CURRICULUM VITAE

CYRIL T. SEBASTIAN, M.D.

MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• North American Spine Society

EXPERIENCE:

• Greater Houston Neurosurgery Center - The Woodlands, TX

           Staff Neurosurgeon

           May 2010 - Present

• Medical Center Clinic - Pesacoloa, FL

          Staff Neurosurgeon

          Septmember 2006 - April 2010

• Naval Medical Center - San Diego, CA

          Staff Neurosurgeon

          Assistant Professor in Surgery

          July 2003 - June 2005

• United states Naval Hospital - Okinawa - Japan

          Department Head - Neurosurgery

          July 2001 - July 2003

EDUCATION:

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:

• Standford University Medical Center - Stanford, CA

          Clinical Instructor

          Fellow in Spine Surgery

          July 2005 - June 2006

• University of Kansas Medical Center - Kansas City, KS

          Resident in Neurological Surgery

          July 1996 - July 2001

• Univeristy of Kansas Medical Center - Kansas City, KS

          Intern in General Surgery

          July 1995 - July 1996

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

• Tufts University School of Medicine - Boston, MA

          Doctor of Medicine

          August 1991 - May 1995

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

• Havard College - Boston, MA

          AB in East Asian Studies - Cum Laude

          September 1988 - May 1991

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

• Sebastian C.  Dupatta type injury in the West.  Spine Journal. 2009 Mar;9(3):268.

• Spinal Cord Trauma

          Presentation:  17th Annual Surviving Trauma Conference

• Meredith CC, Kepes JJ, Johnson P, Sebastian CT, McMahon JK, Arnold PM. Chondromyxoid fibroma of the upper thoracic spine in a 7-year-old patient.  A case report and review of the literature.  Pediatric Neurosurgery.  2004 Jul-Aug;40(4):190-5

• Festoff BW, SantaCruz K, Arnold PM, Sebastian CT, DAvies PJ, Citron BA.  Injury-induced "switch" from GTP-regulated to novel GTP-independent isoform of tissue transglutaminase in the rat spinal cord.  Journal of Neurochemistry.  2002 May;81(4):708-18.

• Citron BA, Arnold PM, Sebastian CT, Qin F, Malladi S, Ameenuddin S, Landis ME, Festoff BW.  Rapid upregulation of caspase-3 in rat spinal cord after injury:  mRNA, protein, and cellular localization corelates with apoptotic cell death.  Experimental Neurology.  2000 Dec;166(2):213-26.