William Couldwell Explained

Birth Name:	William T. Couldwell
Birth Place:	British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:	Surgeon Neurosurgeon
Education:	McGill University
Organizations:	American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Board of Neurological Surgery, World Academy of Neurological Surgery

William T. Couldwell is a Canadian neurosurgeon who is professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Utah,^[1] a position he assumed in 2001.

Career

Couldwell is currently (or has served) on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Neurosurgery, Chairman 2007–2008). He served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), and is a Former Director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS).^[2]

He was President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) (2013–2014),^[3] and was President of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS; 2016–2017).^[4]

He is currently President-Elect of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery.^[5]

Publications

He has published over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 100 book chapters and seven books.

• Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review (2015)^[6]
• Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa (2017)^[7]
• Analysis of cerebrovascular aneurysm treatment cost: Retrospective cohort comparison of clipping, coiling, and flow diversion (2018) Couldwell . WT . Twitchell . S . Shaar . H . Reese . J . Karsy . M . Eli . IM . Guan . J . Taussky . P . 2018. Analysis of cerebrovascular aneurysm treatment cost: Retrospective cohort comparison of clipping, coiling, and flow diversion. Neurosurgical Focus. 44. 5. E3. 10.3171/2018.1.FOCUS17775. 29712525 . free .
• Assessment of cost drivers and cost variation for lumbar interbody fusion procedures using the value driven outcomes database (2018) Couldwell . WT . Twitchell . S . Karsy . M . Reese . J . Dailey . A . Guan . J . Bisson . EF . 2018. Assessment of cost drivers and cost variation for lumbar interbody fusion procedures using the value driven outcomes database. Neurosurgical Focus. 44. 5. E10. 10.3171/2018.1.FOCUS17724. 29712516 . free .
• Contemporary endovascular and open aneurysm treatment in the era of flow diversion (2018) Couldwell . WT . Mazur . MD . Taussky . P . Park . MS . 2018. Contemporary endovascular and open aneurysm treatment in the era of flow diversion. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 89. 3. 277–286. 10.1136/jnnp-2016-314477. 29025918 . 3406528 . 4 June 2018.
• Subclavian-to-extracranial vertebral artery bypass in a patient with vertebrobasilar insufficiency: 3-dimensional operative video (2018) Couldwell . WT . Raheja . A . Taussky . P . Kumpati . GS . 2018. Subclavian-to-extracranial vertebral artery bypass in a patient with vertebrobasilar insufficiency: 3-dimensional operative video. Operative Neurosurgery. 14. 3. 312. 10.1093/ons/opx130. 28973539 .
• Delayed Complications After Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas (2018) Couldwell . WT . Alzhrani . G . Sivakumar . W . Park . MS . Taussky . P . 2018. Delayed Complications After Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas. World Neurosurgery. 109. 233–241. 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.192. 28989047 .
• A description of familial clustering of meningiomas in the Utah population (2017) Couldwell . WT . CannonAlbright . LA . 2017. A description of familial clustering of meningiomas in the Utah population. Neuro-Oncology. 19. 12. 1683–1687. 10.1093/neuonc/nox127. 29016976 . 5716076 .
• Clinical Outcomes with Transcranial Resection of the Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma (2017) Couldwell . WT . CannonAlbright . LA . 2017. Clinical Outcomes with Transcranial Resection of the Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma. World Neurosurgery. 108. 748–755. 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.090. 28951179 . 5 June 2018.
• Intraparenchymal hemorrhage after electroconvulsive therapy (2017) Couldwell . WT . Carlson . EWJ . Weeks . H . Kalani . MYS . 2017. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage after electroconvulsive therapy. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. 9. 89–91. 10.1016/j.inat.2017.07.012. free.
• Overlapping Surgery: A Review of the Controversy, the Evidence, and Future Directions (2017) Couldwell . WT . Guan . JG . Karsy . M . Brock . AA . Schmit . RH . 2017. Overlapping Surgery: A Review of the Controversy, the Evidence, and Future Directions. Neurosurgery. 64. CN_suppl_1. 110–113. 10.1093/neuros/nyx200. 28899036 .
