Corbett Wilkinson, MD

Professor, Neurosurgery-Peds


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Medical School
  • MD, New York Medical College (1997)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, Pennsylvania State University (PA) (1989)
Internship
  • West Virginia University Program (1999)
Residencies
  • West Virginia University Program, Neurological Surgery (2004)
  • West Virginia University Program, Surgery (1999)
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program, Neurological Surgery (2005)
  • University of California (San Francisco) Program, Fetal Surgery (1998)
Languages
English
Department
Neurosurgery-Peds

Publications

  • C Corbett Wilkinson MD, David K Manchester MD, Robert F Keating MD, Lawrence L Ketch MD, Ken R Winston MD. Syndromic Craniosynostosis, Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 (FGFR2) Mutations, and Sacrococcygeal Eversion Presenting as Human Tails. Accepted by Childs Nervous System.
  • Oluigbo CO, Wilkinson CC, Stence NV, Fenton LZ, McNatt SA, Handler MH. Outcome following decompressive craniectomy in children with accidental and nonaccidental blunt cranial trauma. J Neurosurg Pediatrics 9:125-132, 2012.
  • Somerset H, Wilkinson CC, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. 18-year-old woman with a dural mass. Accepted for publication in Brain Pathology.
  • Hankinson TC, Dudley RW, Torok MR, Patibandla MR, Dorris K, Poonia S, Wilkinson CC, Bruny JL, Handler MH, Liu AK. Short-term mortality following surgical procedures for the diagnosis of pediatric brain tumors: outcome analysis in 5533 children from SEER, 2004-2011. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Nov 20;:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26588456
  • Salazar Davern M, Lovell MA, Wilkinson CC. Cavernous Hemangiomas of the Pediatric Calvaria. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2015 Nov;50(6):321-4. PubMed PMID: 26488394
  • Patibandla MR, Dudley RW, Wilkinson CC. Intrapleural migration of distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter. Neurol India. 2015 Jul-Aug;63(4):622-3. PubMed PMID: 26238910
  • Poonia S, Graber S, Wilkinson CC, O’Neill BR, Handler MH, Hankinson TC. Outcome of hospital discharge on postoperative day 1 following uncomplicated tethered spinal cord release. J Neurosurg Pediatr 17:651-656, 2016.
  • Wilkinson CC, Boylan AJ. Proposed caudal appendage classification system; spinal cord tethering associated with sacrococcygeal eversion. Childs Nerv Syst 33:69-89, 2017.
  • Freeman J, Deleyiannis F, Bernard TJ, Fenton LZ, Wilkinson CC. Moyamoya in a Patient with Smith-Magenis Syndrome. Accepted to Pediatric Neurosurgery.
  • Kumar R, Deleyiannis FWB, Wilkinson C, O’Neill BR. Neurosurgical sequelae of domestic dog attacks in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr 19:24-31, 2017.
  • Wilkinson CC, Boylan AJ. Proposed caudal appendage classification system; spinal cord tethering associated with sacrococcygeal eversion. Childs Nerv Syst 33:69-89, 2017.
  • Freeman J, Deleyiannis F, Bernard TJ, Fenton LZ, Wilkinson CC. Moyamoya in a Patient with Smith-Magenis Syndrome. Pediatr Neurosurg 52:195-204, 2017
  • Carr S, Imbarrato G, Breeze RE, Wilkinson CC. Clip ligation for ruptured intracranial aneurysm in a child with Loeys-Dietz syndrome: case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg Pediatr 21:375-379, 2018.
  • 22) Zaretsky MV, Liechty KW, Galan HL, Behrendt NJ, Reeves S, Marwan AI, Wilkinson C, Handler M, Lagueux M, Crombleholme TM. Modified Hysterotomy Closure Technique for Open Fetal Surgery. Fetal Diagn Ther 44:105-111, 2018.
  • Oushy S, Parker JJ, Campbell K, Palmer C, Wilkinson C, Stence NV, Handler HH, Mirsky DM. Frontal and occipital horn ratio is associated with multifocal intraparenchymal hemorrhages in neonatal shunted hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr 20:432-438, 2017.
  • O’Neill BR, Gallegos D, Herron A, Palmer C, Stence NV, Hankinson TC, Wilkinson CC, Handler MH. Use of magnetic resonance imaging to detect occult spinal dysraphism in infants. J Neurosurg Pediatr 19:217-226, 2017.
  • Zaretsky MV, Liechty KW, Galan HL, Behrendt NJ, Reeves S, Marwan AI, Wilkinson C, Handler M, Lagueux M, Crombleholme TM. Modified Hysterotomy Closure Technique for Open Fetal Surgery. Fetal Diagn Ther 2017 Sep 6. doi: 10.1159/000479683. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Derderian SC, Greenan K, Mirsky DM, Stence NV, Graber S, Hubbell N, Alexander A, O’Neill BR, Wilkinson CC, Hankinson TC, Handler MH. MRI Utilization in Pediatric Trauma Patients Suspected of Having Cervical Spine Injuries. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 87:1328-1335, 2019.
  • Wilkinson CC, Serrano CA, French BM, Graber SJ, Schmidt-Beuchat E, Batista-Silverman L, Hubbell N, Stence NV. Fusion Patterns of Minor Lateral Calvarial Sutures on Volume-Rendered CT Reconstructions. J Neurosurg Pediatr 26:200-210, 2020.
  • Wilkinson CC, Stence NV, Serrano SA, Graber SJ, Batista-Silverman L, Schmidt-Beuchat E, French BM. Fusion Patterns of Major Calvarial Sutures on Volume-Rendered CT Reconstructions. J Neurosurg Pediatr 25:519-528, 2020
