Courtney Rory Goodwin

Session Title: Scientific Session 5: Caring for the Spine Patients Through Time Your Lecture Title: Priming: Managing Expectations and Challenges as Patients Become Frail · February 28, 2026 Invited Talk

“What You Need to Know About Cancer and Molecular Markers.” Session Title: Special Course 7: State of the Art Tumor Management. - Spine Summit | Beyond Limits: Elevating Quality in Spine Surgery, the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. · February 28, 2026 Invited Talk

“Priming: Managing Expectations and Challenges as Patients Become Frail” Session Title: Scientific Session 5: Caring for the Spine Patients Through Time. - Spine Summit | Beyond Limits: Elevating Quality in Spine Surgery, the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. · February 28, 2026 Invited Talk

Session Title: Special Course 7: State of the Art Tumor Management Your Lecture Title: What You Need to Know About Cancer and Molecular Markers · February 28, 2026 Invited Talk

“CMORE? of the Spine: A Multidisciplinary Tumor Discussion on Carbon/PEEK Posterior Cervical Fusion Spine Summit Lunch & Learn.” - Spine Summit | Beyond Limits: Elevating Quality in Spine Surgery, the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. · February 28, 2026 Invited Talk

“Discussion about Mentorship with Dr. Ayasoufi and Dr. Goodwin.” · January 9, 2026 Invited Talk Women in Neuroscience.

“ Frailty Working Group” · November 24, 2025 Invited Talk AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor Fall 2025 Meeting, Cancun/Mexico.

“Regional Strategies for Promoting KF Tumor”. · November 24, 2025 Invited Talk AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor Fall 2025 Meeting., Cancun/Mexico.

“Estrogen and UGDH in Breast Cancer Metastasis Progression.” American Academy of Neurosurgery. Athens Greece. · October 24, 2025 Keynote/Named Lecture

“Patient-Centered Innovation: Meeting Patients Where They Are…” Blueprint Medtech. Annual Meeting 2025- From innovation to Impact. · October 20, 2025 Invited Talk Washington D.C.

“Ob/Gyn Didactics: Brain and Spine Metastasis.” Duke University Medical Center. · October 17, 2025 Lecture Durham, NC

“The Frailty of Success in Spine Metastasis.” 6th annual Multidisciplinary · October 17, 2025 Invited Talk CNS Metastases Update Virtual., University of Wisconsin. Madison, WI.

“Priming the Spine Oncology Landscape: Primary En Blocs.” · October 15, 2025 Invited Talk University of Utah Grand Rounds., Salt Lake City, Utah.

“A Moderated Conversation with Spike Lee.” · October 12, 2025 Keynote/Named Lecture Congress of Neurological Surgeons., Los Angeles, CA

Priming the Landscape of Spinal Oncology - Brian D. Silber Memorial Lecture · April 18, 2024 Keynote/Named Lecture Department of Neurosurgery. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

"Goodwin Lab: Metastatic Mechanisms, Perceptions and Expectations for Spine Metastasis, Neurosurgical Engagement and Outreach.” Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center. Grand Rounds · May 2022 Invited Talk

Prophylactic Muscle Flaps in Patients with Oncologic Spine Disease Reduces Wound Complications”. Spine Summit 38th Annual Meeting (Oral Presentation) · February 23, 2022 - February 28, 2023 Lecture

Validation of an Online Calculator to Predict Short-term Postoperative Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Brain Tumors. Accepted as a Digital Poster for the 2021 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting · October 16, 2021 - October 20, 2021 Lecture

The Role of UDP-6 Glucose Dehydrogenase (UGDH) in Estrogen-Mediated Phenotypes in Both Estrogen Receptor Positive and Estrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer. AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets Conference · October 7, 2021 - October 10, 2021 Lecture

SOARR, “ Introduction to Spine Pathologies” · October 2021 Lecture

Indications Conference for Surgical Decision-making in Complex Spine Surgery: Creating Consensus when the Stakes are High. North American Spine Society 36th Annual Meeting. Podium Presentation · September 29, 2021 Lecture

