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Epilepsy Surgery
Temporal Lobectomy
Minimally invasive neurosurgery
Laser Neurosurgery
Neuromodulation
Endoscopic Surgery
Sports Neurosurgery
Cortisectomy / Topectomy
Corpus Callostomy / Functional Disconnection Surgery
Trigeminal neuralgia
Microvascular decompression
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Movement Disorder Surgery (Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia)
Glioma Surgery (Low Grade, High Grade, Adult, Pediatric)
Insular Lesions
Brain Mapping (Speech, Motor, Sensory; cortical and subcortical)
Extraoperative Brain Mapping
Neuroprosthetics
Brain-machine interface / Brain-computer interface
Spine Disorders
Spinal Fusion
Skull base surgery
Brain Plasticity
Eloquent Cortex Lesions (motor, sensory, speech, visual cortex)
Traumatic brain and spine injury

Medical School: University of Florida
Residency: University of Washington Hospital and Clinics
Fellowship: University of Washington Hospital and Clinics
Fellowship: UCSF Medical Center and Hospital

Alpha Omega Alpha, National American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, National American Association for the Advancement of Science, International American Association of Neurological Surgeons, International American Board of Neurological Surgeons, National American College of Surgeons, National American Epilepsy Society, National Congress of Neurological Surgeons, International International Society of Electricians and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), International National Institutes of Health / National Institute for Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National National Institutes of Health, National National Institutes of Health, National National Science Foundation, National Neurosurgery Research Career Development, National Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society, Local Society for Innovation in Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, National Society for Innovation in Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, National

Hospital Privileges:

• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Description of Research Expertise:

Brain-machine interface / Brain-computer interface
Motor Cortex Functional Organization
Voluntary Movement
Speech and Language Organization
Cortical Plasticity
Basal Ganglia - Cortical Interactions
Cortical/Basal Ganglia Stimulation
Cortical Spike and Local Field Recording
Basal Ganglia Spike and Local Field Recording
Neuroprosthetics
Spinal Cord Stimulation and Mapping
Electromyography

Selected Publications:

Stiso, J, AN Khambhati, T Mernara, AE Kahn, J Stein, SR Das, R Gorniak, J Tracy, B Litt, KA Davis, F Pasqualetti, TH Lucas, DS Bassett: White matter network architecture guides direct electrical stimulation through optimal state transitions BioRxiv : 2018.

Buch V, C Brandon, A Khambhati, A Richardson, BS Bassett, TH Lucas: "Increased dynamic modularity of the fronto-temporo-limbic network precedes enhanced task performance". American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Orleans : 2018.

Goel N, AN Mallela, P Agarwal, KG Abdulla, OA Choudhri, DK Kung, TH Lucas, HI Chen: Complications predicting perioperative mortality in patients undergoing elective craniotomy: A population based study. World Neurosurgery 118 : 195-205,2018.

Goel N, K Abdullah, O Choudhri, D Kung, T Lucas, HI Chen: The effect of underlying liver disease on perioperative outcomes following craniotomy for tumor: an American College of Surgeons-National Quality Improvement Program Analysis. World Neurosurgery 115 : 85-96,2018.

Ghenbot Y, A Richardson, X Liu, H Hao, S DeLuccia, G Boyek, J Van der Spiegel, TH Lucas: "Augmenting perception through electrical stimulation of adult somatosensory cortex" Association for Clinical and Translational Science, Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. : 2018.

Chen H and TH Lucas: Advances in DBS surgery Advances in Functional Neurosurgery, Thieme 1 (1): 2018.

Talos DM, LM Jacobs, S Gourmaud, C Coto, H Sun, K Lim, TH Lucas, KA Davis, M Martinez-Lage, FE Jensen: Activation of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 and 2 in human temporal lobe epilepsy Annals of Neurology 83 : 311-327,2018.

Buch V, AG Richardson and TH Lucas: Network brain-computer interface (nBCI): An alternative approach for cognitive prosthetics. Frontiers in Neuroscience : 2018.

Hitti F, P Gonzalez-Alegre, TH Lucas: Gene therapy for neurological disease World Neurosurgery : 2018.

Driscoll, N, AG Richardson, K Maleski, B Anasori, O Adewole, P Lelyukh, L Escobedo, B Murphy, DK Cullen, TH Lucas, Y Gogotsi, F Vitale: Two-dimensional Ti3C2 MXene for high-resolution neural interfaces ACS Nano : 2018.

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