Ondrej Choutka, MD
Neurosurgery
Speaks
Languages
English
Provider Groups
Saint Alphonsus Medical Group
Primary Contact
(208) 302-4100
Services & Specialties
Areas of Specialization
- Neurosurgery
Locations & Contact
Primary Location
Saint Alphonsus Neurosurgery Mulvaney
1072 N Liberty St
Ste 200
Boise
, ID 83704
About
Philosophy of Care
I knew I wanted to be a doctor from a very young age and I'm still as excited about neurosurgery now as I was more than 20 years ago when I was introduced to it. A physician I know once said, `If you take care of the patient everything else will take care of itself,' and that has always been my philosophy. My patients can expect a very personal care as if they were my family. I don't feel for my patients, I feel with them. We are partners through the difficult times, setting goals and working together to achieve them. My reward in neurosurgery is being on the journey with my patient, getting to know them as a person and watching them walk out the door happy and better.
In the Media
There are some easy ways to exercise your brain and keep it running at peak performance. Dr. Choutka offers tips on how you can stave off harmful conditions that can affect your brain's performance.
Dr. Choutka shares about the brand new neuro and surgical trauma ICU, first in Idaho.
Conditions Treated
- Von Hippel Lindau disease
- Vestibular schwannomas
- Vasospasm
- Trigeminal neuralgia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm
- Stroke
- Spinal oncology
- Spinal and spinal cord tumors, metastases
- Skull base tumors and minimally invasive cranial surgery, including endoscopic
- Rathke's cleft cysts
- Pineal gland tumors
- Peripheral nerve entrapment
- Orbital tumors
- Oligodendrogliomas
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
- Neurosurgery in pregnancy
- Neurofibromatosis
- Moyamoya Disease
- Metastatic tumors to brain and spine
- Metastases
- Meningiomas
- Meningioma, acoustic neuroma, pituitary tumor, craniopharyngioma, skull base tumors and glioma
- Malignant glioblastoma multiforme
- Intracerebral hemorrhage
- Hemangioblastoma
- Glomus tumors
- Germ cell tumors
- Esthesioneuroblastomas
- Ependymomas
- Cushing's disease
- Craniocervical junction injury
- Cranial and spinal trauma
- CNS lymphoma
- Chiari Malformation
- Cavernoma
- Carotid artery disease
- Carcinomatous meningitis
- Brain tumors
- Bowhunter syndrome
- Astrocytomas
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Aneurysms
- All intracranial hemorrhages
- Adenomas, pituitary
Procedures Performed
- Aneurysm treatment
- AVM treatment
- Carotid disease treatment, cerebral revascularization
- Cranial bypass procedures, ischemia and moyamoya disease
- Endoscopic removal of pituitary tumors, craniopharyngiomas
- Endoscopic treatment of intracranial hemorrhages
- GammaTiler radiation therapy, placed at the time of resection, for malignant intracranial tumors
- Microvascular decompression of cranial nerves, MVD for trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, glos
- Minimally invasive removal of spinal cord tumors
- Removal of all brain tumors
Education & Certifications
Education
Fellowship:
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Fellowship:
Christ Hospital
Medical School:
Oxford University
Residency:
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery, Board Certified