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Nicholas B. Levine, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2000 University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, MD, Medicine
1996 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, BS, Neuroscience

Postgraduate Training

7/2007-7/2008 Fellowship, Skull Base/Cerebrovascular, University of South Florida, Department of Neurosurgery, Tampa, FL
1/2005-12/2005 Fellowship, Cerebrovascular, Unversity of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Cincinnati, OH
7/2000-7/2007 Residency, Neurosurgery, Unversity of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Cincinnati, OH

Honors and Awards

1996 Cum Laude, BS Neuroscience, University of California at Los Angeles

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Levine NB, Kurokawa R, Fichtenbaum CJ, Howington JA, Kuntz C. An immunocompetent patient with primary Scedosporium apiospermum vertebral osteomyelitis. J Spinal Disord Tech 15(5):425-30, 10/2002. PMID: 12394669.
2. Levine NB, Tanaka T, Jones BV, Crone KR. Minimally invasive management of a traumatic artery aneurysm resulting from shaken baby syndrome. Pediatr Neurosurg 40(3):128-31, May-Jun, 5/2004. PMID: 15367803.
3. Kuntz C, Maher PC, Levine NB, Kurokawa R. Prospective evaluation of thoracic pedicle screw placement using fluoroscopic imaging. J Spinal Disord Tech 17(3):206-14, 6/2004. PMID: 15167336.
4. Levine NB, Collins J, Franz DN, Crone KR. Gradual formation of an operative corridor by balloon dilation for resection of subependymal giant cell astrocytomas in children with tuberous sclerosis: specialized minimal access technique of balloon dilation. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 49(5):317-20, 10/2006. PMID: 17163349.
5. Froelich SC, Aziz KM, Levine NB, Theodosopoulos PV, van Loveren HR, Keller JT. Refinement of the extradural anterior clinoidectomy: surgical anatomy of the orbitotemporal periosteal fold. Neurosurgery 61(5 Suppl 2):179-85; discussion 185-6, 11/2007. PMID: 18091231.
6. Levine NB, Miller MN, Crone KR. Endoscopic resection of colloid cysts: indications, technique, and results during a 13-year period. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 50(6):313-7, 12/2007. PMID: 18210351.
7. Froelich SC, Aziz KM, Levine NB, Pensak ML, Theodosopoulos PV, Keller JT. Exposure of the distal cervical segment of the internal carotid artery using the trans-spinosum corridor: cadaveric study of surgical anatomy. Neurosurgery 62(ONS Suppl 2):ONS354-ONS362, 5/2008. PMID: 18596515.
8. Froelich SC, Aziz KA, Levine NB, Tew JM, Keller JT, Theodosopoulos PV. Extension of the one-piece orbitozygomatic frontotemporal approach to the glenoid fossa: cadaveric study. Neurosurgery 62(ONS Suppl 2):ONS312-ONS317, 5/2008. PMID: 18596509.
9. Prabhu SS, Levine NB, Rao G, Shah K, Weinberg J. Report of Negative Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging during Tumor Resections Using Intraoperative MRI. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 87(5):304-308, 7/2009. PMID: 19641341.
10. Ringer AJ, Matern E, Parikh S, Levine NB. Screening for blunt cerebrovascular injury: selection criteria for use of angiography. J Neurosurg, 7/2009. e-Pub 7/2009. PMID: 19645535.

Last updated: 9/3/2009