Daniel J Curry, M.D.

Professor

(832) 822-3950

Positions

Professor: Neurosurgery
Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Director, Functional Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Program: Surgery
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Medical Towers (Office): Room: MEDT-07.84
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Texas Children's Clinical Care Center (Clinic): 6701 Fannin St. # 1230.01
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3950
djcurry@bcm.edu

Texas Children's Clinical Care Center (Hospital): 6701 Fannin St. # 1230.01
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3950
djcurry@bcm.edu

Texas Children's Clinical Care Center (Office): 6701 Fannin St. # 1230.01
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3950
djcurry@bcm.edu

Education

Fellowship at Indiana University Medical Center: 06/2003 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Internship at University of Chicago Hospitals: 06/1997 - Chicago, Illinois, United States

MD from Rush Medical College: 06/1996 - Chicago, Illinois, United States

Residency at University of Chicago Children's Hospital: 06/1999 - Chicago, Illinois, United States

Residency at University of Chicago Hospitals: 06/2002 - Chicago, Illinois, United States

Certifications

Illinois Medical Licenses: #036-104158 (07/01/1996 - 07/31/2008); State of Illinois

Texas Medical Licenses: #M9234 (04/11/2008 - 02/28/2016); State of Texas

Neurological Surgery: (11/13/2008); The American Board of Neurological Surgery

Pediatric Neurological Surgery: (06/04/2011); The American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Professional Interests

