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Shekar Kurpad, MD, PhDNeurosurgery Dr. Shekar Kurpad specializes in the treatment of a wide variety of spinal and cranial disorders. His expertise lies in the surgery for malignant brain tumors, degenerative disease of the spine, tumors of the spine, spine trauma and skull base tumors, and minimally invasive methods for the treatment of spinal disorders. Dr. Shekar Kurpad has extensive research experience in both brain tumor biology and spinal cord injury and has authored several peer reviewed publications and book chapters in these areas. As the recipient of the prestigious Van Wagenen fellowship from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, he conducted cellular transplantation research for spinal cord injury at the internationally recognized Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He runs a laboratory at the Medical College of Wisconsin with international collaborators for the study of spinal cord injury. Care Emphases: - Spine Surgery
- Brain Tumors & Skull Base Tumors
- Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
- Degenerative Diseases, Tumors & Fractures of the Spine
- Spine Reconstruction
- Spinal Cord Injury
Joined Medical College of Wisconsin: Education: - Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA, 1995
- Doctor of Medicine, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India, 1991
Training: - Residency, Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA, 1995-2001
- Fellowship, Skull Base Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA, 1998
- Fellowship, Spinal Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2001
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