Curriculum Vitae
Brief Bio Dr. Dennis Mollman, Associate Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, is also the Director of Neurosciences for the 13-member Hospital Sisters Health System. He has a special interest in intraoperative image guided neurosurgery of the spine. His other surgical interests include image guided and stereotactic cranial surgery, minimally invasive spinal surgery, and stereotactic radiosurgery. He graduated with honors from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He obtained his PhD in organic chemistry at Washington University followed by his medical degree at St. Louis University. He served his neurosurgery residency at the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining SIU in 2008, Dr. Mollman was Vice-Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Co-Director of the Spine Center. Dr. Mollman is board certified in neurological science. He is a member of several medical societies, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, William T. Peyton Society and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. His research interests include computer assisted image guided surgery and biomechanics of biological implants. To make an appointment with Dr. Mollman, please call SIU Physicians & Surgeons at 217-545-5878.
ACADEMIC RECORD: College: University of Missouri - St.Louis, Graduate: Washington University, Medical: St. Louis University School of Medicine Internship: University of Minnesota Residency:University of Minnesota
Licensed: Missouri 5-4-87 (No. R7G01) - inactive Wisconsin 1-15-04 Minnesota 11/11/06 27625 Illinois 7/2008
BOARD CERTIFIED: Board Certified American Board of Neurological
PAST HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS: St. Luke's Hospital Missouri Baptist Hospital Shriner’s Hospital University of Minnesota Medical Center – Fairview
PAST POSITION: Neurosurgical Associates, Inc. Spine Care Specialists Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery University of Minnesota Medical School Co-Director Spine Center – Fairview
CURRENT HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS: Memorial Hospital – Springfield, IL PRESENT POSITION: Associate Professor Neurosurgery SIU Medical school MEDICAL SOCIETIES: 1. Congress of Neurological Surgeons--June 1981
RESEARCH: College:Natural products chemistry two years; isolated and Graduate School: Under the direction of Dr. David Lipkin; Ph.D. Medical School: Under the direction of Dr. Robert Olsen an investigation of the role of vitamin K in carboxylation reactions was completed. A carboxylation vitamin K moiety was identified. Summer 1978 was appointed a research fellowship in the department of chemistry at Washington University. Synthetic organic chemistry projects were pursued as well as teaching in the student laboratories.
RESEARCH: Residency: Under the direction of Dr. Stephen Haines the efficacy of acute evacuation of pontine hematomas was studied in cats. Funding of $5,000.00 from Minnesota Medical Foundation was awarded for the proposal. A protocol for the evaluation of subdural catheters Investigator, Protocol #8903, A Phase I/I study to determine the effect of combining interstitial hyperthermia with systemic chemotherapy for recurrent malignant intracranial tumors; Activation date June 1, 1989.
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS: 1. Ph.D. Thesis. 2. Factors Affecting Post-operative Wound Infection - Evidence Suggesting 3.Risk Factors for Postoperative Neurosurgical Wound Infection, A 4.Analysis of the Subdural Catheter Technique of ICP Measurement: A 5.A Clinical Comparison of Subarachnoid Catheters to Ventriculostomy and 6. Spinal Dysraphism - chapter 16, p. 401-412, in Spinal Surgery, vol 2, ed. K. Bridwell, R. DeWald. 7.Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy; presented at St. Luke's/St.Johns/ 8.Faculty, AO North America Operating Room Personnel Course – Spine 9.Director, Cadaver Lab Spinal Surgical Techiniques – University of Minnesota Medical Center– Feb 2007 10.Director, Cadaver Lab Spinal Surgical Techiniques – University of Minnesota Medical Center– Feb 2008 11.New Generation Intraoperative 3-Dimensional Imaging (O-arm) in 100 Spine Surgeries: Does It Change the Surgical Procedure; submitted J Neurosurg Spine 3/2008.
GRANTS: 1. Educational grant from Johnson and Johnson, DePuy Spine 2/2007 for resident education cadaver lab - $70,000.00 HOSPITAL POSITIONS: Medical Director on the Neurosurgical ICU 1989 to 2003
University of Minnesota Medical Center Medical Director of Clinical Operations – Neurosurgery
Park Nicollet – Methodist Hospital
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: H. Dennis Mollman, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Dennis Mollman graduated from the University of Missouri in 1974 with a B.S. in Chemistry with honors. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Washington University. Medical school training was at St. Louis University with the awarding of an M.D. degree. His residency was pursued in Neurosurgery at the highly respected University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis. He entered private practice in St. Louis in 1987 with Neurosurgical Associates, Inc., one of the oldest private practice groups in the country. He became board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in August of 1989. He is presently a member of the two large national neurosurgical societies, both the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, he is also a member of the William T. Peyton Society and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Past hospital affiliations were St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri, Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and the Shriner’s Hospital in St. Louis, University of Minnesota School of Medicine Hospitals, Minneapolis Methodist Hospital, and the Minneapolis VA Hospital. He left Missouri in 2003 along with over half of the neurosurgeons in the state due to the soaring costs of medical malpractice. He then practiced at Wausau Hospital in Wausau, Wisconsin as a member of Spine Care Specialists. Due to the inability to recruit another neurosurgeon, the ever other night call became unacceptable resulting in the move to Minnesota. He joined the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery as an Associate Professor, Vice-Chairman, and also has an appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. As the department expanded its relationship with the Park Nicollet Health System, Dr. Mollman became the chairman of neurosurgery Park Nicollet while maintaining his position at the University of Minnesota. His special interests inside of the neurosurgical field are: complex and minimally invasive spinal surgery, stereotactic and image guided cranial surgery for tumors and vascular lesions, epilepsy surgery, and radiosurgery. Dr. Mollman has published articles in the fields of organic chemistry, biochemistry, and neurosurgery. He is a published author in a textbook of spinal surgery. He was the project director for Neurosurgical Associates transition to electronic medical records helping to design and program the final product. At the University of Minnesota he lead the re-organization of the clinical practice and was an active member of multiple administrative committees. As Division Head of Neurosurgery at Park Nicollet clinics he participated in the advancement of the division and development of a minimally invasive spine surgery program. He is now the Chairman of the Division of Neurosurgery at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield. Outside of neurosurgery he enjoys: fly fishing, his golden retriever - Max, downhill skiing, French cooking, bicycling, canoeing, photography, computer programming and private aviation.
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