Neurosurgery & Translational Neuroscience

About

Education & Training

1. Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (UPenn) • 07/2025 – 07/2026
2. Neurological Surgery Residency UCSF • 06/2018 – 06/2025

   NIH R25 funding recipient 2022–24 • Best Basic Science Research 2023–25

3. M.D., Yale School of Medicine 08/2013 – 05/2018

   HHMI-CURE medical research fellow 2016–17

4. Postbaccalaureate Premed Program Columbia University • 08/2010 – 06/2012
5. B.A. English & Psychology, Cum Laude University of Missouri • 08/2004 – 06/2009

   NCAA Division I Wrestling • First Team Academic All-Big XII

Selected Publications

• Multimodal evaluation of network activity and optogenetic interventions in human hippocampus. Andrews JP, Geng J, Voitiuk K, Elliott MA, Shin D, Robbins A, Spaeth A, Wang A, Li L, Solis D, Keefe MG, Sevetson JL, Rivera-de Jesus J, Donohue K, Larson HH, Ehrlich D, Auguste KI, Sofie Salama S, Sohal V, Sharf T, Haussler D, Cadwell CR, Schaffer DV, Chang EF, Mircea Teodorescu M, Nowakowski TJ. Nature Neuroscience, 2024.
• Dissociation of Broca’s Area from Broca’s Aphasia in patients undergoing surgical resections. Andrews JP; Cahn N; Speidel B; Chung J; Levy D; Wilson SM; Berger MS; Chang EF. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2022.
• Oncogenic NTRK fusion in congenital spinal cord glioblastoma: sequencing directs treatment. Andrews JP; Coleman C; Hastings C; Sun PP. Lancet, 2021.
• Association of seizure spread with surgical failure in epilepsy. Andrews JP, Gummadavelli A, Farooque P, Bonito J, Arencibia C, Blumenfeld H, Spencer DD. JAMA Neurology, 2019.
• Mechanisms of decreased cholinergic arousal in focal seizures: in vivo whole-cell recordings from the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus. Andrews JP, Yue Z, Ryu JH, Neske G, McCormick DA, Blumenfeld H. Experimental Neurology, 2019.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Multimodal evaluation of network activity and optogenetic interventions in human hippocampus. Andrews JP, Geng J, Voitiuk K, Elliott MA, Shin D, Robbins A, Spaeth A, Wang A, Li L, Solis D, Keefe MG, Sevetson JL, Rivera-de Jesus J, Donohue K, Larson HH, Ehrlich D, Auguste KI, Sofie Salama S, Sohal V, Sharf T, Haussler D, Cadwell CR, Schaffer DV, Chang EF, Mircea Teodorescu M, Nowakowski TJ. Nature Neuroscience, 2024.
• Amniotic membrane interposition graft for open fetal myelomeningocele repair. Andrews JP; Lu A; Perry R; Lee H; Harrison M; Gupta N. Operative Neurosurgery, 2025.
• Single-level laminoplasty approach to selective dorsal rhizotomy with conus localization by rapid spine MRI. Andrews JP; Dalle Ore C; Falcone J; Hirschorn M; Sagar C; Sigford K; Mitsuya Y; Chung T; Sun PP. Child’s Nervous System, 2024.
• Intraventricular meningioma resection and visual outcomes. Andrews JP; Cummins DD; Morshed RA; Kinde B; Aghi MK; McDermott MW; Berger MS; Theodosopoulos PV. Journal of Neurosurgery (Cover Article), 2023.
• Improved psychotic symptoms following resection of amygdalar low grade glioma. Andrews JP; Wozny TA; Yue JK; Wang DD. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, 2022.
• Dissociation of Broca’s Area from Broca’s Aphasia in patients undergoing surgical resections. Andrews JP; Cahn N; Speidel B; Chung J; Levy D; Wilson SM; Berger MS; Chang EF. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2022.
• Xenotransplantation of porcine progenitor cells in an epileptic California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Simeone CA*; Andrews JP*; Johnson SP*; Casalia M; Kochanski R; Chang EF; … Baraban SG. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, March 2022. *co-first authors.
• Oncogenic NTRK fusion in congenital spinal cord glioblastoma: sequencing directs treatment. Andrews JP; Coleman C; Hastings C; Sun PP. Lancet, 2021.
