Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program

Neurosurgery

Dr. Kurtis I. Auguste is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He studied medicine at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is ranked 3/3 in Research/PrimaryCare. Doctor Kurtis I. Auguste, MD is a published doctor. He has 32 publications published. The most current publication "Fast dynamic imaging technique to identify obstructive lesions in the CSF space: report of 2 cases."

Publications

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• Fast dynamic imaging technique to identify obstructive lesions in the CSF space: report of 2 cases.
• Management of central Nervous system teratoma.
• Dynamic changes in phase-amplitude coupling facilitate spatial attention control in fronto-parietal cortex.
• Factors Associated With Failed Focal Neocortical Epilepsy Surgery.
• Effects of temporal lobectomy on consciousness-impairing and consciousness-sparing seizures in children.
• Current management of choroid plexus carcinomas.
• Seizure outcomes after temporal lobectomy in pediatric patients.
• Seizure outcomes after resective surgery for extra-temporal lobe Epilepsy in pediatric patients.
• Seizure Types and Frequency in Patients who "Fail" Temporal Lobectomy for Intractable Epilepsy.
• Feasibility, safety, and indications for surgical biopsy of intrinsic Brainstem tumors in children.
• Surgical outcomes in choroid plexus papillomas: an institutional experience.
• Choroid plexus papillomas: advances in molecular biology and understanding of tumorigenesis.
• A Systematic review of the results of surgery and radiotherapy on tumor control for pediatric craniopharyngioma.
• Cervical Spinal stenosis and sports-related cervical cord neurapraxia.
• Efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy by patient age, Epilepsy duration, and seizure type.
• Vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy: a meta-analysis of efficacy and predictors of response.
• Predictors of seizure freedom after surgery for malformations of cortical development.
• Rathke cleft cysts in pediatric patients: presentation, surgical management, and postoperative outcomes.
• Microscopic endonasal transsphenoidal Pituitary adenomectomy in the pediatric population.
• Ventriculocystostomy and endoscopic third ventriculostomy/shunt placement in the management of Hydrocephalus secondary to giant retrocerebellar cysts in infancy.
• Magnetic resonance neurography for the evaluation of peripheral Nerve, brachial plexus, and Nerve root disorders.
• Management of pediatric Brainstem cavernous malformations: experience over 20 years at the hospital for sick children.
• Neurosurgical management of intracranial epidermoid Tumors in children. Clinical article.
• Greatly impaired migration of implanted aquaporin-4-deficient astroglial cells in mouse Brain toward a site of injury.
• Accelerated progression of kaolin-induced Hydrocephalus in aquaporin-4-deficient mice.
• Salvage of infected craniotomy bone flaps with the wash-in, wash-out indwelling antibiotic irrigation System. Technical note and case series of 12 patients.
• Expandable cylindrical cages in the cervical spine: a review of 22 cases.
• Pediatric intramedullary spinal cord Tumors.
• Nonsaccular Aneurysms of the azygos anterior cerebral artery.
• Efficacy of mechanical prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in patients with Brain tumors.
• Incidence of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing craniotomy and motor mapping for glioma without intraoperative mechanical prophylaxis to the contralateral leg.

Schools

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• University Of California San Francisco School Of Medicine

Procedures Preformed

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• CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
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Conditions Treated

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• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Epilepsy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• UCSF
• University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
• Harvard University

Hospital

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• San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
• California Pacific Medical Center
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
• UCSF Medical Center

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