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Neurosurgery
Wade Mueller, MD

Wade M. Mueller, MD

Professor

Locations

  • Neurosurgery
    8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
    Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

Fellowship, Spinal Cord Injury Service Department, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 1990-1992
Fellowship, Epilepsy Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1991
Residency, Neurological Surgery, ¶¶زُ¶جتسئµ, Milwaukee, WI, 1984-1990
Residency, General Surgery, ¶¶زُ¶جتسئµ, Milwaukee, WI, 1983-1984
MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, 1983
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Biography

Dr. Mueller is a neurosurgeon with a research and clinical emphasis on functional areas of the brain. His clinical and research interest center around surgery for malignant brain tumors and epilepsy. This includes functional mapping and imaging, awake operations and advanced intraoperative navigation.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, he completed the residency program in neurological surgery at the ¶¶زُ¶جتسئµ. He had additional training at the Spinal Cord Injury Service at the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Medical Center. He also completed an Epilepsy Surgery Fellowship directed by George A. Ojemann, MD, at the University of Washington. His bibliography and his presentations have covered topics of functional mapping, awake surgery, malignant tumor surgery, surgical treatments of epilepsy, spinal fixation and instrumentation. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

Board Certification

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery

Clinical Programs

Research Interests

Research collaborations to advance MRI based imaging for surgery and treatment for malignant brain tumors and epilepsy

Publications

  • (Pilet J, Beardsley SA, Carlson C, Anderson CT, Ustine C, Lew S, Mueller W, Raghavan M.) Sci Rep. 2025 May 22;15(1):17801 PMID: 40404720 PMCID: PMC12098728 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105005808353 05/23/2025

  • (Gross WL, Swanson SJ, Helfand AI, Pillay SB, Humphries CJ, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Carlson CE, Conant LL, Busch RM, Lowe M, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski JP, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Vannest J, Binder JR, FMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery FATES Study.) Neuroimage Clin. 2025;46:103804 PMID: 40424645 PMCID: PMC12156247 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105005941125 05/27/2025

  • (Laurin BJ, Treffy R, Connelly JM, Straza M, Mueller WM, Krucoff MO.) World Neurosurg. 2025 Jan;193:397-426 PMID: 39419169 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85208505671 10/18/2024

  • (Aaronson DM, Laing B, Singhal I, Boerger TF, Beck RT, Mueller WM, Krucoff MO.) J Neurooncol. 2024 Nov;170(2):419-428 PMID: 39316313 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85204800093 09/24/2024

  • (Bobholz SA, Lowman AK, Connelly JM, Duenweg SR, Winiarz A, Nath B, Kyereme F, Brehler M, Bukowy J, Coss D, Lupo JM, Phillips JJ, Ellingson BM, Krucoff MO, Mueller WM, Banerjee A, LaViolette PS.) Neurosurgery. 2024 Sep 01;95(3):537-547 PMID: 38501824 PMCID: PMC11302944 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201436914 03/19/2024

  • (Raghavan M, Pilet J, Carlson C, Anderson CT, Mueller W, Lew S, Ustine C, Shah-Basak P, Youssofzadeh V, Beardsley SA.) Sci Rep. 2024 Jul 31;14(1):17736 PMID: 39085280 PMCID: PMC11291981 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200293097 08/01/2024

  • (Laing BR, Prah MA, Best BJ, Krucoff MO, Mueller WM, Schmainda KM.) Neurosurg Pract. 2024 Mar;5(1) PMID: 38919518 PMCID: PMC11198967 06/26/2024

  • (Amidon RF, Livingston K, Kleefisch CJ, Martens M, Straza M, Puckett L, Schultz CJ, Mueller WM, Connelly JM, Noid G, Morris K, Bovi JA.) Adv Radiat Oncol. 2024 Jan;9(1):101304 PMID: 38260234 PMCID: PMC10801666 01/23/2024

  • (Laing BR, Prah MA, Best BJ, Krucoff MO, Mueller WM, Schmainda KM.) Neurosurgery Practice. 17 January 2024;5(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192965307 01/17/2024

  • (Amidon RF, Livingston K, Kleefisch CJ, Martens M, Straza M, Puckett L, Schultz CJ, Mueller WM, Connelly JM, Noid G, Morris K, Bovi JA.) Advances in Radiation Oncology. January 2024;9(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85167453267 01/01/2024

  • (Laurin BJ, Straza M, Noid G, Connelly JM, Mueller WM, Bovi J, Krucoff MO.) J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Oct 16;6(16) PMID: 37870754 PMCID: PMC10584084 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174582314 10/23/2023

  • (Harwick E, Singhal I, Conway B, Mueller W, Treffy R, Krucoff MO.) World Neurosurg. 2023 Jul;175:e159-e166 PMID: 36924891 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85152522605 03/17/2023

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