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Daniel E. Couture, M.D.

Daniel E. Couture, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Surgical Sciences-Neurosurgery
Childress Institute
Pediatrics
Childress Institute
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-4081
Fax:
336-716-3065
Clinical Specialties
Cerebrovascular Surgery , Spina Bifida , Chiari Malformation/Syringomyelia , Neurosurgery , Neuroendoscopy , Pediatric Spine Surgery , Pediatric Brain Tumors , Pediatric Cerebrovascular Surgery , Neurosurgery (pediatric) , Craniofacial Surgery
Education & Training
  MDUniversity of Virginia
ResidencyNeurosurgeryUniversity of Virginia2000
  NeurosurgeryNorth Carolina Baptist Hospital2006
InternshipSurgeryNorth Carolina Baptist Hospital2001
FellowshipNeurosurgeryPrimary Childrens Hosp2007
Memberships
North Carolina Neurosurgical Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
American Medical Association
Childrens' Oncology Group
Congress of Neurological Surgery
Forsyth County Medical Society
NPI Number
1124210950
Daniel E. Couture, M.D.

Daniel E. Couture, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Surgical Sciences-Neurosurgery
Childress Institute
Pediatrics
Childress Institute
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-4081
Fax:
336-716-3065
Recent Publications
Lantz PE, Couture DE, Tillett J. Authors' response [to Commentary on: Lantz PE, Couture DE. Fatal acute intracranial injury, subdural hematoma, and retinal hemorrhages caused by stairway fall. J Forensic Sci 2011;56(6):1648-53] [letter]. J Forensic Sci. 2012; 57(2):562.


Wood J, Couture D, David LR. Midline dermoid cyst resulting in frontal bone erosion. J Craniofac Surg. 2012; 23(1):131-134.


Fisher DC, Kornrumpf BP, Couture D, Glazier SS, Argenta LC, David LR. Increased incidence of metopic suture abnormalities in children with positional plagiocephaly. J Craniofac Surg. 2011; 22(1):89-95.


Ririe DG, Smith TE, Wood BC, Glazier SS, Couture DE, Argenta LC, David LR. Time-dependent perioperative anesthetic management and outcomes of the first 100 consecutive cases of spring-assisted surgery for sagittal craniosynostosis. Pediatr Anesth. 2011; 21(10):1015-1019.


Lantz PE, Couture DE. Fatal acute intracranial injury, subdural hematoma, and retinal hemorrhages caused by stairway fall. J Forensic Sci. 2011; 56(6):1648-1653.


David LR, Plikaitis CM, Couture D, Glazier SS, Argenta LC. Outcome analysis of our first 75 spring-assisted surgeries for scaphocephaly. J Craniofac Surg. 2010; 21(1):3-9.


Couture D, Avery N, Brockmeyer DL. Occipitocervical instrumentation in the pediatric population using a custom loop construct: initial results and long-term follow-up experience. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010; 5(3):285-291.


Benzel EC, Couture D, Kim PK, Klineberg E, Lavelle WF, Miele VJ, Mohit AA, Montgomery WH, Reisenberg RI, Ugokwe KT. Spinal injuries. In: Samandouras G, ed. The neurosurgeon's handbook. New York: Oxford University Press; 2010: 239-300.


Benzel EC, Couture D, Kim PK, Klineberg E, Lavelle WF, Miele VJ, Mohit AA, Montgomery WH, Reisenberg RI, Ugokwe KT. Non-traumatic spinal disorders. In: Samandouras G, ed. The neurosurgeon's handbook. New York: Oxford University Press; 2010: 781-866.


Stevens EA, Palavecino E, Sherertz RJ, Shihabi Z, Couture DE. Effects of antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains on bacterial culture results: an in vitro analysis. J Neurosurg. 2010; 113(1):86-92.


Couture DE. Antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains [editorial response]. J Neurosurg. 2010; 113(1):85.


Plikaitis CM, Purzycki AR, Couture D, David LR. Pediatric frontal mucocele secondary to a bifid frontal sinus septum. J Craniofac Surg. 2010; 21(5):1525-1528.


Pyle J, Glazier S, Couture D, Sanger C, Gordon S, David L. Spring-assisted surgery--a surgeon's manual for the manufacture and utilization of springs in craniofacial surgery. J Craniofac Surg. 2009; 20(6):1962-1968.
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