UC College of Medicine, Department of Medical Education

Faculty and Staff

David Pettigrew

David B. Pettigrew, MS, PhD
Associate Professor-Educator
Department of Medical Education, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
513-558-7375
pettigdb@ucmail.uc.edu

Courses Taught:

Clinical Skills 101
Endocrine/Reproduction/Human Sexuality, Growth and Development
Musculoskeletal-Integumentary (Co-Director)
Cardiovascular, Renal, and Pulmonary
Gastrointestinal/Nutrition
Brain, Mind and Behavior
USMLE Review Series
Human Gross Anatomy (Director)

Education:

Ph.D.: University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, 2000
M.S.: Michigan State University, College of Engineering, 1994
B.S.C.E.: University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering, 1992

Current Research:

5R03TW007213-03 National Institutes of Health. Target regulation of neuronal plasticity

Awards and Honors:

Gold Apple Award (first-year class), 2012
Gold Apple Award (first-year class), 2011
Gold Apple Award (first-year class), 2010
Gold Apple Award (first-year class), 2009

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications (in chronological order):

Winestone JS, Farley CW, Curt BA, Chavanne A, Dollin N, Pettigrew DB, Kuntz C. (2011). Laminectomy, durotomy, and piotomy effects on spinal cord intramedullary pressure in severe cervical and thoracic kyphotic deformity: a cadaveric study . J Neurosurg Spine , Epub ahead of print.

Farley CW, Curt BA, Pettigrew DB, Holtz JR, Dollin N, Kuntz C 4th. (2011). Spinal Cord Intramedullary Pressure in Thoracic Kyphotic Deformity: A Cadaveric Study . Spine , Epub ahead of print.

Chavanne, A., Pettigrew, D., Holtz, J., Dollin, N., & Kuntz, IV, C (2011). Spinal cord intramedullary pressure in cervical kyphotic deformity: a cadaveric study . Spine , 36 (20) , 1619.

Pettigrew, D. B., Morgan, C. J., Anderson, R. B., Wilsey, P. A., & Kuntz, C. (2010). Virtual preoperative measurement and surgical manipulation of sagittal spinal alignment using a novel research and educational software program . Neurosurgical Focus , 28 (3) , E2.

Cramer, D. E., Maher, P. C., Pettigrew, D. B., & Kuntz, C. (2009). Major neurologic deficit immediately after adult spinal surgery: incidence and etiology over 10 years at a single training institution . Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques , 22 (8) , 565-70.

Kuntz, C., Shaffrey, C. I., Ondra, S. L., Durrani, A. A., Mummaneni, P. V., Levin, L. S., & Pettigrew, D. B. (2008). Spinal deformity: a new classification derived from neutral upright spinal alignment measurements in asymptomatic juvenile, adolescent, adult, and geriatric individuals . Neurosurgery , 63 (3 Suppl) , 25-39.

Shelton, S. B., Pettigrew, D. B., Hermann, A. D., Zhou, W., Sullivan, P. M., Crutcher, K. A., & Strauss, K. I. (2008). A simple, efficient tool for assessment of mice after unilateral cortex injury . Journal of Neuroscience Methods , 168 (2) , 431-42.

Pettigrew, D. B., Li, Y., Kuntz, C., & Crutcher, K. A. (2007). Global expression of NGF promotes sympathetic axonal growth in CNS white matter but does not alter its parallel orientation . Experimental Neurology , 203 (1) , 95-109.

Pettigrew, D. B., Smolen, P., Baxter, D. A., & Byrne, J. H. (2005). Dynamic properties of regulatory motifs associated with induction of three temporal domains of memory in Aplysia . Journal of Computational Neuroscience , 18 (2) , 163-81.

Pettigrew, D. B., & Crutcher, K. A. (2001). Myelin contributes to the parallel orientation of axonal growth on white matter in vitro . BMC Neuroscience , 2 , 9.

Pettigrew, D. B., Shockley, K. P., & Crutcher, K. A. (2001). Disruption of spinal cord white matter and sciatic nerve geometry inhibits axonal growth in vitro in the absence of glial scarring . BMC Neuroscience , 2 , 8.

Pettigrew, D. B., Levin, L., & Crutcher, K. A. (2000). Sympathetic neurite growth on central nervous system sections is region-specific and unaltered by aging . Neurobiology of Aging , 21 (5) , 629-38.

Pettigrew, D. B., & Crutcher, K. A. (1999). White matter of the CNS supports or inhibits neurite outgrowth in vitro depending on geometry . The Journal of Neuroscience , 19 (19) , 8358-66.