Curriculum Vitae

Michael P. McIlhany, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgey

E-mail: mmcilhany@siumed.edu

Research Interests/Areas of Expertise:

• Brain tumors
  
• Cerebral aneurysms
  
• Intracranial hemorrhage

Brief Bio

Dr. Michael McIlhany is assistant professor and chair of the Division of Neurosurgery in the Department of Surgery at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1970 and his degree in medicine in 1974. He began his residency training at Chicago University-affiliated hospitals and completed a neurosurgery residency program in 1980.
Dr. McIlhany is a board-certified neurosurgeon with special interests in brain tumors, cerebral aneurysms, and intracranial hemorrhage.
He has published numerous research articles and maintains a laboratory with ongoing neurosurgical research projects at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Dr. McIlhany is an active member in the American College of Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery, Inc., American Medical Association, Illinois Head Injury Association, Inc., Illinois State Medical Society, and Sangamon County Medical Society.

For more information or to schedule an appointment with Dr. McIlhany, please call 217-545-6099.

• Undergraduate - University of Chicago 1966-1970
  
• Medical School - University of Chicago 1970-1974

• B.S. -- University of Chicago -- 1970
• M.D. -- University of Chicago -- 1974

• General Surgery - 1975-1976
• Neurosurgery -1974-1975, 1976-198

• National Board Examination -- Part I 1972
• National Board Examination -- Part II 1974
• National Board Examination -- Part III 1975
• Neurosurgical Board Certification
  • Written Examination - March, 1980
  • Oral Examination - September, 1980
    
    
  Organizations
  
  
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Medical Association
  • Congress of Neurosurgical Surgeons
  • Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery, Inc.
  • Illinois Head Injury Association, Inc.
  • Illinois State Medical Society
  • Sangamon County Medical Society
  
  Abstracts
• McIlhany M P, Cheung S, and Mullan S: Further Evidence for the Role of the Erythrocyte in Chronic Vasospasm. Second International Workshop of Cerebral Vasospasm. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1979)
• McIlhany M P, Johns L, Leipzig T, Cheung S T, Patronas N, Brown F, Mullan S:In Vitro and In Vivo Investigations of the Vasocontractile Activities Liberated from Erythrocytes. Sixty-sixth Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Atlanta, Georgia (1980)
• Miles R D, Menke J A, Bashiru M, and McIlhany M P: Pneumatic Intracranial Pressure Tonometer for Newborns. Thirty-fourth Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology. Houston, Texas (1981)
• Patronas N J, McIlhany, M P, Brown F, Johns L, Mullan S: Cerebral Vasospasm Produced by a Protein Product of Hemoglobin: In Vitro Experimental Study. American Society of Neuroradiology. Chicago, Illinois (1981)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, Elble R, Mattio T, and McIlhany, M: Acetylocholine Metabolism in the Brain: Is It Reflected by CSF Changes? Thirtieth OHOLO Biological Conference. Eilat, Israel (1985)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, Elble R, Mattio T, and McIlhany M: Acetylcholine Metabolism in the Brain: Is It Reflected by CSF Changes: Eighth Midwest Neurobiology Meeting. Iowa City, Iowa (1985)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, Elble R, Mattio T, and McIlhany M: Brain Acetylocholine. A View from the Cerebrospinal Fluid. Neurobiology of Acetylcholine Symposium. Maywood, Illinois (1985)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, Elble R, Mattio T, and McIlhany M: Brain Acetylcholine: A View from the Cerebrospinal Fluid. First Annual Meeting -- Society for Neuroscience. Dallas, Texas (1985)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, Elble R, Mattio T, and McIlhany M, and Scrasella G: Brain Acetylcholine: A View from the Cerebrospinal Fluid. Psychogeriatric Meeting, Umea, Sweden (1985)
• Ashford J W, Sherman K A, Elble R J, Hess J, Larson L S, Rey P, Higgins C, Best S, Woodruff E M, and McIlhany M: Physostigmine Effect on Human Memory and Plasma Cholinesterase. Ninth Annual Midwest Neurobiology Meeting. Springfield, Illinois (1986)
• Downen M, McIlhany M, Hallak M, Somani S, and Giacobini E: A Pharmacokinetic Study of Physostigmine I.V. Administration in Dogs. Ninth Annual Midwest Neurobiology Meeting. Springfield, Illinois (1986)
• McIlhany M, Downen M. Hallak M, Khalique A, Somani S, and Giacobini E: Time Course of Physostigmine and Its Metabolism and ChE Activity in Plasma of Dogs after I.V. Administration. Society for Neuroscience. Washington, D.C. (1986)
• Sherman K A, Ashford J W, Elble R J, Hess J, McIlhany M, Kumar V, Becker R E, and Giacobini, E: Inhibition of Blood Cholinesterase after Oral Physostigminein Alzheimer Patients. Society for Neuroscience. Washington, D.C. (1986)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, McIlhany M, Unni L, and Zec R: Intracerebroventricular Administration of Physostigmine: Preclinical and Clinical Experience in Alzheimer Patients. Advances in Alzheimer Therapy: Cholinesterase Inhibitors. (1988)
• Giacobini E. Becker R, McIlhany M: Present Progress and Future Developments in Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Book Chapter: Intl. Symp. on Alzheimer Disease (Kuopio, Finland),(1988)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, McIlhany M: Intracerebroventricular Administration of Cholinergic Drugs: Preclinical Trials and Clinical Experience in Alzheimer Patients. Current Research in Alzheimer Disease: Cholinesterase Inhibitors (E. Giacobini & R. Becker, eds) Taylor & Francis, NY (1988)
• Giacobini E, DeSarno P, Clark B, McIlhany M: Changes in Nicotinic Receptors in Human and Rat CNS. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Dept. Pharm., Springfield, Illinois 62794-9230 (1988)
• Becker R, Giacobini E, Elble R, McIlhany M, Sherman K: Potential Pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer Disease. A Comparison of Various Forms of Physostigmine Administration. Book Chapter: Proced. 27th Scand, Congr. Neurology, Kuopio, Finland (1988)
• Giacobini E, DeSarno P, Clark B, McIlhany M: The Cholinergic receptor System of the Human Brain. Neurochemical and Pharmacological Aspects in Aging and Alzheimer. Progress in Brain research (Vol. 79). A. Nordberg, K. Fuxe and B. Holmstedt (eds.) Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., (1989)
• Giacobini E, DeSarno P, Clark B, McIlhany M: Nicotinic Receptors in Human CNS: A Biopsy Study. 2nd Int. Symp. Senile Dementias. Rome, Italy (1988)
• Lee, T. J-F, Sarwinski S, McIlhany M: A Major Component of Cerebral Neurogenic Vasodilation is Medicated by Nitric Oxide. Fed. Of American Society for Excpt’l Biology, (1991)

