Dr. Laura Paré, MD - Neurosurgeon Eureka, CA

Board Certifications

Re-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, 2010-2019
Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, 1999-2009
F.R.C.S(C), Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1997
Certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Neurosurgery, 1997
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1986

Current Affiliation and Academic Appointments

2002-present:

Health Science Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery at University of California, Irvine, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Education

Spine Fellowship, UCLA Medical Center, Division of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, California
Neurosurgical Residency, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
General Surgery Internship, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, Illinois
M.D., University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
B.A., Biology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
A.A., Mira Costa College, Oceanside, California

Honors and Awards

America's Top Surgeons, 2010
First Place, Scientific E-poster, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, May 2009, "Factors Predicting Response to Shunting in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus"
Who's Who in America's Doctors, 2009
Top Doctors in California, 2008
Orange County Physician of Excellence, 2008
Southern California Super Doctors, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Orange County Best Doctor Award, 2007
Donaghie Prize in cerebrovascular research from the New England Neurosurgical Society, 1991
English Speaking Union Scholarship for two months of study at the National Hospital, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, England, 1984
Ronald P. Mackay Award from the American Academy of Neurology, 23rd Essay Contest in Neurology, for the essay "A History of Seizure Warnings", 1984
Commended by the Division of Mathematics and Science for excellence in scholarship, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1980
Dean's Honor List, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 1979
Valedictorian, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, California, 1978

Specialty Training

Minimally Invasive TLIFF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion), Nuvasive, San Diego, CA, Nov 2009
Da Vinci Robotic Training, UC Irvine, Jan 2008
Kyphon X-Stop® IPD System Training, Irvine, CA, Oct 2007
Prestige Cervical Disc Arthroplasty, San Diego, CA, Sept 2007
Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF), Nuvasive, San Diego, CA, 2006
Trans1 AxiaLIF Clinical Training and Cadaveric Lab, Costa Mesa, CA, Dec 2006
Principles and Techniques of Minimal Access Spinal Technologies (MAST), San Diego, CA, July 2006
Spinal Radiosurgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Boston, Massaschusetts, Oct 2005
CyberKnife Training Program, Sunnyvale, CA, Aug 2004
BMP (bone morphogenetic protein) Indications and Technique, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 2002
Kyphoplasty Inflatable Bone Tamp Technique, Phoenix, AZ, October 2002
BAK Cage Surgical Technique, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 1997
Thoracoscopic Spine Techniques, CNS Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Oct 1996

Administrative Appointments

Medical Director, UCI Neurosurgical Ambulatory Care Clinics, 2004-present
Director, UCI Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Program
UCI College of Medicine applicant interviewer, 2003-present
UCIMC Trauma PI Committee, 2006-present
UCIMC Risk Management Committee, 2005-present
Lifewings Steering Committee, 2007
UCIMC Critical Care Committee, 2006-2007
UCIMC Minimally Invasive Surgery Committee, 2004-2005
UCIMC Operating Room Committee, 2004-2010
UCIMC Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, 2004-2005
UCIMC Credentials Committee, 2004-2007
Interim Co-Director, UCI Spine Program, 2007-2008
Co-Director, UCI Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, 2005-2007
Neurosurgical Consultant for Geron Corporation at the Pre-IND Meeting at the Food and Drug Administration, Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Injury, Feb 2004
Advisor, Spinal Cord Injury, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Initiative, UCI, 2002-2006
UCI Women's Outreach Advisory Committee, 2003-2005
UCI Neurosurgery Chair Search Committee Member, 2003
Medical Executive Council, UCIMC, Feb 2003
Academic Planning Retreat, Council of Academic Chairs, UCI, Sept 2002

Research Awards

Sponsor: Codman
Amount: $380,000
Length of Study: 3 years (3/29/06-2/28/09)
Project: Factors Predicting Response to Shunting in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Memberships

California Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2010-present
CyberKnife Society, 2004
Joint Spine Section, AANS/CNS, 2004-present
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2003-present
Women in Neurosurgery, 1996-present

