Dr. Glenn W. Kindt

Glenn W. Kindt, MD - Professor and Chief of the Neurosurgery Service at the Veterans Administration Medical Center
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Dr. Kindt completed his training in Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan and was on staff there for 12 years before relocating to the University of Colorado in 1981.Dr. Kindt's clinical interests include brain ischemia, brain edema, head trauma and spine surgery.He was involved in the original development of intracranial pressure monitoring in head trauma patients and the use of hyperventilation to reduce elevations of intracranial pressure.In addition, he was involved in the development of hypertension-hypervolemia for brain ischemia, which has become the standard of practice for the treatment of cerebral vasospasm.Dr. Kindt was Chief of the Division Neurosurgery for nearly two decades, and spearheaded its transformation into a freestanding University Department.He stepped down as Interim Chief of the Department of Neurosurgery in January 2001 and remains active in clinical and education activities of the Department, and oversees our very active clinical service at the Veterans Administration Medical Center.
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Glenn W. Kindt, MD

Glenn W. Kindt, MD
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Glenn W. Kindt, MD

Glenn W. Kindt, MD

Drs. Breeze, Brega, Kindt , Ojemann and Witt all participate in the adult neurosurgical oncology program.
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Glenn W. Kindt, MD

Drs. Brega, Kindt and Witt work as partners in the amelioration of neurosurgical spine and neck disease or disorders.
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Glenn W. Kindt, MD

Awad also named four senior neurosurgeons in the lawsuit - Glenn Kindt, Robert Breeze, Kenneth Winston and Kevin Lillehei - as well as neurosurgery resident Sean Markey.
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Kindt, still a practicing neurosurgeon, had retired as chairman of neurosurgery.Breeze, Winston and Lillehei all were candidates to succeed Kindt.

His clinical neurosurgical training was strongly influenced by Glenn Kindt.

At the completion of his neurosurgical training he was awarded the Van Wagenen Fellowship from the AANS and spent six months working in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Karolinska Institute. He returned from Sweden to accept a job at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans working with David Kline and Michael Carey. He was then invited back to join the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1979 and has risen through the ranks to full Professor.

He has been heavily involved with the activities of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and remains a strong supporter of that organization. He served as President of the CNS in 1992. He also had the pleasure of serving as Acting Chairman of The Neurosurgery Section in Ann Arbor during the one year that Buz Hoff served as President of the AANS in 1993-94.

He has a strong interest in disorders of the pituitary gland and has directed clinical and research efforts in this area. He has also been involved in the early development and delineation of intraoperative ultrasound imagining. He maintains a strong interest in cerebrovascular disorders and in primary brain neoplasms. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the AANS and a member of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is also a member of the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons.

He and his wife Susan are the parents of two sons, Scott and Justin.