Arnold Menezes, MD

Education

• 1959 SSCE, St. Michael's High School, Bombay, India
• 1961 I.Sc., University of Bombay, Bombay, India
• 1966 M.B.B.S., University of Bombay, Bombay, India

Postgraduate Education

• 1967-68 Intern, University of Bombay, Bombay, India
• 1968-69 Intern, Rotating, South Chicago Community Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• 1969-70 Resident, Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• 1970-73 Resident, Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Neurosurgery)
• 1973 Instructor-Fellow, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Peds Neurology

Academic Appointments

• 1973-74 Senior Resident and Instructor, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Surgery (Neurosurgery), Department of Surgery
• 1974-75 Associate, Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, (Neurosurgery) Department of Surgery
• 1975-80 Assistant Professor, Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, (Neurosurgery), Department of Surgery
• 1980-85 Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, (Neurosurgery), Department of Surgery
• 1985-88 Professor, Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, (Neurosurgery) Department of Surgery
• 1988 Vice Chairman, Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, (Neurosurgery) Department of Surgery
• 2001 Vice Chairman, Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery

Other employment pertaining to current professional appointments

• 1974 Staff Surgeon, (Neurosurgery) University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• 1975-81 Attending Surgeon, Veterans Administration Medical Center
• 1981 Consultant, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Certification and Licensure

Certifications

• American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1976

Licensure

• Iowa
• Illinois

Other

• E.C.F.M.G.
• Indian Medical Council
• Surgeons & Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Areas of Research Interest

• Craniovertebral junction
• Spinal dysraphic states
• Hydrocephalus
• Spinal bony compression lesions in children
• Cranial base

Current Projects

• Spinal bony compressive lesions
• Rheumatoid arthritis and the cervical spine
• Craniovertebral junction-surgical techniques-investigations
• Tethered spinal cord
• Craniosynostosis - craniofacial dysostosis
• Somatosensory evoked potentials for the diagnosis of tethered cord in patients with myelomeningocele. Principal Investigator Mario Peterson, MD, Co-Investigators Eric Dyken, MD, Thoru Yamada, MD, and Arnold H. Menezes, MD