BrianPWitwerMD

Physician

Overview of Dr. Witwer

Dr. Brian Witwer is a neurosurgeon in Grand Junction, CO and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including SCL Health - St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center and Grand River Hospital District. He received his medical degree from Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and has been in practice 20 years. Dr. Witwer accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 6 doctors at SCL Health - St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center and one of 2 doctors at Grand River Hospital District who specialize in Neurosurgery. He has 8 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
750 Wellington Ave Ste 3a
Grand Junction, CO 81501
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Education & Training

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1998 - 2004
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsInternship, Transitional Year, 1997 - 1998
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

CO State Medical License 2003 - 2025
KY State Medical License 2005 - 2007
WI State Medical License 1999 - 2007
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

39 citations
Cervical spondylosis: ventral or dorsal surgery.
Brian P. Witwer, Gregory R. Trost> ;Neurosurgery. 2007 Jan 1
125 citations
Diffusion tensor eigenvector directional color imaging patterns in the evaluation of cerebral white matter tracts altered by tumor
Aaron S. Field, Andrew L. Alexander, Yu-Chien Wu, Khader M. Hasan, Brian P. Witwer, Behnam Badie> ;Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2004 Oct 1
40 citations
Delayed esophageal injury without instrumentation failure: complication of anterior cervical instrumentation.
Brian P. Witwer, Daniel K. Resnick> ;Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. 2003 Dec 1
40 citations
Adult olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation for acute spinal cord injury.
Daniel K. Resnick, Catherine F. Cechvala, Yiping Yan, Brian P. Witwer, Dandan Sun, Su-Chun Zhang> ;Journal of Neurotrauma. 2003 Mar 1
265 citations
Diffusion-tensor imaging of white matter tracts in patients with cerebral neoplasm.
Brian P. Witwer, Roham Moftakhar, Khader M. Hasan, Praveen R Deshmukh, Victor M. Haughton, Aaron S. Field, Konstantinos Arfanakis, Jane Noyes, Chad H. Moritz, M. Eliza...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2002 Sep 1
42 citations
Monitoring stem cell therapy in vivo using magnetodendrimers as a new class of cellular MR contrast agents.
Jeff W.M. Bulte, Trevor Douglas, Brian P. Witwer, Su-Chun Zhang, Bobbi K. Lewis, Peter van Gelderen, Holly A. Zywicke, Ian D. Duncan, Joseph A. Frank> ;Academic Radiology. 2002 Feb 1
688 citations
Magnetodendrimers allow endosomal magnetic labeling and in vivo tracking of stem cells
Jeff W.M. Bulte, Trevor Douglas, Brian P. Witwer, Su-Chun Zhang, Erica Strable, Bobbi K. Lewis, Holly A. Zywicke, Brad Miller, Peter van Gelderen, Bruce M. Moskowitz, ...> ;Nature Biotechnology. 2001 Dec 1
35 citations
Gliosarcoma metastatic to the cervical spinal cord: case report and review of the literature.
Brian P. Witwer, M. Shahriar Salamat, Daniel K. Resnick> ;Surgical Neurology. 2000 Nov 1
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Professional Memberships

American Association of Neurological Surgeons - AANS
Fellow

Hospital Affiliations

SCL Health - St. Mary's Hospital and Medical CenterGrand Junction, Colorado
Grand River Hospital DistrictRifle, Colorado

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
Anthem PPO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Cofinity PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Rocky Mountain Group/Indiv - HMO/Private Pay
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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