John Ratliff
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Neurosurgery
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Department of Neurosurgery 300 Pasteur Dr R291 MC 5327 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 497-8000 Fax (650) 497-8101Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Adult reconstructive spinal surgery
- Spinal cord neoplasms
- Spinal stenosis
- Minimally invasive spinal surgery
- Spinal metastatic disease
- Spinal disc herniation
Administrative Appointments
- Chair, Quality Improvement Workgroup, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (2010 - present)
- Co-Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University (2011 - present)
- Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine (2011 - present)
- Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2008 - 2011)
- Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2005 - 2008)
- Director of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (2002 - 2005)
Honors and Awards
- Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation research grant award, Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation (2012)
- Robert Florin, MD Award for Excellence in Research, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (2010)
- Brandeis University Health Policy Leaders Program Scholarship, American College of Surgeons (2009)
- Chicago Institute for Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch Foundation Research Grant, Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch Foundation (2003)
Professional Education
| Residency: | Louisiana State University - New Orleans LA (2001) |
| Board Certification: | Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery (2005) |
| Fellowship: | New York University Medical Center NY (2002) |
| Internship: | Louisiana State University - New Orleans LA (1996) |
| Medical Education: | Tulane University School of Medicine LA (1995) |
| MD: | Tulane Medical School, Medicine (1995) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
At present, I am working on a prospective measure to assess the risk of complications in spine surgery procedures. I am studying the impact of patient disease process, choice of operative approach, and patient pre-operative comorbidities on complication occurrence. The goal of this effort will be to develop a clinical tool that may be used in patient counseling.
Presently, a prospectively developed measure of comorbidities is being modeled to ICD-9 nomencature for use in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database.
My longer term research goals are to develop clearer means of assessing outcomes in spine surgery procedures and developing patient-centered outcomes assessments that may be scalable for larger populations.
Publications
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury in patients with vertebral column fracture(s) and spinal cord injury: a nationwide inpatient sample study. Spinal Cord. 2013
- Considering the diagnosis of occipitocervical dissociation. Spine J. 2013; (5): 520-2
- A biologic without guidelines: the YODA project and the future of bone morphogenetic protein-2 research. Spine J. 2012; (10): 877-80
- Anatomical relationships of the anterior blood vessels to the lower lumbar intervertebral discs: analysis based on magnetic resonance imaging of patients in the prone position. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012; (12): 1088-94
- Impact of bone morphogenetic proteins on frequency of revision surgery, use of autograft bone, and total hospital charges in surgery for lumbar degenerative disease: review of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2002 to 2008. Spine J. 2012
- International Classification of Disease Clinical Modification 9 Modeling of a Patient Comorbidity Score Predicts Incidence of Perioperative Complications in a Nationwide Inpatient Sample Assessment of Complications in Spine Surgery. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2012
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