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Jesse M. Skoch, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Neurosurgery | College of Medicine

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Peer Reviewed Publications

Arya, Ravindra; Ervin, Brian; Buroker, Jason; Greiner, Hansel M; Byars, Anna W; Rozhkov, Leonid; Skoch, Jesse; Horn, Paul S; Frink, Clayton; Scholle, Craig; Leach, James L; Mangano, Francesco T; Glauser, Tracy A; Holland, Katherine D 2022. Neuronal Circuits Supporting Development of Visual Naming Revealed by Intracranial Coherence Modulations. Frontiers in neuroscience, 16 , 867021

Roth, Jonathan; Perekopaiko, Yurii; Kozyrev, Danil A; Constantini, Shlomi 2022. Pediatric colloid cysts: a multinational, multicenter study. An IFNE-ISPN-ESPN collaboration. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, , 1-8

Sidler, Elaine; Greiner, Hansel; Mangano, Francesco; Skoch, Jesse; Arya, Ravindra; Holland, Katherine; Aungaroon, Gewalin; Arthur, Todd; Fujiwara, Hisako; Horn, Paul; Tenney, Jeffrey 2022. Improving Detection of Hippocampal Epileptiform Activity Using Magnetoencephalography. Journal of clinical neurophysiology : official publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society, 39 3, 240-246

Weaver, K Nicole; Care, Marguerite; Wakefield, Emily; Zarate, Yuri A; Skoch, Jesse; Gripp, Karen W; Prada, Carlos E 2022. Craniosynostosis is a feature of Costello syndrome. American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 188 4, 1280-1286

Duan, Michael; Skoch, Jesse; Pan, Brian S; Shah, Veeral 2021. Neuro-Ophthalmological Manifestations of Craniosynostosis: Current Perspectives. Eye and brain, 13 , 29-40

Lobb, David C; Patel, Smruti K; Pan, Brian S; Skoch, Jesse 2021. Partial suturectomy for phenotypical craniosynostosis caused by incomplete fusion of cranial sutures: a novel surgical solution. Neurosurgical focus, 50 4, E6

Patel, Smruti K; Skoch, Jesse 2021. "Where Is the App for That?" Developing Neurosurgical Smartphone Technology for Patients and Providers. World neurosurgery, 153 , 140-141

Patel, Smruti K; Zamorano-Fernández, Jorge; McCoy, Carlie; Skoch, Jesse 2021. Evaluation of smartphone-integrated magnetometers in detection of safe electromagnetic devices for use near programmable shunt valves: a proof-of-concept study. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 27 6, 629-636

Asmaro, Karam; Pawloski, Jacob; Skoch, Jesse 2020. Giant Choroid Plexus Papilloma Resection Utilizing a Transcollation System. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 18 1, 47-51

Skoch, Jesse; Avila, Mauricio J; Fennell, Vernard S; Martirosyan, Nikolay L; Baaj, Ali A; Lemole, Gerald M 2020. A Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Technique for Fascia Lata Graft Acquisition and Fascial Reapproximation. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 19 6, 735-740

Scaggs Huang, Felicia A; Mortensen, Joel; Skoch, Jesse; Andersen, Heidi; Staat, Mary Allen; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Haslam, David B 2019. Successful Whole Genome Sequencing-guided Treatment of Mycoplasma hominis Ventriculitis in a Preterm Infant. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 38 7, 749-751

Peeters, Sophie; Skoch, Jesse; Holt, Hiromi; Mubita, Lynn; Choudhary, Eileen A; Vadivelu, Kavan P; Gilbert, Donald L; Wu, Steve W; Keebaugh, Alaine C; Air, Ellen; Vadivelu, Sudhakar 2018. Functional Neuroanatomy of Secondary Self-Injurious Behavior. Pediatric neurosurgery, 53 2, 71-80

Abbasi Fard, Salman; Skoch, Jesse; Avila, Mauricio J; Patel, Apar S; Sattarov, Kamran V; Walter, Christina M; Baaj, Ali A 2017. Instability in Thoracolumbar Trauma: Is a New Definition Warranted? Clinical spine surgery, 30 8, E1046-E1049

Skoch, Jesse; Adelson, P David; Bhatia, Sanjiv; Greiner, Hansel M; Rydenhag, Bertil; Scavarda, Didier; Mangano, Francesco T 2017. Subdural grid and depth electrode monitoring in pediatric patients. Epilepsia, 58 Suppl 1 , 56-65

