Michael was born in Orange County and raised in Bakersfield, California. He went to West Point and graduated in 2008 with honors in mechanical engineering. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, and served in various positions from 2008 to 2012, most notably as the second in command of approximately 200 soldiers in the 43rd Combat Engineer Company, while deployed to Iraq for one year from summer 2010 to 2011. During this assignment he was promoted to Captain and awarded the Bronze Star Medal. While in Iraq he decided to change career trajectories, applying to medical school intending to become a military surgeon. During first year he decided to pursue neurosurgery. He graduated in May, 2016 as his class co-valedictorian and Board of Regents Award recipient. His wife, Danielle, is a CPA and works as the controller for Vicis making state of the art helmets and other protective devices cofounded by Dr. Sam Browd of our department. They have two English Springer Spaniels, Cinco and Price. His interests include fishing, spearfishing, upland game hunting, cooking, and aerobic exercise. Danielle is a talented kiln-formed glass artist in her free time.
Select awards and honors:
Bronze Star Medal, United States Army
Steel Order of the DeFleury Medal, Army Engineer Association
Board of Regents Award, Uniformed Services University
Vice Admiral James A. Zimble Memorial Award for the Valedictorian
Alpha Omega Alpha, Junior Select, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine
Arthur L. Williston Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Michael enjoys all aspects of neurosurgery, but particularly is interested in cerebrovascular as well as surgery for traumatic injuries of the brain and spine. He plans to do an endovascular fellowship after residency.
Michael’s research thus far has mostly been in clinical outcomes of traumatic brain injury, and for his upcoming research year we will work with Drs. Levitt and Kim in the cerebrovascular lab.
BS Mechanical Engineering, 2008, United States Military Academy
Doctor of Medicine, 2016, Uniformed Services University
Meyer RM, Abecassis IJ, Morton R, Levitt M, Chowdhary M, Chesnut R. Rate of Cranioplasty Infection and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection or Obstruction after Simultaneous Compared to Separate Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting and Cranioplasty. Manuscript under revisions with World Neurosurgery.
Meyer RM, Miller CA, Coughlin DJ, Rymarczuk G, Szuflita NS, Cirivello MJ, Theeler BJ, Dirks MS. Glioblastoma Recurrence, Progression, and Dissemination as a Purely Subdural Gliosarcoma. Published ahead of print by the Journal of Neuro Oncology. DOI 10.1007/s11060-017-2397-9. March 2017.
Meyer RM, Larkin MB, Szuflita NS, Neal CJ, Tomlin JM, Armonda RA, Bailey JA, Bell RS. Early Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis in Combat Related Penetrating Brain Injury. Published ahead of print by the Journal of Neurosurgery. 2016. PMID: 27315028
Wallace SA*, Meyer RM*, Cirivello MJ, Cho RI. Lateral Orbitotomy for a Maxillary Nerve Schwannoma: Case Report. Published ahead of print by the Journal of Neurosurgery. 125(4): 869-876. 2016. (*Wallace SA and Meyer RM contributed equally to this work). PMID: 26745488
Larkin MB, Meyer RM, Szuflita NS, Severson MA, Levine ZT. Post-Traumatic, Drug-Resistant Epilepsy and Review of Seizure Control Outcomes from Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trials of Brain Stimulation Treatments for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Cureus, 8(8):e744. 2016. DOIi:10.7759/cureus.744
Wallace SA, Meyer RM, Stephens FL, Armonda RA, Aarabi B, Bell RS. Chapter 352: Traumatic and Penetrating Head Injuries. Youmans Neurological Surgery, 7th Edition; Massachusetts: Elsevier.
Esposito M, Meyer RM, Strote J. Polytrauma from unintentional pressure cooker explosion: a case report. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018;55(3) 402–404. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.04.059. Epub 2018 May 26. PMID: 29843928.
Jones PE, Meyer RM, Faillace WJ, Landau ME, Smith JK, McKay PL, Nest LJ. Combat Injury of the Sciatic Nerve - an Institutional Experience. Military Medicine. 2018;183(9-10):434–441. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usy030. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29590419
Stolla M, Zhang F, Meyer RM, Zhang J, Dong J. Current State of Transfusion in Traumatic Brain Injury and Associated Coagulopathy. Transfusion. 2019;59(S2):1522-1528. doi: 10.1111/trf.15169. PMID: 30980753
Bass DI, Buckley R, Meyer RM, Lawrence B, Paschall C, Ojemann J, Ko, AL. Free versus osteoplastic craniotomy: assessment of complication rates during invasive electrocorticography for seizure localization. World Neurosurgery. 2019; in press.