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Office
1215 Pleasant St
Ste 608
Des Moines, IA 50309Phone+1 515-241-5760Fax+1 515-875-9923
Education & Training
- Mayo Clinic College of MedicineMaster's, Clinical and Translational Science, 2011 - 2017
- University of Utah HealthFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2007 - 2008
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2000 - 2007
- Duke UniversityNo degree, Training Program in Clinical Research, 2005 - 2006
- NIH Clinical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2004 - 2006
- University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2000
- Loras CollegeB.S., Chemistry and Biology Research, Magna Cum Laude, 1993 - 1996
- Colorado State UniversityNo degree, Biochemistry and Psychology, 1991 - 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- IA State Medical License 2018 - 2025
- IN State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- FL State Medical License 2013 - 2020
- CO State Medical License 2017 - 2019
- MN State Medical License 2001 - 2019
- WI State Medical License 2014 - 2019
- 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
- 35 citationsImaging characteristics and growth of subependymal giant cell astrocytomas.Michelle J. Clarke, Andrew B. Foy, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Corey Raffel
Neurosurgical Focus. 2006-01-15 - 89 citationsSecond impact syndrome: concussion and second injury brain complications.Nicholas M. Wetjen, Mark A. Pichelmann, John L.D. Atkinson
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2010-10-01 - 16 citationsHistologically proven, low-grade brainstem gliomas in children: 30-year experience with long-term follow-up at Mayo Clinic.Kamran Ahmed, Nadia N. Laack, Laurence J. Eckel, Nicholas M. Orme, Nicholas M. Wetjen
American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2014-02-01
Journal Articles
- Chronic Subthreshold Cortical Stimulation to Treat Focal EpilepsyGregory 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 riskKumar 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 imagingHo ML, Mardini S, Wetjen NM, J Pediatr Neuroradiol, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Quality of life in long-term survivors of very young pediatric low-grade gliomasYouland 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 resectionsKohorst 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 areasBower 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 benefitsIndianapolis, IN - 1/29/2016
- Myelomeningocele Fetal Surgery: Moving from MOMS Trial to PracticeIndianapolis, IN - 1/29/2016
- Virtual Surgical PlanningRochester, MN - 1/17/2014
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Other
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (Pediatric)Wetjen NM, AskMayoExpert
http://askmayoexpert.mayoclinic.org
1/1/2013 - Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections (Pediatric)Wetjen NM, AskMayoExpert
http://askmayoexpert.mayoclinic.org
1/1/2013
Press Mentions
- #MayoClinicNeuroChat About Spina Bifida and Fetal SurgeryJuly 6th, 2017
- Anteroinferior Temporal Encephalocele: A Surgically Treatable Cause of Pharmacoresistant EpilepsyJuly 7th, 2017
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