CURRICULUM VITAE : Kenneth
Ott, M.D., F.A.C.S.
| NAME: BIRTHDATE: |
KENNETH OTT, M.D.
F.A.C.S May 20, 1944 Baltimore, Maryland B.S. Biochemistry |
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| Yale University, New Haven, CN 1962 1966 | |
| M.D. University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 1966 1970 Externship in Neurology Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queens Square, London, England Summer 1969 |
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| Internship in
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital 1970 1971 Boston, MA |
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| Junior Assistant
Resident in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital 1971 |
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| Junior Assistant
Resident in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital 1972 - 1976 Boston City Hospital Beth Israel Hospital Boston Childrens Hospital Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Chief Resident in Neurological Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital 1976 Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Course 1994 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm |
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| HONORS & AWARDS: | Regents Scholar, University of California 1967-70 |
| Roche Award 1968
Alpha Omega Alpha 1969 Upjohn Achievement Award for Outstanding Academic Attainment 1970 Merck Award 1970 |
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| CERTIFICATION: | American Board of Neurological Surgery 1980 |
| PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: | California Medical Association |
| San Diego County Medical Society
California Association of Neurosurgeons San Diego Academy of Neurological Surgeons Congress of Neurological Surgeons American Association of Neurological Surgeons San Diego Surgical Society Fellow American College of Surgeons Western Neurosurgical Society |
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| APPOINTMENTS: | Assistant in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital 1976 |
| President, San Diego Academy of Neurological Surgeons 1980-82 | |
| Assistant Clinical Professor of
Neurological Surgery, University of California School of Medicine '80-92 |
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| Board of Directors, California
Association of Neurological Surgeons 1981- 1982 Board of Directors, San Diego Foundation for Medical Care 1983 President, Yale Club of San Diego 1984-86 Chief Division Neurological Surgery Mercy Medical Center, San Diego 1985 Chief Section Neurological Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital 1986 - 1993 President and CEO, Neurosurgical Medical Clinic, Inc. 1993 -1994 Board of Advisors, Pasadena Play House 1993 Executive Director, San Diego Gamma Knife Center 1994-present |
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| HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS | Scripps Memorial Hospital Scripps Encinitas Hospital |
| Mercy Hospital Sharp Memorial Hospital Childrens Hospital Alvarado Hospital Columbia Mission Bay Hospital Grossmont Hospital UCSD Thornton Hospital |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kenneth Ott, M.D., F.A.C.S.
ABSTRACTS:
1. Eldred E, Ott K: Effects on shivering-of cerebellar lesions and stimulation. Fed Proc
1964;23: 567.
2. Ishikawa K., Ott K, Stuart DG, Eldred E: Receptor discharges during near sinusoidal
stretch. Physiologist 1964;164: 7.
3. Ishikawa K, Ott K, Stuart DG, Eldred E: Motorneuron responses to stimulation of
thermoregulatory regions of the hypothalamus. Physiologist 1965;8: 200.
4. Ott K H: A new method of Motorneuron excitability testing. Texas Rep Bio Med 27;1969:
929-930.
5. Gassel MM, Ott K: Cutaneous proprioceptive reflexes in humans. Electroenceph Clin
Neurophysiol 1969;27: 716-717.
6. Gassel MM, Ott K :The relationship of the latencies of the monosynaptic reflex and the
direct motor response - an electrophysiological aid in differential diagnosis. Neurol
20;1970: 396.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Stuart DG,Ott K, Eldred E: Effects of cerebellar lesions and stimulation on the
shivering tremor. Am J Physiol 1965;209: 1261 266.
2. Stuart D, Ott, K, Ishikawa K, EIdred E: Muscle receptor responses to sinusoidaI
stretch. Exp Neurol 1965;13: 82-95.
3. Stuart DG, Ott K, Ishikawa K, EIdred E: The rhythm of shivering. i : general sensory
contributions. Amer J Phys Med 1966;45: 61-74.
4. Stuart DG, Ott K, Ishikawa K, EIdred E: The rhythm of shivering . ii passive
proprioceptive contributions. Amer J Phys Med 1966;45: 75-90.
5. Stuart DG, Ott K, Ishikawa, K, Eldred E: The rhythm of shivering. iii : central
contributions. Amer J Phys Med 1966; 45: 90 104.
6. Ishikawa K, Ott K, Porter RW, Stuart D: Low frequency depression of the h-wave in
normal and spinal man. Exp Neurol 1966;15: 140-156.
7. Eldred E, Ott K, Ishikawa K, Stuart DG: Proprioceptive contributions to the shivering
tremor. Nobel Symposium I. Muscular Afferents and Motor Control. Ragnar Granit ed. John
Wiley & Sons, New York, 1966.
8. Ott K, Gassel M M: Methods of tendon jerk reinforcement. The role of muscle activity in
refIex excitabiIity. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 1969;32: 541-547.
9. Gassel MM, Ott K, A novel and accelerated method of evaluating motorneuron
excitability. Trans Amer Neurol Assoc 1969;94: 269-270.
9. Gassel, MM, Ott K: Local sign and late effects on motorneuron excitability on cutaneous
stimulation in man. Brain 1970;93: 95-106.
11. Gassel MM, Ott K: Motorneuron excitability in man. A novel method of evaluation by
modulation of tonic muscle activity. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 1970;29: 190-195.
12. GasseI MM, Ott K: Patterns of reflex excitability change after widespread cutaneous
stimulation in man. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 1973;36: 282-287.
13. Ott K, Kase CS, Ojemann R.G, Mohr JP: Cerebellar hemorrhage: diagnosis and treatment.
A review of 56 cases. Arch Neurol 1974;31: 160-167.
14. Ott K , Tarlov E, Crowell R, Papadakis N :Retained intracranial metallic foreign
bodies: a report of two cases .J Neurosurg 1976;44: 80-83.
15. Waltz TA, Dalessio DJ, Ott KH, Copeland C, Abbott G:
Trigeminal cistern injections for facial pain. Headache 1985;25: 354-357
16. Sinha, YN, Ott, K, Vanderlaam, WP Detection of multiple PRL- and GH- like protein in
human pituitary by Western blot analysis. Amer J Med Sci 1987;30:15-25.
17. Ott K: A comparison of craniotomy and gamma knife charges in a community-based gamma
knife center. J Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1996;66 (suppl 1): 357-364.
18. Goetsch SJ, Hardy T, Hodgens D, Lizarraras A, Ott K, Scharfen C, Tung H. The
Open gamma knife center concept. J Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1996;66 (suppl 1): 296-301.
19. Chasan CB, Goetsch S, Ott K. Radiosurgery for pineal
tumors. Is biospy indicated? J Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1996;66 (suppl 1): 174-183.
20. Ott K: Letter to the Editor. Surgery or Radiosurgery? J Neurosurg 1997;86:165-166.
21. Ott K: An Algorithm for the determination of functional stereotactic targets.J
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1998;71:29-35.