David Caldwell, MD, PhD

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Title(s)RESIDENT PHYSICIAN, Neurological Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address505 Parnassus Avenue, #M779
San Francisco CA 94117
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    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIBSE05/2012Biomedical Engineering
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIMSE12/2012Biomedical Engineering
    University of Washington, Seattle, WAPhD06/2019Bioengineering
    University of Washington, Seattle, WAMD06/2021Medicine

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    1. Economic burden of adult mild traumatic brain injury in the United States: a scoping review of healthcare-related charges and costs. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Oct; 62:101558. Ran KR, Caldwell DJ, Tarapore PE, Halabi C, Aabedi AA, Velasco MCV, Saigal R, DiGiorgio AM, Huang MC, Hinson HE, Manley GT, Yue JK. PMID: 42437268; PMCID: PMC13355770.
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    2. Transoral Transmandibular Approach for Multilevel Anterior Cervical Fusion: Technical Note. Neurol India. 2026 Jul 01; 74(4):593-596. Semonche A, Wozny T, Osorio RC, Caldwell DJ, Prablek M, Pate EJ, Han N, El-Sayed IH, Mummaneni PV, DiGiorgio AM. PMID: 42478388.
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    3. Inflammatory blood-based biomarkers to aid in the assessment and prognostication of traumatic brain injury: a TRACK-TBI study. J Neuroinflammation. 2026 May 28. Yue JK, Fu AY, Jain S, Puccio AM, Eagle SR, Korley FK, van Essen TA, Samanta R, Li LM, Roberts CJ, Caldwell DJ, Elguindy MM, Vassar MJ, Belton PJ, Bhattacharyay S, Nelson LD, Tracey JX, Etemad LL, Gotthardt CJ, Satris GG, Wang MB, Demos C, Sigal GB, Amorim E, Madhok DY, Radabaugh HL, Ferguson AR, Markowitz AJ, Robertson CS, Valadka AB, Mukherjee P, Yuh EL, McCrea MA, Hinson HE, Schneider ALC, Sun X, Okonkwo DO, Kobeissy FH, Manley GT, Diaz-Arrastia R, Wang KKW, TRACK-TBI Investigators. PMID: 42210282.
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    4. Intraoperative Agents for Hemostasis and Dural Reconstruction in Neurosurgery. Neurosurg Pract. 2026 Jun; 7(3):e000236. Sibih YE, Haddad AF, Caldwell DJ, Aabedi AA, Yue JK. PMID: 42100549; PMCID: PMC13148753.
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    5. Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Monitoring after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Indications, Techniques, and Future Horizons. J Neurotrauma. 2026 Mar 24; 8977151261433855. Tang-Tan A, Caldwell DJ, Aabedi AA, Velasco MC, Manley GT, Tarapore PE, Yue JK. PMID: 41873454.
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    6. Evaluating NAPLEX Preparation and Outcomes: A Multi-Institutional Study of Recent Pharmacy Graduates. Am J Pharm Educ. 2026 May; 90(5):101965. Maerten-Rivera J, Black P, Caldwell D, Chilbert MR, Cieri-Hutcherson N, Dey S, Hardinger K, Malcom D, Nystrom K, Odem S, Whalen K, Wingate LT. PMID: 41812730.
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    7. Primary and Secondary Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury: Indications and Timing. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2026 Apr; 37(2):171-184. Caldwell DJ, Wang MB, Baumgartner ME, Yue JK. PMID: 41967891.
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    8. Neuroworsening from a normal Glasgow Coma Scale Motor Score in the emergency department is an early predictor of neurosurgical intervention, hospital outcomes, and longitudinal disability in traumatic brain injury: A TRACK-TBI Study. Injury. 2026 May; 57(5):113089. Yue JK, Fu AY, Elguindy MM, van Essen TA, Eagle SR, Caldwell DJ, Vassar MJ, Belton PJ, Gotthardt CJ, Bhattacharyay S, Chung JE, Satris GG, Vreeburg RJG, Schneider ALC, Lui A, Madhok DY, Halabi C, Ferguson AR, Huang MC, Tarapore PE, DiGiorgio AM, Markowitz AJ, Robertson CS, Mukherjee P, Yuh EL, McCrea MA, Duhaime AC, Hinson HE, Puccio AM, Valadka AB, Okonkwo DO, Sun X, Jain S, Manley GT, TRACK-TBI Investigators. PMID: 41672813.
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    9. Distance of bipolar re-referencing imparts nonlinear frequency-specific influences on intracranial recording signal measurements. J Neural Eng. 2025 11 26; 22(6). Caldwell DJ, Krish D, Chang EF, Kleen JK. PMID: 41187347; PMCID: PMC12648405.
