Nathan Zwagerman, MD

Assistant Professor; Director, Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery

Locations

Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

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 4th 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 poster for peripheral nerve.

“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.”

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Education

MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 2010
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

Delayed Pipeline embolization of a ruptured true internal carotid artery aneurysm presenting with epistaxis: Case report and review of the literature.

(Grandhi R, Brasiliense LBC, Williamson R, Zwagerman NT, Sauvageau E, Hanel RA.) World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 01.
Endonasal Suturing of Nasoseptal Flap to Nasopharyngeal Fascia Using the V-Loc™ Wound Closure Device: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.

(Zwagerman NT, Geltzeiler MN, Wang EW, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA.) Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Feb 01;16(2):40-41.
Does lumbar drainage reduce postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak after endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery? A prospective, randomized controlled trial.

(Zwagerman NT, Wang EW, Shin SS, Chang YF, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA.) J Neurosurg. 2018 10 01:1-7.
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.
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.
Cavernous sinus compartments from the endoscopic endonasal approach: anatomical considerations and surgical relevance to adenoma surgery.

(Fernandez-Miranda JC, Zwagerman NT, Abhinav K, Lieber S, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA.) J Neurosurg. 2018 Aug;129(2):430-441.
Predictors of mortality in children with myelomeningocele and symptomatic Chiari type II malformation.

(McDowell MM, Blatt JE, Deibert CP, Zwagerman NT, Tempel ZJ, Greene S.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Jun;21(6):587-596.
Endoscopic endonasal resection of the odontoid process: clinical outcomes in 34 adults.

(Zwagerman NT, Tormenti MJ, Tempel ZJ, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Gardner PA.) J Neurosurg. 2018 Mar;128(3):923-931.
Natural History of Intracranial Absorbable Gelatin Powder.

(Zwagerman NT, Agarwal N, Jankowitz BT.) World Neurosurg. 2017 Aug;104:1044.e5-1044.e6.
Juvenile Nasal Angiofibromas: A Comparison of Modern Staging Systems in an Endoscopic Era.

(Rowan NR, Zwagerman NT, Heft-Neal ME, Gardner PA, Snyderman CH.) J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2017 Feb;78(1):63-67.
Lateral Orbitotomy Approach for Lesions Involving the Middle Fossa: A Retrospective Review of Thirteen Patients.

(Chabot JD, Gardner PA, Stefko ST, Zwagerman NT, Fernandez-Miranda JC.) Neurosurgery. 2017 02 01;80(2):309-322.
Endoscopic transnasal skull base surgery: pushing the boundaries.

(Zwagerman NT, Zenonos G, Lieber S, Wang WH, Wang EW, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA.) J Neurooncol. 2016 11;130(2):319-330.

Nathan Zwagerman, MD