Douglas L. Brockmeyer,
MD, FAAP
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Languages Spoken: English
Douglas L. Brockmeyer, MD is involved in all aspects of pediatric neurosurgery. He specializes in in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spine Procedures, Skull Base Surgery, Brain Tumors, Neuro Trauma and Chiari and Vascular Malformation. Dr. Brockmeyer currently serves as Division Chief of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Program, while he also serves as Principal Investigator on a variety of research projects involving the biomechanical and genetic aspects of craniocervical disorders.
Clinical Locations
Primary Children's Hospital
Pediatric Neurosurgery801-662-5340
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurosurgery
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Professor Pediatrics - Adjunct Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Administration Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| Board Certification | American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg) American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery |
Douglas L. Brockmeyer, MD is involved in all aspects of pediatric neurosurgery. He specializes in in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spine Procedures, Skull Base Surgery, Brain Tumors, Neuro Trauma and Chiari and Vascular Malformation. Dr. Brockmeyer currently serves as Division Chief of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Program, while he also serves as Principal Investigator on a variety of research projects involving the biomechanical and genetic aspects of craniocervical disorders.
Academic Locations
Primary Children's Hospital
801-662-5340
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurosurgery
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Professor Pediatrics - Adjunct Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Administration Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| Board Certification | American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg) American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery |
Education History
| Fellowship | Primary Children's Medical Center Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow |
| Residency | University of Utah Neurosurgery Resident |
| Internship | University of Utah General Surgery Intern |
| Professional Medical | Case Western Reserve University M.D. |
| Undergraduate | Harvard College Psychobiology B.A. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Goldstein HE, Shao B, Madsen PJ, Hartnett SM, Blount JP, Brockmeyer DL, Campbell RM, Conklin M, Hankinson TC, Heuer GG, Jea AH, Kennedy BC, Tuite GF, Rodriguez L, Feldstein NA, Vitale MG, Anderson RCE (2019). Increased complications without neurological benefit are associated with prophylactic spinal cord untethering prior to scoliosis surgery in children with myelomeningocele. Childs Nerv Syst, 35(11), 2187-2194.
- Martin JE, Rocque BG, Jea A, Anderson RCE, Pahys J, Brockmeyer D (2019). Assessment of craniocervical motion in Down syndrome: a pilot study of two measurement techniques. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-7.
- Ho WSC, Brockmeyer DL (2019). Complex Chiari malformation: using craniovertebral junction metrics to guide treatment. Childs Nerv Syst, 35(10), 1847-1851.
- Strahle JM, Taiwo R, Averill C, Torner J, Shannon CN, Bonfield CM, Tuite GF, Bethel-Anderson T, Rutlin J, Brockmeyer DL, Wellons JC, Leonard JR, Mangano FT, Johnston JM, Shah MN, Iskandar BJ, Tyler-Kabara EC, Daniels DJ, Jackson EM, Grant GA, Couture DE, Adelson PD, Alden TD, Aldana PR, Anderson RCE, Selden NR, Baird LC, Bierbrauer K, Chern JJ, Whitehead WE, Ellenbogen RG, Fuchs HE, Guillaume DJ, Hankinson TC, Iantosca MR, Oakes WJ, Keating RF, Khan NR, Muhlbauer MS, McComb JG, Menezes AH, Ragheb J, Smith JL, Maher CO, Greene S, Kelly M, ONeill BR, Krieger MD, Tamber M, Durham SR, Olavarria G, Stone SSD, Kaufman BA, Heuer GG, Bauer DF, Albert G, Greenfield JP, Wait SD, Van Poppel MD, Eskandari R, Mapstone T, Shimony JS, Dacey RG, Smyth MD, Park TS, Limbrick DD (2019). Radiological and clinical predictors of scoliosis in patients with Chiari malformation type I and spinal cord syrinx from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-8.
- Twitchell S, Karsy M, Gozal YM, Davidson C, Couldwell WT, Brockmeyer D (2019). Two-stage surgical treatment for a giant sellar psammomatoid juvenile ossifying fibroma: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-5.
