Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Resident, Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2017
  • M.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine 2011
  • B.S., United States Naval Academy 2000
  • C., North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics 1996
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  Medical Licensure

  • 2016-02578. North Carolina. 2016
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2017 - 2020
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Senior Faculty Advisor, Feagin Leadership Program
    Assistant Program Director, Neurosurgery
    
    
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • FEB 21, 2022

    The Athletic

    The comebacker and the comeback: How a Rays minor leaguer kept going after a terrifying injury

  • AUG 26, 2021

    ESPN

    Durham Bulls pitcher Tyler Zombro's remarkable recovery after being hit by a line drive
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Brain--Tumors
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Nayar, Gautam, Daniel J. Blizzard, Timothy Y. Wang, Steven Cook, Adam G. Back, David Vincent, and Isaac O. Karikari. “Pedicle screw placement accuracy using ultra-low radiation imaging with image enhancement versus conventional fluoroscopy in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: an internally randomized controlled trial.” J Neurosurg Spine 28, no. 2 (February 2018): 186–93. https://doi.org/10.3171/2017.5.SPINE17123.
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    • Hargett, Charles William, Joseph P. Doty, Jennifer N. Hauck, Allison Mb Webb, Steven H. Cook, Nicholas E. Tsipis, Julie A. Neumann, Kathryn M. Andolsek, and Dean C. Taylor. “Developing a model for effective leadership in healthcare: a concept mapping approach.” J Healthc Leadersh 9 (2017): 69–78. https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S141664.
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    • Krucoff, Max O., Steven Cook, Owoicho Adogwa, Jessica Moreno, Siyun Yang, Jichun Xie, Alexander O. Firempong, Nandan Lad, and Carlos A. Bagley. “Racial, Socioeconomic, and Gender Disparities in the Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes of Adult Chiari I Malformations.” World Neurosurg 97 (January 2017): 431–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.026.
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    • Lad, Shivanand P., Frank W. Petraglia, Alexander R. Kent, Steven Cook, Kelly R. Murphy, Nirav Dalal, Edward Karst, Peter Staats, and Ashwini Sharan. “Longer Delay From Chronic Pain to Spinal Cord Stimulation Results in Higher Healthcare Resource Utilization.” Neuromodulation 19, no. 5 (July 2016): 469–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/ner.12389.
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    • Miller, Timothy, L. Gonzalez, Ali Zomorodi, and Steven Cook. “Giant Fusiform Vertebral Artery Aneurysm Treated with Microsurgical Bypass and Endovascular Coiling after Failed Flow Diversion: A Case Report and Discussion.” Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 05, no. 03 (June 8, 2016): 202–6. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1581984.
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    • Cook, Steven H., Julia R. Fielding, and J Duncan Phillips. “Repeat abdominal computed tomography scans after pediatric blunt abdominal trauma: missed injuries, extra costs, and unnecessary radiation exposure.” J Pediatr Surg 45, no. 10 (October 2010): 2019–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.06.007.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • NEUROSUR 220C: Neurosurgical Intervention in the Modern Era 2023
  • NEUROSUR 401C: Sub-Internship in Neurological Surgery 2023
  • NEUROSUR 402C: Intermediate Clinical Neurosurgery 2023
  • NEUROSUR 220C: Neurosurgical Intervention in the Modern Era 2022
  • NEUROSUR 401C: Sub-Internship in Neurological Surgery 2022
  • NEUROSUR 402C: Intermediate Clinical Neurosurgery 2022
  • NEUROSUR 220C: Neurosurgical Intervention in the Modern Era 2021
  • NEUROSUR 401C: Sub-Internship in Neurological Surgery 2021
  • NEUROSUR 402C: Intermediate Clinical Neurosurgery 2021

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