Education

• Undergraduate: Iowa State University, 1993
• Medical School: University of Iowa, 1997
• Basic Surgery Internship: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, 1998
• Naval Undersea/Diving Medical Officer: Naval Undersea Medical Institute, 1999
• Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, 1999

Selected Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
• Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
• President, UIHC Resident Council, 2005-2006
• Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, May 2006
• Most Outstanding Basic Science Presentation, Midwest Neurosurgical Society, June 2006

Contact

University of Iowa
Department of Neurosurgery
200 Hawkins Drive, 1 JPP
Iowa City, IA 52242-1061
meryl-severson@uiowa.edu

Research Experience/Interests

• Navy Experimental Diving Unit (1994): Assisted in preliminary data collection studying the effects of restrictive airflow devices on VO2 maximum performance in U.S. Navy Divers

• Changes in brainstem and cortical auditory evoked potentials in response to hyperbaric oxygen therapy

• EEG changes in Acid Sensitive Ion Channel (ASIC) null mice in response to brain pH changes.

Selected Articles

Blount JP, Severson MA, Grabb PA, et al.  Sports and Pediatric Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Who Can Play? Neurosurgery. 54(5):1190-6, 2004

Fenoy AJ, Severson MA, Volkov IO, Brugge JF, Howard MA 3rd. Hearing Suppression induced by electrical stimulation of human auditory cortex. Brain Res. 1118(1):75-83, 2006

Greenlee JD, Oya H, Kawasaki H, Volkov IO, Severson MA, Howard MA, Brugge JF.  Functional connections within the human inferior frontal gyrus.  J Comp Neurol. 503(4):550-9, 2007

Selected Oral Presentations

Auditory Brainstem Responses and Evoked Potentials in the Hyperbaric Oxygen Environment. Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Omaha, Nebraska, June 3, 2006

Epilepsy: A Surgical Perspective.  International Conference of Neuro-Oncology Research/Updates.  Nanjing, China. September 26, 2005

Hyperbaric Oxygen Effects on the Auditory System.  University of Iowa – University of Minnesota Research Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, August 6, 2005

Normobaric Hyperoxic Effects on Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials and Cochlear Action Potentials.  Naval Medical Research Center; Bethesda, MD, May 2002

Book Chapters

Severson M.A., Follett KA. Intraspinal Hemorrhage. Neurosurgical Emergencies, Second Edition. C. Loftus, Ed., Thieme, New York, NY, 2008. (in press)

Greenlee J.D.W., Severson M.A., Howard M.A.; Neurosurgical Perspectives.  Principles and Practice of Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology.  M. Rizzo and P.J. Eslinger, Ed., W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 2004

Abstracts

Severson MA 3rd, Sibenaller Z, Ryken T.  Primary CNS Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Treated with Surgical Resection,BCNU Polymeric Implants, and Radiotherapy.  Society for Neuro-Oncology Meeting, November 17, 2006

Severson MA 3rd, Brugge JF, Howard MA 3rd. Auditory Brainstem Responses and Evoked Potentials in the Hyperbaric Oxygen Environment.  Society For Neuroscience Meeting, October 18, 2006

Fenoy AJ, Severson M, Volkov I, Brugge J, Howard M.  Suppression of Hearing Following Electrical Stimulation of Human Auditory Cortex.  ARO Midwinter Meeting, February 23, 2005

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