Skull Base Fellowship
University of Colorado · Denver, CO
June 2022 – July 2023 · Fellowship Director: Dr. Sammy YoussefELIZABETH HOGAN, MD
Thoughtful, specialized neurosurgical care for conditions of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves.
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MEET DR. HOGAN
I am a neurosurgeon who is dedicated to restoring your health and mobility.
My practice offers comprehensive, state-of-the-art care for complex conditions affecting the brain, spine, and central nervous system. I specialize in advanced operative treatments ranging from diagnostic assessments to highly complex cranial surgeries and spinal reconstructions.
My mission is to combine leading-edge surgical expertise with compassionate, patient-centered care to help you reclaim your quality of life.
Explore my clinical services →CLINICAL CARE
I provide expert diagnosis, management, and surgical intervention for a wide array of neurological disorders.
Decompression, pain relief, and spinal stabilization
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), laminectomies, microdiscectomies, and foraminotomies for herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and pinched nerves. Imaging-guided vertebroplasty for pain control in chronic, non-healing compression fractures.
Spinal fusion techniques to address structural instability and severe degenerative disc disease.
Targeted decompression and pain relief
Carpal tunnel release surgery, ulnar nerve decompression, and peroneal nerve decompression.
Complex cranial surgery and neurological conditions
Craniotomies and craniectomies for tumor resections, trauma management, and pressure relief.
Surgical correction of Chiari malformations and ventricular shunt placements for hydrocephalus and normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Image-guided information for treatment planning
Image-guided stereotactic brain biopsies and diagnostic lumbar punctures for targeted treatment planning.
THE PRACTICE OF PRECISION
Advanced surgical training, careful assessment, and a commitment to patient-centered care.
TRAINING & EDUCATION
University of Colorado · Denver, CO
June 2022 – July 2023 · Fellowship Director: Dr. Sammy YoussefGeorge Washington University · Washington, DC
July 2015 – June 2022 · Chairman: Dr. Michael RosnerUniversity of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY
July 2014 – June 2015 · Interim Chairman: Dr. Gregory CherrSt. George’s University School of Medicine · Grenada, West Indies
January 2010 – April 2014 · Magna cum laude, with a distinction in researchRESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
Publications and presentations spanning neuroanatomy, skull base surgery, pituitary disease, and more.
Hogan E, Apaydin N, Shaffer K, Tubbs RS, Loukas M.. Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (TOTBID Dergisi). 2011 Jan; 1(10): 69-78.
Tubbs RS, Hogan E, Deep A, Mortazavi MM, Loukas M, Oakes WJ. Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Mar;27(3):345-7
Martin S, Hogan E, Sorenson EP, Cohen-Gadol AA, Tubbs RS, Loukas M. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Jan 25
Bosmia AN, Hogan E, Loukas M, Tubbs RS, Cohen-Gadol AA. Clin Anat. 2013 Jun 27 (Epub ahead of print)
Bosmia AN, Tubbs RS, Hogan E, Bohnstedt BN, Denardo AJ, Loukas M, Cohen-Gadol AA. Clin Anat. 2013 Jun 27 (Epub ahead of print)
Marios Loukas, Elizabeth Hogan, Sara Kralovic, Mohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol. Clin Anat. 2014 Jul 25 (Epub ahead of print)
Young-Bin Song, Koichi Watanabe, Elizabeth Hogan, Anthony V. D’Antoni, Anthony C. DiLandro, Nihal Apaydin, Marios Loukas, Mohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs Clin Anat. 2014 Jul 27(5):789-97
R. Shane Tubbs, Christoph J. Griessenauer, Elizabeth Hogan, Marios Loukas, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol. Clin Anat. 2014 Jan 27(1):94-6
Elizabeth Hogan, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi Epilepsy Foundation website; 3/2017
Elizabeth Hogan, IsabelAlmira-Suarez, SiyuanLi, Sean P.Collins, Walter C.Jean World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb;122:464-468
Walter C. Jean, Alexander X. Tai, Elizabeth Hogan, Aalap Herur-Raman, Daniel R. Felbaum, Jody Leonardo, Hasan R. Syed Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2019 May;161(5):975-983
Neil D. Almeida, Andrea L. Klein, Elizabeth A. Hogan, Samantha J. Terhaar, Jayanidhi Kedda, Prayerna Uppal, Kenneth Sack, Michael Keidar, Jonathan H. Sherman. World Neurosurg. 2019 Oct;130:369-376. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.209. Epub 2019 Jul 5. PMID: 31284051.
