Sean M. Lew, MD, FAANS
Mardak/Vandenberg Family Chair of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Wisconsin; Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin; Director, Epilepsy Surgery, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
Locations
- Neurosciences - Children's Wisconsin
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Neenah Clinic - Children's Wisconsin
130 Second St.
Neenah, WI 54956
Contact Information
Education
Residency, Neurological Surgery, University of Vermont–Burlington, 1996-2002
Internship, Surgery, University of Vermont–Burlington, 1995-1996
MD, Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Portland, 1995
Biography
Dr. Lew has subspecialty training in pediatric neurosurgery and is board certified in both neurosurgery and pediatric neurosurgery. He has particular interest and experience in the surgical treatment of pediatric epilepsy, pediatric brain tumors, moyamoya disease and craniocervical anomalies.
He is active in clinical research with an emphasis on pediatric epilepsy, pediatric cervical spine surgery, general pediatric neurosurgery, surgical techniques and outcomes. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and his research has been presented nationally on numerous occasions.
Board Certification
- Neurological Surgery
- Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Surgical Services
- Epilepsy surgery
- Pediatric brain tumors
- Craniocervical abnormalities
- Stereotactic laser ablation for tumor or epilepsy
- Moyamoya disease revascularization surgery
- General pediatric neurosurgery
Conditions Treated
- Abnormalities of the Craniocervical Junction and Cervical Spine
- Brain Trauma
- Brain Tumors
- Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spine Trauma
- Vascular Diseases
- Pediatric Epilepsy (surgical treatment)
Clinical Programs
Locations
- Children’s Wisconsin-Milwaukee Campus
- Children’s Wisconsin-Neenah/Fox Valley
Honors and Awards
Research Interests
- Pediatric epilepsy
- Pediatric cervical spine surgery
- General pediatric neurosurgery
- Surgical techniques and outcomes
Publications
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(Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Handler MH, Tovar-Spinoza Z, Smyth MD, Bollo RJ, Donahue D, Perry MS, Levy M, Gonda D, Mangano FT, Kennedy BC, Storm PB, Price AV, Couture DE, Oluigbo C, Duhaime AC, Barnett GH, Muh CR, Sather MD, Fallah A, Wang AC, Bhatia S, Eastwood D, Tarima S, Graber S, Huckins S, Hafez D, Rumalla K, Bailey L, Shandley S, Roach A, Alexander E, Jenkins W, Tsering D, Price G, Meola A, Evanoff W, Thompson EM, Brandmeir N, Pediatric Stereotactic Laser Ablation Workgroup.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 Mar 03:1-14 PMID: 36883640 PMCID: PMC10193482 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164495860 03/09/2023
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(Best BJ, Kim I, Lew SM.) J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2022 Dec 19;4(25) PMID: 36536524 PMCID: PMC9764374 12/21/2022
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(Cowley N, Maheshwari M, Lerner DG, Lew S, Lal D, Knezevich M, Lingongo M, Gourlay D.) J Surg Res. 2022 Nov;279:193-199 PMID: 35779449 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85138457644 07/03/2022
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(Siegel L, Yan H, Warsi N, Wong S, Suresh H, Weil AG, Ragheb J, Wang S, Rozzelle C, Albert GW, Raskin J, Abel T, Hauptman J, Schrader DV, Bollo R, Smyth MD, Lew SM, Lopresti M, Kizek DJ, Weiner HL, Fallah A, Widjaja E, Ibrahim GM.) BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 08;12(4):e055886 PMID: 35396292 PMCID: PMC8995963 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127913634 04/10/2022
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(Heffernan MJ, Younis M, Glotzbecker MP, Garg S, Leonardi C, Poon SC, Brooks JT, Sturm PF, Sponseller PD, Vitale MG, Emans JB, Roye BD, Pediatric Spine Study Group (PSSG).) J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Feb 01;42(2):e132-e137 PMID: 34759190 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123393119 11/12/2021
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Body mass index affects outcomes after vertebral body tethering surgery
(Mishreky A, Parent S, Miyanji F, Smit K, Murphy J, Bowker R, Al Khatib N, El-Hawary R, Abdullah ASA, Ahn E, Akbarnia B, Akoto H, Albanese S, Anari J, Anderson J, Anderson R, Andras L, Bauer J, Bellaire L, Betz R, Birch C, Blakemore L, Boachie-Adjei O, Bonfield C, Bouton D, Brassard F, Brockmeyer D, Brooks J, Bumpass D, Cahill P, Chemaly O, Cheung J, Cheung K, Cho R, Christman T, Beauchamp EC, Couture D, Crawford H, Crawford A, Dahl B, Demirkiran G, Devito D, Diab M, Sebaie H, El-Hawary R, Emans J, Erickson M, Fabregas J, Farley F, Farrington D, Fedorak G, Fitzgerald R, Fletcher N, Floccari L, Flynn J, Gabos P, Gardner A, Garg S, Gerow F, Glotzbecker M, Gomez J, Gonda D, Guillaume T, Gupta P, Halvorson K, Hammerberg K, Hardesty C, Hedequist D, Heffernan M, Heflin J, Helenius I, Herrera J, Hogue G, Holt J, Howard J, Hresko MT, Hwang S, Ihnow S, Ilharreborde B, Illingworth K, Jain V, Jea A, Johnson M, Johnston C, Jones M, Karlen J, Karlin L, Katz D, Kawakami N, Kelly B, Kelly D, Knapp R, Koljonen P, Kwan K, Labelle H, Lark R, Noelle Larson A, Lavelle W, Lenke L, Lew S.) Spine Deformity. May 2022;10(3):563-571 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122878584 05/01/2022
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Radiological Imaging Transmission via Smartphones by Neurosurgery Residents in the United States.
(Awad AJ, Walker L, Lew SM.) World Neurosurg. 2021 Oct;154:e437-e442 PMID: 34280543 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111740166 07/20/2021
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Early implementation of stereoelectroencephalography in children: a multiinstitutional case series.
(Lepard JR, Kim I, Arynchyna A, Lew SM, Bollo RJ, O'Neill BR, Perry MS, Donahue D, Smyth MD, Blount J.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Sep 03;28(6):669-676 PMID: 34479204 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126917462 09/04/2021
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(Clement RC, Yaszay B, McClung A, Bartley CE, Nabizadeh N, Skaggs DL, Thompson GH, Boachie-Adjei O, Sponseller PD, Shah SA, Sanders JO, Pawelek J, Mundis GM, Akbarnia BA, Pediatric Spine Study Group (Formerly, Growing Spine Study Group).) Spine Deform. 2021 Sep;9(5):1491 PMID: 34152580 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113170891 06/22/2021
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(Varley ES, Pawelek JB, Mundis GM Jr, Oetgen ME, Sturm PF, Akbarnia BA, Pediatric Spine Study Group, Yaszay B.) Spine Deform. 2021 Sep;9(5):1465-1472 PMID: 33871833 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104634637 04/20/2021
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(Koop JI, Credille K, Wang Y, Loman M, Marashly A, Kim I, Lew SM, Maheshwari M.) Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Aug;121(Pt A):108041 PMID: 34082317 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85107028295 06/04/2021
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(Alexiades NG, Shao B, Braga BP, Bonfield CM, Brockmeyer DL, Browd SR, DiLuna M, Groves ML, Hankinson TC, Jea A, Leonard JR, Lew SM, Limbrick DD, Mangano FT, Martin J, Pahys J, Powers A, Proctor MR, Rodriguez L, Rozzelle C, Storm PB, Anderson RCE.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Apr 02;27(6):649-660 PMID: 33799292 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85107269535 04/03/2021