Skoch, Jesse; Tahir, Rizwan; Abruzzo, Todd; Taylor, John M; Zuccarello, Mario; Vadivelu, Sudhakar 2017. Predicting symptomatic cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage with an artificial neural network in a pediatric population. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 33 12, 2153-2157

Fard, Salman Abbasi; Avila, Mauricio J; Johnstone, Cameron M; Patel, Apar S; Walter, Christina M; Skoch, Jesse; Sattarov, Kamran V; Baaj, Ali A 2016. Prognostic factors in traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 33 , 63-68

Gallek, Matthew J; Skoch, Jesse; Ansay, Tracy; Behbahani, Mandana; Mount, David; Manziello, Ann; Witte, Marlys; Bernas, Michael; Labiner, David M; Weinand, Martin E 2016. Cortical gene expression: prognostic value for seizure outcome following temporal lobectomy and amygdalohippocampectomy. Neurogenetics, 17 4, 211-218

Langevin, Jean-Philippe; Skoch, Jesse M; Sherman, Scott J 2016. Deep brain stimulation of a patient with psychogenic movement disorder. Surgical neurology international, 7 Suppl 35, S824-S826

Skoch, Jesse; Zoccali, Carmine; Zaninovich, Orel; Martirosyan, Nikolay; Walter, Christina M; Maykowski, Philip; Baaj, Ali A 2016. Bracing After Surgical Stabilization of Thoracolumbar Fractures: A Systematic Review of Evidence, Indications, and Practices. World neurosurgery, 93 , 221-8

Zoccali, Carmine; Skoch, Jesse; Patel, Apar S; Walter, Christina M; Avila, Mauricio J; Martirosyan, Nikolay L; Demitri, Silvio; Baaj, Ali A 2016. The Surgical Anatomy of the Lumbosacroiliac Triangle: A Cadaveric Study. World neurosurgery, 88 , 36-40

Zoccali, Carmine; Skoch, Jesse; Patel, Apar S; Walter, Christina M; Maykowski, Philip; Baaj, Ali A 2016. Residual neurological function after sacral root resection during en-bloc sacrectomy: a systematic review. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 25 12, 3925-3931

Zoccali, Carmine; Skoch, Jesse; Walter, Christina M; Torabi, Mohammad; Borgstrom, Mark; Baaj, Ali A 2016. The Tokuhashi score: effectiveness and pitfalls. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 25 3, 673-8

Avila, M J; Skoch, J; Sattarov, K; Abbasi Fard, S; Patel, A; Walter, C M; Baaj, A A 2015. Posterior longitudinal ligament resection or preservation in anterior cervical decompression surgery. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 22 7, 1088-90

Avila, Mauricio J; Skoch, Jesse; Fennell, Vernard S; Palejwala, Sheri K; Walter, Christina M; Kim, Samuel; Baaj, Ali A 2015. Combined posterior hemiosteotomies and stabilization with lateral thoracotomy for en bloc resection of thoracic paraspinal primary bone tumors: technical note. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, , 1-5

Avila, Mauricio J; Walter, Christina M; Skoch, Jesse; Abbasifard, Salman; Patel, Apar S; Sattarov, Kamran; Baaj, Ali A 2015. Fusion after intradural spine tumor resection in adults: A review of evidence and practices. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 138 , 169-73

Bina, Robert W; Zoccali, Carmine; Skoch, Jesse; Baaj, Ali A 2015. Surgical anatomy of the minimally invasive lateral lumbar approach. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 22 3, 456-9

Fard, Salman Abbasi; Patel, Apar S; Avila, Mauricio J; Sattarov, Kamran V; Walter, Christina M; Skoch, Jesse; Baaj, Ali A 2015. Anatomic considerations of the anterior upper cervical spine during decompression and instrumentation: a cadaveric based study. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 22 11, 1810-5

Martirosyan, Nikolay L; Skoch, Jesse M; Zaninovich, Orel; Zoccali, Carmine; Galgiani, John N; Baaj, Ali A 2015. A paradigm for the evaluation and management of spinal coccidioidomycosis. Surgical neurology international, 6 , 107

Martirosyan, Nikolay L; Skoch, Jesse; Watson, Jeffrey R; Lemole, G Michael; Romanowski, Marek; Anton, Rein 2015. Integration of indocyanine green videoangiography with operative microscope: augmented reality for interactive assessment of vascular structures and blood flow. Neurosurgery, 11 Suppl 2 , 252-7; discussion 25

Sattarov, Kamran; Skoch, Jesse; Abbasifard, Salman; Patel, Apar S; Avila, Mauricio J; Walter, Christina M; Baaj, Ali A 2015. Posterior atlantoaxial fixation: A cadaveric and fluoroscopic step-by-step technical guide. Surgical neurology international, 6 Suppl 4, S244-7

