Nick Theodore - Past, Present, and Future

Nick Theodore is a Professor of Neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins University. He is known for his work in spinal trauma, robotics, and personalized medicine. He is Director of the Neurosurgical Spine Program and Co-Director of the Carnegie Center for Surgical Innovation at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Theodore graduated from Cornell University, attended medical school at Georgetown University, and completed his neurosurgical residency and fellowship in spinal surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute. After completing his training in 2001, Dr. Theodore served as Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at Naval Medical Center San Diego, overseeing the largest neurosurgery complement in the Navy. In 2003, he joined the faculty at the Barrow Neurological Institute and assumed the position of Director of Neurotrauma. In 2009 he became the Chief of the Spine Section at the Barrow Neurological Institute and was appointed the Volker K.H. Sonntag Chair in 2015. In 2016 he became the second Donlin M. Long Professor of Neurosurgery & Orthopaeidcs at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Theodore is also actively involved in the area of preventative medicine within neurosurgery. He has been associated with the ThinkFirst Foundation for several years actively having served as the foundation's Medical Director and President. In 2017, Dr. Theodore was appointed to the Head, Neck and Spine Committee of the NFL.Support the show