Dr. Thorkild Vad Norregaard M.D.
Neurosurgeon
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About
Thorkild Vad Norregaard, MD is an assistant clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Before joining the faculty at MU�s Hugh E. Stephenson Jr., MD, Department of Surgery in 2009, Dr. Norregaard was an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School for 14 years. Following this appointment, he established a private practice in Boston. His clinical practice focuses primarily on neurosurgery, treating movement disorders, chronic pain, minimally invasive spine surgery and neurovascular surgery. Dr. Norregaard attended medical school at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. Following medical school, he completed extensive training in neurological surgery, orthopaedic surgery, neurology and general medicine. He spent one year of mid-level general surgical training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Norregaard finished his neurosurgical training at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He also spent two years doing research on cerebral blood vessels and neural regeneration at Harvard Medical School and MIT. Additionally, Dr. Norregaard has several years of experience as a consultant for the medical device industry, focusing on translational research, as well as consulting to the venture capital industry.
Education and Training
MD at Aarhus University Hospital- Department of Neurosurgery
Arhus Univ- Det Laegevidenskabelige Fak- Arhus- Denmark 1976
University Aarhus
The Faculty of Medicine Arhus University 1976
Board Certification
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effects of tubulation on healing and scar formation after transection of the adult rat spinal cord.
- Treatment of chronic, intractable pain with a conventional implantable pulse generator: a meta-analysis of 4 clinical studies.
- Substance P and the sensory innervation of intracranial and extracranial feline cephalic arteries. Implications for vascular pain mechanisms in man.
- Some cholecystokinin-8 immunoreactive fibers in large pial arteries originate from trigeminal ganglion.
- Co-localization of retrogradely transported wheat germ agglutinin and the putative neurotransmitter substance P within trigeminal ganglion cells projecting to cat middle cerebral artery.
- Early peripheral nerve healing in collagen and silicone tube implants: myofibroblasts and the cellular response.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Clinical Professor at the University of Missouri -
Treatments
- Stroke
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Fellowships
- University of Aarhus, Fellow:Neurological Surgery 1977
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Fellow:Neurological Surgery 1982
Internships
- Aarhus University
Professional Society Memberships
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Missouri State Medical Association
Articles and Publications
- 60 Publications
What do you attribute your success to?
- Discipline-focused, enjoys teaching new neurological residents and helping patients.
Hobbies / Sports
- Polo, Rides Horses
Favorite professional publications
- Journal of Neurosurgery
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