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Community Medical Center, Toms River Office 780 Route 37 West – Suite 220 Toms River, NJ 08755
Phone Number
833-NJ-Neuro (656-3876)

Ryan Holland, MD

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Assistant Professor | Department of Neurosurgery | RWJMS

 

Dr. Ryan Holland grew up in East Brunswick, NJ, and knew from an early age that he wanted to become a doctor focused on improving neurological conditions. He studied neuroscience and physics as an undergraduate student and completed his medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where he excelled in neurosurgery research while holding positions on several executive boards. During his neurosurgery residency, he was initially drawn to endovascular neurosurgery, impressed by the transformative power these minimally invasive techniques have to improve patients’ lives.

His practice philosophy is rooted in dedication, compassion, and a team-based approach with a focus on cerebrovascular care. He aims to provide patient-centered care for conditions such as strokes, aneurysms, hemorrhages, and general neurosurgical pathologies using the latest techniques to achieve the best possible outcomes.

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Education:

Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts

Cellular Biology and Neuroscience & General Physics

Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program, New Brunswick

Medical School:  Doctor of Medicine

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Residency:  Neurological Surgery

                     Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Fellowship: Endovascular Neurosurgery

                    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York Presbyterian Hospital

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Honors and Awards:

  • Award for Excellence in Teaching

Leo M. Davidoff Society, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • Medical History Scholarship Commendation

Rutgers NJMS AOA Research Awards

  • Rutgers NJMS Alumni Scholarship in Memory of Joseph Lanza

Rutgers NJMS Alumni Association

  • John C. Carpenter Outstanding Research Award

Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies

  • Phi Beta Kappa

Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences

  •  Paul Robeson Scholar

Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program

  •  Presidential Scholar

Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences

 

SERVICE ON MAJOR COMMITTEES:

  • Resident Fellow, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • Legislative Chair, Medical Society of New Jersey – Medical Student Section
  • Co-President, American Medical Association – NJMS Medical Student Section
  • Journal Reviewer
  • World Neurosurgery, Global Spine Journal, Interventional Neuroradiology, Cureus, Neuromodulation

 

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:

              Director, Discovery Charter School Mentoring Program, Newark NJ

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Publications:

