Renee Reynolds MD
Renee Reynolds
MD
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This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.
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Dr. Renée Reynolds is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at State University of New York at Buffalo and the Program Director of the University at Buffalo Neurosurgery Training Program. She completed her neurosurgical training at the Duke University Medical Center and received her medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University. She also completed a one-year fellowship at Seattle Children‘s Hospital/University of Washington in pediatric neurosurgery.
Dr. Reynolds’ areas of expertise are: pediatric neurosurgery, including congenital neurosurgical conditions; brain tumors; surgical management of epilepsy; craniofacial disorders; hydrocephalus; and spasticity. Her research interests are in the areas of immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors and management of hydrocephalus.
She has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at national meetings.
She is a member of the Congress of Neurosurgeons, the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the Children‘s Oncology Group.
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, Seattle Childrens Hospital/University of Washington (2013)
- Residency, Neurological Surgery Residency Training, Duke University (2012)
- MD, Medical Doctor, SUNY Upstate Medical University (2006)
- BS, Neurosciences Minor: American Sign Language, University at Rochester (2002)
Employment:
- Clinical Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo
- Program Director, Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo
Awards and Honors:
- Provisional Membership, Senior Society of Neurosurgery (2034)
- Designated Fellow (2023)
- Inspiring Women of Western New York (2022)
Research Expertise:
- Hydrocephalus Research Network: Participant
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network: Pediatric Neurosurgical Appointed Representative
Research Centers:
- Jacobs Neurological Institute
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- July 2017
Transcranial Doppler in Pediatric Head Injury
Role: Co-Investigator
$1,000
Journal Articles:
- Ghannam MM, Moser M, Best DL, Awner S, Al Afif A, Reynolds RM, Markiewicz MR, Algattas HN. (2025) Open and Endoscopic Endonasal Optic Nerve Decompression for Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia in an Adolescent: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (Mar), 28(3): 440-441.
- Kruk MD, Malueg MD, Snyder KV, Reynolds RM. (2025) Availability of Lactation Policies and Facilities for ACGME-Accredited Surgical Residency Training Programs. Journal of surgical education (Feb), 82(2): 103398.
- Baig AA, Gerace PG, Khawar WI, Graffeo CS, Lim J, Vakharia K, Davies JM, Siddiqui AH, Reynolds RM, Levy EI. (2025) The power of social media: broader Twitter outreach and higher Altmetric scores significantly amplify neurosurgical citation reach. Journal of neurosurgery (Jan), 142(1): 257-263.
- Okai BK, Jaikumar V, Francois HB, Recker MJ, Reynolds RM. (2024) Posterior fossa decompression in patients with Chiari malformation type 1: effect on sleep apnea and follow-up outcomes. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (Dec), 40(12): 4075-4082.
- Malueg MD, Greene HE, Reynolds RM. (2024) An Analysis of the Relationship Between Female Faculty and Female Resident Representation in Neurosurgery Residency Programs. World neurosurgery (Oct), 190: 342-349.
- Best DL, Nyabuto E, Lee KC, Reynolds RM, Markiewicz MR. (2024) Reduction Cranioplasty in Cases of Hydrocephalic Macrocephaly: Pearls and Pitfalls of Computer-Assisted Surgery. The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (Sep)10556656241271661.
- Donnelly BM, Monteiro A, Recker MJ, Lim J, Rosalind Lai PM, Jacoby WT, Khawar WI, Becker AB, Waqas M, Cappuzzo JM, Davies JM, Snyder KV, Reynolds RM, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI. (2024) Endovascular Treatment for Complex Vascular Pathologies in the Pediatric Population: Experience from a Center with Dual-Trained Neurosurgeons. World neurosurgery (Sep), 189: e696-e708.
- Khan A, Recker MJ, Ghannam MM, Soliman MAR, Markiewicz MR, Reynolds RM. (2024) Fronto-Orbital Advancement Using Computer-Aided Surgical Simulation: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (Jun).
- Best DL, Lee KC, Reynolds RM, Piccillo E, Behar P, Markiewicz MR. (2024) Contemporary Surgical Management of Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia Using Computer-Assisted Surgery and Intraoperative Navigation. The Journal of craniofacial surgery (Jun), 35(4): 1280-1283.
- Kuo CC, Monteiro A, Lim J, Brown NJ, Recker MJ, Ghannam MM, Gendreau JL, Li V, Reynolds RM. (2024) An online calculator using machine learning for predicting survival in pediatric patients with medulloblastoma. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics (Jan), 33(1): 85-94.
- Recker MJ, Barber JC, Xia JJ, Markiewicz MR, Kuang T, Deng HH, Singh T, Reynolds RM. (2024) Accuracy of Surgical Outcome Using Computer-Aided Surgical Simulation in Fronto-Orbital Advancement for Craniosynostosis: A Pilot Study. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (Jan), 26(1): 46-53.
