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Varun Kshettry, MD, Neurosurgery, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic

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Neurosurgery Cleveland, OH

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Pituitary Surgery, Skull Base

Skull Base, Pituitary and Cerebrovascular Surgery Surgical Director, Cleveland Clinic Trigeminal Neuralgia Program Associate Program Director, Neurological Surgery Residency Director, Advanced Endoscopic & Microscopic Neurosurgery Laboratory Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery Department of Neurological Surgery Rosa Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor & Neuro-Oncology Center Cleveland Clinic

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Education & Training

  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHFellowship, Minimally Invasive Cranial Base & Pituitary Surgery, 2015 - 2016
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2008 - 2015
  • Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterFellowship, Research Fellowship, Microsurgical Anatomy and Skull Base Surgery, 2012 - 2013
  • Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2008
  • University of Pennsylvania
    University of PennsylvaniaB.A., Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude, 2000 - 2004

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2023 - 2026
  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
  • KY State Medical License
    KY State Medical License 2023 - 2025
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2008 - 2024
  • WV State Medical License
    WV State Medical License 2023 - 2024
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2015 - 2018
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Resident Teacher of the Year Cleveland Clinic Neurosurgery, 2015
  • 1st Place, Best Oral Presentation, Keller Lectureship University of Cincinnati, 2014
  • 1st Place, Best Oral Presentation Ohio State Neurosurgical Society, 2014
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Left Supraorbital Eyebrow Approach for Microscopic Fenestration of a Neuroglial Cyst  
    Hamid Borghei-Razavi, Paramita Das, Varun Kshettry, World Neurosurgery
  • The Association between Operating Room Personnel and Turnover with Surgical Site Infection in Over 12,000 Neurosurgical Cases  
    Wathen C, Kshettry VR, Krishnaney A, Gordon SM, Fraser T, Benzel EC, Modic MT, Butler S, Machado AG, Neurosurgery, 1/25/2016
  • Peritumoral Brain Edema in Intracranial Meningiomas: the emergence of VEGF-directed therapy  
    Hou J, Kshettry VR, Selman WR, Bambakidis N, Neurosurg Focus, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Descriptive Epidemiology of World Health Organization Grade II and III Intracranial Meningiomas in the United States
    Kshettry VR, Ostrom QT, Kruchko C, Al-Mefty O, Barnett GH, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, North American Skull Base Society, Tampa, FL, 1/20/2015
  • A Pilot Study of the Utility of a Laboratory-Based Spinal Fixation Training Program for Neurosurgical Residents
    Sundar SJ, Healy AT, Kshettry VR, Schlenk R, Benzel EC, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, DC, 1/2/2015
  • Pseudoarthrosis Rates in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: a meta-analysis
    Shriver M, Xie J, Kshettry VR, Rosenbaum BP, Mroz TE, Benzel EC, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, DC, 1/2/2015
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Lectures

  • Natural History and Management of Incidental Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenomas 
    1/14/2016
  • Endoscopic Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus 
    1/10/2016
  • Surgical Management of Cushing’s Disease 
    1/27/2015
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Other

  • Procedural Atlas of Spine and Neurosurgery (Application) 
    Kshettry VR, Vadera S
    1/1/2014

Authored Content

  • Left Supraorbital Eyebrow Approach for Microscopic Fenestration of a Neuroglial CystJuly 2018
  • Superiority of Constructive Interference in Steady-State MRI Sequencing over T1-Weighted MRI Sequencing for Evaluating Cavernous Sinus Invasion by Pituitary Macroadenomas RelatedMarch 2018

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