• Accepting Children: No
• Accepting New Patients: Yes

• Accepting Medicare: Yes
• Accepting Medicaid/DSHS: Yes

Payment Methods Accepted:

Medicare, Medicaid/DSHS, Bill Insurance, VISA, Master Card, Cash, Check, Payment Plan, American Express, Discover Card, Money Order, Purchase Order

Insurance Accepted:

Contact this office for accepted insurance plans.

Additional Information:

Patient Experience

After increasing pain, Ms. Swenson was referred to Dr. Rod J. Oskouian, a spine surgeon at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. 

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Patient Education

Visit our Health Library and discover a variety of fun and easy to use interactive tools to help you learn more about your spine condition. For more information, visit www.swedish.org/spineeducation.

Featured Videos

What are Spine Tumors?

Join Dr. Rod J. Oskouian as he explains what spinal tumors are and how patients can benefit from a team approach.

What are the treatment options for spine tumors?

Join Dr. Rod J. Oskouian as he describes treatment options for spinal tumors.

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Appointments

Director, Swedish Neuroscience Institue Fellowship Program

Surgical Director, Spinal Tumors and Spinal Trauma

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Awards and Honors

UCLA Iris Cantor School of Medicine Research Grant 1999-2001

Edith and Carl Lasky Research Award, UCLA School of Medicine 2001

Leonard Marmor Surgical Arthritis Foundation Memorial Award 2001

Medical Student Thesis Program, UCLA School of Medicine 2001

Deans Scholar Award for research, UCLA School of Medicine 2001

CNS Award for Clinical Paper, San Antonio Annual Meeting 2001

University of Virginia Commonwealth Neurotrauma Fellowship for Spinal Cord Injury 2004-2005

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Memberships and Medical Organizations

Christopher and Dana Reeveg Paralysis Foundation

Neurofibromatosis foundation

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

American Medical Association

North American Spine Association

OneSpine Board Member

Chairman of the OneSpine Annual Fellows Meeting

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On Demand Spine CME

The On Demand Spine CME Module provides an ongoing forum for physicians and allied health professionals to enhance their diagnostic, clinical, and treatment skills of patients with Spine Disorders. Participants who review the modules may take a brief online quiz, and upon passing the test, may immediately print their CME certificate.

   Featured Presentation
   Spinal Tumors
   Rod Oskouian Jr., M.D.

   Recorded Friday, February 3, 2012
   13 Minutes | 01 Seconds

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Recorded CME Conferences

Acute Spinal Cord Injury
May 15, 2009

Management of Acute Head Injury
May 15, 2009

Surgical Management of Primary and Metastatic Spinal Tumors
February 25, 2010

Surgical Treatment of Low Back Pain
June 25, 2010

Philosophy of Care

My philosophy of care is to provide comprehensive individualized medical care for my patients based on the most recent scientific advances. I also believe prevention, communication and education are a vital component of a patient's long term health and well-being.

Personal Interests

Dr. Oskouian is a neurosurgeon who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of complex spinal disorders. As a key member of the Spine Center at SNI, his clinical practice will include the Swedish/Cherry Hill campus in Seattle and various locations in Eastside King County. Oskouian received his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed residencies in surgery and neurosurgery at the University of Virginia and a neurosurgery fellowship at the New Zealand National Hospital in Auckland. Prior to coming to Swedish, Oskouian was at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Dr. Oskouian's research and clinical focus will be on scoliosis, spinal deformities and anomalies, osteoporosis, spinal cord injury, degenerative disc disease, spinal oncology, stereotactic spinal radiosurgery, and minimally invasive spinal surgery. Oskouian has published in numerous medical journals and textbooks, including Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Clinics of North America, the Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Focus and Spine.

Medical School

UCLA School of Medicine

Residency

University of Virginia

Fellowship(s)

New Zealand National Hospital

Board Certifications

American Board of Neurological Surgery

Additional Information:

Patient Experience

After increasing pain, Ms. Swenson was referred to Dr. Rod J. Oskouian, a spine surgeon at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. 

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Patient Education

Visit our Health Library and discover a variety of fun and easy to use interactive tools to help you learn more about your spine condition. For more information, visit www.swedish.org/spineeducation.

Featured Videos

What are Spine Tumors?

Join Dr. Rod J. Oskouian as he explains what spinal tumors are and how patients can benefit from a team approach.

What are the treatment options for spine tumors?

Join Dr. Rod J. Oskouian as he describes treatment options for spinal tumors.