- Ravindra VM, Christensen MT, Onwuzulike K, Smith JT, Halvorson K, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Bollo RJ (2017). Risk factors for progressive neuromuscular scoliosis requiring posterior spinal fusion after selective dorsal rhizotomy. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 20(5), 456-463.
- Palmer V, Cohen RB, Braffman B, Brockmeyer DL, Spader HS (2017). Delayed osteomyelitis resulting from an extension injury of the cervical spine: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 20(4), 388-392.
- Jensen RL, Alzhrani G, Kestle JRW, Brockmeyer DL, Lamb SM, Couldwell WT (2017). Neurosurgeon as educator: a review of principles of adult education and assessment applied to neurosurgery. J Neurosurg, 127(4), 949-957.
- Ravindra VM, Riva-Cambrin J, Horn KP, Ginos J, Brockmeyer R, Guan J, Rampton J, Brockmeyer DL (2017). A 2D threshold of the condylar-C1 interval to maximize identification of patients at high risk for atlantooccipital dislocation using computed tomography. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 19(4), 458-463.
- Karsy M, Moores N, Siddiqi F, Brockmeyer DL, Bollo RJ (2017). Bilateral sagittal split mandibular osteotomies for enhanced exposure of the anterior cervical spine in children: technical note. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 19(4), 464-471.
- Guan J, Riva-Cambrin J, Brockmeyer DL (2016). Chiari-related hydrocephalus: assessment of clinical risk factors in a cohort of 297 consecutive patients. Neurosurg Focus, 41(5), E2.
- Brockmeyer D (2016). Editorial: Does it pass the sniff test? Mining the NSQIP-P database for neurosurgical diseases. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 18(4), 413-415.
- Ravindra VM, Eli IM, Schmidt MH, Brockmeyer DL (2016). Primary osseous tumors of the pediatric spinal column: review of pathology and surgical decision making. Neurosurg Focus, 41(2), E3.
- Garber ST, Brockmeyer DL (2016). Management of subaxial cervical instability in very young or small-for-age children using a static single-screw anterior cervical plate: indications, results, and long-term follow-up. J Neurosurg Spine, 24(6), 892-6.
- Phuntsok R, Mazur MD, Ellis BJ, Ravindra VM, Brockmeyer DL (2016). Development and initial evaluation of a finite element model of the pediatric craniocervical junction. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(4), 497-503.
- Kennedy BC, DAmico RS, Youngerman BE, McDowell MM, Hooten KG, Couture D, Jea A, Leonard J, Lew SM, Pincus DW, Rodriguez L, Tuite GF, Diluna ML, Brockmeyer DL, Anderson RC (2016). Long-term growth and alignment after occipitocervical and atlantoaxial fusion with rigid internal fixation in young children. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(1), 94-102.
- Brockmeyer DL, Oakes WJ, Rozzelle C, Johnston J, Rocque BG, Anderson RC, Feldstein N, Martin J, Tuite GF, Rodriguez L, Wetjen N, Aldana P, Pincus D, Storm P, Proctor MR, Lew S (2015). Chiari malformation Type 1 and atlantoaxial instability: a letter from the Pediatric Craniocervical Society. J Neurosurg Spine, 23(6), 820-1.
- Brockmeyer DL, Spader HS (2015). Complex Chiari Malformations in Children: Diagnosis and Management. Neurosurg Clin N Am, 26(4), 555-60.
- Maher CO, Piatt JH, Section on Neurologic Surgery, American Academy of Pediatrics Ragheb J, Aldana PR, Gruber DP, Jea AH, Brockmeyer D, Ritter A (2015). Incidental findings on brain and spine imaging in children. Pediatrics, 135(4), e1084-1096.
- Mazur MD, Ravindra VM, Brockmeyer DL (2015). Unilateral fixation for treatment of occipitocervical instability in children with congenital vertebral anomalies of the craniocervical junction. Neurosurg Focus, 38(4), E9.
