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D-Index
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Citations
12567
World Ranking
14931
National Ranking
6250

Overview

Ira M. Goldstein is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a total of 43 publications spanning several specialized fields, including surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as spinal fractures and fixation techniques, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, glioma diagnosis and treatment, palliative care and end-of-life issues, as well as medical imaging and analysis.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ira M. Goldstein include Alejandro Pando, Nitesh V. Patel, Geoffrey R. O'Malley, Robert Kamil, and John L. Kilgallon. Their research is often published in journals such as Neurosurgery, World Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Review, Cureus, and Neurosurgical FOCUS.

Recent publications highlight a focus on clinical techniques and outcomes in neurosurgery and spinal procedures:

  • "Real-time navigation guidance with intraoperative CT imaging for pedicle screw placement using an augmented reality head-mounted display: a proof-of-concept study," 2021, Neurosurgical FOCUS
  • "Ventriculopleural shunt: Review of literature and novel ways to improve ventriculopleural shunt tolerance," 2021, Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • "Palliative Care Effects on Survival in Glioblastoma: Who Receives Palliative Care?" 2022, World Neurosurgery
  • "Are the Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Robot-Assisted Pedicle Screw Placement in Lumbar Fusion Surgery Superior to Computed Tomography Navigation and Freehand Fluoroscopy-Guided Techniques? A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis," 2024, World Neurosurgery
  • "Robotic assistance in lumbar fusion surgery: trends and patterns from 2016-2019," 2023, European Spine Journal

Best Publications

  • Inflammation: Basic principles and clinical correlates

    John I. Gallin;Ira M. Goldstein;Ralph Snyderman

  • Complement and immunoglobulins stimulate superoxide production by human leukocytes independently of phagocytosis.

    I M Goldstein;D Roos;H B Kaplan;G Weissmann

  • Mechanisms of lysosomal enzyme release from leukocytes exposed to immune complexes and other particles.

    Gerald Weissmann;Robert B. Zurier;Paul J. Spieler;Ira M. Goldstein

  • Ceruloplasmin. A scavenger of superoxide anion radicals.

    I M Goldstein;H B Kaplan;H S Edelson;G Weissmann

  • Mechanisms of Lysosomal Enzyme Release from Human Leukocytes: Microtubule Assembly and Membrane Fusion Induced by a Component of Complement

    Ira Goldstein;Sylvia Hoffstein;John Gallin;Gerald Weissmann

  • Protected environments and prophylactic antibiotics. A prospective controlled study of their utility in the therapy of acute leukemia.

    Arthur S. Levine;Stuart E. Siegel;Alan D. Schreiber;Janet Hauser

  • Evidence that the superoxide-generating system of human leukocytes is associated with the cell surface.

    I M Goldstein;M Cerqueira;S Lind;H B Kaplan

  • Thromboxane generation by human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

    I M Goldstein;C L Malmsten;H Kindahl;H B Kaplan

  • Lysosomal Enzyme Release from Human Leukocytes: Mediation by the Alternate Pathway of Complement Activation

    Ira M. Goldstein;Melchiorre Brai;Abraham G. Osler;Gerald Weissmann

  • Generation of C5-Derived Lysosomal Enzyme-Releasing Activity (C5a) by Lysates of Leukocyte Lysosomes

    Ira M. Goldstein;Gerald Weissmann

  • Biologically active products of complement and acute lung injury in patients with the sepsis syndrome.

    Peter F. Weinberg;Michael A. Matthay;Robert O. Webster;Kathleen V. Roskos

  • Prostaglandin I2 is not a major metabolite of arachidonic acid in cultured endothelial cells from human foreskin microvessels.

    I F Charo;S Shak;M A Karasek;P M Davison

  • Role of microtubule assembly in lysosomal enzyme secretion from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. A reevaluation.

    S Hoffstein;I M Goldstein;G Weissmann

  • Generation of a chemotactic lipid from arachidonic acid by exposure to a superoxide-generating system

    H. Daniel Perez;Babette B. Weksler;Ira M. Goldstein

  • Calcium-induced lysozyme secretion from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

    Ira M. Goldstein;Jan K. Horn;Howard B. Kaplan;Gerald Weissmann

  • Influence of local anesthetics upon human polymorphonuclear leukocyte function in vitro. Reduction of lysosomal enzyme release and superoxide anion production.

    Ira M. Goldstein;Stuart Lind;Sylvia Hoffstein;Gerald Weissmann

  • CERULOPLASMIN: AN ACUTE PHASE REACTANT THAT SCAVENGES OXYGEN‐DERIVED FREE RADICALS*

    Ira M. Goldstein;Howard B. Kaplan;Henry S. Edelson;Gerald Weissmann

  • Concanavalin A induces microtubule assembly and specific granule discharge in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

    S Hoffstein;R Soberman;I Goldstein;G Weissmann

  • Mechanisms of lysosomal enzyme release from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Effects of phorbol myristate acetate.

    I M Goldstein;S T Hoffstein;G Weissmann

  • Reciprocal effects of cAMP and cGMP on microtubule-dependent release of lysosomal enzymes.

    Gerald Weissmann;Ira Goldstein;Sylvia Hoffstein;Pi-Kwang Tsung

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald Weissmann
Gerald Weissmann New York University
Dirk Roos
Dirk Roos University of Amsterdam
Israel F. Charo
Israel F. Charo University of California, San Francisco
William Borkowsky
William Borkowsky New York University
John I. Gallin
John I. Gallin National Institutes of Health
Babette B. Weksler
Babette B. Weksler Cornell University
Ralph Snyderman
Ralph Snyderman Duke University
H M Korchak
H M Korchak University of Pennsylvania
John E. Bennett
John E. Bennett National Institutes of Health
Michael A. Matthay
Michael A. Matthay University of California, San Francisco

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