Invited Lectures

Increased Intracranial Pressure: Theoretical Considerations. Presented for the Flight Crew Training Course, The Toledo Hospital, Sept 1998.
Intracranial Pressure and Head Injury. Presented for Surgery Morbidity and Mortality Rounds, The Toledo Hospital, June 1999.
Acute Low Back Pain in Adults. Presented for Continuing Medical Education, Southwest Washington Medical Center, Sept 2000
Acute Low Back Problems in Adults. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCI Medical Center, July 2002
Neurosurgery Case Presentations: Cervical Spine Fracture, Diagnosis and Management. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCI Medical Center, July 2002
Cerebral Ischemia. San Clemente Hospital Grand Rounds, Mar 2003
Acute Low Back Pain. UCI Family Practice Refresher Course 2003, Newport Beach, June 2003
Spinal Cord Compression. Oncologic Emergencies Conference, UCI Chao Cancer Center, July 2003
ICP Management in Blunt Head Injury. Trauma and Critical Care Conference, UCI Medical Center, July 2003
Acute Low Back Pain in Adults. UCI Women's Outreach Advisory Committee, Apr 2004
Myofascial Trigger Point in Neurologic Disease: Part 1 - Low Back Pain. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCI Medical Center Sept 2004
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Critical Analysis. Neuroscience Grand Rounds, UCI Medical Center, Dec 2004
Myofascial Causes of Leg Pain. Neuroscience Grand Rounds, UCI Medical Center, Mar 2005
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Neurosurgical Perspective. Geriatrics Grand Rounds, UCI Medical Center, July 2005
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Nursing Update. Neuroscience Update Course, UCI Medical Center, July 2005
Low Back Pain. Placentia Linda Hospital Grand Rounds, Feb 2006
Neurosurgical Approaches to Pain. Pain Management Symposium, UCI, Mar 4 - 5 2006
History of Spine Surgery, Part I. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Apr 2006
Intracranial Pressure. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, July 2006
Current Guidelines for the Management of Intracranial Hypertension. Trauma/Critical Care Core Lecture Series, UCI Medical Center, Sept 2006
Surgical Treatment of Back Pain. CME Program, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Nov 2006
Back Pain Treatment to Include Surgical Techniques. CME Program, Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, Nov 2006
History of Spine Surgery, Part II. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Dec 2006
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Management. Neuroscience Nursing Update, UCIMC, Dec 2006 and Jan 2007
Current Guidelines for the Treatment of Low Back Pain. Academic and Professional Women's Association, UCI, May 2007
Minimally Invasive Spine Techniques for Discectomy and Foraminotomy. Annual Kusske Symposium, UCIMC, May 2007
Case Presentations. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, May 2007
Disorders of Sodium Metabolism in the Neuro Critical Care Unit: Clinico-Pathological Correlations. Hot Topics in Critical Care, UCIMC, June 2007
Intracranial Pressure. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Aug 2007
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis and Treatment. Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy, UCIMC, Aug 2007
Neurosurgery for the General Surgeon: Neurosurgical Emergencies. General Surgery Grand Rounds, Sept 2007u
TBI The Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines. Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Sept 2007
Interpretation and Management of Increased ICP. Department of Anesthesia Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Nov 2007
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment. Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Nov 2007
Controversies in Low Back Pain, Part I. Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Apr 2008
Intracranial Pressure Measurement, Assessment and Management. Annual Kusske Symposium, UCIMC, May 2008
Intracranial Pressure. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, July 2008
The History of Spine Surgery, Part I. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Jan 2009
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Los Alamitos Medical Center Grand Rounds, Jan 2009
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Anaheim Memorial Medical Center Grand Rounds, Feb 2009
The History of Spine Surgery, Part 2. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds UCIMC, Feb 2009
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Placentia Linda Hospital Grand Rounds, Mar 2009
Disorders of Sodium Metabolism in Neurosurgical Disorders. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Sept 2009

Community Lectures & Publications

Standing up to Bone Loss. UCI Health Quarterly Newsletter, 2003
Vertebral Compression Fractures and Kyphoplasty. Community Service Talk, University Club, UCI, July 2003
Vertebral Compression Fractures and Kyphoplasty. Community Service Talk, Borders Books and Music, Yorba Linda, California, Nov 2003
Are You Shrinking? Bottom Line Personal, 2004;25(6):5
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Winter/Spring 2006 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), UCI, Mar 2006
Surgical Treatment of Back Pain. Women's Health Symposium, Crystal Cathedral, Oct 2006
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Outreach Dinner Presentation, Orange, Jan 2007
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The Treatable Dementia. Oasis Senior Center, Nov 2007
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Orange Senior Center, Feb 2008
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The Treatable Dementia. Cal State Fullerton, Mar 2008
What's New in Spine Surgery. Outreach Dinner Presentation, Newport Beach, Mar 2008
Little-Known Neurological Condition Often Mistaken for Alzheimer's Disease. Senior Reporter, Vol 34(11):30, Dec 2008
Forget Something? Reader's Digest, pp. 90-98, June 2009
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. KCAL Television Channel 9, July 13, 2009

