Robert Fulbright, MD
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Neurology
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Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
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Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
PO Box 208042, Tompkin's East 2
New Haven, CT 06520-8042
United States
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Neurology
Secondary
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Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Contact Info
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
PO Box 208042, Tompkin's East 2
New Haven, CT 06520-8042
United States
Appointments
Neurology
Secondary
Titles
Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Contact Info
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
PO Box 208042, Tompkin's East 2
New Haven, CT 06520-8042
United States
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Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research CenterAppointments
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
ProfessorPrimaryNeurology
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Other Departments & Organizations
- Bioimaging Sciences
- Brain Tumor Center
- Connecticut Study of Epilepsy
- Deuterium Metabolic Imaging (DMI)
- Magnetic Resonance Research Center
- Neurology
- Neuroradiology
- Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
- Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (1993)
- Resident
- Columbia University, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY (1991)
- Resident
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (1987)
- MD
- Baylor College of Medicine (1984)
Research
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Brain; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Radiology
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85Publications
4,520Citations
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Brain
Neuroimaging
Publications
2024
Comparative analysis of energy expenditure and costs in neuroimaging
Signorile W, Mahajan A, Fulbright R, Zubair A. Comparative analysis of energy expenditure and costs in neuroimaging. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 2024, 460: 123001. PMID: 38616465, DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2024.123001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsVariations in the genomic profiles and clinical behavior of meningioma by racial and ethnic group.
Tabor J, Dincer A, O'Brien J, Lei H, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Jalal M, Yalcin K, Morales-Valero S, Marianayagam N, Alanya H, Elsamadicy A, Millares Chavez M, Aguilera S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Fulbright R, Jin L, Erson-Omay E, Günel M, Moliterno J. Variations in the genomic profiles and clinical behavior of meningioma by racial and ethnic group. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2024, 1-9. PMID: 38518289, DOI: 10.3171/2024.1.jns231633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsBlack patientsSporadic meningiomasClinical outcomesGenomic profilingClinical behavior of meningiomasShorter progression-free survivalAnterior skull base tumorsClinical data of patientsHispanic patientsProgression-free survivalChromosome 1p deletionBehavior of meningiomasIncreased recurrence rateRate of recurrenceSkull base tumorsData of patientsSomatic driver mutationsNon-Black patientsShorter PFSOverall survivalAggressive meningiomasTRAF7 mutationsIntracranial meningiomasMeningioma resectionNon-black group
2023
Frailty and postoperative outcomes in brain tumor patients: a systematic review subdivided by tumor etiology
Qureshi H, Tabor J, Pickens K, Lei H, Vasandani S, Jalal M, Vetsa S, Elsamadicy A, Marianayagam N, Theriault B, Fulbright R, Qin R, Yan J, Jin L, O’Brien J, Morales-Valero S, Moliterno J. Frailty and postoperative outcomes in brain tumor patients: a systematic review subdivided by tumor etiology. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2023, 164: 299-308. PMID: 37624530, PMCID: PMC10522517, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-023-04416-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsBrain tumor patientsTumor patientsPostoperative outcomesFrailty indexSystematic reviewBrain tumorsPrimary intracranial tumorsMethodsSystematic literature reviewPrognostic valueVestibular schwannomaPostsurgical outcomesBenign tumorsIntracranial tumorsLesion etiologyTumor outcomeExclusion criteriaMalignant lesionsPRISMA guidelinesPatientsConclusionOur reviewTumor pathologyUnique etiologyTumor typesFrailtyNeurosurgical oncologyThe clinical and genomic features of seizures in meningiomas
Dincer A, Jalal M, Gupte T, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Yalcin K, Marianayagam N, Blondin N, Corbin Z, McGuone D, Fulbright R, Erson-Omay Z, Günel M, Moliterno J. The clinical and genomic features of seizures in meningiomas. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2023, 5: i49-i57. PMID: 37287582, PMCID: PMC10243847, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdac110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsPeritumoral brain edemaPostoperative seizuresBrain invasionSubtotal resectionBrain edemaLarge residual tumor volumeCentral nervous system tumorsCommon central nervous system tumorPersistent postoperative seizuresResidual tumor volumeHistory of seizuresHigh tumor gradeNervous system tumorsQuality of lifePreoperative seizuresAtypical histologyMost patientsSurgical resectionCortical hyperexcitabilityUncontrolled seizuresAggressive featuresSeizure activityEpileptogenic focusCortical irritationRisk factorsClinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas.
