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Marjorie Wang MD

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Clinical Transformation Officer, Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Neurosurgery
Program: Adult

Member of the Comprehensive Injury Center
Member of the Wisconsin Institute of NeuroScience (WINS)

Clinical Expertise

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Algorithms
  • Cervical Vertebrae
  • Cohort Studies
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Data Mining
  • Databases as Topic
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging
  • Diskectomy
  • Elective Surgical Procedures
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Injury Severity Score
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Laminectomy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Medical Records
  • Medicare
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Orthopedic Procedures
  • Patient Discharge
  • Patient Readmission
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Prospective Studies
  • Recovery of Function
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spinal Cord
  • Spinal Cord Diseases
  • Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Spinal Diseases
  • Spinal Fractures
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spondylosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Trauma Severity Indices
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United States

    • Leadership Positions

  • Service Line Director, Spine
  • Vice Chair, Chief of Community Neurosurgery

    • Publications (59)

  • Recovery Trajectories of Patient-reported Outcomes After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Bayesian Latent Class Modeling Approach. (Banerjee A, Yang Y, Wang MC, Vedantam A) Clin Spine Surg 2024 Jul 22 PMID: 39037072 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199703689 07/22/2024    
  • Patients May Return to Work Sooner After Laminoplasty: Occupational Outcomes of the Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Surgical Trial. (Miranda SP, Whitmore RG, Kanter A, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Barker FG 2nd, Harrop J, Magge SN, Heary RF, Fehlings MG, Albert TJ, Arnold PM, Riew KD, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Heller JG, Benzel EC, Ghogawala Z) Neurosurgery 2024 Jun 24 PMID: 38912784 06/24/2024    
  • Impact of postsurgical rehabilitation on outcomes for degenerative cervical myelopathy. (Rahman M, Banerjee A, Yang Y, Annyapu E, DeGroot AL, Best B, Braza DW, Wang MC, Vedantam A) J Neurosurg Spine 2024 Aug 01;41(2):167-173 PMID: 38728769 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200524767 05/10/2024    
  • People with degenerative cervical myelopathy have impaired reactive balance during walking. (Boerger TF, McGinn L, Bellman M, Wang MC, Schmit BD, Hyngstrom AS) Gait Posture 2024 Mar;109:303-310 PMID: 38412683 PMCID: PMC11181995 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186398300 02/28/2024    
  • A guide to finite element analysis models of the spine for clinicians. (Wang MC, Kiapour A, Massaad E, Shin JH, Yoganandan N) J Neurosurg Spine 2024 Jan 01;40(1):38-44 PMID: 37856396 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181585974 10/19/2023       5 Citations
  • Diffusion-weighted MRI of the spinal cord in cervical spondylotic myelopathy after instrumented fusion. (Koch KM, Nencka AS, Klein A, Wang M, Kurpad S, Vedantam A, Budde M) Front Neurol 2023;14:1172833 PMID: 37273696 PMCID: PMC10236479 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85161052826 06/05/2023       1 Citation
  • Editorial. Cervical laminoplasty for degenerative cervical myelopathy: still much more to learn. (Janich KW, Wang MC) J Neurosurg Spine 2023 Jan 01;38(1):1-3 PMID: 36057127 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85145426019 09/04/2022       2 Citations
  • Degenerative cervical myelopathy delays responses to lateral balance perturbations regardless of predictability. (Boerger TF, McGinn L, Wang MC, Schmit BD, Hyngstrom AS) J Neurophysiol 2022 Mar 01;127(3):673-688 PMID: 35080466 PMCID: PMC8897012 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125553776 01/27/2022       4 Citations
