Peter A. Pahapill, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSC

Associate Professor; Director, Functional Neurosurgery

Locations

Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

Fellowship, Functional/Stereotactic Neurosurgery, University of Toronto-Ontario, Toronto, 1999
Residency, Neurosurgery, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, 1997
MD, University of Toronto-Ontario, Toronto, 1992
PhD, Neurosciences, University of Toronto-Ontario, Toronto, 1990

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Biography

Dr. Pahapill is committed to providing comprehensive treatment for patients suffering from brain and spinal cord disease, as well as movement disorders, Parkinson’s disease, tremor, dystonia, spasticity and chronic pain. He has years in Fellowship training in movement disorders and pain surgery, and has performed more than 5000 neuromodulation procedures over the last 25 years.

Dr. Pahapill has written numerous articles and textbook chapters, and has lectured extensively on the subjects of chronic pain, neuromodulation and deep brain and spinal cord stimulation surgery. He leads active research programs both clinical and at the basic sciences level in a number of areas of neuromodulation.

Clinical Programs

Movement Disorders

Responsive Neurostimulation of the Anterior Thalamic Nuclei in Refractory Genetic Generalized Epilepsy: A Case Series.

(O'Donnell CM, Swanson SJ, Carlson CE, Raghavan M, Pahapill PA, Anderson CT.) Brain Sci. 2023 Feb 14;13(2) PMID: 36831867 PMCID: PMC9954640 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85148880498 02/26/2023
Preoperative Thoracic Spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Spinal Cord Stimulation: Should Such a Recommendation Be an Absolute Requirement?

(Best BJ, Porwal MH, Pahapill PA.) Neuromodulation. 2022 Jul;25(5):758-762 PMID: 35803680 07/09/2022
The Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC): Recommendations on Best Practices for Cervical Neurostimulation.

(Deer TR, Russo M, Grider JS, Pope J, Hagedorn JM, Weisbein J, Abd-Elsayed A, Benyamin R, Raso LJ, Patel KV, Provenzano D, Kim PS, Amirdelfan K, Bolash R, Steegers M, Sullivan R, Verrills P, Carlson J, Kapural L, Diwan S, Barolat G, Pahapill PA, De Andres J, Raslan AM, Lopez JA, Leong MS, Attias MB, Teddy P, Green AL, Dario A, Piedimonte F, Chapman KB, Tomycz ND, FitzGerald J, Gatzinsky K, Varshney V, Gish B, Lindsey BL, Buvanendran A, Lamer TJ, Slavin KV, Levy RM.) Neuromodulation. 2022 Jan;25(1):35-52 PMID: 35041587 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123813761 01/19/2022
The Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC): Recommendations for Surgical Technique for Spinal Cord Stimulation.

(Deer TR, Russo MA, Grider JS, Pope J, Rigoard P, Hagedorn JM, Naidu R, Patterson DG, Wilson D, Lubenow TR, Buvanendran A, Sheth SJ, Abdallah R, Knezevic NN, Schu S, Nijhuis H, Mehta P, Vallejo R, Shah JM, Harned ME, Jassal N, Gonzalez JM, Pittelkow TP, Patel S, Bojanic S, Chapman K, Strand N, Green AL, Pahapill P, Dario A, Piedimonte F, Levy RM.) Neuromodulation. 2022 Jan;25(1):1-34 PMID: 35041578 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123814139 01/19/2022
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neurogenic Claudication Associated with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

(Awad AJ, Jex B, Kirchen G, Peterson S, Endrizzi SA, Pahapill PA.) Pain Physician. 2021 Dec;24(8):E1247-E1253 PMID: 34793651 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121993906 11/19/2021
Low Rate of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Catheter-Related Complications: Long-Term Study in Over 100 Adult Patients Associated With Reinforced Catheter.

(Feller CN, Awad AJ, Nelson MES, Ketchum N, Pahapill PA.) Neuromodulation. 2021 Oct;24(7):1176-1180 PMID: 33974333 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105424850 05/12/2021
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
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
Subacute Subdural Hematoma in a Patient with Bilateral DBS Electrodes.

(Nguyen HS, Pahapill PA.) Case Rep Neurol Med. 2015;2015:390727 PMID: 26779357 PMCID: PMC4686703 01/19/2016