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Hilary Onyiuke, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FAANS

Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery
Co-Director, Comprehensive Spine Center
Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Clinical Affairs

NPI Number: 1336146992
Academic Office Location: Neurosurgery The Brain and Spine Institute UConn Health 5 Munson Road Farmington, CT 06032-5540
Phone:	860-679-8080 860-679-4719
Fax:	860-679-1419
Website(s):	The Brain and Spine Institute

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Education & Training
Clinical Interests
Committees & Organizations
Research
Publications
Presentations

Dr. Hilary C. Onyiuke is Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, and Co-Director of the Comprehensive Spine Center. He previously served as Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at UConn Health and Director of the Head Injury Program at Hartford Hospital. He has a special interest in complex surgery of the cervical and lumbar spine and skull-based surgery.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
MBBS	College of Medicine, University of Ibadan	Medicine

Degree

Institution

Major

MBBS

College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

Medicine

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Internship	Park Lane General Hospital
Residency	College of Medicine, University College Hospital	Surgery
Residency	Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto	Neurosurgery
Fellowship	Sunnybrook Health Science Center	Head Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury

Training

Institution

Specialty

Internship

Park Lane General Hospital

Residency

College of Medicine, University College Hospital

Surgery

Residency

Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto

Neurosurgery

Fellowship

Sunnybrook Health Science Center

Head Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
E. Latunde Odeku First Prize in Neurosurgery	University of Ibadan
Distinction in Human Anatomy	University of Ibadan

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

E. Latunde Odeku First Prize in Neurosurgery

University of Ibadan

Distinction in Human Anatomy

University of Ibadan

Special interested in artificial intelligence (AI) in neurosurgery practice, including the use of virtual reality techniques in spine surgery.

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Credentials Committee, University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2024	2024
Congress of Neurological Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2024	2024
New England Neurosurgical Society	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	Regional	2024	2024
Brain and Spine Institute Steering Committee	Advisory Committee		UConn Health	Local	2024	2024
Educational Resources Subcommittee, University of Connecticut,	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2008
University of Connecticut Health Center	Advisory Committee	Lead Physician for Neurosurgery	UConn Health	University
Admissions Committee	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
American Association of Neurological Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
American College of Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
American Board of Neurological Surgery	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Joint Section Neurotrauma & Critical Care	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
American Medical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Hartford County Medical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	Local
International Neurotrauma Society	Professional/Scientific Organization	Charter Member	External	International

Name & Description

Journal Articles

Dorsal arachnoid web of the thoracic spine associated with an arachnoid cyst and a presyrinx state as an unexplained cause of thoracic myelopathy: illustrative case.
Halloran, Patrick J; Leclair, Nathan K; Bulsara, Ketan R; Chozick, Bruce S; Moss, Isaac L; Becker, Kevin P; Gershon, Abner S; Onyiuke, Hilary C Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons 2024 Aug;8(8):
Genomic characterization of an esthesioneuroblastoma with spinal metastases: illustrative case.
Marin, Bianca M; Leclair, Nathan K; Shen, Erica; Buehler, Avery; Hegde, Upendra P; Wu, Qian; Becker, Kevin; Li, Lei; Brown, Seth; Wolansky, Leo J; Onyiuke, Hilary; Choi, David; Bulsara, Ketan R Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons 2023 Dec;6(23):
DNA methylation provides diagnostic value for meningioma recurrence in clinical practice.
Shen, Erica; Leclair, Nathan K; Herlth, Kristi; Soucy, Melissa; Renzette, Nick; Zhuo, Xinming; Kelly, Kevin; Omerza, Gregory; Onyiuke, Hilary; McNeill, Ian; Wolansky, Leo; Becker, Kevin; Li, Lei; Wu, Qian; Bulsara, Ketan R Acta neurochirurgica 2023 Mar;
Onyiuke Grading Scale: A clinical classification system for the diagnosis and management of Bertolotti syndrome.
Knopf, J; Lee, S; Bulsara, K; Moss, I; Choi, D; Onyiuke, H Neuro-Chirurgie 2021 May;
Rheumatoid pannus presenting as a large epidural mass in the subaxial cervical spine: A case report.
Leclair, N K; Knopf, J; Baldwin, M; Forouhar, F; Onyiuke, H Neuro-Chirurgie 2021 Mar;
Vertebral metastasis from a primary parotid adenocarcinoma: a case study.
Dhaliwal, Joravar; Calafiore, Rebecca; Bulsara, Ketan R; Onyiuke, Hilary World neurosurgery 2019 Mar;
A prospective, randomized trial of cognitive intervention for postoperative pain.
Gavin, Michael; Litt, Mark; Khan, Ahmed; Onyiuke, Hilary; Kozol, Robert The American surgeon 2006 May;72(5):414-8
Comparison of percutaneous ventriculostomies and intraparenchymal monitor: a retrospective evaluation of 156 patients.
Khan, S H; Kureshi, I U; Mulgrew, T; Ho, S Y; Onyiuke, H C Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement 1998 Jan;7150-2
Hemorrhagic Necrotic Schwanoma Presenting as Purulent Meningitis. Case Report And Review Of Literature
Onyiuke HC, MacLean A, Schwartz M, Louie M, Ang LC Canadian Journal of Neurological Science 1998 Jan;25164-167
Nitric oxide (NO) metabolism in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with severe head injury. Inflammation as a possible cause of elevated no metabolites.
Uzan, M; Tanriover, N; Bozkus, H; Gumustas, K; Guzel, O; Kuday, C Surgical neurology 1998 Jan;56(6):350-6
Idiopathic granulomatous angiitis of the CNS manifesting as diffuse white matter disease.
Finelli, P F; Onyiuke, H C; Uphoff, D F Neurology 1997 Dec;49(6):1696-9
PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA ARISING FROM THE CONUS MEDULLARIS IN AN ADULT: A CASE REPORT
ASIA JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA ARISING FROM THE CONUS MEDULLARIS IN AN ADULT: A CASE REPORT
NATHAN LECLAIR, AVERY BUEHLER, LUKE NOSTRA-ROBERTS, KEVIN BECKER,ISAAC MOPSS, KETAN BULSARA, HILARY ONYIUKE
SPINAL LYMPHOMA PRESENTING AS EPIDURAL AND RETROPLEURAL MASS WITH CONCOMTANT PATHOLOGICAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE: A CASE REPORT
CUREUS

Abstracts

DNA METHYLATION PROVIDES DIAGNOSTIC VALUE FOR MENINGIOMA RECURRENCE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Head Injury: Early and Late Sequelae Delivered to Rockville Medical Staff	Talk	Rockville General Hospital	1998	Rockville, Connecticut
Hospital Delivered to Greater Hartford Trauma Group	Talk	Hartford Hospital	1998	Hartford, Connecticut
Neurosurgical Emergencies, House Staff Intro Lecture Series	Lecture	Neurology Department, Hartford Hospital	1998	Hartford,Connecticut
Neurotrauma Guidelines, Were We Wrong All Along?	Talk	Trauma and Critical Care '97 - Point/Counterpoint XVI	1997	Boston Park Hotel, Boston, MA
Spinal Cord Injury Visiting Professor, Department of Neurosurgery	Talk	The Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Medical University	1997	Jinan, Shandong, P.R. of China
Neurosurgical Critical Care. Pulmonary Fellowship Program	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	1997	Farmington, Connecticut
Pathophysiology of Head Injury Delivered to 2nd Year Medical Students; Mechanisms of Diseases; Diseases of CNS Curriculum	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	1997	Farmington, Connecticut
Neurosurgical Intensive Care Management of Severe Head Injury; Presented to Medical Staff of Lawrence and Memorial Hospital	Lecture	Lawrence and Memorial Hospital	1997	New London, Connecticut
Management of Head Injury; Presented to Medical Staff of Rockville General Hospital	Lecture	Rockville General Hospital	1997	Rockville, Connecticut
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Overview, Presented to Physical Therapy Students	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	1996	Farmington, Connecticut
Management of the Head Injured Patient, Presented to Anesthesia Residents	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	1996	Farmington, Connecticut
Neurosurgical Intensive Care Management of Head Injury, Presented to Rockville Hospital’s Staff Physicians	Talk	Rockville Hospital	1996	Rockville, Connecticut
Surgical Interventions for Low Back Pain Presented to Rehabilitation Staff	Talk	University of Connecticut Health Center	1996	Farmington, Connecticut
Spinal Cord Injury Overview: Trauma Day, Presented to 3rd Year Medical Students	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	1996	Farmington, Connecticut
Pituitary Tumors Delivered to Medical Residents and Fellows	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	1996	Farmington, Connecticut
Lumbar Disc Surgery: Operative Techniques and Use of Surgical Instruments Presented to Hartford Hospital Surgical Technicians	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	1996	Hartford, Connecticut
"Management of Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) in Head Injury"	Talk	Brain Injury Association Meeting	1996	Dallas, Texas
Management of the Patient with Critical Non-Traumatic Neurologic Emergencies	Talk	Flight Nurses, Hartford Hospital	1995	Hartford, Connecticut
Pituitary Tumor in Childhood: Case Presentation and Review of Literature. Delivered to Pediatric Endocrinologists	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	1995	Farmington, Connecticut
Head and Spinal Trauma: Overview. Presented to Oral-Maxillo-Facial Surgeons	Talk	University of Connecticut Health Center	1995	Farmington, Connecticut
Neurosurgical Emergencies, Medical Staff	Talk	Charlotte Hungerford Hospital	1995	Torrington, Connecticut
Neurosurgical Emergencies,House Staff Intro Lecture Series	Lecture	Neurology Department, Hartford Hospital	1995	Hartford , Connecticut
Use Of Hyperosmolarity In Neurosurgery	Talk	Department of Biochemistry, Hartford Hospital	1994	Hartford, Connecticut
Minimal Closed Head Injury	Talk	Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital	1994	Hartford, Connecticut
Hemorrhagic, Necrotic Schwanomma Presenting As Purulent Meningitis	Talk	Neurologists/Neurosurgeons, Hartford Hospital	1994	Hartford, Connecticut
Traumatic Brain Injury to Pediatric Population	Lecture	Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center	1994	Farmington, Connecticut
Neurosurgical Emergencies, Emergency Physicians	Talk	Veteran's Memorial Medical Center	1994	Meriden, Connecticut
Evaluation of Management and Prognostic Factors in Seven Cases of Traumatic Craniocervical Dislocation.	Poster	Congress of Neurological Surgeons	1993

