Michael S. Virk

1.5k total citations
27 papers, 576 citations indexed

About

Michael S. Virk is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael S. Virk has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 576 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 15 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Michael S. Virk's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (13 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (9 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (4 papers). Michael S. Virk is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (13 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (9 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (4 papers). Michael S. Virk collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Michael S. Virk's co-authors include John P. Adelman, James Maylie, Chris T. Bond, Nathan R. Rustay, Paco S. Herson, Huibo Shao, John C. Crabbe, Theodore H. Schwartz, Madhu Mazumdar and Jeffrey P. Greenfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michael S. Virk

24 papers receiving 570 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael S. Virk United States	11	196	194	191	171	108	27	576
Linda M. Pedersen Norway	14	199 1.0×	86 0.4×	74 0.4×	66 0.4×	78 0.7×	28	559
Shmuel Appel Israel	14	47 0.2×	76 0.4×	108 0.6×	171 1.0×	185 1.7×	35	491
K. Lehrberger Germany	5	30 0.2×	402 2.1×	330 1.7×	132 0.8×	80 0.7×	9	861
Michael Harned United States	11	79 0.4×	111 0.6×	102 0.5×	26 0.2×	15 0.1×	21	475
M. W. Berfelo Netherlands	8	70 0.4×	46 0.2×	101 0.5×	36 0.2×	160 1.5×	12	457
Antonio Ruelle Italy	15	58 0.3×	111 0.6×	211 1.1×	135 0.8×	26 0.2×	21	469
Misha-Miroslav Backonja United States	8	58 0.3×	115 0.6×	73 0.4×	41 0.2×	62 0.6×	8	878
Mingjie Zhang China	16	156 0.8×	32 0.2×	70 0.4×	100 0.6×	326 3.0×	40	581
Naomi Hirakawa Japan	11	64 0.3×	64 0.3×	170 0.9×	115 0.7×	22 0.2×	25	425
I.M. Donaldson New Zealand	13	50 0.3×	73 0.4×	163 0.9×	71 0.4×	71 0.7×	32	516

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Murray, Lynda M., James R. McIntosh, Jacob A. Goldsmith, et al.. (2025). Timing-dependent synergies between noninvasive motor cortex and spinal cord stimulation in chronic cervical spinal cord injury. Clinical Neurophysiology. 180. 2111372–2111372.

Murray, Lynda M., Christopher E. Mandigo, Michael S. Virk, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical Bayesian estimation of motor-evoked potential recruitment curves yields accurate and robust estimates. Brain stimulation. 18(6). 1855–1870. 2 indexed citations

McIntosh, James R., Jacob L. Goldberg, Lynda M. Murray, et al.. (2024). Timing‐dependent synergies between motor cortex and posterior spinal stimulation in humans. The Journal of Physiology. 602(12). 2961–2983. 3 indexed citations

McIntosh, James R., Lynda M. Murray, Jacob L. Goldberg, et al.. (2024). ID: 330948 Invasive and Non-invasive Synergies Between Motor Cortex and Cervical Spinal Stimulation in Humans. Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. 27(7). S185–S185.

Goldberg, Jacob L., Ibrahim Hussain, Kai-Ming Fu, & Michael S. Virk. (2023). Algorithmic Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Versus Open Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 34(4). 599–607. 2 indexed citations

Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Samuel Craft, Michael S. Virk, et al.. (2023). Academic career progression in AANS/CNS Spine Section award recipients. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 40(1). 107–114. 1 indexed citations

McIntosh, James R., Jacob L. Goldberg, Lynda M. Murray, et al.. (2022). Intraoperative electrical stimulation of the human dorsal spinal cord reveals a map of arm and hand muscle responses. Journal of Neurophysiology. 129(1). 66–82. 6 indexed citations

Sherrod, Brandon A., Mohammed Ali Alvi, Anthony L. Asher, et al.. (2022). Differences in Patient-Reported Outcomes Between Anterior and Posterior Approaches for Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Quality Outcomes Database Analysis. World Neurosurgery. 160. e436–e441. 7 indexed citations

Sherrod, Brandon A., Praveen V. Mummaneni, Mohammed Ali Alvi, et al.. (2020). Regional Variance in Disability and Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Surgery for Grade I Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Quality Outcomes Database Analysis. World Neurosurgery. 138. e336–e344. 2 indexed citations

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DiGiorgio, Anthony M., Praveen V. Mummaneni, Jonathan Fisher, et al.. (2019). Change in Policy Allowing Overlapping Surgery Decreases Length of Stay in an Academic, Safety-Net Hospital. Operative Neurosurgery. 17(6). 543–548. 2 indexed citations

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Chazen, J. Levi, et al.. (2019). CT-Guided Block and Radiofrequency Ablation of the C2 Dorsal Root Ganglion for Cervicogenic Headache. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 40(8). 1433–1436. 9 indexed citations

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Mummaneni, Praveen V., Paul Park, Christopher I. Shaffrey, et al.. (2019). The MISDEF2 algorithm: an updated algorithm for patient selection in minimally invasive deformity surgery. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 32(2). 221–228. 62 indexed citations

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Asher, Anthony L., Panagiotis Kerezoudis, Praveen V. Mummaneni, et al.. (2018). Defining the minimum clinically important difference for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 44(1). E2–E2. 88 indexed citations

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DiGiorgio, Anthony M., Caleb S. Edwards, Michael S. Virk, & Dean Chou. (2018). Lateral Prepsoas (Oblique) Approach Nuances. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 29(3). 419–426. 6 indexed citations

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Bisson, Erica F., Mohamad Bydon, Michael S. Virk, et al.. (2017). 101 Lumbar Fusion Versus Laminectomy for Spondylolisthesis. Neurosurgery. 64(CN_suppl_1). 219–220. 1 indexed citations

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Hussain, Ibrahim, Michael S. Virk, Thomas W. Link, Apostolos John Tsiouris, & Eric Elowitz. (2017). Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with 3D-Navigation Guided Cortical Bone Trajectory Screws for L4/5 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 1-Year Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes. World Neurosurgery. 110. e504–e513. 12 indexed citations

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Virk, Michael S., Yotam Sagi, Lucian Medrihan, et al.. (2016). Opposing roles for serotonin in cholinergic neurons of the ventral and dorsal striatum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(3). 734–739. 38 indexed citations

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Lancman, Guido, Michael S. Virk, Huibo Shao, et al.. (2012). Vagus nerve stimulation vs. corpus callosotomy in the treatment of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: A meta-analysis. Seizure. 22(1). 3–8. 99 indexed citations

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Virk, Michael S., Seksiri Arttamangkul, William T. Birdsong, & John T. Williams. (2009). Buprenorphine Is a Weak Partial Agonist That Inhibits Opioid Receptor Desensitization. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(22). 7341–7348. 47 indexed citations

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Herson, Paco S., Michael S. Virk, Nathan R. Rustay, et al.. (2003). A mouse model of episodic ataxia type-1. Nature Neuroscience. 6(4). 378–383. 113 indexed citations

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