ThomasCSchulerMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Reston, VA

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Physician

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Office
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive
8th Floor
Reston, VA 20190
Phone+1 703-709-1114

Fax+1 703-709-6516
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Education & Training

Beaumont Health (Royal Oak and Taylor)Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1986 - 1991
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1991 - Present
VA State Medical License 1992 - 2024
MI State Medical License 1986 - 1991
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
Top Doctors:Washington DC Area Castle Connolly, 2012
Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore Castle Connolly, 2012
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2012-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Opioid use after elective spine surgery: Do spine surgery patients consume less than prescribed today?
Lindsay D Orosz, Alexandra E Thomson, Brandon Allen, Thomas C Schuler, Rita Roy, Ehsan Jazini, Tarek Yamout, Fenil R Bhatt, Christopher R Good, Colin M Haines> ;North American Spine Society Journal. 2022 Dec 1
7 citations
Novel artificial intelligence algorithm: an accurate and independent measure of spinopelvic parameters.
Ehsan Jazini, Marcel Dreischarf, Priyanka Grover, Julia Grigorian, Rita Roy, Thomas C Schuler, Christopher R Good, Colin M Haines, Orosz, L., Bhatt, F.> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2022 Dec 1
8 citations
A multicenter study of the 5-year trends in robot-assisted spine surgery outcomes and complications.
Nathan J Lee, Eric Leung, Ian A Buchanan, Matthew Geiselmann, Josephine R Coury, Matthew E Simhon, Scott Zuckerman, Avery L Buchholz, John Pollina, Ehsan Jazini, Colin...> ;Journal of Spine Surgery. 2022 Mar 1
Augmented Reality-Assisted Spine Surgery: An Early Experience Demonstrating Safety and Accuracy with 218 Screws.
Lindsay D Orosz, Anant Tewari, David Boyd, Rita Roy, Christopher R Good, Thomas C Schuler, Colin M Haines, Ehsan Jazini, Bhatt, F.> ;Global Spine Journal. 2023 Sep 1
3 citations
Low Back Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life One Year following Intradiscal Injection of Autologous Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate.
Lindsay D Orosz, Samuel Namian, Niteesh Bharara, Anthony Bucci, Thomas C Schuler, Ehsan Jazini, Christopher R Good, Haines, C., Bhatt, F., Yamout, T.> ;Stem Cells International. 2022 Jan 1
3 citations
Robotic-guidance allows for accurate S2AI screw placement without complications.
Christopher R. Good, Lindsay Orosz, Alexandra E Thomson, Thomas C. Schuler, Colin M. Haines, Fenil R. Bhatt, David Boyd, Kaitlyn M. Grossman, Rita Roy, Ehsan Jazini> ;Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2021 Dec 1
3 citations
Ninety-day complication, revision, and readmission rates for current-generation robot-assisted thoracolumbar spinal fusion surgery: results of a multicenter case series.
Jason I. Liounakos, Asham Khan, Karen Eliahu, Jennifer Z. Mao, Christopher R. Good, John Pollina, Colin M. Haines, Jeffrey L. Gum, Thomas C. Schuler, Ehsan Jazini, Ric...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2021 Nov 26
2 citations
Adoption of enhanced surgical recovery (ESR) protocol for adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery decreases in-hospital and 90-day post-operative opioid consumption.
Ehsan Jazini, Alexandra E Thomson, Andre D. Sabet, Omar Sohail, Leah Y. Carreon, Lindsay Orosz, Fenil R. Bhatt, Rita Roy, Colin M. Haines, Thomas C. Schuler, Christoph...> ;Spine Deformity. 2021 Nov 6
6 citations
What is the Comparison in Robot Time per Screw, Radiation Exposure, Robot Abandonment, Screw Accuracy, and Clinical Outcomes Between Percutaneous and Open Robot-Assist...
Nathan J Lee, Ian A. Buchanan, Scott L Zuckermann, Venkat Boddapati, Justin Mathew, Matthew Geiselmann, Paul J. Park, Eric Leung, Avery L. Buchholz, Asham Khan, Jeffre...> ;Spine. 2021 Jun 4
7 citations
Adoption of Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR) Protocol for Lumbar Fusion Decreases In-Hospital Postoperative Opioid Consumption.
Ehsan Jazini, Alexandra E Thomson, Andre D. Sabet, Leah Y. Carreon, Rita Roy, Colin M. Haines, Thomas C. Schuler, Christopher R. Good> ;Global Spine Journal. 2021 May 21
7 citations
Is there a difference between navigated and non-navigated robot cohorts in robot-assisted spine surgery? A multicenter, propensity-matched analysis of 2,800 screws and...
