
Sudhakar Tummala, M.D., M.B.A., CMQ, FAAN, FACNS
Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine
About Dr. Tummala
Dr. Sudhakar Tummala specializes in understanding and treating neurological complications of cancer and cancer treatment including immune related neurotoxicity. He earned his medical degree from Nagarjuna University, completed internal medical residency at Jersey Shore Medical Center and neurology residency at Baylor College of Medicine, neuro-oncology fellowship at UT MD Anderson and neurophysiology fellowship at UT Health Science Center, Houston. Dr. Tummala has been a member of the MD Anderson faculty since 2003 and serves as the director of the Neurophysiology Lab. Dr. Tummala services include electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction studies, electroencephalography (EEG), evoked potential testing, intraoperative monitoring, TMS, and botulinum injections.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Director, Neurophysiology Lab, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2013 | The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA, MBA, Business Administration |
1993 | Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna, IND, MBBS, Medical School |
Postgraduate Training
2002-2003 | Clinical Fellowship, Neurophysiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX |
2001-2002 | Clinical Fellowship, Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
1998-2001 | Clinical Residency, Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
1997-1998 | Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, NJ |
1995-1997 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, NJ |
Board Certifications
2019 | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neuromuscular Medicine) |
2019 | American Board of Medical Quality (Medical Quality) |
2018 | American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) |
2017 | American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology |
2016 | American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine |
2014 | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Epilepsy) |
2012 | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology) |
2012 | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Clinical Neurophysiology) |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2003 - 2009
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Neuro-Oncology Inpatient Director, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2022
Neuro-Oncology Quality Officer, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2022
Honors & Awards
2013 | Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management, Rice University |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Larkin MB, Goethe EA, Mohammad M, Tummala S, North RY. Ulnar Fascicle to Brachialis Branch of Musculocutaneous Nerve for Restoration of Elbow Flexion Associated with Spinal Cord Tumor and Radiation-Induced Lower Motor Neuron Disease. Neurosurg Focus Video 8(1):V9, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36628102.
- Asman P, Pellizzer G, Tummala S, Tasnim I, Bastos D, Bhavsar S, Prabhu S, Ince NF. Long-latency gamma modulation after median nerve stimulation delineates the central sulcus and contrasts the states of consciousness. Clin Neurophysiol 145:1-10, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36370685.
- Asman P, Prabhu S, Tummala S, Ince NF. Real-Time Delineation of the Central Sulcus with the Spatial Profile of SSEPs Captured with High-Density Ecog Grid. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2022:4892-4895, 2022. PMID: 36085684.
- Zein M, Tummala S, Prince L, Fu JB. Review of needle electromyography complications in thrombocytopenic cancer patients. Muscle Nerve 65(4):452-456, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35040143.
- Muir M, Patel R, Traylor J, de Almeida Bastos DC, Prinsloo S, Liu HL, Noll K, Wefel J, Tummala S, Kumar V, Prabhu S. Validation of Non-invasive Language Mapping Modalities for Eloquent Tumor Resection: A Pilot Study. Front Neurosci 16:833073, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35299624.
- Muir M, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Shetty A, de Almeida Bastos DC, Traylor J, Ene C, Tummala S, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) seeded tractography provides superior prediction of eloquence compared to anatomic seeded tractography. Neurooncol Adv 4(1):vdac126, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36128584.
- Handley G, Khawaja F, Kondapi DS, Lee HJ, Kaufman GP, Neelapu SS, Fayad LE, Tummala S, Chi L, Strati P, Mulanovich VE. Human herpesvirus 6 myelitis after chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. Int J Infect Dis 112:327-329, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34600133.
- Lehner MJ, Gheeya JS, Siddiqui BA, Tummala S. Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration (PCD) associated with PCA-1 antibodies in established cancer patients. J Neurooncol, 2021. PMID: 34076832.
- Asman P, Prabhu S, Bastos D, Tummala S, Bhavsar S, McHugh TM, Ince NF. Unsupervised machine learning can delineate central sulcus by using the spatiotemporal characteristic of somatosensory evoked potentials. J Neural Eng 18(4):1088/1741-2552, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33836520.
