Doctors & Staff
Richard Ostrup, MD, FACS
Dr. Ostrup

Dr. Ostrup is a native of California who attended  UC Davis Medical School followed by post graduate training at the University of Michigan and neuro-surgical residency at U.C. San Diego. Additionally an interest in disorders of peripheral nerves led to a fellowship at the University of Toronto joining the Neurosurgical Medical Clinic. He has been the Chief of Neurosurgery at Mercy Hospital. 

 


Executive Assistant:
Joeleene Brinkley       
tel: 619 297 4481  ext 104
fax: 619 295-6813
joeleeneb@sd-neurosurgeon.com


Offices: Banker's Hill and La Jolla

Tel:    619 297-4481
Fax:   619 295-6813

Areas of special interest: Peripheral nerve surgery, skull base surgery including acoustic  neuroma microsurgery. Complex spinal surgery


Curriculum Vitae

NAME:  RICHARD C OSTRUP, M.D., F.A.C.S
BIRTHPLACE:  Santa Monica, California
EDUCATION: BA University of California, San Diego 1975

MD University of California, Davis 

INTERNSHIP: General Surgery
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1979
RESIDENCY: General Surgery UCSD 1980
Neurosurgery UCSD 1981
Chief Resident UCSD 1986

Clinical Instructor Division Neurology UCSD 1986
Clinical Fellow Peripheral Nerve Surgery
University of Toronto, Canada 1-6/87

CERTIFICATION: American Board of Neurological Surgey '91
HONORS: 1979 Loren D. Carlson Student Research Award for Outstanding Senior Research Project
1979 Alpha Omega Alpha
1986 Chairman's Award, UCSD Department of Surgery for Outstanding Achievement in Residency
1991 American Association of Neurological Surgeons
1991 American College of Surgeons
1995 Congress of Neurological Surgeons
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
Congress of Neurological surgheons
San Diego Surgical Society
APPOINTMENTS: Clinical Instructor Division Neurology UCSD 1986
1993 Assistant Clinical Professor UCSD Division of Neurological Surgery
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS: Scripps Memorial Hospital. La Jolla
Scripps Mercy Hospital
Sharp Memorial Hospital
UCSD Thornton Hospital
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1.Ostrup RC Pulsatile levage in the management of post operative wound infections Am Surgeon 46,1980

2.Todd MD, Drummond JC U HS, Ostrup RC, Stansk DR Hemodynamic effects of high dose thippental in anesthesia in humans. Anesthesio(Special Suppl) 57, 1982; Sept

3.Ostrup RC et al The clinical measurement of brain tissue pressures-a new device advantageous for measuring intracranial pressure in the child. Amer Assoc Neurol Surgeons Ped Section Houston TX 1985 Abstract

4.MArshall LF, Zovickian J, Ostrup RC et al Multiple simputaneous recordings of intracranial pressure in patients with acute mass lesions in Intracranial Pressure VI JD Miller et al eds.p 184-186 Springer Verlag New York 1986

5.Ostrup RC et al. Real time ultrasonography: a useful tool in the evaluation of the craniectomized brain injured patient Neurosurg 12, 1981:225 to 227

6. Ostrup RC et al A miniturized fiberoptiv device for the continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure. J Neurosurg.67,1987:206-209

7. HesselinkJ, Heealy M, Ostrup R et al Magnetic resonence demonstration of symptomatic spinal epidural lipomatosis Neurosurgery