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Michelle Wedemeyer, MD, Neurosurgery, Columbus, OH, Nationwide Children's Hospital

MichelleArianaWedemeyerMDPhD(She/Her)

Neurosurgery Columbus, OH

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Physician

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Summary

  • Michelle A Wedemeyer, MD, PhD, is a pediatric neurosurgeon at Nationwide Children's Hospital and a principal investigator at the Nationwide Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine. She is also an assistant professor of neurological surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Wedemeyer obtained her BS in Bioengineering from the University of California San Diego where she worked as an engineer at the Orthopedic Biomechanics Research Center at Rady Children's Hospital under orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter O Newton. She then obtained her MD and PhD in Biomedical Sciences in the Medical Scientist Training program at the University of California Irvine where she was a California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) scholar. She completed her residency in Neurosurgery at the University of Southern California and her fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospitals. Dr. Wedemeyer's clinical and research interests span several fields within neurosurgery including spine biomechanics, outcomes research in the management of skull base tumors, transplantation of stem cell derived cellular therapies, and the epigenetics of brain tumors. Her current pursuits include analysis of the cellular diversity of brain tumors at the single cell level, characterization of the developing hindbrain to identify novel targets for pediatric brain tumors, and the refinement of methylation-array based classifiers for brain tumors.

Education & Training

  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021 - 2022
  • University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center
    University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2014 - 2021
  • University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
    University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineClass of 2014

Certifications & Licensure

  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2022 - 2026
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Outcomes Following Transsphenoidal Surgical Management of Incidental Pituitary Adenomas: A Series of 52 Patients over a 17-Year Period Related  
    Michelle A Wedemeyer, Gabriel Zada, Journal of Neurosurgery
  • Complications Associated with Microscopic and Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: Experience of 1153 Consecutive Cases Treated at a Single Tertiary Care Pitu...  
    Matthew S Agam, Michelle A Wedemeyer, Gabriel Zada, Journal of Neurosurgery

Authored Content

  • Outcomes Following Transsphenoidal Surgical Management of Incidental Pituitary Adenomas: A Series of 52 Patients over a 17-Year Period RelatedJune 2018
  • Complications Associated with Microscopic and Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: Experience of 1153 Consecutive Cases Treated at a Single Tertiary Care Pituitary Center RelatedJune 2018

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations