Isabelle M. Germano

Isabelle M. Germano
EducationMD at University of Turin Medical School (1984)
OccupationsNeurosurgeon
Professor of neurosurgery, neurology, and oncology
AwardsBest Doctors of New York Hall of Fame (2000)
Leksell Radiosurgery Award (2014)

Isabelle M. Germano is an American neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery, neurology, and oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.[1] She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Germano specializes in image-guided brain and spine surgery.

Education

After undergraduate education in Latin and ancient Greek literature, Germano graduated from the University of Turin Medical School in 1984.[2] Her thesis was in neuropathology; she also completed a neurology residency. She completed her surgical internship at the University of California San Francisco and neurosurgery residency at UCSF and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completing these in 1993.[2] During her residency, she obtained training in epilepsy surgery at the University Hospital of Zürich, Switzerland. She also completed a fellowship in epilepsy surgery, stereotactic treatments and movement disorders under André Olivier at Montreal Neurological Institute.[3]

Career

In 1992, Germano joined the neurosurgery faculty at Mount Sinai, where she worked on developing treatments for brain tumors and stereotactic clinical programs. She is the director of the comprehensive tumor program and co-director of the radiosurgery program there. She has worked in the field of image-guided brain and spine surgery.[4] Since 2004, she has directed a practical course for neurosurgeons around the world in order to help these technological advances become the standard of care. These technologies are used to perform minimally invasive surgery for patients with brain tumors, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, and spine disease or tumors. She also established a basic science laboratory within the neurosurgery department to focus on brain tumor translational research with particular emphases on gene therapy, stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC).[5]

Germano has served on the executive committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS); on the board of directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS); on the executive committee of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors; and as a scientific committee program member for the AANS, CNS, and the American Epilepsy Society (AES).[3] She was previously president of Women in Neurosurgery (WINS).[6] Germano's clinical interests include newly diagnosed or recurrent brain and spine tumors, brain mapping and monitoring, gliomas, metastasis, meningiomas, brain and spine radiosurgery, epilepsy surgery, and problems of the cervical and lumbar spine.[3]

Honors and awards

  • 2000 - Best Doctors of New York Hall of Fame[7]
  • 2014 - Leksell Radiosurgery Award[8]
  • 2022 - Became the first woman to chair the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (AANS/CNS) Section on Tumors.[9][10] She handed over the post to Costas Hadjipanayis at the end of 2024.[11]

Publications

Books

  • Germano IM (Editor). Advanced Techniques in Image-Guided Brain and Spine Surgery. 2002, Thieme Publishers, New York, NY, pages 233 Library of Congress ISBN 1-58890-067-3
  • Germano IM (Editor). LINAC and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, IL, pages 295. Library of Congress ISBN 1-879284-70-7 [1]
  • Germano IM (Editor). Neurosurgery Treatment of Movement Disorders. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Press, Park Ridge, IL, pages 275 Library of Congress ISBN 978-1-879284-58-6[12]

Papers

References

  1. ^ "A conversation with Isabelle M. Germano, MD, MBA". Brainlab. May 26, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Isabella Germano". US News. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Isabelle M Germano, MD". Mount Sinai. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ^ Aufses, Jr., Arthur H.; Niss, Barbara (2002). This House of Noble Deeds The Mount Sinai Hospital, 1852-2002. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-0500-1. Archived from the original on 2014-06-16.
  5. ^ Bahie Ezzat; Tirone Young; Alexander J. Schüpper; Roshini Kalagara; Jack Y. Zhang; Michael Lemonick; Priya Bhanot; Addison Quinones; Tanvir Choudhri; and Isabelle M. Germano (July 2024). "Molecular profile and clinical outcome of adult primary spinal cord glioblastoma". Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 41 (1): 541–550. doi:10.3171/2024.4.SPINE231350. PMID 39059422.
  6. ^ "Progress of Women in Neurosurgery" (PDF). WFNS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ^ Smith, Christopher. "Best Doctors 2000: Hall of Fame". New York Magazine. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Tumor Section Award and Lectureship Winners | Houston, Texas USA |". www.tumorsection.org. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  9. ^ "Dr Isabella M. Germano". Crain's New York Business. 16 May 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  10. ^ "Mount Sinai Neurosurgeon Elected as The First Woman Chair of North America's Preeminent Brain Tumor Association". Mount Sinai. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  11. ^ Germano, Isabella M. (December 1, 2024). "Chair's Message". Stanford University Magazine. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  12. ^ "LINAC and gamma knife radiosurgery | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  13. ^ "Web based pathology assessment in RTOG 98-04" (PDF). Woodward WA. 2014.
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