Overview of Dr. Ammerman Dr. Joshua Ammerman is a neurosurgeon in Washington, DC and is affiliated with George Washington University Hospital. He received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and has been in practice 17 years. He is one of 37 doctors at George Washington University Hospital who specialize in Neurosurgery. He has more than 20 publications and over 450 citings.
Education & Training George Washington University Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2001 - 2007
George Washington University School of Medicine Internship, Transitional Year, 2000 - 2001
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Class of 2000
Certifications & Licensure FL State Medical License 2013 - 2026
DC State Medical License 2004 - 2024
MD State Medical License 2007 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2001 - 2007
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery Awards, Honors, & Recognition Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons Most Compassionate Doctor American Registry Top MD Consumers Checkbook Publications & Presentations PubMed
Lumbar Discectomy and Reoperation Among Workers' Compensation Cases in Florida and New York: Are Treatment Trends Similar to Other Payer Types?
Joshua M Ammerman, Joshua J Wind, Michael E Goldsmith, Jason A Inzana> ;Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2020 Sep 1 Lumbar Discectomy and Reoperation Among Workers’ Compensation Cases in Florida and New York: Are Treatment Trends Similar to Other Payer Types?
Ammerman, J. M., Wind, J. J., Goldsmith, M. E., Inzana, J. A.> ;Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2020 Jun 27 The Disability Cascade: A Preventable Consequence of the Loss of Disc Height following Lumbar Microdiscectomy.
Adisa Kursumovic, Jeffrey M. Muir, Joshua M. Ammerman, Richard Bostelmann> ;Cureus. 2019 Jul 18 Closing the Treatment Gap for Lumbar Disc Herniation Patients with Large Annular Defects: A Systematic Review of Techniques and Outcomes in this High-risk Population
Joshua M. Ammerman, William C. Watters, Jason A Inzana, Gene Carragee, Michael W. Groff> ;Cureus. 2019 May 7 Reduction of direct costs in high-risk lumbar discectomy patients during the 90-day post-operative period through annular closure.
Bart Thaci, Matthew J McGirt, Joshua M. Ammerman, Claudius Thomé, Kee D. Kim, Jared D. Ament> ;Clinicoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2019 Feb 28 Improving healthcare value through clinical community and supply chain collaboration.
Lisa Earnest Ishii, Renee Demski, K.H. Ken Lee, Zishan Mustafa, Steven M. Frank, Jean Paul Wolisnky, David B. Cohen, A. Jay Khanna, Joshua M. Ammerman, Harpal S. Khanu...> ;Healthcare. 2017 Mar 1 Letter to the Editor: Lumbar intraspinal synovial cysts.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Matthew D Ammerman, Joshua J Wind> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2016 Feb 26 The role of Osteocel Plus as a fusion substrate in minimally invasive instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Joseph Libricz, Matthew D. Ammerman> ;Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2013 Jul 1 Acute tetraplegia and cardiac arrest following high cervical leptomeningeal metastasis of giant cell glioblastoma
Joshua M. Ammerman, P. Benjamin Kerr, Fabio Roberti> ;Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2011 Aug 1 Pathologic cervical burst fracture presenting with airway compromise.
Joshua J. Wind, Joshua M. Ammerman> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2010 Jun 1 t-PA for mild ischemic stroke: we shouldn't be afraid to treat.
Joshua M. Ammerman> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2010 May 1 Cruciate paralysis secondary to traumatic atlantooccipital dislocation.
Jennifer A. Sweet, Joshua M. Ammerman, Vivek R. Deshmukh, Joseph White> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2010 Jan 1 Pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage: a zebra worth looking for.
Joshua M. Ammerman> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2008 Dec 1 Wrong-sided surgery.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Matthew D. Ammerman> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2008 Jun 30 Traumatic Bilateral Thoracic Facet Dislocation Without Fracture
Joshua M. Ammerman, Matthew D. Ammerman, James W. Leiphart> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2008 Jan 1 A novel technique for the intraoperative monitoring of detrusor activity in intradural lesions of the cauda equina. Technical note.
Joshua M. Ammerman, P. Ben Kerr, S. Taylor Jarrell, Anthony J. Caputy> ;Surgical Neurology. 2007 Sep 1 Mechanisms of Morbid Hearing Loss Associated With Tumors of the Endolymphatic Sac in von Hippel-Lindau Disease
John A. Butman, H. Jeffrey Kim, Martin Baggenstos, Joshua M. Ammerman, James M. Dambrosia, Athos Patsalides, Nicholas J. Patronas, Edward H. Oldfield, Russell R. Lonser> ;JAMA. 2007 Jul 4 Subarachnoid air mimicking a basilar apex aneurysm. Case illustration.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Matthew D. Ammerman, Gary Magram> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2007 Mar 1 A prospective evaluation of the role for intraoperative x-ray in lumbar discectomy. Predictors of incorrect level exposure
Joshua M. Ammerman, Matthew D. Ammerman, James M. Dambrosia, Bruce J. Ammerman> ;Surgical Neurology. 2006 Nov 1 Multiple metachronous brain metastases from primary ureteral carcinoma.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Martin Baggenstos, Robert V. Jones, Jennifer A. Sweet, Kenneth Goldstein, Anthony J. Caputy> ;Urology. 2006 Sep 1 Long-term natural history of hemangioblastomas in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease: implications for treatment.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Russell R. Lonser, James M. Dambrosia, John A. Butman, Edward H. Oldfield> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2006 Aug 1 Resolution of Chiari malformation after treatment of acromegaly. Case illustration.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Rishi Goel, Richard S. Polin> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2006 Jun 1 Integra Foundation Award: Long-term natural history of hemangioblastomas in Von Hippel-Lindau disease: implications for treatment.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Russell R. Lonser, James M. Dambrosia, John A. Butman, Edward H. Oldfield> ;Clinical Neurosurgery. 2006 Jan 1 Posterior subtemporal transtentorial approach to intraparenchymal lesions of the anteromedial region of the superior cerebellum.
Joshua M. Ammerman, Russell R. Lonser, Edward H. Oldfield> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2005 Nov 1 Edema is a precursor to central nervous system peritumoral cyst formation
Russell R. Lonser, Alexander O. Vortmeyer, John A. Butman, Sven Gläsker, Michael A. Finn, Joshua M. Ammerman, Marsha J. Merrill, Nancy A. Edwards, Zhengping Zhuang, Ed...> ;Annals of Neurology. 2005 Sep 1 Join now to see all Press Mentions Staff and Office Factors May Negatively Affect Online Ratings for Spine Surgeons March 15th, 2019
10 Spine Surgeon Leaders to Know July 18th, 2018
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George Washington UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2001 - 2007
FL State Medical License 2013 - 2026
DC State Medical License 2004 - 2024
MD State Medical License 2007 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2001 - 2007
Staff and Office Factors May Negatively Affect Online Ratings for Spine SurgeonsMarch 15th, 2019
10 Spine Surgeon Leaders to KnowJuly 18th, 2018
Benvenue Medical Presents Clinical Evidence on Luna and Kiva Systems at SMISS Annual Forum ‘16October 6th, 2016
George Washington University HospitalWashington, District of Columbia
