Anand Vasant Germanwala, MD
Neurological Surgery
Speaks
Languages
Gujarati
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
(888)584-7888
Appointments (New Patients Welcome)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
(888)584-7888Services & Specialties
Areas of Specialization
- Neurological Surgery
Clinical Interests
Conditions Treated
- pituitary surgery
- pituitary adenoma
- orbital tumors
- metastatic brain cancer
- meningioma of the spine
- meningioma
- endoscopic neurosurgery
- brain surgery
- brain neoplasms
- brain metastases
- benign neoplasm of brain
- astrocytoma tumors
- acoustic neuroma removal
- acoustic neuroma
- stereotactic radiosurgery
- pituitary tumor
- primary brain tumor
- skull base tumor
- transnasal repair csf leak
- standard transsphenoidal approach
- spinal schwannoma
- spinal cord tumors
- rathke cleft cysts
- prolactinoma
- petrous apex tumor
- intracranial mass
- gamma knife radiosurgery
- endoscopic endonasal approach
- encephalocele repair
- craniopharyngioma
- clivus chondroma
- cerebrospinal fluid leak
- olfactory neuroblastoma
Locations & Contact
Primary Location
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 S First Ave
Maywood
, IL 60153
Edward Hines Jr Veterans Administration Hospital
5000 S 5th Ave
5000 S 5th Ave
Hines
, IL 60141
About
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Anand V. Germanwala, M.D., graduated as class valedictorian from Keystone Oaks High School in 1993. He then attended a six-year combined BS/MD program through Pennsylvania State University and Jefferson Medical College where he graduated summa and magna cum laude, respectively. A portion of his two-year undergraduate study was spent at Harvard University where he ranked at the top of the class. During his residency training under the direction of L. Dade Lunsford, M.D. at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Dr. Germanwala had the privilege of training under neurosurgeons who performed pioneering work in the field of skull base surgery. During his training period, he was the first resident to win the trifecta of junior, senior, and chief resident of the year awards. He then gained additional training in more traditional cerebrovascular and skull base surgery approaches at Johns Hopkins University under the mentorship of Rafael Tamargo, M.D.
As an attending academic neurosurgeon, he has treated over 2,500 patients and specializes in the treatment of patients with brain tumors, especially those involving the cranial base. He is able to offer patients both traditional open craniotomy and newer endoscopic endonasal approaches. In 2009, given his expertise, Dr. Germanwala was recognized as the first neurosurgeon in the world to clip a ruptured cerebral aneurysm along the skull base solely through the endoscopic endonasal approach. With regards to cranial base tumors, he has one of the largest experiences in the Chicagoland area. He evaluates and treats patients with pituitary adenomas, meningiomas, craniopharyngiomas, acoustic neuromas, Rathke’s Cleft cysts, metastases, glioblastoma, gliomas, ependymomas, chondrosarcomas, chordomas, osteosarcomas, encephaloceles and cerebrospinal fluid leaks. His work in this area has given him the clinical background and experience to give over 125 invited national and international lectures in the field, appear on national television, and serve as invited faculty or conference chair at over 60 national and international skull base courses. Dr. Germanwala also conducts clinical and basic science research in the field of skull base surgery and has published over 125 peer-reviewed journal articles, chapters and abstracts while having maintained a federally funded laboratory focused on skull base tumors and approaches. Additionally, his collaborations with scientists across Loyola University Chicago allow him to pursue scholarly work focused on this complex niche. His teams have won multiple awards for their clinical and research activities.
In recognition of his academic and clinical achievements, he was one of the few Loyola physicians to ever receive early promotion to Professor. Dr. Germanwala’s current positions as Professor in the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Otolaryngology at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Neurological Surgery Residency Program Director, and Chief of Neurological Surgery at the affiliated Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, along with his experience, provide him with the unique background to provide exceptional clinical care, educate the next generation of neurosurgeons, conduct translational research, develop leadership experience, and collaborate with other individuals in the subspecialty field of cranial base surgery. He is a member of several societies and has held multiple leadership positions within organized neurosurgery. In 2018, he was recognized by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons as one of 10 emerging leaders through the Vanguard Leadership Award in neurosurgery. Furthermore, he was accepted into Harvard Medical School’s Surgical Leadership Program, a year-long course that he completed in 2022 with distinction while ranking at the top of the class.
