
Nathan Zwagerman, MD
Assistant Professor; Director, Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery
Locations
- Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Education
Residency, Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011-2017
Fellowship, Endoscopic and Open Cranial Base Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014-2016
Biography
Nathan T. Zwagerman, MD, joined the faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2017 after completing his residency and fellowship training at the university of Pittsburgh. He completed his undergraduate studies at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI while majoring in Psychology. He completed his medical training at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI. He was born and raised on a family farm in West Michigan.
Dr. Zwagerman completed a two-year fellowship in endoscopic endonasal pituitary and endoscopic and open skull base surgery. His research has been focused on evaluating patient outcomes after endoscopic skull base surgery and developing improved techniques to repair injured peripheral nerves.
Dr. Zwagerman received the Student's Golden Heart Award as a fourth year medical student as voted on by his peers for his work in research and his volunteer activity. In 2016, he was awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Synthes Skull Base Award for his work with Dr. Paul Gardner for a randomized controlled trial of lumbar drain placement after endoscopic skull base surgery. More recently, in 2017, he was awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons' First Place Peripheral Nerve Eposter Award.
“I believe that treating patients is more than simply treating the problem they present with. The best way to treat each patient is to discover what is important in their lives, educate about the presenting problem, and formulate a treatment strategy that takes all of these things together to arrive at a treatment plan.”
Board Certification
- American Board of Neurological Surgery
Clinical Programs
Research Experience
- Acromegaly
- ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
- Adenoma, Basophil
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- Brain Abscess
- Brain Injuries
- Case Reports
- Clinical Medicine
- Craniopharyngioma
- Dandy-Walker Syndrome
- Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic
- Education, Medical, Graduate
Publications
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Intracranial Capillary Hemangiomas: A Peripartum Presentation and Review of the Literature.
(Massman LJ, Conteh F, Cochran EJ, Zwagerman NT.) World Neurosurg. 2021 Jan;145:220-228 PMID: 32920159 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092451059 09/14/2020
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Lumbar drains: Practical understanding and application for the otolaryngologist.
(Livingston AJ, Laing B, Zwagerman NT, Harris MS.) Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 Nov - Dec;41(6):102740 PMID: 32979671 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85091225239 09/27/2020
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(McDowell MM, Zwagerman NT, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Tyler-Kabara EC, Gardner PA.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Nov 20:1-10 PMID: 33254137 12/01/2020
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Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Intra- and Extraconal Orbital Pathologies.
(Melder K, Zwagerman N, Gardner PA, Wang EW.) J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2020 Aug;81(4):442-449 PMID: 33072484 PMCID: PMC7561460 10/20/2020
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(Retzlaff AA, Arispe K, Cochran EJ, Zwagerman NT.) World Neurosurg. 2020 Jan;133:308-313 PMID: 31525486 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074631872 09/17/2019
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Cerebral Trypanosomiasis in an Immunocompromised Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
(Kaushal M, Shabani S, Cochran EJ, Samra H, Zwagerman NT.) World Neurosurg. 2019 Sep;129:225-231 PMID: 31176839 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068268422 06/10/2019
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(Grandhi R, Brasiliense LBC, Williamson R, Zwagerman NT, Sauvageau E, Hanel RA.) World Neurosurg. 2019 05;125:273-276 PMID: 30716493 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062607082 02/05/2019
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(Zwagerman NT, Geltzeiler MN, Wang EW, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA.) Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Feb 01;16(2):40-41 PMID: 29850916 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060033709 06/01/2018
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The anterior (endoscopic endonasal) approach and outcomes for foramen magnum tumors
(Zwagerman NT, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA.) Surgery of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction. 1 January 2019:395-402 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085788797 01/01/2019
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(Zwagerman NT, Wang EW, Shin SS, Chang YF, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA.) J Neurosurg. 2018 10 01:1-7 PMID: 30485224 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072748257 11/30/2018
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Twenty years' experience with myelomeningocele management at a single institution: lessons learned.
(Kellogg R, Lee P, Deibert CP, Tempel Z, Zwagerman NT, Bonfield CM, Johnson S, Greene S.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Oct;22(4):439-443 PMID: 30004312 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85054497318 07/14/2018
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Spheno-Orbital Aneurysmal Bone Cyst in a 10-Month-Old Infant.
(Arocho-Quinones EV, Self S, Suchi M, Zwagerman NT, Lew SM.) World Neurosurg. 2018 Sep;117:371-376 PMID: 30157596 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85050132264 08/31/2018