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1215 Pleasant StSte 608Des Moines, IA 50309
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Summary
- Dr. Royce Woodroffe is a neurosurgeon based in Des Moines, IA, with his medical education completed at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, followed by a residency in Neurological Surgery at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from 2014 to 2021. He completed an enfolded spine fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago in 2021. He has published several articles, with topics including postoperative delirium risk following lumbar fusion, surgeon-specific biases in spine surgery, biomechanical assessments in lumbar motion, and risk factors for delirium in elderly patients. His work has been cited multiple times across various medical journals such as Spine, World Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Neuromodulation.
Education & Training
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2019 - 2020
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2014
Certifications & Licensure
IA State Medical License 2021 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2020 - 2023
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Exploratory Randomised Trial of Tranexamic Acid to Decrease Postoperative Delirium in Adults Undergoing Lumbar Fusion: A trial stopped early.Bradley J Hindman, Catherine R Olinger, Royce W Woodroffe, Mario Zanaty, Carolina Deifelt Streese
Medrxiv. 2024-10-17 - 3 citationsPostoperative Use of the Muscle Relaxants Baclofen and/or Cyclobenzaprine Associated With an Increased Risk of Delirium Following Lumbar Fusion.Eli A Perez, Emanuel Ray, Colin J Gold, Brian J Park, Anthony Piscopo
Spine. 2023-12-15 - 2 citationsSurgeon-Specific Treatment Selection Bias and Heterogeneous Perioperative Practices in an Observational Spine Surgery Study. A Statistical Tutorial with Implications f...Bradley J Hindman, Colin J Gold, Emanuel Ray, Linder H Wendt, Patrick Ten Eyck
World Neurosurgery. 2023-05-01
Journal Articles
- Spinal Arachnoid Cysts in Adults: Diagnosis and Management. A Single-Center ExperienceArnold H Menezes, Royce W Woodroffe, Logan Helland, Jennifer Noeller, Nader S Dahdaleh, Patrick W Hitchon, Journal of Neurosurgery
Authored Content
- Deep Brain Stimulation Hardware–Related Infections: 10-Year Experience at a Single InstitutionMarch 2018
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