Meryl Alton Severson III

Meryl Alton Severson III
Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery

A strong desire to serve my country and others led me to join the military and become a physician. I separated from active service after serving eight years at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center caring for our nation’s heroes, family members, and retirees. Compassionate, honest, evidence-based care of the whole patient with a commitment to quality is my top priority. It is important to me that you understand your condition as well as the risks and benefits of all the non-surgical and surgical treatment options available to you. As a well-informed patient, we will make a decision together about what is right for you and your unique situation. My goal is to help you improve your symptoms without surgery whenever possible. If surgical intervention is needed, my focus is providing this as safely as possible via a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve your best results.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2018

Contact Information

DUMC 3807, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 3807, Durham, NC 27710
meryl.severson@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Board Certification, American Board of Neurological Surgery 2013 - 2023
- Fellow, Endovascular Neurosurgery and Neurovascular Critical Care, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 2008
- Neurosurgery Fellow Associate, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine 2007 - 2008
- Neurosurgery Residency, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine 2001 - 2007
- Commander, Naval Special Warfare Group ONE, Naval Medical Center, San Diego 1999 - 2001
- Commander, Special Boat Squadron ONE, United States Naval Academy 1998
- Basic Surgery Intern, Naval Medical Center, San Diego 1997 - 1998
- M.D., University of Iowa 1997
Medical Licensure
- 2018-02415. North Carolina. 2018
Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Neurosurgeron, United States Navy Reserves. 2017 - 2029
- Neurosurgeron, Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, Spokane, WA. 2017 - 2018
- Neurosurgeron, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. 2011 - 2017
- Neurosurgeron, National Naval Medical Center, . 2009 - 2015
- Neurosurgeron, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. 2009
- Neurosurgeron, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. 2009
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Tigno, T. A., R. A. Armonda, R. S. Bell, and M. A. Severson. “The vestibulocochlear bases for wartime posttraumatic stress disorder manifestations.” Medical Hypotheses 106 (September 2017): 44–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2017.06.027.
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  - Larkin, Michael, R Michael Meyer, Nicholas S. Szuflita, Meryl A. Severson, and Zachary T. Levine. “Post-Traumatic, Drug-Resistant Epilepsy and Review of Seizure Control Outcomes from Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trials of Brain Stimulation Treatments for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy.” Cureus, August 22, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.744.
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  - Rymarczuk, George N., Laurence Davidson, Meryl A. Severson, and Rocco A. Armonda. “Use of a Minimally Invasive Retractor System for Retrieval of Intracranial Fragments in Wartime Trauma.” World Neurosurgery 84, no. 4 (October 2015): 1055–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2015.05.067.
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  - Grossbach, Andrew J., Taylor J. Abel, Janel Smietana, Nader Dahdaleh, Meryl A. Severson, and David Hasan. “Impalement brain injury from steel rod causing injury to jugular bulb: Case report and review of the literature.” Brain Injury 28, no. 12 (November 2014): 1617–21. https://doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2014.934284.
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  - Armonda, Rocco A., Teodoro A. Tigno, Sven M. Hochheimer, Fred L. Stephens, Randy S. Bell, Alexander H. Vo, Meryl A. Severson, et al. “Posttraumatic vasospasm and intracranial hypertension after wartime traumatic brain injury.” Perspectives in Medicine 1, no. 1–12 (September 2012): 261–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.permed.2012.02.043.
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  - Ecker, Robert D., Lisa P. Mulligan, Michael Dirks, Randy S. Bell, Meryl A. Severson, Robin S. Howard, and Rocco A. Armonda. “Outcomes of 33 patients from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan undergoing bilateral or bicompartmental craniectomy.” Journal of Neurosurgery 115, no. 1 (July 2011): 124–29. https://doi.org/10.3171/2011.2.jns101490.
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  - Bell, Randy S., Robert D. Ecker, Meryl A. Severson, John E. Wanebo, Benjamin Crandall, and Rocco A. Armonda. “The evolution of the treatment of traumatic cerebrovascular injury during wartime.” Neurosurgical Focus 28, no. 5 (May 2010): E5–E5. https://doi.org/10.3171/2010.2.focus1025.
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  - Ahmed, Raheel, Meryl A. Severson, and Vincent C. Traynelis. “Role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of bacterial spinal osteomyelitis.” Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 10, no. 1 (January 2009): 16–20. https://doi.org/10.3171/2008.10.spi08606.
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  - Ziemann, Adam E., Mikael K. Schnizler, Gregory W. Albert, Meryl A. Severson, Matthew A. Howard III, Michael J. Welsh, and John A. Wemmie. “Seizure termination by acidosis depends on ASIC1a.” Nature Neuroscience 11, no. 7 (July 2008): 816–22. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2132.
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  - Greenlee, Jeremy D. W., Hiroyuki Oya, Hiroto Kawasaki, Igor O. Volkov, Meryl A. Severson, Matthew A. Howard, and John F. Brugge. “Functional connections within the human inferior frontal gyrus.” The Journal of Comparative Neurology 503, no. 4 (August 1, 2007): 550–59. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.21405.
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  - Fenoy, Albert J., Meryl A. Severson, Igor O. Volkov, John F. Brugge, and Matthew A. Howard. “Hearing suppression induced by electrical stimulation of human auditory cortex.” Brain Research 1118, no. 1 (November 2006): 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.013.
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  - Blount, Jeffrey P., Meryl Severson, Vickie Atkins, R Shane Tubbs, Matthew D. Smyth, John C. Wellons, Paul A. Grabb, and W Jerry Oakes. “Sports And Pediatric Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Who Can Play?.” Neurosurgery 54, no. 5 (May 2004): 1190–98. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.neu.0000119236.08000.49.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Medical Licensure

Academic Positions Outside Duke

Selected Publications

Academic Articles