Madeline E. Greil
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Madeline E. Greil, MD

Languages spoken: English

Dr. Madeline Greil is an Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Utah. She completed her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She then went on to Neurological Surgery residency at the University of Washington followed by a complex spine fellowship at the University of Utah. She specializes in treatment of spinal disorders including spine trauma and spinal cord injury, spinal tumors, and degenerative disease such as spinal instability, disc herniations, and myelopathy. She also performs cranial neurosurgery with a focus on trauma and tumors.

Dr. Greil emphasizes individualized patient care and the importance of finding the proper treatment for each patient’s unique symptoms and condition, whether that is surgery or non-operative management. She uses both open and minimally invasive approaches as appropriate for each patient.

Specialties

Dr. Madeline Greil is an Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Utah. She completed her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She then went on to Neurological Surgery residency at the University of Washington followed by a complex spine fellowship at the University of Utah. She specializes in treatment of spinal disorders including spine trauma and spinal cord injury, spinal tumors, and degenerative disease such as spinal instability, disc herniations, and myelopathy. She also performs cranial neurosurgery with a focus on trauma and tumors.

Dr. Greil emphasizes individualized patient care and the importance of finding the proper treatment for each patient’s unique symptoms and condition, whether that is surgery or non-operative management. She uses both open and minimally invasive approaches as appropriate for each patient.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Neurosurgery -Assistant Professor (Clinical)

Education history

Undergraduate Neuroscience, Concentration in Cellular and Molecular - Johns Hopkins University B.A.
Professional Medical Medicine - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Neurological Surgery - University of Washington School of Medicine Resident
Fellowship Neurological Surgery - Complex Spine - University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Greil ME, Abdelmaksoud O, Agoubi LL, Velonjara J, Wang J, Petroni G, Lujan S, Guadagnoli N, Bell MJ, Vavilala MS, Bonow RH, PEGASUS Argentina Study Grou (2025). Early Prognostication in Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in South America: Development of a Local Pediatric-Specific Model and Validation of Established Models. Neurotrauma reports, 6(1), 171-182.
  2. Greil ME, Barber JK, Temkin NR, Bonow RH, Manley GT, Foreman B, Chesnut RM, TRACK-TBI Investigator (2025). External Ventricular Drain Versus Intraparenchymal Pressure Monitor in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A TRACK-TBI Study. Neurosurgery,
  3. Greil ME, Hunt ER, Torres Espin A, Saigal (2025). Retrospective Analysis of Expansile Duraplasty as Surgical Adjunct After Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Global spine journal, 21925682251376321.
  4. McGrath M, Sarhadi K, Harris MH, Baird-Daniel E, Greil M, Barrios-Anderson A, Robinson E, Fong CT, Walters AM, Lele AV, Wahlster S, Bonow R (2024). Utility of Routine Surveillance Head Computed Tomography After Receiving Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Patients with Acute Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. World Neurosurg, 185, e1114-e1120.
  5. Greil ME, Pan J, Barber JK, Temkin NR, Bonow RH, Videtta W, Vega MJ, Lujan S, Petroni G, Chesnut RM, Global Neurotrauma Research Group Collaborators (2024). Extracranial Complications in Monitored and Nonmonitored Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury in the BEST TRIP Trial and a Companion Observational Cohort. World Neurosurg, 190, e424-e434.
  6. Wandvik C, Greil ME, Colby S, Gautam D, Mazur MD (2024). Limitations of current robot-assisted pedicle screw insertion systems. Neurosurg Focus, 57(6), E14.
  7. Bergquist J, Greil ME, Khalsa SSS, Sun Y, Kashlan ON, Hofstetter CP (2023). Full-endoscopic technique mitigates obesity-related perioperative morbidity of minimally invasive lumbar decompression. Eur Spine J, 32(8), 2748-2754.
  8. Greil ME, Ogunlade JI, Bergquist J, Williams JR, Kashlan ON, Hofstetter CP (2023). Full-endoscopic trans-pars interarticularis approach for far lateral lumbar discectomy. Eur Spine J, 32(8), 2709-2716.
  9. Greil ME, Bergquist J, Kashlan ON, Kwon WK, Durfy S, Hofstetter CP (2023). Incidence and management of dural tears in full-endoscopic unilateral laminotomies for bilateral lumbar decompression. Eur Spine J, 32(8), 2889-2895.
  10. Oddo M, Taccone FS, Petrosino M, Badenes R, Blandino-Ortiz A, Bouzat P, Caricato A, Chesnut RM, Feyling AC, Ben-Hamouda N, Hemphill JC, Koehn J, Rasulo F, Suarez JI, Elli F, Vargiolu A, Rebora P, Galimberti S, Citerio G, ORANGE study investigators (2023). The Neurological Pupil index for outcome prognostication in people with acute brain injury (ORANGE): a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study. Lancet Neurol, 22(10), 925-933.
  11. Eaton JC, Meyer RM, Lim DH, Greil ME, Williams JR, Young CC, Barber JK, Temkin NR, Bonow RH, Chesnut RM (2023). Acute Extra-Arachnoid Subdural Hematomas in Patients 50 Years and Older: When Subdurals Act Like Epidurals. World Neurosurg, 179, e523-e529.
  12. McAvoy M, Lee G, Boop S, Greil ME, Durler KA, Young CC, Craft L, Chesnut RM, Wahlster S (2022). Fixed, Dilated, and Conversing-Unreactive Pupil With Preserved Consciousness Indicating Acutely Rising Intracranial Pressure due to Traumatic Intraparenchymal Contusions: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Neurohospitalist, 12(2), 355-360.
  13. Eaton JC, Greil ME, Nistal D, Caldwell DJ, Robinson E, Aljuboori Z, Temkin N, Bonow RH, Chesnut RM (2022). Complications associated with early cranioplasty for patients with traumatic brain injury: a 25-year single-center analysis. J Neurosurg, 137(3), 776-781.
  14. Williams JR, Meyer MR, Ricard JA, Sen R, Young CC, Feroze AH, Greil ME, Barros G, Durfy S, Hanak B, Morton RP, Temkin NR, Barber JK, Mac Donald CL, Chesnut RM (2021). Re-examining decompressive craniectomy medial margin distance from midline as a metric for calculating the risk of post-traumatic hydrocephalus. J Clin Neurosci, 87, 125-131.
  15. Gibson AW, Feroze AH, Greil ME, McGrath ME, Sivakanthan S, White-Dzuro GA, Williams JR, Young CC, Hofstetter CP (2021). Cellular allograft for multilevel stand-alone anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Neurosurg Focus, 50(6), E7.
  16. Girgis F, Greil ME, Fastenau PS, Sweet J, Lüders H, Miller JP (2017). Resection of Temporal Neocortex During Multiple Hippocampal Transections for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Does not Affect Seizure or Memory Outcome. Oper Neurosurg, 13(6), 711-717.

Case Report

  1. Pan J, Barros G, Greil ME, Meyer RM, Ene CI, Chesnut RM (2020). Pseudoaneurysm of the Superficial Temporal Artery After Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Device Placement: Case Report of a Rare Complication. Oper Neurosurg, 19(3), 288-291.