Dr. Olatilewa O Awe M.D.
Neurosurgeon
200 Hawkins Drive Department Of Neuros Iowa City IA, 52242Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Olatilewa Awe practices Neurological Surgery in Iowa City, IA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Awe prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 2011
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Behavioural biting preference of Culex quinquefasciatus in human host in Lagos metropolis Nigeria.
- Heme oxygenase activity and hemoglobin neurotoxicity are attenuated by inhibitors of the MEK/ERK pathway.
- Iron regulatory protein-2 knockout increases perihematomal ferritin expression and cell viability after intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Treatment outcome of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients aged 70 years and older.
- Isolated perineal burn contractures presenting with chronic intestinal obstruction: a case report.
- Adolescent and adult cleft lip and palate, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
- Long-term disease and neurological outcomes in patients with pediatric intramedullary spinal cord tumors.
- Minimally invasive pars approach for foraminal disc herniation.
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