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    10. Transient postoperative femoral neuropathy following prone positioning for posterior spine surgery: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2025 Jul 14; 10(2). Caldwell DJ, Dalle Ore C, Semonche A, Bhat N, Collins D, Panza F, Lim DA, Garga NI, Wang DD. PMID: 40658987; PMCID: PMC12260235.
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    11. Outcome comparison between interposition and "contactless" transposition microvascular decompression approaches for trigeminal neuralgia. J Neurosurg. 2025 Oct 01; 143(4):970-981. Lee AT, Morshed RA, Kondapavulur S, Caldwell DJ, Nichols N, Smith G, Wang A, Ward M, Waung MW, Winkler E, Chang EF. PMID: 40446340.
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    12. Timing of diffusion tensor imaging in the management of a ruptured pediatric arteriovenous malformation: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2024 Aug 19; 8(8). Chen JS, Caldwell DJ, Falcone JA, Dalle Ore C, Sankaranarayanan V, Liu F, Hetts SW, Ho WS, Gupta N. PMID: 39159500; PMCID: PMC11337941.
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    13. Acute hyponatremia post craniotomy resulting in a unilateral fixed and dilated pupil: A case study on diagnosis and management. Surg Neurol Int. 2024; 15:160. Caldwell DJ, Scheer JK, Umbach G, Aghi MK. PMID: 38840620; PMCID: PMC11152517.
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    14. Update on Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Rural and Underserved Regions: A Global Perspective. J Clin Med. 2023 May 06; 12(9). Yue JK, Krishnan N, Andrews JP, Semonche AM, Deng H, Aabedi AA, Wang AS, Caldwell DJ, Park C, Hirschhorn M, Ghoussaini KT, Oh T, Sun PP. PMID: 37176749; PMCID: PMC10179657.
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    15. Review of Best Practices for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committees Within Colleges of Pharmacy. Am J Pharm Educ. 2023 04; 87(4):ajpe9043. Kolluru S, Wanat MA, Ficzere CH, Akiyode O, Haber SL, Hayatshahi A, Caldwell D, Raman-Wilms L, Edwards KL. PMID: 36270665; PMCID: PMC10159040.
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    16. Predictors of Extreme Hospital Length of Stay After Traumatic Brain Injury. World Neurosurg. 2022 11; 167:e998-e1005. Yue JK, Krishnan N, Chyall L, Haddad AF, Vega P, Caldwell DJ, Umbach G, Tantry E, Tarapore PE, Huang MC, Manley GT, DiGiorgio AM. PMID: 36058487.
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    17. A pilot study on the use of the nominal group technique to refine core pharmacy roles and to determine what competencies may be missing from pharmacy education. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2022 09; 14(9):1122-1134. Daugherty KK, Caldwell D, Armistead LT, Stutz MM, Castleberry AN, Nash JD, Immekus JC. PMID: 36117119.
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    18. Evacuation of a multi-loculated acute-on-chronic subdural hematoma using tandem bedside subdural evacuation port systems. Trauma Case Rep. 2022 Aug; 40:100668. Yue JK, Haddad AF, Wang AS, Caldwell DJ, Umbach G, Digiorgio AM, Tarapore PE, Huang MC, Manley GT. PMID: 35794957; PMCID: PMC9251328.
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    19. Complications associated with early cranioplasty for patients with traumatic brain injury: a 25-year single-center analysis. J Neurosurg. 2022 Sep 01; 137(3):776-781. Eaton JC, Greil ME, Nistal D, Caldwell DJ, Robinson E, Aljuboori Z, Temkin N, Bonow RH, Chesnut RM. PMID: 35061995.
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    20. Virtual Interviews in Neurosurgery Resident Selection-A Work in Progress. World Neurosurg. 2021 11; 155:e412-e417. Mohanty A, Caldwell DJ, Hadley CC, Gibson A, Ravanpay A, Patel AJ. PMID: 34428584.
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    21. Validating Patient-Specific Finite Element Models of Direct Electrocortical Stimulation. Front Neurosci. 2021; 15:691701. Charlebois CM, Caldwell DJ, Rampersad SM, Janson AP, Ojemann JG, Brooks DH, MacLeod RS, Butson CR, Dorval AD. PMID: 34408621; PMCID: PMC8365306.
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    22. The Kempe incision for decompressive craniectomy, craniotomy, and cranioplasty in traumatic brain injury and stroke. J Neurosurg. 2021 12 01; 135(6):1807-1816. Abecassis IJ, Young CC, Caldwell DJ, Feroze AH, Williams JR, Meyer RM, Kellogg RT, Bonow RH, Chesnut RM. PMID: 34020415.