Tabor J, O'Brien J, Vasandani S, Vetsa S, Lei H, Jalal M, Marianayagam N, Jin L, Millares Chavez M, Haynes J, Dincer A, Yalcin K, Aguilera S, Omay S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Morales-Valero S, Fulbright R, Gunel M, Erson-Omay E, Moliterno J. Clinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2023, 139: 1648-1656. PMID: 37243548, DOI: 10.3171/2023.4.jns222929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSubtotal resectionSupratentorial tumorsElevated Ki-67High-risk featuresProgression-free survivalChromosome 1p deletionInfratentorial counterpartsInfratentorial tumorsPostoperative managementSomatic driver mutationsCerebral convexityGrade IIInfratentorial meningiomasKi-67Posterior fossaLoss of heterozygosityMeningiomasResectionTumorsWhole-exome sequencing dataDriver mutationsHigh gradeSignificant differencesExome sequencing dataSporadic meningiomasSurgical strategies for intracranial meningioma in the molecular era
Dincer A, Morales-Valero S, Robert S, Tabor J, O’Brien J, Yalcin K, Fulbright R, Erson-Omay Z, Dunn I, Moliterno J. Surgical strategies for intracranial meningioma in the molecular era. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2023, 162: 253-265. PMID: 37010677, PMCID: PMC10167142, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-023-04272-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsExtent of resectionGrade 1 tumorsInfluence of surgeryTreatment of choiceHigh recurrence rateBiology of meningiomasIntroductionSurgical resectionSymptomatic recurrenceDisease recurrenceDefinitive managementRecurrence rateSurgical strategyWHO gradeIntracranial meningiomasClinical predictive powerMalignant transformationGrading scaleNatural historyMeningiomasUnexpected recurrenceRecurrenceVascular steal and associated intratumoral aneurysms in highly vascular brain tumors: illustrative case
Hong C, Marianayagam N, Morales-Valero S, Barak T, Tabor J, O’Brien J, Huttner A, Baehring J, Gunel M, Erson-Omay E, Fulbright R, Matouk C, Moliterno J. Vascular steal and associated intratumoral aneurysms in highly vascular brain tumors: illustrative case. Journal Of Neurosurgery Case Lessons 2023, 5: case22512. PMID: 36880509, PMCID: PMC10550659, DOI: 10.3171/case22512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular brain tumorsVascular stealIntratumoral aneurysmBrain tumorsAdditional vascular imagingRight ophthalmic arteryMaximal safe resectionDiagnostic cerebral angiographyMinimal blood lossVascular steal phenomenonOpen tumor resectionDural-based lesionsSteal phenomenonBlood lossCerebral angiographyClinical suspicionNeurological symptomsOphthalmic arterySurgical strategySafe resectionVascular tumorsBlurred visionEndovascular embolizationTomography angiographyTumor resectionEpstein-Barr virus–associated primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma in an immunocompetent patient: illustrative case
Tabor J, Lei H, Morales-Valero S, O’Brien J, Gopal P, Erson-Omay E, Fulbright R, Moliterno J. Epstein-Barr virus–associated primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma in an immunocompetent patient: illustrative case. Journal Of Neurosurgery Case Lessons 2023, 5: case22532. PMID: 36692065, PMCID: PMC10550697, DOI: 10.3171/case22532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEpstein-Barr virusPrimary intracranial leiomyosarcomaHuman immunodeficiency virusImmunocompetent statusImmunocompetent patientsIntracranial leiomyosarcomaMainstay of treatmentGross total resectionLeft-sided headacheSmooth muscle tumorsLeft middle cranial fossaMagnetic resonance imagingMiddle cranial fossaDura-based massUncomplicated resectionPrompt diagnosisTotal resectionAssociated edemaImmunodeficiency virusPoor prognosisMuscle tumorsRare diagnosisRare tumorImmunocompromised individualsPatients
2022
EPCO-40. INFRATENTORIAL NF2 MUTANT SPORADIC MENINGIOMAS DIFFER FROM THOSE IN SUPRATENTORIAL LOCATIONS AND ARE MORE BENIGN
Vasandani S, Vetsa S, Jalal M, Yalcin K, Marianayagam N, Nadar A, Jin L, Fulbright R, Erson-Omay E, Günel M, Moliterno J. EPCO-40. INFRATENTORIAL NF2 MUTANT SPORADIC MENINGIOMAS DIFFER FROM THOSE IN SUPRATENTORIAL LOCATIONS AND ARE MORE BENIGN. Neuro-Oncology 2022, 24: vii125-vii125. DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac209.474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSupratentorial locationWhole-exome sequencing dataHigh-risk clinical featuresLonger progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalExtent of resectionShorter overall survivalDifferent intracranial locationsChromosome 1p deletionOverall survivalClinical featuresInfratentorial tumorsAggressive featuresClinical manifestationsClinical behaviorKi-67Intracranial locationMeningiomasTumorsUnstable tumorsNF2 lossResectionGenomic profilesPatientsExome sequencing dataCerebrospinal Fluid Lymphocytic Pleocytosis is Associated With Enhanced Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown at the Time of Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis (P15-4.007)
Sivakolundu D, Kopyto M, Hill K, Elhusseiny H, Fulbright R, Hafler D, Longbrake E. Cerebrospinal Fluid Lymphocytic Pleocytosis is Associated With Enhanced Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown at the Time of Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis (P15-4.007). Neurology 2022, 98 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.98.18_supplement.2811.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Overview
Robert Fulbright, MD, is an expert in the use of imaging techniques to diagnose and help treat diseases of the central nervous system. He performs diagnostic examinations on the brain, head and neck, spine, and peripheral nervous system using CT, MRI, and MR spectroscopy.
Dr. Fulbright is the medical director of the Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Yale School of Medicine. His research involves using advanced magnetic resonance techniques to better understand brain function and how it is affected by disease.
Clinical Specialties
Neuroradiology
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Board Certifications
Diagnostic Radiology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Radiology
- Original Certification Date
- 1991
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 1988
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- May 28, 2021
Recent Research Sheds Light on Link Between Meningiomas and Seizures
- January 29, 2012
Addicts’ cravings have different roots in men and women
- April 19, 2004
Early Intervention for Reading Disability Aids Development of Brain System Responsible for Skilled Reading and Improves Reading Fluency
- August 20, 2003
Brain Activities Differ in Problem Gamblers
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PO Box 208042, Tompkin's East 2
New Haven, CT 06520-8042
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