Dayton Grogan, MD

Education

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA, Doctor of Medicine, 2022
DUKE UNIVERSITY, BS, Cum Laude, Biology with distinction 2017
Minors: Chemistry and Philosophy

Research Experience

Research Assistant, Emory University 2020-21
Project interested in the effects of exercise on a chemically-induced parkinsonian phenotype in mice; then, recreating such effects with neuromodulatory techniques.

Student Research Assistant, Duke University, High Energy Physics Department 2016-17
Assisted in the improvement of data acquisition and calibration of the ATLAS experiment associated with the large hydron collider at CERN via neural networks and machine learning algorithms.

Awards

AANS/CNS Joint Section Charles Kuntz Scholar Award: Spine Summit, San Diego, CA 2021
Augusta University Faculty Club Scholarship for Service and Academic Promise: Medical College of Georgia 2019
Medical Scholars Summer Research Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia 2018
Student Leadership and Service Award: Duke University 2017

Publications

Thalidomide

2023 Jun 12. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan–.ABSTRACTThalidomide is a medication used to manage and treat advanced leprosy and multiple myeloma, and various other solid…

A single-center learning curve for stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy and a surgical framework to manage failures

Epilepsia. 2025 Feb;66(2):458-470. doi: 10.1111/epi.18188. Epub 2024 Dec 20.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy (SLAH) is a minimally invasive procedure for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy that preserves more tissue than open procedures.…

Adaptive wheel exercise for mouse models of Parkinson's Disease

J Neurosci Methods. 2025 Feb;414:110314. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2024.110314. Epub 2024 Nov 10.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Physical exercise has been extensively studied for its therapeutic properties in neurological disease, particularly Parkinson's Disease (PD). However, the…

Outcomes Associated With Stereotactic Radiosurgery After Multiple Resections of Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenomas: An International, Multicenter Case Series

Neurosurgery. 2024 Nov 7. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003262. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) represents an effective treatment for nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs). However, no data have yet been…

Future Directions of MR-guided Focused Ultrasound

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2024 Nov;32(4):705-715. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2024.02.004. Epub 2024 Apr 1.ABSTRACTMR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) allows for the incisionless treatment of intracranial lesions in an outpatient setting. While…

An ordinal clinical score predicts seizure freedom after minimally invasive epilepsy surgery

Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2024 Sep;11(9):2327-2336. doi: 10.1002/acn3.52146. Epub 2024 Jul 12.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To predict one-year seizure freedom, using a combination of relevant clinical variables, following stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial…

Biologically Effective Dose and Prediction of Obliteration of Arteriovenous Malformations in Pediatric Patients Treated by Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

Neurosurgery. 2024 Mar 1;94(3):614-621. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002717. Epub 2023 Oct 13.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) represents an effective treatment for pediatric arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Biological effective dose (BED) has shown…

A New Era for Lesioning in Parkinson Disease

World Neurosurg. 2023 Nov;179:236-237. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.08.069. Epub 2023 Aug 19.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37716815 | DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2023.08.069

Comparing Cortical Bone Trajectory and Traditional Pedicle Screws in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Retrospective Cohort Study of One-Year Outcomes

Cureus. 2023 Aug 9;15(8):e43237. doi: 10.7759/cureus.43237. eCollection 2023 Aug.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: This is a retrospective study of consecutive patients undergoing transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) at a single institution. The objective of…

Identifying the Sources of Racial Disparity in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease With Deep Brain Stimulation

Neurosurgery. 2023 Jun 1;92(6):1163-1170. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002339. Epub 2023 Jan 9.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a highly efficacious treatment for appropriately selected patients with advanced, medically refractory Parkinson's disease (PD).…

The laterodorsal tegmentum and seizure regulation: Revisiting the evidence

J Neurosci Res. 2023 Feb;101(2):256-262. doi: 10.1002/jnr.25144. Epub 2022 Nov 9.ABSTRACTElectrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) is now a routine treatment option for patients suffering from medically refractory epilepsy. DBS of…

Artificial neural networks predict the need for permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion following posterior fossa tumor resection

Neurooncol Adv. 2022 Sep 13;4(1):vdac145. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdac145. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Resection of posterior fossa tumors (PFTs) can result in hydrocephalus that requires permanent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion. Our goal was…

Evidence supporting deep brain stimulation of the medial septum in the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia. 2022 Sep;63(9):2192-2213. doi: 10.1111/epi.17326. Epub 2022 Jun 29.ABSTRACTElectrical brain stimulation has become an essential treatment option for more than one third of epilepsy patients who are resistant to pharmacological…

Clinical and radiographic characteristics of diffuse astrocytic glioma, IDH-wildtype, with molecular features of glioblastoma: a single institution review

J Neurooncol. 2022 Mar;157(1):187-195. doi: 10.1007/s11060-022-03961-5. Epub 2022 Feb 25.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Genetic analyses of gliomas have identified key molecular features that impact treatment paradigms beyond conventional histomorphology. Despite at-times lower grade…

Loss of efferent projections of the hippocampal formation in the mouse intrahippocampal kainic acid model

Epilepsy Res. 2022 Feb;180:106863. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2022.106863. Epub 2022 Jan 19.ABSTRACTUnilateral intrahippocampal injection of kainic acid is used as a model of medial temporal lobe epilepsy and provides a platform to…