Duke Neurosurgery Interest Group. “Introduction to Neurosurgery" (Virtual) · September 16, 2021 Lecture

“Robotic-assisted Trajectory into Kambin’s Triangle during Percutaneous Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (percLIF) – Initial Case Series.” E-Poster. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting · August 21, 2021 - August 25, 2021 Lecture Orlando, FL

Surgical Management of Metastatic Spine Tumors. Basic Spine Conference · July 20, 2021 Lecture

Surgical Management of Metastatic Spine Tumors. Basic Spine Conference. · July 20, 2021 Invited Talk

Institutional Experience with Novel Posterior Tether Applicator to Prevent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis after Long-Segment Fusion. Spine Summit Annual Meeting · July 2021 Lecture San Diego, California

Nursing Oncology Virtual On Campus Intensive for the NP students. · July 2021 Lecture

Virtual BASE Symposium. Keynote Address: Brotherhood Alliance for Science and Education - “History of BASE” · April 2021 Lecture

"Landscape of Spinal Metastasis: Metastatic Mechanisms, and Decision-Making.” Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital Grand Rounds · April 2021 Lecture

Palliative Care Longitudinal Curriculum. “Management of Spinal Metastasis” · February 2021 Lecture

Machine Learning to Predict Opioid Dose Reduction after Lumbar Fusion · 2021 National Scientific Meeting 2021 CNS conference

Decisionomics is Guiding Treatment. 7 Rules for Treating Metastatic Disease. Global Spine Congress · 2021 Invited Talk

“Landscape of Spinal Metastasis: Metastatic Mechanisms, and Decision-Making.”Department of Neurosurgery, Ohio State University/James Cancer Center. Grand Rounds · 2021 Invited Talk

Service to the Profession

Member, Search Committee for Duke University Physician Vice President, Neuroscience & Spine Service Line · March 2026 Committee Service

Spine Deputy Editor · 2019 Editorial Activities

Founding Board Member, Section on Spine Oncology · September 2018 Committee Service North American Spine Society

Associate Member, Knowledge Forum Tumor · July 2015 Committee Service AOSpine International AOSpine KF Tumor is an international group of dedicated spine oncology surgeons and oncologists who:
•Implement physician-driven landmark clinical studies
•Advance patient care through multicenter analysis and peer-reviewed publications
•Focus on both metastatic and the very rare primary spine tumors

Service to Duke

Bass Connections Team Leader, Spine Surgery Patient Navigators · 2023 - 2024 Projects & Field Work

North Carolina

Spine Niche Product (Clinical Organization) · 2017 Committee Service

3rd year Neurosciences Study Program Director (Clinical Organization) · 2017 Committee Service

Surgical Director, Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastases at the Duke Cancer Institute (Clinical Organization) · 2017 Committee Service

Spine Co-Management Quality (Clinical Organization) · 2017 Committee Service

Director, Spine Oncology (Clinical Organization) · 2017 Committee Service

Spine Co-Management Operations (Clinical Organization) · 2017 Committee Service

Leadership & Clinical Positions

Committee Name
1. Resident education Committee, Neurosurgery Residency Program
2. Spine Governance Committee Member
3. Spine Co-Management Quality Meeting Member
4. Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastases at the Duke Cancer Institute
5. American Spine Registry Meeting
6. Duke Medical School LCME Accreditation Specialty Advisor Representative
7. Clinical Competency Committee Chair Duke Neurosurgery Residency Program

Position(s) held
1. Associate Program Director, Duke Neurosurgery
2. Director of Spine Oncology
3. Spine Director, DCBSM
4. Clinical Competency Committee Chair, Neurosurgery

1.Role: Surgeon Lead, 33SpienAlign, FOCOS Hospital Medical Mission in Accra Ghana, December 2019-present
2. Date of Mission Trips: July 2023, December 2024, July 2024, December 2024, June 2025

Academic & Administrative Activities

Abstract Reviewer for Scientific Session- Global Spine Congress- Las Vegas, June 1-4, 2022
NASS 2022 Annual Meeting Abstract Reviewer

Duke Initiatives

PhD Student Mentor Resident Mentor Undergraduate Student Mentor