Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Cincinnati

Neurosurgery

Dr. Karin S. Bierbrauer practices Neurosurgery. He went to Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. He received 2 awards: "America's Top Doctors" and "Philadelphia Magazine". Karin Bierbrauer has written publications. He has 13 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction presenting as apnea and bradycardia.'

Publications

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• Evaluation of Subependymal Gray Matter Heterotopias on Fetal MRI.
• Comparison of standard, prone and cine MRI in the evaluation of tethered cord.
• Outcome, Reoperation, and Complications in 99 Consecutive Children Operated for Tight or Fatty Filum.
• Longitudinal comparison of pre- and postoperative diffusion tensor imaging parameters in young children with Hydrocephalus.
• Anisotropic diffusion properties in infants with Hydrocephalus: a diffusion tensor imaging study.
• Posterior vertebral column subtraction osteotomy: a novel surgical approach for the treatment of multiple recurrences of tethered cord syndrome.
• Microlaparoscopic-assisted lumboperitoneal shunt in the lateral position for pseudotumor cerebri in a morbidly obese adolescent.
• Ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction presenting as apnea and bradycardia.
• Chiari type I malformation in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.
• Head injuries in children from plastic hairbeads.
• Reflections on the natural history of lipomyelomeningocele.
• A prospective, randomized study of shunt function and infections as a function of shunt placement.

Schools

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• Medical University of South Carolina

• Emory University

• Meml Hospital

Conditions Treated

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• Chiari's Deformity
• Hydrocephalus
• Spina Bifida

Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Pathway X Tiered Hosp/Ind Direct Access OH
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• CareSource
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Cofinity PPO
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• Coventry Health Care
• GHI PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Preferred PPO
• MedHealthInsurance
• Medical Mutual of Ohio POS
• Medicare MCR
• Molina
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Mutual of Omaha
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• America's Top Doctors
• Philadelphia Magazine

Education

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• Emory University
• Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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