Professor, Neurological Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. Michael T. Lawton, MD
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Dr. Michael T. Lawton is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He went to medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is ranked 3 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He has 3 awards "Regional Top Doctor", "Fellow (FAANS)" and "Super Doctor". Michael Lawton is a published physician. He has 99 papers published. The most current publication "Endovascular therapies for malignant gliomas: Challenges and the future." He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Endovascular therapies for malignant Gliomas: Challenges and the future.
- Surgical assessment of the insula. Part 1: surgical anatomy and morphometric analysis of the transsylvian and transcortical approaches to the insula.
- Inhibition of pathological Brain angiogenesis through systemic delivery of AAV vector expressing soluble FLT1.
- In Reply: Silent Arteriovenous Malformation Hemorrhage and the Recognition of "Unruptured" Arteriovenous Malformation Patients Who Benefit From Surgical Intervention.
- The Presto 1000: A novel automated transcranial Doppler ultrasound System.
- Volume-Outcome Relationships in Neurosurgery.
- Brainstem cavernous malformations: surgical results in 104 patients and a proposed grading system to predict neurological outcomes.
- Angiotensin-(1-7) protects against the development of Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in mice.
- Microsurgical Clipping of a Superior Hypophyseal Artery Aneurysm: Part 1: Intradural Anterior Clinoidectomy: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
- Microsurgical Clipping of a Superior Hypophyseal Artery Aneurysm: Part 2: Distal Dural Ring Dissection and Clipping: 3-Dimensional Operative Video.
- The Superficial Temporal Artery Trunk-to-M2 Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass with Short Radial Artery Interposition Graft: The Forgotten Bypass.
- Silent Arteriovenous Malformation Hemorrhage and the Recognition of "Unruptured" Arteriovenous Malformation Patients Who Benefit From Surgical Intervention.
- Rescue Bypass for Revascularization After Ischemic Complications in the Treatment of Giant or Complex Intracranial Aneurysms.
- Endovascular treatment of severe acute basilar Artery occlusion.
- Association between Venous Angioarchitectural Features of Sporadic Brain Arteriovenous Malformations and Intracranial Hemorrhage.
- Constitutively active Notch4 receptor elicits Brain arteriovenous malformations through enlargement of capillary-like vessels.
- Vertical Diplopia and Ptosis from Removal of the Orbital Roof in Pterional Craniotomy.
- Treatment and outcomes of ARUBA-eligible patients with unruptured Brain arteriovenous malformations at a single institution.
- The natural history of AVM Hemorrhage in the posterior fossa: comparison of hematoma volumes and neurological outcomes in patients with ruptured infra- and supratentor...
- Editorial: Prenidal Aneurysm rupture with posterior fossa AVMs.
- Intraoperative arteriovenous malformation rupture: causes, management techniques, outcomes, and the effect of neurosurgeon experience.
- Validation of the Supplemented Spetzler-Martin Grading System for Brain Arteriovenous Malformations in a Multicenter Cohort of 1009 Surgical Patients.
- Roles of Estrogen in the Formation of Intracranial Aneurysms in Ovariectomized Female Mice.
- Hemorrhage Rates and Risk Factors in the Natural History Course of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations.
- Cerebellomedullary Fissure Dissection and Tonsillar Mobilization: A Gateway to Lesions Around the Medulla.
- Current Treatment Strategies for Cavernous Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms.
- Subtemporal-Medial Transpetrous (Kawase) Approach for Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysm Clipping: Operative 3-D Video.
- The Far Lateral-Transpontomedullary Sulcus Approach to Pontine Cavernous Malformations: Technical Report and Surgical Results.
- Anterior cerebral artery bypass for complex Aneurysms: an experience with intracranial-intracranial reconstruction and review of bypass options.
- Deep Arteriovenous Malformations in the Basal Ganglia, Thalamus, and Insula: Multimodality Management, Patient Selection, and Results.
- Advances in open microsurgery for cerebral Aneurysms.
- Novel embalming solution for neurosurgical simulation in cadavers.
- 3-D Hollow Intracranial Aneurysm Models and their Potential role for Teaching, Simulation, and Training.
- Intracranial Aneurysm Formation Following Radiation.
- Vascular remodeling after ischemic Stroke: mechanisms and therapeutic potentials.
- Letter to the Editor: Posterior inferior cerebellar artery Aneurysms.
- Awake Motor Examination during Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery.
- Deep arteriovenous malformations in the Basal Ganglia, thalamus, and insula: microsurgical management, techniques, and results.
- End-to-End Reanastomosis Technique for Fusiform Aneurysms: 3-D Operative Video.
- Microsurgical Technique for PICA-PICA In Situ Bypass: 3-D Operative Video.
- Perioperative Management of Coagulation in Nontraumatic IntraCerebral Hemorrhage.
- Treatment of recurrent, multiloculated, obstructive Hydrocephalus with suprahepatic peritoneal catheter placement.
- Mini Supraorbital Approach to Inferior Frontal Lobe Cavernous Malformations: Case Series.
- Superior cerebellar artery-posterior Cerebral artery bypass: in situ bypass for posterior Cerebral artery revascularization.
- Reduced Mural Cell Coverage and Impaired Vessel Integrity After Angiogenic Stimulation in the Alk1-deficient Brain.
- Editorial: Middle cerebral artery Aneurysms.
- Analysis of the subcomponents and cortical terminations of the perisylvian superior longitudinal fasciculus: a fiber dissection and DTI tractography study.