Nathan J. Lee, Scott L. Zuckerman, Ian Buchanan, Venkat Boddapati, Justin Mathew, Eric Leung, Paul J. Park, Martin H. Pham, Avery L. Buchholz, Asham Khan, John Pollina...> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 May 19
6 citations
Do robot-related complications influence 1 year reoperations and other clinical outcomes after robot-assisted lumbar arthrodesis? A multicenter assessment of 320 patie...
Nathan J. Lee, Ian Buchanan, Venkat Boddapati, Justin Mathew, Gerard Marciano, Paul J. Park, Eric Leung, Avery L. Buchholz, John Pollina, Ehsan Jazini, Colin M. Haines...> ;Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 2021 May 12
12 citations
S-Nitrosoglutathione administration ameliorates cauda equina compression injury in rats.
Anandakumar Shunmugavel, Mushfiquddin Khan, Marcus M. Martin, Anne G. Copay, Brian R. Subach, Thomas C. Schuler, Inderjit Singh> ;Neuroscience and Medicine. 2012 Sep 25
19 citations
Simvastatin Ameliorates Cauda Equina Compression Injury in a Rat Model of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Anandakumar Shunmugavel, Marcus M. Martin, Mushfiquddin Khan, Anne G. Copay, Brian R. Subach, Thomas C. Schuler, Inderjit Singh> ;Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 2013 Mar 1
Discogenic lumbar disease.
Brian R. Subach, Thomas C. Schuler, Mark R. McLaughlin, Paul J. Slosar, Christopher H. Comey, Najeeb M. Thomas> ;Advances in Orthopedics. 2012 Dec 3
9 citations
Epidural abscess and cauda equina syndrome after percutaneous intradiscal therapy in degenerative lumbar disc disease
Brian R. Subach, Anne G. Copay, Marcus M. Martin, Thomas C. Schuler, Diana S. DeWolfe> ;The Spine Journal. 2012 Nov 1
78 citations
Adult spine deformity.
Christopher R. Good, Joshua D. Auerbach, Patrick T O'Leary, Thomas C. Schuler> ;Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine. 2011 Oct 7
4 citations
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Implants: Importance of the Interdevice Distance
Brian R. Subach, Anne G. Copay, Marcus M. Martin, Thomas C. Schuler> ;Advances in Orthopedics. 2011 Mar 10
24 citations
Simvastatin protects bladder and renal functions following spinal cord injury in rats.
Anandakumar Shunmugavel, Mushfiquddin Khan, Peter Cheng-te Chou, Ramanpreet K Dhindsa, Marcus M. Martin, Anne G. Copay, Brian R. Subach, Thomas C. Schuler, Mehmet Bilg...> ;Journal of Inflammation. 2010 Apr 19
54 citations
Assessment of spine surgery outcomes: inconsistency of change amongst outcome measurements
Anne G. Copay, Marcus M. Martin, Brian R. Subach, Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman, Thomas C. Schuler, Sigurd Berven> ;The Spine Journal. 2010 Apr 1
8 citations
An unusual occurrence of chondromyxoid fibroma with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst in the cervical spine.
Brian R. Subach, Anne G. Copay, Marcus M. Martin, Thomas C. Schuler, Maritza Romero-Gutierrez> ;The Spine Journal. 2010 Feb 1
100 citations
Six-year outcomes of anterior lumbar interbody arthrodesis with use of interbody fusion cages and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2.
J. Kenneth Burkus, Matthew F. Gornet, Thomas C. Schuler, Thomas J. Kleeman, Thomas A. Zdeblick> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2009 May 1
829 citations
Minimum clinically important difference in lumbar spine surgery patients: a choice of methods using the Oswestry Disability Index, Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire...
Anne G. Copay, Steven D. Glassman, Brian R. Subach, Sigurd Berven, Thomas C. Schuler, Leah Y. Carreon> ;The Spine Journal. 2008 Nov 1
1047 citations
Understanding the minimum clinically important difference: a review of concepts and methods.
Anne G. Copay, Brian R. Subach, Steven D. Glassman, David W. Polly, Thomas C. Schuler> ;The Spine Journal. 2007 Sep 1
8 citations
The correlation between preoperative disc space height and clinical outcomes after anterior lumbar interbody fusion.
Thomas C. Schuler, J. Kenneth Burkus, Matthew F. Gornet, Brian R. Subach, Thomas A. Zdeblick> ;Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. 2005 Oct 1
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Press Mentions

The Future of Orthopedics in 1 WordMay 5th, 2023
What the Shift to Outpatient Care Means for the Orthopedic IndustryMarch 17th, 2023
50 Spine Surgeons to Know in 2023December 30th, 2022
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