American Board of Neurological Surgery, (Board Certification) 1993 Residency: Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo 7/85-6/90 Internship: General Surgery, Millard Fillmore Hospital 7/84-6/85 Medical School: University at Buffalo 8/80-6/84 Undergraduate Education: University of Pennsylvania 9/76-6/80, BA- Biology President, Senior Honor Society (Friars) Class of 1915 Award, Outstanding Scholar-Athlete, Class of 1980
High School:
Iroquois Central High School 1972-1976
Western New York High School Athlete-of-the-Year, 1976 (Billy Kelly Award)
WNY High School one mile run record (4:14.2) 1976 - present
Society Memberships: Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1987 - present New York State Neurosurgical Society, 1990 - present
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1997 - present Leksell Gamma Knife Society, 1999 - present WNY Chapter - American College of Surgeons, 2000 - present North American Spine Society, 2001 - present
Professional Advisement :
Medical Staff President, Sisters of Charity Hospital 1998-1999
Gamma Knife Case Review Committee, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Board of Managers – Catholic Independent Practice Association - 2007
Little League Baseball Coach:
Hertel North Park, 1995 - 2001 Advisory Boards: Gamma Knife Case Review Committee, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Hospital Affiliations: Sisters of Charity - Chief of Neurosurgery
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Teaching Appointments:
3/2006 - Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences
SUNY at Buffalo
8/2005 - Adjunct Professor for Physician Assistant Program at Daemen College
Publications:
1. Fish D, Mendel F, Moreland DB: Tolerance of Peripheral Nerve to Chronic Implantation of Electrode Materials. The Anatomical Record 211:62A. 1985 2. Moreland DB, Glasauer FE, Egnatchik JG, Heffner RR, Alker GJ: Focal Cortical Dysplasia; Case Report. Journal of Neurosurgery 68:487-490. 1988 3. Soloniuk DS, Moreland DB: Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis with Extension to the Posterior Fossa; Case Report. Neurosurgery 23:641-643, 1988 4. Moreland DB, Soloniuk DS: Leukotrienes in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury. Surgical Neurology 31:277-280, 1989 5. Moreland DB, Egnatchik JG, Bennett GJ: Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation for the Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures. Neurosurgery 27:69-73, 1990 6. Moreland DB, Lewis PJ, Yu YJ, Clabeaux DE: Letter to the Editor regarding Outpatient surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy; Tomaras CR, Blacklock JB, Parker WD, et al. Journal of Neurosurgery 88:358, 1998 7. Moreland DB, Diaz-Ordaz E, Czajka GA, Zugger,CM: Endoscopic Resection of Pituitary Lesions Through the Nostril. Seminars in Perioperative Nursing 7:193-199, July, 1998 8. Moreland DB, Diaz-Ordaz E, Czajka GA: Endoscopic Endonasal Hemisphenoidotomy for Resection of Pituitary Lesions Confined to the Sella. Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery: June, 2000 9. Moreland DB, Landi MK, Grand W: Vertebroplasty: techniques to avoid complications. The Spine Journal 1: 66-71, 2001 10. Asch HL, Lewis PJ, Moreland DB, Egnatchik JG, Yu YJ, Clabeaux DE, Hyland AH: Prospective Multiple Outcomes Study of Outpatient Lumbar Microdiscectomy: should 75-80% success rates be the norm? J Neurosurg (Spine 1) 96:34-44, 2002 11. MacKenzie J.T., Podgorsak M.B., Moreland D.: Validity of stereotactic frame localization when one fixation pin is removed. J Neurosurg (submitted). 12. MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M, Moreland D.:Stereotactic accuracy as a function of the number of fixation screws. Med. Phys. 29, 1251 (2002). 13. MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M.B., Moreland D., Huck C: Validity of stereotactic frame localization when one fixation pin is removed. Paper Poster presentation. Proceedings of the 11th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Prague, Czech Republic, May 12-16, 2002, p. 224. 14. Douglas B. Moreland: C-Pod Case History Report. History & Physical, Procedure, Follow-up. #1001, July 2002 15. Douglas B. Moreland: reviewed manuscript entitled: "Management of Spinal Metastases", by Frank D. Vrionis, M.D., Ph.D., Henry Wagner, M.D. and Rafael Miguel, M.D. for scientific content for consideration of publication in Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. January 2, 2003 16. G. Cernica, D. Vilorio, J. MacKenzie, M. Jurca, S. deBoer, M. Podgorsak, D. Moreland, D. Shah, R. Fenstermaker, and R. Plunkett; The Gamma Knife Center at Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Four Years of Experience, Med. Phys. 30, 1521 (2003). 