Dr. Michael A. Sandquist, M.D.

Education

Awards:

• Resident Award, Western Neurological Society 2003 Annual Meeting
• 2nd Place Award for Basic Science Presentation at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine Medical Student Research Day, 1995
• Honorable Mention, 1996 Alpha Omega Alpha Student Essay Contest
• New Mexico Tech Presidential Scholarship, 1988-1992
• Salutatorian, Melrose High School, 1988

Memberships:

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Association of Northwest Physicians
• Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Publications:

Articles and Chapters:

• Sandquist M, Selden N. A Single-Pass Tunneling Technique for CSF Shunting Procedures. Pediatric Neurosurgery 39:254-257 2003
• Sandquist M, Burchiel, K. Comment, Trigeminal Neuralgia Associated with a Primitive Trigeminal Artery Varieat: Case Report [Case reports] Neurosurgery 52(5): 1217-1220
• Allen R, Sandquist M, Piatt J, Selden N. Ultrasonographic Screening in Infants with Isolated Spinal Strawberry Nevi. . Neurosurgery (spine 3) 98:247-250, 2003.
• Lee RJ, Shaw T, Sandquist M, Partridge LD. Mechanism of Action of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammaroty Drug Flufenamate on [Ca2+] and Ca2 Activated Currents in Neurons. Cell Calcium 1996 19(5):431-8.
• Sandquist M. Do Not Go Gently The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha, 59(4):14-17. Fall 1996.

Abstracts/Presentations:

• Partridge, L.D., Shaw, T. and Sandquist, M. Flufenamate and Mefenamate: Effects on Neuronal CAN Channels. Neuroscience Abstracts, 625.18, 1994.
• Sandquist M, Nesbit G, Burchiel K. Correlation of Preoperative MRI Imaging and Intraoperative Observations of Neurovascular Compression in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia. 2003 Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Section on Pain and Functional Neurosurgery, Denver, CO.
• Sandquist M, Nesbit G, Burchiel K. Correlation of Preoperative MRI Imaging and Intraoperative Observations of Neurovascular Compression in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia. Presented at the 2003 Western Neurological Society Meeting and at the 2003 John Raaf Day Lectures, Oregon Health and Science University.
• Sandquist, M. Activation and Subsequent Blockade of a Ca2+ Activated Slow Outward Current by Fluenamic Acid in Neurons. Presented at the 1995 University of NM School of Medicine Medical Student Research Day and at the 25th Anniversary Western Student Medical Research Forum, Carmel, CA Feb. 1997.