Philip M. Meyers, M.D.

Name, Title
Contact Information
Philip M. Meyers, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology, Neurological Surgery, and Neurology

710 West 168th Street
Neurological Institute, Room 428
New York, NY 10032
Tel: +1 212 305 6384
Email: pmm2002@columbia.edu

 
Biography                                                  Specialty                                                 Publications
 

Biography
Philip M. Meyers, M.D. is Associate Professor of Radiology, Neurological Surgery, and Neurology at Columbia University and Clinical Director of the Neuroendovascular Service at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He has been named “Top Doctor” in the New York metro area every year since 2005. His special interests include:

Acute Stroke Intervention
Aneurysm Coiling
Angioplasty and Stenting-Arteries
Angioplasty and Stenting-Veins
Brain AVM Embolization
Carotid Artery Stenting
Carotid Dissection Treatment
Cavernous-carotid Fistula Embolization
Dural AV Fistula Embolization
Facial/Vascular Malformation Treatment
Head and Neck Tumor Biopsy and Embolization
Intracranial angioplasty and Stenting
Kyphoplasty
Meningioma embolization
Nosebleeding (Epistaxis) Embolization
Pediatric Brain Vessel Anomalies
Spinal AVM Embolization
Traumatic Blood Vessel Injury
Vasospasm Treatment
Vein of Galen Malformations
Vertebroplasty

Specialty

Interventional Neuroradiology

Publications

  1. Zink WE, Komotar RJ, Meyers PM.  Internal carotid aplasia/hypoplasia and intracranial saccular aneurysms: series of three new cases and systematic review of the literature.  J Neuroimaging  17: 141-147, 2007.  Pub Med
  2. Lavine SD, Wang M, Etu JJ, Meyers PM, Joshi S.  Augmentation of cerebral blood flow and reversal of endothelin-1-induced vasospasm: a comparison of intracarotid nicardipine and verapamil.  Neurosurgery  60: 742-748, 2007.  Pub Med
  3. Fussell D, Schumacher HC, Meyers PM, Higashida RT.  Mechanical interventions to treat acute stroke.  Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep.  7: 21-27, 2007  Pub Med
  4. Caplan LR, Meyers PM, Schumacher HC.  Angioplasty and stenting to treat occlusive vascular disease.  Rev Neurol Dis.  3: 8-18, 2006  Pub Med
  5. Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Caplan LR. Use of stents in the treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic disease. Annual Review of Medicine.  58: 107-122, 2007  Pub Med
  6. Loftus ML, Schumacher HC, Meyers PM. Interventional therapy for carotid artery disease using angioplasty and stenting with embolic protection. Minerva Cardioangiol 54(5): 679-685.  Pub Med 
  7. Komotar RJ, Ransom ER, Wilson DA, Connolly ES Jr, Lavine SD, Meyers PM. 2-hexyl cyanoacrylate (neuracryl m) embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Neurosurgery 59(4): 369-9, 2006  Pub Med
  8. Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Leary MC, Caplan LR. Use of stents in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease. Annual Review of Medicine. 57:417-54, 2006, 2005.  Pub Med 
  9. Fitzpatrick D, Chen M, Meyers PM. Horizontal Horizontal NeuroformTM Stent Deployment For a Ruptured Basilar Terminus Aneurysm via the Posterior Communicating Artery. JVIR, 17: 1687-91, 2006  Pub Med 
  10. Meyers PM, Phatouros CC, Higashida RT. Cerebral hyperperfusion after cerebral stent revascularization. Stroke. 37(9): 2210-2211, 2006.  Pub Med 
  11. Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Leary MC, Caplan LR. Use of stents in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease. Annual Review in Medicine. 57:417-54, 2006, 2005.  Pub Med: pending
  12. Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Caplan LR. Use of stents in the treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic disease. Annual Review in Medicine. (In press), 2006.  Pub Med 
  13. Higashida RT, Meyers PM. Intracranial angioplasty and stenting for cerebral atherosclerosis: new treatments for stroke are needed!. Neuroradiology. 48(6): 367-372, 2006  Pub Med 
  14. Meyers PM, Phatouros CC, Higashida RT. Cerebral hyperperfusion after cerebral stent revascularization. Stroke. (In press), 2006.  Pub Med: pending
  15. Caplan LR, Meyers PM, Schumacher HC. Angioplasty and stenting to treat vascular occlusive disease. Reviews in neurological disease. 3(1): 8-18, 2006  Pub Med 
  16. Willey J, Schumacher HC, Meyers PM. Future directions in recanalization therapy in acute ischemic stroke. Future Neurology. 1(1): 107-116, 2006.