Educational Lectures

Teaching Rounds, Daily. UCI Medical Center, Interns, Students, PAs, 2002-present.
Bi-Monthly Lunchtime Topics in Neurosurgery. UCI Medical Center, Interns, Students, PAs, Mar 2002-Apr 2004.
Quarterly Lecture Series: Third-Year Medical Students Surgery Rotations, Overview of Neurosurgery, Parts I and II. UCI Medical Center, Feb 2002-present
Fourth-Year Medical Students, Neurology Course. Neurotrauma, UCI Medical Center, July 2002
Surgery Interns Lecture Series: ICP Monitoring and Treatment. UCI Medical Center, Sept 2002
ICU Nurses Inservice: The Use of Propofol in Head Injury. UCI Medical Center, Oct 2002
Clinical Neuroscience Course, Neurology Residents, ICP and Monitoring. UCI Medical Center, Mar 2003
Clinical Neuroscience Course, Neurology Residents, Intervertebral Disc Syndromes. UCI Medical Center, May 2005
Topics in Medicine Series: Second-Year Medical Students, Cerebral Ischemia. UCI Nelson Auditorium, Mar 2003
Topics in Medicine Series: Second-Year Medical Students, Intervertebral Disc Syndromes; Feb 2003, Mar 2004, Mar 2005
Surgery Interns Lecture Series: Coma and ICP Monitoring and Treatment. UCI Medical Center, July 2003
Medical Scientist Training Program Invited Clinical Lecture Series: Coma, Brain Death and Neurosurgical Case Presentations, May 2004
Surgery Interns Lecture Series: Neurosurgical Emergencies. UCI Medical Center, Aug 2004
Neuroscience Core Curriculum: Intracranial Pressure. UCI Medical Center, July 2005, July 2006, July 2007, Aug 2008, July 2009
Surgery Interns Lecture Series: Neurosurgical Emergencies. UCI Medical Center, Aug 2005
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident Teaching Session: Vertebral Compression Fractures: Pathophysiology and Treatment. UCI Medical Center, Aug 2005
Spinal Cord Anatomy, Neurosurgery Resident Basic Science Teaching. UCIMC, Sept 2008
Autonomic Nervous System, Neurosurgery Resident Basic Science Teaching. UCIMC, Sept 2008
Lumbosacral Plexus and Peripheral Nerves, Neurosurgery Resident Basic Science Teaching. UCIMC, Oct 2008

Publications (peer-reviewed)

Paré L, Brem S, Kirkham T. Visual consequences of head trauma. Ophthalmic Practice, 1989;7:190-193
Paré L, Defino R, Leblanc R. The relationship of ventricular drainage to aneurysmal rebleeding. Journal of Neurosurgery, 1992;76:422-427
Johnson J P, Paré L, Torres R. Thoracolumbar vertebral body replacement: materials and techniques. Contemporary Neurosurgery, 1998;20:1-9
Paré L, Batzdorf U. Syringomyelia persistence after chiari decompression due to pseudomeningocele formation: implications for syrinx pathogenesis: report of three cases. Neurosurgery, 1998;43:945-8
Chappell ET, Paré L, Dolich MO, Lekawa ME, Salepour M. Frameless stereotaxy to facilitate anterolateral thoracolumbar surgery: technique. Operative Neurosurgery, 2005;1:110-115
Chappell ET, Paré L, Salepour, M. Fluoroscopic image guidance for minimally invasive extraction of a bullet from the gluteus maximus. J Trauma, 2005;59(2):1-1
Westhout FW, Paré L, Linskey ML. Central causes of foot drop: rare and underappreciated differential diagnoses. J Spinal Cord Med, 2007;30:62-66
Westhout FW, Mathews M, Paré L, Armstrong WB, Tully P, Linskey ME. Recognizing schwannomatosis and distinguishing it from neuro-fibromatosis type 1 or 2. J Spinal Disord Tech, June 2007;20(4):329-332
Mathews M, Paré L, Hasso A. Intraventricular neurocryptococcal cysts masquerading as racemose neurocysticercosis. Surgical Neurology, 2007;67(6):647-649
Westhout FD, Paré L, Delfino RJ, Cramer S. Slope of the intracranial pressure waveform after traumatic brain injury. Surgical Neurology, 2008:70(1):70-74
Chappell ET, Paré L, Salehpour M, Mathews M, Middlehof C. GORE PRECLUDE® MVP dura substitute applied as a non-watertight "underlay" graft for craniotomies: product and technique evaluation. Surg Neurol, Jan 2009;71(1):126-8.
Hungs M, Paré L. Spinal angiolipoma: case report and review of the literature. J Spinal Cord Med, 2008;31:315-318
Moskowitz RM, Young J, Box GN, Paré L, Clayman RV. Retroperitoneal transdiaphragmatic robotic-assistant laparoscopic resection of a left thoracolumbar neurofibroma: initial case report. JSLS, Jan-Mar 2009;13(1):64-8.
Mathews M, Paré L, Kuo J, Kim R. Primary leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis. J Neurooncol, Sept 2009;94(2):275-8. Epub 2009 Mar 17

