Sanjay Dhall, MD

Sanjay Dhall, MD

Sanjay Dhall, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Grady Memorial Hospital
80 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr. SE
Atlanta, GA 30303

To make an appointment: 404-778-5770

Dr. Dhall received his Medical Doctorate from Baylor College of Medicine in 2002 and completed his neurosurgical residency at Emory University in June 2009. Upon graduation from the program, Dr. Dhall concluded an advanced neurosurgical fellowship in spinal neurosurgery in 2008 at the University of California San Francisco under the supervision of Dr. Praveen Mummaneni, a former Emory faculty member.

Dr. Dhall specializes in spine disorders and surgery and operates at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.

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Areas of Clinical Interest:

  • Minimally invasive spine surgery
  • Spinal oncology
  • Spinal deformity
  • Spinal radiosurgery

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Awards and Grants:

2nd place, DePuy Spine Clinical Research Paper Challenge, July 2008

2008-2009 CSNS Socioeconomic Fellow, Council of State Neurosurgical Societies

Best 25 Resident Oral Abstract Submissions (Southern Medical Association) 2006: Dhall S, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Cervical Kyphotic Deformity: Reconstruction via Concurrent Anterior and Posterior Approaches.

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Publications:

Dhall SS, Wang MY, Mummaneni PV. Clinical and radiographic comparison of mini-open TLIF to open TLIF in 42 patients with long-term follow up Invited Submission. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Dec;9(6):560-5.

Dhall SS, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Results of circumferential fusion for cervical kyphotic deformity. Invited Submission. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Dec;9(6):515-21.

Mummaneni PV, Dhall SS, Ondra SL, Mummaneni VP, Berven S. Pedicle subtraction Osteotomy. Neurosurgery. 2008 Sep;63(3 Suppl):171-6.

Chi JH, Dhall SS, Kanter AS, Mummaneni PV. The Mini-Open transpedicular thoracic discectomy: surgical technique and assessment. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;25(2):E5. PMID: 18673053

Pirris SM, Dhall S, Mummaneni PV, Kanter AS. Minimally invasive approach to extraforaminal disc herniations at the lumbosacral junction using an operating microscope: case series and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;25(2):E10.

Dhall SS, Lin FJ, Tumialan LM, Mapstone TB. Significant neurologic recovery following a catastrophic open head injury from a motorboat propeller: case illustration. J Trauma. 2008 Jul;65(1):249-50.

Dhall SS, Tumialán LM, Mummaneni PV. Chance fracture of the second thoracic vertebra: case illustration. J Trauma. 2006 Apr;60(4):922.

Tumialán LM, Dhall SS, Tomak PR, Barrow DL. Alagille syndrome and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006;42(1):57-61.

Dhall SS, Tumialán LM, Brat DJ, Barrow DL. Spinal intradural clear cell meningioma following resection of a suprasellar clear cell meningioma. Case report and recommendations for management. J Neurosurg. 2005 Sep;103(3):559-63.

Tumialán LM, Dhall SS, Biousse V, Newman NJ. Optic nerve glioma and optic neuritis mimicking one another: case report. Neurosurgery. 2005 Jul;57(1):E190.

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Book Chapters:

Dhall SS, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV. Cervical Arthroplasty. In Winn HR (ed.): Youmans' Neurological Surgery, Sixth Edition, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders (in press).

Dhall SS, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV. Atlanto-axial Subluxation and Dissociation. IN: Cervical Spine Trauma. Ed: Vaccaro A. In Press.

Dhall SS, Khoo L and Fessler RG. Iliac Crest Bone Grafting. In Fessler RG and Sekhar LN (eds). Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Cranial and Peripheral Nerve, Spine and Endoscopic Surgery. Thieme, New York, 2006.

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Abstracts:

Dhall SS, Bate BB, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. BMP versus Iliac Crest Autograft in TLIF: Is BMP Cost Effective? Plenary Session. American Association of Neurological Surgeons. 2008

Dhall SS, Bate BB, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Outcome and Cost Comparison between Instrumented Posterolateral Fusion and TLIF with Long Term Follow-Up. Oral Point Presentation. Oral Point Presentation. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. 2008

Dhall SS, Wang M, Mummaneni PV. Decreased Cost and Morbidity of Mini-Open TLIF When Compared to Open TLIF in 42 Patients With Long-Term Follow Up. Oral Point Presentation. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. 2008

Dhall SS, Highsmith JM, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Treatment of Cervical Stenotic Myelopathy: A cost and outcome comparison of laminoplasty vs. laminectomy and lateral mass fusion. Oral Point Presentation. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. 2008

Dhall SS, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Aggressive Correction of Cervical Kyphotic Deformity Using State of the Art 360 Spinal Fusion Techniques Improves Neurological Function. Open Paper. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego. September 2007

Rodts GE, Pan J, Dhall SS, Mummaneni PV. Vertebroplasty Complications. Georgia Neurosurgical Society. 2006.

Dhall SS, Mummaneni P, Rodts G. The Synthetic Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion: Experience with PEEK Stackable Cages and Rh-BMP2. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Fall 2005. Poster presentation.

Dhall SS, Tumialan L, Brat D, Barrow D. Spinal intradural clear cell meningioma after resection of a suprasellar clear cell meningioma: Case report and recommendations for management. Georgia Neurosurgical Society. 2005. Platform Presentation.

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