Medical School
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Residency
Internship Pediatrics – University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Tulsa, OK Residency Diagnostic Radiology – Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Fellowship
Diagnostic Neuroradiology - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Interventional Neuroradiology – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Board Certification
American College of Radiology, CAQ in Neuroradiology

Honors
Sir Alexander Fleming Scholar, Alpha Omega Alpha, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, ASSR Mentor Award in Spine Radiology Research, RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow research award at the Mayo Clinic and 5 Star Spirit Award at Baylor University Medical Center

Special Interests
Endovascular and percutaneous interventions of the brain, spine, head and neck. Teaching and clinical research in the field of Neuroradiology. Brain (intracranial) aneurysm treatment, Stroke, Spinal Angiography, Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty. Carotid Stenting

Professional Committees
Assistant Program Director for the Baylor University Medical Center Diagnostic Radiology Residency in Dallas Texas and Member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Committee on Radiation Safety Issues for Image-Guided Interventional Medical Procedures and Peer reviewed journal manuscript reviewer for American Journal of Neuroradiology, Stroke and Journal of Endovascular Therapy. Senior Member of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Senior Member American Society of Spine Radiology, Member of the Stroke Council and Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology for the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association

Research Projects
Dr. Layton has a strong interest in randomized controlled trials comparing vertebroplasty with kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures.  He also has an interest in research related to devices and techniques used to treat brain aneurysms.  Below is a selected list of his manuscripts that have been published in peer reviewed medical journals. 

1.      White JB, Layton KF, Cloft HJ. Isolated third nerve palsy associated with a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Neurocrit Care. 2007 Dec;7(3):260-2

2.      Kallmes DF, Layton K, Marx WF, Tong F.  Death by Nondiagnosis: Why Emergent CT Angiography should not be done for Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Nov/Dec;28(10):1837-8.

3.      White JB, Miller GM, Layton KF, Krauss WE. Nonenhancing tumors of the spinal cord. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Oct;7(4):403-7.

4.      White JB, Layton KF, Evans AJ, Tong FC, Jensen ME, Kallmes DF, Dion JE, Cloft HJ. Transorbital puncture for the treatment of cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistulas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Aug;28(7):1415-7.

5.      Layton KF, Cloft HJ, Lindell EP, Kallmes DF. Bovine Arch: Reply: AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., Aug 2007; 28(7): 1205.

6.      Layton KF, Cloft HJ, Gray LA, Lewis DA, Kallmes DF. Balloon-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms: evaluation of local thrombus formation and symptomatic thromboembolic complications.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Jun-Jul;28(6):1172-5.

7.      Layton KF, Kallmes DF, Gray LA, Cloft HJ. Endovascular treatment of epistaxis in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 May;28(5):885-8.

8.      Kowalski TJ, Layton KF, Berbari EF, Steckelberg JM, Huddleston PM, Wald JT, Osmon DR. Follow-up MR imaging in patients with pyogenic spine infections: lack of correlation with clinical features. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Apr;28(4):693-9.

9.      Layton KF, Thielen KR, Koch CA, Luetmer PH, Lane JI, Wald JT, Kallmes DF. Vertebroplasty, first 1000 levels of a single center: evaluation of the outcomes and complications. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Apr;28(4):683-9.

10.  Layton KF, Huston J 3^rd, Cloft HJ, Kaufmann TJ, Krecke KN, Kallmes DF. Specificity of MR angiography as a confirmatory test for carotid artery stenosis: is it valid? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Apr;188(4):1114-6.

11.  Koch CA, Layton KF, Kallmes DF. Outcomes of patients receiving long-term corticosteroid therapy who undergo percutaneous vertebroplasty.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Mar;28(3):563-6.

12.  White JB, Layton KF, Kallmes DF, Cloft HJ.  Balloon-assisted coiling through a 5-French system.  Neuroradiology 2007 February; 49(2): 157-9.

13.  Layton KF, Kallmes DF, Cloft HJ.  Angioplasty of an idiopathic intracranial arterial stenosis.  Interventional Neuroradiology 2006 December; 12: 307.

14.  Layton KF, Kallmes DF, Kaufmann TJ.  Use of the ulnar artery as an alternative access site for cerebral angiography.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 November-December; 27(10): 2073-4.