17. DB Moreland, HL Asch, DE Clabeaux, GJ Castiglia, GA Czajka, PJ Lewis, JG Egnatchik, A Capuccino, L Huynh: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with implantable titanium cage: initial impressions, patient outcomes and comparison to fusion with allograft. The Spine Journal 4/2: 184-191, 2004 18. Douglas B. Moreland: Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach to the Pituitary Gland. Lore' & Medina - An Atlas of Head & Neck Surgery – Fourth Edition, pgs. 1404-407, January 2005
19. Michael Fung, Barry Willer, Douglas Moreland, John J. Leddy: A proposal for an evidenced-based emergency department discharge form for mild traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 2006, 1-6
20. Douglas B. Moreland: Letter to the Editor in response to March/April 2009 SpineLine editorial, “Spring Cleaning,” which deals with the ethics and appropriateness of financial relationships between spine surgeons and industry. SpineLine, 2009, July/August
21. D B Moreland; H L Asch; G A Czajka; J A Overkamp; D M Sitzman: Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Comparison of Single Intervertebral Cage and Single Side Pedicle Screw Fixation versus Bilateral Cages and Screw Fixation. Minim Invas Neurosurg 2009; 52: 132-136
Presentations: 1. Soloniuk DS, Moreland DB: The Role of Leukotrienes in Secondary Spinal Cord Injury. The Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February, 1988 2. Moreland DB, Soloniuk DS, Perkins E: The Effect of Succinate on the Ischemic Penumbra in Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats. The Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurologic Surgeons, Victoria British Columbia, Canada, September, 1988 3. Hopkins LN, Budny JL, Moreland DB: Adjunctive Endovascular Techniques in Neurosurgery. The Richard Lende Winter Neurosurgery Conference, Snowbird, Utah, February, 1989 4. Moreland DB, Egnatchik JG, Bennett GJ: The Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures with Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation. The American Association of Neurologic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Nashville, Tennessee, May, 1990 5. Moreland DB, (P. Jeffrey Lewis): Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Pathology. New York State Chiropractic Association - District 17 February 13, 1997 6. Moreland DB: Endoscopic Endonasal Removal of Pituitary Tumors. University Grand Rounds, Department of Endocronology - Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo New York. March, 1997 7. Moreland DB: Endoscopic Endonasal Removal of Pituitary Tumors. The University of Buffalo Spring Clinical Day, Buffalo, May, 1997 - 2nd place award. 8. Moreland, DB: Surgical management of low back pain. Western New York Society of Osteopathic Medicine. The Marriott, September 13, 1997 9. Moreland DB: Bronchogenic Lung Cancer With Metastatic Disease to the Brain and Adrenal Gland - Case Report. The Sisters Hospital Cancer Program Conference, Buffalo, December 3, 1997 10. Moreland DB, Shah, D: Modern Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Sisters Hospital Cancer Program Conference, Buffalo, September 2, 1998 11. Moreland, DB, Shah D: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in metastatic disease. Surgical Society of Buffalo. October, 1998 12. Moreland, DB, Shah D: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Niagara County Medical Society, December 1998 13. Moreland, DB: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. University of Buffalo, Family Practice Monthly Lecture. Sisters Hospital, January 21, 1999 14. Moreland, DB: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Buffalo Surgical Society Monthly Meeting. The Buffalo Club, January 27, 1999 15. Moreland DB: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Millard Fillmore Hospital Grand Rounds. Buffalo, New York, May 10, 1999 16. Moreland, DB: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Kenmore Mercy Hospital Medical Grand Rounds. Buffalo, New York, August 3, 1999 17. Moreland, DB, Shah, D: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Erie County Medical Center, University at Buffalo