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Dr. Todd A. Kuether, M.D.

9155 SW Barnes Rd. #440
Portland, OR 97225
(503) 297-3766

Education

July 1997	Oregon Health Sciences	Portland, OR
Neurointerventional Fellow
June 1994-2000	Oregon Health Sciences	Portland, OR
Surgical Intern, Resident
June 1993	University of Kansas	Kansas City, KS
Doctor of Medicine
May 1990	University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

Awards:

• 1982 Eagle Scout
• 1985 Kansas Scholar
• 1985 Century III Leaders Scholarship
• 1985 Internal Medicine Scholarship, Shawnee County Medical Society
• 1985,88-89 Engineering Honor Roll, University of Kansas, Lawrence
• 1985-1989 Distinguished Alumnus Scholarship, University of Kansas, Lawrence
• 1988 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, University of Kansas, Lawrence
• 1988 Conoco Undergraduate Research Award, University of Kansas, Lawrence
• 1988-1989 Phillips Petroleum Scholarship, University of Kansas, Lawrence
• 1989 Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society, University of Kansas, Lawrence
• 1990-1993 Endowment Scholarship, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City
• 1999 Dotter Interventional Institute Fellow, OHSU
• 2000-2001 Dotter Interventional Institute, Assistant Professor, OHSU

Publications:

Books/Chapters:

• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Endovascular treatment of Dural Arteriovenous Malformations and Fistulas, Neurosurgery, 3rd Edition
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GN, Barnwell SL. Other Endovascular Treatment Strategies for Acute Ischemic Stroke, Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, Philadelphia, W.B, Saunders, 1999, Col 9;3, pp 509-525.
• Hsu F, Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Dural Sinus Thrombosis Endovascular Therapy, Critical Care Clinics of North America- Wndovascular Therapy and Neurocritical Care, Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1999.
• Hsu F, Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A guide to Diagnosis and Drug Treatment, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1999.
• Kuether TA, Barnwell SL. Dural Arteriovenous Malformation of the Transverse and Sigmoid Sinuses, Neurosurgical Operative Atlas. Lebanon, New Hampshire, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1998, Vol. 8.
• Kuether TA, Kellogg JX, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Endovascular Treatment of Dural AVMs, Vascular Malformations of the Central Nervous System, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1999, pp437-453.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Clinical Outcome of Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated by GDC. Perspectives in Neurological Surgery. New York, Thieme, 1997, Vol.8;2, pp 43-59.

Articles:

• Golshani KJ, Limonadi F, Delashaw JB, Hsu FPK, Kuether TA, Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis with Delayed Diagnosis, Surgical Evacuation, and Good Outcome. IN PRINT 2002.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Mechanical Thrombolysis of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Seminars in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke, 1; 155-166, 2001.
• Lutsep HL, Clark WM, Nesbit GM, Kuether TA, Barnwell SL, Intra-Arterial Suction Thrombectomy in Acute Stroke, 2001.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GN, Barnwell SL. Clinical and Angiographic Outcome with Treatment Data for Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated with GDC. Abstract Reprint. European Radiology, 1999.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Clinical and Angiographic Outcome with Treatment Data for Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated GDC. Neurosurgery, 43: 1016-1025, 1998.
• Horgan MA, Kernan JC, Delashaw JB, Schwartz MS, Kuether TA. Schwannoma of the Torcula Presenting as an Occipital Mass. Case Illustration. J Neurosurg, 89:490.
• Steel TR, Kellogg JX, Kuether TA, Favre J, Frank EH. Endoscopic Treatment of Spinal Epidural Hematoma. J Clinical Neuroscience, 5: 460-463, 1998.
• Kellogg JX, Kuether TA, Horgan MH, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Current Concepts on Carotid Cavernous Fistulas. Neurosurgical Focus, 5: Article 12, www.neurosurgery.org/journals/online, October 1998.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Clark W, Barnwell SL. Rotational Vertebral Artery Occlusion: A mechanism of Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency. ORL Update, Amsterdam, 1998.
• Kuether TA, Piatt JH. Chiari Malformation Associated with Vitamin-D Resistant Rickets. Neurosurgery, 42:1168-1171, 1998.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Endovascular Treatment of Traumatic Dural sSnus Thrombosis. Neurosurgery, 42: 1163-1167, 1998.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Clark W, Barnwell SL. Rotational Vertebral Artery Occlusion: A Mechanism of Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency. Neurosurgery, 41: 427-433, 1997.
• Rabb CH, Kuether TA. Initial Experience with Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery. Neurosurgical Focus, 3: Article 4, www.neurosurgery.org/journals/online, July 1997.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL. Embolization as Treatment for Spinal Cord Compression from Renal Cell Carcinoma. Neurosurgery, 39: 1260-1263, 1996.
• Kuether TA, Nesbit GM, O'neill OR, Barnwell SL. Direct Carotid Cavernous Fistula Following Trigeminal Balloon Microcompression Gangliolysis. Neurosurgery, 39: 853-856, 1996.
• Heller CA, Kuether TA, Wayson J, Barnwell SL. Spontaneous Brachial Plexus Hemorrhage- Case Report. Submitted to Surgical Neurology 4/1999.

