NNS 2026

I am a neurosurgery resident at UCSF, with clinical and research interests in functional neurosurgery, neurotrauma, and neurocritical care. Funded through the NIH UE5 program, I am mentored by Drs. Edward Chang, Geoff Manley, and Edilberto Amorim. My UE5 work is focused on intracranial electrophysiology in the setting of severe traumatic brain injury, particularly building new technologies to enable the analysis of time-synchronized ICU recordings, as well as techniques to expand our spatial sampling of cortical recordings. Additionally, I collaborate with Dr. Britta Lindquist on how acid-base derangements affect clinical outcomes. I earned my MD and PhD at the University of Washington (MSTP) in 2021, following my BSE and MSE in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. My Bioengineering PhD under Drs. Jeffrey Ojemann and Rajesh Rao focused on engineering direct electrical stimulation of the human sensorimotor cortex, utilizing intracranial electrodes implanted for the clinical care of epilepsy and movement disorders.

All Sessions by David Caldwell, Dr.

2:07 am - 2:10 am

DB01.20 - Acid-Base Derangements Correlate with Unfavorable Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury: A TRACK-TBI ICU Cohort Study

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Acid-Base Derangements Correlate with Unfavorable Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury: A TRACK-TBI ICU Cohort Study

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Safety and Utility of Increased Spatial Sampling With Low-Profile Cylindrical Electrodes for Intracranial Electrophysiology in Severe Brain Injury