Karin S. Bierbrauer , MD

Medical Degree: University of South Carolina 1984

Clinical Interests — fetal malformations of the brain and spinal cord; spina bifida; tethered cord; head injury

Peer Reviewed Publications

Ostling, Lauren R; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Kuntz, Charles (2012. ) Outcome, reoperation, and complications in 99 consecutive children operated for tight or fatty filum.World neurosurgery, , 77 (1 ) ,187-91 More Information

Kumar, Nirupama; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Grewal, Harsh Microlaparoscopic-assisted lumboperitoneal shunt in the lateral position for pseudotumor cerebri in a morbidly obese adolescent. JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons / Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, , 10 (2 ) ,267-9

Needleman, J P; Panitch, H B; Bierbrauer, K S; Schidlow, D V (2000. ) Chiari type I malformation in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Pediatric pulmonology, , 30 (6 ) ,490-2

Geller, E; Yoon, M S; Loiselle, J; Crisci, K L; Bierbrauer, K S (1997. ) Head injuries in children from plastic hairbeads. Pediatric radiology, , 27 (10 ) ,790-3

Kanev, P M; Bierbrauer, K S (1995. ) Reflections on the natural history of lipomyelomeningocele. Pediatric neurosurgery, , 22 (3 ) ,137-40

Bierbrauer, K S; Storrs, B B; McLone, D G; Tomita, T; Dauser, R A prospective, randomized study of shunt function and infections as a function of shunt placement. Pediatric neurosurgery, , 16 (6 ) ,287-91

Bixenmann, Ben J; Kline-Fath, Beth M; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Bansal, Danesh (2014. ) Prenatal and postnatal evaluation for syringomyelia in patients with spinal dysraphism.Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, , 14 (3 ) ,316-21 More Information

Nagaraj, U D; Peiro, J L; Bierbrauer, K S; Kline-Fath, B M (2015. ) Evaluation of Subependymal Gray Matter Heterotopias on Fetal MRI.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, , More Information

Singh, Sukhjinder; Kline-Fath, Beth; Bierbrauer, Karin; Racadio, Judy M; Salisbury, Shelia; Macaluso, Maurizio; Jackson, Elizabeth C; Egelhoff, John C (2012. ) Comparison of standard, prone and cine MRI in the evaluation of tethered cord.Pediatric radiology, , 42 (6 ) ,685-91 More Information

Air, Ellen L; Yuan, Weihong; Holland, Scott K; Jones, Blaise V; Bierbrauer, Karin; Altaye, Mekibib; Mangano, Francesco T (2010. ) Longitudinal comparison of pre- and postoperative diffusion tensor imaging parameters in young children with hydrocephalus.Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, , 5 (4 ) ,385-91 More Information

Yuan, W; Mangano, F T; Air, E L; Holland, S K; Jones, B V; Altaye, M; Bierbrauer, K (2009. ) Anisotropic diffusion properties in infants with hydrocephalus: a diffusion tensor imaging study.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, , 30 (9 ) ,1792-8 More Information

Hsieh, Patrick C; Ondra, Stephen L; Grande, Andrew W; O'Shaughnessy, Brian A; Bierbrauer, Karin; Crone, Kerry R; Halpin, Ryan J; Suk, Ian; Koski, Tyler R; Gokaslan, Ziya L; Kuntz, Charles (2009. ) Posterior vertebral column subtraction osteotomy: a novel surgical approach for the treatment of multiple recurrences of tethered cord syndrome.Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, , 10 (4 ) ,278-86 More Information

Vender, John R; Bierbrauer, Karin (2005. ) Delayed intracranial hypertension and cerebellar tonsillar necrosis associated with a depressed occipital skull fracture compressing the superior sagittal sinus. Case report.Journal of neurosurgery, , 103 (5 Suppl ) ,458-61 More Information

Weiner, D; Bierbrauer, K (1998. ) Ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction presenting as apnea and bradycardia. Pediatric neurosurgery, , 29 (1 ) ,52

Jallo, J; Nathan, D; Bierbrauer, K; Farber, E (1997. ) Chordoma: a case report. Surgical neurology, , 48 (1 ) ,46-8

Merhar, S L; Kline-Fath, B M; Nathan, A T; Melton, K R; Bierbrauer, K S (2016. ) Identification and management of neonatal skull fractures.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, , More Information