• Factors influencing management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: an analysis of 424 consecutive patients (2017) Couldwell . WT . Guan . JG . Karsy . M . Schmit . RH . 2017. Factors influencing management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: an analysis of 424 consecutive patients. Journal of Neurosurgery. 127. 1. 96–101. 10.3171/2016.7.JNS16975. 27715433 .
• Navigation-guided transsylvian approach and microsurgical resection of a deep left temporal low-grade arteriovenous malformation (2017) Couldwell . WT . 2017. Navigation-guided transsylvian approach and microsurgical resection of a deep left temporal low-grade arteriovenous malformation. Neurosurgical Focus. 43. VideoSuppl1 . V6. 10.3171/2017.7.FocusVid.17121. 28669266 . free.
• Unusual presentation of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (2017) Couldwell . WT . Taussky . P . Tyser . AR . 2017. Unusual presentation of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 33 . 1 . 1–2 . 10.1080/02688697.2017.1330946. 28532166 . 205524310 .
• Middle fossa approach for resection of vestibular schwannoma (2017) Couldwell . WT . Alzhrani . G . Shelton . C . 2017. Middle fossa approach for resection of vestibular schwannoma. Acta Neurochirurgica. 159. 6. 1013–1026. 10.1007/s00701-017-3169-1. 28397138 . 21767273 .
• Management of Cavernous Sinus Involvement in Sinonasal and Ventral Skull Base Malignancies (2017) Couldwell . WT . Raheja . A . 2017. Management of Cavernous Sinus Involvement in Sinonasal and Ventral Skull Base Malignancies. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 50. 2. 365–383. 10.1016/j.otc.2016.12.011. 28314403 .
• GoPro Hero Cameras for Creation of a Three-Dimensional, Educational, Neurointerventional Video (2017) Couldwell . WT . Park . MS . Brock . A . Mortimer . V . Taussky . P . Quigley . E . 2017. GoPro Hero Cameras for Creation of a Three-Dimensional, Educational, Neurointerventional Video. Journal of Digital Imaging. 30. 5. 561–565. 10.1007/s10278-017-9948-7. 28097497 . 5603432 .
• Focusing on the future (2017) Couldwell . WT . 2017. Focusing on the future. Neurosurgical Focus. 42. 1. E1. 10.3171/2016.10.FOCUS16437. 28041325 . free.
• Dramatic radiographic response resulting in cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea associated with sunitinib therapy in recurrent atypical meningioma: case report (2017) Couldwell . WT . Raheja . A . Colman . H . Palmer . CA . 2017. Dramatic radiographic response resulting in cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea associated with sunitinib therapy in recurrent atypical meningioma: case report. Journal of Neurosurgery. 127. 5. 965–970. 10.3171/2016.9.JNS161629. 27935362 . free.
• IGFBP2 expression predicts IDH-mutant glioma patient survival (2016) Couldwell . WT . Huang . LE . Cohen . AL . Colman . H . Jensen . RL . Fults . DW . 2016. IGFBP2 expression predicts IDH-mutant glioma patient survival. Oncotarget. 8 . 8. 191–202. 10.18632/oncotarget.13329. 27852048 . 5352106 .
• Adjuvant radiotherapy for atypical meningiomas (2017) Couldwell . WT . Bagshaw . HP . Burt . LM . Suneja . G . Jensen . RL . Palmer . CA . 2016. Adjuvant radiotherapy for atypical meningiomas. Journal of Neurosurgery. 126. 6. 1822–1828. 10.3171/2016.5.JNS152809. 27611201 .

Board certifications

• American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg)^[8]
• Royal College of Surgeons of Canada^[9]
• National Board of Medical Examiners^[10]
• Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada^[11]

Family

Couldwell and his wife, an endocrinologist, have three children.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Neurosurgery. 1 June 2018.
2. Web site: William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, FAANS. 1 June 2018.
3. Web site: AANS Past Presidents. 25 May 2018.
4. Web site: PAST PRESIDENTS. 1 June 2018.
5. Web site: Executive . 1 June 2018.
6. Book: Couldwell. William T. Harbaugh. Robert . Shaffrey. Chriatopher. Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review. 2015. Thieme. 978-1-626-23036-1 . June 4, 2018.
7. Book: Couldwell, William T. Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa. 2017. Springer. 978-3-319-67037-9 . June 4, 2018.
8. Web site: American Board of Neurological Surgery. 1 June 2018.
9. Web site: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 1 June 2018.
10. Web site: National Board of Medical Examiners. 1 June 2018.
11. Web site: Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada. 1 June 2018.