Doctor's Bio
Dr. Gustavo Pradilla is an associate professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine, he serves as chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital and is the co-director of the Grady Skull Base Surgery Center. Dr. Pradilla completed his training in neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2012 and his fellowship training in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 2013. In addition he received postdoctoral research training in cerebrovascular research and experimental neuro-oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine prior to his residency training. Dr. Pradilla is the director of the cerebrovascular research laboratory for the Department of Neurosurgery and a member of the Emory Brain Research Laboratory. He specializes in the surgical treatment of cerebrovascular disorders including aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and carotid artery stenosis, as well as in open and endoscopic surgery for brain and skull base tumors. His basic and clinical cerebrovascular research focuses on subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, and intracranial aneurysm formation, and his research in skull base surgery focuses on microsurgical anatomy and technique development in skull base surgery.
Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: ECFMG - Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduates
- Internship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowships
Miller School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Cranioplasty Timing After Decompressive Craniectomy: A Meta-Analysis of 4703 Patients.
Ochoa Hernandez D, Villalobos Villalobos FB, Martínez Hernández RY, Vázquez Hernández HJ, Pichardo-Rojas D, Palomino-Ojeda CJ, Fernandez EA, Rizzo Zaldumbide A, Pichardo-Rojas PS, Grossberg JA, Pradilla G, Esquenazi Y
Neurosurgery. 2026;
PMID: 41854265 - Neuro-Oncological Perspectives on Cancer Stem Cell Biology in Glioblastoma: Implications for Resection, Recurrence, Targeted Therapy, and Other CNS Tumors.
Salmeron-Moreno K, Papisetty K, Kim CD, McCaffery T, Kashlan R, Theodore J, Kim JM, Buclez J, Duggireddy H, Maldonado J, Guerrero-Cázares H, Pradilla G, Garzon-Muvdi T
Cells. 2026;
PMID: 41827847 - The visuo-operative angle: computational 3D assessment of surgical trajectories toward irregular target areas in skull base corridors.
Tariciotti L, Rodas A, Zohdy YM, Revuelta Barbero JM, De Andrade EJ, Patel B, Porto E, Maldonado J, Vuncannon JR, Soriano R, Reyes C, Garzon-Muvdi T, Solares CA, Pradilla G
Journal of neurosurgery. 2026;
PMID: 41791114 - Intraoperative seizure in the setting of tumor resection: illustrative cases.
McCaffery T, Buclez J, Duggireddy H, Faraj RR, Moreno KS, Pradilla G, Garzon-Muvdi T
Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons. 2026;
PMID: 41771057 - Advancing the Study of Glioblastoma Through 3D Tumor Models.
Salmeron-Moreno K, Buclez J, Kim CD, Papisetty K, McCaffery T, Jacob F, Kashlan R, Duggireddy H, Valiveti K, Maldonado J, Pradilla G, Garzon-Muvdi T
Cancers. 2026;
PMID: 41749921 - Integrative transcriptomics and network analysis reveals core genes driving meningioma pathogenesis and clinical outcomes.
Zohdy YM, Alawieh AM, Jahangiri A, Siciliano B, Tariciotti L, Rodas A, Maldonado J, Hoang K, Nduom E, Howard BM, Barrow DL, Aksionau A, Neill SG, Wen Z, Pradilla G, Garzon-Muvdi T
Scientific reports. 2025;15(1):44982.
PMID: 41272189 - Emerging approaches in the management of intracranial hemorrhage: ARISE II consensus recommendations.
Bain M, Kellner CP, Hanel RA, Burkhardt JK, Fiorella D, Frosen J, Jankowitz B, Lopes D, Pradilla G, Taussky P, Kashkoush A, Wakhloo AK, Arthur AS, Mocco J, Liebeskind DS, Samaniego EA, Toth G, Strbian D, Linfante I, Nogueira R, Fisher M,
Journal of neurointerventional surgery. 2025;
PMID: 41219123 - Petroclival extra-adrenal myelolipoma: illustrative case.
McCaffery T, Duggireddy H, Aksionau A, Neill SG, Maldonado J, Pradilla G, Garzon-Muvdi T
Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons. 2025;
PMID: 41213136 - NIR Indocyanine-White Light Overlay Visualization for Neuro-Oto-Vascular Preservation During Anterior Transpetrosal Approaches: A Technical Note.
Tariciotti L, Rodas A, De Andrade E, Revuelta Barbero JM, Zohdy YM, Soriano R, Vuncannon JR, Maldonado J, Lohana S, DiMeco F, Garzon-Muvdi T, Reyes C, Solares CA, Pradilla G
Journal of clinical medicine. 2025;
PMID: 41096035 - Comprehensive Comparison of Visual Outcomes in Macro and Giant Prolactinoma Cohorts Managed With Medical Versus Surgical Treatment.
Maldonado J, Patel B, Ma T, Zohdy YM, Tariciotti L, Atchley T, de Andrade E, Duggireddy H, Salmeron Moreno K, Indurkar A, Altaroor K, Lohana S, Dattilo M, Haque NA, Ioachimescu A, Pradilla G, Garzon-Muvdi T
Neurosurgery. 2026;98(4):826-835.
PMID: 40767496
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