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CURRICULUM VITAE Laura-Nanna Lohkamp MD, MSc
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Name: Laura-Nanna Lohkamp, MD, MSc
Address: 1410-717 Bay Street; Toronto, ONT, M5G 2J9, Canada
Phone: +1 437 995 2406
Email: Laura-Nanna.Lohkamp@mail.de
Permanent Residency Status in Canada
CV last updated in August 2022
1. EDUCATION
Degrees
02/2022 - M.Sc., Master’s degree program in "Neurosurgery of the Craniovertebral Junction", Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
01/2014-01/2016 M.Sc., Master’s degree program in clinical research, Dresden International University (DIU), Germany
02-10/2014 “Principles and Practice of Clinical Research”, Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2009 - PhD, “The protective role auf A20 and HO1 in renal kidney transplantation in rodents and humans”, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
2009 MD, Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Postgraduate and specialty training
01-06/2021 Chief Fellow, Spine Program, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Canada
07-12/2020 Clinical Fellow, Spine Program, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Canada
01-06/2020 Clinical Fellow, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
07-12/2019 Clinical Fellow, Orthopedic Spine Service, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
09/2018 - 04/2019 Postgraduate Certificate Program “Global Health Educative Initiative”, University of Toronto, Canada
07/2018 - 06/2019 Clinical Fellow, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
10/2011 - 03/2017 Resident, Department of Neurosurgery with Pediatric Neurosurgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
10/2014 - 09/2015 Resident, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
03/2010 - 09/2011 Resident, Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Postgraduate training courses
06/2021 European Training Courses in Pediatric Neurosurgery, part III (ESPN)
09/2019 European Training Courses in Neurosurgery, part III (EANS)
05/2019 European Training Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery, part II (ESPN)
06/2018 European Training Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery, part I (ESPN)
01/2019 Global Neurosurgery 2019 - A Practical Symposium, Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery, New York, USA
01/2018 Lyon Hands On Course,” The Craniocervical Junction”, European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS), Lyon, France
09/2017 European Training Courses in Neurosurgery, part II (EANS)
10/2016 European Training Courses in Neurosurgery, part I (EANS)
Research Fellowships
07/2021 – Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
01-03/2020 Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
02-06/2016 German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Prof. Frank Bradke, Bonn, Germany
03-04/2015 Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
10/2014-09/2017 Clinician Scientist, BIH-Charité Clinical Scientist Program, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
08/2013 Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Boston (Larry Benowitz, PhD), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
University Education and Externships
05/2009 Clinical Externship, Department of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School,Massachusetts, USA
02-03/2009 Clinical Externship, Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, National University of Singapore,Singapore
11-12/2008 Clinical Externship, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
2006-2007 Institute of Romanistic Studies, French Culture and Language, University of Innsbruck, Austria
2001-2009 Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
2000-2001 Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Certifications and Licenses
06/2018 CPSO, General Medicine License, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Ontario, Canada License/Membership # 116573
04/2017 FA, Board Certification for Neurosurgery, German Chamber of Physicians, Berlin, Germany
02/2012 German Medical License, Regional Office for Health and Social Affairs Berlin (LaGeSo), Berlin, Germany
2. EMPLOYMENT
Appointments
03-04/2022 Visiting consultant, Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
07/2021- Staff (“courtesy staff”), Department of Neurosurgery, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga Hospital, Mississauga, Canada