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Appointments

Director, Swedish Neuroscience Institue Fellowship Program

Surgical Director, Spinal Tumors and Spinal Trauma

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Awards and Honors

UCLA Iris Cantor School of Medicine Research Grant 1999-2001

Edith and Carl Lasky Research Award, UCLA School of Medicine 2001

Leonard Marmor Surgical Arthritis Foundation Memorial Award 2001

Medical Student Thesis Program, UCLA School of Medicine 2001

Deans Scholar Award for research, UCLA School of Medicine 2001

CNS Award for Clinical Paper, San Antonio Annual Meeting 2001

University of Virginia Commonwealth Neurotrauma Fellowship for Spinal Cord Injury 2004-2005

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Memberships and Medical Organizations

Christopher and Dana Reeveg Paralysis Foundation

Neurofibromatosis foundation

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

American Medical Association

North American Spine Association

OneSpine Board Member

Chairman of the OneSpine Annual Fellows Meeting

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On Demand Spine CME

The On Demand Spine CME Module provides an ongoing forum for physicians and allied health professionals to enhance their diagnostic, clinical, and treatment skills of patients with Spine Disorders. Participants who review the modules may take a brief online quiz, and upon passing the test, may immediately print their CME certificate.

   Featured Presentation
   Spinal Tumors
   Rod Oskouian Jr., M.D.

   Recorded Friday, February 3, 2012
   13 Minutes | 01 Seconds

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Recorded CME Conferences

Acute Spinal Cord Injury
May 15, 2009

Management of Acute Head Injury
May 15, 2009

Surgical Management of Primary and Metastatic Spinal Tumors
February 25, 2010

Surgical Treatment of Low Back Pain
June 25, 2010

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INTERESTS

Mesenchymal stem cell and regeneration of the nucleus pulposus and annulus

Degenerative disc disease mouse model

Tissue engineering with nanoscaffolds and stem cells

The role of adenosine agonist therapy in spinal cord injury

Minimally invasive neurosurgery

Minimally invasive surgical techniques in the management of degenerative, traumatic, and degenerative spinal disorders

Stereotactic radiosurgery for the spine

Co-founded a Biotechnology/Stem Cell Company, NanoSpine LLC

RESEARCH GRANTS

Cerebral vasospasm and endovascular therapy. Neil A. Martin M.D., Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA Iris Cantor School of Medicine Research Grant 1999.

Vascular complications and anterior spinal surgery. J. Patrick Johnson M.D., UCLA Spine Center, Edith and Carl Lasky Research Award, UCLA School of Medicine 2001.

Adenosine A2a agonist in the treatment of acute spinal cord injury: University of Virginia School of Medicine. Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative 2003-5. 

Adult Stem Cells Processing and Delivery Technology. NIH STTR grant #00069088, submitted for 2006-7.

PUBLICATIONS

2001
Kelly DF, Oskouian RJ Jr, Fineman I. Collagen sponge repair of small cerebrospinal fluid leaks obviates tissue grafts and cerebrospinal fluid diversion after pituitary surgery.
Neurosurgery. 2001 Oct;49(4):885-9.

2002
Oskouian RJ Jr, Johnson JP, Regan JJ. Thoracoscopic microdiscectomy. Operatíve Nuances Section: Neurosurgery. 2002 Jan;50(1):103-9.

Oskouian RJ Jr, Johnson JP. Vascular complications in anterior thoracolumbar spinal reconstruction. J Neurosurg. 2002 Jan;96(1 Suppl):1-5.

Oskouian RJ Jr, Jane JA Sr, Laurent JJ, Dumont AS and Levine PA. Esthesioneuroblastoma: Clinical presentation, Radiology, Pathology, Treatment, and Review of the Literature. Neurosurgical Focus. May 2002: Skull Base Tumors Section.

Oskouian RJ Jr, Martin NA, Lee JH, Glenn TC, Guthrie D, Gonzalez N, Afari A, and Vinũela F. Multimodal quantitation of endovascular therapy for vasospasm: TCD, CBF and Arterial Diameters. Neurosurgery. 2002 Jul;51(1):30-41; discussion 41-3.

Dumont AS, Dumont RJ, Oskouian RJ. Will improved understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in acute spinal cord injury improve the potential for therapeutic intervention? Curr Opin Neurol. 2002 Dec; 15(6):713-20.

Aaron S. Dumont, Rod J. Oskouian, Jr., Michael M. Chow, and Neal F. Kassell. Surgical management of unruptured basilar artery bifurcation aneurysms: Technical note. Neurosurg Focus. 2002 Sep 15;13(3):e3. Incidental Aneurysms Section.