  17. Higashida RT, Meyers PM, Connors JJ, Sacks D, Strother CE, Barr JD, Wojak JC, Duckwiler GR. Intracranial angioplasty & stenting for cerebral atherosclerosis: a position statement of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Society of Interventional Radiology, and the American Society of Neuroradiology. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 26: 2323-2327, 2005  Pub Med 
  18. Higashida RT, Meyers PM, Connors JJ, Sacks D, Strother CE, Barr JD, Wojak JC, Duckwiler GR. Intracranial angioplasty & stenting for cerebral atherosclerosis: a position statement of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Society of Interventional Radiology, and the American Society of Neuroradiology. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 16(10): 1281-1285, 2005  Pub Med 
  19. Connolly ES, Lavine SL, Meyers PM, Palistrand D, Parra A, Mayer SA. Intensive Care Management of Interventional Neuroradiology Patients. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 16(3): 541-545, 2005  Pub Med 
  20. Janjua N, Wartenberg KE, Meyers PM, Mayer SA. Reversal of locked-in syndrome with anticoagulation, induced hypertension, and intravenous t-PA. Neurocritical Care. 2: 1-4, 2005  Pub Med 
  21. Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Higashida RT, Leary MC, Caplan LR. Use of stents in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease. Annual Review in Medicine. (In press), 2005.
  22. Schumacher, HC, Gupta R, Higashida RT, Meyers PM. Advances in revascularization for acute ischemic stroke treatment. Expert Reviews in Neurotherapeutics. 5(2): 189-201, 2005.  Pub Med
  23. Komotar R, Mocco J, Wilson DA, Connolly ES, Lavine SD, Meyers PM. Current Endovascular Options for Intracranial Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis. Neurosurgical Focus 18(1): 5-7, 2004.  Pub Med
  24. Komotar R, Mocco J, Wilson DA, Connolly ES, Lavine SD, Meyers PM. The Natural History of Intracranial Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis. Neurosurgical Focus 18(1): 4-5, 2004. Pub Med
  25. Mocco J, Meyers PM, Lavine SL, Connolly ES, Solomon RA. The natural history of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgical Focus 17(5): 3-5, 2004  Pub Med
  26. Meyers PM, Lavine SD Fitzsimmons BF, Parra A, Mayer SA, Solomon RA, Connolly ES. Chemical Meningitis following Cerebral Aneurysm Treatment using Two Second-Generation Aneurysm Coils: “Hydromatingitis. Neurosurgery, 55: E122-27, 2004.  Pub Med
  27. Meyers PM, Higashida RT, Phatouros CC, Sacks D. Reporting Standards for Carotid Artery Angioplasty and Stent Placement. Technology Assessment Committee of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology and Society of Interventional Radiology. Stroke 35: e112-134, 2004. Pub Med
  28. Meyers PM, Higashida RT, Phatouros CC, Sacks D. Reporting Standards for Carotid Artery Angioplasty and Stent Placement. Technology Assessment Committee of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology and Society of Interventional Radiology. J Vasc Interv Radiol 15(5): e1-24, 2004. Pub Med
  29. Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Barkovich AJ. Endovascular surgical approaches to anomalies of cerebral vasculature. In Pediatric Neuroimaging. Fourth Edition. Philadelphia: Lippencott-Raven, May 2005. ISBN: 0-7817-5766-5 Pub Med
