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Office
12605 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045Phone+1 720-848-0000
Education & Training
University of MichiganResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1979 - 1985
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
CO State Medical License 1985 - 2025
WY State Medical License 2024 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1981 - 1988
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Cytotoxic T Cells and Interleukin-2 in Treating Adult Patients With Recurrent Brain Tumors Start of enrollment: 1994 Nov 01
- Study of a Drug [DCVax®-L] to Treat Newly Diagnosed GBM Brain Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Dec 01
- Vigilant ObservatIon of GlIadeL WAfer ImplaNT Registry Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 26
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Outcome Measures for Medical and Surgical Treatment of Prolactinomas. Is the Role of Surgery Underestimated?Andrius Anuzis, Kevin O Lillehei
Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base. 2025-02-01 - Extracellular Vesicles from a Novel Chordoma Cell Line, ARF-8, Promote Tumorigenic Microenvironmental Changes When Incubated with the Parental Cells and with Human Ost...Khoa N Nguyen, Arin N Graner, Anthony R Fringuello, Zoe Zizzo, Lorena Valenzuela
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024-11-27 - Differential Effects of Extracellular Vesicles from Two Different Glioblastomas on Normal Human Brain Cells.Mary Wang, Arin N Graner, Bryne Knowles, Charlotte McRae, Anthony Fringuello
Neurology International. 2024-11-06
Journal Articles
- Overcoming Barriers to Neurosurgical Training in Tanzania: International Exchange, Curriculum Development, and Novel Methods of Resource Utilization and Subspecialty D...Kevin O Lillehei, D Ryan Ormond, Journal of Neurosurgery
- New-Onset Seizure During and After Brain Tumor Excision: A Risk Assessment AnalysisSoliman Oushy, A Samy Youssef, Kevin O Lillehei, Journal of Neurosurgery
- New-Onset Seizure During and After Brain Tumor Excision: A Risk Assessment Analysis RelatedSoliman Oushy, A Samy Youssef, Kevin O Lillehei, Journal of Neurosurgery
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Lectures
- Craniopharyngioma and Rathke: New Molecular Pathophysiology and Surgical ApproachesENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/24/2019
Other
- Complications of cranial stereotactic radiosurgeryLillehei K, Kavanagh B
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/complications-of-cranial-stereotactic-radiosurgery
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-08-24
Press Mentions
Readers Share Their Cancer Stories as Part of the Longevity ProjectSeptember 10th, 2022
Overcoming Barriers to Neurosurgical Training in Tanzania: International Exchange, Curriculum Development, and Novel Methods of Resource Utilization and Subspecialty DevelopmentOctober 3rd, 2018
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