William Couldwell


William T. Couldwell is a Canadian neurosurgeon who is professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Utah, a position he assumed in 2001.

Career

Couldwell is currently on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Neurosurgery, and was the Chairman from 2007–2008. He served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and is a Former Director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
He was President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and was President of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery.
He served as President of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery, 2018-2020.

Publications

He has published over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 100 book chapters and seven books.
  • Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review
  • Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa
  • Analysis of cerebrovascular aneurysm treatment cost: Retrospective cohort comparison of clipping, coiling, and flow diversion
  • Assessment of cost drivers and cost variation for lumbar interbody fusion procedures using the value driven outcomes database
  • Contemporary endovascular and open aneurysm treatment in the era of flow diversion
  • Delayed Complications After Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas
  • Clinical Outcomes with Transcranial Resection of the Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma
  • Factors influencing management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: an analysis of 424 consecutive patients
  • Middle fossa approach for resection of vestibular schwannoma
  • IGFBP2 expression predicts IDH-mutant glioma patient survival
  • ''Adjuvant radiotherapy for atypical meningiomas''

Board certifications

Family

Couldwell and his wife, an endocrinologist, have three children.