- Wayne State University, BS, 2017
Education & Training
Ikegaya, N., Aung, T., Mallela, A., Hect, J.L., Damiani, A., Gonzalez-Martinez, J. (2024) Thalamic stereoencephalography for neuromodulation target selection: Proof of concept and review of literature of pulvinar direct electrical stimulation. Epilepsia. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17986
Al-Ramadhani, R., Hect, J.L., Abel, T.J. (2024) The changing landscape of palliative epilepsy surgery for Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. Frontiers in Neurology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2024.1380423
Hect, J.L., Mallela, A., Pupi, M., Anthony, A., Fogg, D., Ho, J., Slingerland, A., Ikegaya, N., Abou-Al-Shaar, H., Aung, T., Gonzalez-Martinez, J. (2024) Safety of concomitant cortical and thalamic sEEG explorations in patients with drug resistant epilepsies. Neurosurgery.
Fields, D.P., Lavadi, R.S., Hudson, J.S., McCarthy, D.J., Hect, J.L., Wawrose, R., Capuk, O., Agarwal, N., McDowell, M., Simon, D., Abel, T.J., Greene, S. (2023) Patterns in follow-up imaging utilization for pediatric patients with whiplash associated disorder. World Neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.10.048
Gatesman, T.A., Hect, J.L., Phillips, H.W., McClung, C., Nikiforov, Y.E., Nikiforova, M.N., Pollack, I.F., Agnihotri, S., Abel, T.J. (2023) Characterizations of low-grade epilepsy associated tumor from implanted stereoelectroencephalography electrodes. Epilepsia Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12840
Hect, J.L, Sefcik, R.K., Nowicki, K.W., Katz, J., Greene, S. (2023) Case series: Serial neuroendoscopy for the treatment of elevated cerebrospinal fluid protein levels in infants with Gram-negative rod ventriculitis. Pediatric Neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1159/000534083
Phillips, W.H., Hect, J.L., Harford, E., Pan, E., Abel, T.J. (2023) Comparison of magnetic resonance guided laser interstitial thermal therapy corpus callosum ablation (CCA) to open microsurgical corpus callosotomy: A single center retrospective cohort study. Epilepsia Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12835
Hect, J.L., Harford, E., Maroufi, S.F., Klem, M.L., Mansouri, S.A., Abel, T.J. (2023) Clinical outcomes of MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy corpus callosum ablation in drug-resistant epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JNS: Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.3171/2023.9.PEDS23326
Van den Heuvel, M., Monk, C., Hendrix, C.L., Hect, J.L., Lee, S., Feng, T., Thomason, M.E. (2023) Intergenerational transmission of maternal childhood maltreatment prior to birth: effects on human fetal amygdala functional connectivity. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.03.020
Hect, J.L., McDowell, M.M., Fields, D., Greene, S. (2023) Relationship of cervical soft tissue injury and surgical prediction following pediatric cervical spine trauma and its sequelae on long-term neurologic outcome. World Neurosurg X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100235
Luther, E., McCarthy, D., Hect, J.L., Burks, J., Lu, V.M., Govindarajan, V., Ramsay, I.A., King, H., Silva, M.A. Abdelsalam, A., Yavagal, D., Peterson, E., Starke, R., Morcos, J. (2023) Transradial access failures during neuroangiography for patients with Moyamoya. Neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000002421
Hect, J.L., Almast, A., Simon, D., Shoemaker, S., McDowell, M.M. (2023) Prevalence, severity, and neurosurgical management of abusive head trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 1, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3171/2023.2.PEDS2317
Abel, T.J., Muthiah, N., Hect, J.L., Gonzalez-Martinez, J., Salehi, A., Smyth, M., Smith, K.J. (2022) Cost-effectiveness of invasive monitoring strategies in epilepsy surgery. Journal of Neurosurgery 1, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.3171/2022.11.JNS221744
Andrews, T., Hect, J.L., Mittal, A., Nowicki, K., Agarwal, V., Gerstzen, P. (2022) Tetra-compartmental spinal infection with conus medullaris syndrome: a case report. JNS: Case Lessons. https://doi.org/10.2171/CASE22447
Greene, S., Hect, J.L., McDowell, M. (2022) Letter to the Editor: Comparison of Follow-Up Length-Matched Single-Center Myelomeningocele Postnatal Closure Cohort to the Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS) Trial Results. Pediatr Neurosurg 58, 61–64. https://doi.org/10.1159/000529013
Rhone, A.E., Rupp, K.M., Hect, J.L., Harford, E.E., Tranel, D., Howard, M.A. III, Abel, T.J. (2022) Electrocorticography reveals the dynamics of famous voice responses in human fusiform gyrus. J Neurophysiol. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00459.2022
Curtis, K., Hect, J.L., Harford, E., Welch, W.P., Abel, T.J. (2022) Responsive neurostimulation for pediatric drug resistant epilepsy: a case series and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus. https://doi.org/10.3171/2022.7.FOCUS22331
Rupp, K., Hect, J.L., Remick, M., Ghuman, A., Chandrasekaran, B., Holt, L.L., Abel, T.J. (2022) Neural responses in human superior temporal cortex support coding of voice representations. PLOS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001675
Bhatia, A., Lee, V.K., Qian, Y., Paladino, M., Ceschin, R., Hect, J.L., Mountz, J., Sun, D., Kohanbash, G., Pollack, I., Jakacki, R., Boada, F., Panigrahy A. (2022) Quantitative sodium (23Na) MRI in pediatric brain tumors treated with immunotherapy: Initial experience. Diagnostics. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12051223
Hect, J.L.*, Alattar, A.A.*, Reecher, H., Harford, E., Fernandes, D.T., Esplin, N., McDowell, M., Abel, T.J., (2021) Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: Indications, techniques, and safety. Child’s Nervous System. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-022-05491-x
Hect, J.L., Welch, W., Fernandez, L.,Abel, T.J. (2021) Deep brain stimulation of the centromedian nucleus for the treatment of status epilepticus in a patient with FIRES. Epilepsia Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12568
Hect, J.L.*, Mallela, A.N*, Abou-Al-Shaar, H., Akwayena, E., Abel, T.J. (2021) Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy corpus callosotomy for the treatment of atonic seizures in pediatric refractory epilepsy. Epilepsia Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12559
Thomason, M.E., Hect, J.L., Waller, R., Curtin, P. (2021) Interactive relations between maternal prenatal stress, fetal brain connectivity and delivery timing. Neuropsychopharmacology.
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Welch, W., Hect, J.L., Abel, T.J., (2021) Case report: Responsive neurostimulation of the centromedian thalamic nucleus for the detection and treatment of seizures in pediatric primary generalized epilepsy. Frontiers Neurology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.656585