Pediatric epilepsy
Functional neurosurgery

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

Patel AJ, Fox BD, Fahim DK, Fulkerson DH, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " A clinicopathologic correlation in osteoblastoma of the spine in a child. " J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Dec ; 18 (12) : 1728-30.
Pubmed PMID: 21992740.
Tredway TL, Musleh W, Christie SD, Khavkin Y, Fessler RG, Curry DJ. " A novel minimally invasive technique for spinal cord untethering. " Neurosurgery. 2007 Feb ; 60 (2) : ONS70-4; discus.
Pubmed PMID: 17297368.
Hwang SW, Al-Shamy G, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Dauser R, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Amenorrhea complicating endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the pediatric age group. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Sep ; 8 (3) : 325-8.
Pubmed PMID: 21882927.
Paulson D, Hwang SW, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Aqueductal developmental venous anomaly as an unusual cause of congenital hydrocephalus: a case report and review of the literature. " J Med Case Reports. 2012 ; 6 : 7.
Pubmed PMID: 22236945.
Chern JJ, Chamoun RB, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Computed tomography morphometric analysis for axial and subaxial translaminar screw placement in the pediatric cervical spine. " 2009 Feb ; 3 (2) : 121-8.
Pubmed PMID: 19278311.
Chamoun RB, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Computed tomography morphometric analysis for C-1 lateral mass screw placement in children. Clinical article. " 2009 Jan ; 3 (1) : 20-3.
Pubmed PMID: 19119899.
Patel AJ, Cherian J, Fulkerson DH, Fox BD, Chern JJ, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Computed tomography morphometric analysis for translaminar screw fixation in the upper thoracic spine of the pediatric population. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Apr ; 7 (4) : 383-8.
Pubmed PMID: 21456910.
Thomas JG, Hwang SW, Blumberg TJ, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Correlation between shunt series and scoliosis radiographs in children with myelomeningoceles. " J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Nov ; 17 (5) : 410-4.
Pubmed PMID: 22978435.
Curry DJ, Frim DM. " Delayed repair of open depressed skull fracture. " Pediatr Neurosurg. 1999 Dec ; 31 (6) : 294-7.
Pubmed PMID: 10702728.
Rangel-Castilla L, Hwang SW, Jea A, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Dauser RC. " Development of secondary unilateral coronal suture synostosis with a sagittal suture synostosis in a nonsyndromic patient. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Feb ; 9 (2) : 116-8.
Pubmed PMID: 22295913.
Reaven E, Curry D, Moore J, Reaven G. " Effect of age and environmental factors on insulin release from the perfused pancreas of the rat. " J. Clin. Invest.. 1983 Feb ; 71 (2) : 345-50.
Pubmed PMID: 6337185.
Chern JJ, Macias CG, Jea A, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Whitehead WE. " Effectiveness of a clinical pathway for patients with cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunction. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Oct ; 6 (4) : 318-24.
Pubmed PMID: 20887102.
Barengolts EI, Lathon PV, Curry DJ, Kukreja SC. " Effects of endurance exercise on bone histomorphometric parameters in intact and ovariectomized rats. " Bone Miner. 1994 Aug ; 26 (2) : 133-40.
Pubmed PMID: 7994185.
Barengolts EI, Curry DJ, Bapna MS, Kukreja SC. " Effects of endurance exercise on bone mass and mechanical properties in intact and ovariectomized rats. " J. Bone Miner. Res.. 1993 Aug ; 8 (8) : 937-42.
Pubmed PMID: 8213256.
Barengolts EI, Curry DJ, Bapna MS, Kukreja SC. " Effects of two non-endurance exercise protocols on established bone loss in ovariectomized adult rats. " Calcif. Tissue Int.. 1993 Mar ; 52 (3) : 239-43.
Pubmed PMID: 8481839.
Sikorski CW, Curry DJ. " Endoscopic, single-catheter treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome hydrocephalus: technical case report and review of treatment options. " Pediatr Neurosurg. ; 41 (5) : 264-8.
Pubmed PMID: 16195680.
Chern JJ, Chamoun RB, Mawad ME, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Endovascular stenting of traumatic extracranial carotid artery dissections in the pediatric population: a case report. " 2009 ; 2 : 171.
Pubmed PMID: 19946482.
Schultheiss KE, Jang YG, Yanowitch RN, Tolentino J, Curry DJ, Lüders J, Asgarzadie-Gadim F, Macdonald RL. " Fat and neurosurgery: does obesity affect outcome after intracranial surgery? " Neurosurgery. 2009 Feb ; 64 (2) : 316-26; discuss.
Pubmed PMID: 19190459.
Viswanathan A, Johnson KK, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Hybrid spinal constructs using sublaminar polyester bands in posterior instrumented fusions in children: a series of 5 cases. " Neurosurgery. 2010 May ; 66 (5) : 862-7.
Pubmed PMID: 20404689.
Macdonald RL, Zhang ZD, Curry D, Elas M, Aihara Y, Halpern H, Jahromi BS, Johns L. " Intracisternal sodium nitroprusside fails to prevent vasospasm in nonhuman primates. " Neurosurgery. 2002 Sep ; 51 (3) : 761-8.
Pubmed PMID: 12188956.
Fulkerson DH, Satyan KB, Wilder LM, Riviello JJ, Stayer SA, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Dauser RC, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Intraoperative monitoring of motor evoked potentials in very young children. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Apr ; 7 (4) : 331-7.