Watson, Jeffrey R; Gainer, Christian F; Martirosyan, Nikolay; Skoch, Jesse; Lemole, G Michael; Anton, Rein; Romanowski, Marek 2015. Augmented microscopy: real-time overlay of bright-field and near-infrared fluorescence images. Journal of biomedical optics, 20 10, 106002

Zoccali, Carmine; Skoch, Jesse; Patel, Apar; Walter, Christina M; Maykowski, Philip; Baaj, Ali A 2015. The surgical neurovascular anatomy relating to partial and complete sacral and sacroiliac resections: a cadaveric, anatomic study. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 24 5, 1109-13

Costanzo, Giuseppe; Zoccali, Carmine; Maykowski, Philip; Walter, Christina M; Skoch, Jesse; Baaj, Ali A 2014. The role of minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion in sagittal balance correction and spinal deformity. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 23 Suppl 6 , 699-704

Fennell, Vernard S; Palejwala, Sheri; Skoch, Jesse; Stidd, David A; Baaj, Ali A 2014. Freehand thoracic pedicle screw technique using a uniform entry point and sagittal trajectory for all levels: preliminary clinical experience. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 21 5, 778-84

Palejwala, Sheri K; Stidd, David A; Skoch, Jesse M; Gupta, Puja; Lemole, G Michael; Weinand, Martin E 2014. Use of a stop-flow programmable shunt valve to maximize CNS chemotherapy delivery in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Surgical neurology international, 5 Suppl 4, S273-7

Skoch, Jesse; Kobylanski, Kelly; Rice, Jeffrey M; Baaj, Ali A 2014. Metastatic choriocarcinoma to the lumbar spine: Case report and review of literature. Surgical neurology international, 5 , 161

Skoch, Jesse; Ansay, Tracy L; Lemole, G M 2013. Injury to the Temporal Lobe via Medial Transorbital Entry of a Toothbrush. Journal of neurological surgery reports, 74 1, 23-8

Raymond, Scott B; Skoch, Jesse; Hills, Ivory D; Nesterov, Evgueni E; Swager, Timothy M; Bacskai, Brian J 2008. Erratum to Smart optical probes for near-infrared fluorescence imaging of Alzheimer's disease pathology. European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 35 5, 1032

Raymond, Scott B; Skoch, Jesse; Hills, Ivory D; Nesterov, Evgueni E; Swager, Timothy M; Bacskai, Brian J 2008. Smart optical probes for near-infrared fluorescence imaging of Alzheimer's disease pathology. European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 35 Suppl 1 , S93-8

Grammatopoulos, Tom N; Jones, Susan M; Ahmadi, Ferogh A; Hoover, Brian R; Snell, Lawrence D; Skoch, Jesse; Jhaveri, Vimal V; Poczobutt, Andy M; Weyhenmeyer, James A; Zawada, W Michael 2007. Angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonist losartan, reduces MPTP-induced degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra. Molecular neurodegeneration, 2 , 1

Hillman, Elizabeth M C; Devor, Anna; Bouchard, Matthew B; Dunn, Andrew K; Krauss, G W; Skoch, Jesse; Bacskai, Brian J; Dale, Anders M; Boas, David A 2007. Depth-resolved optical imaging and microscopy of vascular compartment dynamics during somatosensory stimulation. NeuroImage, 35 1, 89-104

Raymond, Scott B; Skoch, Jesse; Bacskai, Brian J; Hynynen, Kullervo 2007. Modular design for in vivo optical imaging and ultrasound treatment in the murine brain. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 54 2, 431-4

Raymond, Scott B; Skoch, Jesse; Hynynen, Kullervo; Bacskai, Brian J 2007. Multiphoton imaging of ultrasound/Optison mediated cerebrovascular effects in vivo. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 27 2, 393-403

Sever, Sanja; Skoch, Jesse; Newmyer, Sherri; Ramachandran, Rajesh; Ko, David; McKee, Mary; Bouley, Richard; Ausiello, Dennis; Hyman, Bradley T; Bacskai, Brian J 2006. Physical and functional connection between auxilin and dynamin during endocytosis. The EMBO journal, 25 18, 4163-74

Skoch, Jesse; Hyman, Bradley T; Bacskai, Brian J 2006. Preclinical characterization of amyloid imaging probes with multiphoton microscopy. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 9 3 Suppl, 401-7