- Aguirre AO, Lim J, Kuo CC, Ruggiero N, Siddiqi M, Monteiro A, Baig AA, Housley SB, Recker MJ, Li V, Reynolds RM. (2024) Social Determinants of Health and Associations With Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Brain Tumors. Neurosurgery (Jan), 94(1): 108-116.
- Lee KC, Reynolds R, Recker MJ, Markiewicz MR. (2023) Rigid Fixation of the Pediatric Facial Skeleton. Oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics of North America (Nov), 35(4): 529-541.
- Richardson J, Stanbouly D, Moynihan H, Reynolds RM, Recker MJ, Markiewicz MR. (2023) The Most Dangerous Game: A Review of Head and Neck Injuries in American Football and Rugby. Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction (Mar), 16(1): 15-22. doi:10.1177/19433875211073437
- Monteiro A, Donnelly BM, Recker MJ, Khan A, Davies JM, Snyder KV, Reynolds RM, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI. (2023) Head and neck angiography in the pediatric population: single-center experience with indications, safety, feasibility, and technical differences among infants, childhood, and adolescents. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics (Mar), 31(3): 221-227.
- Gajjar A, Mahajan A, Abdelbaki M, Anderson C, Antony R, Bale T, Bindra R, Bowers DC, Cohen K, Cole B, Dorris K, Ermoian R, Franson A, Helgager J, Landi D, Lin C, Metrock L, Nanda R, Palmer J, Partap S, Plant A, Pruthi S, Reynolds R, Ruggieri P, Stearns D, Storm P, Wang A, Warren K, Whipple N, Zaky W, McMillian NR, Pluchino LA. (2022) Pediatric Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 2.2023, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN (Dec), 20(12): 1339-1362.
- Markiewicz MR, Recker MJ, Reynolds RM. (2022) Management of Sagittal and Lambdoid Craniosynostosis: Open Cranial Vault Expansion and Remodeling. Oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics of North America (Aug), 34(3): 395-419.
- Taylor MN, Tambi S, Almeida ND, Housley SB, Reynolds RM. (2022) Ventral Intrameningeal Cyst Treatment and Management: Technical Note. World neurosurgery (Aug), 164: 156-158.
- Mackel CE, Alterman RL, Buss MK, Reynolds RM, Fox WC, Spiotta AM, Davis RB, Stippler M. (2022) Moral Distress and Moral Injury Among Attending Neurosurgeons: A National Survey. Neurosurgery (Jul), 91(1): 59-65. doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000001921
- Stanbouly D, Richardson J, Richardson N, Reynolds RM, Recker MJ, Bass K, Chuang SK. (2022) Which Sport Is More Dangerous: Ice Hockey or Field Hockey? A Review of the Head and Neck Injuries Associated With the Two Sports. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (May), 80(5): 859-868.
- Richardson IJ, Wager LE, Recker MJ, Reynolds R, Ruiz R, Markiewicz MR. (2022) Morbidity Associated With Anterior Versus Posterior Cranial Vault Expansion for Early Treatment of Syndromic Craniosynostosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (Apr), 80(4): 651-661.
- Recker MJ, Kronenwetter N, Reynolds RM, Sadler LS, Markiewicz MR. (2022) Impaired wound healing following cranial vault reconstruction in a patient with an atypical phenotype of Marfan syndrome: A case report. Surgical neurology international (Jan), 13: 328. doi:10.25259/SNI_329_2022
- Khan A, Soliman MAR, Ghannam MM, Jowdy PK, Hess R, Recker MJ, Reynolds RM. (2021) Spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme in a patient with Noonan syndrome: A clinical report. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery (Aug), 207: 106725.
- Mackel CE, Nelton EB, Reynolds RM, Fox WC, Spiotta AM, Stippler M. (2021) A Scoping Review of Burnout in Neurosurgery. Neurosurgery (Apr), 88(5): 942-954.
- Housley SB, Patel D, Nyabuto E, Reynolds RM. (2021) Spinal cord detethering without laminectomy or laminotomy. Surgical neurology international (Jan), 12: 610. doi:10.25259/SNI_942_2021
- Jowdy PK, Perry RJ, Reynolds RM. (2020) Use of an abdominal reapproximation anchor system in the closure of large, open myelomeningoceles. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics (Apr), 25(4): 402-406.
- Fanous AA, McPheeters MJ, Morr S, Gibbons KJ, Reynolds RM. (2018) Commentary: Synopsis of the Location and Type of Training for Current Department Chairs and Program Directors of Academic Neurosurgical Departments in the United States. Neurosurgery (Dec), 83(6): E238-E243.
