Winward Choy, MD
Resident Physician
Neurological Surgery
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• BA UC Berkeley
• MD UCLA

Publications (29)

Top publication keywords:
CystsPatient ReadmissionLumbar VertebraeSpinal DiseasesNeoplastic Stem CellsGlycoproteinsClinical Decision-MakingMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresSpinal FusionEpithalamusCervical VertebraePostoperative ComplicationsDiskectomySpinal CurvaturesPineal Gland

• Superior Laryngeal Nerve Palsy After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion: A Case Report and Cadaveric Description.
  Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2022 Choy W, Garcia J, Safaee MM, Rubio RR, Loftus PA, Clark AJ
• "July Effect" Revisited: July Surgeries at Residency Training Programs are Associated with Equivalent Long-term Clinical Outcomes Following Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Surgery.
  Spine 2021 Chan AK, Patel AB, Bisson EF, Bydon M, Glassman SD, Foley KT, Shaffrey CI, Potts EA, Shaffrey ME, Coric D, Knightly JJ, Park P, Wang MY, Fu KG, Slotkin JR, Asher AL, Virk MS, Kerezoudis P, Alvi MA, …
• Evaluating the Clinical Utility and Cost of Imaging Strategies in Adults with Newly Diagnosed Primary Intradural Spinal Tumors.
  World neurosurgery 2020 Safaee MM, Burke JF, Dalle Ore CL, Lau D, Choy W, Osorio JA, Wadhwa H, Shah SS, Pereira MP, Ames CP
• The effect of anterior lumbar interbody fusion staging order on perioperative complications in circumferential lumbar fusions performed within the same hospital admission.
  Neurosurgical focus 2020 Safaee MM, Tenorio A, Osorio JA, Choy W, Amara D, Lai L, Hu SS, Tay B, Burch S, Berven SH, Deviren V, Dhall SS, Chou D, Mummaneni PV, Eichler CM, Ames CP, Clark AJ
• Immediate Voice and Swallowing Complaints Following Revision Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2020 Strohl MP, Choy W, Clark AJ, Mummaneni PV, Dhall SS, Tay BK, Loftus PA, El-Sayed IH, Russell MS

