Dr. Ostling

Lauren R. Ostling, MD

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Neurosurgeon

Areas of expertise – minimally invasive spine surgery, including discectomy, decompression and fusion; image-guided neurosurgery, brain tumors, spinal tumors, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformations; adolescent patients transitioning to adult care


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Education

  • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 2004
  • Medical School: University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, 2008
  • Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, 2008-2014
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, 2014-2015

Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgery
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Experience

  • Mayfield Brain & Spine, Cincinnati: Neurosurgeon, 2021-present
  • Mayfield Education & Research Foundation: Board member, 2022-present
  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals: Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, 2018-2020; Co-director of the Neuroscience Center, 2017-2020; Director of Neurotrauma, 2016-2020; Community Outreach Chair for the Pediatric Brain Center, 2019-2020; Clinical Instructor, 2015-2018
  • Children's Neurosurgical Associates: Attending Neurosurgeon, 2015-2018

Primary hospital affiliations*

Good Samaritan Hospital, Mercy West Hospital, Mayfield Spine Surgery Center

*Mayfield is affiliated with most major hospitals in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky

Professional memberships

  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Fellow
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
  • WINS- Women in Neurosurgery as part of AANS

Publications

View Dr. Ostling's publications in the PubMed database.

Office Locations

Green Township Office

Green Township

6130 Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45247

Rookwood

Rookwood/Norwood

3825 Edwards Rd., 3rd Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45209