Bonnot, Agnès; Mentis, George Z; Skoch, Jesse; O'Donovan, Michael J 2005. Electroporation loading of calcium-sensitive dyes into the CNS. Journal of neurophysiology, 93 3, 1793-808

Brendza, Robert P; Bacskai, Brian J; Cirrito, John R; Simmons, Kelly A; Skoch, Jesse M; Klunk, William E; Mathis, Chester A; Bales, Kelly R; Paul, Steven M; Hyman, Bradley T; Holtzman, David M 2005. Anti-Abeta antibody treatment promotes the rapid recovery of amyloid-associated neuritic dystrophy in PDAPP transgenic mice. The Journal of clinical investigation, 115 2, 428-33

Kumar, Anand T N; Skoch, Jesse; Bacskai, Brian J; Boas, David A; Dunn, Andrew K 2005. Fluorescence-lifetime-based tomography for turbid media. Optics letters, 30 24, 3347-9

Nesterov, Evgueni E; Skoch, Jesse; Hyman, Bradley T; Klunk, William E; Bacskai, Brian J; Swager, Timothy M 2005. In vivo optical imaging of amyloid aggregates in brain: design of fluorescent markers. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 44 34, 5452-6

Sever, Sanja; Skoch, Jesse; Bacskai, Brian J; Newmyer, Sherri L 2005. Assays and functional properties of auxilin-dynamin interactions. Methods in enzymology, 404 , 570-85

Skoch, Jesse; Hickey, Gregory A; Kajdasz, Stephen T; Hyman, Bradley T; Bacskai, Brian J 2005. In vivo imaging of amyloid-beta deposits in mouse brain with multiphoton microscopy. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 299 , 349-63

Spires, Tara L; Meyer-Luehmann, Melanie; Stern, Edward A; McLean, Pamela J; Skoch, Jesse; Nguyen, Paul T; Bacskai, Brian J; Hyman, Bradley T 2005. Dendritic spine abnormalities in amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice demonstrated by gene transfer and intravital multiphoton microscopy. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 25 31, 7278-87

Xiang, Zhongmin; Nesterov, Evgueni E; Skoch, Jesse; Lin, Tong; Hyman, Bradley T; Swager, Timothy M; Bacskai, Brian J; Reeves, Steven A 2005. Detection of myelination using a novel histological probe. The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, 53 12, 1511-6

Mandal, Asim K; Skoch, Jesse; Bacskai, Brian J; Hyman, Bradley T; Christmas, Peter; Miller, Douglas; Yamin, Ting-ting D; Xu, Shihua; Wisniewski, Douglas; Evans, Jilly F; Soberman, Roy J 2004. The membrane organization of leukotriene synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101 17, 6587-92

Bacskai, Brian J; Hickey, Gregory A; Skoch, Jesse; Kajdasz, Stephen T; Wang, Yanming; Huang, Guo-Feng; Mathis, Chester A; Klunk, William E; Hyman, Bradley T 2003. Four-dimensional multiphoton imaging of brain entry, amyloid binding, and clearance of an amyloid-beta ligand in transgenic mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100 21, 12462-7

Bacskai, Brian J; Skoch, Jesse; Hickey, Gregory A; Allen, Racquel; Hyman, Bradley T 2003. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer determinations using multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy to characterize amyloid-beta plaques. Journal of biomedical optics, 8 3, 368-75

Berezovska, Oksana; Ramdya, Pavan; Skoch, Jesse; Wolfe, Michael S; Bacskai, Brian J; Hyman, Bradley T 2003. Amyloid precursor protein associates with a nicastrin-dependent docking site on the presenilin 1-gamma-secretase complex in cells demonstrated by fluorescence lifetime imaging. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 23 11, 4560-6

Howard, S C; Kaplan, S D; Razzouk, B I; Rivera, G K; Sandlund, J T; Ribeiro, R C; Rubnitz, J E; Gajjar, A J; Ke, W; Hancock, M L; Skoch, J P; Roy, S; Hudson, M; Pui, C-H 2003. Urolithiasis in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia, 17 3, 541-6

Ramdya, Pavan; Skoch, Jesse; Bacskai, Brian J; Hyman, Bradley T; Berezovska, Oksana 2003. Activated Notch1 associates with a presenilin-1/gamma-secretase docking site. Journal of neurochemistry, 87 4, 843-50

Skoch, Jesse; Dunn, Andrew; Hyman, Bradley T; Bacskai, Brian J . Development of an optical approach for noninvasive imaging of Alzheimer's disease pathology. Journal of biomedical optics, 10 1, 11007