Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Spinal Fusion Laboratory, Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center's S
Neurosurgery
Dr. Timothy Witham, MD
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Timothy Witham is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He went to medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a top medical college. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has a rank of 3 in research and a 29 in primary care He received 3 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FAANS)" and "Fellow (FACS)". Timothy Witham has written publications. He has 100 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Rapid resolution of large spontaneous thoracic epidural hematoma without surgical intervention.' Timothy Witham, MD accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Primary lesion location influences postoperative survival in patients with metastatic colorectal Spinal lesions.
- Surgical Outcomes in Patients with High Spinal Instability Neoplasm Score Secondary to Spinal Giant Cell Tumors.
- Incidence of Adjacent Segment Disease Requiring Reoperation After Lumbar Laminectomy Without Fusion: A Study of 398 Patients.
- Rapid resolution of large spontaneous Thoracic epidural hematoma without surgical intervention.
- Successful anterior fusion following posterior Cervical fusion for revision of anterior Cervical discectomy and fusion pseudarthrosis.
- The Biomechanics of Pedicle Screw Augmentation with Cement.
- A Systematic Assessment of the Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Spinal Fusion.
- Tokuhashi score is predictive of survival in a cohort of patients undergoing surgery for renal cell carcinoma Spinal metastases.
- Outcomes following surgical intervention for impending and gross instability caused by multiple myeloma in the Spinal column.
- Analgesic therapy for major Spine surgery.
- Automatic Localization of Target Vertebrae in Spine Surgery: Clinical Evaluation of the LevelCheck Registration Algorithm.
- Fusion following lateral mass reconstruction in the Cervical spine.
- Impact of resident participation on morbidity and mortality in neurosurgical procedures: an analysis of 16,098 patients.
- Epidemiologic, functional, and oncologic outcome analysis of Spinal sarcomas treated surgically at a single institution over 10 years.
- Durotomy is associated with pseudoarthrosis following Lumbar fusion.
- Spinal Instrumentation in Patients with Primary Spinal Infections Does Not Lead to Greater Recurrent Infection Rates: An Analysis of 118 Cases.
- Five-level Cervical corpectomy for neurofibromatosis-associated spinal deformity: case report.
- The cost-effectiveness of interbody fusions versus posterolateral fusions in 137 patients with Lumbar spondylolisthesis.
- L4 and L5 spondylectomy for en bloc resection of giant cell Tumor and review of the literature.
- Maintenance of bowel, bladder, and motor function following sacrectomy.
- En bloc hemisacrectomy and internal hemipelvectomy via the posterior approach.
- Long-term outcomes after non-instrumented Lumbar arthrodesis.
- Development of postoperative C5 palsy is associated with wider posterior decompressions: An analysis of 41 patients.
- High incidence of morbidity following resection of metastatic pheochromocytoma in the Spine.
- Techniques and accuracy of thoracoLumbar pedicle screw placement.
- Incidence and Prognostic Factors of C5 Palsy: A Clinical Study of 1,001 Cases and Review of the Literature.
- A novel method of anterior lumbosacral cage reconstruction.
- Incidence and Clinical Significance of Vascular Encroachment Resulting from Free Hand Placement of Pedicle Screws in the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine: Analysis of 6,816 C...
- A Quantitative Study of Parathyroid Hormone (1-34) and Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 on Spinal Fusion Outcomes in a Rabbit Model of Lumbar Dorsolateral Intertransverse ...
- Risk of infection following posterior instrumented lumbar fusion for degenerative spine Disease in 817 consecutive cases.
- Adjacent Segment Disease After ACDF: Clinical Outcomes After First Repeat Surgery Versus Second Repeat Surgery.
- Desmoid Tumor Formation following Posterior Spinal Instrumentation Placement.
- Adjacent Segment Disease After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in a Large Series.
- Prolonged survival following aggressive treatment for metastatic breast Cancer in the spine.
- Factors Associated With Improved Outcomes Following Decompressive Surgery for Prostate Cancer Metastatic to the Spine.
- Intracranial hemorrhage after Spine surgery.
- A rat model of metastatic spinal cord compression using human prostate adenocarcinoma: histoPathological and functional analysis.
- Intercostal Aneurysm causing spinal cord compression in an NF1 patient.
- A cohort cost analysis of Lumbar laminectomy-current trends in surgeon and hospital fees distribution.
- The impact of insurance status on outcomes after surgery for Spinal metastases.
- Treatment of Spinal Synovial Cysts.
- Novel therapeutic targets in Chordoma.
- Glioma-associated hyaluronan induces apoptosis in dendritic cells via inducible nitric oxide synthase: implications for the use of dendritic cells for therapy of Gliomas.
- 7-Hydroxystaurosporine-induced apoptosis in 9L glioma cells provides an effective antigen source for dendritic cells and yields a potent vaccine strategy in an intracr...
- Multi-modality therapy leads to longer survival in primary central Nervous system lymphoma patients.
- Autologous glioma cell vaccine admixed with interleukin-4 gene transfected fibroblasts in the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma: preliminary observations in a patien...
- Expression of a soluble transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) receptor reduces Tumorigenicity by regulating natural killer (NK) cell activity against 9L gliosarcom...
- The characterization of Tumor apoptosis after experimental radiosurgery.
- Spinal pelvic reconstruction after total sacrectomy for en bloc resection of a giant sacral Chordoma. Technical note.
- Surgical treatment of Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with anterior compression: a review of 67 cases.
- Revision surgery for Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: surgical results and outcome.
- Surgical resection plus adjuvant radiotherapy is superior to surgery or radiotherapy alone in the prevention of neurological decline in a rat metastatic Spinal tumor m...
- Evaluation of factors associated with postoperative infection following sacral Tumor resection.
