Judith Murovic

Clinical Focus

• Neurosurgery
• Reconst. Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Honors and Awards

• Who's Who of American Women, " (2005)
• Who's Who of American Women, " (1985-87)
• American Cancer Society, Fellowship Award (1983)
• Anne Addington Research Award, Northwestern University School of Medicine (1979)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Neurosciences
• Neurosurgery

Industry Relationships

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Research Interests

Dr. Murovic’s research interests encompass being a member of the Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC) Neurosurgery Spine laboratory, which has been studying the clinical outcomes and biomechanical properties of various spine instrumentation systems and artificial discs. In addition to collaborations on the aforementioned projects, she has been specifically studying the incidence of spinal “adjacent segment disease” after traditional cervical fusions.

She is actively involved in the preliminary research with human disc cells, which has begun in the Neurosurgery Spine laboratory. Human disc cells are being grown in cell culture, to be utilized to eventually create replacement discs formulated from the patient's own disc material.

Dr. Murovic has also been involved in collaborative efforts with Dr. Kline at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in the past few years involving the analysis of peripheral nerves and their injuries. This research has been included in the 2nd edition of Nerve Injury by Dr. Kline and Hudson of which she is one of the co-authors.

She has been analyzing the outcomes of patients with foraminal nerve sheath tumors after treatment with CyberKnife Radiosurgery versus open surgery. The former has been published and the latter work is in press.

Publications

• Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Injuries: An LSUHSC LIterature Review with Comparison of the Operative Outcomes of 806 LSUHSC Sciatic, Common Peroneal and Tibial Nerve Lesions 2009; Murovic, JA, Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Injuries: An LSUHSC LIterature Review with Comparison of the Operative Outcomes of 806 LSUHSC Sciatic, Common Peroneal and Tibial Nerve Lesions 2009;.
• Foraminal nerve sheath tumors: intermediate follow-up after cyberknife radiosurgery. Murovic JA, Gibbs IC, Chang SD, Mobley BC, Park J, Adler JR. Neurosurgery. 2009; 64 (2 Suppl): A33-43
• Imaging Correlation of the Degree of Degenerative L4-L5 Spondylolisthesis with the Corresponding Amount of Facet Fluid Cho BY, Murovic JA, Park J. Imaging Correlation of the Degree of Degenerative L4-L5 Spondylolisthesis with the Corresponding Amount of Facet Fluid. 2009
• Gunshot wounds involving the brachial plexus: surgical techniques and outcomes. Kim DH, Murovic JA, Tiel RL, Kline DG. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2006; 22 (2): 67-72
• Surgical treatment and outcomes in 15 patients with anterior interosseous nerve entrapments and injuries. Kim DH, Murovic JA, Kim YY, Kline DG. J Neurosurg. 2006; 104 (5): 757-65