Curriculum Vitae

 

John S. Winestone, MD

Board Certified Neurosurgeon

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US Practice:

President, John S Winestone, MD, PC, based in Memphis, TN

Expert neurosurgical coverage at major US medical centers

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Israel Practice:

Senior Neurosurgical Consultant

Department of Neurosurgery (founding member) and Spine Unit.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.  October, 2015, current.

 

Instructor,

Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine,

Jerusalem, Israel. April 2016, current.

 

 

Past Experience

 

Partner and Attending Physician, Great Lakes Neurosurgical Associates, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. July 2011-Dec 2015. 

Privileges at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital Level I Trauma Center, Blodgett Hospital, Helen DeVoss Children’s Hospital, Mercy Health Saint Mary’s, and MetroHealth Hospital.

 

Clinical Assistant Professor, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Grand Rapids, MI, USA. July 2011-current.

 

 

Fellowship

Complex Spine Surgery, Dr. Charles Kuntz, Mayfield Clinic. University of Cincinnati University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH.  Jan-June 2011.

Clinical Instructor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

 

Fellowship

Functional Neurosurgery, Dr. Zvi Israel, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem Israel, Aug 2009-Dec 2010.  

Postdoctoral research fellow, Professor Hagai Bergman, Hebrew University Department of Medical Neuroscience. Aug 2009-Dec 2010.

 

Staff Neurosurgeon

General neurosurgery locum tenens coverage, Allen Hospital, Waterloo, IA, USA.  2010. 

 

Neurosurgical Residency

University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UT-HSC)/Semmes Murphey Clinic, 2004-2009.  Infolded fellowship in complex spine and minimally invasive spine surgery.

 

General Surgery Internship,

Department of Surgery, UT-HSC, 2003-2004.

 

Doctor of Medicine,

            UT-HSC College of Medicine, M.D., 1999-2003, Alpha Omega Alpha honors.

 

Bachelor of Arts,

University of Memphis, summa cum lauda, 1996-1999.

 

Subspecialization Interests:

 

Complex Spine

Functional Neurosurgery

General Cranial Neurosurgery

 

Other Professional Employment:

 

Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc., Consultant, Minimally Invasive Technique Instructor, 2006-2009.

 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Student Research Fellow, University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, Department of Physiology, May- August 2000.

 

Research Internship, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, May-August 1998.

 

Languages:

 

English, Hebrew.

 

Published articles

 

Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring for C1-2 spinal cord stimulation.

Muncie LM, Ellens NR, Tolod-Kemp E, Feler CA, Winestone JS.

J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Sep 30:1-7.

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Winestone JS, Zaidel A, Bergman H, Israel Z. The use of macroelectrodes in recording cellular spiking activity.  J Neurosci Methods. 2012 Apr 30 206 (1) 34-9

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Winestone JS, Farley CW, Curt BA, Chavanne A, Dollin N, Pettigrew DB, Kuntz C.  Laminectomy, durotomy, and piotomy effects on spinal cord intramedullary pressure in severe cervical and thoracic kyphotic deformity: a cadaveric study.  J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Nov 11

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Akbar U, Jones T, Winestone J, Michael M, Skukla A, Sun Y, Duntsch C. Delivery of temozolomide to the tumor bed via biodegradable gel matrices in a novel model of intracranial glioma without resection. J Neurooncol.  2009 Apr 1.

 

Winestone JS, Lin J, Sanford RA, Boop FA.  Subepyndemal hemangioblastomas of the cervicomedullary junction: lessons learned in the management of two cases.   Childs Nerv Syst. 2007 Jul;23(7):761-4. 2007 Mar 30.

 

Winestone JS, Bonner C, Leffler CW. Carbon monoxide as an attenuator of vasoconstriction in piglet cerebral arterioles.  Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2003 Jan;228(1):46-50. 

 

Presentations

 

Winestone, JS.  Lesions of the Spine and Spinal Cord.  Senior Medical Student Introductory Clinical Lectures, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Dec 5 and case studies Dec 8, 2016.

 

Winestone, JS.  Controversies in Spondylolisthesis, To Reduce or not to reduce.  Grand Rounds, Department of Orthopedics, Hadassah University Hospital and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, March 30, 2016

 

Winestone, JS.  Principles of Neurotrauma.  Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bezalel School of Industrial Design, Mt. Scopus Campus, Nov 2, 2015

 

Winestone, JS. Lesions of the Conus Medullaris and Cauda Equina.  Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine Clinical Neuroscience course, Oct 28, 2015.

