Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship - Pain Management, Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine 2012 - 2013
  • Internship and Residency, Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine 2008 - 2012
  • M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 2008
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  Medical Licensure

  • 2012-01457. North Carolina. 2012
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Anesthesiology 2013 - 2020
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Associate Medical Director for Care Redesign, Duke Health
    Director of Quality Improvement, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke Health
    Clinical Chair, Perioperative IT Optimization Committee, Duke Health
    
    
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • A Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Trial of Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) for the Treatment of Back Pain awarded by SPR Therapeutics, LLC 2020 - 2023
  • A Study of Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) for the Treatement of Back pain awarded by SPR Therapeutics, LLC 2017 - 2022
  • Medtronic OPuS One awarded by Medtronic, Inc. 2017 - 2020
  • Human Fresh Tissue Lab Educational Program Agreement awarded by Medtronic, Inc. 2017
  • Human Fresh Tissue Lab Educational Program Agreement awarded by Spine Synergy Inc. 2017
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  External Relationships

  • Accuvein
  • G&G Anesthesia, PLLC
  • Medtronic Inc.
  • Prospero Management, LLC
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Levy, Jason, Elizabeth David, Thomas Hopkins, Jonathan Morris, Nam D. Tran, Hamed Farid, Francesco Massari, et al. “Radiofrequency Ablation Provides Rapid and Durable Pain Relief for the Palliative Treatment of Lytic Bone Metastases Independent of Radiation Therapy: Final Results from the OsteoCool Tumor Ablation Post-Market Study.” Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 46, no. 5 (May 2023): 600–609. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-023-03417-x.
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    • Holyoak, Derek T., Thomas G. Andreshak, Thomas J. Hopkins, Allan L. Brook, Michael E. Frohbergh, and Kevin L. Ong. “Height restoration and sustainability using bilateral vertebral augmentation systems for vertebral compression fractures: a cadaveric study.” Spine J 22, no. 12 (December 2022): 2072–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2022.06.011.
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    • Dial, Brian L., Anthony A. Catanzano, Valentine Esposito, John Steele, Amanda Fletcher, Sean P. Ryan, John P. Kirkpatrick, et al. “Treatment Outcomes in Spinal Metastatic Disease With Indeterminate Stability.” Global Spine J 12, no. 3 (April 2022): 373–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/2192568220956605.
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    • Gilmore, Christopher A., Mehul J. Desai, Thomas J. Hopkins, Sean Li, Michael J. DePalma, Timothy R. Deer, Warren Grace, et al. “Treatment of chronic axial back pain with 60-day percutaneous medial branch PNS: Primary end point results from a prospective, multicenter study.” Pain Pract 21, no. 8 (November 2021): 877–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.13055.
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    • Deer, Timothy R., Christopher A. Gilmore, Mehul J. Desai, Sean Li, Michael J. DePalma, Thomas J. Hopkins, Abram H. Burgher, et al. “Corrigendum to: Percutaneous PNS of the Medial Branch Nerves for the Treatment of Chronic Axial Back Pain in Patients following Radiofrequency Ablation.” Pain Med 22, no. 8 (August 6, 2021): 1890. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnab139.
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    • Branton, Mark W., Thomas J. Hopkins, and Eric C. Nemec. “Duloxetine for the reduction of opioid use in elective orthopedic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Int J Clin Pharm 43, no. 2 (April 2021): 394–403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-020-01216-9.
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    • Deer, Timothy R., Christopher A. Gilmore, Mehul J. Desai, Sean C. Li, Michael J. DePalma, Thomas J. Hopkins, Abram H. Burgher, et al. “Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation of the Medial Branch Nerves for the Treatment of Chronic Axial Back Pain in Patients After Radiofrequency Ablation.” Pain Med 22, no. 3 (March 18, 2021): 548–60. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa432.
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    • Melton, M Stephen, Yi-Ju Li, Richard Pollard, Zhengxi Chen, John Hunting, Thomas Hopkins, William Buhrman, et al. “Unplanned hospital admission after ambulatory surgery: a retrospective, single cohort study.” Can J Anaesth 68, no. 1 (January 2021): 30–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-020-01822-1.
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    • Hopkins, T. J., S. Eggington, M. Quinn, and C. I. Nichols-Ricker. “Cost-effectiveness of balloon kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty versus conservative medical management in the USA.” Osteoporos Int 31, no. 12 (December 2020): 2461–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05513-x.