He is married to Arpita Germanwala, M.D., an otolaryngologist, and has two daughters, Atasi and Anika. Along with his parents, they are the lights of his life. They enjoy spending time together laughing, traveling, reading and watching the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Academic Title
Professor
Leadership Title
Residency Program Director, Neurological Surgery
Ages Seen
Additional Resources
Education & Certifications
Education
Education:
Sidney Kimmell Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
(1999)
Internship:
UPMC Medical Education
(2000)
Residency:
UPMC Medical Education
(2006)
Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery (2023)
Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery, American Board of (2012)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Publications
- Posterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke Is Associated with More Severe Forward Head Posture in Patients with Cervicalgia. Behzadi, F.; Luy, D. D.; Zsigray, B.; Uram, Z.; Iordanou, J.; Ng, I. B.; Zywiciel, J. F.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- Patients at Greatest Risk of Missing Initial 1-Year Follow-Up After Pituitary Adenoma Resection. Behzadi, F.; Pickles, A. C.; Ciecierska, S. S.; Choe, S.; Prabhu, V. C.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- Single Center Neurosurgical Outcomes and Trends in Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of 297 Sellar/Suprasellar Tumors Stratified by Duration of Neurosurgical Career. Behzadi, F.; Zywiciel, J. F.; Pickles, A.; Javidialsaadi, M.; Anderson, D. E.; Prabhu, V. C.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- National Trends and Factors Associated with Voluntary Refusal of Glioblastoma Treatment: A Retrospective Review of the National Cancer Database. Strelko, O.; Swanson, J.; Woldt, P.; Frazzetta, J.; Simon, J.; Ng, I.; Baker, M. S.; Barton, K. P.; Thakkar, J. P.; Prabhu, V. C.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- A Predictive Model for Intraoperative Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak During Endonasal Pituitary Adenoma Resection Using a Convolutional Neural Network. Behzadi, F.; Alhusseini, M.; Yang, S. D.; Mallik, A. K.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- Evaluating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Late-Canceled and No-Show Appointments at the Department of Neurological Surgery. Choe, S.; Uram, Z.; Behzadi, F.; Germanwala, A.; Zsigray, B.; Anwar-Hashimi, O.; Ng, I.; Jani, R. H.; Germanwala, A. V.; Cureus
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of major blood protein biomarkers that predict unfavorable outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury. Behzadi, F.; Luy, D. D.; Schaible, P. A.; Zywiciel, J. F.; Puccio, A. M.; Germanwala, A. V.; Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
- Evaluation of Retrospective Patient Preference on Extent of Resection of Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas. Behzadi, F.; Ruiz, G. M.; Tran, D. H.; Schaible, P. A.; Allen, M. B.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- Posters Presented at North American Skull Base Society 2016-2018: What Factors Influence Their Publication? Yang, S. D.; Seu, M.; Qiao, J. B.; Tsiang, J. T.; Pecoraro, N.; Germanwala, A. V.; Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base
- Commentary: Endoscopic Endonasal Optic Nerve Decompression in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: When to Implement Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration. Prabhu, V. C.; Serrone, J. C.; Thakkar, J. P.; Yoo, D. K.; Germanwala, A. V.; Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)
- MGMT Methylated High Grade Glioma with Distant Recurrence and Stable Original Tumor Site: Case Series. Lee, J.; Lukas, R. V.; Jusue-Torres, I.; Germanwala, A. V.; Borys, E.; Solanki, A. A.; Mallik, A. K.; Barton, K.; Thakkar, J. P.; Annals of hematology & oncology
