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Last published 2026
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Eliezer Villanueva-Castro

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UAMS

Also affiliated: Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (2018–2020); Hospital General de México (2022–2024); Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación (2024); Centro Médico ABC (2024); Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía (2021–2025); Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (2022); Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (2022); Tecnológico de Monterrey (2018)

Formerly Arkansas Postdoctoral Fellow in Spine Surgery, UAMS through 2027.

4 h-index 45 pubs 73 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Humans
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Female
  • Microsurgery
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Adult
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Acromegaly
  • Bevacizumab
  • Cerebral Blood Volume
  • Aged
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Glioblastoma

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Eliezer Villanueva-Castro studies outcomes in neurosurgical procedures, with a focus on conditions such as acromegaly, glioblastoma, and spinal cord pathologies. His work includes evaluating surgical techniques, comparing microscopic versus endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly, and assessing predictors of functional outcomes in patients with Chiari Malformation. Villanueva-Castro also investigates the use of advanced diagnostic approaches, such as methionine PET imaging for detecting oligodendroglioma with 1p/19q codeletion. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has a publication record of 43 papers with 59 citations, and an h-index of 4. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Tomoko Tanaka and Hector Soriano-Baron.

Metrics

  • h-index: 4
  • Publications: 45
  • Citations: 73

Positions

  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Spine Surgery 2025–2027
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Neurosurgery ORCID
  • Neurosurgery Resident 2020–2025
    Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Department of Neurosurgery ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Combined Posterior and Lateral Robotic Resection Technique for Thoracic Dumbbell Spinal Schwannomas: 2-Dimensional Operative Video (2026)
    Operative Neurosurgery DOI OpenAlex
  • Spinal neurosarcoidosis mimicking intramedullary tumors without systemic symptoms: Report of two cases and a systematic review (2026)
    Surgical Neurology International DOI OpenAlex
  • Carbon fiber-reinforced polyetheretherketone spinal instrumentation in pediatric spinal tumors: report of two cases and review of the literature (2026)
    Child s Nervous System 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Clinical and surgical outcomes of bilateral intracranial aneurysms clipped through a single craniotomy: a retrospective comparative cohort study (2025)
    Neurosurgical FOCUS 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Current Approach and Predictors of Clinical Outcomes in Adults With Spinal Ependymomas (2025)
    Cureus 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Role of Percentage Signal Recovery (PSR) in MRI Perfusion for the Diagnosis of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (2025)
    Cureus DOI OpenAlex

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