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William T. Couldwell

William T. Couldwell

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
24526
World Ranking
16120
National Ranking
8111

William T. Couldwell publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William T. Couldwell sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 833 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

William T. Couldwell D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William T. Couldwell sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

William T. Couldwell is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medical and neurological sciences, with an extensive body of work in surgery and epidemiology, alongside contributions in endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and genetics.

The main subfields of study in their portfolio include:

  • Neurology
  • Surgery
  • Epidemiology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Genetics

Couldwell's research topics cover a range of neurological and surgical conditions, with major emphasis on:

  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
  • Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
  • Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Their contributions have appeared frequently in prominent scientific venues including:

  • Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base
  • World Neurosurgery
  • Operative Neurosurgery
  • Neurosurgery
  • Acta Neurochirurgica

William T. Couldwell has collaborated extensively, with notable frequent co-authors such as:

  • Robert C. Rennert
  • Karol P. Budohoski
  • Michael Karsy
  • Paul A. Gardner

Selected recent papers demonstrate contributions to various aspects of neurosurgery and neurological management, including:

  • "Cranio-Orbital and Orbitocranial Approaches to Orbital and Intracranial Disease: Eye-Opening Approaches for Neurosurgeons" (2020, Frontiers in Surgery)
  • "Frailty predicts worse outcomes after intracranial meningioma surgery irrespective of existing prognostic factors" (2020, Neurosurgical FOCUS)
  • "Introduction. On pandemics: the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of neurosurgery" (2020, Journal of neurosurgery)
  • "Frailty Status Is a More Robust Predictor Than Age of Spinal Tumor Surgery Outcomes: A NSQIP Analysis of 4,662 Patients" (2022, Neurospine)
  • "Nationwide trends in middle meningeal artery embolization for treatment of chronic subdural hematoma: A population-based analysis of utilization and short-term outcomes" (2021, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience)

Best Publications

  • The prevalence of pituitary adenomas: a systematic review.

    Shereen Ezzat;Sylvia L. Asa M.D.;William T. Couldwell;M.P.H. Charles E. Barr M.D.

  • In vitro neurogenesis by progenitor cells isolated from the adult human hippocampus.

    Neeta Singh Roy;Su Wang;Li Jiang;Jian Kang

  • Variations on the standard transsphenoidal approach to the sellar region, with emphasis on the extended approaches and parasellar approaches: surgical experience in 105 cases.

    William T Couldwell;Martin H Weiss;Craig Rabb;Craig Rabb;James K Liu

  • The history and evolution of transsphenoidal surgery

    James K. Liu;Kaushik Das;Martin H. Weiss;Edward R. Laws

  • Petroclival meningiomas: surgical experience in 109 cases

    William T. Couldwell;Takanori Fukushima;Steven L. Giannotta;Martin H. Weiss

  • Review: Yadav JS, Wholey MH, Kuntz RE, et al: Protected carotid-artery stenting versus endarterectomy in high-risk patients. N Engl J Med 351:1493–1501, 2004

    Oren N. Gottfried;William T. Couldwell

  • Experience in the surgical management of 82 symptomatic herniated thoracic discs and review of the literature

    Charles B. Stillerman;Thomas C. Chen;William T. Couldwell;Wei Zhang

  • Surgical outcomes in 118 patients with Rathke cleft cysts

    Christopher J Aho;Charles Liu;Vladimir Zelman;William T Couldwell

  • Use of the h index in neurosurgery: Clinical article

    Janet Lee;Kristin L Kraus;William T Couldwell

  • Metastases to the pituitary gland

    Daniel R. Fassett;William T. Couldwell

  • PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITORS INDUCE APOPTOSIS IN HUMAN MALIGNANT GLIOMA CELL LINES

    William T. Couldwell;David R. Hinton;Shikun He;Thomas C. Chen

  • Promoter-Targeted Selection and Isolation of Neural Progenitor Cells From the Adult Human Ventricular Zone

    Neeta S. Roy;Abdellatif Benraiss;Su Wang;Richard A.R. Fraser

  • Lovastatin induces growth inhibition and apoptosis in human malignant glioma cells.

    K. D. Jones;W. T. Couldwell;D. R. Hinton;Yuzhuang Su

  • Pituitary carcinoma: a review of the literature.

    Brian T. Ragel;William T. Couldwell

  • Transsphenoidal and transcranial surgery for pituitary adenomas.

    William T Couldwell

  • Long-term neurological, visual, and endocrine outcomes following transnasal resection of craniopharyngioma

    Indro Chakrabarti;Arun P Amar;William Couldwell;Martin H Weiss

  • Clinical and radiographic response in a minority of patients with recurrent malignant gliomas treated with high-dose tamoxifen.

    William T. Couldwell;Martin H. Weiss;Christopher M. DeGiorgio;Leslie P. Weiner

  • Pallidotomy increases activity of motor association cortex in Parkinson's disease: a positron emission tomographic study

    Scott T. Grafton;Cheryl Waters;James Sutton;Mark F. Lew

  • Transsphenoidal microsurgical treatment of Cushing disease: postoperative assessment of surgical efficacy by application of an overnight low-dose dexamethasone suppression test.

    Joseph C. T. Chen;Arun P. Amar;SooHo Choi;Peter Singer

  • Enhanced protein kinase C activity correlates with the growth rate of malignant gliomas in vitro.

    William T. Couldwell;Joon H. Uhm;Jack P. Antel;Voon Wee Yong

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchel S. Berger
Mitchel S. Berger University of California, San Francisco
David R. Hinton
David R. Hinton University of Southern California
Michael L.J. Apuzzo
Michael L.J. Apuzzo Yale University
Voon Wee Yong
Voon Wee Yong University of Calgary
Christopher M. DeGiorgio
Christopher M. DeGiorgio University of California, Los Angeles
Jack P. Antel
Jack P. Antel McGill University
James T. Rutka
James T. Rutka University of Toronto
Ossama Al-Mefty
Ossama Al-Mefty Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lisa A. Cannon-Albright
Lisa A. Cannon-Albright University of Utah

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