Mark S Dias MD

PubMed

• Congenital Cutaneous Hamartomas With Skeletal Muscle Differentiation Associated With LUMBAR Syndrome.
  Denise W Metry, Dawn H Siegel, Beth A Drolet, Mark S Dias
  Pediatric Dermatology. 2025-03-06
• 8 citations
  Delphi Consensus on Diagnostic Criteria for LUMBAR Syndrome.
  Denise Metry, Hillary L Copp, Kristy L Rialon, Ionela Iacobas, Eulalia Baselga
  The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024-09-01
• Pediatric Traumatic Injuries Due to Agrarian Hay-Hole Falls.
  Ae Lim Yang, Oliver D Mrowczynski, Ryan J Jafrani, Junjia Zhu, Mark Dias
  Cureus. 2024-01-01

Journal Articles

• Review of �Traumatic brain injury in high versus low falls in young children and adolescents: a retrospective analysis�  
  Dias MS, Child Abuse Quarterly, 1/1/2018
• Prospective Assessment of Feasibility and Safety of Surgical Biopsy of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma  
  Gupta N, Goumnerova LC, Manley P, Chi SN, Neuberg D, Puligandla M, Fangusaro J, Goldman S, Tomita T, Alden T, DiPatri A, Rubin J, Gauvain K, Limbrick D, Leonard J, Gey..., Neuro-oncology, 1/1/2018
• The unreasonably uncertain risks of �reasonable medical certainty� in child abuse bases: mechanisms for risk reduction  
  Johnston-Walsh L, Russell C, Dias MS, Boehmer S, Levi BH, Muniz R, Drake University Law Review, 1/1/2018
• The Impact of a Universal Postnatal Abusive Head Trauma Parent Education Program: A State-Wide Replication Trial  
  Dias MS, Rottmund C, Cappos K, Killian M, Shaffer M, Wang M, Hollenbeak C, Paul I, Berger R, Christian C, Klevens J, JAMA Pediatr, 1/1/2017
• Congenital brain and spinal cord dysraphic malformations and their cutaneous markers: Clinical report  
  Dias MS, Partington M, the Section on Neurological Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, 1/1/2016
• Childhood Injuries Due to Hay-Hole Falls: A 19-Year Experience at a Rural Pediatric Trauma Center  
  Engbrecht BW, Kulaylat AN, Dias M, Kendig JW, Cilley RE, Pediatr Emerg Med, 1/1/2016
• Review of �Diffusion weighted MR imaging findings of cortical vein thrombosis at 3T�  
  Thamburaj K and Dias MS, Child Abuse Quarterly, 1/1/2016
• Review of �A standardized classification for subdural hematomas�  
  Dias MS, Child Abuse Quarterly, 1/1/2016
• Venous injury in Abusive Head Trauma: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Venography study  
  Choudhary A, Dias MS, Thamburaj K, Boal, DK, Pediatr Radiol, 1/1/2015
• Potential impact of a validated screening tool for pediatric abusive head trauma  
  Hymel P, Herman BE, Narang SK, Graf JM, Frazier TN, Stoiko M, Christie LM, Harper NS, Carroll CL, Boos SC, Dias MS, Pullin DA, Wang M for the PediBIRN Network, J Pediatrics, 1/1/2015
• Defining �reasonable medical certainty� in court: What does it mean to medical experts testifying in child abuse cases?  