05/2017-04/2018 Consultant, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lyon, France
3. AWARDS AND GRANTS
Travel Grants
02/2020 Conference Travel Grant, Canadian Spine Society
05/2018 Conference Travel Grant, European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, GlaxoSmithKine, London, UK
08/2017 Travel Grant for Academics, Berlin Cancer Foundation, Berlin, Germany
03/2015 Travel Grant for Academics, Berlin Cancer Foundation, Berlin, Germany
11/2013 Travel Grant, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, EANS Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel
Educational Grants
07-12/2019 Fellowship Grant, SpineVision, Antony, France (07 – 12/2019)
04/2019 Educational Grant, Runnebaum Stiftung, Heidelberg, Germany
11/2017 Educational Grant, Hartmannbund, Berlin, Germany
10/2017 Educational Grant, B.Braun-Stiftung, Melsungen, Germany
Research Grants
06/2016 Research Grant, German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC), Frankfurt, Germany
04/2015 Research Grant, Runnebaum Stiftung, Heidelberg, Germany
01-03/2014 Research Grant, ZNS-Hannelore Kohl Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
Honors
2012 Trainee Award, International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, ISPN Meeting, Goa, India
2009 Scholarship for outstanding performance, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
4. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Professional Associations
German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC) European
Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN)
The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO)
French Society of Neuropathology (Société Francaise de la Neuropathologie, SFN)
Federation of European Societies of Neurosciences (FENS)
AO Foundation, AO Spine North America
Submitted Applications
Canadian Spine Society (CSS)
Reviewer Activity
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
Cancers
5. LANGUAGES
German: native speaker
English: fluent in writing and conversation (TOEFL 96/120 points)
French: fluent in writing and conversation (DALF 81/100 points)
Italian: basic conversation
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PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
1. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
1. Maurer MH, Synowitz M, Badakshi H, Lohkamp LN, Wüstefeld J, Schäfer ML, Wiener E. Glioblastoma Multiforme Versus Solitary Brain Metastasis: Differentiation Based on Morphology and Magnetic Resonance Signal Characteristics. Rofo. 2013 Mar;185(3):235-40.
2. Lohkamp LN, Au Kv, Goebel HH, Kress W, Grieben U, Drossel K, Garbes L, Wirth B, Heppner FL, Stenzel W. A Paucisymptomatic Neuromuscular Disease Mimicking Type III 5q-SMA with Complex Rearrangements in the SMN Gene. J Child Neurol. 2014 Feb;29(2):254-9.
3. Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (CENTER-TBI): A Prospective Longitudinal Observational Study. Maas AI, Menon DK, Steyerberg EW, Citerio G, Lecky F, Manley GT, Hill S, Legrand V, Sorgner A; CENTER -TBI Participants and Investigators (Lohkamp LN). Neurosurgery. 2015 Jan;76(1):67-80.
4. Lohkamp LN, Öllinger R, Chatzigeorgiou A, Illigens BM, Siepmann T. Intraoperative Biomarkers in Renal Transplantation. Nephrology (Carlton). 2016 Mar;21(3):188-99.
5. Lohkamp LN, Schinz M, Gehlhaar C, Guse K, Vajkoczy P, Thomale UW, Heppner FL, Koch A. MGMT Promoter Methylation and BRAF (V600E) Mutations Discriminate Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma from Giant Cell Glioblastoma. PLoS One. 2016 Jun 2;11(6):e0156422.
6. Lohkamp LN, Strong C, Rojas R, Anderson M, Kasper EM. A Symptomatic Lesion in the Eloquent Brain: Hypervascular Glioblastoma Multiforme or Arteriovenous Malformation Associated Glioma? A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge. Surg Neurol Int. 2016 Nov 21;7(Suppl 37):S883-S888.
7. Lohkamp LN, Vajkoczy P, Budach V, Kufeld M. Efficacy, Safety and Outcome of Frameless Image-guided Robotic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases after Whole Brain Radiotherapy. J Neurooncol. 2018 May;138(1):73-81.
8. Idriceanu T, Szathmari A, Beuriat PA, Lohkamp LN, Di Rocco F, Mottolese C. Lipômes du Cône et Réattache Médullaire: Experience de Notre Service. Neurochirurgie. 2018 July; 64(3):229-30.
9. Di Rocco F, Gleizal A, Lohkamp L, Szathmari A, Paulus C, Mottolese C. Control of the Metopic Emissary Veins in Trigonocephaly Surgery. Technical Note. Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 Dec;34(12):2481-2484.
