Karin S. Bierbrauer, MD

Medical Degree: University of South Carolina 1984

Clinical Interests — fetal malformations of the brain and spinal cord; spina bifida; tethered cord; head injury

Peer Reviewed Publications

Ostling, Lauren R; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Kuntz, Charles  (2012). Outcome, reoperation, and complications in 99 consecutive children operated for tight or fatty filum. World neurosurgery, 77 (1) , 187-91More Information

Kumar, Nirupama; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Grewal, HarshMicrolaparoscopic-assisted lumboperitoneal shunt in the lateral position for pseudotumor cerebri in a morbidly obese adolescent. JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons / Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 10 (2) , 267-9

Needleman, J P; Panitch, H B; Bierbrauer, K S; Schidlow, D V  (2000). Chiari type I malformation in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Pediatric pulmonology, 30 (6) , 490-2

Geller, E; Yoon, M S; Loiselle, J; Crisci, K L; Bierbrauer, K S  (1997). Head injuries in children from plastic hairbeads. Pediatric radiology, 27 (10) , 790-3

Kanev, P M; Bierbrauer, K S  (1995). Reflections on the natural history of lipomyelomeningocele. Pediatric neurosurgery, 22 (3) , 137-40

Bierbrauer, K S; Storrs, B B; McLone, D G; Tomita, T; Dauser, RA prospective, randomized study of shunt function and infections as a function of shunt placement. Pediatric neurosurgery, 16 (6) , 287-91

Bixenmann, Ben J; Kline-Fath, Beth M; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Bansal, Danesh  (2014). Prenatal and postnatal evaluation for syringomyelia in patients with spinal dysraphism. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 14 (3) , 316-21More Information

Nagaraj, U D; Peiro, J L; Bierbrauer, K S; Kline-Fath, B M  (2015). Evaluation of Subependymal Gray Matter Heterotopias on Fetal MRI. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiologyMore Information

Singh, Sukhjinder; Kline-Fath, Beth; Bierbrauer, Karin; Racadio, Judy M; Salisbury, Shelia; Macaluso, Maurizio; Jackson, Elizabeth C; Egelhoff, John C  (2012). Comparison of standard, prone and cine MRI in the evaluation of tethered cord. Pediatric radiology, 42 (6) , 685-91More Information

Air, Ellen L; Yuan, Weihong; Holland, Scott K; Jones, Blaise V; Bierbrauer, Karin; Altaye, Mekibib; Mangano, Francesco T  (2010). Longitudinal comparison of pre- and postoperative diffusion tensor imaging parameters in young children with hydrocephalus. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 5 (4) , 385-91More Information

Yuan, W; Mangano, F T; Air, E L; Holland, S K; Jones, B V; Altaye, M; Bierbrauer, K  (2009). Anisotropic diffusion properties in infants with hydrocephalus: a diffusion tensor imaging study. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 30 (9) , 1792-8More Information

Hsieh, Patrick C; Ondra, Stephen L; Grande, Andrew W; O'Shaughnessy, Brian A; Bierbrauer, Karin; Crone, Kerry R; Halpin, Ryan J; Suk, Ian; Koski, Tyler R; Gokaslan, Ziya L; Kuntz, Charles  (2009). Posterior vertebral column subtraction osteotomy: a novel surgical approach for the treatment of multiple recurrences of tethered cord syndrome. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 10 (4) , 278-86More Information

Vender, John R; Bierbrauer, Karin  (2005). Delayed intracranial hypertension and cerebellar tonsillar necrosis associated with a depressed occipital skull fracture compressing the superior sagittal sinus. Case report. Journal of neurosurgery, 103 (5 Suppl) , 458-61More Information

Weiner, D; Bierbrauer, K  (1998). Ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction presenting as apnea and bradycardia. Pediatric neurosurgery, 29 (1) , 52

Jallo, J; Nathan, D; Bierbrauer, K; Farber, E  (1997). Chordoma: a case report. Surgical neurology, 48 (1) , 46-8

Merhar, S L; Kline-Fath, B M; Nathan, A T; Melton, K R; Bierbrauer, K S  (2016). Identification and management of neonatal skull fractures. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal AssociationMore Information

