Dr. Jonathan S. Citow, MD

Years In Practice

13

Gender

Male

Field of Medicine

• Neurosurgery (Brain, Spine Surgery)

Specialty

• Neurosurgery (Brain, Spine Surgery)

Clinical Interests

• Chiari Malformations
• Fusions
• Hemilaminectomies
• Hydrocephalus
• Micro-Diskectomies
• Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
• Spinal Disorders
• Stenosis
• Synovial Cysts
• Trigeminal Neuralgia

Practice Information

Name

Lake County Neurosurgery - Jonathan S. Citow MD

Web Site

www.neurosurge.net

Accepts Children Under 10

Accepts Children 10 and Over

Education and Training

Medical School

University of Illinois College of Medicine

Internship

University of Colorado Health Sciences

Residency

University of Chicago Hospitals

Fellowship

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

1988 - 1992

University of Illinois College of Medicine

1984 - 1988

John Hopkins University

Board Certifications

• American Board of Neurological Surgeons

Hospital Affiliations

• Condell Medical Center
  Lake Forest Hospital
  Highland Park Hospital
  Vista Medical Center
  Good Shepherd Hospital

Professional Experience

2008 - Current

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences

2004 - Current

Lake County Neurosurgery - Jonathan S Citow MD

2001 - Current

Chief of Division of Neurosurgery Condell Medical Center

1999 - 2003

Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery University of Chicago Medical Center

1999 - 2004

North Suburban Neurosurgery

Professional Honors

• Authored Neurosurgery Board Review Book used to help develop National Board Examinations in Canada, Russia, Iran and the United States and also used in these countries to help doctors prepare for their examinations and manage their patients.
  
  TopTierMD Chicago Top Doctors - Best Neurological Surgeons 2010
  
  Top Regional Doctor - Castle Connolly Medical - 2008 and 2009
  
  Top Doctors - Chicago Consumers' Checkbook - 2007
  
  Top Physicians - Chicago Hospital news - 2006
  
  Consumers' Guide to Top Doctors - Chicago Hospital News - 2003

Professional Societies and Committees

Memberships

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  
  Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  
  North American Spine Society
  
  Illinois Neurosurgical Society
  
  Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Selected Publications

• Comprehensive Neurosurgical Board Review - 2000
  
  Neuropathology and Neuroradiology: A Review - 2001
  
  Neuroanatomy and Neuroradiology: A Review - 2001
  
  Neurosurgery Oral Board Review - 2002
  
  Neurosurgery Board Review Questions and Answers for Self - Assessment - 2005
  
  Comprehensive Neurosurgical Board Review - Second Edition - 2009
  
  Journals
  
  Citow JS, Ammirati M: "Intramedullary Tuberculomas of the Spinal Cord: Case Report" Neurosurgery: September, 1994; Vol 35
  
  Citow JS, Frim DM: "C2/3 Instability in a Child with Down's Syndrome"
  Pediatric Neurosurgery: March, 1998; Vol 28
  
  Citow JS, Macdonald RM: "Posterior Decompression of the Vertebral Artery Narrowed by Cervical Stenosis" Surgical Neurology: May, 1999; Vol 51
  
  Citow JS, Macdonald RM: "Combined Posterior and Thorascopic Excision
  of a Dumbbell Neurofibroma"
  Neurosurgery: November, 1999; Vol 45
  
  Citow JS, Kranzler L: "Epidural Lipomatosis with a Syrinx"
  Surgical Neurology: June, 2000; Vol 53
  
  Citow JS, Dohrmann G: “Diagnosis and Management of Syringomyelia”
  Neurosurgery Quarterly: September, 2000; Vol 10
  
  Citow JS, Kranzler L: "Multicentric Intracranial Smooth Muscle Tumor in a Woman with HIV Innfection" Journal of Neurosurgery: October, 2000; Vol 93
  
  Citow JS, Macdonald RM: "Isolated Primary Extranodal Hodgkin's Disease of the Spine: Case Report" Neurosurgery 2001
  
  Citow JS, Johnson JP: "Management of Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis" Neurosurgical Focus 2001
  

Additional Information

• Inventions: Citow Cervical Visualizer (CCV)
  
  Recognitions:
  
  Operating Inside the Brain and Outside of the Box
  Lincolnwood Review; Pioneer Press Newspaper, 04/01
  
  Condell Thinks Big on Brain Surgery
  Chicago Tribune, 10/01
  
  Neurosurgeon Works on Cutting Edge
  Daily Herald, 04/02
  
  Pacemaker for the Brain
  The News Sun, 06/02
  
  Novel Brain Surgery Performed at St. Francis
  Lerner Life, 05/03
  
  Stroke Victim Runs in Condell Race
  The Pioneer Press, 09/03
  
  Long Road Back
  The News Sun, 09/03
  
  Mind Menders
  Neurosurgery at Condell Medical Center North Shore, 02/05
  
  The Most Options in Lake County for Complex Brain and Spine Surgery
  Chicago Tribune, 04/05