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Ashley McCusker, MD, General Surgery, Colorado Springs, CO

AshleyKatherineMcCuskerMD(She/Her)

General Surgery • Colorado Springs, CO

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Physician

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Overview of Dr. McCusker

Dr. Ashley McCusker is a general surgeon in Colorado Springs, CO and is affiliated with UCHealth Memorial Hospital. She received her medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and has been in practice 6 years. She is one of 104 doctors at UCHealth Memorial Hospital who specialize in General Surgery. She has 5 publications and 26 citings.

Education & Training

  • University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson
    University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2016 - 2017
  • Inova Fairfax Medical Campus/Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
    Inova Fairfax Medical Campus/Inova Fairfax Hospital for ChildrenResidency, Surgery, 2011 - 2016
  • Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
    Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 2011
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMSc, 2006 - 2007
  • University of Virginia
    University of VirginiaBS, Chemistry with Specialization in Biochemistry, 2001 - 2005
  • University of Virginia
    University of VirginiaBS, Chemistry, and Anthropology, 2001 - 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • CO State Medical License
    CO State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2011 - 2018
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Senior Resident Leadership Award Inova Department of Surgery, 2015
  • Senior Resident Research Award Inova Department of Surgery, 2014
  • Resident Leadership Award Russell P. Seneca & Virginia Surgery Associates, 2014
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Prevalence of hip dislocation at the age of 7 years in the Patients with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy  
    Borodkina M., Shelton, J, McCusker A.K., American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1/1/2009
  • A pharmacophore derived phenytoin analogue with increased affinity for slow inactivated sodium channels exhibits a desired anticonvulsant profile neuropharmacology  
    Lenkowski P.W., Batts T.W., Smith M.D. Ko S.H., Jones P.J, Taylor C.H, McCusker A.K., Davis G.C., Hartmann H.A., White H.S., Brown M.L., Patel M.K., Neuropharmacology, 1/1/2007

Abstracts/Posters

  • Effects of a novel hydroxyamide analogue of phenytoin on sodium currents in cultured hippocampal neurons.
    P.J. Griffith, A.K. McCusker, M.L. Brown, M.K Patel, Biophysical Society 48th Annual Meeting, 1/1/2004
  • Effects of a novel anticonvulsant on sodium channels recorded from cultured hippocampal neurons.
    P.J. Griffith, A.K. McCusker, H.A. Schenck, P.W. Lenkowski, M.L. Brown, M.K. Patel, Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting, 1/1/2004

Professional Memberships

Dr. Ashley McCusker, Dr. Ashley McCusker, MD, Dr. A McCusker, Dr. Ashley Katherine McCusker