Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Neurocritical Care Fellowship, Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine 2019 - 2020
  • Residency, Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2013 - 2020
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2016 - 2017
  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 2013
  • B.S., Duke University 2007
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2020
  • Consulting Associate in the Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2020
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Director, Neurocritical Care and Trauma (2020 - Present)
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Member. Alpha Omega Alpha. 2020
  • Leadership Award. Duke Neurosurgery. 2019
  • Clinician Award. Duke Neurosurgery. 2018
  • Palliative Care Advocacy Award. Duke Health. 2017
  • Clinician Award. Duke Neurosurgery. 2016
  • Consultant of the Year. Duke Emergency Medicine. 2015
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Synaptic Targeting of NMDA Receptors awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2009
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Chen, Fangyu, Jordan M. Komisarow, Brianna Mills, Monica Vavilala, Adrian Hernandez, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Joseph P. Mathew, et al. “Echocardiogram Utilization Patterns and Association With Mortality Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.” Anesth Analg 132, no. 4 (April 1, 2021): 1060–66. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000005110.
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    • Krishnamoorthy, Vijay, Jordan M. Komisarow, Daniel T. Laskowitz, and Monica S. Vavilala. “Multiorgan Dysfunction After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Clinical Management.” Chest, January 16, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.016.
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    • Luu, David, Jordan Komisarow, Brianna M. Mills, Monica S. Vavilala, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Joseph Mathew, Michael L. James, et al. “Association of Severe Acute Kidney Injury with Mortality and Healthcare Utilization Following Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury.” Neurocrit Care, January 13, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-01183-z.
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    • Komisarow, Jordan M., Fangyu Chen, Monica S. Vavilala, Daniel Laskowitz, Michael L. James, and Vijay Krishnamoorthy. “Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Following Isolated Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.” J Intensive Care Med, November 15, 2020, 885066620972001. https://doi.org/10.1177/0885066620972001.
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    • Williamson, Theresa, Marc D. Ryser, Peter A. Ubel, Jihad Abdelgadir, Charis A. Spears, Beiyu Liu, Jordan Komisarow, Monica E. Lemmon, Aladine Elsamadicy, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Withdrawal of Life-Supporting Treatment in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.” Jama Surg, June 17, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.1790.
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    • James, Michael L., Jordan M. Komisarow, Haichen Wang, and Daniel T. Laskowitz. “Therapeutic Development of Apolipoprotein E Mimetics for Acute Brain Injury: Augmenting Endogenous Responses to Reduce Secondary Injury.” Neurotherapeutics 17, no. 2 (April 2020): 475–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13311-020-00858-x.
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    • Muh, Carrie R., Naomi D. Chou, Shervin Rahimpour, Jordan M. Komisarow, Tracy G. Spears, Herbert E. Fuchs, Sandra Serafini, and Gerald A. Grant. “Cortical stimulation mapping for localization of visual and auditory language in pediatric epilepsy patients.” J Neurosurg Pediatr, November 8, 2019, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3171/2019.8.PEDS1922.
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    • Sankey, Eric W., Jenna S. Hynes, Jordan M. Komisarow, Jake Maule, Andrew S. Griffin, Sarah K. Dotters-Katz, Courtney J. Mitchell, and Allan H. Friedman. “Masson's tumor presenting as a left frontal intraparenchymal hemorrhage resulting in severe expressive aphasia during pregnancy: case report.” J Neurosurg, November 1, 2019, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3171/2019.8.JNS191767.
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    • Krishnamoorthy, Vijay, Catherine L. Hough, Monica S. Vavilala, Jordan Komisarow, Nophanan Chaikittisilpa, Abhijit V. Lele, Karthik Raghunathan, and Claire J. Creutzfeldt. “Tracheostomy After Severe Acute Brain Injury: Trends and Variability in the USA.” Neurocrit Care 30, no. 3 (June 2019): 546–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-019-00697-5.
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    • Charalambous, Lefko T., Anirudh Penumaka, Jordan M. Komisarow, Amanda C. Hemmerich, Thomas J. Cummings, Patrick J. Codd, and Allan H. Friedman. “Masson's tumor of the pineal region: case report.” J Neurosurg 128, no. 6 (June 2018): 1725–30. https://doi.org/10.3171/2017.2.JNS162350.
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    • Komisarow, Jordan M., Theodore Pappas, Megan Llewellyn, and Shivanand P. Lad. “The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: an analysis of the senator's injuries and neurosurgical care.” J Neurosurg, June 1, 2018, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3171/2018.4.JNS18294.
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    • Shapiro, Mark L., and Jordan Komisarow. “The Obesity Paradox and Effects of Early Nutrition: Is There a Paradox, or Is There Not?” Crit Care Med 45, no. 5 (May 2017): 918–19. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000002392.
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    • Babu, Ranjith, Jordan M. Komisarow, Vijay J. Agarwal, Shervin Rahimpour, Akshita Iyer, Dylan Britt, Isaac O. Karikari, et al. “Glioblastoma in the elderly: the effect of aggressive and modern therapies on survival.” J Neurosurg 124, no. 4 (April 2016): 998–1007. https://doi.org/10.3171/2015.4.JNS142200.
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    • Komisarow, Jordan M., Senthil Radhakrishnan, Jessica R. Moreno, and A Bagley Carlos. “Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Astrocytomas.” Contemporary Neurosurgery 36, no. 21 (October 31, 2014): 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.cne.0000458898.03852.b4.
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    • Serafini, Sandra, Jordan M. Komisarow, William Gallentine, Mohamad A. Mikati, Melanie J. Bonner, Peter G. Kranz, Michael M. Haglund, and Gerald Grant. “Reorganization and stability for motor and language areas using cortical stimulation: case example and review of the literature.” Brain Sci 3, no. 4 (November 26, 2013): 1597–1614. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci3041597.
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    • Keene, Jack D., Jordan M. Komisarow, and Matthew B. Friedersdorf. “RIP-Chip: the isolation and identification of mRNAs, microRNAs and protein components of ribonucleoprotein complexes from cell extracts.” Nat Protoc 1, no. 1 (2006): 302–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2006.47.
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  • Book Sections

    • Komisarow, J. M., and J. H. Sampson. “An Introduction to Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Brain Tumors.” In Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors, 1–10, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802420-1.00001-6.
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    • Miller, Timothy D., Jordan M. Komisarow, and Allan H. Friedman. “White Matter Tracts.” In Functional Mapping of the Cerebral Cortex, 181–208. Springer International Publishing, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23383-3_12.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Teaching Activities

  • Member, Clinical Competency Committee, Neurocritical Care Fellowship (2020 - Present)
    Member, Clinical Competency Committee, Neurosurgery Residency (2020 - Present)

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