Dr. Carrie R Muh M.D., M.S.
Neurosurgeon
2100 Erwin Rd Durham NC, 27705About
Dr. Carrie Muh, MD, MS, MHSc, FAANS is a Pediatric neurosurgeon specializing in epilepsy surgery.
She is Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Surgical Director of the Epilepsy Program at Westchester Medical Center and Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, and is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at New York Medical College. She worked at Duke University Hospital in Atlanta and remains an Adjuvant Professor at Duke University,
Dr. Muh treats neurologic disorders of the brain and spinal cord including intractable epilepsy, brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, craniosynostosis, moya moya disease, Chiari malformations, spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Her research focuses on development of new devices to treat and diagnose hydrocephalus, as well as cognitive and functional mapping of the brain in patients with epilepsy. She has more than 60 publications and has lectured to neurosurgeons in multiple countries.
Education and Training
Columbia University MD 2003
Board Certification
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- PI-3 kinase-PTEN signaling node: an intercept point for the control of angiogenesis.
- Discrete cerebral hypothermia in the management of traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.
- Headaches, rapidly progressive visual loss, and bilateral disc edema.
- Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lateral ventricle in a pediatric patient.
- Morphometric Analysis of Predictors of Cervical Syrinx Formation in the Setting of Chiari I Malformation.
- 127 Multimodality Word-Finding Distinctions in Pediatric Cortical Stimulation Mapping.
- Current and Emerging Surgical Therapies for Severe Pediatric Epilepsies.
- Risk Factors for Delayed Referral to a Craniofacial Specialist for Treatment of Craniosynostosis.
- Shunt freedom and clinical resolution of idiopathic intracranial hypertension after bariatric surgery in the pediatric population: report of 3 cases.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery Westchester Medical Center 2019 - Present
Awards
- Innovator of the Year Finalist 2017 Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Exceptional Women in Medicine 2021 Castle Connolly
- New York Super Doctors 2020 New York Times
- US Patent, CSF shunt development 2016 US Patent Office
Professional Memberships
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- AANS/CNS Section of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Executive Committee
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Areas of research
Shunt development for Hydrocephalus.
Cortical brain mapping for Epilepsy.
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