William Couldwell

William Couldwell
Couldwell is seated second from the right
Born	William T. Couldwell British Columbia, Canada
Education	McGill University
Occupation(s)	Surgeon; Neurosurgeon
Organizations	American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Board of Neurological Surgery, World Academy of Neurological Surgery

William T. Couldwell is a Canadian neurosurgeon who is professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Utah, ^[1] a position he assumed in 2001.

Career

Couldwell is currently (or has served) on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Neurosurgery, Chairman 2007–2008). He served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), and is a Former Director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). ^[2]

He was President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) (2013–2014), ^[3] and was President of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS; 2016–2017). ^[4]

He served as President of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery in 2018-2020. ^[5]

Publications

He has published over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 100 book chapters and seven books.

• Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review (2015) ^[6]
• Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa (2017) ^[7]
• Analysis of cerebrovascular aneurysm treatment cost: Retrospective cohort comparison of clipping, coiling, and flow diversion (2018) Couldwell, WT; Twitchell, S; Shaar, H; Reese, J; Karsy, M; Eli, IM; Guan, J; Taussky, P (2018). "Analysis of cerebrovascular aneurysm treatment cost: Retrospective cohort comparison of clipping, coiling, and flow diversion". Neurosurgical Focus. 44 (5): E3. doi: 10.3171/2018.1.FOCUS17775 . PMID   29712525.
• Assessment of cost drivers and cost variation for lumbar interbody fusion procedures using the value driven outcomes database (2018) Couldwell, WT; Twitchell, S; Karsy, M; Reese, J; Dailey, A; Guan, J; Bisson, EF (2018). "Assessment of cost drivers and cost variation for lumbar interbody fusion procedures using the value driven outcomes database". Neurosurgical Focus. 44 (5): E10. doi: 10.3171/2018.1.FOCUS17724 . PMID   29712516.
• Contemporary endovascular and open aneurysm treatment in the era of flow diversion (2018) Couldwell, WT; Mazur, MD; Taussky, P; Park, MS (2018). "Contemporary endovascular and open aneurysm treatment in the era of flow diversion". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 89 (3): 277–286. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2016-314477. PMID   29025918. S2CID   3406528 . Retrieved 4 June 2018.
• Subclavian-to-extracranial vertebral artery bypass in a patient with vertebrobasilar insufficiency: 3-dimensional operative video (2018) Couldwell, WT; Raheja, A; Taussky, P; Kumpati, GS (2018). "Subclavian-to-extracranial vertebral artery bypass in a patient with vertebrobasilar insufficiency: 3-dimensional operative video". Operative Neurosurgery. 14 (3): 312. doi:10.1093/ons/opx130. PMID   28973539.
• Delayed Complications After Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas (2018) Couldwell, WT; Alzhrani, G; Sivakumar, W; Park, MS; Taussky, P (2018). "Delayed Complications After Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas". World Neurosurgery. 109: 233–241. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.192. PMID   28989047.
• A description of familial clustering of meningiomas in the Utah population (2017) Couldwell, WT; CannonAlbright, LA (2017). "A description of familial clustering of meningiomas in the Utah population". Neuro-Oncology. 19 (12): 1683–1687. doi:10.1093/neuonc/nox127. PMC   5716076 . PMID   29016976.
• Clinical Outcomes with Transcranial Resection of the Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma (2017) Couldwell, WT; CannonAlbright, LA (2017). "Clinical Outcomes with Transcranial Resection of the Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma". World Neurosurgery. 108: 748–755. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.090. PMID   28951179 . Retrieved 5 June 2018.
• Intraparenchymal hemorrhage after electroconvulsive therapy (2017) Couldwell, WT; Carlson, EWJ; Weeks, H; Kalani, MYS (2017). "Intraparenchymal hemorrhage after electroconvulsive therapy". Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. 9: 89–91. doi: 10.1016/j.inat.2017.07.012 .
• Overlapping Surgery: A Review of the Controversy, the Evidence, and Future Directions (2017) Couldwell, WT; Guan, JG; Karsy, M; Brock, AA; Schmit, RH (2017). "Overlapping Surgery: A Review of the Controversy, the Evidence, and Future Directions". Neurosurgery. 64 (CN_suppl_1): 110–113. doi:10.1093/neuros/nyx200. PMID   28899036.
