Raphael P Davis, MD

Dr. Raphael P. Davis was trained by Dr. Leonard Mallis, one of the fathers of modern micro neurosurgery. Dr. Davis has been performing microsurgical procedures for over 30 years. His surgical expertise includes the treatment of skull base tumors (pituitary tumors and acoustic neuromas), brain tumors, as well as complex spinal surgery. He has performed over 10,000 operations during his career. Dr. Davis has held the position of Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery since 1998. Dr. Davis also serves as Co-Director of the Neurosciences Institute.

Digital Image Speckle Correlation (DISC): Facial Muscle Tracking for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders.

Fu S, Polak P, Fiore S, Passman JN, Davis R, Manu LM, Rafailovich M.

Diagnostics (Basel). 2025 Jun 20;15(13):1574. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15131574.

PMID: 40647573      Free PMC article.     

Embolization of the Middle Meningeal Artery for Chronic Subdural Hematoma.

Fiorella D, Monteith SJ, Hanel R, Atchie B, Boo S, McTaggart RA, Zauner A, Tjoumakaris S, Barbier C, Benitez R, Spelle L, Pierot L, Hirsch JA, Froehler M, Arthur AS; STEM Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2025 Feb 27;392(9):855-864. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2409845. Epub 2024 Nov 20.

PMID: 39565980      Clinical Trial.     

Predictive Factors for Outcomes Following Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation.

Sacks GI, Destefano V, Fiore SM, Davis RP, Ahknoukh S, Mushlin HM.

Int J Spine Surg. 2024 Sep 20;18(6):637-44. doi: 10.14444/8650. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 39304340      Free PMC article.     

Brain Circuitry of Consciousness: A Review of Current Models and a Novel Synergistic Model With Clinical Application.

Gammel TC, Alkadaa LN, Saadon JR, Saluja S, Servider J, Cleri NA, Egnor M, Davis RP, Huang C, Saalmann YB, Mofakham S, Mikell CB.

Neurosurg Pract. 2023 Apr 7;4(2):e00031. doi: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000031. eCollection 2023 Jun.

PMID: 37213564      Free PMC article.     

Flow induced stability of pluronic hydrogels: Injectable and unencapsulated nucleus pulposus replacement.

Li J, Marmorat C, Vasilyev G, Jiang J, Koifman N, Guo Y, Talmon I, Zussman E, Gersappe D, Davis R, Rafailovich M.

Acta Biomater. 2019 Sep 15;96:295-302. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.07.021. Epub 2019 Jul 15.

PMID: 31319200     

The Stony Brook awake craniotomy protocol: A technical note.

Shen E, Calandra C, Geralemou S, Page C, Davis R, Andraous W, Mikell C.

J Clin Neurosci. 2019 Sep;67:221-225. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.06.042. Epub 2019 Jul 3.

PMID: 31279700     

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for lumbar spine fusion.

Smith J, Probst S, Calandra C, Davis R, Sugimoto K, Nie L, Gan TJ, Bennett-Guerrero E.

Perioper Med (Lond). 2019 May 28;8:4. doi: 10.1186/s13741-019-0114-2. eCollection 2019.

PMID: 31149331      Free PMC article.     

Correction to: First results on survival from a large Phase 3 clinical trial of an autologous dendritic cell vaccine in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

Liau LM, Ashkan K, Tran DD, Campian JL, Trusheim JE, Cobbs CS, Heth JA, Salacz M, Taylor S, D'Andre SD, Iwamoto FM, Dropcho EJ, Moshel YA, Walter KA, Pillainayagam CP, Aiken R, Chaudhary R, Goldlust SA, Bota DA, Duic P, Grewal J, Elinzano H, Toms SA, Lillehei KO, Mikkelsen T, Walbert T, Abram SR, Brenner AJ, Brem S, Ewend MG, Khagi S, Portnow J, Kim LJ, Loudon WG, Thompson RC, Avigan DE, Fink KL, Geoffroy FJ, Lindhorst S, Lutzky J, Sloan AE, Schackert G, Krex D, Meisel HJ, Wu J, Davis RP, Duma C, Etame AB, Mathieu D, Kesari S, Piccioni D, Westphal M, Baskin DS, New PZ, Lacroix M, May SA, Pluard TJ, Tse V, Green RM, Villano JL, Pearlman M, Petrecca K, Schulder M, Taylor LP, Maida AE, Prins RM, Cloughesy TF, Mulholland P, Bosch ML.

