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Nicholas Theodore, MD, Neurosurgery, Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital

NicholasTheodoreMD

Neurosurgery Baltimore, MD

Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Neurotrauma, Peripheral Nerve

Director, Neurosurgical Spine Program Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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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 Center
    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 Center
    Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical CenterFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 1999 - 2000
  • National Capital Consortium
    National Capital ConsortiumInternship, Surgery, 1991 - 1992
  • Georgetown University School of Medicine
    Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1991
  • Georgetown University
    Georgetown UniversityM.S., Physiology and Biophysics, 1987
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityA.B., Government, 1981 - 1985

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 1998 - 2026
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1993 - 2025
  • MD State Medical License
    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

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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 season  
    Ellenbogen 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 spacer  
    Soriano-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

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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
  • Advanced image registration and reconstruction using the O-arm system: Dose reduction, image quality, and guidance using known-component models.
    Uneri A, Zhang X, Stayman JW, Helm P, Osgood GM, Theodore N, Siewerdsen JH, SPIE Medical Imaging Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 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

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 Pain
    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 System
    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 Again
    “I Am Free” | New Therapy Lets Man with Severe Paralysis Walk AgainFebruary 9th, 2022
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish, Greek

Hospital Affiliations