Gabriel Zada

Gabriel Zada (born December 14, 1978) is Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California.^[1] He is known for his work in brain tumor and pituitary tumor surgery.^[2] He is the director of the USC Brain Tumor Center, USC Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Program and USC Radiosurgery Center.^[3][4] He is also an NIH-funded principal investigator at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute.^[5][6][7][8] He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles on various neurosurgical topics.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Zada graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1996. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, an MD from the University of California, San Francisco, in 2004, and completed postgraduate training and fellowships at LAC+USC Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the University of Naples Federico II. In 2015, he earned a master’s degree from the University of Southern California and became board certified in neurological surgery.^[13]

Zada joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC as an assistant professor in 2011. As of 2021, he is a professor of neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, and Internal Medicine at USC. He is a faculty member at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute of USC and Associate Residency Program Director at USC Neurosurgery Residency Program.^[14]

Zada is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.^[15]

• Zada, Gabriel; Jensen, Randy L. (2016). Meningiomas. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ISBN 978-0323443890.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Atlas of Sellar and Parasellar Lesions: Clinical, Radiologic, and Pathologic Correlations. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PU. 2016. ISBN 978-3319342719.
• Zada, Gabriel; Pradilla, Gustavo; Day, J.D. (2023). Subcortical Neurosurgery: Open and Parafascicular Channel-Based Approaches for Subcortical and Intraventricular Lesions. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL. ISBN 978-3030951559.

• Endonasal transsphenoidal approach to treat pituitary adenomas and other sellar lesions: an assessment of efficacy, safety, and patient impressions of the surgery, published in 2003^[16]

• 2009 Dandy Fellowship Award Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), New Orleans, LA
• 2009 Integra Foundation Award for Brain Tumor Research, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), New Orleans, LA^[17]
• 2010 Mahaley Brain Tumor Research Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Philadelphia, PA
• 2015 Byron Cone Pevehouse Research Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Washington, DC
• 2017 Integra Foundation Award for Brain Tumor Research, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Boston, MA