MEET DR. HILL
Dr. Hill is the newest member of Dr. Shen’s team at Shen Spine. He is a board-eligible neurological surgeon who obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 2007, his Neuroscience Ph.D. in 2013 at the University of California, Davis, and his MD at New York University in 2016. He completed residency in neurological surgery at New York University in 2023, followed by a fellowship in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of Washington.
Dr. Hill specializes in treating conditions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, including spondylosis, stenosis, radiculopathies, and myelopathy. When surgical intervention is necessary, his goal is to provide his patients with the least-invasive surgery possible to address their problem. He has extensive experience with endoscopic approaches to the spine and believes that, for suitable pathology, there is no better choice. He joined the Shen Spine team so that he could continue to focus on providing his patients with the best spine care possible through use of the most minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Dr. Hill has membership with the North American Spine Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
EDUCATION
New York University, School of Medicine
New York, New York
M.D.
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
Ph.D. – Neuroscience
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, Massachussetts
B.S. – Psychology
POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING
Fellowship, Neurosurgery Spine
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Washington, School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
Residency, Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
New York University, School of Medicine
New York, New York
Post-doctoral Scientist, Neuroscience
Dr. Karen Zito’s laboratory
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTERS
Hill TC, Oh W, Zito K (2009) Optical Manipulation of Neural Activity: Recent Advances for Applications using Two-Photon Microscopy, Thompson S and Blanpied T (eds), The Change We Need: New Frontiers in Live-Cell Imaging, Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, pp. 51 – 60.
Weimer RM, Hill TC, Hamilton AM & Zito K (2011) Imaging Synaptic Protein Dynamics in the Cerebral Cortex invitro and in vivo. In Imaging in Developmental Biology, Wong R and Sharpe J (eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, pp. 499 – 512.
Weimer RM, Hill TC, Hamilton AM & Zito K. (2014) Imaging synaptic protein dynamics using photoactivatable green fluorescent protein, In Molecular Neuroscience: A Laboratory Manual, Lansford R (ed), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. pp. 501-507.
Frisoli F., Shah J., Hill T.C., Kondziolka D. (2019) Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas. In: Trifiletti D., Chao S., Sahgal A., Sheehan J. (eds) Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Springer, Cham
TC Hill, JG Golfinos. (2019) Retrosigmoid Approach for Medium to Large Vestibular Schwannoma. In: Carlson M, Link M, Driscoll C et al., ed. Comprehensive Management of Vestibular Schwannoma. 1st Edition. Thieme; 2019. doi:10.1055/b-006-164732
Stein I.S., Hill T.C., Oh W.C., Parajuli L.K., Zito K. (2019) Two-Photon Glutamate Uncaging to Study Structural and Functional Plasticity of Dendritic Spines. In: Hartveit E. (eds) Multiphoton Microscopy. Neuromethods, vol 148. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9702-2_4
JOURNAL ARTICLES
K Zito, V Scheuss, G Knott, T Hill, K Svoboda (2009). Rapid functional maturation of nascent dendritic spines. Neuron 61, 247 – 58. PMID 19186167
Hill TC, Zito K (2013). LTP-induced long-term stabilization of individual nascent dendritic spines. The Journal of Neuroscience, 33(2):678-86. PMID 23303946
Oh WC, Hill TC, Zito K (2013). Synapse-specific and size-dependent mechanisms of spine structural plasticity accompanying synaptic weakening. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110(4):305-12. PMID 23269840
Hill TC, Tanweer O, Thomas C, Engler J, Shapiro M, Becske T, Huang PP (2016). Posterior spinal artery aneurysm presenting with leukocytoclastic vasculitis. J Cerebrovasc Endovasc Neurosurg, 18(1);42-7. PMID 27114966
Golfinos JG, Hill TC, Rokosh R, Choudhry O, Shinseki M, Mansouri A, Friedmann DR, Roland JT Jr, Kondziolka D (2016). A matched cohort comparison of clinical outcomes following microsurgical resection or stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with small- and medium-sized vestibular schwannomas. J Neurosurg, 125(6):1472-1482. PMID 27035174
Chenaux G, Matt L, Hill TC, Kaur I, Liu XB, Kirk LM, Speca DJ, McMahon SA, Zito K, Hell JW, Díaz E (2016). Loss of SynDIG1 Reduces Excitatory Synapse Maturation But Not Formation In Vivo. eNeuro. 3(5). PMID 27800545
Lewis A, Sen R, Hill TC, James H, Lin J, Bhamra H, Martirosyan N, Pacione D. (2017) Antibiotic prophylaxis for subdural and subgaleal drains. J Neurosurg. 126(3);908-912. PMID 27257843
Hill TC, Rubin BA, Tyagi V, Theobald J, Silverberg A, Miceli M, Dugan P, Carlson C, Doyle WK. (2017) The value of diagnostic bilateral intracranial EEG in treatment resistant focal epilepsy. World Neurosurgery. 103:1-10. PMID 28185968
Lambert JC, Hill TC, Park DK, Culp JH, Zito K. (2017) Protracted and asynchronous accumulation of PSD95-family MAGUKs during maturation of nascent dendritic spines. Dev Neurobiol. 77(10): 1161-1174. PMID 28388013
Prabhu V, Kondziolka D, Hill TC, Benjamin C, Shinseki MS, Golfinos JG, Roland JT Jr, Fatterpekar GM. (2018) Preserved Cochlear CISS Signal is a Predictor for Hearing Preservation in Patients Treated for Vestibular Schwannoma with Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Otol Neurotol 39(5): 628-631. PMID 29561382
Lewis A, Lin J, James H, Hill TC, Sen R, Pacione D. (2018) Discontinuation of postoperative prophylactic antibiotics after noninstrumented spinal surgery: results of a quality improvement project. Neurohospitalist, 8(3): 129-134. PMID 29977443
Grobelny BT, London D, Hill TC, North E, Dugan P, Doyle WK. (2018) Betweenness centrality of intracranial electroencephalography networks and epilepsy outcome. Clin Neurophysiol, 129(9): 1804-1812. PMID 29981955
Drummond PS, Pourfar MH, Hill TC, Mogilner AY, Kondziolka DS. (2020) Subthalamic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Parkinson’s Disease: A Cautionary Tale. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 98(2):110-117. PMID 32101861
Iyengar NS, Golub D, McQuinn MW, Hill T, Tang K, Gardner SL, Harter DH, Sen C, Staffenberg DA, Thomas K, Elkin Z, Belinsky I, William C. (2020) Orbital Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as IgG4-related disease: a case report. Acta Neuropathol Commun 8(1):113. PMID 32682450
Navarro RE, Golub D, Hill T, McQuinn MW, William C, Zagzag D, Hidalgo ET (2021) Pediatric Midline H3K27M-Mutant Tumor with Disseminated Leptomeningeal Disease and Glioneuronal Features: Case Report and Literature Review. Child’s Nervous System 37(7): 2347-2356. PMID 32989496
Wright K, Kim H, Hill T, Lee M, Orillac C, Mogar N, Pacione D, Agrawal N. (2022) Preoperative differentiation of hypophysitis and pituitary adenomas using a novel clinicoradiologic scoring system. Pituitary, 25(4):602-614. PMID 35622211
Khan HA, Hill TC, Suryadevara CM, Carter CC, Eremiev AN, Save AV, Golfinos JG, Pacione D. (2023) Development and implementation of an Enhanced Recovery After Cranial Surgery pathway following supratentorial tumor resection at a tertiary care center. Neurosurg Focus, 55(6):E4. PMID 38039535
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- North American Spine Society
- American Association of Neurologic Surgeons