10. Antherieu P, Levy R, De Saint Denis T, Lohkamp L, Paternoster G, Di Rocco F, Boddaert N, Zerah M. Diffusion Tensor imaging (DTI) and Tractography of the Spinal Cord in the Pediatric Population with Spinal Lipomas: A Preliminary Study. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 Jan;35(1):129-137.
11. Correction to: Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and Tractography of the Spinal Cord in the Pediatric Population with Spinal Lipomas: A Preliminary Study. Antherieu P, Levy R, De Saint Denis T, Lohkamp L, Paternoster G, Di Rocco F, Boddaert N, Zerah M. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 Jan;35(1):139.
12. Di Rocco F, Ble V, Beuriat PA; Lohkamp LN, Mottolese C. Prevalence and Severity of Positional Plagiocephaly in Children and Adolescents. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2019 Jun;161(6):1095-1098.
13. Beuriat PA, Lohkamp LN, Szathmari A, Rousselle C, Sabatier I, Di Rocco F, Mottolese C. Repair of Cranial Bone Defects in Children Using Synthetic Hydroxyapatite Cranioplasty (CustomBone). World Neurosurg. 2019 Sep;129:e104-e113.
14. Lohkamp LN, Mottolese C, Szathmari A, Huguet L, Beuriat PA, Christofori I, Desmurget M, Di Rocco F. Awake Brain Surgery in Children – Review of the Literature and State of the Art. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 Nov;35(11):2071-2077.
15. Huguet L, Lohkamp LN, Mottolese C, Szathmari A, Beuriat PA, Christofori I, Desmurget M, Di Rocco F. Psychological Aspects of Awake Brain Surgery in Children – Interests and Risks. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Feb;36(2):273-279.
16. Lohkamp LN, Beuriat PA, Desmurget M, Christofori I, Szathmari A, Faure-Conter C, Frappaz D, Huguet L, Di Rocco F, Mottolese C. Awake Brain Surgery in Children – A Single Center Experience. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020.
17. Lohkamp LN, Coulter I, Fehlings D, Milo-Manson G, Ibrahim GM. Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for Spasticity of Genetic Etiology. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Jul;36(7):1357-1365.
18. Intrathecal Baclofen for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP). Coulter IC, Lohkamp LN, Ibrahim GM. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Aug;36(8):1585-1587. doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04736-x. Epub 2020 Jun.
19. Lohkamp LN, Grün A, Dengler J, Vajkoczy P, Budach V, Kufeld M. The Rationale and Development of a CyberKnife Registry for Pediatric Patients with CNS Lesions. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Nov.
20. Gui C, Lohkamp LN, Rocos B, Massicotte E. Utility of the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) to Identify Patients with Gorham-Stout Disease Requiring Spine Surgery. Neuro Surg Int. 2021 May 17; 12:227.
21. Lohkamp LN, Drake J, Dirks P, Rutka JT, Kulkarni A, Ibrahim G, Taylor MD, Lebel D, Zeller RD. Fusion Rates with Autologous Bone Grafts in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Posterior Cervical Spine Fusion. J Head Neck Spine Surgery. 2021; 4(3):555640.
22. Tetreault L, Kalsi-Ryan S, Davies B, Lohkamp LN, Garwood P, Martin AR, Wilson J, Harrop J, Guest J, Kwon BK, Milligan J, Martinez-Arizala A, Kotter M, Fehlings MG. Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis. Global Spine J. 2022 Jan 19.
23. Lohkamp LN, Marathe N, Fehlings MG. Craniocervical Instability in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – A Systematic Review of Diagnostic and Surgical Treatment Criteria. Global Spine J. 2022 Feb 23.
24. Tetreault L, Garwood P, Gharooni AA, Touzet AY, Lohkamp LN, Martin A, Wilson J, Harrop JS, Guest J, Kwon BK, Martinez-Arizala A, Riew KD, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN, Kalsi-Ryan S, Davies BM. Improving Assessment of Disease Severity and Strategies for Monitoring Progression in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Gobal Spine J. 2022 Feb;12:64S-77S.