- Shakir HJ, McPheeters MJ, Shallwani H, Pittari JE, Reynolds RM. (2018) The Prevalence of Burnout Among US Neurosurgery Residents. Neurosurgery (Sep), 83(3): 582-590.
- Gururangan S, Reap E, Schmittling R, Kocak M, Reynolds R, Grant G, Onar-Thomas A, Baxter P, Pollack IF, Phillips P, Boyett J, Fouladi M, Mitchell D. (2017) Regulatory T cell subsets in patients with medulloblastoma at diagnosis and during standard irradiation and chemotherapy (PBTC N-11). Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII (Dec), 66(12): 1589-1595. doi:10.1007/s00262-017-2051-6
- Shakir HJ, McBride P, Reynolds RM. (2016) Dural-based infantile hemangioma of the posterior fossa: Case report. Surgical neurology international (Jan), 7: 52. doi:10.4103/2152-7806.181827
- Nair SK, Driscoll T, Boczkowski D, Schmittling R, Reynolds R, Johnson LA, Grant G, Fuchs H, Bigner DD, Sampson JH, Gururangan S, Mitchell DA. (2015) Ex vivo generation of dendritic cells from cryopreserved, post-induction chemotherapy, mobilized leukapheresis from pediatric patients with medulloblastoma. Journal of neuro-oncology (Oct), 125(1): 65-74. doi:10.1007/s11060-015-1890-2
- Sayour EJ, McLendon P, McLendon R, De Leon G, Reynolds R, Kresak J, Sampson JH, Mitchell DA. (2015) Increased proportion of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in tumor infiltrating lymphocytes is associated with tumor recurrence and reduced survival in patients with glioblastoma. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII (Apr), 64(4): 419-27. doi:10.1007/s00262-014-1651-7
- Morr S, Heard CM, Li V, Reynolds RM. (2015) Dexmedetomidine for acute baclofen withdrawal. Neurocritical care (Apr), 22(2): 288-92.
- Reynolds RM, Morton RP, Walker ML, Massagli TL, Browd SR. (2014) Role of dorsal rhizotomy in spinal cord injury-induced spasticity. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics (Sep), 14(3): 266-70.
- Babu R, Reynolds R, Moreno JR, Cummings TJ, Bagley CA. (2014) Concurrent split cord malformation and teratoma: dysembryology, presentation, and treatment. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (Feb), 21(2): 212-6.
- Morton RP, Reynolds RM, Ramakrishna R, Levitt MR, Hopper RA, Lee A, Browd SR. (2013) Low-dose head computed tomography in children: a single institutional experience in pediatric radiation risk reduction: clinical article. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics (Oct), 12(4): 406-10.
- Reynolds RM, Boswell E, Hulette CM, Cummings TJ, Haglund MM, Boswell E, Hulette CM, Cumm Ings TJ, Haglund MM. (2011) Sudden death from diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine (Dec), 15(6): 625-9.
- Aliabadi H, Reynolds R, Powers CJ, Grant G, Fuchs H, Kurtzberg J. (2010) Clinical outcome of cerebrospinal fluid shunting for communicating hydrocephalus in mucopolysaccharidoses I, II, and III: a retrospective analysis of 13 patients. Neurosurgery (Dec), 67(6): 1476-81; discussion 1481-2.
- Karikari IO, Powers CJ, Reynolds RM, Mehta AI, Isaacs RE. (2009) Management of a spontaneous spinal epidural abscess: a single-center 10-year experience. Neurosurgery (Nov), 65(5): 919-23; discussion 923-4.
Professional Memberships:
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Childrens Oncology Group
- American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
Presentations:
- "Building Resiliency In Residency Training" SNS Junior Resident Boot camp
- "Spinal Dysraphic Disorders" CHS Grand Rounds
Service Activities:
- American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons; Scientific Program Chair (2022–2024)
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network; Pediatric Neurosurgical Appointed Representative (2021–present)
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Committee on Neurosurgeon Wellness (2019–present)
- Office of Inclusion and Cultural Enhancement; Diversity and Inclusion Advocate (2018–2021)
- Shakir Family Summer Research Fellowship in Neurosurgery; Faculty Director (2018–present)
- Neurosurgery Residency Training Program; Program Director (2018–present)
- University at Buffalo; Medical School Admissions Committee (2017–2019)
- ; Associate Program Director (2016–2018)
- ; Peer Nominated Alternate Member of teh Faculty Practice Management Plan Governing Board (2016–2018)
- Neurosurgery Interest Group, School of Medicine; Faculty Mentor (2016–present)
- Non for profit organization, Program for the Understanding of Childhood Concussion and Stroke; Vice President (2014–2020)
- University at Buffalo Neurosurgery; Clinical Competency Committee (2014–2016)