Positions

Professor

Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals

01/1982 - Houston, TX United States

Advanced Training from West Virginia University Hospital

01/1978 - Morgantown, WV United States

Advanced Training from Georgetown University Affiliate Hospitals

01/1975 - Washington, DC United States

M.D. from Baylor College Of Medicine

01/1975 - Houston, TX United States

B.S. from Baylor University

01/1972 - Waco, TX United States

Professional Interests

• Cerebral vascular flow
• Brain injury
• Imaging and biomarkers
• Neurosurgical critical care and neurotrauma

Websites

Selected Publications

• Robertson CS, Hannay HJ, Yamal J-M, Gopinath S, Goodman JC, Tilley GC and the Epo Severe TBI Trial Investigators "Effect of erythropoietin and transfusion threshold on neurological recovery after traumatic brain injury: A randomized clinical trial." JAMA. 2014 Jul 2;312(1):36-47.
• Lian H, Shim DJ, Gaddam SS, Rodriguez-Rivera J, Bitner BR, Pautler RG, Robertson CS, Zheng H "IkBa deficiency in brain leads to elevated basal neuroinflammation and attenuated response following traumatic brain injury: implications for functional recovery.." Mol Neurodegener. 2012;7:47. Pubmed PMID: 22992283
• Zhang Z, Zoltewicz JS, Mondello S, Newsom KJ, Yang B, Kobeissy F, Guingab J, Glushakova O, Robicsek S, Heaton S, Buki A, Hannay J, Gold MS, Rubinstein R, Lu XC, Dave JR, Schmid K, Tortella F, Robertson CS, Wang KK "Human traumatic brain injury induces autoantibody response against glial fibrillary acidic protein and its breakdown products." PLoS One. 2014;9(3):e92698. Pubmed PMID: 24667434
• Yamal JM, Robertson CS, Rubin ML, Benoit JS, Hannay JH, Tilley BC "Enrollment of racially/ethnically diverse participants in traumatic brain injury trials: Effect of availability of exception from informed consent." Clin Trials. 2014;11(2):187-194.

Funding

Brain Oxygen Optimization in Severe TBI Phase 3 (BOOST-3) - #1U01NS099046-01A1

(07/01/2018 - 06/30/2024) Grant funding from NIH/NINDS

Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury Network - #W81XWH-15-9-0001

(09/14/2018 - 08/31/2022) Grant funding from Department of Defense

Biomarker Based Precision Medicine Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury Subphenotypes - #W81XWH-19-2-0012

(05/01/2019 - 04/30/2022) Grant funding from Department of Defense

TRACK-TBI Precision Medicine - Pathomechanistic Classification of Traumatic Brain Injury: The Bridge to Targeted Therapies - #W81XWH-18-2-0042

(09/30/2018 - 09/29/2022) Grant funding from Department of Defense