• Jones B E, Halaris A E, McIlhany M P, and Moore R Y: Ascending Projections of the Locus Coeruleus in the Rat. Axonal Transport in Central Noradrenaline Neurons. Brain Research 127:12-27. (1977)
• McIlhany M P, Cheung S T, Lim R, and Mullan S: In Vitro Studies of a Rec Cell Spasmogenic Factor. Second International Workshop on Cerebral Vasospasm. R. H. Wilkins (Editor), Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Maryland (1980)
• Cheung S T, McIlhany, M P, Lim R, and Mullan S: Preliminary Characterization of Vasocontractile Activities in Erythrocytes. Journal of Neurosurgery 53:37-43. (1980)
• Manke J A, Miles R, McIlhany M P, Bashiru M, Chua C, Schwied E, Menteh T G, and Khanna N N: The Fontanelle Tonometer: A Non-invasive method for Measurement of Intracranial Pressure. J. Peds 100:960-963. (1982)
• McIlhany M P, Rapport R, Cunn R, Namazie M, Delilikan A: Althesin in the Measurement of Head Injuries. Neurosurgery: Althesin in the Measurement of Head Injuries. Neurosurgery 12:77-79. (1983)
• McIlhany M P, Johns L M, Leipzig T, Patronas N J, Brown F D, and Mullan S: In Vivo Characterization of Vasocontractile Activities in Erythrocytes. Journal of Neurosurgery 58:356-361. (1983)
• McIlhany M P: Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Springfield Clinic Medical Bulletin. 11:53-54. (1983)
• McIlhany M P: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies of Cerebral Vasospasm. C Su, T J F Lee, W Cline, Jr., (Editor). Proceedings of Springfield Blood Vessel Symposium. Springfield, Illinois. (1983)
• Lee T J F, McIlhany M P, Sarwinski S: erythrocyte Extracts Enhance Neurogenic Vessel Constriction of Dog Cerebral Arter In Vitro. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 4:474-476. (1984)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, Elble R, Mattio T, and McIlhany M: Acetylcholine Metabolism in the Brain: Is it Reflected by CSF Changes? In Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. A. Fisher, I. Hanin, and C. Lackman (Editors). Planum Publishing Corp. pp. 309-316. (1986)
• Giacobini E, Becker R, Elble R, Mattio T, and McIlhany M: Brain Acetylcholine: A View from the Cerebrospinal Fluid. N. Dunn (Editor). Neurobiology of Acetylcholine. Plenum Press (1986)
• Lee T, Linnik Y, Imai H, McIlhany M, Yu J: Neurogenic Vasodilation in Large Cerebral Arteries of the Cat. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mechanism of Vasodilation. Mayo Clinic. July 10-12, 1986.
• Mattio T, McIlhany M, Giacobini E, Hallak M: The Effects of Physostigmine on Acetylcholinesterase Activity of CSF, Plasma, and Brain. A Comparison of Intravenous and Intraventricular Administration in Beagle Dogs. Neuropharmacology 25(10):1167-1177. (1986)
• Giacobini E, Somani S, McIlhany M, Downen M, Hallak M: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Physostigmine after Intravenous Administration in Beagle Dogs. Neuropharmacology 26(No. 7B:831-836 (1987)
• Giacobini E, DeSarno P, McIlhany M, Clark B: The Cholinergic Receptor System in the Frontal Lobe of Alzheimer Patients. Nato/ASI Series (Symposium Nicotinic receptors) Venice, Italy (1988)
• Brewer G, Espinosa J, McIlhany M, Pencek T, Kesslak JP, Cotman C, Viel J, McManus D: Culture and Regeneration of Human Neurons after Brain Surgery. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 107 (2001) pp. 15-23

• "Nicontinic Receptors in Human Cortes: A Frontal Biopsy Study of Alzheimer Patients" American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1989
• "Subtype of Nicotinic Receptors in Human Cortex: A Study of Bioptic and Autoptic Cortical Tissue in Alzheimer Patients" American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, April 1990