15.  Haithcock JA, Layton KF, Opatowsky MJ.  Vertebral pneumatocysts: uncommon lesions with pathognomonic imaging characteristics.  Baylor University Medical Proceedings 2006 October; 19(4): 423-4.

16.  Lee SB, Manno EM, Layton KF, Wijdicks EF.  Progression of warfarin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage after INR normalization with FFP.  Neurology 2006 October 10; 67(7): 1272-4.

17.  Trout AT, Kallmes DF, Layton KF, Thielen KR, Hentz JG.  Vertebral endplate fractures: an indicator of the abnormal forces generated in the spine after vertebroplasty.  J Bone Miner Res. 2006 November; 21(11): 1797-802.

18.  Layton KF, Thielen KR, Cloft HJ, Kallmes DF.  Acute vertebral compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma: evaluation of vertebral body edema patterns on MR imaging and the implications for vertebroplasty.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 September; 27(8): 1732-4.

19.  Layton KF.  Decreasing the diagnostic cerebral angiogram requirements for neuroradiology fellows would be a mistake.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 September; 27(8): 1601-2.

20.  Trout AT, Kallmes DF, Lane JI, Layton KF, Marx WF.  Subsequent vertebral fractures after vertebroplasty: association with intraosseous clefts.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 August: 27(7): 1586-91.

21.  Layton KF, Kallmes DF, Cloft HJ, Lindell EP, Cox VS.  Bovine aortic arch variant in humans: clarification of a common misnomer.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 August; 27(7): 1541-2.

22.  Layton KF, Miller GM, Kalina P.  Aberrant origin of the right vertebral artery from the right common carotid artery: depiction of a rare vascular anomaly on magnetic resonance angiography.  J Vasc Interv Radiology 2006 June; 17(6) 1065-7.

23.  Ding YH, Dai D, Layton KF, Lewis DA, Danielson MA, Kadirvel R, Cloft HJ, Kallmes DF.  Vascular anatomic variation in rabbits.  J Vasc Interv Radiology 2006 June; 17(6): 1031-5.

24.  Layton KF, Kallmes DF, Cloft HJ.  The radial artery access site for interventional neuroradiology procedures.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 May; 27(5): 1151-4.

25.  Josephs KA, Duffy JR, Strand EA, Whitwell JL, Layton KF, Parisi JE, Hauser MF, Witte RJ, Boeve BF, Knopman DS, Dickson DW, Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC.  Clinicopathological and imaging correlates of progressive aphasia and apraxia of speech.  Brain 2006 June; 129(Pt 6): 1385-98.

26.  Layton KF, Nelson MD, Kallmes DF.  Transarterial coil embolization of the venous component of aggressive type 4 dural arteriovenous fistulas.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 April; 27(4): 750-2.

27.  Layton KF, Kallmes DF, Cloft HJ, Schueler BA, Sturchio GM.  Radiation exposure to the primary operator during endovascular surgical neuroradiology procedures.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 April; 27(4): 742-3.

28.  Layton KF, White JB, Cloft HJ, Kallmes DF, Manno EM.  Expanding the treatment window with mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke.  Neuroradiology 2006 June; 48(6): 402-4.

29.  Layton KF, Cloft HJ, Kallmes DF.  Cerebral aneurysm perforations during treatment with detachable coils: Use of remodeling balloon inflation to achieve hemostasis.  Interventional Neuroradiology 2006 March; 12: 31.

30.  Layton KF, Thielen KR, Wald JT.  A modified vertebroplasty approach for spine biopsies.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 March; 27(3): 596-7.

31.  Layton KF, Kallmes DF, Horlocker TT.  Recommendations for anticoagulated patients undergoing image-guided spinal procedures.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 March; 27(3): 468-70.

32.  Layton KF, White JB, Cloft HJ, Kallmes DF.  Use of the Perclose ProGlide device with the 9 French Merci retrieval system.  Neuroradiology 2006 May; 48(5): 324-6.

33.  Layton KF, Thielen KR, Wald JT.  Percutaneous sacroplasty using CT fluoroscopy.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiology 2006 February; 27(2): 356-8.

Personal Notes
Hobbies – Hunting (especially wild turkeys), fishing, spending time with my family.

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