Presentations/Posters:

• New Frontiers in the Treatment of Stroke, 28th Annual Critical Care Symposium, Portland, OR, 2001.
• New Frontiers in the Treatment of Stroke, Vascular Surgery Grand Rounds, Oct 2001, OHSU, Portland, OR
• Angiojet Thrombectomy in Dural Sinus Thrombosis. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Poster Presentation, AANS, San Francisco, CA, April 2000.
• Neurointerventional use of Reopro for the Prevention and Treatment of Carotid and Intracranial Thromboembolism. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Oral Presentation, Working Group Interventional Neuroradiology, Val D'Isere, France, January 1999.
• The GDC Learning Curve. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Oral Presentation, Working Group Interventional Neuroradiology, Cal D'Isere, France, January 1999
• Hemiplegic basilar migraine and cerebral stenting. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Oral Presentation, Working Group Interventional Neuroradiology, Val D'Isere, France, January 1999.
• Embolization of AVM's with liquid coils. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Oral Presentation, Working Group Internventional Neuroradiology, Val D'Isere, France, January 1999
• Guglielmi Detachable Coils for the Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms: An Update. TA Kuether, Neurological Grand Rounds, Oregon Health Sciences University, November 1998.
• Drill Generated Hearing Loss in Surgeons Performing Skull Base Surgery. TA Kuether, SO McMenomy, JB Delashaw, Oral Presentation, CNS, Seattle, WA October, 1998.
• Update: Clinical Outcome and Treatment Data of Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated with GDC: 1992-1998, TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Oral Presentation, CNS, Seattle, WA, October 1998.
• The Effects of Paralytics on Facial Nerve Stimulation in an Animal Model of Acoustic Neuroma. TA Kuether, SO McMenomy, JB Delashaw, Poster Presentation, 9th Annual North American Skull Base Society Meeting, Kamuela, Hawaii, February 1998.
• Drill Generated Hearing Loss in Surgeons Performing Skull Base Surgery. TA Kuether, SO McMenomy, JB Delashaw, Poster Presentation, 9th Annual North American Skull Base Society Meeting, Kamuela, Hawaii, February 1998
• Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Fulminant Hepatic Failure in the Evaluation of Liver Transplant Patients. TA Kuether, CH Rabb, Poster Presentation, CNS, New Orleans, LA, September, 1997.
• Accuracy of Petrosal and Cavernous Sinus Sampling in the Evaluation of Cushing's Disease. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Poster Presentation, CNS, New Orleans, LA, September, 1997
• Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas Involving the Superior Petrosal Sinus. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Poster Presentation, CNS, New Orleans, LA, September 1997
• Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release - Procedure and Outcome Review. TA Kuether, CH Rabb, Poster Presentation, CNS, New Orleans, LA, September, 1997.
• Carotid Stenting, TA Kuether, Oral Presentation, NWARNA Regional Conference, Portland, OR, May 1997.
• Clinical Outcome and Treatment Data of Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated with GDC: A Single Center Experience, TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Oral Presentation, AANS, Denver, CO, April, 1997.
• Clinical Outcome and Treatment Data of Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated with GDC: A Single Center Experience, TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Oral Presentation, SUN Ann Arbor, MI, May, 1997.