Nagaraj, U D; Bierbrauer, K S; Zhang, B; Peiro, J L; Kline-Fath, B M  (2017). Hindbrain Herniation in Chiari II Malformation on Fetal and Postnatal MRI. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 38 (5) , 1031-1036More Information

Wang, Lily L; Bierbrauer, Karin S  (2017). Congenital and Hereditary Diseases of the Spinal Cord. Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR, 38 (2) , 105-125More Information

Nagaraj, Usha D; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Peiro, Jose L; Kline-Fath, Beth M  (2016). Differentiating Closed Versus Open Spinal Dysraphisms on Fetal MRI. AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 207 (6) , 1316-1323More Information

Caruso, Michelle C; Daugherty, Margot C; Moody, Suzanne M; Falcone, Richard A; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Geis, Gary L  (2017). Lessons learned from administration of high-dose methylprednisolone sodium succinate for acute pediatric spinal cord injuries. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-8More Information

Patel, Smruti K; Gozal, Yair M; Krueger, Bryan M; Bayley, James C; Moody, Suzanne; Andaluz, Norberto; Falcone, Richard A; Bierbrauer, Karin S  (2018). Routine surveillance imaging following mild traumatic brain injury with intracranial hemorrhage may not be necessary. Journal of pediatric surgeryMore Information

Nagaraj, Usha D; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Stevenson, Charles B; Peiro, Jose L; Lim, Foong Yen; Habli, Mounira A; Kline-Fath, Beth M  (2020). Prenatal and postnatal MRI findings in open spinal dysraphism following intrauterine repair via open versus fetoscopic surgical techniques. Prenatal diagnosis, 40 (1) , 49-57More Information

Matur, Abhijith V; Nouri, Aria; Huang, Shenwen; Elson, Nora C; Jeong, William; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Mangano, Francesco T; Cheng, Joseph S  (2020). Complications in Children with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Following Spine Surgery: Analysis of the Pediatric National Surgery Quality Improvement Program Database. World neurosurgery, 133, e473-e478More Information

Patel, Smruti K; Zamorano-Fernandez, Jorge; Nagaraj, Usha; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Mangano, Francesco T  (2019). Not all ventriculomegaly is created equal: diagnostic overview of fetal, neonatal and pediatric ventriculomegaly. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric NeurosurgeryMore Information

Patel, Smruti K; Staarmann, Brittany; Heilman, Alexander; Mains, Allie; Woodward, Jason; Bierbrauer, Karin S  (2019). Growing up with spina bifida: bridging the gaps in the transition of care from childhood to adulthood. Neurosurgical focus, 47 (4) , E16More Information

Strahle, Jennifer M; Taiwo, Rukayat; Averill, Christine; Torner, James; Shannon, Chevis N; Bonfield, Christopher M; Tuite, Gerald F; Bethel-Anderson, Tammy; Rutlin, Jerrel; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Wellons, John C; Leonard, Jeffrey R; Mangano, Francesco T; Johnston, James M; Shah, Manish N; Iskandar, Bermans J; Tyler-Kabara, Elizabeth C; Daniels, David J; Jackson, Eric M; Grant, Gerald A; Couture, Daniel E; Adelson, P David; Alden, Tord D; Aldana, Philipp R; Anderson, Richard C E; Selden, Nathan R; Baird, Lissa C; Bierbrauer, Karin; Chern, Joshua J; Whitehead, William E; Ellenbogen, Richard G; Fuchs, Herbert E; Guillaume, Daniel J; Hankinson, Todd C; Iantosca, Mark R; Oakes, W Jerry; Keating, Robert F; Khan, Nickalus R; Muhlbauer, Michael S; McComb, J Gordon; Menezes, Arnold H; Ragheb, John; Smith, Jodi L; Maher, Cormac O; Greene, Stephanie; Kelly, Michael; O'Neill, Brent R; Krieger, Mark D; Tamber, Mandeep; Durham, Susan R; Olavarria, Greg; Stone, Scellig S D; Kaufman, Bruce A; Heuer, Gregory G; Bauer, David F; Albert, Gregory; Greenfield, Jeffrey P; Wait, Scott D; Van Poppel, Mark D; Eskandari, Ramin; Mapstone, Timothy; Shimony, Joshua S; Dacey, Ralph G; Smyth, Matthew D; Park, Tae Sung; Limbrick, David D  (2019). Radiological and clinical predictors of scoliosis in patients with Chiari malformation type I and spinal cord syrinx from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-8More Information

