Physician Profiles - Neurosurgery

Jonathan Stuart Citow, M.D.
Chief Neurosurgeon, Condell Medical Center

DR. JONATHON CITOW graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with honors. He received his training in neurological surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center. After receiving the second highest score in the United States on the written neurological surgery board examination, he authored five textbooks Comprehensive Neurosurgical Board Review, Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology , Neuroradiology and Neuropathology, Neurosurgery Oral Board Review, and Neurosurgery Question and Answer Book.

Dr. Citow has published numerous scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and recently was nominated to the editorial board of the international journal Spinal Cord. Dr. Citow remains active in teaching and research as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago. His special interests include cerebral aneurysms, tumors (including acoustic neuromas and pituitary tumors), complex spinal disorders and fusions, minimally invasive surgery (ie. outpatient endoscopic and microscopic diskectomies), trigeminal neuralgia, Chari malformations, hydrocephalus, and chronic pain management (intrathecal morphine pumps, etc.) Dr. Citow cares for both adult and pediatric neurosurgical patients.

Education

Postgraduate

Neurological Surgery Residency
University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, Illinois
June 1994 - June 1999

Neurological Surgery Clinical Fellowship
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Sylmar, California
June 1993 - June 1994

General Surgery Internship
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
June 1992 - June 1993

Medical School

University of Illinois College of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
August 1988 - May 1992
Doctor of Medicine

Undergraduate

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
September 1984 - June 1988
B.A., Biology

Board Certification

Board Certified: American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Illinois Medical License
Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners

Honors/Awards

Medical School

Alpha Omega Alpha
Cum Laude Graduate
David Mortimer Olkon Scholarship for Excellence in the Neurosciences
C.M. Craig Summer Research Fellowship

Undergraduate

Alpha Epsilon Delta (Pre-Medical Honor Society)
Cum Laude Graduate

Research

"Protein Purification and Peptide Map Analysis of Human Brain Aspartoacylase: The Enzyme Defect of Canavan Disease."

"Pre-emptive analgesia in lumbar surgery with ketorclac, bupivicaine, and dexamethasone."
University of Chicago Hospitals
IRB approved
Study initiated March 5, 1999

Professional Organization Memberships

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
World Federation of Neurological Surgeons
Joint Spine Committee & Joint Pain Committee
Illinois Neurosurgical Society
Illinois Medical Society
Lake County Medical Society
Chicago Medical Society
American Medical Association
Alpha Omega Alpha Society
Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association