Faculty Detail    Name MELISSA RENEE CHAMBERS   Campus Address FOT 1034 Zip 0000 Phone  (205) 481-7938 E-mail  mrchambe@uab.edu Other websites

Faculty Appointment(s) Appointment Type Department Division Rank Primary  Neurosurgery Chair Office  Neurosurgery Chair Office Professor Center  Comp Arthritis, MSK, Bone & Autoimmunity Ctr  Comp Arthritis, MSK, Bone & Autoimmunity Ctr Professor Center  Comprehensive Cancer Center  Comprehensive Cancer Center Professor Center  Comprehensive Neuroscience Center  Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Professor Center  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Professor

Selected Publications  Selected Publications: 1. Tubbs RS, Bauer DB, Chambers MR, Loukas M, Shoja MM, Cohen-Gadol AA: A Novel Method for Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion Utilizing the Sternum: A Cadaveric and Animal Study, Journal of Neurosurgery, accepted 7/7/2011 2. Bauer, Tubbs RS, Chambers MR, Study of the effects of flexion on the position of the conus medullaris: follow-up study using MR imaging in non-human primates. Child's Nervous System. 2009 Aug; 25(8):977-9 3. Tubbs RS, Olivia JR, Verma K, Mortazavi MM, Benninger B, Luokas M, Chambers MR, Analysis of the Uncinate Process of the Cervical Spine: an Anatomical Study and Review of the Literature, submitted to JNS. 4. Chambers MR, Gillespie GY, Sorceanu L, Whitley RJ: Comparison of Genetically Engineered Herpes Simplex Viruses for the Treatment of Brain Tumors in a scid Mouse Model of Human Malignant Glioma. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 92, 1411-1415; February, 1995 5. Chambers MR, Ruiz H, Pritchard P, Owens MH: Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Osteoporotic and Traumatic Vertebral Body Compression Fractures; A Review of 500 Patients; in preparation. 6. Tubbs RS, Chambers MR, Smyth MD, Bartolucci AA, Bruner JP, Tulipan N, Oakes WJ: Late Gestational Intrauterine Myelomeningocele Repair Does Not Improve Lower Extremity Function. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 38 (3): 128-132; 2003