
Michael Lawton
Institutional Chair, Barrow Neurological Institute · University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Credentials: · · · ·
History
- Present
Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute · University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
PresentNeurosurgery Department · Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
1990–1997
1995–1996- 1986–1990

Research
Unique astrocyte ribbon in adult human brain contains neural stem cells but lacks chain migration
Nature · 2004 · 1,019 citations
Global brain inflammation in stroke
Review · The Lancet Neurology · 2019 · 762 citations
Journal of neurosurgery · 1995 · First of 6 authors · 469 citations

195 papers · 136 as a resident

160 papers · 116 as a fellow

123 papers · 98 as a resident

97 papers · 84 as a resident

81 papers · 81 as a fellow

80 papers · 59 as a fellow

74 papers · 38 as a resident

74 papers · 11 as a resident
Grants
- 2013–2026
Risk Assessment of Cerebral Aneurysm Growth with 4D Flow MRI
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $2.6M · Purdue University
- 2009–2026
System Wide Operations for Rare Disorders (SWORD)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · U54
Contact PI · $7.8M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2000–2006
Radiation Arteriopathy in a Transgenic Av Fistula Model
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · K08
Contact PI · $608.9K · University of California, San Francisco
Clinical trials
- 2022
Intraoperative Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging of Cerebral Blood Flow
Principal investigator · Completed
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