James J. Evans, MD
Professor, Neurological Surgery & Otolaryngology
Division Chief, Brain Tumor and Stereotactic Radiosurgery Division
Director, Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery
Director, Cranial Base and Endoscopic Surgery Fellowship
Contact Information
Professor, Neurological Surgery & Otolaryngology
Division Chief, Brain Tumor and Stereotactic Radiosurgery Division
Director, Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery
Director, Cranial Base and Endoscopic Surgery Fellowship
Education
Medical School
MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Internship, Department of General Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Specialist Registrar, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, UK
Specialist Registrar, Departments of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Residency
Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fellowship
Cranial Base and Cerebrovascular Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital
Publications
- Smartphone Applications for Remote Monitoring of Patients After Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Narrative Review of Emerging Technologies
- Predictors of Durable Remission After Successful Surgery for Cushing Disease: Results From the Multicenter RAPID Registry
- Health Disparities in the Neurosurgical Care of Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Multicenter Registry of Adenomas of the Pituitary and Related Disorders: Initial Description of Cushing Disease Cohort, Surgical Outcomes, and Surgeon Characteristics
- Long-Term Outcomes of Surgery and Radiation Treatment for Adult Patients with Craniopharyngioma
- Predictors of Subjective Olfactory Dysfunction and Sinonasal Quality-of-Life After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery
- Internal Neurolysis for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Technical Nuances and a Single-Institution Experience
- Endoscopic endonasal repair of encephaloceles of the lateral sphenoid sinus: multiinstitution confirmation of a new classification
- How should neurosurgery approach the ethical and legal considerations for recording in the operating room?
- International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Sinonasal Tumors
- Burr Hole Endoscopic Mastoidectomy: A Morphometric Cadaveric Study
- The Impact of Venous Stenting on Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
- Improvement in cranial neuropathies following stereotactic radiotherapy as primary treatment for skull base meningiomas
- Postoperative Blood Pressure Goals after Craniotomy for Tumor Resection: A National Survey
- The Presence of Pigment Incontinence in Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma
- Effect of Extent of Resection and Adjuvant Radiation on Recurrence of BRAF versus β-Catenin-Mutated Craniopharyngioma: A Single Institutional Case Series
- CPAP-induced sphenoid sinus pressures after endoscopic sinus surgery
- A Multicenter Study of Unplanned Hospital Readmissions after Transsphenoidal Surgery for Cushing's Disease
- Predictors of recurrence after surgical resection of parafalcine and parasagittal meningiomas
- Early Versus Delayed Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma
Board Certification
Neurological Surgery
Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Professor
Co-Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Cranial Base Surgery and Endoscopic Neurosurgery
Expertise & Research Interests
Dr. Evans is the Chief of the Brain Tumor Division at Jefferson and Past President of the North American Skull Base Society. He performs complex cranial, skull base, and endoscopic minimally invasive neurosurgery to treat a wide range of disorders and tumors of the brain and skull base, with a special emphasis on pituitary tumors. He is the co-director of the Minimally Invasive Cranial Base Surgery and Endoscopic Neurosurgery Center. Dr. Evans is also the founding director of the cranial base tumor bank, which involves molecular genetic research on the causes and treatment of brain tumors. He has authored three textbooks, published over 150 manuscripts and chapters, and has been named in Philadelphia “Top Docs” annually for over the past 10 years. In addition, he is the founder and director of the cranial base neurosurgery fellowship training program, which has become one of the most sought-after training programs nationally and internationally.