Medical Grand Rounds. August 6, 1999 18. Moreland, DB: Applications of the Gamma Knife. Mercy Hospital University Grand Rounds. Buffalo, New York, October 14, 1999 19. Moreland, DB: Percutaneous Iliac Crest Bone Marrow Graft for Cage Fusions. WNY Orthopaedic Society annual Potts Lecture. Buffalo, New York, October 16, 1999 20. Moreland, DB: "The Gamma Knife - An Overview". Our Lady of Victory Hospital Surgical Rounds. Buffalo, New York, October 26, 1999 21. Moreland, DB, Czajka, G: Iliac Crest Bone Marrow Graft for Lumber Cage Fusion: A new minimally invasive technique. Congress of Neurologic Surgeons Annual National Meeting Boston, MA. November 2, 1999 22. Moreland, DB: MRI cross sectional Neuro Anatomy-Presented case studies of brain and spine. Nation-wide live broadcast of General Electric Medical Systems-TIP TV. Milwaukee, WI, November 18, 1999
Subsequent taped broadcast topics:
March 2000-Vertebroplasty
June 2000-MRI Interventional procedures
August 2000-MRI Imaging
23. Moreland, DB Gamma Knife lecture. St. Mary's Hospital. Lewiston, NY, December 16, 1999 24. Moreland, DB: Current Management of Acoustic Neuromas: Microsurgical or Gamma Knife Radiosurgery? University of Buffalo, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Grand Rounds. Buffalo, NY, January 21, 2000 25. Moreland, DB: Minimally invasive bone graft harvest technique for lumbar cage fusion: Percutaneous Iliac Crest Bone Marrow Graft (PICBMG) plus local bone. AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Palm Springs, CA, February 23-26, 2000 26. Moreland, DB: The use of the MIN-RAD DRTS for Vertebroplasty. MIN-RAD national sales meeting. Buffalo, NY, February 24, 2000 27. Donaldson, DR, Moreland, DB, Shah, DK: Short-term outcomes in the treatment of Vestibular Schwannomas with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. 15th Annual Residents Research Symposium - 3rd prize Buffalo, NY, Spring 2000 28. Moreland, DB: Laser Guidance Technology for Assistance in Vertebroplasty. Spencer Trask Securities, Inc. New York, NY, May 1, 2000 29. Landi MK, Grand W, Moreland, DB: Vertebroplasty: Perils and Pitfalls. CNS Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, September 23-28, 2000 30. Moreland DB, Landi MK, Grand, W: Techniques to avoid complications in Percutaneous Vertebroplasty. North American Spine Society 15th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 27, 2000 31. Moreland, DB: Vertebroplasty - State of the Art. WNY Orthopaedic Society annual Potts lecture. SUNY at Buffalo, Orthopaedic Day, Buffalo, NY, December 2, 2000 32. Moreland, DB: "New advances in Vertebroplasty". Buffalo Spine and Sports Medicine, Clinical Rounds. Williamsville, NY, December 18, 2000 33. Moreland, DB: Vertebroplasty-Application to Your Practice. The Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society Annual Spring Meeting. The Crowne Plaza Hotel Philadelphia, PA - April 6, 2001 34. Moreland, DB: Complications in Vertebroplasty. The Department of Neurosurgery. Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Philadelphia, PA - April 6, 2001 35. Moreland, DB: Use of the Rabea cage: Preliminary results with 57 patients for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Signus Medical. Toronto, Ontario, April 23, 2001 36. Moreland, DB: The Effect of Age on outcomes in outpatient lumbar Microdiscectomy: A Prospective Study of 212 patients. The University at Buffalo Spring Clinical Day. Buffalo, NY - April 28, 2001 37. Moreland, DB: Use of the Rabea cage: Preliminary results with 57 patients for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Signus Medical. Focus Group. San Diego, CA, October 1, 2001 38. Moreland, DB: The Effect of Age on outcomes in outpatient lumbar Microdiscectomy. A Prospective study of 212 patients. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, October 2, 2001 39. MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M.B., Moreland, DB: Relationship between stereotactic headframe rigidity and the number of pins used for fixation. Bi-annual meeting of the Upstate NY Chapter of the AAPM and the 8th annual Lecture Series in Medical Physics. Rochester, NY, October 25, 2001 40. Moreland DB, Huynh L, Cappuccino A, Czajka G, Castiglia, G: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with Implantable Titanium Cage. 2002 AANS/CNS section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, February 27 - March 2, 2002 41. Moreland DB: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with Titanium Inter-body "Box" Cage. Poster presentation. Meeting of the Americas II - New York, New York, April 25 - 27, 2002 42. MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M.B., Moreland DB, Huck C.: Validity of Stereotactic Frame Localization When One Fixation Pin is Removed. Paper Poster presentation. 