Neurosurgery

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Theodore J. Spinks, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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theodore.spinks@chp.edu
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Education and Training

Medical School:

1999 Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Residency:

2005 University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Fellowship:

2006 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Memberships
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • Medical Advisory Committee for the Benedum Trauma Center
Awards
  • The Order of the Love of the Child; Guatemalan government
Publications
  • Spinks TJ, Masterman M, Taché V, Lazareff JA. Diagnostic delay in low grade pediatric intracranial tumors. AANS annual conference, San Diego, California, USA, April 27-May 2, 2003.
  • Spinks TJ, Masterman M, Lowry A, Lazareff JA. Neurosurgical interventions in developing countries: a new model for a new age. AANS annual conference, San Diego, California, USA, April 27-May 2, 2003.
  • Khoo LT, Spinks TJ. Minimally invasive posterior decompression and fixation of cervical jumped facets: an initial clinical experience in 11 patients. AANS annual conference, San Diego, California, USA, April 27-May 2, 2003.
Biographical Summary

Dr. Spinks completed his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1995 with a major in Neurobiology and Behavior. He then earned his medical degree from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1999 and completed his general surgery internship and neurosurgery residency at the University of California, Los Angeles. He came to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for his pediatric neurosurgery fellowship prior to joining the faculty.

His current focus is on developing minimally invasive surgical techniques for children, especially in the areas of CSF diversion, intracranial and skull base tumors, and spinal surgery.

His specialized areas of interest include minimally invasive pediatric neurosurgery; neuroendoscopy for CSF diversion and tumor resection; pediatric spine surgery including spinal instrumentation and reconstruction, spinal tumors, spine trauma (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar), tethered cord, Chiari malformation, and syringomyelia; pediatric skull base surgery including endonasal surgery, acoustic neuromas, and craniopharyngiomas; pediatric vascular surgery including Moya Moya, aneurysms, and arteriovenous malformations.

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