Pubmed PMID: 21456902.
Hwang SW, Thomas JG, Blumberg TJ, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Dauser RC, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Kyphectomy in patients with myelomeningocele treated with pedicle screw-only constructs: case reports and review. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Jul ; 8 (1) : 63-70.
Pubmed PMID: 21721891.
Hwang SW, Thomas JG, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Dauser RC, Kim ES, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Left thorascopic sympathectomy for refractory long QT syndrome in children. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Nov ; 8 (5) : 455-9.
Pubmed PMID: 22044368.
Macdonald RL, Curry DJ, Aihara Y, Zhang ZD, Jahromi BS, Yassari R. " Magnesium and experimental vasospasm. " J. Neurosurg.. 2004 Jan ; 100 (1) : 106-10.
Pubmed PMID: 14743919.
Fridley JS, Chamoun RB, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Adesina A, Jea A. " Malignant rhabdoid tumor of the spine in an infant: case report and review of the literature. " Pediatr Neurosurg. 2009 ; 45 (3) : 237-43.
Pubmed PMID: 19521139.
Rao VY, Shah KB, Bollo RJ, Mawad ME, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Dauser RC, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Management of ruptured dissecting intracranial aneurysms in infants: report of four cases and review of the literature. " Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Apr ; 29 (4) : 685-91.
Pubmed PMID: 23014950.
Jea A, Coscarella E, Chintagumpala M, Bhattacharjee M, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG. " Medulloblastoma and juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma presenting as synchronous primary brain tumors in a child. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Feb ; 5 (2) : 149-54.
Pubmed PMID: 20121362.
Thomas JG, Hwang SW, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Minimally invasive lumbar microdiscectomy in pediatric patients: a series of 6 patients. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Jun ; 7 (6) : 616-9.
Pubmed PMID: 21631198.
Curry DJ, Gowda A, McNichols RJ, Wilfong AA. " MR-guided stereotactic laser ablation of epileptogenic foci in children. " Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Aug ; 24 (4) : 408-14.
Pubmed PMID: 22687387.
Cadichon SB, Le Hoang M, Wright DA, Curry DJ, Kang U, Frim DM. " Neuroprotective effect of the surfactant poloxamer 188 in a model of intracranial hemorrhage in rats. " J. Neurosurg.. 2007 Jan ; 106 (1) : 36-40.
Pubmed PMID: 17233310.
Mayer RR, Hwang SW, Reddy GD, Morales DL, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Bollo RJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Neurosurgical complications of left ventricular assist devices in children. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Nov ; 10 (5) : 370-5.
Pubmed PMID: 22938079.
Byrne RW, Bagan BT, Slavin KV, Curry D, Koski TR, Origitano TC. " Neurosurgical emergency transfers to academic centers in Cook County: a prospective multicenter study. " Neurosurgery. 2008 Mar ; 62 (3) : 709-16; discuss.
Pubmed PMID: 18425017.
Hwang SW, Gressot LV, Rangel-Castilla L, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Bollo RJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Outcomes of instrumented fusion in the pediatric cervical spine. " J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Nov ; 17 (5) : 397-409.
Pubmed PMID: 22998404.
Kitagawa RS, Mawad ME, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luersen TG, Jea A. " Paraspinal arteriovenous malformations in children. " 2009 May ; 3 (5) : 425-8.
Pubmed PMID: 19409023.
Fahim DK, Johnson KK, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Periosteal chondroma of the pediatric cervical spine. " 2009 Feb ; 3 (2) : 151-6.
Pubmed PMID: 19278317.
Gore P, Madhavan S, Curry D, McClurg G, Castiglia M, Rosenbluth SA, Smego RA. " Persuasive messages. Development of persuasive messages may help increase mothers' compliance of their children's immunization schedule. " Mark Health Serv. 1998 ; 18 (4) : 32-43.
Pubmed PMID: 10339084.
Viswanathan A, Relyea K, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Pneumothorax complicating in-out-in" thoracic pedicle screw placement for kyphotic deformity correction in a child." " 2008 Dec ; 2 (6) : 379-84.
Pubmed PMID: 19035680.
Curry DJ, Wright DA, Lee RC, Kang UJ, Frim DM. " Poloxamer 188 volumetrically decreases neuronal loss in the rat in a time-dependent manner. " Neurosurgery. 2004 Oct ; 55 (4) : 943-8; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 15458603.
Patel AJ, Fox BD, Fulkerson DH, Yallampalli S, Illner A, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome during posterior fossa tumor resection in a child. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Oct ; 6 (4) : 377-80.
Pubmed PMID: 20887113.
Amhaz HH, Fox BD, Johnson KK, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Postlaminoplasty kyphotic deformity in the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature. " Pediatr Neurosurg. 2009 ; 45 (2) : 151-4.
Pubmed PMID: 19321951.
Patel AJ, Cherian J, Fox BD, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Publication patterns of oral and poster presentations at the annual meetings of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. " J. Neurosurg.. 2011 Dec ; 115 (6) : 1258-61.