11th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society Prague, Czech Republic, May 12 - 16, 2002 43. Moreland DB: Our experience with Radiosurgery for Brain Metastasis in 121 Consecutive Patients: Does Peer Review Prior to Treatment Effect Survival Curves? Paper Poster presentation. 11th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society Prague, Czech Republic, May 15 - 17, 2002 44. MacKenzie J., Podgorsak M., Moreland D.: Stereotactic accuracy as a function of the number of fixation screws. Paper Poster presentation. American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 44th annual meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - July 14-18, 2002 45. Moreland DB: Outpatient Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Age Relationship to Outcome and Tempered Expectations. Poster presentation - North American Spine Society (NASS), 17th Annual Meeting - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - October 29 - November 2, 2002 46. Moreland DB, Maurer P, Castiglia G, Czajka G, Egnatchik J, Lewis P: ACDF with Cylinder Type Cage compared to Box Cage & Allograft Bone. Paper Poster presentation. Cervical Spine Research Society 30th Annual Meeting. Miami Beach, Fl - Fountainbleau Hilton - December 5-7, 2002 47. Cernica G, Vilorio D, Mackenzie J, Jurca M, deBoer S, Podgorsak M, Moreland D, Shah D, Fenstermaker R, Plunkett R: The gamma knife center at Roswell Park Cancer Institute - four years of experience. American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 45th annual meeting - San Diego, California, August 10-14, 2003 48. Moreland DB: Disc Replacement. New York Self-Insurers Association, Annual Meeting Program. New York, New York – The Roosevelt Hotel – January 13, 2005 Presentations to the Allied Health Community: 1. Moreland DB: Applications of Imaging Procedures in Neurosurgery. Niagara Frontier Society of Radiologic Technologists, March, 1997 2. Moreland DB: Neurosurgical Treatments of Spinal Pathology and Pituitary Tumors. Computed Tomography Technologist Society of Western New York, March 7, 1998 3. Moreland DB: Advances in the Treatment of Gliomas, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Western New York Physician Assistant Association, Amherst, New York, May 11, 1999 4. Moreland DB: Gamma Knife Surgery. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Central New York- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, June 21, 1999 5. Moreland DB: Anesthetic Concerns in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetist Annual Meeting. University Inn, Buffalo, New York, May 6, 2000 6. Moreland DB: Gamma Knife Review and Update. Independent Health Association-Roswell Park Cancer Institute, May 3, 2000 7. Moreland DB: Gamma Knife Review and Update. Univera Health Care, Inc-Roswell Park Cancer Institute, May 9, 2000 8. Moreland DB: Clinical Review Committee for procedural approval: The Gamma Knife experience. Medical Advisory Board - Blue Cross & Blue Shield of WNY. Invited guest lecturer. Blue Cross & Blue Shield corporate offices, Buffalo, NY, October 19, 2000 9. Moreland DB: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Nurse Practitioner's Association of WNY. Saturn Club, Buffalo, NY, October 24, 2000 10. Moreland DB: Clinical Applications of the Dual Radiation Targeting System. MINRAD Corporation - Pillars Hotel, Buffalo, NY, November 8, 2000 11. Moreland DB: Clinical Applications of the Dual Radiation Targeting System. MINRAD Corporation - Pillars Hotel, Buffalo, NY, February 19, 2001 12. Moreland DB, Mackenzie J, Podgorsak M, - Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Department of Radiation Medicine: Lecture Series in Medical Physics. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: The relationship between stereotactic head-frame rigidity and the number of pins used for fixation. Upstate New York Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine - University of Rochester Medical Center, October 25, 2001 13. Moreland DB: Treatment of TIC DOULOUREX. WNY Association of Neuroscience Nurses. Mariott Hotel, Buffalo, NY, June 5, 2000.
14. Moreland DB: Surgical management of pituitary tumors - University at Buffalo Medical School - medical school students, Buffalo, NY, March 2, 2006
15. Moreland DB: Surgical treatment of pituitary tumors - University at Buffalo Medical School - mini medical school, Buffalo, NY, May 8, 2007
Neurosurgery Courses: Emory University School of Medicine - Contemporary Neurosurgery Lesson Series - 1994 Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Annual Meeting - October, 1994 Annenberg Center - Current Concepts in Spinal Endoscopy - Palm Springs, California - November 18-19, 1994 Emory University School of Medicine - Contemporary Neurosurgery Lesson Series - 1995 Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Annual Meeting - October, 1995 Emory University School of Medicine - Contemporary Neurosurgery Lesson Series - 1996 Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Annual Meeting - October, 1996 Medical Education and Research Institute - Frameless Stereotaxy: Innovative Applications for Image Guided Surgery - Memphis, Tennessee - May 30-31, 1996 University of Florida College of Medicine - Linac Radiosurgery - 1996 Program - Gainsville, Florida - December 11-15, 1996 Emory University School of Medicine - Contemporary Neurosurgery Lesson Series 1997 University at Buffalo School of Medicine - Spring Clinical Day 1997 - Buffalo, NY - April 26, 1997 University at Buffalo School of Medicine - Brain Microvasculature Conference - Buffalo, NY - May 3-4, 1997 University of Pittsburgh, Center for Continuing Education in Health Sciences - Advanced Image-Guided Stereotactic Surgery, Radiosurgery, and Frameless Techniques - Palm Beach, Florida - November 19-21, 1997 American Association of Neurological Surgeons & Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery Annual Meeting - Orlando, Florida - February 1-4, 1998 Karolinska Gamma Knife Center - The Leksell Gamma Knife Training Course - Stockholm, Sweden - September 14-23, 1998 Barrow Neurological Institute- Recent Advances in Neurosurgery - Scottsdale, Arizona - March 4-5, 1999 Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Conference - Buffalo, NY - October 8, October 22, November 5, November 19, December 3, December 17, December 31, 1999 The joint meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery & the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology. Extracranial Carotid Reconstruction: Endarterectomy, Angioplasty & Stenting - New Orleans, LA - February 6-9, 2000 10th International meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Squaw Valley, CA - April 14-16, 2000 Vertebroplasty Preceptorship with Dr. Mohit Bhatnagar, Baltimore, MD - June 7, 2000 Advances in Treating Vertebral Body Compression Fractures focusing on Kyphoplasty,™ the minimally invasive reduction and fixation of vertebral body compression fractures, Cleveland, OH - September 15, 2000 North American Spine Society 15th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA - October 25-28, 2000 A Decade of Difference: Progress in the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - 1/1/00 -12/21/00 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - September 30, 2001 - October 4, 2001 11th International meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Prague, Czech Republic - May 13 - 16, 2002 Synthetic Bone Grafting for Physicians - Buffalo, NY - December 15, 2002 American Association of Neurological Surgeons 71st Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - April 26 - May 1, 2003 Global Symposium on Intervertebral Disc Replacement and Non-Fusion Technology - Scottsdale, Arizona - May 1 - 3, 2003 North American Spine Society – 19th Annual Meeting – Chicago, Il – October 27-30, 2004 CHARITE' Artificial Disc Training – Cincinnati, Oh – March 14 – 15, 2005
American Association of Neurological Surgeons 74 th Annual Meeting – San Francisco, CA – April 22 – 27, 2006
Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2006 Annual Meeting – Chicago, IL – October 7 - 12, 2006
Interspinous Process Decompression System Training Program – Buffalo New York – April 21, 2007
Synthes Spine - Advanced Cervical Solutions with ProDisc-C training program – July 27, 2008
Synthes Spine – ProDisc-L Surgeon Education Program – September 21, 2008
Pioneer Surgical Technology – Lateral Crossfuse Training, Southeastern Spine Center – Sarasota, FL. - May 16, 2009
Pioneer Surgical Technology – NuBac Arthroplasty System – September 2, 2009
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