- Effect of Extent of Resection on Survival of Patients with Glioblastoma, IDH-Wild-Type, WHO Grade 4 (WHO 2021): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Jusue-Torres, I.; Lee, J.; Germanwala, A. V.; Burns, T. C.; Parney, I. F.; World neurosurgery
- K i -67/MIB-1 and Recurrence in Pituitary Adenoma. Tadokoro, K.; Wolf, C.; Toth, J.; Joyce, C.; Singh, M.; Germanwala, A.; Patel, C.; Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base
- Treatment of tegmen dehiscence using a middle fossa approach and autologous temporalis fascia graft: Outcomes from a single center. Swanson, J.; Oetojo, W.; Uram, Z.; Jusue-Torres, I.; Zakaria, J.; Kircher, M. L.; Germanwala, A. V.; Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
- Rathke's cleft cyst marsupialization and repair with a free mucosal graft - Video case report and literature review. Madapoosi, A.; Uram, Z.; Tsiang, J.; Pecoraro, N.; Patel, C.; Germanwala, A. V.; American journal of otolaryngology
- LXR agonist improves peripheral neuropathy and modifies PNS immune cells in aged mice. Gavini, C. K.; Elshareif, N.; Aubert, G.; Germanwala, A. V.; Calcutt, N. A.; Mansuy-Aubert, V.; Journal of neuroinflammation
- Primary Intradural Extramedullary Sporadic Spinal Hemangioblastomas: Case Report and Systematic Review. Li, D.; Choe, S.; Borys, E.; Serrone, J. C.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- Letter to the Editor: Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgery and Review of the Literature. Raju, S. S.; Niranjan, A.; Germanwala, A. V.; Lunsford, L. D.; World neurosurgery
- Long-Term Outcomes of Pituitary Gland Preservation in Pituitary Macroadenoma Apoplexy: Case Series and Review of the Literature. Souter, J. R.; Jusue-Torres, I.; Grahnke, K.; Borys, E.; Patel, C.; Germanwala, A. V.; Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base
- Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Tumors in the United States, 2009 to 2011: Effects of Hospital Volume on Postoperative Complications. Li, D.; Johans, S.; Martin, B.; Cobb, A.; Kim, M.; Germanwala, A. V.; Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base
- The Utility of Using Preoperative MRI as a Predictor for Intraoperative Pituitary Adenoma Consistency and Surgical Resection Technique. Yun, J. J.; Johans, S. J.; Shepherd, D. J.; Martin, B.; Joyce, C.; Borys, E.; Reddy, A. S.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base
- Fetal Bovine Collagen Grafts for Repair of Tegmen Defects and Encephaloceles Via Middle Cranial Fossa Approach. Patel, A.; Zakaria, J.; Bartindale, M. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; Anderson, D. E.; Marzo, S. J.; Kircher, M. L.; Leonetti, J. P.; Prabhu, V. C.; Ear, nose, & throat journal
- Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Meckel's Cave Epidermoid Cysts: Case Discussion and Literature Review. Zakaria, J.; Saini, P.; Yanovskaya, M.; Tsiang, J. T.; Ravindran, K.; Johans, S.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; Case reports in neurological medicine
- Commentary: Anatomical Variations in the Location of Veins Draining Into the Anterior Superior Sagittal Sinus: Implications for the Transbasal Approach. Heiferman, D. M.; Prabhu, V. C.; Germanwala, A. V.; Anderson, D. E.; Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)
- Lower-dose perioperative steroid protocol during endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma resection. Pecoraro, N. C.; Heiferman, D. M.; Martin, B.; Li, D.; Johans, S. J.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; Surgical neurology international
- Murphey's teat: history and insight into an enigmatic cerebrovascular eponym. Heiferman, D. M.; Li, D.; Serrone, J. C.; Reynolds, M. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; Watridge, C. B.; Arthur, A. S.; Journal of neurosurgery
- Mercury vs. Water: An Analysis of Multi-Institutional Survey Data Assessing Intracranial Pressure Unit of Measure Awareness. Heiferman, D. M.; Jack, M. M.; Johnson, K. D.; Katsevman, G. A.; Prabhu, V. C.; Germanwala, A. V.; Serrone, J. C.; World neurosurgery
- Unintended Consequences After Postoperative Ileus in Spinal Fusion Patients. Swong, K.; Johans, S.; Molefe, A.; Hofler, R. C.; Wemhoff, M.; Kuo, P.; Germanwala, A.; World neurosurgery
