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Nathan Zwagerman, MD

Nathan Zwagerman, MD

Associate Professor; Director, Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery; Director, Residency Program

Locations

  • Neurosurgery
    8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
    Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

Fellowship, Endoscopic and Open Cranial Base Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014-2016
Residency, Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011-2017
MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 2010

Biography

Nathan T. Zwagerman, MD, joined the faculty at the 91ɫƵ in 2017 after completing his residency and fellowship training at the university of Pittsburgh. He completed his undergraduate studies at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI while majoring in Psychology. He completed his medical training at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI. He was born and raised on a family farm in West Michigan.

Dr. Zwagerman completed a two-year fellowship in endoscopic endonasal pituitary and endoscopic and open skull base surgery. His research has been focused on evaluating patient outcomes after endoscopic skull base surgery and developing improved techniques to repair injured peripheral nerves.

Dr. Zwagerman received the Student's Golden Heart Award as a fourth year medical student as voted on by his peers for his work in research and his volunteer activity. In 2016, he was awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Synthes Skull Base Award for his work with Dr. Paul Gardner for a randomized controlled trial of lumbar drain placement after endoscopic skull base surgery. More recently, in 2017, he was awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons' First Place Peripheral Nerve Eposter Award.

“I believe that treating patients is more than simply treating the problem they present with. The best way to treat each patient is to discover what is important in their lives, educate about the presenting problem, and formulate a treatment strategy that takes all of these things together to arrive at a treatment plan.”

Board Certification

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery

Clinical Programs

Research Experience

  • Acromegaly
  • ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
  • Adenoma, Basophil
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation
  • Brain Abscess
  • Brain Injuries
  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Medicine
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Dandy-Walker Syndrome
  • Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic
  • Education, Medical, Graduate

Publications

  • (Laing B, Hussain O, Treffy R, Tavakoli-Sabour S, Zwagerman NT.) Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2024 Oct 16 PMID: 39412341 10/16/2024

  • (Allen ME, Beck RT, Zwagerman NT, Coss D, Fisco A, Ioachimescu AG.) JCEM Case Rep. 2024 Oct;2(10):luae182 PMID: 39416274 PMCID: PMC11482006 10/17/2024

  • (Gonzalez R, Massman L, Ho S, Luna S, Cheok S, Liang B, Mrachek K, Coss D, Ioachimescu AG, Zwagerman N, Olivier-Van Stichelen S.) Pituitary. 2024 Oct;27(5):577-589 PMID: 39066842 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200049784 07/28/2024

  • (Ali HM, Leland EM, Stickney E, Lohse CM, Iyoha E, Valappil B, Filimonov A, Goetschel K, Young SC, Shahin MN, Sanusi O, Sonfack DJN, Nadeau S, Champagne PO, Geltzeiler M, Zwagerman NT, Gardner PA, Wang EW, Zenonos GA, Snyderman C, Van Gompel J, Link M, Peris-Celda M, Stokken J, Choby G, Pinheiro-Neto CD.) Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Oct;14(10):1558-1567 PMID: 38884280 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196141666 06/17/2024

  • (Melder K, Mace JC, Choby G, Almeida JP, Champagne PO, Chan E, Ciporen J, Chaskes MB, Fernandez-Miranda J, Fung NK, Gardner P, Hwang P, Ji KSY, Kalyvas A, Kong KA, Patel C, Patel Z, Celda MP, Pinheiro-Neto CD, Snyderman C, Thorp BD, Van Gompel JJ, Zenonos G, Zwagerman NT, Sanusi O, Wang EW, Geltzeiler M.) Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Sep;14(9):1435-1445 PMID: 38567900 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85189343949 04/03/2024

  • (Tavakoli S, Armstrong SA, Feller C, Hong SH, Zwagerman NT.) Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Apr;56(4):E11 PMID: 38560929 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85189783181 04/01/2024

  • (North LM, Rohde RL, Cornell S, Long CM, Zwagerman NT.) Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Mar;14(3):724-727 PMID: 37563906 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168702227 08/11/2023

  • (Armstrong SA, Boerger TF, Laing B, Tavakoli S, Goetschel K, Cheok S, Zwagerman N.) Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201668933 01/01/2024

  • (Armstrong SA, Tavakoli S, Shah I, Laing BR, Coss D, Ioachimescu AG, Findling J, Zwagerman NT.) J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Nov 27;6(22) PMID: 38011690 PMCID: PMC10684060 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178085217 11/27/2023

  • (Laing B, Zwagerman NT.) Neurosurgery. 2023 Sep 01;93(3):e63-e64 PMID: 37863480 10/21/2023

  • (Choby G, Geltzeiler M, Almeida JP, Champagne PO, Chan E, Ciporen J, Chaskes MB, Fernandez-Miranda J, Gardner P, Hwang P, Ji KSY, Kalyvas A, Kong KA, McMillan R, Nayak J, O'Byrne J, Patel C, Patel Z, Peris Celda M, Pinheiro-Neto C, Sanusi O, Snyderman C, Thorp BD, Van Gompel JJ, Young SC, Zenonos G, Zwagerman NT, Wang EW.) JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Sep 01;149(9):837-844 PMID: 37535372 PMCID: PMC10401389 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85171309350 08/03/2023

  • (Laing B, Feller C, Treffy R, Montoure A, Best B, Zwagerman NT.) Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base. 25 September 2023;85(6):635-640 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85172033159 09/25/2023