David Xu, M.D.
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Addresses
- Texas Medical Center (Clinic)
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Baylor St. Luke's McNair Campus
7200 Cambridge
Houston, TX 77030
United States
(713) 798-4696
neurosurgery@bcm.edu
Education
- BS from Northwestern University
- 05/2007 - Evanston, Illinois United States
- Biomedical Engineering
- MD from Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine
- 05/2012 - Chicago, Illinois United States
- Residency at Barrow Neurological Institute
- 06/2019 - Phoenix, Arizona United States
- Neurological Surgery
- Fellowship at Barrow Neurological Institute
- 06/2019 - Phoenix, Arizona United States
- Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Surgery
- Research Fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital
- 05/2019 - Toronto, Ontario Canada
- Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Certifications
- Texas Medical License
- Texas Medical Board
Honors & Awards
- HHMI-NIH Research Fellowship
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (06/2009 - 06/2010)
Professional Interests
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
- Complex and revision spine surgery
- Adult spinal deformity
- Spinal tumors and oncology
Websites
Selected Publications
- Xu DS, Paluzzi J, Kanter AS, Uribe JS. "Anterior Column Release/Realignment." Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2018 July 3; 29 (3): 427-437. Pubmed PMID: 29933810
- Walker CT, Farber SH, Cole TS, Xu DS, Godzik J, Whiting AC, Hartman C, Porter RW, Turner JD, Uribe J "Complications for minimally invasive lateral interbody arthrodesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing prepsoas and transpsoas approaches." J Neurosurg Spine. 2019 January 25; : 1-15. Pubmed PMID: 30684932
- Boutet A, Ranjan M, Zhong J, Germann J, Xu DS, Schwartz ML, Lipsman N, Hynynen K, Devenyi GA, Chakravarty M, Hlasny E, Llinas M, Lozano CS, Elias GJB, Chan J, Coblentz A, Fasano A, Kucharczyk W, Hodaie M, Lozano AM "Focused ultrasound thalamotomy location determines clinical benefits in patients with essential tremor." Brain. 2018 December 1; 141 (12): 3405-3414. Pubmed PMID: 30452554
- Xu DS, Bach K, Uribe JS "Minimally invasive anterior and lateral transpsoas approaches for closed reduction of grade II spondylolisthesis: initial clinical and radiographic experience." Neurosurg Focus. 2018 January ; 44 (1): E4. Pubmed PMID: 29290134
- Xu DS, Walker CT, Godzik J, Turner JD, Smith W, Uribe JS "Minimally invasive anterior, lateral, and oblique lumbar interbody fusion: a literature review." Ann Transl Med. 2018 March 6; 6 : 104. Pubmed PMID: 29707553
- Walker CT, Xu DS, Godzik J, Turner JD, Uribe JS, Smith WD "Minimally invasive surgery for thoracolumbar spinal trauma." Ann Transl Med. 2018 March ; 6 (6): 102. Pubmed PMID: 29707551
- Xu DS, Sun H, Spetzler RF "Spinal arteriovenous malformations: surgical management." Handb Clin Neurol. 2017 143 : 153-160. Pubmed PMID: 28552138
- Uribe JS, Schwab F, Mundis GM, Xu DS, Januszewski J, Kanter AS, Okonkwo DO, Hu SS, Vedat D, Eastlack R, Berjano P, Mummaneni PV "The comprehensive anatomical spinal osteotomy and anterior column realignment classification." J Neurosurg Spine. 2018 November 1; 29 (5): 564-575. Pubmed PMID: 30141765
Memberships
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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