- Anatomic considerations in headaches associated with cervical sagittal imbalance: A cadaveric biomechanical study. Kalmanson, O. A.; Khayatzadeh, S.; Germanwala, A.; Scott-Young, M.; Havey, R. M.; Voronov, L. I.; Patwardhan, A. G.; Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- Sellar Metastasis of Cervical Adenocarcinoma. Ravindran, K.; Zsigray, B. M.; Wemhoff, M. P.; Spencer, J. D.; Borys, E.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; Case reports in neurological medicine
- In Reply to the Letter to the Editor "Craniopharyngioma: 10 Selected Works Which Provide Comprehensive and Valuable Insight into These Complex Tumors". Jusue-Torres, I.; Hulbert, A.; Germanwala, A. A.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- Basilar Apex Aneurysms in the Setting of Carotid Artery Stenosis: Case Series and Angiographic Anatomic Study. Rosenbaum, M. D.; Heiferman, D. M.; Raslan, O. A.; Martin, B.; Dominguez, J. F.; de la Peña, P. M.; Ashley, W. W.; Rosenblum, J. D.; Germanwala, A. V.; Current neurovascular research
- Oligometastatic Disease State Is Associated with Improved Local Control in Patients Undergoing Three or Five Fraction Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. Silva, S. R.; Gliniewicz, A.; Martin, B.; Prabhu, V. C.; Germanwala, A. V.; Melian, E.; Jones, G. A.; Solanki, A. A.; World neurosurgery
- The 100 Most-Cited Reports About Craniopharyngioma. Jusue-Torres, I.; Hulbert, A.; Germanwala, A. A.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- Clival meningocele causing bilateral hearing loss in a child due to superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: case report. Johans, S. J.; Swong, K. N.; Burkett, D. J.; Wemhoff, M. P.; Lew, S. M.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics
- Impact of Operating Room Environment on Postoperative Central Nervous System Infection in a Resource-Limited Neurosurgical Center in South Asia. Chidambaram, S.; Vasudevan, M. C.; Nair, M. N.; Joyce, C.; Germanwala, A. V.; World neurosurgery
- Antibiotic prophylaxis and infection prevention for endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery: Our protocol, results, and review of the literature. Johans, S. J.; Burkett, D. J.; Swong, K. N.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- Cranial Base Meningiomas. Prabhu, V. C.; Melian, E.; Germanwala, A. V.; Solanki, A. A.; Borys, E.; Barton, K.; Anderson, D. E.; World neurosurgery
- Neurosurgery concepts: Key perspectives on endoscopic versus microscopic resection for pituitary adenomas, surgical decision-making in tuberculum sellae meningiomas, optic nerve mobilization during resection of craniopharyngiomas, and evaluation of headache and quality of life after endoscopic transphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas. Germanwala, A. V.; Hofler, R.; Lagman, C.; Chung, L. K.; Khalessi, A. A.; Zada, G.; Smith, Z. A.; Dahdaleh, N. S.; Bohnen, A. M.; Cho, J. M.; Colen, C. B.; Duckworth, E.; Kan, P.; Lam, S.; Kim, C. Y.; Li, G.; Lim, M.; Sherman, J. H.; Wang, V. Y.; Yang, I.; Surgical neurology international
- Neurosurgery concepts: Key perspectives on imaging characteristics of spinal metastases, surgery for low back pain, anesthesia for disc surgery, and laminectomy versus laminectomy and fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis. Lagman, C.; Chung, L. K.; Macyszyn, L.; Choy, W.; Smith, Z. A.; Dahdaleh, N. S.; Bohnen, A. M.; Cho, J. M.; Colen, C. B.; Duckworth, E.; Germanwala, A. V.; Kan, P.; Khalessi, A. A.; Kim, C. Y.; Lam, S.; Li, G.; Lim, M.; Sherman, J. H.; Wang, V. Y.; Zada, G.; Yang, I.; Surgical neurology international
- First insight into the somatic mutation burden of neurofibromatosis type 2-associated grade I and grade II meningiomas: a case report comprehensive genomic study of two cranial meningiomas with vastly different clinical presentation. Dewan, R.; Pemov, A.; Dutra, A. S.; Pak, E. D.; Edwards, N. A.; Ray-Chaudhury, A.; Hansen, N. F.; Chandrasekharappa, S. C.; Mullikin, J. C.; Asthagiri, A. R.; NISC Comparative Sequencing Program; Heiss, J. D.; Stewart, D. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; BMC cancer