- Mazur MD, Sivakumar W, Riva-Cambrin J, Jones J, Brockmeyer DL (2014). Avoiding early complications and reoperation during occipitocervical fusion in pediatric patients. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 14(5), 465-75.
- Brockmeyer D (2014). The complex Chiari malformation: an evolution of understanding. Pediatr Radiol, 44(11), 1345-6.
- Doll ES, Bonkowsky JL, Brown LL, de Havenon AH, Brockmeyer DL, Glasgow TS, Morita DC (2014). Chiari I Malformation Causing Developmental Regression in a 4 Month Old. Global Pediatric Health, 1, 2333794X14560819.
- Bollo RJ, Riva-Cambrin J, Brockmeyer MM, Brockmeyer DL (2012). Complex Chiari malformations in children: an analysis of preoperative risk factors for occipitocervical fusion. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 10(2), 134-41.
- Garber ST, Brockmeyer DL (2011). A rare case of a pediatric extraventricular neurocytoma: case report and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst, 28(2), 321-6.
- Browd SR, McIntyre JS, Brockmeyer D (2008). Failed age-dependent maturation of the occipital condyle in patients with congenital occipitoatlantal instability and Down syndrome: a preliminary analysis. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 2(5), 359-64.
- Liu JK, Gottfried ON, Brockmeyer DL (2006). Epidural venous engorgement resulting in progressive cervical myelopathy from shunt-related intracranial hypotension. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg, 105(6 Suppl), 499-503.
- Kan P, Liu JK, Hedlund G, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2006). The role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric brain tumors. Childs Nerv Syst, 22(11), 1435-9.
- Browd S, Healy LJ, Dobie G, Johnson JT 3rd, Jones GM, Rodriguez LF, Brockmeyer DL (2006). Morphometric and qualitative analysis of congenital occipitocervical instability in children: implications for patients with Down syndrome. J Neurosurg, 105(1 Suppl), 50-4.
- Fassett DR, Clark R, Brockmeyer DL, Schmidt MH (2006). Cervical spine deformity associated with resection of spinal cord tumors. Neurosurg Focus, 20(2), E2.
- Fassett DR, McCall T, Brockmeyer DL (2006). Odontoid synchondrosis fractures in children. Neurosurg Focus, 20(2), E7.
- Aldana PR, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2003). Results of endoscopic septal fenestration in the treatment of isolated ventricular hydrocephalus. Pediatr Neurosurg, 38(6), 286-94.
- Brockmeyer DL (2002). A bone and cable girth-hitch technique for atlantoaxial fusion in pediatric patients. Technical note. J Neurosurg, 97(3 Suppl), 400-2.
- Brockmeyer D, Cogan-Kilgallon M, Darling C, McLone DG, Senger C (1998). Nine-year-old female with neck pain. Pediatr Neurosurg, 28(6), 320-5.
- Harris CP, Townsend JJ, Brockmeyer DL, Heilbrun MP (1991). Cerebral granular cell tumor occurring with glioblastoma multiforme: case report. Surg Neurol, 36(3), 202-6.
Book Chapter
- Brockmeyer DL (2018). Pediatric spine trauma. In Jallo G, Kothbauer KF, Recinos VMR (Eds.), Handbook of Pediatric Neurosurgery. New York: Thieme.
- Ravindra V, Brockmeyer DL (2017). Spine and spinal cord injuries in children: General aspects including pure ligamentous injuries in children. In Di Rocco C, Pang D, Rutka JT (Eds.), Textbook of Pediatric Neurosurgery. New York: Springer.
- Bassani L, Brockmeyer DL (2015). Disorders of the vertebral column. In Cohen A (Ed.), Pediatric Neurosurgery: Tricks of the Trade. New York: Thieme.
- Brockmeyer DL (2014). Congenital vertebral anomalies. In Albright A, Pollack I, Adelson D (Eds.), Principles & Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery (3rd ed). New York: Thieme.