Nagaraj, U D; Bierbrauer, K S; Zhang, B; Peiro, J L; Kline-Fath, B M (2017. ) Hindbrain Herniation in Chiari II Malformation on Fetal and Postnatal MRI.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, , 38 (5 ) ,1031-1036 More Information

Wang, Lily L; Bierbrauer, Karin S (2017. ) Congenital and Hereditary Diseases of the Spinal Cord.Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR, , 38 (2 ) ,105-125 More Information

Nagaraj, Usha D; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Peiro, Jose L; Kline-Fath, Beth M (2016. ) Differentiating Closed Versus Open Spinal Dysraphisms on Fetal MRI.AJR. American journal of roentgenology, , 207 (6 ) ,1316-1323 More Information

Caruso, Michelle C; Daugherty, Margot C; Moody, Suzanne M; Falcone, Richard A; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Geis, Gary L (2017. ) Lessons learned from administration of high-dose methylprednisolone sodium succinate for acute pediatric spinal cord injuries.Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, , 1-8 More Information

Patel, Smruti K; Gozal, Yair M; Krueger, Bryan M; Bayley, James C; Moody, Suzanne; Andaluz, Norberto; Falcone, Richard A; Bierbrauer, Karin S (2018. ) Routine surveillance imaging following mild traumatic brain injury with intracranial hemorrhage may not be necessary.Journal of pediatric surgery, , More Information

Nagaraj, Usha D; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Stevenson, Charles B; Peiro, Jose L; Lim, Foong Yen; Habli, Mounira A; Kline-Fath, Beth M (2020. ) Prenatal and postnatal MRI findings in open spinal dysraphism following intrauterine repair via open versus fetoscopic surgical techniques.Prenatal diagnosis, , 40 (1 ) ,49-57 More Information

Matur, Abhijith V; Nouri, Aria; Huang, Shenwen; Elson, Nora C; Jeong, William; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Mangano, Francesco T; Cheng, Joseph S (2020. ) Complications in Children with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Following Spine Surgery: Analysis of the Pediatric National Surgery Quality Improvement Program Database.World neurosurgery, , 133 ,e473-e478 More Information

Patel, Smruti K; Zamorano-Fernandez, Jorge; Nagaraj, Usha; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Mangano, Francesco T (2019. ) Not all ventriculomegaly is created equal: diagnostic overview of fetal, neonatal and pediatric ventriculomegaly.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, , More Information

Patel, Smruti K; Staarmann, Brittany; Heilman, Alexander; Mains, Allie; Woodward, Jason; Bierbrauer, Karin S (2019. ) Growing up with spina bifida: bridging the gaps in the transition of care from childhood to adulthood.Neurosurgical focus, , 47 (4 ) ,E16 More Information

Strahle, Jennifer M; Taiwo, Rukayat; Averill, Christine; Torner, James; Shannon, Chevis N; Bonfield, Christopher M; Tuite, Gerald F; Bethel-Anderson, Tammy; Rutlin, Jerrel; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Wellons, John C; Leonard, Jeffrey R; Mangano, Francesco T; Johnston, James M; Shah, Manish N; Iskandar, Bermans J; Tyler-Kabara, Elizabeth C; Daniels, David J; Jackson, Eric M; Grant, Gerald A; Couture, Daniel E; Adelson, P David; Alden, Tord D; Aldana, Philipp R; Anderson, Richard C E; Selden, Nathan R; Baird, Lissa C; Bierbrauer, Karin; Chern, Joshua J; Whitehead, William E; Ellenbogen, Richard G; Fuchs, Herbert E; Guillaume, Daniel J; Hankinson, Todd C; Iantosca, Mark R; Oakes, W Jerry; Keating, Robert F; Khan, Nickalus R; Muhlbauer, Michael S; McComb, J Gordon; Menezes, Arnold H; Ragheb, John; Smith, Jodi L; Maher, Cormac O; Greene, Stephanie; Kelly, Michael; O'Neill, Brent R; Krieger, Mark D; Tamber, Mandeep; Durham, Susan R; Olavarria, Greg; Stone, Scellig S D; Kaufman, Bruce A; Heuer, Gregory G; Bauer, David F; Albert, Gregory; Greenfield, Jeffrey P; Wait, Scott D; Van Poppel, Mark D; Eskandari, Ramin; Mapstone, Timothy; Shimony, Joshua S; Dacey, Ralph G; Smyth, Matthew D; Park, Tae Sung; Limbrick, David D (2019. ) Radiological and clinical predictors of scoliosis in patients with Chiari malformation type I and spinal cord syrinx from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium.Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, , 1-8 More Information