  • Editorial. Return to work after spine surgery: do patients or physicians make the decision? (Wang MC) J Neurosurg Spine 2022 Feb 01;36(2):165-167 PMID: 34560638 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126857218 09/25/2021       1 Citation
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Perioperative Spine: Preoperative Surgical Risk Assessment. (Harrop JS, Mohamed B, Bisson EF, Dhall S, Dimar J, Mummaneni PV, Wang MC, Hoh DJ) Neurosurgery 2021 Oct 13;89(Suppl 1):S9-S18 PMID: 34490886 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118598522 09/08/2021       11 Citations
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Perioperative Spine: Preoperative Nutritional Assessment. (Bisson EF, Dimar J, Harrop JS, Hoh DJ, Mohamed B, Mummaneni PV, Wang MC, Dhall S) Neurosurgery 2021 Oct 13;89(Suppl 1):S26-S32 PMID: 34490884 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118598092 09/08/2021       17 Citations
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Perioperative Spine: Preoperative Osteoporosis Assessment. (Dimar J, Bisson EF, Dhall S, Harrop JS, Hoh DJ, Mohamed B, Wang MC, Mummaneni PV) Neurosurgery 2021 Oct 13;89(Suppl 1):S19-S25 PMID: 34490883 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118597971 09/08/2021       26 Citations
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Perioperative Spine: Preoperative Opioid Evaluation. (Wang MC, Harrop JS, Bisson EF, Dhall S, Dimar J, Mohamed B, Mummaneni PV, Hoh DJ) Neurosurgery 2021 Oct 13;89(Suppl 1):S1-S8 PMID: 34490881 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118598418 09/08/2021       1 Citation
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Perioperative Spine: Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation and Optimization. (Mohamed B, Wang MC, Bisson EF, Dimar J, Harrop JS, Hoh DJ, Mummaneni PV, Dhall S) Neurosurgery 2021 Oct 13;89(Suppl 1):S33-S41 PMID: 34490879 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118598397 09/08/2021       1 Citation
  • Diagnostic Imaging in Spinal Cord Injury. (Shabani S, Meyer BP, Budde MD, Wang MC) Neurosurg Clin N Am 2021 Jul;32(3):323-331 PMID: 34053720 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105493933 06/01/2021       9 Citations
  • Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery on Patient-Reported Physical Functioning in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. (Ghogawala Z, Terrin N, Dunbar MR, Breeze JL, Freund KM, Kanter AS, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Barker FG 2nd, Schwartz JS, Harrop JS, Magge SN, Heary RF, Fehlings MG, Albert TJ, Arnold PM, Riew KD, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Whitmore RG, Heller JG, Benzel EC) JAMA 2021 Mar 09;325(10):942-951 PMID: 33687463 PMCID: PMC7944378 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102337626 03/10/2021       98 Citations
  • Editorial. Interspinous spacers for lumbar stenosis: time for obsolescence? (Wang MC, AlGhamdi MYT) J Neurosurg Spine 2021 Apr 01;34(4):541-542 PMID: 33530060 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103446044 02/03/2021       2 Citations
  • Continuous improvement in patient safety and quality in neurological surgery: the American Board of Neurological Surgery in the past, present, and future. (Wang MC, Boop FA, Kondziolka D, Resnick DK, Kalkanis SN, Koehnen E, Selden NR, Heilman CB, Valadka AB, Cockroft KM, Wilson JA, Ellenbogen RG, Asher AL, Byrne RW, Camarata PJ, Huang J, Knightly JJ, Levy EI, Lonser RR, Connolly ES, Meyer FB, Liau LM) J Neurosurg 2021 Aug 01;135(2):637-643 PMID: 33065539 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114005575 10/17/2020       4 Citations
  • Editorial. COVID-19 and spinal surgery. (Ghogawala Z, Kurpad S, Falavigna A, Groff MW, Sciubba DM, Wu JC, Park P, Berven S, Hoh DJ, Bisson EF, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Chou D, Sansur CA, Smith JS, Tumialán LM) J Neurosurg Spine 2020 Jul 01;33(1):1-3 PMID: 32302989 PMCID: PMC7164398 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083865914 04/18/2020       42 Citations
  • Diffusion tensor imaging in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a review. (Shabani S, Kaushal M, Budde MD, Wang MC, Kurpad SN) J Neurosurg Spine 2020 Jul 01;33(1):65-72 PMID: 32109862 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090702776 02/29/2020       34 Citations