Pubmed PMID: 21961894.
Byrnes EI, Hansen KG, Malloy TE, Carter C, Curry D. " Reductions in criminality subsequent to group, individual, and family therapy in adolescent residential and day treatment settings. " Int J Group Psychother. 1999 Jul ; 49 (3) : 307-22.
Pubmed PMID: 10390941.
Fox BD, Nayar VV, Johnson KK, Jea A, Curry D, Luerssen TG, Whitehead WE. " Routine imaging in patients with ventriculopleural shunts: lessons learned from a case of tension hydrothorax. " 2008 Dec ; 2 (6) : 385.
Pubmed PMID: 19035681.
Fahim DK, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Dauser RC, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Routine use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in posterior fusions of the pediatric spine: safety profile and efficacy in the early postoperative period. " Neurosurgery. 2010 Nov ; 67 (5) : 1195-204.
Pubmed PMID: 20871458.
Al-Shamy G, Relyea K, Adesina A, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Solid variant of aneurysmal bone cyst of the thoracic spine: a case report. " J Med Case Reports. 2011 ; 5 (1) : 261.
Pubmed PMID: 21718507.
Curry DJ, Wright DA, Lee RC, Kang UJ, Frim DM. " Surfactant poloxamer 188-related decreases in inflammation and tissue damage after experimental brain injury in rats. " J. Neurosurg.. 2004 Aug ; 101 (1) : 91-6.
Pubmed PMID: 16206978.
Chern JJ, Patel AJ, Jea A, Curry DJ, Comair YG. " Surgical outcome for focal cortical dysplasia: an analysis of recent surgical series. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Nov ; 6 (5) : 452-8.
Pubmed PMID: 21039168.
Rangel-Castilla L, Hwang SW, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Surgical treatment of thoracic Pott disease in a 3-year-old child, with vertebral column resection and posterior-only circumferential reconstruction of the spinal column. " J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Apr ; 9 (4) : 447-51.
Pubmed PMID: 22462713.
Curry DJ, Wright DA, Lee RC, Kang UJ, Frim DM. " Synthes Award for Resident Research in Brain and Craniofacial Injury: poloxamer 188 volumetrically decreases neuron loss in the rat model of excitotoxicity in a time-dependent manner. " Clin Neurosurg. 2003 ; 50 : 374-81.
Pubmed PMID: 14677453.
Hines RM, Curry DJ. " The consultation process and physician satisfaction: review of referral patterns in three urban family practice units. " Can Med Assoc J. 1978 May 6; 118 (9) : 1065-6, 1071-3.
Pubmed PMID: 647591.
Chern JJ, Dauser RC, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " The effect of tethered cord release on coronal spinal balance in tight filum terminale. " Spine. 2011 Jun 15; 36 (14) : E944-9.
Pubmed PMID: 21289577.
Jea A, Bradshaw TJ, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Dauser RC, Luerssen TG. " The high risks of ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedures for hydrocephalus associated with vein of Galen malformations in childhood: case report and literature review. " Pediatr Neurosurg. 2010 ; 46 (2) : 141-5.
Pubmed PMID: 20664304.
Rangel-Castilla L, Hwang SW, Al-Shamy G, Jea A, Curry DJ. " The periinsular functional hemispherotomy. " Neurosurg Focus. 2012 Mar ; 32 (3) : E7.
Pubmed PMID: 22380861.
Frim DM, Wright DA, Curry DJ, Cromie W, Lee R, Kang UJ. " The surfactant poloxamer-188 protects against glutamate toxicity in the rat brain. " Neuroreport. 2004 Jan 19; 15 (1) : 171-4.
Pubmed PMID: 15106852.
Chern JJ, Relyea K, Edmond JC, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Transient selective downward gaze paralysis complicating posterior fossa tumor resection in children. Report of 2 cases. " 2009 Jun ; 3 (6) : 467-71.
Pubmed PMID: 19485729.
Fahim DK, Relyea K, Nayar VV, Fox BD, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Transtubular microendoscopic approach for resection of a choroidal arteriovenous malformation. " 2009 Feb ; 3 (2) : 101-4.
Pubmed PMID: 19278307.
Curry DJ, Midgley JM, Leung SL, Watt R, Whalley WB. " Unsaturated steroids. Part 7. A simple synthesis of 22,23-dihydroergosterol. " J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. I. 1977 ; (8) : 822-3.
Pubmed PMID: 558998.
Chamoun RB, Relyea KM, Johnson KK, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Drake JM, Jea A. " Use of axial and subaxial translaminar screw fixation in the management of upper cervical spinal instability in a series of 7 children. " Neurosurgery. 2009 Apr ; 64 (4) : 734-9; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 19349831.
Kitagawa RS, Satyan KB, Relyea K, Dauser RC, Nuchtern JG, Minifee PK, Whitehead WE, Curry DJ, Luerssen TG, Jea A. " Video-assisted thorascopic repair of a subarachnoid-pleural fistula in a child after thoracic tumor resection: technical note. " Spine. 2010 Apr 20; 35 (9) : E347-50.
Pubmed PMID: 20375768.

Memberships

American College of Surgeons

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Joint Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Joint Section of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery

Joint Section of Pain

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

University of Chicago Surgical Society

American Epilepsy Society

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

American Society of Neurophysiologic Monitoring

Harris County Medical Association

Movement Disorders Society

American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons

American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery