Gerhard Friehs
Professor, Neurosurgery
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School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Academic Qualifications
| Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department |
| Residency (Research): | 1/88-12/89 | University of Minnesota, | Minneapolis, MN, Dept. of Neurosurgery |
| Internship: | 1/90-12/90 | Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, | Department of Surgery, Graz, Austria |
| Residency (Clinical): | 01/91 - 1/1/95 | Karl-Franzen -University Graz | Department of Neurosurgery, Graz, Austria |
| Fellowship: Endovascular and Cerebrovascular Intervention Fellowship | 10/2012 – 12/2012 | University of Alabama, | Dept. of Neurosurgery, Birmingham, AL (Director: Mark Harrigan M.D., Ph.D.), |
Employment History
| Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
| From | To | |||
| 2017 | – present | IMASA (International Medical and Surgical Associates), | Nicosia, Cyprus | Director |
| 2010 | 2012 | Dept. of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott&White hospital, | Texas A&M University | Chairman |
| 2010 | 2012 | of the Neuroscience Institute at Scott&White, | Temple, Texas | Director |
Publications
| Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference | Vol. | Pages |
| 1995 | Evidence for segregated pain and temperature conduction within the spinothalamic tract. | Friehs GM, Schröttner O, Pendl G. | J Neurosurg | 7-16. | |
| 1998 | Outcomes in patients treated with gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases from malignant melanoma. Neurosurg Focus | Friehs GM, Legat J, Zheng Z, Pendl G, Noren GC, | 4 (6): Article 1,. | ||
| 2004 | Deep Brain Stimulation: Clinical Findings in Intractable Depression and OCD. | Greenberg B, Friehs G, Carpenter LL, Tyrka A, Malone D, Rezal A, Shapira N, Foote K, Okun M, Goodman W, Rasmussen S, Price L. | Neusopsychopharmacology | 29; 532 | |
| 2004 Nov | J. P. Brain-machine and brain-computer interfaces. | Friehs, G.M., Zerris, V.A., Ojakangas, C.L., Fellows, M.R., Donoghue | Stroke | 35 (11 Suppl): 2702-05. | |
| 2007 | Vagus Nerve stimulation for depression: rationale, anatomical and physiological basis of efficacy and future prospects. | Park, M.C., Goldman, M.A., Carpenter, L.L., Price, L.H., Friehs, G.M., | Acta Neurochir Suppl | 97: 1-10 | |
| 2014 | Reliability of directional information in unsorted spikes and local field potentials recorded in human motor cortex. | Perge JA, Zhang S, Malik WQ, Homer ML, Cash S, Friehs G, Eskandar EN, Donoghue JP, Hochberg LR | J Neural Eng, | 11: 046007. | |
| 2014 | Non-causal spike filtering improves decoding of movement intention for intracortical BCIs | Masse NY, Jarosiewicz B, Simeral JD, Bacher D, Stavisky SD, Cash SS, Oakley EM, Berhanu E, Eskandar E, Friehs G, Hochberg LR, Donoghue JP, | J Neurosci Methods | 30: 236: 58-67. | |
| 2015 | Neural Point-and-Click Communication by a Person With Incomplete Locked-In Syndrome. | Bacher D, Jarosiewicz B, Masse NY, Stavisky SD, Simeral JD, Newell K, Oakley EM, Cash SS, Friehs G, Hochberg LR | Neurorehabil Neural Repair | 29: 462-71 | |
| 2015 | Donoghue JP, Reprint of "Non-causal spike filtering improves decoding of movement intention for intracortical BCIs". | Masse NY, Jarosiewicz B, Simeral JD, Bacher D, Stavisky SD, Cash SS, Oakley EM, Berhanu E, Eskandar E, Friehs G, Hochberg LR | J Neurosci Methods | 15: 244:94-103 | |
| 2015 | Virtual typing by people with tetraplegia using a self-calibrating intracortical brain-computer interface | Jarosiewicz B, Sarma AA, Bacher D, Masse NY, Simeral JD, Sorice B, Oakley EM, Blabe C, Pandarinath C, Gilja V, Cash SS, Eskandar EN, Friehs G, Henderson JM, Shenoy KV, Donoghue JP, Hochberg LR | Sci Transl Med | 11;7(313): |
Exhibitions
Research Projects
| Date | Title | Funded by | Project Role* |
| 1994 | Elekta Research Grant for Research in Parkinsonism ("Treatment of Parkinsonism with the Gamma Knife") | US $ 100,000 | Investigator |
| 1994 | Österreichische Nationalbank, Research Grant (co-investigator with O. Schröttner, M.D.) for Research in Parkinsonism | ("Radiochirurgische Behandlung des Parkinsonismus durch Zerstörung des Nucleus caudatus"), US $ 40,000. | Co-Investigator |
| 4/1/97 – 4/30/02 | Static and Dynamic Organization of Primate Motor Cortex. | NINDS grant R01 NS25074;. Consultant (PI: John Donoghue, Ph.D.). | Consultant |
| Neuroprosthesis Project | Funded through Dept. of Neuroscience (Chairman: John Donoghue, Ph.D.); co-investigator; (1999 – present). | Co-Investigator | |
| Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy for the Treatment of Intractable Depression. | Funded by Cyberonics, Inc. Multi-Center Study Phase 2 Double-Blind Study. (Co-Investigator with Linda Carpenter, M.D. and Lawrence Price, M.D., Ph.D.). US$ 100,000. (2000). | Co-Investigator | |
| 2001-2003 | Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Funded by Medtronic, Inc. Multi-Center Phase 1 Study. (Co-Investigator with Ben Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., and Steve Rasmussen, M.D.); $150,000 | Co-Investigator |
| 2002 to 2005 | Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for the Treatment of Intractable Depression. | Funded by Medtronic, Inc. Multi-Center Phase 1 Study. (Co-Investigator with Lawrence Price, M.D., Benjamin Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., and Steven Rasmussen, M.D.); $150,000. | Co-Investigator |
| 2003 | A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Intrathecal Ziconotide in Adults with Severe Chronic Pain. | Funded by Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Multicenter Phase III Study. Approx. $140,000 | Principal Investigator |
| since 2004 | Implantation of Braingate (R) in Human Subjects who cannot move. (2 studies: for patients with stroke, high cervical injury or ALS). | Funded by Cyberkinetics Neurotechnologies, Inc. Approx. $ 700.000 | Co-Investigator: |
| 2009-2012 | Development of a Tissue Bank for Neuroscience Research | Scott&White Institutional Grant: $ 450.000 | Principal Investigator |
Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees
Awards/International Recognition
| Date | Title |
| 2007 | Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, Brown University |
| 2005 | Rhode Island Top Doctor, Pain Management |
| 2004 | State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Outstanding Doctor |
| 2003 | Brown University, M.A. honorary degree |
| 1994 | Honorable mention by the Austrian Medical Association for Ph.D. work on new neurosurgical approaches for the treatment of Parkinsonism |
| 1993 | Honorable mention by the Austrian Medical Association for work on Parkinsonism |
| 1991 | Birkmayer Award for Research on Parkinsonism |