2004
Rod J. Oskouian, Amir Samii, Richard Whitehill,, Mark E. Shaffrey, J. Patrick Johnson and Christopher I. Shaffrey. The Future of Spinal Arthroplasty: A Biomaterial Perspective. Neurosurg Focus. 2004 Sep 15;17(3):E2. Review. Spinal Arthroplasty September 2004.

Edward R. Laws, Jason P. Sheehan, Jonas M. Sheehan, Jay Jaganathan, John A. Jane, Jr. and Rod J. Oskouian. Stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas: a review of the literature. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 69: 257–272, 2004.

2005
J. Patrick Johnson, John J. Stokes, Rod J. Oskouian and Will Choi. Image-guided thoracoscopic spinal surgery: A merging of two technologies. Spine. 2005 Oct 1;30(19):E572-8.

Adam S. Kanter, Alfa O. Diallo, John A. Jane Jr., Jason P. Sheehan, Ashok R. Asthagiri, Rod J. Oskouian, David O. Okonkwo, Charles A. Sansur, Mary Lee Vance, Alan D. Rogol, and Edward R. Laws Jr., MD, FACS. Pediatric Cushing’s Disease: A Single Center’s Experience. J Neurosurg. 2005 Nov;103(5 Suppl):413-20.

Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy: Surgical outcomes. Rod J. Oskouian and J. Patrick Johnson. Neurosurg Focus 18 (3):E11, March 2005

Thoracolumbar Vertebral Reconstruction of Metastatic Spinal Tumors: Long-Term Outcomes. Alan T. Villavicencio, Rod J. Oskouian, Cliff Roberson, John Stokes, Jongsoo Park , Christopher I. Shaffrey and J. Patrick Johnson. Neurosurg Focus. 2005 Sep 15;19(3):E8.

Kanter AS, Dumont AS, Asthagiri AR, Oskouian RJ, Sansur C, Jane JA Jr, Laws ER Jr. The Transsphenoidal Approach: A Historical Perspective. Neurosurg Focus. 2005 Apr 15;18(4):e6.

Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy: Rod J. Oskouian and J. Patrick Johnson. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. J Neurosurg Spine. 2005 Dec;3(6):459-64.

Jagannathan J, Dumont AS, Prevedello DM, Lopes B, Oskouian RJ, Jane JA Jr, Laws ER Jr. Genetics of pituitary adenomas: current theories and future implications. Neurosurg Focus. 2005 Nov 15;19(5):E4.

2006
Evaluation of a Compression-Derived Mouse Spinal Cord Ischemia/Reperfusion (SCIR) Injury Model. Yuesheng Li, Rod J. Oskouian, Yuan-Ji Day, John A. Kern and Joel M. Linden. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006 Feb;4(2):165-73

Novel A2A Adenosine Receptor (A2AAR) Agonist ATL313 Improves Spinal Cord Recovery from Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Mice. Yuesheng Li, Rod J. Oskouian, Yuan-Ji Day, Jayson M. Rieger, Melissa Marshall, C. Renea Frazier, John A. Kern, and Joel Linden. Thomas Land Publishers Spinal Cord Injury. 2006

Peroneal Neuropathy following successful Bariatric Surgery. Case report and review of the literature: W.Jeffrey Elias MD, Nader Pouratian, Rod J. Oskouian, Bruce Schirmer, Ted Burns. J Neurosurg. 2006 Oct;105(4):631-5.

Endovascular management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. N Pouratian, R J Oskouian Jr, M E Jensen, N F Kassell, A S Dumont. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006;000:1–7.

A Novel and Reproducible Murine Spinal Cord Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Model
Yuesheng Li, Rod J. Oskouian, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Yuan-Ji Day, David B. Bumpass, René Jack Roy, Stuart S. Berr, John A. Kern, and Joel Linden. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2006 Jun 28; 2006.

Li Y, Oskouian RJ, Day YJ, Rieger JM, Liu L, Kern JA, Linden J. Mouse spinal cord compression injury is reduced by either activation of the adenosine a(2a) receptor on bone marrow-derived cells or deletion of the a(2a) receptor on non-bone marrow-derived cells. Neuroscience. 2006 Jun 12; 2006.

The Craniopharyngiomas. Pituitary Surgery. Rod J. Oskouian, Amir Samii and Edward R. Laws. Front Horm Res. 2006;34:256-278.

Vascular Injury and Transsphenoidal Surgery. Pituitary Surgery. Rod J. Oskouian, Daniel F. Kelly and Edward R. Laws. Front Horm Res. 2006;34:105-126.

Oskouian RJ Jr, Shaffrey CI. Degenerative lumbar scoliosis. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2006 Jul;17(3):299-315, vii. Review.

