Alexandra D Beier, DO, FACOS, FAAP, FCNS
Associate Professor
Department:
Neurosurgery – Jacksonville
Business Phone:
(904) 633-0780
Business Email:
alexandra.beier@jax.ufl.edu
About Alexandra D Beier
Alexandra D. Beier, D.O., FACOS, FAAP, FCNS, is a University of Florida associate professor of neurosurgery and a board-certified neurosurgeon at UF Health Pediatric Neurosurgery. She specializes in epilepsy surgery, spine surgery, spinal dysraphism (spina bifida) and central nervous system tumors. Dr. Beier received her medical degree from the Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove, Illinois. She completed her residency in neurological surgery at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan, as well as a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Additional Positions:
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
2019 – Current
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University of Florida
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
2012 – 2019
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University of Florida
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2018
MDT7650 Elect Top/Neurol Surg
Board Certifications
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Neurological SurgeryAmerican Osteopathic Board of Neurological Surgery
Clinical Profile
Clinical specialties include epilepsy surgery, neuro-endoscopy, spinal dysraphism and central nervous system tumors.
Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Subspecialties
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
Research Profile
Research interests include epilepsy surgery, neuro-trauma, spinal dysraphism and hydrocephalus.
Publications
Academic Articles
2024
Editorial. How to have it all.
Journal of neurosurgery.
141(3):790-792
[DOI] 10.3171/2024.1.JNS232800.
[PMID] 38579350.
2023
Comparison of Osteopathic (DO) and Allopathic (MD) Candidates Matching Into Selected Surgical Subspecialties.
Cureus.
15(6)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.40566.
[PMID] 37465803.
2023
Tandem pediatric neurosurgery: treatment of synostosis and intractable epilepsy. Illustrative case.
Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons.
6(20)
[DOI] 10.3171/CASE23379.
[PMID] 37956426.
2023
When in doubt, return to fundamentals (seizure semiology).
Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape.
25(5):769-778
[DOI] 10.1002/epd2.20140.
[PMID] 37559191.
2022
Combined Neuroendoscopic Techniques in the Management of Pediatric Brain and Skull Base Tumors: A Single-Institutional Case Series.
World neurosurgery.
164:e134-e142
[DOI] 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.04.045.
[PMID] 35439619.
2021
Advances in Epilepsy Surgery.
Pediatric neurology.
122:89-97
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.06.004.
[PMID] 34325983.
2021
Contemporary management of pediatric open skull fractures: a multicenter pediatric trauma center study.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
27(5):533-537
[DOI] 10.3171/2020.10.PEDS20486.
[PMID] 33711805.
2021
Review of Pediatric Neurologic History and Age-Appropriate Neurologic Examination in the Office.
Pediatric clinics of North America.
68(4):707-714
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.04.001.
[PMID] 34247703.
2021
Spinal Cord Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumor Presenting without Leptomeningeal Dissemination.
Pediatric neurosurgery.
56(6):563-568
[DOI] 10.1159/000518802.
[PMID] 34518487.
2020
Prioritizing Pediatricians’ Neurosurgical Education: Results From a National Survey of Primary Care Pediatricians.
Clinical pediatrics.
59(9-10):902-909
[DOI] 10.1177/0009922820928060.
[PMID] 32475161.
2019
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on Closure of Myelomeningocele Within 48 Hours to Decrease Infection Risk.
Neurosurgery.
85(3):E412-E413
[DOI] 10.1093/neuros/nyz264.
[PMID] 31418041.
2019
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Incidence of Shunt-Dependent Hydrocephalus in Infants With Myelomeningocele After Prenatal Versus Postnatal Repair.
Neurosurgery.
85(3):E405-E408
[DOI] 10.1093/neuros/nyz262.
[PMID] 31418039.
2019
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Incidence of Tethered Cord Syndrome in Infants With Myelomeningocele With Prenatal Versus Postnatal Repair.
Neurosurgery.
85(3):E417-E419
[DOI] 10.1093/neuros/nyz266.
[PMID] 31418037.
2019
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Management of Patients With Myelomeningocele: Whether Persistent Ventriculomegaly Adversely Impacts Neurocognitive Development.
Neurosurgery.
85(3):E414-E416
[DOI] 10.1093/neuros/nyz265.
[PMID] 31418036.
2019
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Management of Patients With Myelomeningocele: Whether Prenatal or Postnatal Closure Affects Future Ambulatory Status.
Neurosurgery.
85(3):E409-E411
[DOI] 10.1093/neuros/nyz263.
[PMID] 31418040.
2019
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Pediatric Myelomeningocele: Executive Summary.
Neurosurgery.
85(3):299-301
[DOI] 10.1093/neuros/nyz261.
[PMID] 31418038.
2019
Outcomes Following Proton Therapy for Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.
104(1):149-156
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.01.078.
[PMID] 30684665.
2019
Successful implementation of an intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) bundle in reducing severe ICH: a quality improvement project.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association.
