Daniel E. Couture, MD
- Professor, Neurosurgery

Daniel E. Couture, MD
Research Interests
- Craniofacial Surgery
- Neurosurgical Trauma
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy
- Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
- Laser Surgery
- Education
- MD, University of Virginia, 2000
- Internship
- Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2001
- Residency
- Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, 2000
- Neurosurgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2006
- Fellowship
- Pediatric Neurosurgery, Primary Children's Hospital, 2007
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
- Memberships
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- Childrens' Oncology Group
- Forsyth County Medical Society
- North Carolina Neurosurgical Society
- American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
- Pediatric Trauma Society
- American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
- Southern Neurosurgical Society
- Positions
- Professor, Neurosurgery
- Professor, Pediatrics
- Departments and Affiliations
- Neurosurgery
- Pediatrics
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research
- Effects of surgical targeting in laser interstitial thermal therapy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A multicenter study of 234 patients. Wu C, Jermakowicz WJ, Chakravorti S, Cajigas I, Sharan AD, Jagid JR, Matias CM, Sperling MR, Buckley R, Ko A, Ojemann JG, Miller JW, Youngerman B, Sheth SA, McKhann GM, Laxton AW, Couture DE, Popli GS, Smith A, Mehta AD, Ho AL, Halpern CH, Englot DJ, Neimat JS, Konrad PE, Neal E, Vale FL, Holloway KL, Air EL, Schwalb J, Dawant BM, D'Haese PF. Epilepsia. 2019 06; 60(6):1171-1183.
- Corpus callosotomy via laser interstitial thermal therapy: a case series. Palma AE, Wicks RT, Popli G, Couture DE. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 12; 23(3):303-307.
- Incidental durotomy in the pediatric spine population. West JL, Arnel M, Palma AE, Frino J, Powers AK, Couture DE. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 11; 22(5):591-594.
- A review of Big Data analytics and potential for implementation in the delivery of global neurosurgery. West JL, Fargen KM, Hsu W, Branch CL, Couture DE. Neurosurg Focus. 2018 10; 45(4):E16.
- Intraventricular recurrence of a craniopharyngioma: case report. Renfrow JJ, Greeneway GP, Carter L, Couture DE. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Oct; 22(4):393-396.