25. Ehret F, Muacevic A, Kaul D, Lohkamp LN. Applications of Frameless Image-guided Robotic Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery in Pediatric Neurooncology – A Systematic Review. Cancers. 2022 Feb 21;14(4):1085.
26. Lohkamp LN, Marathe N, Nicholson P, Farb RI, Massicotte EM. Minimally invasive Surgery for Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid-Venous Fistula Ligation – Patient Series. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. CASE21730, 2022.
27. Lohkamp LN, Parkin P, Puran A, Bartels UK, Bouffet E, Tabori U, Rutka JT. Multidisciplinary Management of Optic Pathway Glioma in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Front Surg. 2022 April.
28. Marathe N, Lohkamp LN, Fehlings MG. Spinal Manifestations of Ehlers-Danlos-Syndrome – A Scoping Review. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2022 June 17.
29. Lohkamp LN, Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Rutka JT, Dirks PB, Taylor M, Ibrahim GM, Hamilton, J, Bartels U. Preservation of Endocrine Function after Ommaya Reservoir Insertion in Children with Cystic Craniopharyngioma. Journal of Neuro-oncology. July 2022.
Journal Articles under submission / in preparation
30. Marathe N, Lohkamp LN, Massicotte E. Anterior Column Reconstruction via Novel “Ghost Screw” Technique- A Technical Note and Early Outcomes. In preparation for Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.
31. Lohkamp LN, Drake J, Zeller RD. Congenital Cervicothoracic Dissociation – Report of Two Cases. Submitted to Spine Deformity.
32. Lohkamp LN, Marathe N, Nicholson P, Farb RI, Massicotte EM. Surgical Treatment for Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension – A Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature. In preparation for Surgical Neurology International.
33. Marathe N, Lohkamp LN, Biswas A, Lewis SJ. Iatrogenic Aneurysm of the Internal Iliac Artery – A Rare Vascular Complication Associated with S2AI Screw. In preparation for Spine Deformity.
34. Lohkamp LN, Holowka S, Widjaja E, Rutka JT. Penetrating Head Injury with Orbital Involvement. In preparation for Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.
35. Waterkeyn F, Lohkamp LN, Ikwuegbuenyi CA, Mchome LL, Rutabasibwa NB, Shabani HK, Härtl R, Petr O. Current Management of Aneurysmal SAH with Prevailing Trends and Results in Tanzania: A Single Center Experience at Muhimbili Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Institute (MOI).
36. Ikwuegbuenyi CA, Lohkamp LN, Shabani HK, Härtl R. Approval and Access of Spinal Implants in Tanzania. In preparation for World Neurosurg.
Book Chapter
1. Lohkamp LN, Di Rocco F. Oxycephaly, “Neurocirurgia Pediátrica”, Elsevier Brazil 2018
2. Rutka JT, Lohkamp LN, Hanak BW. Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy in Children: Localization and outcomes after surgery. “Textbook of Pediatric Neurosurgery”, Springer 2019
3. Maslink C, Lohkamp LN, Das S, Rutka JT. Medulloblastomas in Adults. Youmans & Winn Neurological Surgery, 8the edition, Elsevier 2020
2. NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
1. Lohkamp LN, Thomale UW, Vajkoczy P. ZNS Tumoren des Kindes- und Jugendalters. Onkologie heute. 2012; 5: 35-38
2. Lohkamp LN, Romach M, Rutka JT. The „Twinning“ Concept: Building Healthcare Capacity in Pediatric Neurosurgery in Ukraine. World Federation of Neurosurgery, Newsletter April 2020
3. Lohkamp LN, Rutka JT. Women in Neurosurgery: View from Canada. World Federation of Neurosurgery, Newsletter August 2020
4. Lohkamp LN, Rutka JT. Emerging Neurosurgery in Africa – WFNS Rabat Reference Center (WFNS-RTC) for Training African Neurosurgeons. Book Review. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020.
3. PRESENTED AND PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
International
06/2022 Lohkamp LN, Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Rutka JT, Dirks PB, Taylor MD, Ibrahim GM, Baroni L, Hamilton J, Bartels U.K.