A. Journal Articles

  • Holland, Essibayi, Altschul. “WEB for recurrent aneurysms: a case series to review technical nuances.” Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. Jan 2024. DOI: 10.1136/jnis-2023-020633.
  • Vaishnav, Essibayi, Toma, Liriano, Perkash, Stock, Holland, Dmytriw, Wolfe, AL Kasab, Spiotta, Haranhalli, Altschul. “Metal allergy and neurovascular stenting: A systematic review.” Interv Neuroradiology. 2024 Jan. DOI: 10.1177/15910199231226283.
  • Essibaya, Vaishnav, Holland, Altschul. “Balloon-assisted U-turn Technique to Access Cortical Vein for Transvenous Embolization of Mixed Dural-pial Arteriovenous Malformation.” Interventional Neuroradiology. Jan 2024. DOI: 10.1177/15910199231226288
  • Kobets, Ahmad, Boyke, Oriko, Holland, Eisenberg, Alavi, Abbott. “STAT5b gain-of-function disease in a child with mycobacterial osteomyelitis of the Skull: Rare Presentation of an Emerging Disease Entity.” Child’s Nervous System. 39(3). May 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-05997-y.
  • Javed, Ahmad, Qin, Mowrey, Kadaba, Liriano, Fortunel, Holland, Khatri, Haranhalli, Altschul. “Higher Incidence of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Among Black and Hispanic Women on Screening MRA in Large Urban Populations.” American Journal of Neuroradiology. 44(5). April 2023. DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7856.
  • Khatri, Zampolin, Behbahani, Kobets, Lax, Manwani, Benitez, Toma, Holland, Brook, Lee. “Pediatric Brain Aneurysms: A Review of 1458 Brain MR Angiograms.” Child’s Nervous System. April 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-05967-4.
  • Essibayi, Toma, Mowrey, Qin, Holland, Fluss, Altschul, Lin, Altschul. “Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability During Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroendovascular Procedures.” Interventional Neuroradiology. March 2023. DOI: 10.1177/15910199231162472.
  • Javed, Kirnaz, Zampolin, Khatri, Fluss, Fortunel, Holland, Hamad, Inocencio, Stock, Scoco, Ramos, Ahmad, Haranhalli, Altschul. “The Role of Venous Anatomy in Guiding Treatment Approach for Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas of the Craniocervical Junction; Case series & Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 110(11):27-38. Feb 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.02.004.
  • Obeidallah, Hamad, Holland, Cohen, Kobets. “Cochlear Implants: What the Neurosurgeon Needs to Know.” Cureus. 14(10). October 2022. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.29998.
  • Pecorari, Boyke, Ahmad, Bader, Alvi, Holland, Agarwal. “Growth Hormone and Prolactin Co-secreting Piutitary Adenoma: a Case Report and Review of Literature.” SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine. 4(1). July 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s42399-022-01224-y.
  • Javed, Fortunel, Holland, Khatri, Ahmad, Haranhalli, Altschul. “Identifying risk factors for perioperative thromboembolic complications in patients treated with the Woven EndoBridge device.” Interventional Neuroradiology. July 2022. DOI: 10.1177/15910199221113907.
  • Holland, Javed, Hamad, Yassari, Haranhalli, Altschul. “Crimping technique to treat iatrogenic vertebral artery injury during spinal fusion.” Interventional Neuroradiology. July 2022. DOI: 10.1177/15910199221110085
  • Ahmad, Holland, Castillo, et. al. “Nuances in detecting retained foreign bodies: a case report of a glass shard embedded in a child’s scalp.” Radiology Case Reports. 17(5) 1366-1369. May 2022.
  • Fortunel, Javed, Holland, et al. “Impact of aneurysm diameter, angulation, and device sizing on complete occlusion rates using the woven endobridge (WEB) device: Single center United States experience. Interventional Neuroradiology. March 2022.
  • Feigen, Vivanco-Suarez, Javed, Dardick, Holland, Mendez-Ruiz, Ortega-Gutierrez, Haranhalli, Altschul. Pipeline Embolization Device and Pipeline Flex Versus Surpass Streamline Flow Diversion in Intracranial Aneurysms: A Retrospective Propensity Score–Matched Study, World Neurosurgery, 2022.
  • Obeidallah M, Hamad M K, Holland R, et al. “The Use of a Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) Cage Following Inadequate Access to the Disc Space During an Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedure.” Cureus 14(3): e22792. doi:10.7759/cureus.22792
  • Miller, Unda, Holland, Altschul. “Western Moyamoya Phenotype: A Scoping Review.” Cureus. 2021 Nov 22; 13(11):e19812. Doi: 10.7759/cureus.19812. eCollection 2021 Nov. PMID: 34956795.
  • Holland R, Benitez S, Fortunel A, Brook, A, Khatri D, Brook, A. “Interventional Stroke Management: An Update.” Appl Radiol. 2021;50(6):8-14.
  • Benitez S, Holland R, Zampolin R, Brook A, Hirsch J, Brook AL, Khatri D. “Imaging in Stroke Diagnosis and Treatment: An Update.” Appl Radiol. 2021;50(5):8-15.
  • Gianaris, Holland, Villelli, Lee. “Prepontine placement of an intrathecal baclofen pump catheter for treatment of dystonia.” Surg Neurol Int. 2021 Sep 30;12:477. doi: 10.25259/SNI_146_2019. eCollection 2021.
  • Esenwa C, Cheng NT, Luna J, Willey J, Boehme AK, Kirchoff-Torres K, Labovitz D, Liberman AL, Mabie P, Moncrieffe K, Soetanto A, Lendaris A, Seiden J, Goldman I, Altschul D, Holland R, Benton J, Dardick J, Fernandez-Torres J, Flomenbaum D, Lu J, Malaviya A, Patel N, Toma A, Lord A, Ishida K, Torres J, Snyder T, Frontera J, Yaghi S. “Biomarkers of Coagulation and Inflammation in COVID19Associated Ischemic Stroke.” Stroke. 2021 Aug 25:STROKEAHA121035045. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035045. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34428931
