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Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine
Residency: Atkinson Morley's Hospital
Fellowship: University of Washington
Residency: University of Washington

Ao Spine International , International AO Spine North America Faculty, National Data monitoring and safety committee, NIH trial: Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic fractures, National Data Monitoring and Safety Committee: University of Washington Magnesium Sulphate in Head Injury Trial, National Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society, Local The American Association of Neurological Surgeons, National The Congress of Neurological Surgeons, National

Hospital Privileges:

• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Selected Publications:

Bress A, Metzler S, Plastaras C, Nguyen C, Schuster JM, Pukenas B: "Scout No Scan" Technique Reduces Patient Radiation Exposure During CT-Guided Spine Biopsy. AJR Am J Roentgenol : 2017.

Hitti F, Hudgins, E, Zager E, Malhotra N, Chen I, Schuster JM: Intraoperative navigation is associated with reduced blood loss during C1-2 posterior cervical fixation World Neurosurgery : 2017.

Piazza M, Sinha, S, Mallela A, Nayak N, Schuster JM, , Stein S: Post-operative bracing after pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar burst fractures: a cost-effectiveness study . J Clin Neurosci : 2017.

Piazza M, Nayak N, Ali Z, Heuer G, Sanborn M, Stein S, Schuster JM, Grady MS, Malhotra NR: Trends in Resident Operative Teaching Opportunities for treatment of intracranial aneurysms. World Neurosurgery : 2017.

Pisapia Jared M, Nayak Nikhil R, Salinas Ryan D, Macyszyn Luke, Lee John Y K, Lucas Timothy H, Malhotra Neil R, Isaac Chen H, Schuster James M: Navigated odontoid screw placement using the O-arm: technical note and case series. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine 26 (1): 10-18,2017.

Berger I, Nayak N, Schuster J, Lee J, Stein S, Malhotra NR: Microvascular Decompression Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Decision Analysis. Cureus 9 (1): 2017.

Thawani Jayesh P, Pisapia Jared M, Singh Nickpreet, Petrov Dmitriy, Schuster James M, Hurst Robert W, Zager Eric L, Pukenas Bryan A: Three-Dimensional Printed Modeling of an Arteriovenous Malformation Including Blood Flow. World neurosurgery 90 : 675-683.e2,2016.

Fehlings Michael G, Nater Anick, Tetreault Lindsay, Kopjar Branko, Arnold Paul, Dekutoski Mark, Finkelstein Joel, Fisher Charles, France John, Gokaslan Ziya, Massicotte Eric, Rhines Laurence, Rose Peter, Sahgal Arjun, Schuster James, Vaccaro Alexander: Survival and Clinical Outcomes in Surgically Treated Patients With Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression: Results of the Prospective Multicenter AOSpine Study. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 34 (3): 268-76,2016.

Nayak Nikhil R, Pisapia Jared M, Abdullah Kalil G, Schuster James M: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Traumatic Fractures in Ankylosing Spinal Diseases. Global spine journal 5 (4): 266-73,2015.

Schuster James, Lai Rose K, Recht Lawrence D, Reardon David A, Paleologos Nina A, Groves Morris D, Mrugala Maciej M, Jensen Randy, Baehring Joachim M, Sloan Andrew, Archer Gary E, Bigner Darell D, Cruickshank Scott, Green Jennifer A, Keler Tibor, Davis Thomas A, Heimberger Amy B, Sampson John H: A phase II, multicenter trial of rindopepimut (CDX-110) in newly diagnosed glioblastoma: the ACT III study. Neuro-oncology 17 (6): 854-61,2015.

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