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John E. O'Toole, MD, MS

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Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Rush Medical College

Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Director, Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship Program

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Chicago, IL 60607
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MD, Harvard Medical School
Neurosurgery fellowship, University of Chicago Medical School
Neurosurgery residency, Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University
Assessments of clinical outcomes from spinal surgery with a particular emphasis on patient reported outcomes and quality of life measures after spinal oncology surgery, cost effectiveness of spinal surgical procedures, advances in image-guided spinal surgery, evidence-based clinical practice guideline development, elaboration of new spinal surgical techniques and devices
John O'Toole, MD, MS, received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, completed residency in neurosurgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and a fellowship in spine surgery at the University of Chicago. He received his Master of Science in Clinical Research from the Graduate College at Rush University. O’Toole currently serves as Professor of Neurosurgery here at Rush University. He specializes in spinal oncology (including spinal column and spinal cord tumors), minimally invasive spine surgery, complex spinal reconstruction and spinal radiosurgery. O’Toole is the co-director of the Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Spine Tumor Clinic. His research interests are clinical outcomes for spinal surgery, cost-effectiveness in spinal surgery, image-guided spinal surgery, evidence-based guideline developments, and development of new spinal surgical techniques and devices. He has authored more than 100 articles, book chapters and abstracts on these subjects. O’Toole is a member of many national committees for neurosurgical, spinal surgical and independent research organizations. He serves as an editor or reviewer for a number of prominent neurosurgical and spine surgery journals and publications.
- Guest Examiner, American Board of Neurological Surgery Oral Board Examination, 2015
- 2005 Cloward Award, AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine & Peripheral Nerves, 2005
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Student Research Fellowship, 1997
Principal Investigator
- An Assessment of P-15L Bone Graft in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Instrumentation
  Funding Source: Cerapedics, Inc.
- MTRON: A Multicenter Prospective Registry for the Management and Outcome of Metastatic Spine Tumors
  Funding Source: AO Foundation
Co-Investigator
- ESPB for Thoracolumbar Deformity: Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial of Erector Spinae Plane Blocks (ESPB) for Perioperative Pain Management after Adult Thoracolumbar Deformity Surgery
  Funding Source: In Process
- A Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of Adherus™ AutoSpray and Adherus™ AutoSpray ET Dural Sealant When Used as a Dural Sealant in Spinal Procedures
  Funding Source: Stryker Corporation
- FUSE: Safety and Effectiveness of Posterior Cervical Stabilization System (PCSS) as an adjunct to posterior cervical fusion, when used in combination with ACDF in the treatment of multi-level cervical degenerative disease
  Funding Source: Providence Medical Technology, Inc.

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