Shekar N. Kurpad, M.D., Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Professor of Neurosurgery Medical Director, Spinal Cord Injury Center Medical College of Wisconsin HOME ADDRESS: N38 W28794 Middlefield Road Pewaukee, WI 53072 (414) 940-8605 OFFICE ADDRESS: Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Neurosurgery 9200 W Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, WI 53226 Phone: (414) 805-5410 Fax: (414) 955-0115 E-mail: skurpad@mcw.edu PLACE OF BIRTH: New Delhi, India CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A. EDUCATION: 1991 M.D., Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India 1995 Ph.D., Duke University, Durham, NC 2006 UWM/MCW Faculty Leadership Program POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: 07/1995-06/1996 Intern, General Surgery University Hospitals of Cleveland Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 07/1996-06/2001 Resident, Neurosurgery University Hospitals of Cleveland Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
07/1998-12/1998 Fellowship, Skull Base Surgery University of Tennessee Memphis, TN 07/2000-12/2000 Fellowship, Neuro-Oncology University Hospitals of Cleveland Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 01/2001-06/2001 Fellowship, Spinal Neurosurgery Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: 07/2001 Guest Scientist Intramural Program National Institute of Drug Abuse National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD 08/2001-06/2002 Guest Scientist Department of Neuroscience Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 01/2002-12/2006 Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery 01/2007-06/2014 Associate Professor Department of Neurosurgery 2014-Current Professor with Tenure Department of Neurosurgery 2005-Current Adjunct Faculty Department of Neuroscience Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 2005-Current Adjunct Faculty Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 2007-Current Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology and Neurobiology 2014-Current Invited Guest Faculty University of Toronto School of Medicine Toronto ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 7/2011- Present Director, Spinal Neurosurgery Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin 7/2012- Present Member Clinical Competency Committee, Department of Neurosurgery 07-2009-Present Member, Medical College of Wisconsin Global Health Pathway HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 07/2002-09/2015 Chief, Neurosurgery Service Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center 5000 W. National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295 03/2009-Current Medical Director, Spinal Cord Injury Center Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI 04/2009- Current Clinical Director, SpineCare, Oconomowoc WI 04/2009-Current 07/2012-Current 2012-Present Member, Spinecare Leadership Committee Clinical Director, Spinecare Member Practice Services and Operations Committee, Froedtert Hospital 2012 Member and Co-Leader (with Diane Braza MD), Subcommittee for Surgical Operations Improvement, Froedtert Hospital Departmental Liaison, Trauma Committee, Froedtert Hospital
2014 Member, Froedtert/Medical College Physicians E-Consult Team RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 04 2009-Current Co-Chair (with Stephen Duncan D Phil), Medical College of Wisconsin Human Embryonic Stem Cell Committee, Milwaukee WI 2013 Co-Leader (with Stephen Duncan, D. Phil), Dean s Regenerative Medicine Research Strategy Working Group, Medical College of Wisconsin HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: 07/2002-Current Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 07/2002-Current Zablocki Veterans Medical Center 5000 W. National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295 12/2008-Current St. Joseph s Hospital 3200 Pleasant Valley Road, West Bend, WI 53095 04/2009-Current Community Memorial Hospital Menomonee Falls, WI SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: Board Certified Issue Date Expiration American Board of Neurological Surgery 05/24/2006 12/31/2016 Licensure Number Issue Date Expiration Wisconsin License 44618 06/19/02 10/31/17 AWARDS AND HONORS: 04/1983 Ranked 6th, Southern India Matriculation Examination 12/1988 Gold Medal in Pharmacology, Bangalore University 04/1991 Nizam of Hyderabad Scholarship 08/1991-05/1995 Duke University Graduate Fellowship
06/1995 Passed with Honors: Doctor of Philosophy 04/2001 William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship: AANS 2007- Best Doctors in America MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: o Indian Medical Association o North American Skull Base Society o American Association for the Advancement of Science o Society for Neuroscience o American Association for Neurological Surgeons - Fellow o Congress of Neurological Surgeons o AANS/CNS Joint Section, Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves o AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma o Wisconsin Medical Society o Rachidian Society o American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons o Neurological Society of India: Life Member JOURNAL REVIEWS: 2004-present 2005-present Journal of Neuro-Oncology Spine 2013- Neurosurgery 2014- Journal of Neurotrauma 2014- PLoS One
GRANT REVIEW: 2010-Present 2007-Present 2009-Present 2010-Present Invited Member: VA Rehab R&D Grant Review Committee Panelist: MCW Intramural Pilot Grant Review Committee Panelist. MCW CTSI Grant Review Committee External Advisory Panel, Yale University Spinal Cord Injury Consortium NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: Neurological Surgery American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons 2008-2012 Fellowship Director, American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons 2008-2012 Secretary, American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons 2012- Present President, American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons Rachidian Society: 2004-2005 Scientific Program Chairman Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2005-2006 Member, Congress of Neurological Surgery International Fellowship Committee 2004-2005 Member, Congress of Neurological Surgery Fellowships Committee 2005 Faculty, Thoracic and Lumbar Fusion: Emerging Technologies Congress of Neurological Surgery Boston MA 2006 Member, Annual Meeting Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago IL 2011-Present Member, Executive Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2011-2012 Chairman, Membership Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
2012- Present Vice Chairman, International Division, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2012-Present 2012-Present Member Fellowships Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Member, Education Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Webinar Director, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Liaison to World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Liaison to Executive Committee, Neurological Society of India 2014 Member, Annual Meeting Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2014-2016 Co-Chair, Joint Working Group, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Neurological Society of India Joint Section on Disorders of Spine and Peripheral Nerves 2012-2013 Member Scientific Program Committee, Joint Spine Section Council of State Neurosurgical Societies 2013- WI Delegate North American Spine Society Member, International Education Committee AO Spine North America Research Network Invited Member Spinal Cord Injury 2009-2013 National VA Spinal Cord Injury Consortium: Invited Member 2009-Present Site Review Panelist (Yale University) VA Spinal Cord Injury Consortium 2013-2018 Surgeon Appointee, VA Spinal Cord Injury Consortium