• Factors influencing management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: an analysis of 424 consecutive patients (2017) Couldwell, WT; Guan, JG; Karsy, M; Schmit, RH (2017). "Factors influencing management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: an analysis of 424 consecutive patients". Journal of Neurosurgery. 127 (1): 96–101. doi:10.3171/2016.7.JNS16975. PMID   27715433.
• Navigation-guided transsylvian approach and microsurgical resection of a deep left temporal low-grade arteriovenous malformation (2017) Couldwell, WT (2017). "Navigation-guided transsylvian approach and microsurgical resection of a deep left temporal low-grade arteriovenous malformation". Neurosurgical Focus. 43 (VideoSuppl1): V6. doi: 10.3171/2017.7.FocusVid.17121 . PMID   28669266.
• Unusual presentation of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (2017) Couldwell, WT; Taussky, P; Tyser, AR (2017). "Unusual presentation of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage". British Journal of Neurosurgery. 33 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1080/02688697.2017.1330946. PMID   28532166. S2CID   205524310.
• Middle fossa approach for resection of vestibular schwannoma (2017) Couldwell, WT; Alzhrani, G; Shelton, C (2017). "Middle fossa approach for resection of vestibular schwannoma". Acta Neurochirurgica. 159 (6): 1013–1026. doi:10.1007/s00701-017-3169-1. PMID   28397138. S2CID   21767273.
• Management of Cavernous Sinus Involvement in Sinonasal and Ventral Skull Base Malignancies (2017) Couldwell, WT; Raheja, A (2017). "Management of Cavernous Sinus Involvement in Sinonasal and Ventral Skull Base Malignancies". Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 50 (2): 365–383. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2016.12.011. PMID   28314403.
• GoPro Hero Cameras for Creation of a Three-Dimensional, Educational, Neurointerventional Video (2017) Couldwell, WT; Park, MS; Brock, A; Mortimer, V; Taussky, P; Quigley, E (2017). "GoPro Hero Cameras for Creation of a Three-Dimensional, Educational, Neurointerventional Video". Journal of Digital Imaging. 30 (5): 561–565. doi:10.1007/s10278-017-9948-7. PMC   5603432 . PMID   28097497.
• Focusing on the future (2017) Couldwell, WT (2017). "Focusing on the future". Neurosurgical Focus. 42 (1): E1. doi: 10.3171/2016.10.FOCUS16437 . PMID   28041325.
• Dramatic radiographic response resulting in cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea associated with sunitinib therapy in recurrent atypical meningioma: case report (2017) Couldwell, WT; Raheja, A; Colman, H; Palmer, CA (2017). "Dramatic radiographic response resulting in cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea associated with sunitinib therapy in recurrent atypical meningioma: case report". Journal of Neurosurgery. 127 (5): 965–970. doi: 10.3171/2016.9.JNS161629 . PMID   27935362.
• IGFBP2 expression predicts IDH-mutant glioma patient survival (2016) Couldwell, WT; Huang, LE; Cohen, AL; Colman, H; Jensen, RL; Fults, DW (2016). "IGFBP2 expression predicts IDH-mutant glioma patient survival". Oncotarget. 8 (8): 191–202. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.13329. PMC   5352106 . PMID   27852048.
• Adjuvant radiotherapy for atypical meningiomas (2017) Couldwell, WT; Bagshaw, HP; Burt, LM; Suneja, G; Jensen, RL; Palmer, CA (2016). "Adjuvant radiotherapy for atypical meningiomas". Journal of Neurosurgery. 126 (6): 1822–1828. doi:10.3171/2016.5.JNS152809. PMID   27611201.

Board certifications

• American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg) ^[8]
• Royal College of Surgeons of Canada ^[9]
• National Board of Medical Examiners ^[10]
• Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada ^[11]

Family

Couldwell and his wife, an endocrinologist, have three children.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Department of Neurosurgery" . Retrieved 1 June 2018.
2. "William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, FAANS" . Retrieved 1 June 2018.
3. "AANS Past Presidents" . Retrieved 25 May 2018.
4. "PAST PRESIDENTS" . Retrieved 1 June 2018.
5. "WANS Past Presidents" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
6. Couldwell, William T; Harbaugh, Robert; Shaffrey, Chriatopher (2015). Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review. Thieme. ISBN   978-1-626-23036-1 . Retrieved June 4, 2018.
7. Couldwell, William T (2017). Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa. Springer. ISBN   978-3-319-67037-9 . Retrieved June 4, 2018.
8. "American Board of Neurological Surgery" . Retrieved 1 June 2018.
9. "The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada" . Retrieved 1 June 2018.
10. "National Board of Medical Examiners" . Retrieved 1 June 2018.
11. "Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada" . Retrieved 1 June 2018.