
Stephanie K. Cheok, MD
Assistant Professor
Locations
- Neurosurgery
- 8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Education
Residency, Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2015-2022
MD, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
Biography
Dr. Stephanie Cheok is an Assistant Professor in the MCW and Froedtert Department of Neurosurgery and specializes in a variety of neurosurgical procedures for skull base and brain tumors, pituitary adenomas, CSF leaks, cranial trauma, and hydrocephalus. She joined MCW in 2023. Dr. Cheok received a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology and Neuroscience from the University of California - Berkeley. She then received her medical degree from the University of California - Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine in 2015. Following medical school, she completed Neurosurgical residency at Yale University in New Haven, CT, and a Skull Base and Tumor Fellowship at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include pituitary tumor outcomes research and molecular diagnostic utilizing brain fluid.
"My philosophy for taking care of patients is to guide them through their neurosurgical treatment journey, which can be challenging. I take time to develop a trusting relationship with my patients by spending time with them, ensuring they fully understand their disease process and options, and collaborating with the best experts in multiple fields to provide the best and most up-to-date care I can."
Clinical Programs
Research Interests
- Outcomes in Skull Base Surgery
- Radiosurgery for Skull Base Tumors
- Soluble Biomarkers in Brain Tumors
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomics and Genomics
Publications
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(Cheok SK, Ruzevick J, Briggs RG, Cote DJ, Shah I, Gomez D, Bove I, Feng JJ, Pangal DJ, Strickland BA, Shiroishi M, Zavros Y, Hurth KM, Mathew A, Garrett NE, Little AS, Laws ER, Castro AV, Horbinski CM, Carmichael JD, Zada G.) J Neurosurg. 2025 Mar 14:1-9 PMID: 40085941 03/14/2025
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(Reecher HM, Armstrong SA, Cheok SK, Tavakoli SG, Feller C, Schwartz S, Long C, Zwagerman NT.) J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2025 Feb 24;9(8) PMID: 39993301 02/24/2025
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(Guerra GA, Kashif Z, Cote DJ, Feng JJ, Renn A, Yang M, Cheok S, Peterson R, Shiroishi MS, Carmichael JD, Zada G.) J Neurosurg. 2025 Jan 24:1-8 PMID: 39854708 01/24/2025
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Successful Multimodal Management of an Aggressive Functional Gonadotropic Pituitary Macroadenoma.
(Feng JJ, Cannon SM, Cheok SK, Shiroishi MS, Hurth KM, Mathew AJ, Zada G, Carmichael JD.) AACE Clin Case Rep. 2025;11(1):14-17 PMID: 39896951 PMCID: PMC11784608 02/03/2025
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(Cheok SK, Tavakoli-Sabour S, Beck RT, Zwagerman N, Ioachimescu A.) J Neurooncol. 2025 Jan;171(1):1-9 PMID: 39607571 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85210480619 11/28/2024
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The diverging role of O-GlcNAc transferase in corticotroph and somatotroph adenomas.
(Gonzalez R, Massman L, Ho S, Luna S, Cheok S, Liang B, Mrachek K, Coss D, Ioachimescu AG, Zwagerman N, Olivier-Van Stichelen S.) Pituitary. 2024 Oct;27(5):577-589 PMID: 39066842 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200049784 07/28/2024
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(Gomez D, Feng JJ, Cheok S, Shah I, Dicharry H, Cote DJ, Briggs RG, Guerra GA, Peterson R, Salhia B, Neman J, Attenello F, Chow F, Musabelliu EK, Zada G.) J Neurooncol. 2024 Sep;169(3):457-467 PMID: 38896356 PMCID: PMC11341633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196287606 06/19/2024
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(Gomez D, Cheok S, Feng JJ, Chung R, Pangal DJ, Ruzevick JJ, Gokoffski KK, Shiroishi MS, Wrobel BB, Carmichael JD, Zada G.) Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2024 Sep 01;27(3):265-278 PMID: 38869495 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201437494 06/13/2024
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(Cheok SK, Carmichael JD, Zada G.) J Neurosurg. 2024 May 01;140(5):1285-1294 PMID: 37948697 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192113396 11/10/2023
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(Bove I, Cheok SK, Feng JJ, Briggs RG, Ruzevick J, Cote DJ, Shah I, Little A, Laws E, Castro AV, Carmichael J, Shiroishi M, Hurth K, Zada G.) World Neurosurg. 2024 Feb;182:e62-e66 PMID: 37967742 PMCID: PMC11032010 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85180492748 11/16/2023
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Olfactory Groove Meningiomas and the Association with Postoperative Weight Loss
(Armstrong SA, Boerger TF, Laing B, Tavakoli S, Goetschel K, Cheok S, Zwagerman N.) Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201668933 01/01/2024
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(Feng JJ, Cheok SK, Shiroishi MS, Zada G.) J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Nov 20;6(21) PMID: 37992312 PMCID: PMC10664629 11/22/2023