  • Factors associated with chronic opioid use after cervical spine surgery for degenerative conditions. (Wang MC, Lozen AM, Laud PW, Nattinger AB, Krebs EE) J Neurosurg Spine 2020 Jan 01;32(1):1-8 PMID: 31604325 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077630326 10/12/2019       20 Citations
  • Comparison between quantitative measurements of diffusion tensor imaging and T2 signal intensity in a large series of cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients for assessment of disease severity and prognostication of recovery. (Shabani S, Kaushal M, Budde M, Schmit B, Wang MC, Kurpad S) J Neurosurg Spine 2019 Oct 01;31(4):473-479 PMID: 31174184 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072775711 06/08/2019       15 Citations
  • Great Hospitals in North America: The Medical College of Wisconsin Neurological Surgery. (Montoure A, Janich K, Cusick JF, Kurpad SN, Wang MC) World Neurosurg 2019 May;125:55-66 PMID: 30660875 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061991664 01/21/2019       2 Citations
  • Utility of Cervical Collars Following Cervical Fusion Surgery. Does It Improve Fusion Rates or Outcomes? A Systematic Review. (Karikari I, Ghogawala Z, Ropper AE, Yavin D, Gabr M, Goodwin CR, Abd-El-Barr M, Veeravagu A, Wang MC) World Neurosurg 2018 Dec 26 PMID: 30593959 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060674280 12/30/2018       8 Citations
  • Interobserver Reliability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predictors of Outcome in Cervical Spine Degenerative Conditions. (Grochmal JK, Lozen AM, Klein AP, Mark LP, Li J, Wang MC) World Neurosurg 2018 Sep;117:e215-e220 PMID: 29913296 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049856044 06/19/2018       2 Citations
  • Variations in 30-day readmissions and length of stay among spine surgeons: a national study of elective spine surgery among US Medicare beneficiaries. (Singh S, Sparapani R, Wang MC) J Neurosurg Spine 2018 Sep;29(3):286-291 PMID: 29856308 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052759343 06/02/2018       18 Citations
  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging in a Large Longitudinal Series of Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Correlated With Long-Term Functional Outcome. (Rao A, Soliman H, Kaushal M, Motovylyak O, Vedantam A, Budde MD, Schmit B, Wang M, Kurpad SN) Neurosurgery 2018 Oct 01;83(4):753-760 PMID: 29529304 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068819376 03/13/2018       27 Citations
  • Can Feet Help You See Better? Foot Dorsiflexion for Intraoperative Cervical Spine Imaging. (Wang MC) World Neurosurg 2016 Sep;93:466 PMID: 27392892 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84987880972 07/10/2016    
  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging Correlates with Short-Term Myelopathy Outcome in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. (Vedantam A, Rao A, Kurpad SN, Jirjis MB, Eckardt G, Schmit BD, Wang MC) World Neurosurg 2017 Jan;97:489-494 PMID: 27046013 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84995873439 04/06/2016       41 Citations
  • Point of View. (Wang MC, Martin BI) Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2015 Aug 15;40(16):E943 PMID: 26270002 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84942587062 08/14/2015    
  • Extradural chondroma presenting as lumbar mass with compressive neuropathy. (Pace J, Lozen AM, Wang MC, Cochran EJ) J Craniovertebr Junction Spine 2014 Jul;5(3):131-3 PMID: 25336836 PMCID: PMC4201014 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84908462948 10/23/2014       3 Citations
  • 146 Diffusion tensor imaging metrics correlate with quantitative tests of physical function in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. (Wang MC, Vedantam A, Schmit B, Kurpad SN) Neurosurgery 2014 Aug;61 Suppl 1:207-8 PMID: 25032597 07/18/2014    
  • High cervical fractional anisotropy as an imaging marker for spinal cord injury. (Vedantam A, Eckardt G, Wang MC, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN) Neurosurgery 2014 Aug;61 Suppl 1:167-70 PMID: 25032546 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84964284069 07/18/2014       8 Citations