J Transl Med. 2018 Jun 29;16(1):179. doi: 10.1186/s12967-018-1552-1.

PMID: 29958537      Free PMC article.     

First results on survival from a large Phase 3 clinical trial of an autologous dendritic cell vaccine in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

Liau LM, Ashkan K, Tran DD, Campian JL, Trusheim JE, Cobbs CS, Heth JA, Salacz M, Taylor S, D'Andre SD, Iwamoto FM, Dropcho EJ, Moshel YA, Walter KA, Pillainayagam CP, Aiken R, Chaudhary R, Goldlust SA, Bota DA, Duic P, Grewal J, Elinzano H, Toms SA, Lillehei KO, Mikkelsen T, Walbert T, Abram SR, Brenner AJ, Brem S, Ewend MG, Khagi S, Portnow J, Kim LJ, Loudon WG, Thompson RC, Avigan DE, Fink KL, Geoffroy FJ, Lindhorst S, Lutzky J, Sloan AE, Schackert G, Krex D, Meisel HJ, Wu J, Davis RP, Duma C, Etame AB, Mathieu D, Kesari S, Piccioni D, Westphal M, Baskin DS, New PZ, Lacroix M, May SA, Pluard TJ, Tse V, Green RM, Villano JL, Pearlman M, Petrecca K, Schulder M, Taylor LP, Maida AE, Prins RM, Cloughesy TF, Mulholland P, Bosch ML.

J Transl Med. 2018 May 29;16(1):142. doi: 10.1186/s12967-018-1507-6.

PMID: 29843811      Free PMC article.      Clinical Trial.     

Combined Anterior-Posterior Decompression and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.

Bram R, Fiore S, Labiak JJ, Davis RP.

Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2017 Mar/Apr;46(2):E97-E104.

PMID: 28437502     

Hemostasis in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery using the Aquamantys bipolar sealer: Technical note.

Bram R, Fiore S, McHugh D, Samara GJ, Davis RP.

J Clin Neurosci. 2017 Jul;41:81-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.02.061. Epub 2017 Mar 9.

PMID: 28284576     

Superion(®) InterSpinous Spacer for treatment of moderate degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: durable three-year results of a randomized controlled trial.

Patel VV, Nunley PD, Whang PG, Haley TR, Bradley WD, Davis RP, Block JE, Geisler FH.

J Pain Res. 2015 Oct 3;8:657-62. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S92633. eCollection 2015.

PMID: 26491369      Free PMC article.     

Intraspinal psammomatous melanotic schwannoma not associated with Carney complex: case report.

Shabani S | Fiore SM | Seidman R | Davis RP
Journal of neurosurgery. Spine
2015 Aug
 

Initial multicenter technical experience with the Apollo device for minimally invasive intracerebral hematoma evacuation.

Spiotta AM | Fiorella D | Vargas J | Khalessi A | Hoit D | Arthur A | Lena J | Turk AS | Chaudry MI | Gutman F | Davis R | Chesler DA | Turner RD
Neurosurgery
2015 Jun
 

Superion interspinous process spacer for intermittent neurogenic claudication secondary to moderate lumbar spinal stenosis: two-year results from a randomized controlled FDA-IDE pivotal trial.

Patel VV | Whang PG | Haley TR | Bradley WD | Nunley PD | Davis RP | Miller LE | Block JE | Geisler FH
Spine
2015 Mar 1
 

Contemporary treatment with radiosurgery for spine metastasis and spinal cord compression in 2015.