Oskouian RJ Jr, Shaffrey CI, Whitehill R, Sansur CA, Pouratian N, Kanter AS, Asthagiri AR, Dumont AS, Sheehan JP, Elias WJ, Shaffrey ME. Anterior stabilization of three-column thoracolumbar spinal trauma. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006 Jul;5(1):18-25.

Li Y, Oskouian RJ, Day YJ, Rieger JM, Liu L, Kern JA, Linden J. Mouse spinal cord compression injury is reduced by either activation of the adenosine A2A receptor on bone marrow-derived cells or deletion of the A2A receptor on non-bone marrow-derived cells. Neuroscience. 2006 Sep 15;141(4):2029-39. Epub 2006 Jun 13.

Aslan H, Zilberman Y, Kandel L, Liebergall M, Oskouian RJ, Gazit D, Gazit Z. Osteogenic differentiation of noncultured immunoisolated bone marrow-derived CD105+ cells. Stem Cells. 2006 Jul;24(7):1728-37. Epub 2006 Apr 6.

2007
Cervicothoracic Trauma. Cervical Spine Surgery. Rod J. Oskouian, Sumon Bhattacharjee and Christopher I. Shaffrey. Cervical Spine Trauma Thieme Medical Publishers.

Fixed versus Flexible Deformity. Sumon Bhattacharjee, Rod J. Oskouian Jr., and Christopher I. Shaffrey. Spinal Deformity: The Essentials. Thieme Medical Publishers 2007.

2008
Lumbar Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: Sumon Bhattacharjee, Rod J. Oskouian and Christopher I. Shaffrey. Spinal Deformity: A Guide to Surgical Planning and Management. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2008

Posterior Correction of Thoracolumbar Deformity. Rod J. Oskouian, Charles A. Sansur Christopher I. Shaffrey. Spinal Deformity: A Guide to Surgical Planning and Management. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2008.

Management of Cervical Spine Trauma. David Okonkwo, Rod J. Oskouian and Christopher I. Shaffrey. Neurotrauma and Critical Care. Thieme Medical Publishers.

Congenital Spinal Anomalies of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine. Rod J. Oskouian Jr., Charles A. Sansur and Christopher I. Shaffrey. Congenital abnormalities of the thoracic and lumbar spine. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Jul;18(3):479-98.

Untreated Late-onset Idiopathic scoliosis and revision surgery in adults: Rod J. Oskouian Jr, Charles A. Sansur, Michael O’Brien, and Christopher I. Shaffrey. Harms Study Group Book Project Depuy Spine.

Trans Sodium Crocetinate Sensitizes Glioblastoma Multiforme Tumors To Radiation. Jason Sheehan, Adina Ionescu, Nader Pouratian, Kojo Hamilton, David Schlesinger, Rod J. Oskouian Jr., and Charles Sansur. J Neurosurg. 2008 May;108(5):972-8.

Symptomatic Hemorrhage in Stereotaxy. Charles A. Sansur, Robert C. Frysinger, Nader
Pouratian, Kai-Ming Fu, Markus Bittl, Rod J. Oskouian, Edward R. Laws, and W. Jeffrey Elias.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Nov;107(5):998-1003.

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas: A 15-year experience with long-term follow-up. Jay Jagannathan, Rod J. Oskouian, Nader Pouratian, Edward R. Laws, Jason P. Sheehan. Gamma Knife Surgery Thieme Medical Publishers in Press.

Radiographic and clinical outcomes following single level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Allograft Fusion without plating or cervical collar Jay Jagannathan, Rod J. Oskouian, Aaron S. Dumont, Christopher I . Shaffrey and John A. Jane Sr. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 May;8(5):420-8

Molecular Biology of Aggressive Meningiomas: Implications for New Treatments. Jay
Jagannathan, Rod J. Oskouian, Hian Kwang Yeoh, and Aaron S. Dumont. Skull Base. January 2008.

Cell Cycle Times of Short term Cultures of Brain Cancers and Predictors of Furneaux CE, Marshall ES, Yeoh K, Monteith SJ, Mews PJ, Sansur CA, Oskouian RJ, Sharples KJ, Baguley BC. Br J Cancer. 2008 Nov 18;99(10):1678-83. Epub 2008 Oct 14.

2009
Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
Jagannathan J, Sansur CA, Oskouian RJ Jr, Fu KM, Shaffrey CI. Neurosurgery. 2009 May;64(5):955-63; discussion 963-4.

Gamma Knife radiosurgery to the surgical cavity following resection of brain metastases. Jagannathan J, Yen CP, Ray DK, Schlesinger D, Oskouian RJ, Pouratian N, Shaffrey ME, Larner J, Sheehan JP. J Neurosurg. 2009 Sep;111(3):431-8.