  • Calculating risks: the power and pitfalls of registry data. (Wang MC) Spine J 2013 Oct;13(10):1180-2 PMID: 24237711 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84887907139 11/19/2013       2 Citations
  • Diffusion tensor imaging of the spinal cord: insights from animal and human studies. (Vedantam A, Jirjis MB, Schmit BD, Wang MC, Ulmer JL, Kurpad SN) Neurosurgery 2014 Jan;74(1):1-8; discussion 8; quiz 8 PMID: 24064483 PMCID: PMC4986512 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84891824848 09/26/2013       81 Citations
  • Clinical correlates of high cervical fractional anisotropy in acute cervical spinal cord injury. (Vedantam A, Eckardt G, Wang MC, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN) World Neurosurg 2015 May;83(5):824-8 PMID: 24055569 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84929513579 09/24/2013       44 Citations
  • Characterization and limitations of diffusion tensor imaging metrics in the cervical spinal cord in neurologically intact subjects. (Vedantam A, Jirjis MB, Schmit BD, Wang MC, Ulmer JL, Kurpad SN) J Magn Reson Imaging 2013 Oct;38(4):861-7 PMID: 23389869 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84886929022 02/08/2013       42 Citations
  • Thirty-day readmissions after elective spine surgery for degenerative conditions among US Medicare beneficiaries. (Wang MC, Shivakoti M, Sparapani RA, Guo C, Laud PW, Nattinger AB) Spine J 2012 Oct;12(10):902-11 PMID: 23098615 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84870296222 10/27/2012       132 Citations
  • Are we underestimating the burden of traumatic brain injury? Surveillance of severe traumatic brain injury using centers for disease control International classification of disease, ninth revision, clinical modification, traumatic brain injury codes. (Carroll CP, Cochran JA, Guse CE, Wang MC) Neurosurgery 2012 Dec;71(6):1064-70; discussion 1070 PMID: 22922677 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84870054784 08/28/2012       71 Citations
  • Utility of a combined current procedural terminology and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code algorithm in classifying cervical spine surgery for degenerative changes. (Wang MC, Laud PW, Macias M, Nattinger AB) Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011 Oct 15;36(22):1843-8 PMID: 21245779 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80053952245 01/20/2011       25 Citations
  • The AIS-2005 Revision in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Mission Accomplished or Problems for Future Research? (Carroll CP, Cochran JA, Price JP, Guse CE, Wang MC) Ann Adv Automot Med 2010;54:233-8 PMID: 21050606 PMCID: PMC3242550 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78650893972 11/06/2010       43 Citations
  • Strengths and limitations of International Classification of Disease Ninth Revision Clinical Modification codes in defining cervical spine surgery. (Wang MC, Laud PW, Macias M, Nattinger AB) Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011 Jan 01;36(1):E38-44 PMID: 20975624 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78751590974 10/27/2010       30 Citations
  • Trends and variations in cervical spine surgery in the United States: Medicare beneficiaries, 1992 to 2005. (Wang MC, Kreuter W, Wolfla CE, Maiman DJ, Deyo RA) Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009 Apr 20;34(9):955-61; discussion 962-3 PMID: 19352223 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-67650671135 04/09/2009       198 Citations
  • The continued burden of spine fractures after motor vehicle crashes. (Wang MC, Pintar F, Yoganandan N, Maiman DJ) J Neurosurg Spine 2009 Feb;10(2):86-92 PMID: 19278320 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-65249110419 03/13/2009       55 Citations
  • Influence of total laminectomy on the mechanical behavior of lumbosacral spine. (Guan Y, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Wang M, Maiman DJ) Biomed Sci Instrum 2008;44:280-5 PMID: 19141929 01/15/2009    