  30. Chao K, Meyers PM, Higashida RT. Angiographic anatomy of the carotid artery. In Carotid Artery Interventions: Fundamental Principles and Techniques. First Edition. New York: Cine-Med, Inc., May 2005
  31. Schumacher HC, Meyers PM, Higashida RT, Mohr JP. Elective Cerebral Revascularization. In Carotid Artery Stenting: Current Practice and Techniques. First Edition. Philadelphia: Lippencott Williams and Wilkins, July 2004. ISBN: 0-7817-4385-0 Pub Med
  32. Meyers PM. Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology. In Merritt’s Neurology. Roland P. Lewis, M.D. (ed) Eleventh Edition. Philadelphia: Lippencott-Raven, March 2005. ISBN: 0-7817-5311-2  Pub Med
  33. Meyers PM, Lavine SD, Higashida RT. Endovascular Revascularization of Carotid Artery Disease. In Controversies in Neurological Surgery: Neurovascular Diseases. Lawton ML, Gress D, Higashida RT (eds.) New York: Thieme, May 2005 (in press).
  34. Feng L, Meyers PM, Higashida RT. Treatment of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas. In Endovascular Surgery, Progress in Neurological Surgery. Horowitz, M (ed.) Pittsburg, PA, March 2005. ISBN 3-8055-7781-8  Pub Med 
  35. Schumacher HC, Meyers PM, Khaw A, Higashida RT. Intracranial Revascularization Therapy: Angioplasty and Stenting. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 6(3): 193-198, 2004. Pub Med
  36. Khaw A, Schumacher HC, Meyers PM, Higashida RT. Extracranial Revascularization Therapy: Angioplasty and Stenting. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2004; 6(3): 179-192  Pub Med
  37. Schumacher HC, Tanji K, Mangla S, Meyers P, Pile-Spellman J Jays AP Mohr JP. Histopathological evaluation of middle cerebral artery after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Stroke: 34: 170-173, 2003.  Pub Med
  38. Bateman BT, Meyers PM, Schumacher HC. Protection of research subjects: Informed Consent: Legal and Ethical Considerations. New England Journal of Medicine, 394:188-191, 2003.  Pub Med
  39. Zink W, Meyers PM, Lavine SD, Connolly ES. Combined surgical and endovascular management of a complex post-traumatic dural arteriovenous fistula of the tentorium and straight sinus Journal of Neuroimaging 14(3): 273-274, 2004.  Pub Med
  40. Meyers PM. Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology. In Merritt’s Neurology. Roland P. Lewis, M.D. (ed). 11th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippencott-Raven, March 2005
  41. Gupta R, Schumacher HC, Mangla S, Meyers PM, Duong H, Khandji AG, Marshall RS, Mohr JP, Pile-Spellman J. Urgent Endovascular Revascularization for Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis. Neurology, 61: 1721-1725, 2003.  Pub Med
  42. Meyers PM, Lavine SD, Higashida RT. Endovascular Revascularization of Carotid Artery Disease. In Controversies in Neurological Surgery: Neurovascular Diseases. Lawton ML, Gress D, Higashida RT (eds.) New York: Thieme, November 2003 (in press).
  43. Schumacher HC, Dumoulin CL, Feng L, Mangla S, Meyers PM, DeLaPaz R, Pile-Spellman J. Real-time magnetic resonance imaging for interventional neuroradiological procedures. Surgical Technology International, XI: 183-196, 2003. Pub Med
  44. Schumacher HC, Feng L, Mangla S, Meyers PM, DeLaPaz R, Pile-Spellman J. Neurointerventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment. Submitted to March 2003.