- Key perspectives on stenting of symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis, resident involvement in neurosurgery, antithrombotic therapy following sellar and parasellar tumor resection, and radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas. Kan, P.; Bohnen, A.; Germanwala, A. V.; Pelargos, P.; Choy, W.; Yang, I.; Smith, Z. A.; Surgical neurology international
- Key perspectives on Woven EndoBridge device for wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms, endoscopic endonasal clipping of intracranial aneurysms, retrosigmoid versus translabyrinthine approaches for acoustic neuromas, and impact of local intraoperative steroid administration on postoperative dysphagia following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Srinivasan, V. M.; Kan, P.; Germanwala, A. V.; Pelargos, P.; Bohnen, A.; Choy, W.; Yang, I.; Smith, Z. A.; Surgical neurology international
- Neurosurgery concepts: Key perspectives on intrathecal fluorescein for detecting intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak during endoscopic endonasal surgery, spinal intraarterial chemotherapy, oligoastrocytoma classification by in situ molecular genetics, and prenatal myelomeningocele closure and the need for cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement. Germanwala, A. V.; Choy, W.; Sherman, J. H.; Lam, S.; Yang, I.; Smith, Z. A.; Surgical neurology international
- Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery at a VA Hospital. Jones, M.; Johans, S.; Ziegler, A.; Welch, K. C.; Patadia, M. O.; Patel, C. R.; Germanwala, A. V.; JAMA surgery
- Key perspectives on donepezil following brain irradiation, sacroiliac joint fusion, indocyanine green fluorescence endoscope in endonasal transsphenoidal surgery, postconcussion syndrome in young athletes. Li, G.; Dahdaleh, N. S.; Germanwala, A. V.; Lam, S.; Choy, W.; Smith, Z. A.; Yang, I.; Surgical neurology international
- Malignant cerebral edema following cranioplasty. Hassaneen, W.; Germanwala, A.; Tsimpas, A.; Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- Spontaneous regression of intracranial aneurysm following remote ruptured aneurysm treatment with pipeline stent assisted coiling. Tsimpas, A.; Ashley, W. W.; Germanwala, A. V.; Journal of neurointerventional surgery
- Analysis of vestibular schwannoma size: A literature review on consistency with measurement techniques. Li, D.; Tsimpas, A.; Germanwala, A. V.; Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
- Spontaneous regression of intracranial aneurysm following remote ruptured aneurysm treatment with pipeline stent assisted coiling. Tsimpas, A.; Ashley, W. W.; Germanwala, A. V.; BMJ case reports
- Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting with Kernohan's Notch. Dibble, C. F.; Wemhoff, M. P.; Ibrahim, T.; Sasaki-Adams, D.; Solander, S.; Germanwala, A. V.; Case reports in neurological medicine
- The endonasal approach for treatment of cerebral aneurysms: A critical review of the literature. Heiferman, D. M.; Somasundaram, A.; Alvarado, A. J.; Zanation, A. M.; Pittman, A. L.; Germanwala, A. V.; Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
- Activation of hypoxia signaling induces phenotypic transformation of glioma cells: implications for bevacizumab antiangiogenic therapy. Xu, H.; Rahimpour, S.; Nesvick, C. L.; Zhang, X.; Ma, J.; Zhang, M.; Zhang, G.; Wang, L.; Yang, C.; Hong, C. S.; Germanwala, A. V.; Elder, J. B.; Ray-Chaudhury, A.; Yao, Y.; Gilbert, M. R.; Lonser, R. R.; Heiss, J. D.; Brady, R. O.; Mao, Y.; Qin, J.; Zhuang, Z.; Oncotarget
- Neurosurgery concepts: Key perspectives on embolectomy for stroke with emergent large vessel occlusion (MR CLEAN), endonasal endoscopic craniopharyngioma resection, gamma knife radiosurgery for meningiomas, therapeutic hypothermia for severe traumatic brain injury. Kan, P.; Duckworth, E.; Germanwala, A. V.; Pelargos, P.; Cho, J. M.; Choy, W.; Smith, Z. A.; Yang, I.; Surgical neurology international