AvivaAboschMD

Neurosurgery • Aurora, CO

Epilepsy Surgery, Peripheral Nerve, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Director of Stereotactic, Functional, and Epilepsy Surgery at University of Minnesota Medical Center

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Office
12605 E 16th Ave
# F402
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone+1 720-848-0000

Fax+1 303-724-2300
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Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 1993 - 1999
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1995 - Present
NE State Medical License 2019 - 2024
CO State Medical License 2013 - 2021
MN State Medical License 2006 - 2014
GA State Medical License 2002 - 2005
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Radiosurgery or Open Surgery for Epilepsy Trial Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Local Field Potentials Recorded From Deep Brain Stimulating (DBS) Electrodes Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 01
Completed
Optimizing DBS Electrode Placement and Programming Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 01
Withdrawn
Local Fields Potentials Recorded From Deep Brain Stimulating Electrodes Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 01
Completed
Using Parkinson's Disease to Study the Role of the Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Subcortical Oscillations in Human Sleep Dysregulation Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 27
Active, not recruiting
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

29 citations
Deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a crisis of access.
Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Pablo Andrade, Philip E Mosley, Benjamin D Greenberg, Rick Schuurman, Nicole C McLaughlin, Valerie Voon, Paul Krack, Kelly D Foote, Helen S M...> ;Nature Medicine. 2022 Aug 1
Motor context modulates substantia nigra pars reticulata spike activity in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Anand Tekriwal, Gidon Felsen, Steven G Ojemann, Aviva Abosch, John A Thompson> ;Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2022 Apr 1
9 citations
Basal Ganglia Local Field Potentials as a Potential Biomarker for Sleep Disturbance in Parkinson's Disease.
Alexander J. Baumgartner, Clete A. Kushida, Michael O. Summers, Drew S. Kern, Aviva Abosch, John A. Thompson> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2021 Oct 28
4 citations
Using a Robotic-Assisted Approach for Stereotactic Laser Ablation Corpus Callosotomy: A Technical Report.
Timothy H. Ung, Lora Kahn, Lisa Hirt, Grégoire P. Chatain, Elizabeth Humes, Pamela David-Gerecht, Cornelia Drees, John A. Thompson, Steven Ojemann, Aviva Abosch> ;Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2021 Aug 17
1 citations
Coronal Gradient Echo MRI to Visualize the Zona Incerta for Deep Brain Stimulation Targeting in Parkinson's Disease.
Ashesh A. Thaker, Kartik M Reddy, John A. Thompson, Pamela David Gerecht, Mark S. Brown, Aviva Abosch, Steven G. Ojemann, Drew S. Kern> ;Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2021 Jan 1
18 citations
Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Real World Experience Post-FDA-Humanitarian Use Device Approval.
Lora Kahn, Brianne Sutton, Helena Winston, Aviva Abosch, John A. Thompson, Rachel A. Davis> ;Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 24
7 citations
Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD in a Patient With Comorbidities: Epilepsy, Tics, Autism, and Major Depressive Disorder.
Rachel A. Davis, Helena Winston, Judith Gault, Drew S. Kern, Susan K. Mikulich-Gilbertson, Aviva Abosch> ;The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2021 Feb 4
9 citations
Restriction of Access to Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory OCD: Failure to Apply the Federal Parity Act.
Rachel A. Davis, James Giordano, D. Brian Hufford, Sameer A. Sheth, Peter C. Warnke, Alik S. Widge, R. Mark Richardson, Joshua M. Rosenow, Peter Justin Rossi, Eric A. ...> ;Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 12
2 citations
Constant Current versus Constant Voltage: Clinical Evidence Supporting a Fundamental Difference in the Modalities
Drew S. Kern, Alfonso Fasano, John A. Thompson, Aviva Abosch, Steve Ojemann, Renato P. Munhoz> ;Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2021 Jan 1
7 citations
RNS modifications to eliminate stimulation-triggered signs or symptoms (STS): Case series and practical guide.
Alison M. Hixon, Mesha-Gay Brown, Danielle McDermott, Samuel Destefano, Aviva Abosch, Lora Kahn, Steven G. Ojemann, Cornelia Drees> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2020 Jul 24
2 citations
Seizure outcome with responsive neurostimulation (RNS) comparing strip versus depth leads
Cornelia Drees, Danielle McDermott, Stefan Sillau, Aviva Abosch, Steven G. Ojemann, Mesha-Gay Brown> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2020 Sep 7
4 citations
