AnthonyLorenMikulaMD

Neurosurgery • Rochester, MN

Neurosurgical Spine Surgery

Neurosurgery

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Office
200 1st St SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone+1 507-284-2511

Fax+1 507-284-0161
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Summary

Anthony L. Mikula, MD is an enfolded spine fellow and in his final year of neurosurgery residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. During residency he completed an enfolded fellowship in spinal oncology at MD Anderson with Dr. Laurence Rhines. Next year he will complete a post residency fellowship in spinal deformity and spine tumor with Dr. Chris Ames at the University of California San Francisco. He will then return on staff at Mayo Clinic Rochester as a complex spine surgeon with a particular interest in spinal deformity and spine tumors.

Education & Training

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 2023 - 2024
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2017 - 2024
MD Anderson Cancer CenterSpinal Oncology, 2022 - 2022
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public HealthClass of 2017
University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences BS, Biochemistry, with Distinction, 2009 - 2013

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
MN State Medical License 2018 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Charles Kuntz Scholar Award 2020 AANS/CNS Spine Section
Charles Kuntz Scholar Award 2021 AANS/CNS Spine Section
Charles Kuntz Scholar Award 2022 AANS/CNS Spine Section
Charles Kuntz Scholar Award 2024 AANS/CNS Spine Section
Mayo Brother’s Distinguished Fellow Award Mayo Clinic, 2024
Best Abstract Presentation at the AO Spine Fellows Forum AO Spine North America, 2024
J.A.N.E. Award Top Abstract AANS/CNS Spine Section, 2023
Resident Teacher of the Year Award Mayo Clinic, 2023
Burton M. Onofrio, M.D. Best Paper in Spine Research Mayo Clinic Department of Neurological Surgery, 2023
David G. Piepgras Award for Excellence in Neurosurgery Mayo Clinic, 2023
Reviewer of the Month Journal of Spine Surgery, 2023
Resident Research Award – Top Paper of the Year Mayo Clinic, 2022
Top Oral Presentation – Gattle Neurosurgery Research Symposium Mayo Clinic, 2022
Junior Spine Neurosurgeon-Scientist Program American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, 2021
NREF Directed Residency Scholarship 2021
Resident Scholarship Award Cervical Spine Research Society, 2021
Charles Kuntz Scholar Award AANS/CNS Spine Section, 2019
Jim Walter Bradke Memorial Award University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2017
Mark Gichert Memorial Award in the Neurosciences University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2017
Research Honors University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2017
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2017
Dean’s Scholars Program Graduate University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences, 2013
B.S. with Distinction University of Minnesota, 2013
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Award Recipient University of Minnesota, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Unplanned returns to the operating room: a quality improvement methodology for the comparison of institutional outcomes to national benchmarks.
Giorgos Michalopoulos, Aaron J Biedermann, Jamie J Van Gompel, Anthony L Mikula, Panagiotis Kerezoudis, Ian F Parney, Mohamad Bydon> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2024 Apr 12
Bone Quality as Measured by Hounsfield Units More Accurately Predicts Proximal Junctional Kyphosis than Vertebral Bone Quality Following Long-Segment Thoracolumbar Fus...
Zach Pennington, Mahnoor Shafi, Abdelrahman Hamouda, Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Michael Martini, Zachariah W Pinter, Mohamad Bydon, Michelle J Clarke, Brett A ...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Apr 6
Optimal Implant Sizing Using Machine Learning Is Associated With Increased Range of Motion After Cervical Disk Arthroplasty.
Pennington, Z., Giorgos D Michalopoulos, Konstantinos Katsos, Jamal McClendon Jr, Nikita Lakomkin, Archis Bhandarkar, Anthony L Mikula, Selby Chen, Brett A Freedman, M...> ;Neurosurgery. 2024 Mar 29
Decompression Alone Versus Interspinous/Interlaminar Device Placement for Degenerative Lumbar Pathologies: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Pennington, Z., Nikita Lakomkin, Anthony L Mikula, Aladine A Elsamadicy, Jeremy L Fogelson, Andrew J Grossbach, Benjamin D Elder, Zach Pennington, Maria Astudillo Potes> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Mar 19
Significant Reduction in Bone Density as Measured by Hounsfield Units in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis.
Alexander Swart, Abdelrahman Hamouda, Zach Pennington, Mahnoor Shafi, Thirusivapragasam Subramaniam, Nikita Lakomkin, Anthony L Mikula, Michael L Martini, Arjun S Seba...> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024 Mar 1
Reduced Bone Density Based on Hounsfield Units After Long-Segment Spinal Fusion with Harrington Rods.
Pennington, Z., Alexander Swart, Abdelrahman M Hamouda, Zach Pennington, Anthony L Mikula, Michael Martini, Nikita Lakomkin, Mahnoor Shafi, Ahmad N Nassr, Arjun S Seba...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Feb 17
The Predictors of Incidental Durotomy in Patients Undergoing Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for the Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity.
Pennington, Z., Pennington, Z., Abdelrahman M Hamouda, Zach Pennington, Maria Astudillo Potes, Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Michael L Martini, Kingsley O Abode-I...> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024 Jan 7
Intraoperative Surgeon Assessment of Bone: Correlation to Bone Mineral Density, CT Hounsfield units and Vertebral Bone Quality.