  • Javed K, Hamad MK, Holland R, Fortunel AN, Ammar A, Cezayirli PC, Haranhalli N, Altschul DJ. “Use of the Image Guided Minimally Invasive BrainPath System to Evacuate Spontaneous Cerebellar Hemorrhages.” Cureus. 2021 Jul 2;13(7):e16124. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16124. eCollection 2021 Jul.
  • Unda SR, Antoniazzi AM, Miller R, Klyde D, Javed K, Fluss R, Holland R, Garza Ramos R, Haranhalli N, Altschul DJ. “Moyamoya Disease and Syndrome: A National Inpatient Study of Ischemic Stroke Predictors.” J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Sep;30(9):105965. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105965. Epub 2021 Jul 8. PMID: 34247053
  • Javed K, Unda SR, Holland R, Fortunel A, Fluss R, Inocencio J, Haranhalli N, Altschul D. “Thromboelastography (TEG) results are predictive of ischemic and hemorrhagic complications in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms treated with flow diversion.” Interv Neuroradiol. 2021 Jun 14:15910199211025917. doi: 10.1177/15910199211025917. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34121487
  • Echt M, Stock A, De la Garza Ramos R, Der E, Hamad M, Holland R, Cezayirli P, Nasser R, Yanamadala V, Yassari R. “Separation surgery for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: comparison of a minimally invasive versus open approach.” Neurosurg Focus. 2021 May;50(5):E10. doi:10.3171/2021.2.FOCUS201124. PMID: 33932918
  • Eskandar EN, Altschul DJ, de la Garza Ramos R, Cezayirli P, Unda SR, Benton J, Dardick J, Toma A, Patel N, Malaviya A, Flomenbaum D, Fernandez-Torres J, Lu J, Holland R, Burchi E, Zampolin R, Hsu K, McClelland A, Burns J, Erdfarb A, Malhotra R, Gong M, Semczuk P, Gursky J, Ferastraoaru V, Rosengard J, Antoniello D, Labovitz D, Esenwa C, Milstein M, Boro A, Mehler MF. “Neurologic Syndromes Predict Higher In-Hospital Mortality in COVID-19.” Neurology. 2021 Mar 16;96(11):e1527e1538. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011356. Epub 2020 Dec 18. PMID: 33443111
  • Altschul, MD, Unda, de La Garza Ramos, MD, Zampolin, MD, Benton, Holland, MD, Fortunel, MD, Haranhalli, MD. “Hemorrhagic presentations of COVID-19: Risk factors for mortality”. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. Vol 198. Nov 2020. PMID 32738585.
  • Holland, MD, Houten, MD, Elsamragy, MBBCh, Kim, MD, Leyvi, MD, Kinon, MD. “Intraoperative Thrombolysis of Massive Pulmonary Embolus During Spine Surgery: Case Report of Survival Complicated by Massive Bleeding and Review of the Literature.” World Neurosurgery. 2021 Feb;146:5963. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.018. Epub 2020 Oct 13. PMID: 33059081
  • Murray, MD, Holland, MD, Mowrey, MD, Cezayirli, MD, De la Garza Ramos, MD, Hamad, MD Gelfand, MD, Yaroslav, MD, Longo, MD, Kinon, MD, Yanamadala, MD, Chaudhary, MD, Cho, MD, Yassari, MD. “Surgical Outcomes for Upper Lumbar Disc Herniations: A systematic review and metaanalysis”. Global Spine Journal. 2020 Aug 3:2192568220941815. doi: 10.1177/2192568220941815. PMID: 32744112.
  • Benton, Rahme,, Krystal, MD, Holland, MD, Houten, MD, Kinon, MD. “Retained bullet in the cervical spinal canal and the associated surgical management conundrum: case report and review of the literature.” Spinal Cord Ser Cases 6, 77 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-020-00326-w Ammar, MD, Stock, MD, PhD, Holland, MD, Gelfand, MD, Altschul, MD. “Managing a Specialty Service During the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons From a New York City Health System”. Acad Med. 2020 Apr 27. PMID: 32304386.
  • Hamad, MD, Holland, MD, Nakhla, MD, Nepomnyashchaya, MSN AGACNP-BC, Yassari, MD, London, MD. Hypopituitarism. MedLink Neurology. San Diego: MedLink Corporation. Available at http://www.medlink.com/article/hypopituitarism. Last updated: 2 March 2018.
  • Holland, MD, Kopel, MD, Carmel, MD, Prestigiacomo, MD. Topectomy versus leucotomy: J. Lawrence Pool’s contribution to psychosurgery. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Sep;43(3). PMID: 28859560.
  • Hamad, Holland, Kamal, Luceri, Mammis, MD. Potential for Intrathecal Baclofen in Treatment of Essential Tremor. World Neurosurgery. 2017 Sep;105:170-175. PMID: 28559069.
  • Ghosh, MD, Holland, Mammis, MD. Thoracic Radiculopathy following Spinal Cord
    Stimulator Implantation Treated with Corticosteroids. World Neurosurgery. 2017 Apr; 100:712. PMID: 28153621.
  • Sabourin, MD, Holland, Mau, MD, Gandhi, MD, Prestigiacomo, MD. Head Injury in Heroes of the Civil War and Its Lasting Influence. Neurosurgical Focus, 2016 Jul;41(1):E4. DOI: 10.3171/2016.3.FOCUS1586. PMID: 27364257.
  • Holland, Sabourin, Gandhi, MD, Carmel, MD, Prestigiacomo, MD. Joseph Warren: A Discussion of His Life and Analysis of his Death. Neurosurgical Focus, 2015 Jul;39(1):E13. DOI: 10.3171/2015.3.FOCUS1564. PMID 26126399.

 

B. Book Chapters

Kobets, A, Holland, R, Abbott, R. “Tumors of the Spine, Spinal Canal, and Spinal Cord in Children.” Youmans and Winn, Neurological Surgery, 8e. Saunders. In Press.

Nakhla, MD, Holland, MD, Sciubba, MD, Gokaslan, MD. Jaw-splitting Approaches to the Upper Cervical Spine. In Bridwell K, Dewald R (eds): The Textbook of Operative Spine Surgery, 4th Ed. In Print.

Sarris, MD, Holland, Assina, MD, Prestigiacomo, MD. “The Art and Science of Brain Retraction.” Youmans Neurological Surgery 7e. Saunders. Print.

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Location:

Community Medical Center, Toms River Office
780 Route 37 West – Suite 220
Toms River, NJ 08755