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    23. Sharing a household with children and risk of COVID-19: a study of over 300 000 adults living in healthcare worker households in Scotland. Arch Dis Child. 2021 12; 106(12):1212-1217. Wood R, Thomson E, Galbraith R, Gribben C, Caldwell D, Bishop J, Reid M, Shah ASV, Templeton K, Goldberg D, Robertson C, Hutchinson SJ, Colhoun HM, McKeigue PM, McAllister DA. PMID: 33737319; PMCID: PMC7985971.
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    24. Intraoperative Characterization of Subthalamic Nucleus-to-Cortex Evoked Potentials in Parkinson's Disease Deep Brain Stimulation. Front Hum Neurosci. 2021; 15:590251. Levinson LH, Caldwell DJ, Cronin JA, Houston B, Perlmutter SI, Weaver KE, Herron JA, Ojemann JG, Ko AL. PMID: 33776665; PMCID: PMC7990794.
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    25. Prevalence of control groups in cardiovascular clinical trials: An analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov from 2009 through 2019. Am Heart J. 2021 04; 234:133-135. Zheutlin AR, Caldwell DJ, Al Danaf J, Shah RU. PMID: 33347871.
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    26. Trends in Hypertension Clinical Trials Focused on Interventions Specific for Black Adults: An Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 12 15; 9(24):e018512. Zheutlin AR, Caldwell D, Anstey DE, Conroy MB, Ogedegbe O, Bress AP. PMID: 33280494; PMCID: PMC7955386.
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    27. Risk of hospital admission with coronavirus disease 2019 in healthcare workers and their households: nationwide linkage cohort study. BMJ. 2020 10 28; 371:m3582. Shah ASV, Wood R, Gribben C, Caldwell D, Bishop J, Weir A, Kennedy S, Reid M, Smith-Palmer A, Goldberg D, McMenamin J, Fischbacher C, Robertson C, Hutchinson S, McKeigue P, Colhoun H, McAllister DA. PMID: 33115726; PMCID: PMC7591828.
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    28. Concurrent Deep Brain Stimulation Reduces the Direct Cortical Stimulation Necessary for Motor Output. Mov Disord. 2020 12; 35(12):2348-2353. Weaver KE, Caldwell DJ, Cronin JA, Kuo CH, Kogan M, Houston B, Sanchez V, Martinez V, Ojemann JG, Rane S, Ko AL. PMID: 32914888.
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    29. Publisher Correction: Direct stimulation of somatosensory cortex results in slower reaction times compared to peripheral touch in humans. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 27; 9(1):20317. Caldwell DJ, Cronin JA, Wu J, Weaver KE, Ko AL, Rao RPN, Ojemann JG. PMID: 31882720; PMCID: PMC6934734.
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    30. Direct Electrical Stimulation in Electrocorticographic Brain-Computer Interfaces: Enabling Technologies for Input to Cortex. Front Neurosci. 2019; 13:804. Caldwell DJ, Ojemann JG, Rao RPN. PMID: 31440127; PMCID: PMC6692891.
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    31. Differentiation of epileptic regions from voluntary high-gamma activation via interictal cross-frequency windowed power-power correlation. J Neurosurg. 2020 07 01; 133(1):43-53. Kogan M, Caldwell DJ, Hakimian S, Weaver KE, Ko AL, Ojemann JG. PMID: 31075773.
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    32. Direct stimulation of somatosensory cortex results in slower reaction times compared to peripheral touch in humans. Sci Rep. 2019 03 01; 9(1):3292. Caldwell DJ, Cronin JA, Wu J, Weaver KE, Ko AL, Rao RPN, Ojemann JG. PMID: 30824821; PMCID: PMC6397274.
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    33. Dual-phase osteogenic and vasculogenic engineered tissue for bone formation. Tissue Eng Part A. 2015 Feb; 21(3-4):530-40. Rao RR, Vigen ML, Peterson AW, Caldwell DJ, Putnam AJ, Stegemann JP. PMID: 25228401; PMCID: PMC4333512.
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    34. Noninvasive quantification of in vitro osteoblastic differentiation in 3D engineered tissue constructs using spectral ultrasound imaging. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e85749. Gudur MS, Rao RR, Peterson AW, Caldwell DJ, Stegemann JP, Deng CX. PMID: 24465680; PMCID: PMC3899074.
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    35. Public infrastructure disparities and the microbiological and chemical safety of drinking and surface water supplies in a community bordering a landfill. J Environ Health. 2013 Jun; 75(10):24-36. Heaney CD, Wing S, Wilson SM, Campbell RL, Caldwell D, Hopkins B, O'Shea S, Yeatts K. PMID: 23858663; PMCID: PMC4514614.
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    36. Assembly of discrete collagen-chitosan microenvironments into multiphase tissue constructs. Adv Healthc Mater. 2013 May; 2(5):673-7. Caldwell DJ, Rao RR, Stegemann JP. PMID: 23184758; PMCID: PMC4001864.
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