# William Couldwell

William T. Couldwell is a Canadian neurosurgeon who is professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Utah, 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).
He was President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) (2013–2014), and was President of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS; 2016–2017).
He served as President of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery in 2018-2020.

## Publications

He has published over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 100 book chapters and seven books.
* Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review (2015)
* Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa (2017)
* 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. doi:10.3171/2018.1.FOCUS17775. PMID 29712525.
* 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. doi:10.3171/2018.1.FOCUS17724. PMID 29712516.
* 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. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2016-314477. PMID 29025918. S2CID 3406528. Retrieved 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. doi:10.1093/ons/opx130. PMID 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. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.192. PMID 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. doi:10.1093/neuonc/nox127. PMC 5716076. PMID 29016976.
* 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. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.090. PMID 28951179. Retrieved 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. doi:10.1016/j.inat.2017.07.012.
* 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. doi:10.1093/neuros/nyx200. PMID 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. doi:10.3171/2016.7.JNS16975. PMID 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. doi:10.3171/2017.7.FocusVid.17121. PMID 28669266.
* 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. doi:10.1080/02688697.2017.1330946. PMID 28532166. S2CID 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. doi:10.1007/s00701-017-3169-1. PMID 28397138. S2CID 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. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2016.12.011. PMID 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. doi:10.1007/s10278-017-9948-7. PMC 5603432. PMID 28097497.
* Focusing on the future (2017) Couldwell, WT (2017). "Focusing on the future". Neurosurgical Focus. 42 (1): E1. doi:10.3171/2016.10.FOCUS16437. PMID 28041325.
* 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. doi:10.3171/2016.9.JNS161629. PMID 27935362.
* 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. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.13329. PMC 5352106. PMID 27852048.
* 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. doi:10.3171/2016.5.JNS152809. PMID 27611201.

## Board certifications

* American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg)
* Royal College of Surgeons of Canada
* National Board of Medical Examiners
* Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada

## Family

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