James T Bernatz, Brian C Goh, Jonathan D Skjaerlund, Anthony L Mikula, Sarah E Johnson, Mohamad Bydon, Jeremy Fogelson, Benjamin Elder, Paul Huddleston, Mohammed Karim...> ;Spine. 2023 Oct 19
Vertebral compression fractures: to brace or not to brace?
Anthony Loren Mikula, Zach Pennington, Benjamin D Elder, Jeremy L Fogelson> ;Journal of Spine Surgery. 2023 Sep 22
Opportunistic CT-Based Hounsfield Units Strongly Correlate with Biomechanical CT Measurements in the Thoracolumbar Spine.
Michael L Martini, Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Zach Pennington, Megan C Everson, Abdelrahman M Hamouda, Mohamad Bydon, Brett Freedman, Arjun S Sebastian, Ahmad ...> ;Spine. 2023 Sep 7
2 citations
The association between bone mineral density and proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jeffrey W Chen, Martin G McCandless, Patrick M Flanigan, Nikita Lakomkin, Anthony L Mikula, Giorgos D Michalopoulos, Mohamad Bydon, Archis R Bhandarkar> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2023 Jul 1
3 citations
Paraspinal Sarcopenia is Associated With Worse Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Laminoplasty for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.
Zachariah W Pinter, Ryder Reed, Sarah E Townsley, Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Erick Kazarian, Giorgos D Michalopoulos, Brett A Freedman, Bradford L Currier, Ben...> ;Spine. 2023 Jun 1
Is Severe Neck Pain a Contraindication to Performing Laminoplasty in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy?
Zachariah W Pinter, Anthony L Mikula, Ryder Reed, Nikita Lakomkin, Sarah E Townsley, Breydan Wright, Erick Kazarian, Giorgos D Michalopoulos, Bradford Currier, Brett A...> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2023 Apr 1
1 citations
Characterizing the Current Clinical Trial Landscape in Spinal Deformity: A Retrospective Analysis of Trends in the ClinicalTrials.gov Registry.
Jeffrey W Chen, Michael Martini, Zach Pennington, Nikita Lakomkin, Anthony L Mikula, Arjun S Sebastian, Brett A Freedman, Mohamad Bydon, Benjamin D Elder, Jeremy L Fog...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2023 Jun 1
6 citations
Lower Hounsfield Units and Severe Multifidus Sarcopenia Are Independent Predictors of Increased Risk for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Failure Following Thoracolumb...
Zachariah W Pinter, Anthony L Mikula, Sarah E Townsley, Harold I Salmons Iv, Nikita Lakomkin, Giorgos D Michalopoulos, Ahmad Nassr, Brett A Freedman, Mohamad Bydon, Je...> ;Spine. 2023 Feb 15
1 citations
Surgical Management of Hirayama Disease (Monomelic Amyotrophy): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Patient-Level Data.
Zach Pennington, Nikita Lakomkin, Giorgos D Michalopoulos, Anthony L Mikula, Edward S Ahn, Mohamad Bydon, Michelle J Clarke, Benjamin D Elder, Jeremy L Fogelson> ;World Neurosurgery. 2023 Apr 1
1 citations
Risk Factors for Allograft Subsidence Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.
Zachariah W Pinter, Anthony Mikula, Matthew Shirley, Ashley Xiong, Giorgos Michalopoulos, Abdul Karim Ghaith, Scott Wagner, Benjamin D Elder, Brett A Freedman, Ahmad N...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2023 Feb 1
2 citations
Impact of tumor-associated syrinx on outcomes following resection of primary ependymomas of the spinal cord.
Zach Pennington, Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Fredric B Meyer, W Richard Marsh, Benjamin D Elder, Mohamad Bydon, Jeremy L Fogelson, William E Krauss, Michelle J ...> ;Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2022 Dec 1
Toothbrush Oropharyngeal Impalement With Spinal Canal Compromise: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
Anthony L Mikula, Ryan C Ransom, Cody L Nesvick, Dontre M Douse, Alyssa J Smith, Graciela Maldonado, Casey M Clements, Brian D Kim, Colin L Driscoll, Benjamin D Elder> ;Operative Neurosurgery. 2022 Dec 1
2 citations
Catastrophic acute failure of pelvic fixation in adult spinal deformity requiring revision surgery: a multicenter review of incidence, failure mechanisms, and risk fac...
Christopher T Martin, Kenneth J Holton, Benjamin D Elder, Jeremy L Fogelson, Anthony L Mikula, Christopher J Kleck, David Calabrese, Evalina L Burger, David Ou-Yang, V...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2023 Jan 1
Lumbar Lordosis Correction With Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients with Minimum 2-Year Follow-up.
Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Zach Pennington, Ahmad Nassr, Brett Freedman, Arjun S Sebastian, Mohamad Bydon, Benjamin D Elder, Jeremy L Fogelson> ;World Neurosurgery. 2022 Nov 1
3 citations
Operative Treatment of Bertolotti Syndrome: Resection Versus Fusion.
Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Ryan C Ransom, Patrick M Flanigan, Laura A Waksdahl, Zach Pennington, Manish S Sharma, Benjamin D Elder, Jeremy L Fogelson> ;World Neurosurgery. 2022 Sep 1
1 citations
Perioperative risk stratification of spine trauma patients with ankylosing spinal disorders: a comparison of 3 quantitative indices.
Nikita Lakomkin, Anthony L Mikula, Zachariah W Pinter, Elizabeth Wellings, Kristen M Scheitler, Zach Pennington, Nathan J Lee, Brett A Freedman, Arjun S Sebastian, Jer...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2022 May 27
14 citations
Association between lower Hounsfield units and proximal junctional kyphosis and failure at the upper thoracic spine.
Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Zach Pennington, Zachariah W Pinter, Ahmad Nassr, Brett Freedman, Arjun S Sebastian, Kingsley Abode-Iyamah, Mohamad Bydon, Christoph...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2022 May 13
Commentary: Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Pathology Analysis in Patients With Dorsal Arachnoid Web.
William E Krauss, Anthony L Mikula, Neeraj Kumar> ;Neurosurgery. 2022 May 1
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