- G Protein-Coupled Receptor 124 (GPR124) Gene Polymorphisms and Risk of Brain Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Current Management of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Surgical Results with a "Clip First" Policy.
- Contralateral Transcallosal Approach to Basal Ganglia Cavernous Malformation: 3-D Operative Video.
- Cerebellar Arteriovenous Malformations: Anatomical Subtypes, Surgical Results, and Increased Predictive Accuracy of the Supplementary Grading System.
- Management of a Recurrent Coiled Giant Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm with Trapping and Thrombectomy: 3-D Operative Video.
- Distal Aneurysms of Intracranial Arteries: Application of Numerical Nomenclature, Predilection for Cerebellar Arteries, and Results of Surgical Management.
- Twiglike middle Cerebral arteries.
- Evaluating Performance of the Spetzler-Martin Supplemented Model in Selecting Patients With Brain Arteriovenous Malformation for Surgery.
- Perlecan domain V is upregulated in human Brain arteriovenous malformation and could mediate the vascular endothelial growth factor effect in lesional tissue.
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met Polymorphism Predicts Worse Functional Outcome After Surgery in Patients With Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Pediatric Intracranial Nongalenic Pial Arteriovenous Fistulas: Clinical Features, Angioarchitecture, and Outcomes.
- Comparative effectiveness of treatments for Cerebral arteriovenous malformations: trends in nationwide outcomes from 2000 to 2009.
- Minocycline- and tetracycline-class antibiotics are protective against partial seizures in vivo.
- Seizure Predictors and Control After Microsurgical Resection of Supratentorial Arteriovenous Malformations in 440 Patients.
- Silent Intralesional Microhemorrhage as a Risk Factor for Brain Arteriovenous Malformation Rupture.
- Advanced Technical Skills Are Required for Microsurgical Clipping of Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms in the Endovascular Era.
- Transsylvian-Transinsular Approaches to the Insula and Basal Ganglia: Operative Techniques and Results With Vascular Lesions.
- Bypass surgery for the prevention of ischemic Stroke: current indications and techniques.
- Classification schemes for arteriovenous malformations.
- The Contralateral Transcingulate Approach: Operative Technique and Results with Vascular Lesions.
- Bypass for the prevention of ischemic Stroke.
- Gene expression profiling of blood in Brain arteriovenous malformation patients.
- Brain Arteriovenous Malformation Multiplicity Predicts the Diagnosis of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Quantitative Assessment.
- Flash Fluorescence with ICG Videoangiography to Identify the Recipient Artery for Bypass with Distal Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Operative Technique.
- Predictors of seizure freedom in the surgical treatment of supratentorial cavernous malformations.
- Aneurysms associated with non-moyamoya collateral arterial networks: report of three cases and review of literature.
- Giant Intracranial Aneurysms: Evolution of Management in a Contemporary Surgical Series.
- Stroke in the new millenium.
- Segmental anatomy of cerebellar arteries: a proposed nomenclature.
- Elevated BNP is Associated with Vasospasm-Independent Cerebral Infarction Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
- Anatomical triangles defining surgical routes to posterior inferior cerebellar artery Aneurysms.
- The azygos anterior cerebral artery bypass: double reimplantation technique for giant anterior communicating artery Aneurysms.
- Vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery bypass using a radial artery graft for hemorrhagic dissecting vertebral artery Aneurysms: surgical technique and ...
- Selecting therapy for complex Aneurysms.
- Language and motor mapping during resection of Brain arteriovenous malformations: indications, feasibility, and utility.
- Supratentorial cavernous malformations in eloquent and deep locations: surgical approaches and outcomes. Clinical article.
- Critical roles of macrophages in the formation of intracranial Aneurysm.
- Arteriovenous malformation in the adult mouse Brain resembling the human disease.
- Evidence of endothelial progenitor cells in the human Brain and spinal cord arteriovenous malformations.
- Perfusion computed tomographic imaging and surgical selection with patients after poor-grade Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Rotational vertebral Artery occlusion-series of 9 cases.
- Clinical presentation and surgical management of intramedullary Spinal cord cavernous malformations.
- Surgical technique of temporary arterial occlusion in the operative management of Spinal hemangioblastomas.
- Pediatric intracranial Aneurysms.
- Comparison of 2 approaches for determining the natural history risk of Brain arteriovenous malformation rupture.
- Supracerebellar-supratrochlear and infratentorial-infratrochlear approaches: gravity-dependent variations of the lateral approach over the cerebellum.
- A supplementary grading scale for selecting patients with Brain arteriovenous malformations for surgery.
- Improvement in intensive care unit outcomes in patients with subarachnoid Hemorrhage after initiation of neurointensivist co-management.
- Reduced expression of integrin alphavbeta8 is associated with Brain arteriovenous malformation pathogenesis.
- Deep bypasses to the distal posterior circulation: anatomical and clinical comparison of pretemporal and subtemporal approaches.
- Multiple intracranial Aneurysms and moyamoya disease associated with microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II: surgical considerations.
Schools
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
John Hopkins University
Barrow Neur Institute
Procedures Preformed
- CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Repair
- Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
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Conditions Treated
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Barrow Neurological Institute -
Johns Hopkins University -
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hospital
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San Francisco VA Medical Center -
UCSF Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1073562294 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LAWTON | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MICHAEL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 941432202 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 67.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1073562294 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LAWTON |
| First Name Of The Provider | MICHAEL |
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