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• Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Stereotactic Navigation: Technical Note.
  Global spine journal 2020 Choy W, Mayer RR, Mummaneni PV, Chou D
• The impact of obesity on perioperative complications in patients undergoing anterior lumbar interbody fusion.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Spine 2020 Safaee MM, Tenorio A, Osorio JA, Choy W, Amara D, Lai L, Molinaro AM, Zhang Y, Hu SS, Tay B, Burch S, Berven SH, Deviren V, Dhall SS, Chou D, Mummaneni PV, Eichler CM, Ames CP, Clark AJ
• Ommaya Reservoir Insertion: A Technical Note.
  Cureus 2020 Magill ST, Choy W, Nguyen MP, McDermott MW
• Association between plasma GFAP concentrations and MRI abnormalities in patients with CT-negative traumatic brain injury in the TRACK-TBI cohort: a prospective multicentre study.
  The Lancet. Neurology 2019 Yue JK, Yuh EL, Korley FK, Winkler EA, Sun X, Puffer RC, Deng H, Choy W, Chandra A, Taylor SR, Ferguson AR, Huie JR, Rabinowitz M, Puccio AM, Mukherjee P, Vassar MJ, Wang KKW, Diaz-Arrastia R, Okonkwo…
• A novel technique for awake, minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: technical note.
  Neurosurgical focus 2019 Kai-Hong Chan A, Choy W, Miller CA, Robinson LC, Mummaneni PV
• Evolution of the Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity Surgery Algorithm: An Evidence-Based Approach to Surgical Strategies for Deformity Correction.
  Neurosurgery clinics of North America 2018 Choy W, Miller CA, Chan AK, Fu KM, Park P, Mummaneni PV
• Predictors of 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Posterior Cervical Fusion in 3401 Patients.
  Spine 2018 Choy W, Lam SK, Smith ZA, Dahdaleh NS
• Familial melanoma-astrocytoma syndrome: synchronous diffuse astrocytoma and pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in a patient with germline CDKN2A/B deletion and a significant family history.
  Clinical neuropathology 2017 Chan AK, Han SJ, Choy W, Beleford D, Aghi MK, Berger MS, Shieh JT, Bollen AW, Perry A, Phillips JJ, Butowski N, Solomon DA
• Risk Factors for Medical and Surgical Complications Following Single-Level ALIF.
  Global spine journal 2017 Choy W, Barrington N, Garcia RM, Kim RB, Rodriguez H, Lam S, Dahdaleh N, Smith ZA
• Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Pathogenesis and Outcome of Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme.
  Brain tumor research and treatment 2016 Choy W, Lagman C, Lee SJ, Bui TT, Safaee M, Yang I
• The role of CD44 in glioblastoma multiforme.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2016 Mooney KL, Choy W, Sidhu S, Pelargos P, Bui TT, Voth B, Barnette N, Yang I
• A Case of Bell's Palsy with an Incidental Finding of a Cerebellopontine Angle Lipoma.
  Cureus 2016 Lagman C, Choy W, Lee SJ, Chung LK, Bui TT, Yang I, Goldman HW
• Thirty-day readmission rate and risk factors for patients undergoing single level elective anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF).
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2016 Garcia RM, Choy W, DiDomenico JD, Barrington N, Dahdaleh NS, Rodriguez HE, Lam S, Smith ZA
• Successful Treatment of a Three-Column Thoracic Extension Injury with Recumbency.
  Cureus 2016 Choy W, Smith ZA, Viljoen SV, Lindley TE, Dahdaleh NS
• Acute Presentation of Lumbar Spinal Schwannoma Due to Torsion: A Case Report.
  Cureus 2016 Choy W, Khanna R, Ortmeier TC, Tapia-Zegarra GG, Lindley TE, Smith ZA, Dahdaleh NS
• Incidence of graft extrusion following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2015 Bakhsheshian J, Khanna R, Choy W, Lawton CD, Nixon AT, Wong AP, Koski TR, Liu JC, Song JK, Dahdaleh NS, Smith ZA, Fessler RG
• Neurosurgery Concepts: Key perspectives on C2 nerve root transection following C1 lateral mass screw fixation, choroid plexus cauterization in infants with hydrocephalus, quality of life following treatment of vestibular schwannoma, dynamic magnetic resonance imaging for glioblastoma pseudoprogression, cost-utility analysis of lumbar spinal stenosis treatment.
  Surgical neurology international 2015 Sherman JH, Dahdaleh NS, Pelargos P, Lam S, Choy W, Yang I, Smith ZA
• Recent advances in the patient safety and quality initiatives movement: implications for neurosurgery.
  Neurosurgery clinics of North America 2015 Yang I, Ung N, Nagasawa DT, Pelargos P, Choy W, Chung LK, Thill K, Martin NA, Afsar-Manesh N, Voth B
• An analysis of intracranial epidermoid tumors with malignant transformation: treatment and outcomes.
  Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2012 Nagasawa DT, Choy W, Spasic M, Yew A, Trang A, Garcia HM, Yang I
• CD133 as a marker for regulation and potential for targeted therapies in glioblastoma multiforme.
  Neurosurgery clinics of North America 2012 Choy W, Nagasawa DT, Trang A, Thill K, Spasic M, Yang I
• Endogenous vaults and bioengineered vault nanoparticles for treatment of glioblastomas: implications for future targeted therapies.
  Neurosurgery clinics of North America 2012 Yang J, Nagasawa DT, Spasic M, Amolis M, Choy W, Garcia HM, Prins RM, Liau LM, Yang I
• Survival outcomes for radiotherapy treatment of epidermoid tumors with malignant transformation.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2011 Nagasawa D, Yew A, Spasic M, Choy W, Gopen Q, Yang I
• Pineal cyst: a review of clinical and radiological features.
  Neurosurgery clinics of North America 2011 Choy W, Kim W, Spasic M, Voth B, Yew A, Yang I
• The tumor biology and molecular characteristics of medulloblastoma identifying prognostic factors associated with survival outcomes and prognosis.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2011 Kim W, Choy W, Dye J, Nagasawa D, Safaee M, Fong B, Yang I