Dr. Denise Crute

Dr. Denise Crute - Professional Summary:   

 

Dedicated to bringing her expertise in neurosurgery to third world countries where it is needed, Dr. Denise Crute travels frequently to Honduras where she serves as a Volunteer Neurosurgeon. Dr. Denise Crute works with Central American Medical Outreach, or CAMO, while basing her support in the city of Santa Rosa de Copan. She has completed multiple trips to that region. Offering her services through a number of venues, Dr. Denise Crute also works on the ground in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula with the Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery, or FIENS.

 

Within the United States, Dr. Denise Crute offers her expertise as a Neurosurgeon at the OSF Illinois Neurological Institute. Showing the same widespread dedication in Illinois that she shows in Honduras, Dr. Denise Crute also serves patients at the OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois, as Neurotrauma Liaison.

 

Dr. Denise Crute teaches as an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. There Dr. Denise Crute continues the dedication to ongoing education that she refined through her own extensive professional studies. Dr. Denise Crute completed medical school, graduate school in neurosurgery, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. From 1990 until 1996, Dr. Denise Crute completed a general surgery internship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a neurosurgery residency at Northwestern University Hospitals.

 

Generally known and widely respected within neurosurgery communities, Dr. Denise Crute holds membership in Women in Neurosurgery, which she formerly led as Secretary-Treasurer, President Elect, and President. Dr. Denise Crute also belongs to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Medical Association, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

 

In addition to her contributions to society in the medical field, Dr. Denise Crute offers the insights of her artistic vision. Through Owl Tracks Studios, Dr. Crute makes her paintings and drawings available to other individuals interested in art. In conjunction with other women that work as both artists and neurosurgeons, Dr. Denise Crute recently published Heart of a Lion, Hands of a Woman. In this book, available through the American Association of Neurological Surgeons website, Dr. Denise Crute offers her depictions of life and work within a hospital.

 

 

Dr. Denise Crute - Professional Experience:    

 

06/01/2006 to Present

OSF Illinois Neurological Institute

Neurosurgeon

Rockford, IL 61114

 

09/01/2008 to Present

University of Illinois School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

Rockford, IL 61114

 

02/01/2008 to Present

OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center

Neurotrauma Liaison

Rockford, IL 61114

Dr. Denise Crute - Education:    

 

 

8/01/1984- 05/15/1988

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

Medicine

MD

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

 

 

 

Dr. Denise Crute - Interests:     

 

Bicycling, spinning, Downhill and cross-country skiing, Hiking, camping Fitness, resistance training, cardio

 

 

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