Discrete changes in brain volume after deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Drew S. Kern, Daniel R Uy, Remy Rhoades, Steven G. Ojemann, Aviva Abosch, John A. Thompson> ;Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2020 Jul 10
20 citations
Pregnancy and parental leave among neurosurgeons and neurosurgical trainees
Mihir Gupta, Allison Reichl, Luis Daniel Diaz-Aguilar, Pate J Duddleston, Jamie S. Ullman, Karin M. Muraszko, Shelly D. Timmons, Isabelle M. Germano, Aviva Abosch, Jen...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2021 Apr 1
1 citations
Striatal and Thalamic Auditory Response During Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor: Implications for Psychosis.
Judith Gault, John A. Thompson, Keeran Maharajh, Patrick Hosokawa, Karen E. Stevens, Ann Olincy, Erin I. Liedtke, Alex Ojemann, Steven G. Ojemann, Aviva Abosch> ;Neuromodulation. 2020 Feb 5
24 citations
Distinct Subthalamic Coupling in the ON State Describes Motor Performance in Parkinson's Disease
Musa Ozturk, Aviva Abosch, David J. Francis, Jianping Wu, Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, Nuri F. Ince> ;Movement Disorders. 2020 Jan 1
17 citations
Inferring sleep stage from local field potentials recorded in the subthalamic nucleus of Parkinson's patients.
Elijah D. Christensen, Aviva Abosch, John A. Thompson, Joel Zylberberg> ;Journal of Sleep Research. 2019 Aug 1
1 citations
Method for localizing intraoperative recordings from deep brain stimulation surgery using post-operative structural MRI.
McKenzie Winter, Jamie D. Costabile, Aviva Abosch, John A. Thompson> ;Neuroimage. Clinical. 2018 Jan 1
45 citations
Local field potentials of subthalamic nucleus contain electrophysiological footprints of motor subtypes of Parkinson's disease.
Ilknur Telkes, Ashwin Viswanathan, Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, Aviva Abosch, Musa Ozturk, Akshay Gupte, Joseph Jankovic, Nuri F. Ince> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2018 Sep 4
32 citations
Approaches to neuromodulation for schizophrenia
Judith Gault, Rachel A. Davis, Nicola G. Cascella, Elyn R. Saks, Iluminada Corripio-Collado, William S. Anderson, Ann Olincy, John A. Thompson, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, A...> ;Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 1
38 citations
Congress of neurological surgeons systematic review and evidence-based guideline on subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation for the tre...
Anand I. Rughani, Jason M. Schwalb, Christos Sidiropoulos, Julie G. Pilitsis, Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, Jennifer A. Sweet, Sandeep Mittal, Alberto J. Espay, Jorge Gonzale...> ;Neurosurgery. 2018 Jun 1
76 citations
Women in neurosurgery: inequality redux
Aviva Abosch, James T. Rutka> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2018 Jun 1
22 citations
Semi-automated application for estimating subthalamic nucleus boundaries and optimal target selection for deep brain stimulation implantation surgery
John A. Thompson, Salam Oukal, Hagai Bergman, Steven G. Ojemann, Adam O. Hebb, Sara J. Hanrahan, Zvi Israel, Aviva Abosch> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2019 Apr 1
22 citations
Curative and palliative MRI-guided laser ablation for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Mesha-Gay Brown, Cornelia Drees, Lidia Nagae, John A. Thompson, Steven G. Ojemann, Aviva Abosch> ;Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 1
84 citations
Tracking Career Paths of Women in Neurosurgery.
Jaclyn J. Renfrow, Analiz Rodriguez, Taylor A. Wilson, Isabelle M. Germano, Aviva Abosch, Stacey Q Wolfe> ;Neurosurgery. 2018 Apr 1
50 citations
Charting the road forward in psychiatric neurosurgery: Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery workshop on neuromodulatio...
Ausaf A. Bari, Charles B. Mikell, Aviva Abosch, Sharona Ben-Haim, Robert J. Buchanan, Allen W. Burton, Stephen Carcieri, G. Rees Cosgrove, Pierre-François D'Haese, Zaf...> ;Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 25
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Journal Articles

Method for Localizing Intraoperative Recordings from Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery Using Post-Operative Structural MRI
Aviva Abosch, MD, ScienceDirect
Local Field Potentials of Subthalamic Nucleus Contain Electrophysiological Footprints of Motor Subtypes of Parkinson’s Disease
Joseph Jankovic, Ashwin Viswanathan, Akshay Gupte, Aviva Abosch, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Imaging of Laser Therapy in Epilepsy
Steven Ojemann, Eric Nyberg, Justin M Honce, Cornelia N Drees, Aviva Abosch, Journal of Neuroimaging

Press Mentions

WINS 30th Anniversary: Reason to CelebrateNovember 9th, 2020
Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation Names 2019-20 Board of DirectorsMay 13th, 2019
Teen Undergoes First Deep Brain Stimulation at Children's Hospital ColoradoAugust 30th, 2015
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