• Trigeminal Neuralgia -Unusual Presentation of a Dural Arteriovenous Fistula. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Poster Presentation, AANS, Denver, CO, April, 1997
• Endovascular Treatment of Traumatic Dural Sinus Thrombosis. TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Poster Presentation, AANS, Denver, CO, April, 1997.
• Chiari Malformation Associated with Vitamin-D Resistant Rickets. TA Kuether, JH Piatt, Poster Presentation, AANS, Denver, CO, April, 1997.
• Clinical Outcome and Treatment Data of Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated with GDC: A Single Center Experience, TA Kuether, Oral Presentation, Joint Section Cerebrovascular Surgery- AANS, Anaheim, CA, February, 1997.
• Intracranial Thrombolysis in the Prevention of Stroke: Indications, Risks and Results, TA Kuether, Vascular Intervention for the 21st Century: A Preview, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Oral Presentation, Baltimore, MY, 1996.
• Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms with GDC: A Single Center Experience, TA Kuether, SL Barnwell, Neurological Grand Rounds, Oregon Health Sciences University, November 1996.
• Open Endoscopic Treatment of Lateral Disc Herniations, E Frank, J Kernan, T Kuether. Poster Presentation, 11th North American Spine Society Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, October 1996.
• Endoscopic Assisted Lumbar Stenosis Surgery, E Frank, J Kernan, T Kuether. Poster Presentation, 11th North American Spine Society Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 1996.
• Clinical Outcome of Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated by GDC, TA Kuether, GM Nesbit, SL Barnwell, Poster Presentation to 1996 Congress Neurological Surgeons, Quebec, Canada, October 1996.
• Odontoid Fractures- Treatment and Diagnosis, Oral Presentation Trauma Conference OHSU, TA Kuether, May 1996.
• Chondroid Chordoma of Petrous bone, TA Kuether, SO McMenomy , JB Delashaw. Poster Presentation, 2nd International Skill Base Congress, Sand Diego, CA, 1996.
• Historical Comparison of Surgical Treatment of Meningioma in the Pre and Post-CT Era, T Nguyen, TA Kuether, J Arguelles, E Neuwelt. Poster Presentation, 1996 AANS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
• Perioperative Use of Corticosteroids and Bupivicaine in the Management of Lumbar Stenosis, HM Horgan, TA Kuether, Poster Presentation, 1996 AANS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
• Cortical Basic Fibroblast Factor Expression After Experimental Head Injury, EH Frank, TA Kuether, BT Ragel, DL Chamberland, 1995 Oregon Chapter American College of Surgeons.
• Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Interleukin-1a Expression after Experimental Head Injury, EH Frank, TA Kuether, BT Ragel, DL Chamberland Poster Presentation at AANS, Orlando, FL, 1995.
• Embolization as Treatment for Spinal Cord Compression from Renal Cell Carcinoma, Oral Presentation, American Society Neuroradiology National Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 26, 1995.
• Case Report and Pathology Review of Glioblastoma Multiforme, Oral presentation, Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, July 1992.
• Review of Approaches for Foramen Magnum Neoplasms, Oral Presentation, Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, July 1992.
• Elimination of solvents in extractive distillation by the presence of Water in the Metastable State, Oral Presentation, Conoco Undergraduate Research Participation Program, University of Kansas School of Engineering, Lawrence, KS, 1989.

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