Whitney E. Muhlestein

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Whitney E. Muhlestein is a scholar working on Surgery, Neurology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Whitney E. Muhlestein has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Whitney E. Muhlestein's work include Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (5 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (4 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (4 papers). Whitney E. Muhlestein is often cited by papers focused on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (5 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (4 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (4 papers). Whitney E. Muhlestein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Netherlands. Whitney E. Muhlestein's co-authors include Shuibing Chen, Douglas A. Melton, Astrid Eijkelenboom, Kenji Osafune, Wenjun Guo, Danwei Huangfu, René Maehr, Lola B. Chambless, Silky Chotai and Jason M. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Journal of neurosurgery and Neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Whitney E. Muhlestein

17 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Induction of pluripotent stem cells from primary human fibroblasts with only Oct4 and Sox2

2008 987 citations Danwei Huangfu, Kenji Osafune et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Whitney E. Muhlestein United States	7	936	249	163	112	100	20	1.2k
Alessandra Rampazzo Italy	33	904 1.0×	174 0.7×	46 0.3×	44 0.4×	197 2.0×	67	4.1k
Riccardo Sacconi Italy	34	481 0.5×	136 0.5×	237 1.5×	50 0.4×	92 0.9×	240	4.2k
Guson Kang United States	12	501 0.5×	284 1.1×	193 1.2×	126 1.1×	32 0.3×	31	1.1k
Wen Fury United States	14	422 0.5×	188 0.8×	30 0.2×	136 1.2×	47 0.5×	20	874
A. Karim Ahmed United States	19	174 0.2×	516 2.1×	142 0.9×	30 0.3×	66 0.7×	48	942
In Young Choi South Korea	13	278 0.3×	173 0.7×	57 0.3×	33 0.3×	41 0.4×	33	626
Luisa Pierro Italy	26	509 0.5×	65 0.3×	188 1.2×	55 0.5×	59 0.6×	112	2.3k
Lea Querques Italy	38	593 0.6×	110 0.4×	186 1.1×	30 0.3×	87 0.9×	167	4.4k
Ângela Romano Italy	16	351 0.4×	179 0.7×	41 0.3×	80 0.7×	87 0.9×	77	924
Teruyuki Kajiume Japan	13	197 0.2×	105 0.4×	94 0.6×	192 1.7×	32 0.3×	40	617

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Strong, Michael J., Joseph R. Linzey, Johan Lee, et al.. (2025). Separation Surgery Followed by Conformal Postoperative Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Does Not Increase Risk of Adjacent Spine Level Progression in the Management of Spine Metastases. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 48(4). 200–205. 1 indexed citations

Muhlestein, Whitney E., Tommy Nai‐Jen Chang, Kate Chang, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the Impact of C7 Spinal Nerve Harvest on Spontaneous, Patient-Initiated Movement of the Donor Upper Extremity. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 156(4). 534e–540e.

Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2023). Early referral to multidisciplinary specialty centers to optimize outcomes in children with neonatal brachial plexus palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 66(1). 117–124. 4 indexed citations

Muhlestein, Whitney E. & Thomas J. Wilson. (2023). Analysis of outcome reporting in common peroneal neuropathy studies: a systematic review of the literature. Acta Neurochirurgica. 165(9). 2597–2604. 1 indexed citations

Muhlestein, Whitney E., Tommy Nai‐Jen Chang, Kate Chang, et al.. (2023). Quantifying Patient-Initiated Upper Extremity Movement After Surgical Reconstruction for Adult Pan-Brachial Plexus Injury. Neurosurgery. 94(3). 552–558. 1 indexed citations

Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2023). Impact of Timing of Primary Nerve Surgery on Shoulder, Forearm, and Elbow Recovery in Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy. Neurosurgery. 94(5). 993–1000.

Zachariah, Marcus, Whitney E. Muhlestein, Bradley A. Otto, et al.. (2022). Intraoperative Predictor of Remission in Cushing Disease. Operative Neurosurgery. 24(4). 460–467.

Linzey, Joseph R., et al.. (2022). Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Review of Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management with Nerve Transfers. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 151(1). 85e–98e. 3 indexed citations

Muhlestein, Whitney E. & Cormac O. Maher. (2021). Incidental Intracranial Cysts in Children. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 68(4). 775–782. 6 indexed citations

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Strong, Michael J., Timothy J. Yee, Siri Sahib S. Khalsa, et al.. (2021). Resection of a Lumbar Intradural Extramedullary Schwannoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Operative Neurosurgery. 21(1). E38–E38. 2 indexed citations

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Daou, Badih, et al.. (2021). Clipping of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in patients older than sixty: An age-based analysis. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 207. 106737–106737. 3 indexed citations

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Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2020). Predicting Discharge Disposition Following Meningioma Resection Using a Multi-Institutional Natural Language Processing Model. Neurosurgery. 88(4). 838–845. 7 indexed citations

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Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2020). Predicting Discharge Disposition Following Meningioma Resection Using a Multiinstitutional Natural Language Processing Model. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base. 1 indexed citations

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Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2018). Machine learning ensemble models predict total charges and drivers of cost for transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumor. Journal of neurosurgery. 131(2). 507–516. 24 indexed citations

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Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2018). Predicting Inpatient Length of Stay After Brain Tumor Surgery: Developing Machine Learning Ensembles to Improve Predictive Performance. Neurosurgery. 85(3). 384–393. 61 indexed citations

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Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2017). The impact of presurgical comorbidities on discharge disposition and length of hospitalization following craniotomy for brain tumor. Surgical Neurology International. 8(1). 220–220. 16 indexed citations

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Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2017). The Impact of Race on Discharge Disposition and Length of Hospitalization After Craniotomy for Brain Tumor. World Neurosurgery. 104. 24–38. 50 indexed citations

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Wise, Eric S., et al.. (2017). Upper Extremity Pulse Pressure Predicts Amputation-Free Survival after Lower Extremity Bypass. The American Surgeon. 83(7). 804–811. 6 indexed citations

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Muhlestein, Whitney E., et al.. (2017). Using a Guided Machine Learning Ensemble Model to Predict Discharge Disposition following Meningioma Resection. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base. 79(2). 123–130. 27 indexed citations

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Huangfu, Danwei, Kenji Osafune, René Maehr, et al.. (2008). Induction of pluripotent stem cells from primary human fibroblasts with only Oct4 and Sox2. Nature Biotechnology. 26(11). 1269–1275. 987 indexed citations breakdown →

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