Alexander M Tucker
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Neurosurgery
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
6th Floor, Wood Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
6th Floor, Wood Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 617.513.0034
Education:
B.A.
Grinnell College, 2005.
M.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2012.
B.A.
Grinnell College, 2005.
M.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2012.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident in Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012-2019.
Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2019-2020.
Resident in Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012-2019.
Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2019-2020.
Certifications
Federation of State Medical Boards and National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 1: Passed, 2010.
Federation of State Medical Boards and National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 2: Passed, 2012.
Federation of State Medical Boards and National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 3: Passed, 2013.
The American Board of Neurological Surgery, Primary Examination: Passed, 2016.
The American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Primary Subspecialty Examination: Passed, 2020.
Permanent linkFederation of State Medical Boards and National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 1: Passed, 2010.
Federation of State Medical Boards and National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 2: Passed, 2012.
Federation of State Medical Boards and National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 3: Passed, 2013.
The American Board of Neurological Surgery, Primary Examination: Passed, 2016.
The American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Primary Subspecialty Examination: Passed, 2020.
Selected Publications
Rahman, R, Madsen, P, Lang S, Storm, P, Tucker, A: Transdiscal Instrumentation in Single-Level Lumbosacral Fusion for High-Grade Isthmic Pediatric Spondylolisthesis. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting September 2023.Rahman, R, Cheung, L, Llado-Farrulla, M, Madsen, P, Swanson, J, Tucker, A: Surgical Management of Traumatic Orbital Encephalocele Mimicking Retrobulbar Hematoma with Volumetric Brain Analysis. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting September 2023.
Punchak MA, Bond KM, Wathen CA, Hollawell ML, Zhao C, Sarris C, Flanders TM, Madsen PJ, Tucker AM, Heuer GG: A Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Development of Symptomatic Tethered Cord After Initial Untethering Surgery. Congress of Neurosurgeons Annual Meeting September 2023.
Gubbiotti MA, Madsen PJ, Tucker AM, Abdullaev Z, Aldape K, Shekdar K, Yang A, Minturn JE, Santi M, Viaene AN.: ZFTA-fused supratentorial ependymoma with a novel fusion partner, DUX4. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 82: 668-671, Jun 2023.
Madsen PJ, Hollawell ML, Santi M, Surrey LF, Vossough A, Orr BA, Hill-Kayser C, Tucker AM, Storm PB, Foster JB.: Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor in a child masquerading as an intramedullary spinal pilocytic astrocytoma. Neurooncol Adv 5: vdad049, Apr 2023.
Phillips HW, Chen JS, Tucker AM, Ding K, Kashanian A, Nagahama Y, Mathern GW, Weil AG, Fallah A.: Preliminary Experience Suggests the Addition of Choroid Plexus Cauterization to Functional Hemispherectomy May Reduce Posthemispherectomy Hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 92: 300-307, Feb 2023.
Fainberg, N, Silver, M, Arena, J, Landzberg, E, Tucker, A, Narula, S, Madsen, P, Huh, J, Kienzle, M: Cerebral edema in MOG antibody disease treated with invasive multimodal neuromonitoring. Critical Care Congress Annual Meeting January 2023.
Tucker AM, Madsen PJ, Rahman RK, Lang SS, Storm PB.: Transdiscal instrumentation in single-level lumbosacral fusion for high-grade isthmic pediatric spondylolisthesis: Technical note and review of the literature. Neurochirurgie 2023.
Mazandi VM, Lang SS, Rahman RK, Nishisaki A, Beaulieu F, Zhang B, Griffis H, Tucker AM, Storm PB, Heuer GG, Gajjar AA, Ampah SB, Kirschen MP, Topjian AA, Yuan I, Francoeur C, Kilbaugh TJ, Huh JW.: Co-administration of Ketamine in Pediatric Patients with Neurologic Conditions at Risk for Intracranial Hypertension. Neurocrit Care 2023.
Punchak MA, Hollawell ML, Viaene AN, Cahill AM, Storm PB, Madsen PJ, Tucker AM.: Large scalp venous malformation in a pediatric patient managed with sclerotherapy and surgery: a case report and review of literature. Childs Nerv Syst 2023.