  45. Joshi S, Meyers PM, Pile-Spellman J, Wang M, Sahlein D. Intraarterial Verapamil Decreases Segmental Vascular Resistance of Proximal and Distal Human Cerebral Arteries. Anesthesiology 100(4): 774-781, 2003.  Pub Med
  46. Feng L, Meyers PM, Higashida RT. Treatment of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas. In Endovascular Surgery, Progress in Neurological Surgery. Horowitz, M (ed.) Pittsburg, PA, May 2003 (in press).
  47. Schumacher HC, Meyers PM, Higashida RT, Mohr JP. Elective Endovascular Revascularization of the Cerebral Arteries. In Endovascular Therapy. Paris, France: Thieme, May 2003 (in press).
  48. Schumacher HC, Meyers PM, Higashida RT, Mohr JP. Elective Cerebral Revascularization. In Interventional Cardiology. First Edition. Philadelphia: Lippencott-Raven, May 2003 (in press).
  49. Schumacher HC, Khaw AV, Meyers PM, Gupta R, Higashida RT. Intracranial Angioplasty and Stent Placement for Cerebral Atherosclerosis. J Vasc Interv Radiol 15:S123-S132, 2004.
  50. Bateman BT, Meyers PM, Schumacher HC, Mangla S, Pile-Spellman J. Conducting Stroke Research with an Exception from the Requirement for Informed Consent: Legal and Ethical Considerations. Stroke. 34: 1317-1323, 2003.  Pub Med
  51. Phatouros CC, Meyers PM, Higashida RT, Malek AM, Lempert TE, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Intracranial hemorrhage and cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome and hyperperfusion syndrome after extracranial angioplasty and stent placement. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 23, 503-504, 2002.  Pub Med
  52. Schumacher HC, Meyers PM, .Yavagal DR, Harel N, Elkind MS, Mohr JP, Pile-Spellman J. Mechanical Thrombectomy of an Occluded Superior Division Branch of the Left MCA for Acute Cardioembolic Stroke. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology. 26: 166-171, 2003.  Pub Med |  Pub Med
  53. Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Malek AM, Dowd CF, Lempert TE, Phatouros CP, Lefler JE, Higashida RT. Dural carotid cavernous fistula: definitive endovascular management and long-term follow-up. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 134: 85-92, 2002.  Pub Med
  54. Singh V, Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Gress DR, Higashida RT, Dowd CF, Smith WS. Dural arteriovenous fistula associated with prothrombin gene mutation. J Neuroimaging 11: 319-321, 2001.  Pub Med
  55. Phatouros CC, Lefler JE Higashida RT, Malek AM, Meyers PM, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Angioplasty and stent placement in the extracranial circulation. In Endovascular Therapy of the Central Nervous System. First Edition. Philadelphia: Lippencott-Raven, April 2001.
  56. Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Dowd CF, Lempert TE, Lefler JE, Malek AM, Phatouros CP, Higashida RT. Endovascular management of a dual aperture ruptured cavernous aneurysm. J Neuroimaging. 11: 71-75, 2001.  Pub Med
  57. Phatouros CC, Lefler JE Higashida RT, Meyers PM, Malek AM, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Primary stenting for high-grade basilar artery stenosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 21: 1744-1749, 2000.  Pub Med
  58. Meyers PM, Higashida RT, Phatouros CC, Malek AM, Lempert TE, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome and hyperperfusion injury after percutaneous transluminal stenting of the cervicocranial arteries. Neurosurgery. 47, 335-343, 2000.  Pub Med
  59. Lempert T, Malek AM, Halbach VV, Phatouros CC, Meyers PM, Dowd CF, Higashida RT. Endovascular treatment of ruptured posterior circulation cerebral aneurysms. Clinical and angiographic outcomes. Stroke 31: 100-110, 2000.  Pub Med
  60. Phatouros CC, Higashida RT, Malek AA, Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Dowd CF. Carotid artery stent placement for atherosclerotic disease: rationale, technique, and current status. State of the Art. Radiology 217: 26-41, 2000.  Pub Med
  61. Malek AM, Halbach VV, Phatouros CP, Lempert TE, Meyers PM, Dowd CF, Higashida RT. Balloon-assist technique for endovascular coil embolization of geometrically difficult intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery 46: 1397-1406, 2000.  Pub Med
  62. Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Malek AM, Phatouros CP, Dowd CH, Higashida RT. Endovascular treatment of cerebral artery aneurysms during pregnancy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 21: 1306-1311, 2000.  Pub Med
  63. Dowd CF, Phatouros CC, Malek AM, Lempert TE, Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Higashida RT. Embolization of non-ruptured aneurysms. Interventional Neuroradiol. 5 (Suppl 1), 93-96, 1999.
