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Tufts Medical Center

Neurological Surgery residency · Boston, MA · Program website

Some matches pending. 2 people are awaiting a decision between possible publication profiles, so these numbers may change.

9
Faculty
10
Trainees
144
Papers
60%
Trainees published
1.59
Papers / trainee-year
37%
First author

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 144 in all · 59 with a trainee author. Updated 2026-11-07.

How trainees publishauthor positions, faculty co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 6 of 10 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

60%
of trainees have published
1.59
papers per trainee-year
37%
of authorships as 1st author
58%
of trainee papers with program faculty
59
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 67 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

8 / 9
faculty matched
20.5 (16–32.5)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
0.71
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Adel M. Malek, MD, PhDIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications; Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus57401220.71
Carl B. Heilman, MDCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus; Meningioma and schwannoma management3427090.26
Julian K. Wu, MDGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment; Healthcare Policy and Management3211020.12
Ron I. Riesenburger, MDAnesthesia and Pain Management; Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes21450150.91
Mina Safain, MDAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes; Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments206021.87
James Kryzanski, MDAnesthesia and Pain Management; Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology16460300.93
Marie Roguski, MD, MPHRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging; Whipple's Disease and Interleukins164020
Jason M. Frerich, MD, MPHScoliosis diagnosis and treatment; Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts83100.65
T. Jayde Nail, MD (unresolved)——000—

10 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About Tufts Medical Centerinstitution-wide neurological surgery research

Neurological Surgery publications from Tufts Medical Center and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-07; refreshed daily.

107
works per year
41st of 56 neurological surgery residency programs
41st of 56 neurological surgery residency programs
+15.7%
2-year growth
26th of 56 neurological surgery residency programs
26th of 56 neurological surgery residency programs
18.9%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
38th of 56 neurological surgery residency programs
38th of 56 neurological surgery residency programs
45.2%
cited above world average
33rd of 56 neurological surgery residency programs
33rd of 56 neurological surgery residency programs
2022: 98 works’222023: 100 works’232024: 125 works’242025: 104 works104’252026 (so far): 78 works78’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Surgery · 494Neurology · 11

Neurological Surgery research topics at Tufts Medical Center

Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.

Most cited at Tufts Medical Center since 2024

All neurological surgery papers there on OpenAlex

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