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Neurosurgery
Wade Mueller, MD

Wade M. Mueller, MD

Professor

Locations

  • Neurosurgery
    8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
    Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

Fellowship, Spinal Cord Injury Service Department, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 1990-1992
Fellowship, Epilepsy Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1991
Residency, Neurological Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1984-1990
Residency, General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1983-1984
MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, 1983
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Biography

Dr. Mueller is a neurosurgeon with a research and clinical emphasis on functional areas of the brain. His clinical and research interest center around surgery for malignant brain tumors and epilepsy. This includes functional mapping and imaging, awake operations and advanced intraoperative navigation.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, he completed the residency program in neurological surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He had additional training at the Spinal Cord Injury Service at the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Medical Center. He also completed an Epilepsy Surgery Fellowship directed by George A. Ojemann, MD, at the University of Washington. His bibliography and his presentations have covered topics of functional mapping, awake surgery, malignant tumor surgery, surgical treatments of epilepsy, spinal fixation and instrumentation. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

Board Certification

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery

Clinical Programs

Research Interests

Research collaborations to advance MRI based imaging for surgery and treatment for malignant brain tumors and epilepsy

Publications

Publications of Wade M. Mueller MD from the Faculty Collaboration Database

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