Ephraim Church

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Radiology

Ephraim Church

Research Summary

Cerebrovascular neurosurgery (including direct bypass for moyamoya disease, intracranial stenosis and complex cerebral aneurysm) as well as endovascular neurosurgery and medical ethics

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

AANS Guide to Coding

O Adogwa, B Anderson, Ephraim Church, B Howard, A Ladislau, M Oppenlander, J Rosenow, C Upadhyaya, E Vates, A Veeravagu, American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Effective use of a minimally-invasive lighted tubular retractor system for resection of a ruptured aneurysm in a patient with moyamoya disease

D Hallan, F Jareczek, Ephraim Church, 2025, Oper Neurosurg

The history of the well-traveled aneurysm clips

Ephraim W. Church, Robert E. Harbaugh, 2024, Journal of Neurosurgery on p. 587

Comment on Dugan JE et. al., Microsurgical clipping of a type B ophthalmic artery aneurysm through a cranio-orbital approach with extradural clinoidectomy: 2-dimensional operative video

D Hallan, Ephraim Church, 2024, Oper Neurosurg

Advances in Intraoperative Imaging for Vascular Neurosurgery

Chanju Fritch, Ephraim Church, David Andrew Wilkinson, 2024, Neuroimaging Clinics of North America on p. 261-270c

Nationwide trends in intensive care unit utilization in the elective endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms

V Padmanaban, W Benjamin, A Cohrs, F Jareczek, Sprague W. Hazard, Joseph Christopher Zacko, J Zacko, Ephraim Church, Scott Simon, Kevin M. Cockroft, Douglas L. Leslie, D Wilkinson, D Andrew Wilkinson, 2024, Interventional Neuroradiology on p. 15910199241233028

Carotid endarterectomy using regional anesthesia: technique and considerations

Varun Padmanaban, Catherine Caldwell, Indigo Milne, Sprague W. Hazard, Robert Harbaugh, Ephraim W. Church, 2024, Frontiers in Surgery

Carotid endarterectomy

Ephraim Church, S Simon, 2024, on p. 207-216

Safety and Efficacy of Tiny (≤3 mm) Unruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Treatment: An Analysis of the NeuroVascular Quality Initiative-Quality Outcomes Database Cerebral Aneurysm Registry

Varun Padmanaban, Thaddeus Harbaugh, Junjia Zhu, Shouhao Zhou, Sameer A. Ansari, Jay U. Howington, Daniel H. Sahlein, Juan G. Tejada, D. Andrew Wilkinson, Scott D. Simon, Kevin M. Cockroft, Ephraim W. Church, 2024, Neurosurgery

AANS Guide to Coding

O Adogwa, B Anderson, Ephraim Church, B Howard, A Ladislau, M Oppenlander, J Rosenow, C Upadhyaya, E Vates, A Veeravagu, 2024, American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Most-Cited Papers

Association of the extent of resection with survival in glioblastoma a systematic review and meta-Analysis

T Brown, M Brennan, M Li, Ephraim W. Church, N Brandmeir, Kevin L. Rakszawski, A Patel, Elias B. Rizk, D Suki, R Sawaya, Michael Glantz, 2016, JAMA oncology on p. 1460-1469

Clinical and histopathological outcomes in patients with SCN1A mutations undergoing surgery for epilepsy

Karen L. Skjei, Ephraim W. Church, Brian N. Harding, Mariarita Santi, Katherine D. Holland-Bouley, Robert R. Clancy, Brenda E. Porter, Gregory G. Heuer, Eric D. Marsh, 2015, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics on p. 668-674

Clinical course of unilateral moyamoya disease

Ephraim W. Church, T Bell-Stephens, M Bigder, S Gummidipundi, S Han, G Steinberg, 2020, Neurosurgery on p. 1262-1268

Long-term quality of life after posterior cervical foraminotomy for radiculopathy

R Faught, Ephraim Church, C Halpern, U Balmuri, M Attiah, S Stein, S Dante, W Welch, F Simeone, 2016, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery on p. 22-25

Treatment of posterior circulation fusiform aneurysms

Ephraim W. Church, M Bigder, E Sussman, S Gummidipundi, S Han, J Heit, H Do, R Dodd, M Marks, G Steinberg, 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery on p. 1894-1900

Number needed to treat for stroke thrombectomy based on a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ephraim Church, A Gundersen, Michael J. Glantz, Scott Simon, 2017, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery on p. 83-88

Effect of Blood Pressure Management Strategies on Outcomes in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke After Successful Mechanical Thrombectomy

M Gigliotti, V Padmanaban, A Richardson, Scott Simon, Ephraim W. Church, Kevin M. Cockroft, 2021, World Neurosurgery on p. e635-e642

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence, Prehospital Evaluation, and Presentation of Ischemic Stroke at a Nonurban Comprehensive Stroke Center

C Velasco, B Wattai, S Buchle, A Richardson, V Padmanaban, K Morrison, Raymond Reichwein, Ephraim Church, Scott Simon, Kevin M. Cockroft, 2021, Stroke Research and Treatment on p. 6624231

Pregnancy after direct cerebral bypass for moyamoya disease

Ephraim W. Church, Rabia Qaiser, Teresa E. Bell-Stephens, Mark G. Bigder, Eric K. Chow, Summer S. Han, Yasser Y. El-Sayed, Gary K. Steinberg, 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery on p. 10-16

Staged Surgical Resection of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations

E Sussman, S Gummidipundi, A Pendharkar, Ephraim W. Church, A Ho, S Han, G Steinberg, 2021, World Neurosurgery on p. e925-e930