Ryu S | Yoon H | Stessin A | Gutman F | Rosiello A | Davis R
Radiation oncology journal
2015 Mar
 

Safety of titanium rods used for spinal stabilization during repetitive magnetic stimulation.

Petrosyan HA | Alessi V | Sniffen J | Sisto SA | Fiore S | Davis R | Kaufman M | Arvanian VL
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
2015 Dec
 

Minimally invasive evacuation of parenchymal and ventricular hemorrhage using the Apollo system with simultaneous neuronavigation, neuroendoscopy and active monitoring with cone beam CT.

Fiorella D | Gutman F | Woo H | Arthur A | Aranguren R | Davis R
Journal of neurointerventional surgery
2015 Oct
 

Superion((R)) InterSpinous Spacer for treatment of moderate degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: durable three-year results of a randomized controlled trial.

Patel VV | Nunley PD | Whang PG | Haley TR | Bradley WD | Davis RP | Block JE | Geisler FH
Journal of pain research
2015
 

Report from a quality assurance program on patients undergoing the MILD procedure.

Durkin B | Romeiser J | Shroyer AL | Schiller R | Bae J | Davis RP | Peyster R | Benveniste H
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
2013 May
 

Rupture of a craniopharyngioma cyst following trauma: a case report.

John-Kalarickal JM | Carlson HE | Davis RP
Pituitary
2007
 

Conservative management of acoustic neuroma: a meta-analysis and proposed treatment algorithm.

Smouha EE | Yoo M | Mohr K | Davis RP
The Laryngoscope
2005 Mar
 

Osteogenic sarcoma of the sella after radiation treatment of a pituitary adenoma.

Bembo SA | Pasmantier R | Davis RP | Xiong Z | Weiss TE
Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
2004 Jul-Aug
 

A model of pulsations in communicating hydrocephalus.

Egnor M | Zheng L | Rosiello A | Gutman F | Davis R
Pediatric neurosurgery
2002 Jun
 

Therapy for patients with high grade astrocytoma using intraarterial chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Madajewicz S | Chowhan N | Tfayli A | Roque C | Meek A | Davis R | Wolf W | Cabahug C | Roche P | Manzione J | Iliya A | Shady M | Hentschel P | Atkins H | Braun A
Cancer
2000 May 15
 

Toxicities related to intraarterial infusion of cisplatin and etoposide in patients with brain tumors.

Tfayli A | Hentschel P | Madajewicz S | Manzione J | Chowhan N | Davis R | Roche P | Iliya A | Roque C | Meek A | Shady M
Journal of neuro-oncology
1999 Mar
 

Image-guided surgery of the skull base using a novel miniature position sensor.

Smouha EE | Shapiro AW | Davis RP | Shindo ML | Sobol LL | Acker DE
Skull base surgery
1999
 

Imaging quiz case 1. Cholesterol granuloma cyst of the petrous apex.

Soliman AM | Smouha EE | Davis RP
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery
1998 Jan
 

Intracarotid chemotherapy with etoposide and cisplatin for malignant brain tumors.

Madajewicz S | Chowhan N | Iliya A | Roque C | Beaton R | Davis R | Fertman S | Meek A | Alvarez O | Pampati M | et al.
Cancer
1991 Jun 1
 

Paraganglioma of the cauda equina: case report with magnetic resonance imaging description.

Iliya AR | Davis RP | Seidman RJ
Surgical neurology
1991 May
 

Cerebral venous thrombosis in a child with iron deficiency anemia and thrombocytosis.

Belman AL | Roque CT | Ancona R | Anand AK | Davis RP
Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
1990 Mar
 

The advantage of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis of a lumbar synovial cyst.

Davis R | Iliya A | Roque C | Pampati M
Spine
1990 Mar
 

Vascular factors affecting drug delivery to brain tumors.

Tyson G | Fenstermacher J | Davis R
Basic life sciences
1989