Abstracts and Presentations at Medical Meetings

Paré L, Mohr G, Carlton J, Robert F, Brem S. Angio-lipome extradural lombaire: une variete rare de lipome intrarachidien. (Extradural lumbar angiolipoma: a rare type of intraspinal lipoma.) Abstract, published in the Proceedings of the Association des neurochirurgiens de la province de Quebec, and presented at the annual meeting, 1989.
Paré L, Delfino R, Leblanc R. The relationship of ventricular drainage to aneurysmal rebleeding. Poster presentation to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, Apr 1992, .
Paré L, Delfino R, Leblanc R. Factors predicting aneurysmal rebleeding. Presentation to the Kaiser Annual Neurosurgical Seminar, Newport Beach, California, 1992.
Johnson J P, Filler A, Paré L, McBride DQ, Batzdorf U. Anterior cervical foraminotomy. Abstract. Journal of Neurosurgery 1997;86:417A. Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Newport Beach, California, Feb 1997.
Paré L, Batzdorf U. The relationship between pseudomeningocele and syringomyelia. Abstract presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Poster Session and Oral Poster Presentation, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sept 1997.
Paré L, Limfueco JA, Batrez M, Esqueda J, Linskey ME, Macias HD, McCarthy SL. Principles of total quality management applied to an academic neurosurgery outpatient clinic. Oral Poster/Digital Poster Presentation, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 2005.
Chappell ET, Paré L, Salepour M. Technique: Minimal access posterior exposure for non-degenerative spinal pathology. Digital Poster, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 2005.
Westhout, F, Paré L, Mathews M, Linskey M. Schwannomatosis. The other NF2: an underappreciated new class of neurofibromatosis. National Medical Association Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly, Neurology/Neurosurgery Section, Don H. Wood Residents Post-Graduate Forum, Dallas, Texas, Aug 2006.
Westhout F, Paré L, Delfino R, Cramer S. Intracranial pressure waveform analysis in traumatic brain injury. Poster presentation, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Oct 2006
Mathews M, Paré L, Hasso A. Intraventricular cryptococcal cyst simulating racemose neurocysticercosis in an immunocompetent adult. Poster presentation, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Oct 2006
Westhout F, Mathews M, Paré L, Linskey M. Giant cervical plexus, spinal and forearm schwannomas: a rare and under recognized presentation of schwannomatosis. Poster presentation, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Oct 2006
Westhout F, Linskey M, Paré L. Central Causes of Foot Drop: A Rare and Underappreciated Differential Diagnosis. Society for Neuro-Oncology, 11th Annual Meeting, 2006, Orlando, FL, Nov 17, 2006
Westhout F, Mathews M, Linskey M, Paré L. Familial and rare presentations of schwannomatosis and how to distinguish schwannomatosis from NF2. Society for Neuro-Oncology, 11th Annual Meeting, 2006, Orlando, FL, Nov 17, 2006
Owen CM, Paré L, Cramer S. Respiratory variation of intracranial pressure waveform slope in traumatic brain injury. Poster, Congress of Neurological Surgeons. San Diego, CA, Sept 2007
Chappel ET, Paré L. The role of image guidance in minimally-invasive lumbar interbody grafting and pedicle screw fixation in the lumbar spine. Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Spine, Nov 2007
Paré L, Gagne A, Blasko M, De Nova M, Mai E, McCarthy SL. Total quality management reduces delays in radiology scheduling in a university neurosurgical outpatient clinic. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Sept 2008
Paré L, Zoran ND, Zargarnian R, Cramer SC. Analysis of intracranial pressure waveform slope in traumatic brain injury. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Sept 2008
Rajneesh KF, Nenadic Z, Gajo EC, Chan JS, Cramer SC, Paré L. Intracranial pressure waveform analysis in intracranial hemorrhage. Poster, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 2009.
Mbabuike N, Miran V, Paré L. Factors predicting response to shunting in NPH. Poster, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, May 2009