  64. Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Barkovich AJ. Endovascular surgical approaches to anomalies of cerebral vasculature. In Pediatric Neuroimaging. Third Edition. Philadelphia: Lippencott-Raven, November 1999.
  65. Phatouros CC, Higashida RT, Malek AM, Meyers PM, Lempert TE, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Endovascular stenting for carotid artery stenosis: preliminary experience using the shape-memory-alloy-recoverable technology (SMART) stent. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 21: 732-738, 2000.  Pub Med
  66. Phatouros CC, Higashida RT, Malek AM, Meyers PM, Lefler JE, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Endovascular treatment of non-carotid extracranial cerebrovascular disease. Accepted for publication by Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. February 2000.  Pub Med
  67. Dowd CF, Meyers PM, Malek AM, Phatouros CC, Lempert TE, Lefler JE, Higashida RT, Halbach VV. Preoperative embolization and endovascular treatment of midline facial and skull base lesions. Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. Volume 3 (1) March 2000.
  68. Phatouros CC, Sasaki TE, Halbach VV, Malek AM, Meyers PM, Dowd CF, Higashida RT. Stent Supported Coil Embolization (SCE): Treatment of wide neck and fusiform aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms. Neurosurgery. 47: 107-115, 1999.   Pub Med
  69. Meyers PM, Thakur GA, Tomsick TA. Temporary endovascular balloon occlusion using a non-detachable silicone balloon catheter: technique and cost effective analysis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 20: 559-564, 1999.   Pub Med
  70. Meyers PM, Halbach VV, Phatouros CC, Malek AM, Lempert TE, Dowd CF, Higashida RT. Hemorrhagic complications in vein of Galen malformations. Annals of Neurology 47: 748-755, 2000.   Pub Med
  71. Phatouros CC, Higashida RT, Malek AM, Meyers PM, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Clinical use of stents in the carotid artery. Neurologica medico-chirurgica. April, 1999.  Pub Med
  72. Malek AM, Higashida RT, Phatouros CC, Lempert TE, Meyers PM, Smith WS, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Endovascular management of extracranial carotid artery dissection achieved using stent angioplasty. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 21: 1280-1292, 2000.  Pub Med
  73. Phatouros CC, Halbach VV, Malek AM, Meyers PM, Dowd CF, Higashida RT. Intraventricular contrast leakage during ethanol embolization of an arteriovenous malformation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 20: 1329-1332, 1999.  Pub Med
  74. Malek AM, Higashida RT, Phatouros CC, Lempert TE, Meyers PM, Gress DR, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Treatment of Posterior Circulation Ischemia With Extracranial Percutaneous Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement. Stroke 30: 2073-2085, 1999.  Pub Med
  75. Malek AM, Higashida RT, Phatouros CC, Dowd CF, Meyers PM, Halbach, VV. Stenting and angioplasty for cerebrovascular disease. In Prevention of Ischemic Stroke. Martin Dunitz Publishers, Inc: London, 1999. 