• Prosopagnosia following nonlanguage dominant inferior temporal lobe low-grade glioma resection… illustrative case. Young JS, Morshed RA, Andrews JP, Cha S, Berger MS. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, Sept 2021.
• Paramedian transparietal approach to a dominant hemisphere intraventricular meningioma: illustrative case. Andrews JP, Arora T, Theodosopoulos P, Berger MS. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, Aug 2021.
• Plurihormonal Pit-1 Positive Pituitary Adenomas: a systematic review and single center series. Andrews JP; Joshi RS; Pereira MP; Oh T; Haddad AF; Pereira KM; … Aghi M. World Neurosurgery, 2021.
• Thalamic Stimulation Improves Postictal Cortical Arousal and Behavior. Xu J; Galardi MM; Pok B; Patel KK; Zhao CW; Andrews JP; … Blumenfeld H. Journal of Neuroscience, 2020.
• Early seizure spread and epilepsy surgery: a systematic review. Andrews JP, Ammanuel S, Kleen J, Khambhati AN, Knowlton RK, Chang EF. Epilepsia, Oct 2020.
• Decompression of a Dorsal arachnoid web. Andrews JP, Chan AK, Mummaneni P. Operative Neurosurgery, 2020.
• Pure apraxia of speech after resection based in the posterior middle frontal gyrus. Chang EF, Kurteff G, Andrews JP, Briggs RG, Connor AK, Battiste JD, Sughrue ME. Neurosurgery, 2020.
• Lesser occipital nerve damage after retrosigmoid craniotomy repaired with processed nerve allograft. Andrews JP, McDermott M, Jacques L. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019.
• Up and Down States of Cortical Neurons in Focal Limbic Seizures. Yue Z, Freedman I, Vincent P, Andrews JP, … Blumenfeld H. Cerebral Cortex, 2019.
• Neocortical Epilepsy. Andrews JP, Chang EF. In: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery: Principles and Applications. Springer, 2019.
• Seizure-Mapping. Andrews JP, Chang EF. In: Brain Mapping: Indications and Techniques. Thieme, 2019.
• Patient Safety Movement in Neurological Surgery: The Current State and Future Directions. Sankaran S; Andrews JP; Chicas M; Wachter RM; Berger MS. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2019.
• Mechanisms of decreased cholinergic arousal in focal seizures: in vivo whole-cell recordings from the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus. Andrews JP, Yue Z, Ryu JH, Neske G, McCormick DA, Blumenfeld H. Experimental Neurology, 2019.
• Association of seizure spread with surgical failure in epilepsy. Andrews JP, Gummadavelli A, Farooque P, Bonito J, Arencibia C, Blumenfeld H, Spencer DD. JAMA Neurology, 2019.
• Peduncular psychosis. Andrews JP, Taylor J, Saunders D, Qayyum Z. BMJ Case Reports, Aug 10, 2016.
• Impaired serotonergic brainstem function during and following seizures. Zhan Q, Buchanan GF, Motelow JE, Andrews J, … Blumenfeld H. Journal of Neuroscience, 2016.
• Neurostimulation to improve level of consciousness in patients with epilepsy. Gummadavelli A, Kundishora AJ, Willie JT, Andrews JP, … Blumenfeld H. Neurosurgical Focus, 2015.
• Decreased subcortical cholinergic arousal in focal seizures. Motelow JE, Li W, Zhan Q, … Andrews JP, … Blumenfeld H. Neuron, 2015.
• Aberrant Lymphatic Endothelial Progenitors in Lymphatic Malformation Development. Wu JK, Kitajewski C, Reiley M, … Andrews JP, … Shawber C. PLoS ONE, 2015.
• Notch suppresses angiogenesis and progression of hepatic metastases. Banerjee D, Hernandez S, Garcia A, … John Andrews, … Yamashiro D. Cancer Research, 2015.
• Superior effectiveness of ibuprofen compared with other NSAIDs for inhibition of human prostate cancer cell growth. Andrews J., Djakiew D., Krygier S., Andrews P. M. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 2002.

Collaboration & Contact

I am open to collaborations in pediatric epilepsy, human tissue neurophysiology, and translational genomics.

• Email: John.P.Andrews@gmail.com
• Scholar: Google Scholar Profile
• ORCID: 0000-0002-8025-1525