Shekar N Kurpad, MD, PhD | Medical College of Wisconsin

Shekar N. Kurpad, MD, PhD

Chair, Professor

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Location

Tosa Health Center
1155 North Mayfair Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226

Specialties

Neurosurgery

SpineCare

(414) 955-7199

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

Back Pain
Cervical, Lumbar and Thoracic Spine
Disc Herniations
Neck Pain
Spinal Infection
Spinal Degenerative Disease
Spinal Disorders
Spinal Stenosis and Instability
Spinal Fractures
Spinal Cord and Spinal Column Tumors

Treatments and Services

Minimally Invasive Surgery
Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation
Spine Surgery
Virtual Visit

Patients Ages Seen

Adult
Senior

Languages

English

Hospital Affiliations

Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital – Menomonee Falls
Zablocki VA Medical Center – Milwaukee

Board Certifications

Neurosurgery

Clinic Locations

Tosa Health Center

1155 North Mayfair Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
(414) 955-5990
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Biography

Dr. Shekar Kurpad specializes in the treatment of a wide variety of spinal and cranial disorders. His expertise lies in the surgery for malignant brain tumors, degenerative disease of the spine, tumors of the spine, spine trauma and skull base tumors, and minimally invasive methods for the treatment of spinal disorders. Dr. Shekar Kurpad has extensive research experience in both brain tumor biology and spinal cord injury and has authored several peer reviewed publications and book chapters in these areas. As the recipient of the prestigious Van Wagenen fellowship from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, he conducted cellular transplantation research for spinal cord injury at the internationally recognized Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He runs a laboratory at the Medical College of Wisconsin with international collaborators for the study of spinal cord injury.

Education and Training

Doctor of Medicine - Bangalore University - Bangalore (1991)
Doctor of Philosophy - Duke University School of Medicine - Durham, NC (1995)
Residency in Neurological Surgery - University Hospitals of Cleveland - Cleveland, OH (1995-2001)
Fellowship in Skull Base Surgery - University of Tennessee - Memphis, TN (1998)
Fellowship in Spinal Surgery - Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI (2001)

The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Spine Surgeons in Management of Spinal Trauma Across AO Regions-Results of AO Spine Survey.

(Kaushal M, Shabani S, Soliman HM, Nguyen HS, Aarabi B, Fehlings MG, Kotter MR, Kwon BK, Harrop JS, Kurpad SN.) World Neurosurg. 2020 May;137:e389-e394 PMID: 32032784 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081201121 02/08/2020
Editorial. COVID-19 and spinal surgery.

(Ghogawala Z, Kurpad S, Falavigna A, Groff MW, Sciubba DM, Wu JC, Park P, Berven S, Hoh DJ, Bisson EF, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Chou D, Sansur CA, Smith JS, Tumialán LM.) J Neurosurg Spine. 2020 Apr 17:1-3 PMID: 32302989 PMCID: PMC7164398 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083865914 04/18/2020
Evolution of Magnetic Resonance Imaging as Predictors and Correlates of Functional Outcome after Spinal Cord Contusion Injury in the Rat.

(Wilkins N, Skinner NP, Motovylyak A, Schmit BD, Kurpad S, Budde MD.) J Neurotrauma. 2020 Mar 15;37(6):889-898 PMID: 31830856 PMCID: PMC7071026 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082509051 12/14/2019
Diffusion tensor imaging in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a review.

(Shabani S, Kaushal M, Budde MD, Wang MC, Kurpad SN.) J Neurosurg Spine. 2020 Feb 28:1-8 PMID: 32109862 02/29/2020
Development and validation of osteoligamentous lumbar spine under complex loading conditions: A step towards patient-specific modeling

(Umale S, Yoganandan N, Kurpad SN.) Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. October 2020;110 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087592453 10/01/2020
AOSpine Global Survey: International Trends in Utilization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Computed Tomography for Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury across AO Regions.

(Shabani S, Kaushal M, Soliman HM, Nguyen HS, Aarabi B, Fehlings MG, Kotter M, Kwon BK, Harrop J, Kurpad SN.) J Neurotrauma. 2019 12 15;36(24):3323-3331 PMID: 31140387 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85075961658 05/30/2019
Acute Adverse Events After Spinal Cord Injury and Their Relationship to Long-term Neurologic and Functional Outcomes: Analysis From the North American Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury.

(Jiang F, Jaja BNR, Kurpad SN, Badhiwala JH, Aarabi B, Grossman RG, Harrop JS, Guest JD, Schär RT, Shaffrey CI, Boakye M, Toups EG, Wilson JR, Fehlings MG, North American Clinical Trials Network Collaborators.) Crit Care Med. 2019 11;47(11):e854-e862 PMID: 31389834 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85073184828 08/08/2019
Association of Pneumonia, Wound Infection, and Sepsis with Clinical Outcomes after Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.

(Jaja BNR, Jiang F, Badhiwala JH, Schär R, Kurpad S, Grossman RG, Harrop JS, Guest JD, Toups EG, Shaffrey CI, Aarabi B, Boakye M, Fehlings MG, Wilson JR.) J Neurotrauma. 2019 11 01;36(21):3044-3050 PMID: 31007137 PMCID: PMC6791472 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85071928107 04/23/2019
Recovery priorities in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a cross-sectional survey of an international, online community of patients.

(Davies B, Mowforth O, Sadler I, Aarabi B, Kwon B, Kurpad S, Harrop JS, Wilson JR, Grossman R, Fehlings MG, Kotter M.) BMJ Open. 2019 10 10;9(10):e031486 PMID: 31601597 PMCID: PMC6797315 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85073107134 10/12/2019
Comparison between quantitative measurements of diffusion tensor imaging and T2 signal intensity in a large series of cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients for assessment of disease severity and prognostication of recovery.

(Shabani S, Kaushal M, Budde M, Schmit B, Wang MC, Kurpad S.) J Neurosurg Spine. 2019 Jun 07:1-7 PMID: 31174184 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072775711 06/08/2019
RE-CODE DCM (REsearch Objectives and Common Data Elements for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy): A Consensus Process to Improve Research Efficiency in DCM, Through Establishment of a Standardized Dataset for Clinical Research and the Definition of the Research Priorities.

(Davies BM, Khan DZ, Mowforth OD, McNair AGK, Gronlund T, Kolias AG, Tetreault L, Starkey ML, Sadler I, Sarewitz E, Houlton D, Carter J, Kalsi-Ryan S, Aarabi B, Kwon BK, Kurpad SN, Harrop J, Wilson JR, Grossman R, Curt A, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN.) Global Spine J. 2019 May;9(1 Suppl):65S-76S PMID: 31157148 PMCID: PMC6512197 06/04/2019
The challenge of recruitment for neurotherapeutic clinical trials in spinal cord injury.

(Blight AR, Hsieh J, Curt A, Fawcett JW, Guest JD, Kleitman N, Kurpad SN, Kwon BK, Lammertse DP, Weidner N, Steeves JD.) Spinal Cord. 2019 May;57(5):348-359 PMID: 30962518 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85064001976 04/10/2019