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Thomas G. Rodenhouse, M.D.

Thomas G. Rodenhouse, M.D.

Neurosurgery

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Locations

Neurosurgery

2180 South Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618

About Me

Professional Background

Following his undergraduate education at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY, Dr. Thomas Rodenhouse completed his medical school training at the University of Louvain in Belgium. He completed one year of a rotating internship at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada and one year of general surg...
Following his undergraduate education at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY, Dr. Thomas Rodenhouse completed his medical school training at the University of Louvain in Belgium. He completed one year of a rotating internship at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada and one year of general surgery residency at Highland Hospital before entering the neurosurgery residency program at the University of Rochester. While at the University of Rochester, Dr. Rodenhouse trained under Drs. Frank Smith and Joseph McDonald and then entered the private practice of general neurosurgery here in Rochester in 1973. Dr. Rodenhouse came on the faculty of the University of Rochester Department of Neurosurgery in 1999 and currently serves as Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery. In addition to his practice of general neurosurgery, Dr. Rodenhouse is a devoted teacher. He actively participates in resident education in the operating room and the resident clinic and has been the recipient of the Joseph V. McDonald Excellence in Teaching Award in the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Rodenhouse has been active in the Neurosurgical Society of America and served as its Vice Present from 2007-2009. Dr. Rodenhouse's clinical interests cover the broad range of spinal disorders and spine trauma, cerebrovascular disease and brain tumors.

Languages

English, French

Certified Specialties

Neurological Surgery - American Board of Neurological Surgery

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery - Department of Neurosurgery (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Internship, Winnepeg General Hospital.

Internship, Surgery (General Surgery), Highland Hospital of Rochester.

Residency, Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center.

Education

MD | Catholic University of Louvain. 0

Awards

2013 Joseph V. McDonald Excellence in Teaching Award. 2013

2008 Joseph V. McDonald Excellence in Teaching Award. 2008

Vice President. 2008 - 2009

Vice President. 2007 - 2008

Publications

Journal Articles

The History of Neurosurgery at the University of Rochester

Kimmell, KT; Petraglia, AL; Bakos, R; Rodenhouse, T; Maurer, PK; Pilcher, WH.

Journal of Neurosurgery. 2014; 121(4): 989-994.

Axial loading during MR imaging can influence treatment decision for symptomatic spinal stenosis.

Hiwatashi A, Danielson B, Moritani T, Bakos RS, Rodenhause TG, Pilcher WH, Westesson PL

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology.. 2004 February 25 (2):170-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

September 2001: 51-year-old man with seizures since childhood.

Raffo S, Rubio A, Rodenhouse TG, Patel U, Bonfigilo T, Powers JM

Brain pathology.. 2002 January 12 (1):137-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Evaluation of the autonomic cardiovascular response in Arnold-Chiari deformities and cough syncope syndrome.

Ireland PD, Mickelsen D, Rodenhouse TG, Bakos RS, Goldstein B

Archives of neurology.. 1996 June 53 (6):526-31. Epub 1900 01 01.

Primary nonkeratinized epithelial ('conjunctival') orbital cysts.

Boynton JR, Searl SS, Ferry AP, Kaltreider SA, Rodenhouse TG

Archives of ophthalmology.. 1992 September 110 (9):1238-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pulmonary edema in cervical spinal cord injury

Poe, R.H.; Reisman, J.L.; Rodenhouse, T.G.;.

Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 1978; 18(1): 71-73.

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