Samuel R. Browd, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Dr. Samuel Browd is an attending neurosurgeon at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center.

Dr. Browd received his M.D., Ph.D. through the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Florida in 2000. He then undertook a seven-year Neurosurgery Residency at the University of Utah, and in 2007-2008 completed his Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Training at the University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital. While at the University of Utah, he also completed a research fellowship focusing on functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Patient Care:

Dr. Browd's specialties are with children who have hydrocephalus, brain & spinal cord tumors, pediatric cervical spine, spina bifida, chiari malformations, spacticity.

The Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery conducts pediatric neurosurgical clinics on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Dr. Browd sees patients on Thursdays and other days of the week on an urgent basis.

Appointments may be scheduled by contacting the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at 206-987-2544.

Neurosurgery at Seattle Children's Hospital.

For more information about Dr. Browd's Clinical Specialties, please link to his webpage at Seattle Children's Hospital section.

In January 2008 Dr. Browd and Ellenbogen performed surgery on baby gorilla at our local Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Baby is doing great! Read story >>>

Research:

• Complex, High Resolution Medical Imaging including Functional Neuro Imaging
• Clinical trials and patient outcome
• Craniopagus Twins
• Cervical Spine issues related to Down Syndrome

Education and Training:

2007-2008
Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Training
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Washington
Chairman: Richard Ellenbogen, M.D.
Program Director: Anthony Avellino, M.D.

2000-2007
Neurological Surgery Residency Training
Department of Neurosurgery
School of Medicine
University of Utah
Chairman: William T. Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director: John Kestle, M.D.
Internship: 2000-2001
Neurological Surgery Residency: 2001-2007  Neurological Surgery Chief Resident: 2006-2007

1994-2000
Medical Scientist Training Program
College of Medicine
University of Florida
Degree: M.D., Ph.D. with Honors for Research

1989-1993
University of Florida
Department of Zoology
Degree: B.S. Zoology with Highest Honors

Research Grants:

• 2008-09: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center Academic Enrichment Fund—Title: "Pediatric Spinal Cord Tethering: Advanced MR Imaging for Detection of Spinal Cord Ischemia" ($25,000)
• 2004-2006 NIH Multidisciplinary Cancer Research Training Grant, NIH Grant (T32 CA093247-03) “Functional MRI for Presurgical Mapping”
  
  

Selected Publications:

1. Browd, S.R., McIntyre, J.S., Brockmeyer, D.L.  Failed Age-dependent Maturation of the Occipital Condyle and C1 Superior Articular Surface May Predict Instability In Down Syndrome: Screening Recommendations.  JNS: Pediatrics, November 2008.
   
2. Browd, S.R., Goodrich, J.T., Walker, M.L.  Craniopagus Twins.  J Neurosurg Pediatrics. 2008 Jan;1(1):1-20.
3. Ragel BT, Browd SR, Schmidt RH.  Surgical Shunt Infection:  Significant Reduction Using Intraventricular Plus Systemic Antibiotics. Neurosurgery, 105 (2), August 2006.
4. Browd, S.R., Healy, L.J., Dobie, G., Johnson, T. Jones, G.M., Rodriguez, L.F., Brockmeyer, D.L. Morphometric and qualitative analysis of congenital occipitocervical instability in children: implications for patients with Down syndrome. J Neurosurg (1 Suppl Pediatrics) 105:50–54, 2006. (cover article)
5. Ragel BT, Blumenthal DT, Browd SR, Salzman KL, Jensen RL. Intracerebral amyloidoma can mimic high-grade glioma on magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. Arch Neurol. 2006 Jun;63(6):906-7
6. Ragel BT, Fassett DR, Baringer JR, Browd SR, Dailey AT. Decompressive hemicraniectomy for tumefactive demyelination with transtentorial herniation: observation. Surg Neurol. 2006 Jun;65(6):582-3.
7. Browd SR, Kenney AM, Gottfried ON, Yoon, JW, Walterhouse D, Pedone CA, Fults DW. N-myc can substitute for insulin-like growth factor signaling in a mouse model of sonic hedgehog induced medulloblastoma. Cancer Res. 2006 Mar 1;66(5):2666-72.
8. Browd SR, Ragel BT, Gottfried ON, Kestle  JRW.  Failure of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Part I: Obstruction and Mechanical Failure. Pediatr Neurol. 2006 Feb;34(2):83-92.
9. Browd SR, Ragel B, Gottfried O, Kestle J(2005). Failure of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Part II: Overdrainage, Loculation, and Abdominal Complications.
   Pediatr Neurol. 2006 Mar;34(3):171-176.
10. Browd SR and MacDonald JD  Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy in the Neurosurgical Patient.  Neurocrit Care. 2005;2(3):268-73.
11. Walker M and Browd SR Craniopagus twins: embryology, classification, surgical anatomy, and separation Childs Nervous System 20: 554-566, 2004. (cover article)
12. Browd SR, Ragel BT, Davis G, Scott AM, Skalabrin E, and Couldwell WT. Prophylaxis for Deep Vein Thrombosis in Neurosurgery: A Review of the Literature, Neurosurgical Focus 17 (4); E1, 2004. 
13. Crosson, B.; Cato, M.A, Sadek, JR.; Bobholz, JA.; Gokay, D; Bauer, RM.;  Fischler, IS.; Maron, L.; Gopinath, K.;  Auerbach, EJ.; Browd, S.R.; Briggs, RW. Semantic monitoring of words with emotional connotation during fMRI: Contribution of anterior frontal cortex.  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 8: 607-622, 2002.
14. Crosson B.; Radonovich K.; Sadek JR.; Gokay D.; Bauer RM.; Fischler IS.; Cato MA.; Maron LM.; Auerbach EJ.; Browd SR.; Briggs RW.  Left-hemisphere processing of emotional connotation during word generation. Neuroreport. 20;10(12):2449-55, August 1999.
15. Crosson, B.; Sadek, J.R.; Bobholz, J.A.; Gokay, D; Mohr, C.; Leonard, C.M.; Maron, L.; Auerbach, E.J.; Browd, S.R.; Briggs, R. W. Activity in the paracingulate and cingulate sulci during word generation: an fMRI study of functional anatomy . Cerebral Cortex, Vol. 9, No. 4, pg 307-316,  June 1999.
16. Helveston W, Gilmore R., Roper S., Mastin S.,  Quisling R., Drane W., Eikman E.,  Leonard C., Browd S., Childress D., Intractable Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Comparison of Positron Emission Tomography with Qualitative and Quantitative MR., American Journal of Neuroradiology (17): 1515-1521, September 1996.
17. Leonard CM, Lombardino LJ, Mercado LR, Browd SR, Breier JI, Agee OF. Cerebral Asymmetry and Cognitive Development in Children.  Psychological Science, Vol 7, No. 2, pgs. 89-95, March 1996.
18. Mastin ST, Drane WE, Gilmore RL, Helveston WR, Quisling RG, Roper SN, Eikma  EA, Browd SR. Prospective localization of epileptogenic foci: comparison of PET and SPECT with site of surgery and clinical outcome. Radiology 199 (2): 375-380, 1996.