- Tummala S, Pundole X, Aldrich J, Suarez-Almazor ME. Inflammatory myositis in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021. PMID: 33682370.
- Aldrich J, Pundole X, Tummala S, Palaskas N, Andersen CR, Shoukier M, Abdel-Wahab N, Deswal A, Suarez-Almazor ME. Inflammatory myositis in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2020. PMID: 33258544.
- Yassin A, Al-Mistarehi AH, El-Salem K, Momani A, Al Qawasmeh M, Rodriguez R, Tummala S. Clinical, radiological, and electroencephalographic features of HHV-6 encephalitis following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 60:81-86, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33133590.
- Zhang R, Tummala S, Chopra D. Thiamine deficiency in the outpatient psychiatric oncology setting: A case series. Palliati Supportive Care(12):1-5, 2020.
- Strati P, Nastoupil LJ, Westin J, Fayad LE, Ahmed S, Fowler NH, Hagemeister FB, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Nair R, Parmar S, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F, Steiner RE, Wang M, Pinnix CC, Adkins S, Claussen CM, Martinez CS, Hawkins MC, Johnson NA, Singh P, Mistry HE, Horowitz S, George S, Feng L, Kebriaei P, Shpall EJ, Neelapu SS, Tummala S, Chi TL. Clinical and radiologic correlates of neurotoxicity after axicabtagene ciloleucel in large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv 4(16):3943-3951, 2020. PMID: 32822484.
- Nair R, Drillet G, Lhomme F, Le Bras A, Michel L, Rossi J, Sherman M, Xue A, Kerber A, Jittapiromsak N, Chi L, Tummala S, Neelapu SS, Houot R. Acute leucoencephalomyelopathy and quadriparesis after CAR T-cell therapy. Haematologica, 2020. PMID: 32732365.
- Aldrich J, Pundole X, Tummala S, Andersen C, Shoukier M, Abdel-Wahab N, Palaskas N, Deswal A, Suarez-Almazor ME. Incidence and outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related myositis. Journal of Clinical Oncology 38(15_suppl):e15128, 2020.
- Harrison RA, Tummala S, de Groot J. Neurologic Toxicities of Cancer Immunotherapies: a Review. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 20(7):27, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32514633.
- Jiang T, Pellizzer G, Asman P, Bastos D, Bhavsar S, Tummala S, Prabhu S, Ince NF. Power Modulations of ECoG Alpha/Beta and Gamma Bands Correlate With Time-Derivative of Force During Hand Grasp. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020.
- Safa H, Johnson DH, Trinh VA, Rodgers TE, Lin H, Suarez-Almazor ME, Fa'ak F, Saberian C, Yee C, Davies MA, Tummala S, Woodman K, Abdel-Wahab N, Diab A. Immune checkpoint inhibitor related myasthenia gravis: single center experience and systematic review of the literature. J Immunother Cancer 7(1):319, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31753014.
- Krivosheya D, Rao G, Tummala S, Kumar V, Suki D, Bastos DCA, Prabhu SS. Impact of Multi-modality Monitoring Using Direct Electrical Stimulation to Determine Corticospinal Tract Shift and Integrity in Tumors using the Intraoperative MRI. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg, 2019. PMID: 31659724.
- Ahmad D, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Loghin ME, Penas-Prado M, Tummala S. Neuromuscular weakness syndromes from immune checkpoint inhibitors: A case series and literature review. JPO 2:1-3, 2019.
- Gutierrez C, Chen M, Feng L, Tummala S. Non-convulsive seizures in the encephalopathic critically ill cancer patient does not necessarily portend a poor prognosis. J Intensive Care 16(7):62, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31890224.
- Muftuoglu M, Olson A, Martin D, Ahmed S, Mulanovich V, Tummala S, Chi TL, Ferrajoli A, Kaur I, Li L, Champlin R, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K. Allogeneic BK Virus-Specific T Cells for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. N Engl J Med, 2018. PMID: 30304652.