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    • Levy, Jason, Thomas Hopkins, Jonathan Morris, Nam D. Tran, Elizabeth David, Francesco Massari, Hamed Farid, et al. “Radiofrequency Ablation for the Palliative Treatment of Bone Metastases: Outcomes from the Multicenter OsteoCool Tumor Ablation Post-Market Study (OPuS One Study) in 100 Patients.” J Vasc Interv Radiol 31, no. 11 (November 2020): 1745–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2020.07.014.
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    • Chou, Claudia Z., Thomas J. Hopkins, Ignacio Badiola, Halena M. Gazelka, Sharmil Gohil, Arthur Kitt, Whitney R. Luke, Christina L. Vaughan, Christopher A. Jones, and Narayana Varhabhatla. “Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Interventional Pain and Procedures.” J Palliat Med 23, no. 10 (October 2020): 1386–91. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0487.
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    • Hutto, Emelia D. G., Andi N. Rice, Thomas J. Hopkins, and Virginia C. Muckler. “Perioperative Anesthetic Techniques to Reduce Surgical Morbidity After Amputation.” Aana J 88, no. 4 (August 2020): 325–32.
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    • Anolik, Rachel A., Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, Eliza Hompe, Thomas J. Hopkins, Gloria Broadwater, and Scott T. Hollenbeck. “Occurrence of Symptomatic Hypotension in Patients Undergoing Breast Free Flaps: Is Enhanced Recovery after Surgery to Blame?” Plast Reconstr Surg 145, no. 3 (March 2020): 606–16. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000006537.
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    • Klinger, Rebecca Y., Claire Cunniff, Negmeldeen Mamoun, Mary Cooter, Nazish Hashmi, Thomas Hopkins, Patrick Smith, Matthew Hartwig, and Brandi Bottiger. “Patient-Reported Chronic Pain Outcomes After Lung Transplantation.” Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 24, no. 1 (March 2020): 96–103. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089253219882432.
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    • Cooter, Mary, Katherine Ni, Jake Thomas, Dhanesh K. Gupta, Thomas J. Hopkins, Timothy E. Miller, Michael L. James, Miklos D. Kertai, and Miles Berger. “Age-dependent decrease in minimum alveolar concentration of inhaled anaesthetics: a systematic search of published studies and meta-regression analysis.” Br J Anaesth 124, no. 1 (January 2020): e4–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2019.09.036.
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    • VanDusen, Keith W., Sarada Eleswarpu, Eugene W. Moretti, Michael J. Devinney, Donna M. Crabtree, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Marty G. Woldorff, et al. “The MARBLE Study Protocol: Modulating ApoE Signaling to Reduce Brain Inflammation, DeLirium, and PostopErative Cognitive Dysfunction.” J Alzheimers Dis 75, no. 4 (2020): 1319–28. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-191185.
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    • Ryan, Sean P., Thomas J. Hopkins, Samuel S. Wellman, William A. Jiranek, Michael P. Bolognesi, and Thorsten M. Seyler. “Undersedation During Total Hip Arthroplasty Reduction Results in Worse Patient Outcomes.” J Arthroplasty 34, no. 12 (December 2019): 3061–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2019.07.020.
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    • Ni, Katherine, Mary Cooter, Dhanesh K. Gupta, Jake Thomas, Thomas J. Hopkins, Timothy E. Miller, Michael L. James, Miklos D. Kertai, and Miles Berger. “Paradox of age: older patients receive higher age-adjusted minimum alveolar concentration fractions of volatile anaesthetics yet display higher bispectral index values.” Br J Anaesth 123, no. 3 (September 2019): 288–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2019.05.040.
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    • Goltz, Daniel E., Sean P. Ryan, Thomas J. Hopkins, Claire B. Howell, David E. Attarian, Michael P. Bolognesi, and Thorsten M. Seyler. “A Novel Risk Calculator Predicts 90-Day Readmission Following Total Joint Arthroplasty.” J Bone Joint Surg Am 101, no. 6 (March 20, 2019): 547–56. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.18.00843.
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    • Kurian, Dinesh J., Nicole R. Guinn, John Hunting, John F. Gamble, Thomas J. Hopkins, Aime Grimsley, Jason R. Guercio, Michael P. Bolognesi, Rebecca Schroeder, and Solomon Aronson. “Preoperative Blood Management Strategy for Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.” J Healthc Qual 41, no. 6 (2019): 376–83. https://doi.org/10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000207.
