Email

gopakuma@bcm.edu

Positions

Neurosurgery Resident, PGY-4

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Education

BA from Rice University, summa cum laude

Cognitive Sciences - Houston, TX USA

MD from Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas USA

Honors & Awards

Neuro-Oncology Trainee Award

AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors (04/2020)

Henry J.N. Taub Young Investigator Award in Basic Science Research

First Place, Baylor College of Medicine (03/2020)

Caroline Ross Endowed Fellowship Award in Brain Cancer Research

University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center (08/2019)

Best Student Scientific Oral Presentation

Michael E. DeBakey Surgical Research Symposium (06/2019)

Henry J.N. Taub Young Investigator Award in Clinical Research

Second Place, Baylor College of Medicine (03/2019)

AAN Annual Meeting Scholarship

American Academy of Neurology (02/2019)

Best Paper Award, History of Medicine

John P. McGovern Foundation (04/2017)

Dr. David M. Mumford Endowed Leadership Award

Rice University (05/2016)

Loewenstern Fellowship in International Civic Research

Rice University (07/2015)

AAN Research Scholarship

American Academy of Neurology (11/2018)

Professional Interests

• Neurological Surgery
• Neurocritical Care
• Neuro-oncology
• Neuroradiology
• Vascular/Endovascular

Professional Development

Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) 2019 Annual Meeting - Phoenix, AZ

Conference (Presenter)

Stem Cell Delivery of Oncolytic Adenovirus DNX-2401 Following Surgical Resection for the Treatment of Glioblastoma

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) 2019 Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA

Conference (Presenter)

Stem Cell Delivery of Oncolytic Adenovirus DNX-2401 Following Surgical Resection for the Treatment of Glioblastoma in a Murine Model: A Pilot Study

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting - San Diego, CA

Conference (Presenter)

Predictive Factors of Incomplete Aneurysm Occlusion after Endovascular Treatment with the Pipeline Embolization Device

Neurosurgery Training Camp 2019, Weill Cornell Medicine - New York City, NY

Course (Participant)

9th Annual Bridging Breakthroughs in Neuroscience from Bench to Bedside 2018, Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA

Seminar (Participant)

Selected Publications

• Gadot R, Gopakumar S, Wagner K, Xu DS, Raper DMS, Burkhardt JK, Ropper AE. "Foramen Magnum Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting With Thoracic Myelopathy: Technical Case Report With 2-Dimensional Operative Video." Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Jun 15;21(1):55-59. Pubmed PMID: 33825904
• Gopakumar S, Srinivasan VM, Sharma H, Cherian J, Patel AJ. "Fully Endoscopic Resection of an Epidermoid Cyst of the Cerebellopontine Angle: Bilateral Resection via a Unilateral Approach." Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Jan 13;20(2):152-155. Pubmed PMID: 32970119
• Gopakumar S, Srinivasan VM, Hadley CC, Anand A, Daou M, Karas PJ, Mandel J, Gopinath SP, Patel AJ. "Intracranial Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Skull Base: 2 Cases and Systematic Review of the Literature." World Neurosurg. 2021 Feb 17;21(00207-2):S1878-8750. Pubmed PMID: 33609763
• Muir M, Gopakumar S, Traylor J, Lee S, Rao G. "Glioblastoma Multiforme: Novel Therapeutic Targets." Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2020 Jul;24(7):605-614.

Memberships

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)

Phi Beta Kappa (PBK)

Funding

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)

Carolyn L. Kuckein Research Fellowship (2019)

Neurosurgery Research and Education Fund (NREF)

Aaron Cohen-Gadol Research Fellowship (2019)

Albert L. Rhoton Research Fellowship (2018)

American Academy of Neurology

AAN Research Scholarship (2018)