Jeffrey Hakim MD
Education
M.D. and Ph.D., Mayo Clinic Medical Scientist Training Program, Rochester, MN, 2008-2017
B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2008
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
High Honors Graduate
Email: JSH7RN@virginia.edu
Research Interests
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine and their applications to neurological disease.
Honors
Mayo Langan M.D.-Ph.D. Fellowship, 2010-2017
Awarded Distinguished Poster Award for Graduate Student at the Mayo Clinic Young Investigator Research Symposium, 2014
Travel Award for oral and poster presentation at the ANA Annual Meeting, 2015
Publications
Nailed Through Superior Sagittal Sinus: A Case Report and Surgical Considerations
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023 Mar 1;24(3):e223-e227. doi: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000509. Epub 2022 Nov 18.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE: We report a case of nail gun-related penetrating brain injury, puncturing through the anterior third of…Giant pituitary macroadenoma of stem cell origin: illustrative case
J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2021 Mar 8;1(10):CASE2122. doi: 10.3171/CASE2122. eCollection 2021 Mar 8.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Giant pituitary macroadenomas with a diameter >4 cm are rare tumors, accounting for only about 5% of…Defining Spatial Relationships Between Spinal Cord Axons and Blood Vessels in Hydrogel Scaffolds
Tissue Eng Part A. 2021 Jun;27(11-12):648-664. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2020.0316. Epub 2021 Jun 1.ABSTRACTPositively charged oligo(poly(ethylene glycol) fumarate) (OPF+) hydrogel scaffolds, implanted into a complete transection spinal cord injury (SCI), facilitate a…Combinatorial tissue engineering partially restores function after spinal cord injury
J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2019 May;13(5):857-873. doi: 10.1002/term.2840. Epub 2019 Mar 20.ABSTRACTHydrogel scaffolds provide a beneficial microenvironment in transected rat spinal cord. A combinatorial biomaterials-based strategy provided a microenvironment…Micro vs. macrodiscectomy: Does use of the microscope reduce complication rates?
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2017 Jan;152:28-33. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.11.010. Epub 2016 Nov 13.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: A single level discectomy is one of the most common procedures performed by spine surgeons. While some practitioners utilize…