Matthew Rendel, MD

Assistant Professor
Neurosurgery

Education

Post-Graduate

2005- 2010 - Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Resident, Neurosurgery

2004 - 2005 - Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Intern, General Surgery

Graduate

2004 - Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Doctor of Medicine

Undergraduate

2000 - Indiana University, IUPUI Campus
Indianapolis, IN
M.S. Physiology

1997 - Purdue University, IUPUI Campus
Indianapolis, IN
M.S. Biology, Pre-Professional Non-Thesis

1993 – 1996 Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
B.A. Psychology

1991 - 1993 Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
Major: Psychology

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, MO
• St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
• Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

LICENSURE

• Kansas
• Missouri

BOARDS

American Board of Neurological Surgery, Written Boards, Passed March 2007
USMLE Step 3, Passed December 2008

PRESENTATIONS

Grand Rounds Presentation, Viral Based Gene Therapy and Novel Applications in Neurosurgery. Kansas University Medical Center, July 2007.

ABSTRACTS

Rendel MA, Pollack A, Newell K, Taylor S: A unique presentation of Lymphomatosis. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, November 2007.

Rendel MA, Staecker H, Pollack A: Transfection of Schwann Cells with a Radiation-inducible promoter expressing TNF-α Results in Cell Death after Radiation Treatment in Vitro. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, November 2007.

PUBLICATIONS

Manuscript submitted but not yet accepted: Rendel MA, Pollack A, Brough DE, Staecker H. Transfection of Schwann Cells with a Radiation-inducible promoter expressing TNF-α Results in Cell Death after Radiation Treatment in Vitro. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Submitted May 2009

RESEARCH

Completed during Graduate studies, Indiana University.
Master’s Thesis Research Topic: Isoloation of zebrafish homologue and isotopes to human N-cadherin from zebrafish genomic library, DNA sequencing of zebrafish N-cadherin isotopes, and expression studies of N-cadherin during zebrafish embryonic development using in situ hybridization techniques.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Resident Research Day, 2nd Prize, Kansas University Medical Center, 2007.

Professionalism in Residency Nominee, 2006.

OTHER HONORS & AWARDS

Varsity Swimming Scholarship (1991-1993)
Junior Varsity Soccer

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• The American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• The Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Midwest Neurosurgical Society
• Kansas City Neurology & Neurosurgery Society

 

Representative publications avaliable upon request