Robert Neumann, MD

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (1997)
Graduate Schools
  • PhD, Colorado State University (1992)
  • MS, Colorado State University (1991)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, Metropolitan State College of Denver (CO) (1985)
Internship
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (1997)
Residency
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Neurological Surgery (1999)
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Neurological Surgery (2003)
Languages
English
Department
Neurosurgery

Professional Titles

  • Director, Neuro-Intensive Care Unit

Recognitions

  • Top Doctor in Denver, 5280 Magazine (2012)
    Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"

Publications

  • Intraventricular daptomycin and intravenous linezolid for the treatment of external ventricular-drain-associated ventriculitis due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.
  • Recognizing false ischemic penumbras in CT brain perfusion studies
  • Stroke alert program improves recognition and evaluation time of in-hospital ischemic stroke
  • Triplet State EPR of reaction center from his Leu mutant of rhodobacgter sphaeroides which contains a heterdimer primary donor
  • Charge separation in a reaction center infcorporation bacteriochlorophyll for photoactive bacteriopheophytin
  • Localization of a 50 msec latency auditory evoked field component
  • Continuous infusion vs intermittent vancomycin in neurosurgical intensive care patients. J of Critical Care 2015
  • Kassel LE, Van Matre ET, Foster CJ, Mueller SW, Sherma DS, Wempe MF, Maclaraen R, Fish DN, Neumann RT, Kiaser THA Randomized pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics evaluation of every 8-hour and 12-hour dosing strategies of vancomycin and cefepime in neurocritically ill patients, Phamacother, 2018
  • Mueller S, Baumgartner LJ, Maclaren R, Neumann RT, Wiktor AJ, Kiser TH, Linburg G, Divergent Humoral Responses to 23 Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine in Critically-ill Burn and Neurosurgical Patients PLOS ONE 2018
  • Harland TA, Seinfeld J, Cava LF, Neumann RT, Roark C, Kumpe D, Case D. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated central nervous system vasculitis with brain and spinal cord subarachnoid hemorrhage: A rare case report and review of the literature. J Clin Neurosci. 2019 Apr;62:253-255. PubMed PMID: 30594448
  • Harland TA, Seinfeld J, Cava LF, Neumann RT, Roark C, Kumpe D, Case D. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated central nervous system vasculitis with brain and spinal cord subarachnoid hemorrhage: A rare case report and review of the literature. J Clin Neurosci. 2019 Apr;62:253-255. PubMed PMID: 30594448
  • Steward L, Wagner AL, Neumann R, Wiktor AJ. Delayed Presentation of a Vertex Epidural Hematoma Following High-Voltage Electrical Injury to the Head. J Burn Care Res. 2019 Jun 21;40(4):517-519. PubMed PMID: 30938441
  • Novak AR, Krsak M, Kiser TH, Neumann RT, Cava Prado L, Molina KC, Mueller SW. Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Cefazolin in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Critically Ill Patients. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;9(2):ofab649. PubMed PMID: 35111872
  • Kowalski RG, Ledreux A, Violette JE, Neumann RT, Ornelas D, Yu X, Griffiths SG, Lewis S, Nash P, Monte AA, Coughlan CM, Deighan C, Grotta JC, Jones WJ, Graner MW. Rapid Activation of Neuroinflammation in Stroke: Plasma and Extracellular Vesicles Obtained on a Mobile Stroke Unit. Stroke. 2023 Mar;54(3):e52-e57. PubMed PMID: 36727508
  • Douin DJ, Dylla L, Anderson EL, Rice JD, Jackson CL, Bebarta VS, Neumann RT, Schauer SG, Ginde AA. Hyperoxia is associated with a greater risk for mortality in critically ill traumatic brain injury patients than in critically ill trauma patients without brain injury. Sci Prog. 2023 Jan-Mar;106(1):368504231160416. PubMed PMID: 36879502
  • MacLaren, Robert; Farrar, Julie; Stefanos, Sylvia S.; Cava, Luis; Kiser, Tyree; Mueller, Scott; Neumann, Robert; Reynolds, Paul; Sherman, Deb. 993: SERUM AND CSF CONCENTRATIONS OF MIDAZOLAM AND 1-HYDROXY-MIDAZOLAM IN NEUROSURGICAL PATIENTS WITH EVD. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):p S468, January 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0001002136.61707.77

Practice Locations

UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital
1750 E. Ken Pratt Boulevard
Longmont, CO 80504
720-718-7000

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital
  • Denver Health Medical Center
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Neurology, Board Certification
  • Vascular Neurology, Board Certification
  • United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Vascular Neurology, Board Certification (2008)
  • United Council for Neurologic Subspecialities, Neurological Critical Care, Board Certification (2007)
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certification (2003)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Critical Care
  • Brain and Nervous System - Stroke
  • Brain and Nervous System
  • Brain and Nervous System - Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injuries
Clinical Interests
I am interested in neurological and neurosurgical critical care, hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke outcomes, brain tissue oxygenation, cerebral perfusion monitoring and evoked cerebral magnetic fields.