Shi, Angell; Kulkarni, Abhaya; Feldman, Kenneth W; Weiss, Avery; McCourt, Emily A; Schloff, Susan; Partington, Michael; Forbes, Brian; Geddie, Brooke E; Bierbrauer, Karin; Phillips, Paul H; Rogers, David L; Abed Alnabi, Waleed; Binenbaum, Gil; Levin, Alex V  (2019). Retinal Findings in Young Children With Increased Intracranial Pressure From Nontraumatic Causes. Pediatrics, 143 (2) More Information

Nagaraj, Usha D; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Stevenson, Charles B; Peiro, Jose L; Lim, Foong-Yen; Zhang, Bin; Kline-Fath, Beth M  (2018). Myelomeningocele Versus Myelocele on Fetal MR Images: Are There Differences in Brain Findings?. AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 211 (6) , 1376-1380More Information

Nagaraj, U D; Bierbrauer, K S; Stevenson, C B; Peiro, J L; Lim, F Y; Zhang, B; Kline-Fath, B M  (2018). Spinal Imaging Findings of Open Spinal Dysraphisms on Fetal and Postnatal MRI. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 39 (10) , 1947-1952More Information

Rosario, Bedda L; Horvat, Christopher M; Wisniewski, Stephen R; Bell, Michael J; Panigrahy, Ashok; Zuccoli, Giulio; Narayanan, Srikala; Balasubramani, Goundappa K; Beers, Sue R; Adelson, P David  (2018). Presenting Characteristics Associated With Outcome in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis From a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Hypothermia. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 19 (10) , 957-964More Information

Abell, Katherine; Tolusso, Leandra; Smith, Nicki; Hopkin, Robert; Vawter-Lee, Marissa; Habli, Mounira; Riddle, Stefanie; Calvo-Garcia, Maria A; Guan, Qiaoning; Bierbrauer, Karin; Hwa, Vivian; Saal, Howard M  (2020). Prenatal diagnosis of Proteus syndrome: Diagnosis of an AKT1 mutation from amniocytes. Birth defects researchMore Information

Akbari, Syed Hassan A; Rizvi, Asad A; CreveCoeur, Travis S; Han, Rowland H; Greenberg, Jacob K; Torner, James; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Wellons, John C; Leonard, Jeffrey R; Mangano, Francesco T; Johnston, James M; Shah, Manish N; Iskandar, Bermans J; Ahmed, Raheel; Tuite, Gerald F; Kaufman, Bruce A; Daniels, David J; Jackson, Eric M; Grant, Gerald A; Powers, Alexander K; Couture, Daniel E; Adelson, P David; Alden, Tord D; Aldana, Philipp R; Anderson, Richard C E; Selden, Nathan R; Bierbrauer, Karin; Boydston, William; Chern, Joshua J; Whitehead, William E; Dauser, Robert C; Ellenbogen, Richard G; Ojemann, Jeffrey G; Fuchs, Herbert E; Guillaume, Daniel J; Hankinson, Todd C; O'Neill, Brent R; Iantosca, Mark; Oakes, W Jerry; Keating, Robert F; Klimo, Paul; Muhlbauer, Michael S; McComb, J Gordon; Menezes, Arnold H; Khan, Nickalus R; Niazi, Toba N; Ragheb, John; Shannon, Chevis N; Smith, Jodi L; Ackerman, Laurie L; Jea, Andrew H; Maher, Cormac O; Narayan, Prithvi; Albert, Gregory W; Stone, Scellig S D; Baird, Lissa C; Gross, Naina L; Durham, Susan R; Greene, Stephanie; McKinstry, Robert C; Shimony, Joshua S; Strahle, Jennifer M; Smyth, Matthew D; Dacey, Ralph G; Park, Tae Sung; Limbrick, David D  (2021). Socioeconomic and demographic factors in the diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-10More Information

Nagaraj, Usha D; Venkatesan, Charu; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Kline-Fath, Beth M  (2021). Value of pre- and postnatal magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of congenital central nervous system anomalies. Pediatric radiologyMore Information