  Dias MS, Boehmer S, Johnston-Walsh L, Levi BH, Child Abuse Neglect, 1/1/2015
• Review of �Acute enlargement of Subdural hygroma due to subdural hemorrhage in a victim of child abuse�  
  Dias MS, Child Abuse Quarterly, 1/1/2015
• Estimating the Probability of Abusive Head Trauma Before and After Abuse Evaluation  
  Hymel KP, Wang M, Chinchilli VM, Dias MS, Herman BE, Carroll CL, Haney SB, Willson DF, Isaac, R, for the Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network (PediBIRN) Investigators, J Pediatrics, 1/1/2015
• Pediatric Tectal Plate Gliomas: Clinical and Radiologic Progression, MR Imaging Characteristics, and Management of Hydrocephalus  
  Rizk E, Miller J, Hendrix P, Tubbs RS, Dias M, Riemenschneider K, Chern J, JNS: Pediatrics, 1/1/2014
• Intracranial venous drainage through spinal veins  
  Hankinson A, Choudhary A, Dias MS, Kalapos P, Peterson C, Del Med J, 1/1/2014
• Short term outcomes of sports related concussion admitted to a pediatric trauma service  
  Bramley H, Mcfarland C, Lewis MM, Shaffer ML, Cilley R, Engbrecht B, Santos M, Rzucidlo S, Shirk B, Simmons L, Dias M, Clin Pediatr, 1/1/2014
• Review of �Subdural hygromas in abusive head trauma: Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and forensic implications�  
  Dias MS, Child Abuse Quarterly, 1/1/2014
• Neurosurgical Resident Perceptions Regarding Benefits and Barriers to a Career in Pediatric Neurosurgery  
  Dias MS, Sussman J, Durham S, Iantosca MR, JNS: Pediatrics, 1/1/2013
• Congenital intracranial lipoma with chondroid component: Clinical imaging and histological findings  
  Kessler M, Wilkinson M, Dias M, Choudhary A, Specht C, J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 1/1/2013
• American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric: a beta phase report  
  Bruny JL, Hall BL, Barnhart DC, Billmire DF, Dias MS, Dillon PW, Fisher C, Heiss KF, Hennrikus WL, Ko CY, Moss L, Oldham KT, Richards KE, Shah R, Vinocur CD, Ziegler MM, J Pediatr Surg, 1/1/2013
• Primary intramedullary spinal cord germinoma  
  Madhukar M, Maller V, Choudhary AK, Iantosca M, Specht C, Dias M, JNS: Pediatrics, 1/1/2013
• Serial neuroimaging in Abusive Head Trauma: Timing abusive injuries  
  Bradford R, Choudhary A, Dias MS, JNS: Pediatrics, 1/1/2013
• Review of �Subdural hemorrhage in pediatric patients with enlargement of the subarachnoid spaces�  
  Dias MS, Child Abuse Quarterly, 1/1/2013
• Multifocal Lymphangioendotheliomatosis with devastating intracranial hemorrhage: Case report and literature review  
  Huang C, Rizk E, Dias MS, Iantosca MR, Zaenglein A, Helm K, JNS: Pediatrics, 1/1/2013
• Review of �Prevalence of subdural collections in children with macrocrania�  
  Dias MS, Child Abuse Quarterly, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

• Pediatric Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Pediatric Discogenic Disorders 
  Rizk E, Dias MSEditors: Pang D, DiRocco C, Rutka J.Springer2017
• Handbook of Pediatric Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Management and considerations in non-accidental head trauma 
  Dias MSEditors: Jallo G.Thieme2017
• Child Abuse and Neglect: Diagnosis, Treatment and Evidence 
  Chapter: The Case for Shaking 
  Dias MSEditors: Jenny C.Elsevier, Philadelphia2011
• Tethered Cord Syndrome in Children and Adults 
  Chapter: Normal Spinal Cord Development and the Embryology of Spinal Cord Tethering Malformations 
  Dias MS and Rizk EEditors: Yamada S.American Association of Neurological Surgeons PressEdition 2nd,2010
• Youmans Textbook of Neurological Surgery 
  Chapter: Normal and Abnormal Embryology of the Brain 
  Dias MS, Partington MEdition 6th,2010
• Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Myelomeningocele 
  Dias MSEditors: Albright AL, Pollack I, Adelson D.ThiemeEdition 2nd,2008
• Advanced Pediatric Craniocervical Surgery 
  Chapter: Anatomy, embryology, and normal development of the pediatric craniocervical junction and cervical spine 
  Dias MSEditors: Brockmeyer DL.Theime2006
• Youman�s Textbook of Neurological Surgery 
  Chapter: Normal and Abnormal Embryology of the Spine and Spinal Cord 
  Dias MS, Partington M, McLone DGW.B. Saunders, PhiladelphiaEdition 5th,2004
• Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma 
  Chapter: Radiographic evaluation of inflicted childhood neurotrauma 
