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Nicholas Wetjen, MD, Neurosurgery, Des Moines, IA

NicholasMWetjenMDFACS, FAANS, FAAP

Neurosurgery Des Moines, IA

Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Neurotrauma, Pediatric Neurosurgery

Pediatric Neurosurgeon

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  • Office

    1215 Pleasant St
    Ste 608
    Des Moines, IA 50309
    Phone+1 515-241-5760
    Fax+1 515-875-9923

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    Mayo Clinic College of MedicineMaster's, Clinical and Translational Science, 2011 - 2017
  • University of Utah Health
    University of Utah HealthFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2007 - 2008
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2000 - 2007
  • Duke University
    Duke UniversityNo degree, Training Program in Clinical Research, 2005 - 2006
  • NIH Clinical Center
    NIH Clinical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2004 - 2006
  • University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
    University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2000
  • Loras College
    Loras CollegeB.S., Chemistry and Biology Research, Magna Cum Laude, 1993 - 1996
  • Colorado State University
    Colorado State UniversityNo degree, Biochemistry and Psychology, 1991 - 1992

Certifications & Licensure

  • IA State Medical License
    IA State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2022 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2013 - 2020
  • CO State Medical License
    CO State Medical License 2017 - 2019
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 2001 - 2019
  • WI State Medical License
    WI State Medical License 2014 - 2019
  • UT State Medical License
    UT State Medical License 2007 - 2010
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
  • American Board of Pediatric Neurological SurgeryPediatric Neurosurgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Clinical Research - Surgical Resident Research Day 1997
  • Senior Award American Institute of Chemists, 1996
  • Honors Degree Recipient Loras College, 1996
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Chronic Subthreshold Cortical Stimulation to Treat Focal Epilepsy  
    Gregory Worrell, Jeffrey Britton, Katherine Nickels, Brian Nils Lundstrom, Nicholas Wetjen, JAMA
  • Penetrating head injuries in children due to bb and pellet guns: a poorly recognized public health risk  
    Kumar R, Kumar R, Mallory GW, Jacob JT, Daniels DJ, Wetjen NM, Foy AB, O'Neill BR, Clarke MJ, Journal Of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics, 1/1/2016
  • Craniosynostosis syndromes: genetics to imaging  
    Ho ML, Mardini S, Wetjen NM, J Pediatr Neuroradiol, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Quality of life in long-term survivors of very young pediatric low-grade gliomas
    Youland R, Nwachukwu C, Wetjen N, Keating G, Laack N, Pediatr Blood Cancer, 1/1/2015
  • Outcomes of children and young adults with recurrent pilocytic astrocytoma treated with multiple surgical resections
    Kohorst M, Warad D, Keating G, Childs S, Giannini C, Wetjen N, Nageswara Rao A, Neuro-oncol, 1/1/2014
  • Intraoperative electrocorticography in pediatric refractory epilepsy patients predicts epileptogenic zone and resection areas
    Bower RS, Bower MR, Cimbalnik J, Brinkmann BH, Crepeau D, Stead SM, Marsh WR, Worrell GA, Wetjen NM., American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Pediatric Section, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Dorsal Rhizotomy--Which patients are candidates and what are the benefits 
    Indianapolis, IN - 1/29/2016
  • Myelomeningocele Fetal Surgery: Moving from MOMS Trial to Practice 
    Indianapolis, IN - 1/29/2016
  • Virtual Surgical Planning 
    Rochester, MN - 1/17/2014
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Other

Press Mentions

  • #MayoClinicNeuroChat About Spina Bifida and Fetal Surgery
    #MayoClinicNeuroChat About Spina Bifida and Fetal SurgeryJuly 6th, 2017
  • Anteroinferior Temporal Encephalocele: A Surgically Treatable Cause of Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy
    Anteroinferior Temporal Encephalocele: A Surgically Treatable Cause of Pharmacoresistant EpilepsyJuly 7th, 2017

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