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Oren N Gottfried

Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Box 3807, Durham, NC 27710
200 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Awards & Honors


Invited to be member of Screen Actors Guild

Other Screen Actors Guild · 2021

Outstanding Senior Student in Surgery Award, University Arizona COM

Other University Arizona · 2021

Invited to be member of Writers Guild of America – East

Other Guild of America – East · 2021

AANS Meeting First Place Advanced Practice Provider E-Poster Award

Other AANS · 2017

Duke University Blue Devil of the Week, Honoring Service to Duke University

Other Duke University · 2015

Selected Neurosurgery National Representative for Doximity Fellowship

Other Doximity Fellowship · 2015

Highest Impact Spine Surgery Article, Neurosurgery selected article-honoring top 12 highest impact spine article from 2010-2015

Other Highest Impact Spine Surgery · 2015

Author on study receiving Mayfield Clinical Science Award, Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves

Other Mayfield Clinical Science Award · 2012

Spine, Young Investigator Award (for top rated journal article)

Other Spine, Young Investigator Award · 2012

First Research Distinction Track Graduate

Other University Arizona COM · 2001

Van Winkle Award for Excellence in Surgical Research, University Arizona COM

Other University Arizona · 2001

Honors and Awards Committee Excellence in Research Award, University Arizona COM

Other University Arizona · 2001

National Institute of Health Research Continued Support Fellowship

Other National Institute of Health Research Continued Support Fellowship · 1999

Travel Grant, Experimental Biology, American Federation for Medical Research

Other Travel Grant, Experimental Biology, American Federation for Medical Research · 1999

Young Investigator Award, Yuma Friends of Arizona College of Medicine

Other Young Investigator Award, Yuma Friends of Arizona College of Medicine · 1998

National Institute of Health Research Training Fellowship

Other National Institute of Health Research Training Fellowship · 1998

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Continued Support Fellowship

Other Howard Hughes Medical Institute Continued Support Fellowship · 1997

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship

Other Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship · 1996

In the News


Published February 25, 2020
Patients Rank Doctors Lower if they Experience Long Delays in Waiting Rooms
Published May 23, 2019
Neurosurgeon by Day, TV Consultant by NIght
Published February 14, 2019
Neurosurgeon Helps Hollywood Keep It Real
Published April 17, 2018
Simple One-Page Tool Improves Patient Satisfaction with Doctor Visit
Published March 28, 2017
Making Neurosurgery More Patient-Centric
Published April 26, 2016
Matching the Lumbar Patient to the Most Appropriate Treatment
Published September 8, 2015
Medicine Is An Imperfect Science
Published July 15, 2014
Duke neurosurgeon is doctor by day, TV consultant by night