  Dias MSEditors: Reese RM, Nicholson CE.American Academy of Pediatrics2003
• Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma 
  Chapter: Purpose, goals and methodology 
  Dias MSEditors: Reese RM, Nicholson CE.American Academy of Pediatrics2003
• Textbook of Neurological Surgery: Principles and Practice 
  Chapter: Developmental anatomy of the spine 
  McLone DG, Dias MSEditors: Batjer HH, Loftus CM.Lippincott-Raven Press, Philadelphia2002
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine 
  Chapter: Congenital Anomalies of the Spine and Spinal Cord: Embryology and Malformations 
  Naidich TP, Blaser SI, Delman DM, McLone DG, Dias MS, Zimmerman RA, Raybaud CA, Birchansky SB, Altman NR, Braffman BHEditors: Atlas SW.Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,2002
• Caring for the Child with Spina Bifida 
  Chapter: Hydrocephalus and the Chiari II Malformation 
  Page 29.0 - 42.0McLone DG, Dias MSEditors: Sarwark JF, Lubicky JP.American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Publications2001
• Caring for the Child with Spina Bifida 
  Chapter: Repair of the myelomeningocele 
  Page 387.0 - 394.0McLone, DG, Dias, MSEditors: Sarwark JF, Lubicky JP.American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Publications2001
• The Pediatric Spine: Principles and Practice 
  Chapter: Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Dysraphism 
  Page 253.0 - 278.0Dias MS, McLone DGEditors: Weinstein S.Raven Press, New YorkEdition 2nd,2001
• Pediatric Neurosurgery: Surgery of the Developing Nervous System 
  Chapter: Molecular biology of early neural development 
  Dias MS, Schoenwolf GCEditors: McLone DG.Edition 4th,2001
• Pediatric Neurosurgery: Surgery of the Developing Nervous System 
  Chapter: Normal and abnormal development of the nervous system 
  Page 31.0 - 72.0Dias MS, McLone DGEditors: McLone DG.Edition 4th,2001
• Pediatric Surgical Secrets 
  Chapter: Pediatric Neurosurgical Disease 
  Li V, Dias MSEditors: Glick PL, Caty MG, Irish MS, Pearl RH.2000
• Pediatric Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Neurosurgical management of Myelomeningoceles 
  Dias MSEditors: DiRocco, Walker ML.Churchill-Livingston1999
• Pediatric Critical Care 
  Chapter: Evaluation and treatment of head injuries in children 
  Dias MS, Borchers J, Hernan LEditors: Fuhrman BP, Zimmerman JJ.CV MosbyEdition 2nd,1998
• Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Neurological Surgery 
  Chapter: Embryology and early management of spinal dysraphism 
  Dias MSISI, Philadelphia1997
• Principles of Spinal Surgery 
  Chapter: Developmental anatomy of the spine 
  Page 59.0 - 68.0McLone DG, Dias MSEditors: Sonntagg VKH, Menezes AH.1996
• Pediatric Neurosurgery: Surgery of the Developing Nervous System 
  Chapter: Normal and Abnormal Early Neural Development 
  Page 3.0 - 39.0McLone DG, Dias MSEditors: Chadduck W.W.B. SaundersEdition 3rd,1994
• Disorders of the Pediatric Spine 
  Chapter: Cervical Myelomeningocele 
  Dias MS, Pang DEditors: Pang D.Raven Press1994
• Disorders of the Pediatric Spine 
  Chapter: Human neural embryogenesis: a description of neural morphogenesis and a review of embryogenetic mechanisms 
  Dias MSEditors: Pang D.Raven Press1994
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Abstracts/Posters

• Age distribution of surgical procedures and health outcomes in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry (NSBPR)
  Valdez, R, Weiner J, Dias MS, Conklin M, Thibadeaux J, Sawin K, J Pediatr Rehab Med, 1/1/2017
• Chiari II Decompression in Myelomeningocele Patients in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
  Kim I, Hopson BD, Rizk E, Dias MS, Bowman R, Blount J, Rocque BG, J Pediatr Rehab Med, 1/1/2017
• Hydrocephalus in patients with myelomeningocele in the National Spina Bifida Registry
  Kim I, Hopson BD, Rizk E, Dias MS, Bowman R, Ackerman L, Blount J, Rocque BG, J Pediatr Rehab Med, 1/1/2017
• Burrhole Coverage after Endoscopy: Technique for preventing CSF leakage
  Dias MS, American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons annual meeting, Aruba, 1/1/2016
• Sacrococcygeal Teratoma associated with Pseudotail: A Unique Presentation of Spinal Dysraphism
  Baccon J, Dias MS, American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 1/1/2014