Title or Abstract

Type

Sponsor/Event

Date/Year

Location

Head Injury: Early and Late Sequelae Delivered to Rockville Medical Staff

Talk

Rockville General Hospital

1998

Rockville, Connecticut

Hospital Delivered to Greater Hartford Trauma Group

Talk

Hartford Hospital

1998

Hartford, Connecticut

Neurosurgical Emergencies, House Staff Intro Lecture Series

Lecture

Neurology Department, Hartford Hospital

1998

Hartford,Connecticut

Neurotrauma Guidelines, Were We Wrong All Along?

Talk

Trauma and Critical Care '97 - Point/Counterpoint XVI

1997

Boston Park Hotel, Boston, MA

Spinal Cord Injury Visiting Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Talk

The Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Medical University

1997

Jinan, Shandong, P.R. of China

Neurosurgical Critical Care. Pulmonary Fellowship Program

Lecture

University of Connecticut Health Center

1997

Farmington, Connecticut

Pathophysiology of Head Injury Delivered to 2nd Year Medical Students; Mechanisms of Diseases; Diseases of CNS Curriculum

Lecture

University of Connecticut Health Center

1997

Farmington, Connecticut

Neurosurgical Intensive Care Management of Severe Head Injury; Presented to Medical Staff of Lawrence and Memorial Hospital

Lecture

Lawrence and Memorial Hospital

1997

New London, Connecticut

Management of Head Injury; Presented to Medical Staff of Rockville General Hospital

Lecture

Rockville General Hospital

1997

Rockville, Connecticut

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Overview, Presented to Physical Therapy Students

Lecture

University of Connecticut Health Center

1996

Farmington, Connecticut

Management of the Head Injured Patient, Presented to Anesthesia Residents

Lecture

University of Connecticut Health Center

1996

Farmington, Connecticut

Neurosurgical Intensive Care Management of Head Injury, Presented to Rockville Hospital’s Staff Physicians

Talk

Rockville Hospital

1996

Rockville, Connecticut

Surgical Interventions for Low Back Pain Presented to Rehabilitation Staff

Talk

University of Connecticut Health Center

1996

Farmington, Connecticut

Spinal Cord Injury Overview: Trauma Day, Presented to 3rd Year Medical Students

Lecture

University of Connecticut Health Center

1996

Farmington, Connecticut

Pituitary Tumors Delivered to Medical Residents and Fellows

Lecture

University of Connecticut Health Center

1996

Farmington, Connecticut

Lumbar Disc Surgery: Operative Techniques and Use of Surgical Instruments Presented to Hartford Hospital Surgical Technicians

Lecture

Hartford Hospital

1996

Hartford, Connecticut

"Management of Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) in Head Injury"

Talk

Brain Injury Association Meeting

1996

Dallas, Texas

Management of the Patient with Critical Non-Traumatic Neurologic Emergencies

Talk

Flight Nurses, Hartford Hospital

1995

Hartford, Connecticut

Pituitary Tumor in Childhood: Case Presentation and Review of Literature. Delivered to Pediatric Endocrinologists

Lecture

University of Connecticut Health Center

1995

Farmington, Connecticut

Head and Spinal Trauma: Overview. Presented to Oral-Maxillo-Facial Surgeons

Talk

University of Connecticut Health Center

1995

Farmington, Connecticut

Neurosurgical Emergencies, Medical Staff

Talk

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

1995

Torrington, Connecticut

Neurosurgical Emergencies,House Staff Intro Lecture Series

Lecture

Neurology Department, Hartford Hospital

1995

Hartford , Connecticut

Use Of Hyperosmolarity In Neurosurgery

Talk

Department of Biochemistry, Hartford Hospital

1994

Hartford, Connecticut

Minimal Closed Head Injury

Talk

Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital

1994

Hartford, Connecticut

Hemorrhagic, Necrotic Schwanomma Presenting As Purulent Meningitis

Talk

Neurologists/Neurosurgeons, Hartford Hospital

1994

Hartford, Connecticut

Traumatic Brain Injury to Pediatric Population

Lecture

Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center

1994

Farmington, Connecticut

Neurosurgical Emergencies, Emergency Physicians

Talk

Veteran's Memorial Medical Center

1994

Meriden, Connecticut

Evaluation of Management and Prognostic Factors in Seven Cases of Traumatic Craniocervical Dislocation.

Poster

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

1993