Shi, Angell; Kulkarni, Abhaya; Feldman, Kenneth W; Weiss, Avery; McCourt, Emily A; Schloff, Susan; Partington, Michael; Forbes, Brian; Geddie, Brooke E; Bierbrauer, Karin; Phillips, Paul H; Rogers, David L; Abed Alnabi, Waleed; Binenbaum, Gil; Levin, Alex V (2019. ) Retinal Findings in Young Children With Increased Intracranial Pressure From Nontraumatic Causes.Pediatrics, , 143 (2 ) , More Information

Nagaraj, Usha D; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Stevenson, Charles B; Peiro, Jose L; Lim, Foong-Yen; Zhang, Bin; Kline-Fath, Beth M (2018. ) Myelomeningocele Versus Myelocele on Fetal MR Images: Are There Differences in Brain Findings?.AJR. American journal of roentgenology, , 211 (6 ) ,1376-1380 More Information

Nagaraj, U D; Bierbrauer, K S; Stevenson, C B; Peiro, J L; Lim, F Y; Zhang, B; Kline-Fath, B M (2018. ) Spinal Imaging Findings of Open Spinal Dysraphisms on Fetal and Postnatal MRI.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, , 39 (10 ) ,1947-1952 More Information

Rosario, Bedda L; Horvat, Christopher M; Wisniewski, Stephen R; Bell, Michael J; Panigrahy, Ashok; Zuccoli, Giulio; Narayanan, Srikala; Balasubramani, Goundappa K; Beers, Sue R; Adelson, P David (2018. ) Presenting Characteristics Associated With Outcome in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis From a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Hypothermia.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, , 19 (10 ) ,957-964 More Information

Abell, Katherine; Tolusso, Leandra; Smith, Nicki; Hopkin, Robert; Vawter-Lee, Marissa; Habli, Mounira; Riddle, Stefanie; Calvo-Garcia, Maria A; Guan, Qiaoning; Bierbrauer, Karin; Hwa, Vivian; Saal, Howard M (2020. ) Prenatal diagnosis of Proteus syndrome: Diagnosis of an AKT1 mutation from amniocytes.Birth defects research, , More Information

Akbari, Syed Hassan A; Rizvi, Asad A; CreveCoeur, Travis S; Han, Rowland H; Greenberg, Jacob K; Torner, James; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Wellons, John C; Leonard, Jeffrey R; Mangano, Francesco T; Johnston, James M; Shah, Manish N; Iskandar, Bermans J; Ahmed, Raheel; Tuite, Gerald F; Kaufman, Bruce A; Daniels, David J; Jackson, Eric M; Grant, Gerald A; Powers, Alexander K; Couture, Daniel E; Adelson, P David; Alden, Tord D; Aldana, Philipp R; Anderson, Richard C E; Selden, Nathan R; Bierbrauer, Karin; Boydston, William; Chern, Joshua J; Whitehead, William E; Dauser, Robert C; Ellenbogen, Richard G; Ojemann, Jeffrey G; Fuchs, Herbert E; Guillaume, Daniel J; Hankinson, Todd C; O'Neill, Brent R; Iantosca, Mark; Oakes, W Jerry; Keating, Robert F; Klimo, Paul; Muhlbauer, Michael S; McComb, J Gordon; Menezes, Arnold H; Khan, Nickalus R; Niazi, Toba N; Ragheb, John; Shannon, Chevis N; Smith, Jodi L; Ackerman, Laurie L; Jea, Andrew H; Maher, Cormac O; Narayan, Prithvi; Albert, Gregory W; Stone, Scellig S D; Baird, Lissa C; Gross, Naina L; Durham, Susan R; Greene, Stephanie; McKinstry, Robert C; Shimony, Joshua S; Strahle, Jennifer M; Smyth, Matthew D; Dacey, Ralph G; Park, Tae Sung; Limbrick, David D (2021. ) Socioeconomic and demographic factors in the diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia.Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, , 1-10 More Information

