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Office
301 Mason Lord Drive
Baltimore, MD 21224Phone+1 410-550-0465Fax+1 410-550-0748
Summary
- Dr. Nicholas Theodore is a neurosurgeon in Baltimore, MD and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, Chandler Regional Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Children's Center. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and has been in practice 26 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish and Greek. He specializes in neurosurgical spine surgery, neurotrauma, and peripheral nerve and is experienced in traumatic brain injury, neurosurgical spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, pain management, and peripheral nerve disorders.
Education & Training
- Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1995 - 2001
- Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical CenterFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 1999 - 2000
- National Capital ConsortiumInternship, Surgery, 1991 - 1992
- Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1991
- Georgetown UniversityM.S., Physiology and Biophysics, 1987
- Cornell UniversityA.B., Government, 1981 - 1985
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
- AZ State Medical License 1998 - 2026
- CA State Medical License 1993 - 2025
- MD State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2022
- America�s Most Honored Professionals: Top 1% American Registry, 2016
- Mayfield Basic Science Research Award, Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves AANS/CNS, 2014
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Clinical Trials
- Efficacy of Riluzole in Surgical Treatment for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM-Protect) Start of enrollment: 2012 Mar 01
- Riluzole in Spinal Cord Injury Study Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
- The INSPIRE Study: Probable Benefit of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold for Treatment of AIS A Thoracic Acute Spinal Cord Injury Start of enrollment: 2014 Oct 13
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsAdoption of awake spine surgery - trends from a national registry over 14 years.Tej D Azad, Safwan Alomari, Jawad M Khalifeh, A Karim Ahmed, Farah N Musharbash
The Spine Journal. 2022-10-01 - 7 citationsPromoting diversity in neurosurgery: a multi-institutional scholarship-based approach.Mareshah N Sowah, Anthony T Fuller, Stephanie H Chen, Barth A Green, Michael E Ivan
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2023-02-10 - 99 citationsDysphagia after anterior cervical spine surgery: Incidence and risk factorsSamuel Kalb, Marco T. Reis, Matthew C. Cowperthwaite, Douglas J. Fox, Richard D Lefevre
World Neurosurgery. 2012-01-01
Journal Articles
- Original Article Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 at the C1-2 Lateral Articulation Without Posterior Structural Bone Graft in Posterior Atlantoaxi...Benjamin D Elder, Nicholas Theodore, Yuanxuan Xia, Ali Bydon, Risheng Xu, Daniel M Sciubba, Timothy F Witham, Wataru Ishida, Ziya L Gokaslan, ScienceDirect
- National Football League Head, Neck, and Spine Committee's Concussion Diagnosis and Management Protocol: 2017-2018 seasonEllenbogen RG, Batjer H, Cardenas J, Berger M, Bailes J, Pieroth E, Heyer R, Theodore N, Hsu W, Nabel E, Maroon J, Cantu R, Barnes R, Collins J, Putukian M, Lonser R, ..., Br J Sports Med, 1/16/2018
- Biomechanical analysis of an expendable lumbar interbody spacerSoriano-Baron H, Newcomb AGUS, Malhotra D, Palma AE Jr., Martinez-del-Campo E, Crawford NR, Theodore N, Kelly BP, Kaibara T, World Neurosurg, 1/13/2018
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- 3D-2D known-component registration for metal artifact reduction in cone-beam CT.Uneri A, Yi T, Zhang X, Stayman JW, Helm P, Osgood GM, Theodore N, Siewerdsen JH, 5th International Congress on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, Salt Lake City, UT, 1/1/2018
- Apoptotic intervertebral disc cells� effect on transplanted cells� metabolism.Giers M, Bardinova L, Eyster K, Woolf E, Scheck A, Byvaltsev V, Theodore N, Preul MC, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2017
- Differences between healthy and degenerated intervertebral disc cells metabolic response to bone morphogenetic proteins� influence.Bardonova L, Theodore N, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2017
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Lectures
- Occipitocervical fusion: Pearls and pitfalls.Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2018; Wake Forest University, Winston-Sa - 1/1/2018
- Image guidance and robotics in spinal surgery.Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC - 1/1/2018
- Image-guided and robotic spinal surgery.Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2018 - 1/1/2018
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Other
- Interview with Kim Komando of ABC news: Web delivers new worry for parents: Digital drugs.Theodore N
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Drugs/story?id=5544919&page=1
1/1/2008
Authored Content
- Facet Joint Fixation and ALIF, DLIF, or TLIF for Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Disc Diseases: Retrospective Cohort Study of a New Minimally Invasive TechniqueMarch 2018
- Biomechanical Analysis of an Expandable Lumbar Interbody SpacerMarch 2018
- Biomechanical Analysis of an Expandable Lumbar Interbody SpacerMarch 2018
Press Mentions
- Aclarion Appoints Nicholas Theodore, MD as Principal Investigator for CLARITY Post-Market Trial Evaluating Nociscan in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Low Back PainMay 2nd, 2023
- Dr. Scott Rifkin and Frances Rifkin Pledge $5.7 Million to Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health SystemAugust 23rd, 2022
- “I Am Free” | New Therapy Lets Man with Severe Paralysis Walk AgainFebruary 9th, 2022
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Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish, Greek
External Links
- Johns Hopkinshttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/experts/theodore-announcement.html
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