Sadler, Brooke; Skidmore, Alex; Gewirtz, Jordan; Anderson, Richard C E; Haller, Gabe; Ackerman, Laurie L; Adelson, P David; Ahmed, Raheel; Albert, Gregory W; Aldana, Philipp R; Alden, Tord D; Averill, Christine; Baird, Lissa C; Bauer, David F; Bethel-Anderson, Tammy; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Bonfield, Christopher M; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Chern, Joshua J; Couture, Daniel E; Daniels, David J; Dlouhy, Brian J; Durham, Susan R; Ellenbogen, Richard G; Eskandari, Ramin; Fuchs, Herbert E; George, Timothy M; Grant, Gerald A; Graupman, Patrick C; Greene, Stephanie; Greenfield, Jeffrey P; Gross, Naina L; Guillaume, Daniel J; Hankinson, Todd C; Heuer, Gregory G; Iantosca, Mark; Iskandar, Bermans J; Jackson, Eric M; Jea, Andrew H; Johnston, James M; Keating, Robert F; Khan, Nickalus; Krieger, Mark D; Leonard, Jeffrey R; Maher, Cormac O; Mangano, Francesco T; Mapstone, Timothy B; McComb, J Gordon; McEvoy, Sean D; Meehan, Thanda; Menezes, Arnold H; Muhlbauer, Michael; Oakes, W Jerry; Olavarria, Greg; O'Neill, Brent R; Ragheb, John; Selden, Nathan R; Shah, Manish N; Shannon, Chevis N; Smith, Jodi; Smyth, Matthew D; Stone, Scellig S D; Tuite, Gerald F; Wait, Scott D; Wellons, John C; Whitehead, William E; Park, Tae Sung; Limbrick, David D; Strahle, Jennifer M  (2021). Extradural decompression versus duraplasty in Chiari malformation type I with syrinx: outcomes on scoliosis from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-9More Information

CreveCoeur, Travis S; Yahanda, Alexander T; Maher, Cormac O; Johnson, Gabrielle W; Ackerman, Laurie L; Adelson, P David; Ahmed, Raheel; Albert, Gregory W; Aldana, Phillipp R; Alden, Tord D; Anderson, Richard C E; Baird, Lissa; Bauer, David F; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Brockmeyer, Douglas L; Chern, Joshua J; Couture, Daniel E; Daniels, David J; Dauser, Robert C; Durham, Susan R; Ellenbogen, Richard G; Eskandari, Ramin; Fuchs, Herbert E; George, Timothy M; Grant, Gerald A; Graupman, Patrick C; Greene, Stephanie; Greenfield, Jeffrey P; Gross, Naina L; Guillaume, Daniel J; Haller, Gabe; Hankinson, Todd C; Heuer, Gregory G; Iantosca, Mark; Iskandar, Bermans J; Jackson, Eric M; Jea, Andrew H; Johnston, James M; Keating, Robert F; Kelly, Michael P; Khan, Nickalus; Krieger, Mark D; Leonard, Jeffrey R; Mangano, Francesco T; Mapstone, Timothy B; McComb, J Gordon; Menezes, Arnold H; Muhlbauer, Michael; Oakes, W Jerry; Olavarria, Greg; O'Neill, Brent R; Park, Tae Sung; Ragheb, John; Selden, Nathan R; Shah, Manish N; Shannon, Chevis; Shimony, Joshua S; Smith, Jodi; Smyth, Matthew D; Stone, Scellig S D; Strahle, Jennifer M; Tamber, Mandeep S; Torner, James C; Tuite, Gerald F; Wait, Scott D; Wellons, John C; Whitehead, William E; Limbrick, David D  (2021). Occipital-Cervical Fusion and Ventral Decompression in the Surgical Management of Chiari-1 Malformation and Syringomyelia: Analysis of Data From the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. Neurosurgery, 88 (2) , 332-341More Information

Kline-Fath, Beth M; Bierbrauer, Karin S; Calvo-Garcia, Maria A; Nagaraj, Usha D  (2021). Imaging in the presence of meroanencephaly. Radiology case reports, 16 (2) , 392-395More Information