- Laserna A, Tummala S, Patel N, EL Hamouda DEM, Gutierrez C. Atezolizumab-related encephalitis in the intensive care unit: Case report and review of the literature. SAGE Open Med Case Rep, 2018. PMID: 30116528.
- Neelapu SS, Tummala S, Kebriaei P, Wierda W, Locke FL, Lin Y, Jain N, Daver N, Gulbis AM, Adkins S, Rezvani K, Hwu P, Shpall EJ. Toxicity management after chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy: one size does not fit 'ALL'. Nat Rev Clin Oncol, 2018. PMID: 29434334.
- Liu S, Gurses C, Sha Z, Quach MM, Sencer A, Bebek N, Curry DJ, Prabhu S, Tummala S, Henry TR, Ince NF. Stereotyped high-frequency oscillations discriminate seizure onset zones and critical functional cortex in focal epilepsy. Brain, 2018. PMID: 29394328.
- Neelapu SS, Tummala S, Kebriaei P, Wierda W, Gutierrez C, Locke FL, Komanduri KV, Lin Y, Jain N, Daver N, Westin J, Gulbis AM, Loghin ME, de Groot JF, Adkins S, Davis SE, Rezvani K, Hwu P, Shpall EJ. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy - assessment and management of toxicities. Nat Rev Clin Oncol, 2017. PMID: 28925994.
- Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Tummala S. Electrographic patterns in patients with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and seizures. J Neurol Sci 375:294-298, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28320152.
- Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Paker AM, Chi L, Youssef A, Tummala S, Loghin ME. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in cancer patients: a single institution retrospective study. J Neurooncol 128(1):75-84, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26900076.
- Alfaraj WA, Cachia D, Tummala S, Thomas SK, Manasanch EE. Severe peripheral neuropathy following carfilzomib, rituximab, and dexamethasone for initial treatment of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Ann Hematol 95(2):347-8, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26432713.
- Feyissa AM, Tummala S. Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring with Hoffmann reflex during thoracic spine surgery. J Clin Neurosci 22(6):990-4, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25769258.
- Mandel JJ, Tummala S, Woodman KH, Tremont-Lukats I. Delayed imaging abnormalities of neuro-invasive West Nile virus in cancer patients. J Neurol Sci 350(1-2):115-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25702151.
- Mella DB, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Liao B, Tummala S, de Groot J. Recurrent encephaloclastic cyst induced by intraventricular topotecan. J Neurol Sci 349(1-2):52-3, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25598491.
- Maldaun MV, Khawja SN, Levine NB, Rao G, Lang FF, Weinberg JS, Tummala S, Cowles CE, Ferson D, Nguyen AT, Sawaya R, Suki D, Prabhu SS. Awake Craniotomy for Gliomas in a High-Field Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Suite: Analysis of 42 Cases. J Neurosurg 8(4):1-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25105702.
- Shahar T, Rozovski U, Marko NF, Tummala S, Ziu M, Weinberg JS, Rao G, Kumar VA, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Preoperative Imaging to Predict Intraoperative Changes in Tumor-to-Corticospinal Tract Distance: An Analysis of 45 Cases Using High-Field Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Neurosurgery 75(1):23-30, 2014. PMID: 24618800.
- Shroff S, Shroff GS, Yust-Katz S, Olar A, Tummala S, Tremont-Lukats IW. The CT halo sign in invasive aspergillosis. Clin Case Rep 2(3):113-4, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25356263.
- Liao B, Shroff S, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Tummala S. Atypical Neurological Complications of Ipilimumab Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma. Neuro Oncol 16(4):589-93, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24482447.
- Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Blas-Boria D, Williams MD, Garciarena P, Tummala S, Tremont-Lukats IW. N-type Calcium Channel Antibody-Mediated Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis: A Diagnostic Challenge. J Neurol Sci 338(1-2):188-90, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24462122.
- Feyissa AM, Tummala S. Ifosfamide Related Encephalopathy: The Need for a Timely EEG Evaluation. J Neurol Sci 336(1-2):109-12, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24209900.
- Anderson M, Tummala S. Herpes Myelitis after Thoracic Spine Surgery. J Neurosurg Spine 18(5):519-23, 2013. PMID: 23452248.
- Trinh VT, Fahim DK, Shah K, Tummala S, McCutcheon IE, Sawaya R, Suki D, Prabhu SS. Subcortical Injury is an Independent Predictor of Worsening Neurological Deficits Following Awake Craniotomy Procedures. Neurosurgery 72(2):160-9, 2013. PMID: 23147778.
- Schapiro R, Ferson D, Prabhu SS, Tummula S, Wefel J, Rao G. A Technique for Mapping Cortical Areas Associated with Speech Arrest. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg(90):118-123, 2012.
- Melguizo I, Gilbert M, Tummala S. Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Glioblastoma. J Neurooncol 104(1):371-3, 2011. PMID: 21104295.
- Bronstein Y, Tummala S, Rohren E. F-18 FDG PET/CT for Detection of Malignant Involvement of Peripheral Nerves: Case Series in Literature Review. Clinical Nucl Med 36(2):96-100, 2011. PMID: 21220969.
- Hatiboglu MA, Weinberg JS, Suki D, Tummala S, Rao G, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Utilization of Intraoperative Motor Mapping in Glioma Surgery With High-Field Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 88(6):345-52, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20733348.
- Stubbelfield MD, Burstein HJ, Burton AW, Custodio CM, Deng GE, Ho M, Junck L, Morris GS, Paice JA, Tummala S, Von Roenn JH. NCCN Task Force Report: Management of Neuropathy in Cancer. J Natl Canc Netw 7(5):S1-S26, 2009. PMID: 19755042.
- Gasco J, Tummala S, Mahajan NM, Weinberg JS, Prabhu SS. Simultaneous Use of Functional Tractography, Neuronavigation-Integrated Subcortical White Matter Stimulation and Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Glioma Surgery: Technical Note. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 87(6):395-8, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19907203.
Abstracts
- Tummala S. Use of Onabotulinum toxin A as ambulatory treatment of Brain Tumor Headaches in 2 ambulatory patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center. A retrospective chart review. Presented at the 62nd Annual AHS Scientific Meeting, 2020.
- Aldrich J, Pundole X, Tummala S, Andersen C, Shoukier M, Abdel-Wahab N, Palaskas N, Deswal A, Suarez-Almazor ME. Incidence and outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related myositis. Presented at the 2020 American Society of Oncology Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2020.
- Glitza IC, Phillips S, Brown C, Haymaker CL, Bassett Jr., RL, Lee J, Rohlfs ML, Richard J, Iqbal M, John I, McCutcheon IE, Ferguson SD, Heimberger AB, O'Brien BJ, Tummala S, Guha-Thakurta N, Debnam M, Burton EM, Abdul-Hassan Tawbi H, Davies MA. Single-Center Phase I/Ib Study of Concurrent Intrathecal (IT) and Intravenous (IV) Nivolumab (N) for Metastatic Melanoma (MM) Patients (pts) with Leptomeningeal Disease (LMD). Presented at the 2020 American Society of Oncology Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2020.
- Youssef M, Schlette E, Tummala S. Neuroleukemiosis Presenting as Mononeuritis Multiplex. Neurology, 2020.
- Tummala S. Posterior Reversible Encephalopahty Syndrome in a Critically Ill Septic Shock Patient with Leukemia. Presented at the 2020 Critical Care Congress, Orlando, FL, 2020.
- Youssef M, Tummala, S. Neuroleukemiosis presenting as Mononeuritis Multiplex. Presented at 2019 AANEM Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2019.
- Tummala S. Significance of slowing during beside electroencephalography of critically ill cancer patients. Presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Diego, CA, 2019.
- Tummala S. Clinical and Immunological Analyses Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI)-Associated Neuromuscular (NM) Toxicities. Presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 31-June 4, 2019.
- Tummala S. Intrathecal Topotecan for Leptomeningeal Metastasis in Solid Tumors: The MD Anderson Experience. Presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 31-June 4, 2019.
- Tummala S. Sub-Band Modulations of ECoG Correlate with the Dynamic Force Change of Hand Grasp. Presented at the 2019 World Society for Sterotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, New York, NY, 2019.
- Tummala S. Nivolumab-induced myasthenia gravis with myositis in patients with genitourinary cancer. Presented at the AAN Meeting 2019, Philadelphia, PA, May 4-10, 2019.
- Daher A, Tummala S. Heterogeneous Etiologies Of Checkpoint Inhibitors-Induced Weakness: A Case Series of Six Patients. Presented at the 2018 Annual AACR Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 12-15, 2018.
- Daher A, Tummala S. Heterogeneous Etiologies Of Checkpoint Inhibitors-Induced Weakness: A Case Series of Six Patients. Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy: From Conception to Delivery Meeting, Bethesda, MD, October 12-13, 2017, 2017.
- Tummala S. Negative navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation mapping in a patient with preoperative lower extremity weakness: A case report. American Academy of Neurology 69th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 22 - 28, 2017, 2017.
- Tummala S. The spectrum of neurological adverse events from immune checkpoint blockade: A comprehensive review of literature. American Academy of Neurology 69th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 22 - 28, 2017, 2017.
- Tummala S. Diagnostic Challenges of Paraplegia in Cancer Patients: Leptomeningeal Disease vs Intrathecal/Radiation Therapy Complication. Presented at the AANEM 2017 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ September, 2017.
- De Almeida Bastos, DC, Gogia B, Tummala S, Ferguson S, Lang FF, McCutcheon I, Weinberg JS, Payne J, Connelly K, Prabhu SS. MDA Experience of Language Mapping Using TMS In Brain Tumor Patients. Presentation at the Society of Neuro-Oncology Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2017.
- Daher A, Tummala S. The perils of intrathecal chemotherapy: A tale of two patients. Neuro-Oncology 18(Suppl 6), 2016.
- Krivosheya D, Rao G, Tummala S, Kumar V, Suki D, Prabhu S. Impact of multimodality monitoring using direct electrical stimulation to determine corticospinal tract shift and integrity in the iMRI suite. Neuro-Oncology 18(Suppl 6), 2016.
- Hasan H, Harrison R, Tummala S. Parsonage–Turner Syndrome In Acute Immediate Post-Transplant Case. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, New Orleans, LA, September 14 - 17, 2016, 2016.
- Moghimi N, Tummala, S. Myositis and Myasthenia in Cancer Patient. Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, New Orleans, LA, September 14 - 17, 2016, 2016.
- Stosic M, Tummala S. Delayed Diagnosis of Brachial Plexus Neurolymphomatosis in Post-transplant Patient with Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma. 66th American Academy of Neurology, 2014.
- Feyissa A, Smith R, Tummala S. Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring With Hoffman Reflex during Thoracic Spine Surgery: A Lesson from a Series of 18 Patients. 66th American Academy of Neurology, 2014.
- Yassin A, Tummala S. HHV6 Encephalitis Complicating Post Stem Cell Transplantation Course: A Case Series of Five Leukemic Patients. 66th American Academy of Neurology, 2014.
- Rotta R, Sawaya R, Levine N, Rao G, Tummala S. Multimodality Monitoring in Glioma Surgery: Now and Future. Pos Graduacao Hospital Sirio Libanes de Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2014.
- Rotta R, Tummala S, Prabhu S, Sawaya R, Levine N, Rao G, Vitela C. Preoperative NTMS Generated Motor and Language Maps: Feasibility and Outcome. 82nd AANS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2014.
- Rotta R, Tummala S, Prabhu S, Sawaya R, Levine N, Rao G, Suki D, Weinberg J, Lang F. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Preoperative Functional Brain Language Mapping and Extent of Resection in Gliomas. XXX Congresso Brasileiro de Neurocirurgia-SBN, Curitiba-Brazil, 2014.
- Rotta R, Tummala S, Prabhu S, Sawaya R, Levine N, Rao G, Suki D, Weinberg J, Lang F. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Preoperative Functional Mapping and Extent of Resection in Gliomas. XXX Congresso Brasileriro de Neurocirurgia-SBN, Curitiba, Brazil, 2014.
- Rotta R, Tummala S. Prabhu S, Sawaya R, Levine N, Rao G, Suki D, Weinberg J, Lang F. Speech Maps Generated by NTMS and Correlation with Direct Intraoperative Electrical Stimulation. 19th Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, SNO, Miami, FL, 2014.
- Rotta R, Sawaya R, Prabhu S, Levine N, Rao G, Tummala S, Vitela C. Preoperative NTMS Generated Motor Maps Correlate Well with Direct Cortical Stimulation-Initial Experience with 14 Patients. 10th Annual World Congess of Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, SBMT, Baltimore, USA, 2013.
- Rotta R, Prabhu S, Sawaya R, Levine N, Rao G, Vitela C, Tummala S. Preoperative NTMS Generated Motor and Language Maps: Feasibility and Outcome. 4th Quadrennial Meeting of World Federation of Neuro-Oncology and 2013 SNO Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2013.
- Trinh VT, Fahim DK, Shah K, Tummala S, McCutcheon IE, Sawaya R, Suki D, Prabhu SS. Subcortical Injury is an Independent Predictor of Worsening Neurological Deficits Following Awake Craniotomy Procedures. Neurosurgery. e-Pub 2012.
- Zohrevand P, Tummala S. Nonconvulsive Seizure in Post Stem Cell Transplant Patients. 64th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, 2012.
- Tummala S, Paker AM, Forman A, Sheikh K. Clinical Features of Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Cancer Patients who Received Stem Cell Transplant. Proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, 2011.
- Tummala S, Paker AM, Sheikh K, Forman A. Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Cancer patients undergoing therapy. Proceedings from the American Academy of Neurology, 2011.
- Tummala S, Paker AM, Hormozdi B, Forman A. Acute Onset Neuromuscular Junction Dysfunction associated with Statins. Proceedings from the Annual American Academy of Neurology, 2011.
- Hatiboglu MA, Weinberg JS, Suki D, Tummala S, Rao G, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Utilization of Intraoperative Motor Mapping in Glioma Surgery with High-Field Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 88(6):345-52, 2010. PMID: 20733348.
- Grewal J, Kallio M, Tummala S, Puduvalli V. Two 19Q disorders in the same patient: 1P/19Q co-deleted oligodendroglioma and myotonic dystrophy type 1. Neuro-Oncology 9(4):546 (#z[S-21), 2007.
- Tummala S, Pleitez MY, Dimachkie MM. Hyponatremia and recurrent weakness. Journal of Child Neurology:II-6, 20-27, 2003.
Book Chapters
- Tummala S. Neurologic Complications of CAR Therapy. In: Manual of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies for Hematologic Malignancies. Elsevier, 2023.
- Tummala S. Intrathecal Radionuclides. In: Neurophysiology Testing in Leptomeningeal Disease. Springer, 2022.
- Tummala S. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Mediated Immunotoxicity Causing Neurological Complications/Managing Immunotherapy Related Organ Toxicities. In: A Practical Guide. Springer, 2022.
- Rai P, Shivaprasad A, Tremont-Lukats IW, Tummala S. Oncologic Emergencies of the Central Nervous System (CNS). In: Oncologic Emergency Medicine: Principles and Practice. 2, 2021.
- Toale KM, Brock PA, Tummala S. Neurological Emergencies Chapter. In: Oncologic Emergencies. Springer Science, 2016.
- Sapire KJ, Tummala S. Monitoring and Positioning of the Neurosurgical Patient. In: NeuRecipes: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Guide to Anesthesia for Neurosurgical Cases. Author House: Indiana, 2008.
- Tummala S, Groves M, Randolph W.. Clinical Presentation of Brain Tumors. In: Saunders Manual of Neurological Practice. 2. Saunders, 268-271, 2003.
- Tummala S, Groves M, Randolph W. Neurological Complications of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy. In: Saunders Manual of Neurological Practice. 2. Saunders, 317-321, 2003.