Elsa Arocho-Quinones, MD

Assistant Professor

Locations

Neurosciences - Children's Wisconsin
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Contact Information

(414) 266-6435

Education

Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2019-2020
Neurological Surgery Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2013-2019
Neurological Surgery Internship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2012-13
Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 2012
Medical Curriculum, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, Caguas, Puerto Rico, 2011
Master’s Level Curriculum in Biological Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2005
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002

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Biography

Most recently a faculty member at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Arocho-Quinones grew up in Puerto Rico, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico. She then pursued master’s level graduate studies in Biological Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), before earning her medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Dr. Arocho-Quinones completed her Neurosurgery Internship and Residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital.

She has won several awards, including Outstanding Medical School Teacher at MCW, and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Clinical Programs

Magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic laser ablation therapy for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy: a retrospective multiinstitutional study.

(Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Handler MH, Tovar-Spinoza Z, Smyth MD, Bollo RJ, Donahue D, Perry MS, Levy M, Gonda D, Mangano FT, Kennedy BC, Storm PB, Price AV, Couture DE, Oluigbo C, Duhaime AC, Barnett GH, Muh CR, Sather MD, Fallah A, Wang AC, Bhatia S, Eastwood D, Tarima S, Graber S, Huckins S, Hafez D, Rumalla K, Bailey L, Shandley S, Roach A, Alexander E, Jenkins W, Tsering D, Price G, Meola A, Evanoff W, Thompson EM, Brandmeir N, Pediatric Stereotactic Laser Ablation Workgroup.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 Mar 03:1-14 PMID: 36883640 03/09/2023
Vacuum-assisted elevation of pediatric ping-pong skull fractures: a case series and technical note.

(Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Foy AB.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Dec 25;27(3):325-334 PMID: 33361480 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102201707 12/29/2020
Magnetic resonance-guided stereotactic laser ablation therapy for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors: a multiinstitutional retrospective study.

(Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Handler MH, Tovar-Spinoza Z, Smyth M, Bollo R, Donahue D, Perry MS, Levy ML, Gonda D, Mangano FT, Storm PB, Price AV, Couture DE, Oluigbo C, Duhaime AC, Barnett GH, Muh CR, Sather MD, Fallah A, Wang AC, Bhatia S, Patel K, Tarima S, Graber S, Huckins S, Hafez DM, Rumalla K, Bailey L, Shandley S, Roach A, Alexander E, Jenkins W, Tsering D, Price G, Meola A, Evanoff W, Thompson EM, Brandmeir N, Pediatric Stereotactic Laser Ablation Workgroup.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Mar 27;26(1):13-21 PMID: 32217793 PMCID: PMC7885863 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087970947 03/29/2020
Functional connectivity and structural analysis of trial spinal cord stimulation responders in failed back surgery syndrome.

(Pahapill PA, Chen G, Arocho-Quinones EV, Nencka AS, Li SJ.) PLoS One. 2020;15(2):e0228306 PMID: 32074111 PMCID: PMC7029839 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079521450 02/20/2020
Care Bundle Approach to Minimizing Infection Rates after Neurosurgical Implants for Neuromodulation: A Single-Surgeon Experience.

(Arocho-Quinones EV, Huang CC, Ward BD, Pahapill PA.) World Neurosurg. 2019 Aug;128:e87-e97 PMID: 30986582 PMCID: PMC6790165 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065981324 04/16/2019
Improvement of Hypothalamic Hamartoma-Related Psychiatric Disorder After Stereotactic Laser Ablation: Case Report and Review of Literature.

(Arocho-Quinones EV, Koop J, Lew SM.) World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb;122:680-683 PMID: 30481631 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85059237124 11/28/2018
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
Split laminotomy versus conventional laminotomy: postoperative outcomes in pediatric patients.

(Arocho-Quinones EV, Kolimas A, LaViolette PS, Kaufman BA, Foy AB, Zwienenberg M, Lew SM.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Jun;21(6):615-625 PMID: 29570034 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85048239774 03/24/2018
Imaging Evaluation of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Current State of the Art and Future Directions.

(Martin AR, Tadokoro N, Tetreault L, Arocho-Quinones EV, Budde MD, Kurpad SN, Fehlings MG.) Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2018 Jan;29(1):33-45 PMID: 29173434 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85034997034 11/28/2017
Effects of deep brain stimulation on vocal fold immobility in Parkinson's disease.

(Arocho-Quinones EV, Hammer MJ, Bock JM, Pahapill PA.) Surg Neurol Int. 2017;8:22 PMID: 28303202 PMCID: PMC5339919 03/18/2017
Non-Infectious Peri-Electrode Edema and Contrast Enhancement Following Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery.

(Arocho-Quinones EV, Pahapill PA.) Neuromodulation. 2016 Dec;19(8):872-876 PMID: 27098925 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84963969086 04/22/2016