Upstate Medical University
Syracuse New York
Medical College
1992- 1996
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo NY
Post-Baccalaureate Program
1991- 1992
Mayor Biology Degree BS
Mercy College
Dobbs Ferry. NY
1987- 1991
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
University of California Los Angeles
Medical School
Department of Surgery
Division of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery Resident
July 1998- December 2002
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Comprehensive Neurosurgery and Orthopedic
Spine Program
Resident Fellow in Spinal Surgery
July 2001- December 2001
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Hartford Hospital
Department of Surgery
Division of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery Resident
July 1997 - June 1998
Surgical internship
July 1996 - June 1997
Board Certification(s):
Board Certified in Neurological Surgery
Licensure:
New York State Medical Board
Date issued: 11-08-2002
Publications:
Endoscopic Management of Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis Book Chapter (in Press)
Nieto JH, Hoang TX, Warner EA, Franchini BT, Westerlund U, Havton LA. "Titanium mesh implantation - A method to stabilize the spine and protect the spinal cord following a multilevel laminectomy in the adult rat". (in Press)
The separation of Guatemalan Craniopagus twins. FRAZZEE J, KAWAMOTO H, LAZAREFF J, NIETO J, PATEL S, URATA M, VAN DE WIELE B. Childs Ner Syst. 2004 Aug;20(8-9):563-600.
Autonomic and Motor Neuron Death is Progressive and Parallel in a Lumbosacral Ventral Root Avulsion Model of Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Injury THAO X. HOANG, 1 JAIME H. NIETO, 2 NIRANJALA J.K. TILLAKARATNE, 3 LEIF A. HAVTON 1, *
J Comp Neurol. 2003 Dec 22;467(4):477-86.
Cauda Equina/Conus Medullaris Injury and Repair in a Rat Model
Jaime Nieto, MD; Thao X. Hoang, BS; Franchini T. Brett, BS; Victor Pikov, MD; Niranjla J. Tillakaratne, PhD; Leif A. Havton, MD, PhD. Congress of Neurological surgeons. San Francisco, CA. October 2004.
J.H. Nieto, T.X. Hoang, B.T. Franchini, E.A. Warner, U. Westerlund, L.A. Havton. STABILIZATION OF THE SPINE AND PROTECTION OF NERVOUS TISSUES IN A CAUDA EQUINA / CONUS MEDULLARIS INJURY AND REPAIR MODEL. Program No. 76.17. 2003. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2003.
T.X. Hoang, B.T. Franchini, E.A. Warner, V. Pikov, J.H. Nieto, L.A. Havton. IMPLANTATION OF AVULSED LUMBOSACRAL VENTRAL ROOTS INTO THE SPINAL CORD PROMOTES FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY OF THE LOWER URINARY TRACT. Program No. 76.15. 2003. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2003.
J.H. Nieto, T.X. Hoang, B.T. Franchini, N.J.K. Tillakaratne, L.A. Havton. LUMBOSACRAL SPINAL CORD NEURONS REINNERVATE IMPLANTED AVULSED VENTRAL ROOTS IN A CAUDA EQUINA INJURY AND REPAIR MODEL Program No. 852.1. 2002. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2002.
T.X. Hoang, B.T. Franchini, V. Pikov, J.H. Nieto, L.A. Havton. IMPLANTATION OF AVULSED LUMBOSACRAL VENTRAL ROOTS PROMOTES RECOVERY OF LOWER URINARY TRACT FUNCTION IN A CAUDA EQUINA INJURY MODEL Program No. 852.9. 2002. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2002.
B.T. Franchini, T.X. Hoang, J.H. Nieto, N.J.K. Tillakaratne, L.A. Havton. NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE EXPRESSION IS INCREASED IN THE LUMBOSACRAL SPINAL CORD IN A CAUDA EQUINA INJURY MODEL Program No. 852.11. 2002. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2002.
J.H. Nieto, T.X. Hoang, N.J.K. Tillakaratne, L.A. Havton. AVULSED LUMBOSACRAL VENTRAL ROOTS IMPLANTED INTO THE SPINAL CORD PROMOTE SURVIVAL OF LESIONED PREGANGLIONIC PARASYMPATHETIC NEURONS. New Orleans, LA: Society for Neurosicence, 2001.
T.X. Hoang, J.H. Nieto, N.J.K. Tillakaratne, L.A. Havton. PREGANGLIONIC PARASYMPATHETIC NEURON LOSS PARALLELS MOTONEURON DEATH AFTER LUMBOSACRAL VENTRAL ROOT AVULSION. New Orleans, LA. Society for Neuroscience, 2001.
Anatomic Consideration of Odontoid Resection Using the Far lateral Approach. Spine and Management Program. Nov 2000. New Orleans, Louisiana.
How Shunts Affect Postural Intracranial Pressure: Experience with the Hakim Programmable Valve in Adult-Onset Hydrocephalic Patients. Marvin Bergsneider, M.D., Jaime H. Nieto, MD. AANS San Francisco CA, 2000
Congenital Anomalies of the spine and spinal cord . Orthopedic Surgery Department Symposium on CARING FOR THE CHILD WITH NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS. Maimonides Medical Center. June 4, 2003
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