgery 2017 Tayebi Meybodi A, Lawton MT, Rodriguez Rubio R, Yousef S, Guo X, Feng X, Benet A