Journal of Spine

Nicholas Theodore

Biography

Dr. Nicholas Theodore graduated from Cornell University, where he was the recipient of a Cornell Tradition Academic Fellowship. He attended medical school at Georgetown University, where he graduated with honors. After completing his internship at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Dr. Theodore served as a Senior General Medical Officer with the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan.

Dr. Theodore completed his neurosurgical residency and a fellowship in spinal surgery at Barrow
Neurological Institute. After completing his residency 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 Barrow Neurological Institute and was selected to lead our neurotrauma program. In 2004 he was appointed associate director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program at Barrow. Barrow’s Residency Program is the largest in the United States and is currently training four residents per academic year, for a potential total of 28 residents. His area of focus includes brain and spinal cord injury, minimally invasive surgery, and robotics.

Research Interest

Arnold Chiari Malformation, Cervical Spine Surgery, Cranio-Cervical Junction Surgery, Lumbar Spine Surgery, Scoliosis and, Spinal Deformities, Spinal Cord Tumors, Spinal Trauma, Spine Tumors, and Tethered Spinal Cord.