Preservation of Endocrine Function after Ommaya Reservoir Insertion in Children with Cystic Craniopharyngioma.
International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), Hamburg, Germany
11/2021 Lohkamp LN, Marathe N, Fehlings MG. Diagnosic and Treatment Criteria of Craniocervical Instability in Ehlers Danlos Syndrome – A Systematic Review. Global Spine Conference, Paris, France (Poster)
09/2021 Lohkamp, LN, Drake J, Dirks P, Rutka JT, Kulkarni A, Ibrahim G, Taylor MD, Lebel D, Zeller RD. Fusion Rates in Pediatric Patients after Posterior Cervical Spine Instrumentation. Cervical Spine Research Society Meeting, Paris, France (Poster)
04/2021 Lohkamp LN, Drake J, Dirks P, Rutka JT, Kulkarni A, Ibrahim G, Taylor MD, Lebel D, Zeller RD. Fusion Rates in Pediatric Patients after Posterior Cervical Spine Instrumentation. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), Athens, Greece
Lohkamp LN, Lebel D, Zeller RD. Cervico-thoracic Dissociation in Children: Report of Two Cases. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), Athens, Greece
Coulter I, Lohkamp LN, Fehlings D, Milo-Manson G, Ibrahim GM. The Expanding Role of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy: A Review of Outcomes for Spasticity of Genetic Etiology. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), Athens, Greece
12/2020 Lohkamp LN, Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Rutka JT, Dirks PB, Taylor M, Ibrahim GM, Hanak B, Lamberti -Pasculli M, Baroni L, Bouffet E, Bartels U. Preservation of Endocrine Function after Ommaya Reservoir Insertion in Children with Cystic Craniopharyngioma. International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), Nagano, Japan (Oral poster presentation)
12/2019 Lohkamp LN, Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Rutka JT, Dirks PB, Taylor M, Ibrahim GM, Hanak B, Lamberti - Pasculli M, Baroni L, Bouffet E, Bartels U. Safety of Ommaya Reservoir Insertion in Children with Craniopharyngioma.
Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Scottsdale, USA (Poster)
10/2018 Lohkamp LN, Beuriat PI, Desmurget M, Szathmari A, Faure-Conter C, Frappaz D, Di Rocco F, Mottolese C. Feasibility and Safety of Awake Brain Surgery in Children. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), Tel Aviv, Israel
Lohkamp LN, Beuriat PI, Szathmari A, Grassiot B, Rousselle C, Sabatier I, Di Rocco F, Mottolese C. Repair of Cranial Bone Defects in Children using a Hydroxylapatite Cranioplasty. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), Tel Aviv, Israel (Poster)
Lohkamp LN, Beuriat PI, Huguet L, Desmurget M, Szathmari A, Di Rocco F, Mottolese C. Selection Criteria for Awake Brain Surgery in Children. Annual Meeting of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), Brussels, Belgium
04/2018 Lohkamp LN, Vajkoczy P, Budach V, Kufeld M, Grün A. The Rationale and Design of a Registry for Pediatric Patients with CNS Lesions Treated with Robotic Radiosurgery. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), Bonn, Germany
Lohkamp LN, Beuriat PI, Desmurget M, Szathmari A, Faure-Conter C, Frappaz D, Di Rocco F, Mottolese C. Awake Brain Surgery in Children. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), Bonn, Germany
10/2017 Lohkamp LN, Vajkoczy P, Budach V, Kufeld M, Grün A. The Rationale and Design of a Registry for Pediatric Patients with CNS Lesions Treated with Robotic Radiosurgery. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), Denver, USA
09/2016 Lohkamp LN, Vajkoczy P, Budach V, Kufeld M. Efficacy, Safety, and Outcome of Frameless Image-guided Robotic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases after Whole Brain Radiotherapy. Annual Meeting of the Division of Neuro-oncology of the German Society of Neurosurgery, Düsseldorf, Germany
06/2016 Lohkamp LN, Manley P, Cohen A, Goumnerova L. The Role of Surgery in Non-NF-associated Pediatric Optic Pathway Gliomas (OPG) - Is There a New Paradigm? International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO) Liverpool, UK
05/2016 Lohkamp LN, Manley P, Cohen A, Goumnerova L. The Role of Surgery in Non-NF-Associated Pediatric Optic Pathway Gliomas (OPG). Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), Paris, France
11/2013 Lohkamp LN, Auf G, Gehlhaar C, Guse K, Thomale UW, Heppner FL, Koch A.