• Preventing Abusive Head Trauma through Universal Parent Education: Upstate NY and Pennsylvania Experience
  Dias MS, Smith K, deGuehery K, Rottmund R, Cappos K, Killian, M, Li V, Paul I, Schaffer M, Hollenbeak C, Berger R, Christian C, Silberstein H, American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons annual meeting, Hawaii, 1/1/2013
• Congenital Intracranial Lipoma with Chondroid Component: Clinical Imaging and Histological Findings
  Kessler M, Wilkinson M, Dias MS, Choudhary A, Specht C, American Association of Neuropathology meeting, 1/1/2013
• Anatomy and Physiology of the Meninges: What does it tell us about the genesis of subdural bleeding in abusive head trauma and its mimics?
  Dias MS, Chadwick San Diego Child Abuse Conference, San Diego, 1/1/2012
• Defining �Reasonable Medical Certainty� in child abuse cases�
  Dias MS, Chadwick San Diego Child Abuse Conference, San Diego, 1/1/2012
• The meninges
  Dias MS, 12th Annual Conference on Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome, Boston, MA, 1/1/2012
• Prevention of Abusive Head Trauma through parent education: lessons learned
  Dias MS, Rottmund C, Cappos K, Killian M, 12th Annual Conference on Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome, Boston, MA, 1/1/2012
• Update on parent education for prevention of abusive head trauma in New York and Pennsylvania
  Dias MS, 12th Annual Conference on Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome, Boston, MA, 1/1/2012
• Cystic atypical choroid plexus papilloma with a markedly elevated mitotic rate in an infant
  Bennett J, Jatavallabhula N, Choudhary A, Dias MS, Baccon J, American Association of Neuropathology meeting, 1/1/2011
• Spinal subdural hemorrhage in abusive head trauma in infants
  Choudhary AK, Bradford R, Dias MS, Moore GJ, American Society of Neuroradiology meeting, 1/1/2010
• Novel technique for treatment of depressed skull fractures in infants using Synthes plating system
  Ranasinghe M, Hill K, Rivas S, Dias M, Iantosca MR, American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Hawaii, 1/1/2009
• Short falls: A benign occurrence
  Dias MS, Second International Conference on Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma, Jackson Hole, WY, 1/1/2009
• Update on Prevention of Abusive Head Trauma
  Dias MS, Second International Conference on Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma, Jackson Hole, WY, 1/1/2009
• Variability in the threshold for shunting among pediatric neurosurgeons: results of a survey of the Joint Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery of the AANS/CNS
  Dias MS, Shaffer ML, Iantosca MR, Hill KL, Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2009
• Serial radiography in Abusive Head Trauma: The Penn State perspective
  Bradford R, Choudhary A, Dias MS, Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting, Boston, 1/1/2009
• Timing subdural hematomas in infant abusive head trauma
  Bradford R, Dias MS, Choudhary A, Rottmund C, Cappos K, San Diego Child Abuse Conference, 1/1/2008
• Differentiating venous sinus thrombosis from infant abusive head trauma: a review of the literature
  Dias MS, San Diego Child Abuse Conference, 1/1/2008
• Upstate New York Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention program
  Dias MS, deGuehery K, Smith K, National Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome Conference, Vancouver, BC, 1/1/2008
• The Pennsylvania Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Project
  Dias MS, Rottmund C, Cappos K, Killian M, National Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome Conference, Vancouver, BC, 1/1/2008
• Prevention Efforts to Reduce the Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome
  Dias MS, Barr R, Runyan D, National Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome Conference, Vancouver, BC, 1/1/2008
• The case for shaking in Shaken Baby Syndrome
  Dias MS, National Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome Conference, Vancouver, BC, 1/1/2008
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Lectures

• Pediatric Neurological Examination 
  1/1/2018
• Hydrocephalus, Shunts, Endoscopy, and Ventricular Drains 
  1/1/2018
• Pediatric Head Trauma and Concussion 
  Lehigh Valley Hospital, 2016; Pinnacle Health, 2016 - 1/1/2016
• Hydrocephalus and shunts: is it just plumbing or is it more complicated? 
  Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2016
• Meet the Expert: Neurosurgery 
  Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2016
• The Neurological Examination 
  Penn State Children�s Hospital - 1/1/2014
• Hydrocephalus, Shunts, Endoscopy and EVDs 
  1/1/2014
• Identification and Management of Craniospinal Dysraphism 
  1/1/2013
• Laboratory instructor for cadaver dissections: Shunts 
  1/1/2013
• Hydrocephalus, Shunts and Endoscopy 
  1/1/2012
• Controversies and Conspiracy Theories in Abusive Head Trauma 
  1/1/2012
• Abusive Head Trauma: Concepts and Controversies 
  State College, PA - 1/1/2012
• Second Impact Syndrome 
  1/1/2012
• Pediatric Brain Injuries and Abusive Head Trauma 
  1/1/2012
• Embryological Classification of Dysraphic Malformations 
  Japan - 1/1/2012
• Prevention of Abusive Head Trauma through Perinatal Parent Education 
  Japan - 1/1/2012
• An Embryological Classification Scheme for Dysraphic Malformations 
  Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham - 1/1/2012
• Considerations in Abusive Head Trauma 
  Pittsburgh, PA - 1/1/2012
• Chiari malformation 
  Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2012
• Ask the Expert: Neurosurgery 
  Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2012
• Dimples Tufts and Tracts: What to Do, When to Worry? 
  1/1/2012
• Misshapen Heads: Bands, Helmets and Surgery 
  1/1/2012
• Pediatricians and the Child with Spina Bifida: A Neurosurgeon�s Perspective 
  1/1/2012
• Advances in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology 
  Lehigh Valley Hospital - 1/1/2011
• Identification of Craniospinal Dysraphic Malformations 
  1/1/2011
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Other

• Are you ready for the �silent epidemic�? 
  Aldana PR, Dias MS, AAP News Focus on Subspecialties
  http://aapnews.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/32/7/1
  1/1/2011
• White Paper: Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma Prevention 
  Reece RM, Dias MS, Barr M, Russell BS, Barr RG, Runyan DK
  http://www.dontshake.org/sbs.php?topNavID=3&subNavID=30&subnav_1=157&navID=475
  1/1/2010
• Innocent pits and dermal sinus tracts: An oft-misdiagnosed distinction 
  Dias MS, AAP News Focus on Subspecialties
  http://aapnews.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/31/7/39
  1/1/2010
• Early Embryology of the Nervous System 
  Dias MS, American Association of Neurological Surgeons on-line training manual for neurosurgery residents
  1/1/2008
• Late Embryology of the Nervous System 
  Dias MS, American Association of Neurological Surgeons on-line training manual for neurosurgery residents
  1/1/2008
• Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome through hospital based parent education 
  Dias MS, American Academy of Pediatrics Specialty Newsletter
  1/1/2003
• Inflicted Head Injuries in Infants � The Infant Shaken Impact Syndrome 
  Dias MS, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care Newsletter
  1/1/2000
• An update on shaken baby syndrome: A Campaign for Parent Awareness in Western New York 
  Dias MS, Center for Family Unity Newsletter
  1/1/1999
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