39(1):143-151
[DOI] 10.1038/s41372-018-0257-x.
[PMID] 30348961.
2018
Choroid plexus adenoma in a child: expanding the clinical and pathological spectrum.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
21(4):428-433
[DOI] 10.3171/2017.10.PEDS17290.
[PMID] 29393815.
2018
De Novo Arteriovenous Malformation in a Pediatric Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
World neurosurgery.
111:341-345
[DOI] 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.12.145.
[PMID] 29294397.
2018
Outcomes following proton therapy for pediatric ependymoma.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden).
57(5):644-648
[DOI] 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1413248.
[PMID] 29239262.
2018
Pediatric silent corticotroph pituitary adenoma and role for proton therapy: case report
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
23(2):214-218
[DOI] 10.3171/2018.9.PEDS18107.
[PMID] 30497138.
2018
Pipeline Embolization Device Flow Diversion for a Dissecting Ruptured Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm in a Pediatric Patient.
World neurosurgery.
117:255-260
[DOI] 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.06.031.
[PMID] 29909213.
2018
Three-dimensional printing and neuroendovascular simulation for the treatment of a pediatric intracranial aneurysm: case report.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
22(6):672-677
[DOI] 10.3171/2018.6.PEDS17696.
[PMID] 30215588.
2016
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Diagnosis of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Imaging.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):E625-E626
[PMID] 27776086.
2016
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Physical Therapy.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):E630-E631
[PMID] 27776088.
2016
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Repositioning.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):E627-E629
[PMID] 27776087.
2016
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Role of Cranial Molding Orthosis (Helmet) Therapy for Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):E632-E633
[PMID] 27776089.
2016
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: Executive Summary.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):623-624
[PMID] 27759671.
2016
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Diagnosis of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Imaging.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):E625-E626
[PMID] 27759672.
2016
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Physical Therapy.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):E630-E631
[PMID] 27759674.
2016
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Repositioning.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):E627-E629
[PMID] 27759673.
2016
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Role of Cranial Molding Orthosis (Helmet) Therapy for Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly.
Neurosurgery.
79(5):E632-E633
[PMID] 27759675.
2016
Survival following decompressive hemicraniectomy for hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome: case report.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
18(3):344-9
[DOI] 10.3171/2016.3.PEDS15677.
[PMID] 27176609.
2015
Flow diversion for complex intracranial aneurysms in young children.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
15(3):276-81
[DOI] 10.3171/2014.9.PEDS14333.
[PMID] 25555114.
2014
Pediatric brainstem hemorrhages after traumatic brain injury.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
14(4):421-4
[DOI] 10.3171/2014.7.PEDS13376.
[PMID] 25105513.
2013
Hemispherectomy: historical review and recent technical advances.
Neurosurgical focus.
34(6)
[DOI] 10.3171/2013.3.FOCUS1341.
[PMID] 23724835.
2012
Rotatory subluxation: experience from the Hospital for Sick Children.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
9(2):144-8
[DOI] 10.3171/2011.11.PEDS11147.
[PMID] 22295918.
2011
Familial glioblastoma: A case report of glioblastoma in two brothers and review of literature.
Surgical neurology international.
2
[DOI] 10.4103/2152-7806.86833.
[PMID] 22140638.
2010
Aneurysm clips for durotomy repair: technical note.
Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.).
66(suppl_1):ons-E124
[DOI] 10.1227/01.NEU.0000365423.19998.3D.
[PMID] 20173581.
2010
Suprasellar arachnoid cyst resulting in the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.
6(5):486-8
[DOI] 10.3171/2010.8.PEDS10156.
[PMID] 21039174.
2009
Leopard syndrome and Chiari type I malformation: a case report and review of the literature.
The neurologist.
15(1):37-9
[DOI] 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31817833c4.
[PMID] 19131856.
2009
Subdural hematoma after microdiscectomy: a case report and review of the literature.
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society.
9(10):e9-e12
[DOI] 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.06.012.
[PMID] 19643678.
2007
Total dura substitute in the spine: double layer dural substitute made from polylactide layer and bovine pericardium.
Acta neurochirurgica.
149(12):1259-62; discussion 1262
[PMID] 17978882.
Grants
Sep 2020
ACTIVE
Endoscopic vs Shunt Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Infants
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF UTAH
via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Dec 2015
– Sep 2022
Posterior Fossa Decompression with or without Duraplasty for Chiari type I Malformation with Syringomyelia
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: WASHINGTON UNIV SAINT LOUIS
via PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RES INST
Education
Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship
2012
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University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto
Neurological Surgery Residency
2011
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Michigan State University
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
2005
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Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (904) 633-0780
Emails:
- Business:
- alexandra.beier@jax.ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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836 PRUDENTIAL DR STE 1205
JACKSONVILLE FL 32207 - Business Street:
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836 PRUDENTIAL DR STE 1205
JACKSONVILLE FL 32207