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35
Citations
6604
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8906
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2480

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For enduring contributions to the development of magnetic stereotaxis His inventions already are guiding catheters to critical regions of the human heart Current research may lead to delivery of medications to the brain as well
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

George T. Gillies is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research spans across multiple fields, predominantly Medicine and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several specialized subfields. These include Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pharmacology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Physiology.

Gillies's research topics cover a range of subjects in pain management and treatment, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, quantum mechanics and applications, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, relativity and gravitational theory, and geophysics and sensor technology.

Recent publications from Gillies include:

  • "Risk Factors and Survival Analysis of Spinal Cord Stimulator Explantation" (2020) published in Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • "The Sagnac effect and the role of simultaneity in relativity theory" (2021) published in Journal of Modern Optics
  • "Spinal Cord Stimulation for Visceral Pain: Present Approaches and Future Strategies" (2020) published in Pain Medicine
  • "Biomarker Optimization of Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapies" (2020) published in Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • "In Vivo Testing of a Prototype Intradural Spinal Cord Stimulator in a Porcine Model" (2020) published in World Neurosurgery

Frequent co-authors in Gillies's work include Matthew A. Howard, Saul Wilson, Royce W. Woodroffe, Sean J. Nagel, and Marshall T. Holland.

Gillies has published notably in the following venues:

  • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • World Neurosurgery
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Modern Optics
  • Pain Medicine

The scientist has been recognized with several awards including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2018)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2007) with a citation highlighting contributions to magnetic stereotaxis and advances in medical catheter guidance and drug delivery research
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2004)

Best Publications

  • Remote thermometry with thermographic phosphors: Instrumentation and applications

    S. W. Allison;G. T. Gillies

  • The mass of the photon

    Liang-Cheng Tu;Jun Luo;George T Gillies

  • A realistic brain tissue phantom for intraparenchymal infusion studies

    Zhi Jian Chen;George T. Gillies;William C. Broaddus;Sujit S. Prabhu

  • The Newtonian gravitational constant: recent measurements and related studies

    George T Gillies

  • Multi-probe system

    John Kucharczyk;George T. Gillies

  • Static magnetic fields for treatment of fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial.

    Alan P. Alfano;Ann Gill Taylor;Pamela A. Foresman;Philomena R. Dunkl

  • Catheter navigation within an MR imaging device

    George T. Gillies;Roger N. Hastings;Jeffrey M. Garibaldi;William C. Broaddus

  • MAGNETIC MANIPULATION INSTRUMENTATION FOR MEDICAL PHYSICS RESEARCH

    G. T. Gillies;R. C. Ritter;W. C. Broaddus;M. S. Grady

  • Magnetic stereotactic system for treatment delivery

    Matthew A. Howard;Marc Mayberg;M. Sean Grady;Rogers C. Ritter

  • Pulsed laser damage to optical fibers.

    S. W. Allison;G. T. Gillies;D. W. Magnuson;T. S. Pagano

  • Torsion balances, torsion pendulums, and related devices

    G. T. Gillies;R. C. Ritter

  • Nonlinear magnetic stereotaxis: three-dimensional, in vivo remote magnetic manipulation of a small object in canine brain.

    M. S. Grady;M. A. Howard;J. A. Molloy;R. C. Ritter

  • Intraparenchymal drug delivery via positive-pressure infusion: experimental and modeling studies of poroelasticity in brain phantom gels

    Zhi-Jian Chen;W.C. Broaddus;R.R. Viswanathan;R. Raghavan

  • Access needle pressure sensor device and method of use

    Srijoy Mahapatra;George T. Gillies

  • In vitro angiogenesis by human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) induced by three-dimensional co-culture with glioblastoma cells

    Zhijian Chen;Andre Htay;Wagner Dos Santos;George T. Gillies;George T. Gillies

  • Utilization of type I collagen gel, demineralized bone matrix, and bone morphogenetic protein-2 to enhance autologous bone lumbar spinal fusion

    Gregory A. Helm;Jonas M. Sheehan;Jason P. Sheehan;John A. Jane

  • Nanoscale thermometry via the fluorescence of YAG:Ce phosphor particles: measurements from 7 to 77°C

    S W Allison;G T Gillies;G T Gillies;A J Rondinone;M R Cates

  • Mri and magnetic stereotaxis surgical system

    John Kucharczyk;George T. Gillies

  • Steerable epicardial pacing catheter system placed via the subxiphoid process

    Srijoy Mahapatra;George T. Gillies

  • Functional design features and initial performance characteristics of a magnetic-implant guidance system for stereotactic neurosurgery

    R.G. McNeil;R.C. Ritter;B. Wang;M.A. Lawson

  • Characteristics of an improved magnetic-implant guidance system

    R.G. McNeil;R.C. Ritter;B. Wang;M.A. Lawson

  • Distribution of macromolecular dyes in brain using positive pressure infusion: a model for direct controlled delivery of therapeutic agents

    Sujit S. Prabhu;William C. Broaddus;George T. Gillies;George T. Gillies;William G. Loudon

  • The Newtonian Gravitational Constant: An index of measurements

    George T Gillies

  • Non-Newtonian Gravity and New Weak Forces: an Index of Measurements and Theory

    E Fischbach;G T Gillies;D E Krause;J G Schwan

  • Magnetic guidance of ferrofluidic nanoparticles in an in vitro model of intraocular retinal repair

    D L Holligan;G T Gillies;G T Gillies;J P Dailey

  • Measurement of the force required to move a neurosurgical probe through in vivo human brain tissue

    M.A. Howard;B.A. Abkes;M.C. Ollendieck;M.D. Noh

  • Neurosurgical delivery of chemotherapeutics, targeted toxins, genetic and viral therapies in neuro-oncology.

    E. Antonio Chiocca;William C. Broaddus;George T. Gillies;Therese Visted

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew A. Howard
Matthew A. Howard University of Iowa
Rogers C. Ritter
Rogers C. Ritter Pulse Therapeutics
Andre G. Machado
Andre G. Machado Cleveland Clinic
Lynn A. Boatner
Lynn A. Boatner Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Matthew R. Begley
Matthew R. Begley University of California, Santa Barbara
Daryl R. Kipke
Daryl R. Kipke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David J. Anderson
David J. Anderson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John A. Jane
John A. Jane University of Virginia Health System
Alexandra J. Golby
Alexandra J. Golby Brigham and Women's Hospital
Salvatore Torquato
Salvatore Torquato Princeton University

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