View publication ↗Elizabeth Hogan, MD, Darshan Vora, BS, Jonathan H. Sherman, MD, Chin Neurosurg J. 2020 Mar 30;6:8. doi: 10.1186/s41016-020-00189-y. PMID: 32922937; PMCID: PMC7398220.
View publication ↗Almeida ND, Lee R, Wei C, Lee D, Asif U, Almeida NC, Klein AL, Hogan E, Sack K, Sherman JH. World Neurosurg. 2021 Apr;148:e74-e86. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.12.007. Epub 2020 Dec 9. PMID: 33307267.
View publication ↗Alvarez R, Mastorakos P, Hogan E, Scott G, Lonser RR, Wiley HE, Chew EY, Chittiboina P. Retrobulbar Hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Clinical Course and Management. Neurosurgery. 2021 Apr 15;88(5):1012-1020. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa565. PMID: 33442737; PMCID: PMC8223245.
View publication ↗Alvarez R, Hogan E, Asuzu DT, Wu T, Oshegbo G, McGlotten R, Cortes M, Hayes C, Stratakis CA, Tatsi C, Nieman LK, Chittiboina P. Diurnal Range and Intra-patient Variability of ACTH Is Restored With Remission in Cushing's Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Oct 18;108(11):2812-2820. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgad309. PMID: 37261392; PMCID: PMC10584004.
View publication ↗Khanna O, Hogan E, Alvarez R, Youssef AS. How I do it: hearing preservation in large vestibular schwannomas using vestibular nerve fiber preservation technique. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2024 Feb 26;166(1):105. doi: 10.1007/s00701-024-05998-z. PMID: 38403779.
View publication ↗Kalmanson O, Olson M, Ovard O, Freeman L, Ung TH, Hogan E, Cass S, Youssef AS, Gubbels S. Factors Affecting Speech Discrimination After Vestibular Schwannoma Resection. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Sep 1;45(8):e595-e601. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004252. Epub 2024 Jul 16. PMID: 39010263; PMCID: PMC11324384.
View publication ↗Olson MG, Park TD, Alvarez R, Hogan EA, Ovard O, Khanna O, Youssef AS. The effect of SARS-CoV-2 on the incidence of post-operative venous sinus thrombosis following skull base procedures. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2024 Jul 22;166(1):302. doi: 10.1007/s00701-024-06197-6. PMID: 39037618.
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Pinsker R, Upadhyay H, Cervantes J, Hogan E, Patel P, Cervellione K. (2013). Poster presented at: AACE 22nd ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC & CLINICAL CONGRESS; Pheonix, AZ
Yasawini Iyer; Elizabeth Hogan, MD; Konstantinos Floros, PHD; Prashant Chittibonia, MD presented at: NIH Summer Poster Day August 2019
Nivetha Aravind; Elizabeth Hogan, MD; Konstantinos Floros, PHD; Prashant Chittibonia, MD presented at: NIH Summer Poster Day August 2019
Elizabeth Hogan, MD; Jonathan Sherman, MD; January 20, 2017
By: Elizabeth Hogan, MD; Buell, Catherine; Watson, Joseph, MD; January 19, 2018
Authors: Elizabeth Hogan, MD, Gretchen Scott, RN, Charlampos Lysikatos-Lyssikatos, MD, Raven McGlotten, RN, Constantine Stratakis, MD, DSc, Lynnette Nieman, MD and Prashant Chittiboina, MD: Accepted as oral talk at Virginia Meeting and Skull base conference 2020.
Authors: Elizabeth Hogan, MD, Lalith Talagala, PhD, Joelle Sarlls, PhD, Hellmut Merkle, PhD, Alan Koretsky, PhD, Gretchen Scott, RN, John Butman, MD, PhD and Prashant Chittiboina, MD: Accepted as oral talk at Skull base conference and Poster at AANS 2020.
Authors: Reinier Alvarez, Elizabeth Hogan, Tianxia Wu, Gretchen Scott, Constantine Stratakis, Lynnette Nieman, Prashant Chittiboina: Accepted for oral talk at Endocrine meeting 2020.
IN THE MEDIA
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PATIENT PERSPECTIVES
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