 

Winestone, JS.  Principles of Neurotrauma, Departments of Surgery, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine.  Shaare Zedek Hospital, October 2015

 

Winestone, JS.  Principles of Spinal Deformity for the General Neurosurgeon.  Monday Night Resident Conference, August 3, 2015.  Department of Neurosurgery, UT-HSC, Memphis, TN.

 

Winestone JS.  Management of Spinal Metastases.  Grand Rounds, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel June 28, 2012.

 

Winestone JS.  Fixation technique for C2 Odonotid Fractures.  Grand Rounds, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hosptial, Jerusalem, Israel.  Feb 2, 2012.

 

Winestone JS.  Principles of Neurological Trauma: Cranial and Spinal Injury.  Metro Health Hospital Resident Lecture, Grand Rapids, MI; August 2011.

 

Winestone, JS.  Adult Spinal Deformity: An Introduction – What Every Neurosurgeon needs to Know. Grand Rounds, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel (Hebrew).  July 7, 2011.

 

Winestone, JS. Kuntz, C IV.  Deformity Principles in the Management of Spondylolisthesis.  Winter Clinics Symposium, Feb 28, 2011, Snowmass, Colorado.

 

Winestone, JS.  The Debate of Optimal Targeting for Parkinson’s Disease: STN versus GPi.  Hadassah University Hospital Parkinsons Research Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel March 2010. (Hebrew).

 

Winestone, JS. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure.  Allen Hospital Staff, Waterloo, Iowa, Feb 10, 2010.

 

Winestone, JS.  2007 Memphis Neuro-trauma Conference:  Timing of Spine Surgery in Multitrauma Patients.  Memphis, TN, August, 2007.

 

Winestone, JS, Boop, FA, Einhaus, SL, Sanford, RA, Muhlbauer, MS, Watridge, CB.  Extracranial intracranial (EC-IC) bypass prevents progression of symptomatic ischemia in children with Moya Moya disease.  2006 Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, March, 2006, Sea Island, Georgia, USA.

 

Winestone, JS, Boop, FA, Gross, NL, Muhlbauer, MS, Einhaus, SL, Sanford, RA. Growing Skull Fractures, the Memphis Experience.  Presented at American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Pediatric Section Meeting, November, 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA.

 

Winestone JS, Lin J, Sanford RA, Boop FA.  Subepyndemal hemangioblastomas of the cervicomedullary junction: lessons learned in the management of two cases.   March, 2003. Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA

 

Book Chapters

 

Israel Z, Winestone JS, Zaidel A, Rosin B, Soreq L, Eitan R, Bergman H.  The Future of DBS in Augmenting Cognition,  2011.

 

Timmons, SD and Winestone, JS. “Moderate Head Injury”

Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the Brain, Jallo and Vaccaro, eds. 2009, Thieme Medical Publishers,

 

Winestone, JS and Sills, AK.  Eloquent cortex low grade glioma.  Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers, Nader ed.  2009, Thieme Medical Publishers.

 

Winestone, JS and Sills, AK.  Central Nervous System Lymphoma.  Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers, Nader, ed.  2009, Thieme Medical Publishers.

 

Professional Membership

 

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

AOSpine North America

Israel Medical Assocation

Tennessee Medical Association

Israel Neurosurgical Society

Israel Spine Society

 

Medical Licensure

 

Tennessee, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, North Dakota, Israel

 

Professional Certification

 

Board Certified, American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2014

Board Certified, Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health, Scientific Council, Israel, 2015.

Passed USMLE Step I, II, III 2001, 2003, 2004.

 

Honors/Leadership

 

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

National Institutes of Health Medical Student Research Fellowship Grant, 2000.

Academic Excellence Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Memphis, 1996-1999.

 

Courses

 

Depuy Synthes ProDisc Cervical Artificial Disc Course 2013

Depuy Synthes Direct Lateral Implant Course 2013

Mazor Spine Assist Robotics Course, 2011

Mazor Robotic Cranial Access Course, 2012

Medtronic X-Stop Certification Course, Memphis, TN 2009

BostonScientific Spinal Cord Stimulation Course, Memphis, TN 2008.

Zimmer Dynesis Dynamic Stabilization Course, Memphis, TN 2007

International Neuro-Oncology Update, Memphis, TN 2006

Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Minimal Access Spinal Techniques, 2006

Endovascular Techniques for Residents AANS Course, 2006

Innovations in Sports Medicine, Memphis, TN 2005

Skull Base Course for Neurosurgical Residents, AANS-North American Skull Base Society, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007