Nagaraj, Usha D; Venkatesan, Charu; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Kline-Fath, Beth M (2021. ) Value of pre- and postnatal magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of congenital central nervous system anomalies.Pediatric radiology, , More Information

Sadler, Brooke; Skidmore, Alex; Gewirtz, Jordan; Anderson, Richard C E; Haller, Gabe; Ackerman, Laurie L; Adelson, P David; Ahmed, Raheel; Albert, Gregory W; Aldana, Philipp R; Alden, Tord D; Averill, Christine; Baird, Lissa C; Bauer, David F; Bethel-Anderson, Tammy; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Bonfield, Christopher M; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Chern, Joshua J; Couture, Daniel E; Daniels, David J; Dlouhy, Brian J; Durham, Susan R; Ellenbogen, Richard G; Eskandari, Ramin; Fuchs, Herbert E; George, Timothy M; Grant, Gerald A; Graupman, Patrick C; Greene, Stephanie; Greenfield, Jeffrey P; Gross, Naina L; Guillaume, Daniel J; Hankinson, Todd C; Heuer, Gregory G; Iantosca, Mark; Iskandar, Bermans J; Jackson, Eric M; Jea, Andrew H; Johnston, James M; Keating, Robert F; Khan, Nickalus; Krieger, Mark D; Leonard, Jeffrey R; Maher, Cormac O; Mangano, Francesco T; Mapstone, Timothy B; McComb, J Gordon; McEvoy, Sean D; Meehan, Thanda; Menezes, Arnold H; Muhlbauer, Michael; Oakes, W Jerry; Olavarria, Greg; O'Neill, Brent R; Ragheb, John; Selden, Nathan R; Shah, Manish N; Shannon, Chevis N; Smith, Jodi; Smyth, Matthew D; Stone, Scellig S D; Tuite, Gerald F; Wait, Scott D; Wellons, John C; Whitehead, William E; Park, Tae Sung; Limbrick, David D; Strahle, Jennifer M (2021. ) Extradural decompression versus duraplasty in Chiari malformation type I with syrinx: outcomes on scoliosis from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium.Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, , 1-9 More Information

CreveCoeur, Travis S; Yahanda, Alexander T; Maher, Cormac O; Johnson, Gabrielle W; Ackerman, Laurie L; Adelson, P David; Ahmed, Raheel; Albert, Gregory W; Aldana, Phillipp R; Alden, Tord D; Anderson, Richard C E; Baird, Lissa; Bauer, David F; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Chern, Joshua J; Couture, Daniel E; Daniels, David J; Dauser, Robert C; Durham, Susan R; Ellenbogen, Richard G; Eskandari, Ramin; Fuchs, Herbert E; George, Timothy M; Grant, Gerald A; Graupman, Patrick C; Greene, Stephanie; Greenfield, Jeffrey P; Gross, Naina L; Guillaume, Daniel J; Haller, Gabe; Hankinson, Todd C; Heuer, Gregory G; Iantosca, Mark; Iskandar, Bermans J; Jackson, Eric M; Jea, Andrew H; Johnston, James M; Keating, Robert F; Kelly, Michael P; Khan, Nickalus; Krieger, Mark D; Leonard, Jeffrey R; Mangano, Francesco T; Mapstone, Timothy B; McComb, J Gordon; Menezes, Arnold H; Muhlbauer, Michael; Oakes, W Jerry; Olavarria, Greg; O'Neill, Brent R; Park, Tae Sung; Ragheb, John; Selden, Nathan R; Shah, Manish N; Shannon, Chevis; Shimony, Joshua S; Smith, Jodi; Smyth, Matthew D; Stone, Scellig S D; Strahle, Jennifer M; Tamber, Mandeep S; Torner, James C; Tuite, Gerald F; Wait, Scott D; Wellons, John C; Whitehead, William E; Limbrick, David D (2021. ) Occipital-Cervical Fusion and Ventral Decompression in the Surgical Management of Chiari-1 Malformation and Syringomyelia: Analysis of Data From the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium.Neurosurgery, , 88 (2 ) ,332-341 More Information

Kline-Fath, Beth M; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Calvo-Garcia, Maria A; Nagaraj, Usha D (2021. ) Imaging in the presence of meroanencephaly.Radiology case reports, , 16 (2 ) ,392-395 More Information