Nicholas Theodore

Nicholas Theodore is an American neurosurgeon and researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is known for his work in spinal trauma, robotics and personalized medicine. He is Director of the Neurosurgical Spine Program at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. known for his work on spine trauma. Career

Dr. Theodore graduated from Cornell University, where he was the recipient of a Cornell Tradition Academic Fellowship. He attended medical school at Georgetown University, where he graduated with honors. After completing his internship at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Dr. Theodore served as a Senior General Medical Officer with the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan.
Dr. Theodore completed his neurosurgical residency and a fellowship in spinal surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Barrow Neurological Institute. After completing his residency in 2001, Dr. Theodore served as Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at Naval Medical Center San Diego, overseeing the largest neurosurgery complement in the Navy.
In 2003 he joined the faculty at Barrow Neurological Institute, and assumed the position of Director of Neurotrauma. In 2004 he was appointed Associate Director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program at Barrow. The Neurosurgery Residency Program at Barrow is the largest in the United States, training four residents per academic year, for a potential total of 28 residents. In 2009 he became the Chief of the Spine Section at the Barrow Neurological Institute and was appointed the Volker K.H. Sonntag Chair in 2015. In 2016 he became the second Donlin M. Long Professor of Neurosurgery & Orthopaeidcs at Johns Hopkins University. His area of focus includes brain and spinal cord injury, minimally invasive surgery, robotics and personalized medicine.

Research

Dr. Theodore's main focus is on complex spinal disorders and spinal cord injury. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has made over 100 technical presentations. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Mayfield Award and the Tasker Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons as well as being named a "US News Top Docs". He was one of the senior investigators in a multi-center study testing a new medication for spinal cord injury. In addition, Dr. Theodore recently received a NIH RO-1 grant to study spinal injuries and novel approaches to spinal surgery. Less than 10% of these grants are funded nationally.

In 2014, Dr. Theodore was a recipient of a DOD grant to conduct a multi-center study evaluating Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury. The same year, he sold his company, Excelsius Surgical, to Globus Medical. Excelsius Surgical was founded by Drs. Theodore and Neil Crawford and focuses on the development of image-guided robotic surgical technologies.

Recent publications

• Martirosyan, NL; Kalb, S; Cavalcanti, DD; Lochhead, RA; Uschold, TD; Loh, A; Theodore, N (2011). "Comparative Analysis of Isocentric 3-dimensional C-arm Fluoroscopy and Biplanar Fluoroscopy for Anterior Screw Fixation in Odontoid Fractures". J Spinal Disord Tech. 
• Kalb, S; Reis, MT; Cowperthwaite, MC; Fox, DJ; Lefevre, R; Theodore, N; Papadopoulos, SM; Sonntag, VK (2011). "Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: Incidence and Risk Factors". World Neurosurg. 
• Brasiliense, LB; Lazaro, BC; Reyes, PM; Dogan, S; Theodore, N; Crawford, NR (Dec 2011). "Biomechanical contribution of the rib cage to thoracic stability". Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 36 (26): E1686–93. doi:10.1097/brs.0b013e318219ce84. 
• Kalani, MY; Martirosyan, NL; Little, AS; Kakarla, UK; Theodore, N (Dec 2011). "Tumoral calcinosis presenting as a deformity of the thoracic spine". J Neurosurg Pediatr. 8 (6): 584–7. doi:10.3171/2011.8.peds11193. 
• Kalani MY, Filippidis A, Martirosyan NL, Theodore N. "Cerebral Herniation as a Complication of Chest Tube Drainage of Cerebrospinal Fluid After Injury to the Spine. World Neurosurg. 2011;
• Kalb S, Martirosyan NL, Kalani MY, Broc GG, Theodore N. "Genetics of the Degenerated Intervertebral Disc. World Neurosurg. 2011;
• Albuquerque, FC; Hu, YC; Dashti, SR; Abla, AA; Clark, JC; Alkire, B; Theodore, N; McDougall, CG (Dec 2011). "Craniocervical arterial dissections as sequelae of chiropractic manipulation: patterns of injury and management". J Neurosurg. 115 (6): 1197–205. doi:10.3171/2011.8.jns111212. 
• Martirosyan, NL; Feuerstein, JS; Theodore, N; Cavalcanti, DD; Spetzler, RF; Preul, MC (Sep 2011). "Blood supply and vascular reactivity of the spinal cord under normal and pathological conditions". J Neurosurg Spine. 15 (3): 238–51. doi:10.3171/2011.4.spine10543.