Distinct Moleculargenetic Alterations in Cortical and Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytomas – A New Trail in Diagnosis and Therapy. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), Goa, India
12/2011 Lohkamp LN, Schinz M, Gehlhaar C, Guse K, Vajkoczy P, Thomale UW, Heppner FL, Koch A. Distinct Moleculargenetic Alterations in Cortical and Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytomas. Joint Meeting of the French Association of Neurooncology and French Society of Neuropathology, Paris, France
07/2011 Lohkamp LN, Au Kv, Goebel HH, Kress W, Grieben U, Drossel K, Garbes L, Wirth B, Heppner FL, Stenzel W. A Paucisymptomatic Neuromuscular Disease Mimicking Type III 5q-SMA with Complex Rearrangements in the SMN Gene.
Annual Meeting of the French Society of Neuropathology, Marseille, France
06/2011 Lohkamp LN, Harlis F, Gehlhaar C, Guse K, Thomale UW, Vajkoczy P, Heppner F, Koch A. MGMT promoter Methylation and BRAF (V600E) Mutations Discriminate Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma from Giant Cell Glioblastoma (GCGBM). Brain Tumor Meeting, Berlin, Germany (Poster)
04/2011 Lohkamp LN, Kern G, Haller M, Bösch F, Heppner F, Reinke P, Mayer G, Pratschke J, Koppelstätter C, Öllinger R. A20 in Human Cadaveric Renal Transplantation. American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, USA (Poster)
National
06/2021 Lohkamp LN, Marathe N, Fehlings MG. Craniocervical instability in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – A Systematic Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches. SPINEFEST, Spine Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
02/2020 Lohkamp LN, Drake J, Dirks P, Rutka JT, Kulkarni A, Ibrahim G, Taylor MD, Dewan M, Lebel D, Zeller RD. Fusion rates in pediatric patients after posterior cervical spine instrumentation. Annual meeting of the Canadian Spine Society, Whistler, Canada
Invited Presentations
03/2022 Lohkamp LN. 8th Annual Neurosurgery, Neurotrauma and Neurocritical Care Hands-on Practical Course, Weill Cornell Medicine & Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute.
06/2023 Lohkamp LN. Awake brain surgery in children – state of the art. 12th Annual World Conference of Neurotalk, January 2023, Sapporo, Japan. (Speaker/Chair)
4. RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS
1. Lohkamp LN, Ehret F, Grün A, Budach V, Kufeld M and the Pediatric CyberKnife©Registry Study Group Development of a CyberKnife© registry for pediatric patients with CNS lesions. Retrospective and Prospective Multicenter Observational Study (German Clinical Trials Register (https://www.drks.de), DRKS-ID 00016973)
(Principal Investigator)
2. Rutka JT (Principal Investigator), Lipsman N, Drake J, Dirks P, Bouffet E, Tsang D, Muthusami P, Lohkamp LN.
A Phase I Safety and Feasibility Study Trial to Evaluate Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Using Transcranial MRI-Guided Focused Utrasound with Intravenous Ultrasound Contrast Agents in Combination with Doxorubicin in Patients with Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas. (Co-Investigator)
REFEREES
Dr. James T Rutka, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada (James.Rutka@sickkids.ca)
Dr. Stephen Lewis, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Canada (Stephen.Lewis@uhn.ca)
Dr. Ekkehard Kasper, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, MA (Ekkehard.Kasper@steward.org)
Dr. Michael G. Fehlings, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Canada (Michael.Fehlings@uhn.ca)