  76. Malek AM, Phatouros CC, Higashida RT, Meyers PM, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Endovascular treatment of a ruptured intracranial dissecting vertebral aneurysm in a kickboxer. Journal of Trauma. 48: 1-3, 1999.  Pub Med
  77. Malek AM, Higashida RT, Reilly LM, Smith WS, Kang SM, Gress DR, Meyers PM, Phatouros CC, Halbach VV, Dowd. Subclavian arteritis and pseudoaneurysm formation secondary to stent infection. Submitted to Journal of Neurosurgery. March 1999.  Pub Med
  78. Malek AM, Higashida RT, Smith WS, Halbach VV, Stoney R, Phatouros, CC, Meyers PM, Dowd CF. Patient presentation, angiographic features, and treatment of strangulation-induced bilateral dissection of the cervical internal carotid artery. J Neurosurg, 1999.  Pub Med
  79. Malek AM, Halbach VV, Phatouros CC, Meyers PM, Holmes SM, Dowd CF, Higashida RT. Beating aneurysm sign: angiographic evidence of ruptured aneurysm tamponade by intracranial hemorrhage. J Neurosurg 91: 517, 1999.  Pub Med
  80. Malek AM, Higashida RT, Phatouros CC, Lempert TE, Meyers PM, Smith WS, Dowd CF, Halbach VV. Stent angioplasty for cervical carotid artery stenosis in high-risk NASCET-ineligible patients. Stroke 31: 3029-3033, 2000.  Pub Med
  81. Malek AM, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Phatouros CC, Meyers PM, Dowd CF. Tandem stent deployment for treatment of a flow-limiting basilar artery dissection induced by placement of an intracranial vertebral stent. Neurosurgery 45: 919-924, 1999. Pub Med
  82. Malek AM, Halbach VV, Higashida RT, Phatouros CC, Meyers PM, Dowd CF. Treatment of dural arteriovenous malformations and fistulas. Neurosurg Clin North Am 11: 85-99, 2000.  Pub Med
  83. Phatouros CC, Meyers PM, Dowd CF, Malek AM, Halbach VV, Higashida RT. Carotid artery cavernous fistulas. Neurosurg Clin North Am 11: 67-84, 2000.  Pub Med
  84. Phatouros CC, Halbach VV, Dowd CF, Lempert TE, Malek AM, Meyers PM, Higashida RT. Acquired pial arteriovenous fistula following cerebral vein thrombosis. Storke 30: 2487-2490, 1999.  Pub Med
  85. Meyers PM, Palasis SL, Koch BK, Egelhoff JE. Moyamoya disease in fraternal twins. Exerpta Extraordinaire. American Society of Neuroradiology, Annual Meeting. May 1998.
  86. Meyers PM, Palasis SL, Koch BK, Egelhoff JE, Ball WM. Moyamoya: Two cases of acute stroke shortly after contralateral encephalodural synangiosis. Exerpta Extraordinaire. American Society of Neuroradiology, Annual Meeting. May 1998.
  87. Kelly BS, Meyers PM, Choe KA, Hurst JB, Luchette FA. Traumatic pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with portal venous air embolism. Journal of Trauma 42: 746-753, 1997.  Pub Med
  88. Jones BV, Meyers PM. Pictorial Essay: Neuroimaging findings in Neurofibromatosis, Type II. Applied Radiology. 26, 1997.
  89. Meyers PM, Leach JL, Tew JM, Golnik KK, Tomsick TA. Reversible cortical blindness following endovascular coil occlusion of a basilar artery terminus aneurysm. Journal of Neurovascular Disease . Vol 2, No. 1: January/February 1997.
  90. Meyers, PM. An example and a lesson of fertile sorrow: Richard Clarke Cabot, M.D. Harvard University and National Archives of the Pucey Library, Harvard University. Copyright 1985.
    Peters, JM, Meyers PM. The influence of prior protein and amino acid intake on protein self-selection by rats. FASEB. 1984