- Recurrent Disc herniation and long-term back pain after primary lumbar Discectomy: review of outcomes reported for limited versus aggressive Disc removal.
- Surgical management of Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with laminectomy and instrumented fusion.
- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression Fractures: an evidenced-based review of the literature.
- Diagnosis and management of sacral Tumors.
- Translaminar versus pedicle screw fixation of C2: comparison of surgical morbidity and accuracy of 313 consecutive screws.
- Assuring optimal physiologic cranioCervical alignment and avoidance of swallowing-related complications after occipitoCervical fusion by preoperative halo vest placement.
- Adjuvant treatment with locally delivered OncoGel delays the onset of paresis after surgical resection of experimental Spinal column metastasis.
- Recurrent lumbar Disc herniation after single-level lumbar Discectomy: incidence and health care cost analysis.
- Long-term clinical outcomes following en bloc resections for sacral Chordomas and chondrosarcomas: a series of twenty consecutive patients.
- Thoracic vertebrectomy and Spinal reconstruction via anterior, posterior, or combined approaches: clinical outcomes in 91 consecutive patients with metastatic Spinal t...
- Epidural steroid injection resulting in epidural hematoma in a patient despite strict adherence to anticoagulation guidelines.
- Factors associated with progression-free survival and long-term neurological outcome after resection of intramedullary spinal cord Tumors: analysis of 101 consecutive ...
- Biomechanical comparison of translaminar versus pedicle screws at T1 and T2 in long subaxial Cervical constructs.
- Transthoracic surgical treatment for centrally located thoracic disc herniations presenting with Myelopathy: a 5-year institutional experience.
- Preoperative radiographic factors and surgeon experience are associated with cortical breach of C2 pedicle screws.
- Lumbar Disc herniation--to operate or not to operate?
- Predictors of ambulatory function after surgical resection of intramedullary spinal cord Tumors.
- Total L-5 spondylectomy and reconstruction of the lumbosacral junction. Technical note.
- Local delivery of oncogel delays paresis in rat metastatic Spinal tumor model.
- Surgery insight: current management of epidural spinal cord compression from metastatic spine Disease.
- Fractionated, single-port radiotherapy delays paresis in a metastatic Spinal tumor model in rats.
- Incidence of spinal Deformity after resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children who underwent laminectomy compared with laminoplasty.
- Long-term back pain after a single-level Discectomy for radiculopathy: incidence and health care cost analysis.
- Factors associated with recurrent Back pain and cyst recurrence after surgical resection of one hundred ninety-five spinal synovial cysts: analysis of one hundred sixt...
- The clinical significance of pneumorachis: a case report and review of the literature.
- Short-term progressive spinal Deformity following laminoplasty versus laminectomy for resection of intradural spinal tumors: analysis of 238 patients.
- Recurrent back and leg pain and cyst reformation after surgical resection of spinal synovial cysts: Systematic review of reported postoperative outcomes.
- Trans-foraminal versus posterior Lumbar interbody fusion: comparison of surgical morbidity.
- Surgical mystery: where is the missing pituitary rongeur tip?
- Lumbopelvic reconstruction after combined L5 spondylectomy and total sacrectomy for en bloc resection of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
- Successful treatment of a symptomatic L5/S1 Discal cyst by percutaneous CT-guided aspiration.
- Biomechanical comparison between C-7 lateral mass and pedicle screws in subaxial Cervical constructs. Presented at the 2009 Joint Spine Meeting. Laboratory investigation.
- "No clinical puzzles more interesting": Harvey Cushing and Spinal trauma, the Johns Hopkins Hospital 1896-1912.
- Prevention of facial pressure ulcers using the Mayfield clamp for sacral Tumor resection.
- Accuracy of free-hand pedicle screws in the thoracic and lumbar Spine: analysis of 6816 consecutive screws.
- Sacropelvic fixation: two case reports of a new percutaneous technique.
- Bilateral traumatic dislocation without Fracture of the lumbosacral junction: case report and review of the literature.
- Ability of electromyographic monitoring to determine the presence of malpositioned pedicle screws in the lumbosacral Spine: analysis of 2450 consecutively placed screws.
- Reconstruction of Extensive Defects from Posterior En Bloc Resection of Sacral Tumors Using Human Acellular Dermal Matrix and Gluteus Maximus Myocutaneous Flaps.
- En Bloc Resection of Sacral Chordomas Aided by Frameless Stereotactic Image Guidance: A Technical Note.
- Endoscopic Image-Guided TransCervical Odontoidectomy: Outcomes of 15 Patients with Basilar Invagination.
- The Impact of Weekend Hospital Admission on the Timing of Intervention and the Outcomes after Surgery for Spinal Metastases.
- Safety and efficacy of rhBMP2 in posterior cervical spinal fusion for subaxial degenerative spine Disease: Analysis of outcomes in 204 patients.
- 5-level spondylectomy for en bloc resection of thoracic Chordoma.
- A role for motor and somatosensory evoked potentials during anterior Cervical discectomy and fusion for patients without myelopathy: Analysis of 57 consecutive cases.
- Adjacent segment Disease after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: Incidence and clinical outcomes of patients requiring anterior versus posterior repeat cervical...
Schools
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
University PittsburghU Pittsburgh Med Center
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
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- Herniated Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Disc Surgery
- Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
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Conditions Treated
- Brain and Background: yellow;'>Nervous Background: yellow;'>System Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Cancer (incl. Background: yellow;'>Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Chordoma)
- Brain Background: yellow;'>Aneurysm
- Brain Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Cancer
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Howard County General Hospital -
Johns Hopkins Hospital -
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1841236825 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | WITHAM | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | TIMOTHY | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 212870005 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MD | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 58.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1841236825 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | WITHAM |
| First Name Of The Provider | TIMOTHY |
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