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    • Pollard, Richard J., Thomas Hopkins, C Tyler Smith, Bryan V. May, James Doyle, C Labron Chambers, Reese Clark, and William Buhrman. “Perianesthetic and Anesthesia-Related Mortality in a Southeastern United States Population: A Longitudinal Review of a Prospectively Collected Quality Assurance Data Base.” Anesth Analg 127, no. 3 (September 2018): 730–35. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000003483.
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    • Aronson, Solomon, Julie Westover, Nicole Guinn, Tracy Setji, Paul Wischmeyer, Padma Gulur, Thomas Hopkins, et al. “A Perioperative Medicine Model for Population Health: An Integrated Approach for an Evolving Clinical Science.” Anesth Analg 126, no. 2 (February 2018): 682–90. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000002606.
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    • Setji, Tracy, Thomas J. Hopkins, Maria Jimenez, Erin Manning, Michael Shaughnessy, Rebecca Schroeder, Sergio Mendoza-Lattes, Susan Spratt, Julie Westover, and Solomon Aronson. “Rationalization, Development, and Implementation of a Preoperative Diabetes Optimization Program Designed to Improve Perioperative Outcomes and Reduce Cost.” Diabetes Spectr 30, no. 3 (August 2017): 217–23. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds16-0066.
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    • Kahan, Brennan C., Desponia Koulenti, Kostoula Arvaniti, Vanessa Beavis, Douglas Campbell, Matthew Chan, Rui Moreno, Rupert M. Pearse, and Rupert M. International Surgical Outcomes Study (ISOS) group. “Critical care admission following elective surgery was not associated with survival benefit: prospective analysis of data from 27 countries.” Intensive Care Med 43, no. 7 (July 2017): 971–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4633-8.
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    • International Surgical Outcomes Study group, Alan R. “Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries.” Br J Anaesth 117, no. 5 (October 31, 2016): 601–9. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aew316.
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    • Han, Jing L., Daniel B. Loriaux, Caroline Tybout, Merritt D. Kinon, Shervin Rahimpour, Scott L. Runyon, Thomas J. Hopkins, Richard L. Boortz-Marx, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Thoracic Nerve Root Entrapment by Intrathecal Catheter Coiling: Case Report and Review of the Literature.” Pain Physician 19, no. 3 (March 2016): E499–504.
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    • Guinn, Nicole R., Jason R. Guercio, Thomas J. Hopkins, Aime Grimsley, Dinesh J. Kurian, Maria I. Jimenez, Michael P. Bolognesi, Rebecca Schroeder, Solomon Aronson, and Solomon Duke Perioperative Enhancement Team (POET). “How do we develop and implement a preoperative anemia clinic designed to improve perioperative outcomes and reduce cost?” Transfusion 56, no. 2 (February 2016): 297–303. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.13426.
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    • Hopkins, Thomas J., Karthik Raghunathan, Atilio Barbeito, Mary Cooter, Mark Stafford-Smith, Rebecca Schroeder, Katherine Grichnik, Richard Gilbert, and Solomon Aronson. “Associations between ASA Physical Status and postoperative mortality at 48 h: a contemporary dataset analysis compared to a historical cohort.” Perioper Med (Lond) 5 (2016): 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-016-0054-z.
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    • Hopkins, Thomas J., and Timothy E. Miller. “Effective Implementation of Enhanced Recovery Pathway Programs: The Key to Disseminating Evidence into Practice.” Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 41, no. 10 (October 2015): 445–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1553-7250(15)41057-8.
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    • Hanna, Jennifer M., Ryan Turley, Anthony Castleberry, Thomas Hopkins, Andrew C. Peterson, Christopher Mantyh, and John Migaly. “Surgical management of complex rectourethral fistulas in irradiated and nonirradiated patients.” Dis Colon Rectum 57, no. 9 (September 2014): 1105–12. https://doi.org/10.1097/DCR.0000000000000175.
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    • Berger, M., B. Philips-Bute, J. Guercio, T. J. Hopkins, M. L. James, C. O. Borel, D. S. Warner, and D. L. McDonagh. “A novel application for bolus remifentanil: blunting the hemodynamic response to Mayfield skull clamp placement.” Curr Med Res Opin 30, no. 2 (February 2014): 243–50. https://doi.org/10.1185/03007995.2013.855190.
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    • Castleberry, Anthony W., Ryan S. Turley, Jennifer M. Hanna, Thomas J. Hopkins, Andrew S. Barbas, Mathias Worni, Christopher R. Mantyh, and John Migaly. “A 10-year longitudinal analysis of surgical management for acute ischemic colitis.” J Gastrointest Surg 17, no. 4 (April 2013): 784–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-012-2117-x.
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