  • Accuracy of ICD-9-CM coding of cervical spine fractures: implications for research using administrative databases. (Miller ML, Wang MC) Ann Adv Automot Med 2008 Oct;52:101-5 PMID: 19026227 PMCID: PMC3256774 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78650421545 11/26/2008       36 Citations
  • The use of repeated head computed tomography in pediatric blunt head trauma: factors predicting new and worsening brain injury. (Hollingworth W, Vavilala MS, Jarvik JG, Chaudhry S, Johnston BD, Layman S, Tontisirin N, Muangman SL, Wang MC) Pediatr Crit Care Med 2007 Jul;8(4):348-56; CEU quiz 357 PMID: 17545925 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34447317026 06/05/2007       66 Citations
  • Timing of surgery after multisystem injury with traumatic brain injury: effect on neuropsychological and functional outcome. (Wang MC, Temkin NR, Deyo RA, Jurkovich GJ, Barber J, Dikmen S) J Trauma 2007 May;62(5):1250-8 PMID: 17495732 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34248358673 05/15/2007       33 Citations
  • Complications and mortality associated with cervical spine surgery for degenerative disease in the United States. (Wang MC, Chan L, Maiman DJ, Kreuter W, Deyo RA) Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007 Feb 01;32(3):342-7 PMID: 17268266 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33846655094 02/03/2007       256 Citations
  • The incidence and risk factors for hypotension during emergent decompressive craniotomy in children with traumatic brain injury. (Miller P, Mack CD, Sammer M, Rozet I, Lee LA, Muangman S, Wang M, Hollingworth W, Lam AM, Vavilala MS) Anesth Analg 2006 Oct;103(4):869-75 PMID: 17000796 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33750082389 09/27/2006       16 Citations
  • An overview of central nervous system transplantation in human disease. (Breeze RE, Wang MC) Neurosurg Focus 1999 Sep 15;7(3):e1 PMID: 16918229 08/22/2006    
  • Utility of repeat head computed tomography after blunt head trauma: a systematic review. (Wang MC, Linnau KF, Tirschwell DL, Hollingworth W) J Trauma 2006 Jul;61(1):226-33 PMID: 16832279 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33746257391 07/13/2006       78 Citations
  • Prevalence of intracranial aneurysms in first-degree relatives of patients with aneurysms. (Wang MC, Rubinstein D, Kindt GW, Breeze RE) Neurosurg Focus 2002 Sep 15;13(3):e2 PMID: 15844874 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33645219584 04/23/2005       12 Citations
  • Synovial excrescences and cysts of the spine: clinicopathological features and contributions to spinal stenosis. (Sze CI, Kindt G, Huffer WB, Chang M, Wang M, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK) Clin Neuropathol 2004;23(2):80-90 PMID: 15074582 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-1642329723 04/13/2004       19 Citations
  • The diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography angiography for traumatic or atherosclerotic lesions of the carotid and vertebral arteries: a systematic review. (Hollingworth W, Nathens AB, Kanne JP, Crandall ML, Crummy TA, Hallam DK, Wang MC, Jarvik JG) Eur J Radiol 2003 Oct;48(1):88-102 PMID: 14511863 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0141720712 09/27/2003       97 Citations
  • Cranial bone fixation: review of the literature and description of a new procedure. (Winston KR, Wang MC) J Neurosurg 2003 Sep;99(3):484-8 PMID: 12959434 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0042922743 09/10/2003       32 Citations
  • Cerebellar mutism associated with a midbrain cavernous malformation. Case report and review of the literature. (Wang MC, Winston KR, Breeze RE) J Neurosurg 2002 Mar;96(3):607-10 PMID: 11883849 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036126049 03/09/2002       22 Citations
  • Cranial bone fixation in infants and children. (Winston KR, Wang MC) Pediatr Neurosurg 1999 Nov;31(5):225-30 PMID: 10681675 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033507578 02/22/2000       10 Citations
  • Posterior fossa swelling and hydrocephalus resulting from hypertensive encephalopathy: case report and review of the literature. (Wang MC, Escott EJ, Breeze RE) Neurosurgery 1999 Jun;44(6):1325-7 PMID: 10371634 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033010154 06/17/1999       34 Citations
    • Last update: 09/11/2024