  • Ung TH, Delcont MR, Colakoglu S, Seinfeld J, French BM, Wilkinson CC. Reconstruction of complex scalp defect after cirsoid aneurysm resection: a multidisciplinary approach. World Neurosurg 143:190-196, 2020.
  • Hoffman JE, Ryan M, Wittenberg B, Armstrong J, Greenan K, Wilkinson C. Successful treatment of hemorrhagic brainstem cavernous malformation with hematoma evacuation and postoperative propranolol. Childs Nerv Syst 36:2109-2112, 2020.
  • Flores F, French BM, Alexander A, Graber S, Wittenberg B, Poppleton K, Wilkinson CC. Vascularized pericranial flap as a method to prevent persistent skull defects after craniectomy for sagittal synostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Nov-Dec 01;32(8):2744-2748. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000007851.
  • 33) Sileo D, Walch F, French BM, Greenan K, Graber S, Andrews M, Alexander A, Nguyen T, Mason A, Winston KR, Wilkinson CC. Admission to the regular ward is safe following uncomplicated craniosynostosis surgery: a retrospective study. FACE 2:208-218, 2021.
  • Ryan M, Flavin M, Oleszek J, Bodkin A, Wilson A-M, Wilkinson C. Selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity associated with spinal cord injury sustained during lipoma surgery. J Pediatr Rehab Med 15:377-381, 2022. doi: 10.3233/PRM-200809.
  • Stevens J, Phillip R, Mourani P, Cooper E, Kaizer AM, Wilder M, French B, Wilkinson C, Moulton S, Derderian SC. Measurement of intravascular volume status in infants undergoing cranial vault reconstruction for craniosynostosis. Surgery in Practice and Science 9:100067, 2022. doi: org/10.1016/j.sipas.2022.10067.
  • Serva S, Brones A, Boylan A, Wilkinson C. Peri-Sylvian fissure developmental venous anomaly. Pediatr Neurosurg 57:222-224, 2022. doi: 10.1159/000524800.
  • Belanger K, McKay W, Oleszek J, Graber S, Wilkinson C. Spinal Cord Tethering After Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Below the Conus Medullaris. Childs Nerv Syst 38:2129-2132, 2022. doi: 10.1007/s00381-022-05633-1.
  • Finneran MM, Graber S, Poppleton K, Alexander AL, Wilkinson CC, O’Neill BR, Hankinson TC, Handler MH. Postoperative floor admission following Chiari decompression. J Neurosurg Pediatr 30:602-608, 2022. doi: 10.3171/2022.7.PEDS22226.
  • Vaughn AE, Louiselle AE, Tong S, Niemiec SM, Ahmad S, Zaretsky M, Galan HL, Behrendt N, Wilkinson CC, O’Neill B, Handler M, Derderian SC, Mirsky DM, Liechty KW. Early Outcomes of a Myofascial Repair Technique for Fetal Myelomeningocele. J Pediatric Surg 58:20-26, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.09.030.
  • Wilkinson CC, Belanger K, Elbadry R, Hoffman J, Ryan M, Stence NV, Graber SJ, Ridder T, Batista L, French BM. Fusion of lateral calvarial sutures on volume-rendered CT reconstructions in patients with known craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2023. 34 (3): 969-975. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009278. Epub 2023 Mar 20. PMID: 36939862
  • Wilkinson CC, Belanger K, Elbadry R, Hoffman J, Ryan M, Stence NV, Graber SJ, Ridder T, Batista L, French BM. Fusion of lateral calvarial sutures on volume-rendered CT reconstructions in patients with known craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2023. 34 (3): 969-975. PMID: 36939862 doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009278.
  • Ryan M, Nguyen K, Boucharel W, Dunn C, Graber S, Oleszek J, Wilkinson C. Comparison of EMG Waveforms versus Degree of Spread in Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy. The Neurodiagnostic Journal 2023. 63 (4): 281-282.
  • Ritz C, Malik N, Wilkinson C, Graber S. Prevalence and Charactersitics of Moyamoya Syndrome in Patients With Down Syndrome Neurosurg 2023. 69(Supplement 1):57. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002375_352
  • Winston KR, Ketch LK, Wilkinson CC (2023). “Special disorders of Children.” In KR Winston, LL Ketch (Eds), Plastic Neurosurgery. Opening and Closing Neurosurgical Doors in Adults and Children. Berlin: Springer Nature, pp 503-536.

Professional Memberships

  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Member
  • Colorado Neurosurgical Society, Member
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Children's Hospital Colorado - Colorado Fetal Care Center
13123 E 16th Ave, B735
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-4463

Children's Hospital Colorado - Colorado Springs
4090 Briargate Pkwy
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
719-305-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Center Affiliations

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Neurological Surgery, Board Certification (2009)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Child and Teen Health
  • Brain and Nervous System - Trauma / Nerve Injuries
  • Surgery
  • Pregnancy and Reproduction - Maternal and Fetal Health
  • Pregnancy and Reproduction - Prenatal Care
  • Brain and Nervous System
  • Pregnancy and Reproduction
Clinical Interests
Pediatric Neurosurgery, Craniosynostosis, spasticity (selective dorsal rhizotomy & baclofen pumps), moyamoya disease, congenital malformations of the brain, spinal cord, skull, and spine