James M. Schuster - Faculty Biosketch

James M. Schuster, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Site Coordinator for Neurosurgery-surgical clerkships, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Associate Director, Neurocritical Care-Trauma, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Director of Neuro-Trauma, Department of neurosurgery 27 Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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Department: Neurosurgery

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schustej@uphs.upenn.edu

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13 Education:
21 7 BS 16 (Chemistry) c
33 University of South Dakota, 1986.
21 b MD/PhD 1f (Medicine/Pathology) c
3b Duke University School of Medicine, 1993.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 49 Intern in Surgery, University of Washington, 1993-1994.
24 4d Neurosurgery Resident, University of Washington, 1994-1997.
24 65 Neurosurgical Registrar, Atkinson Morley’s Hospital; London, England, 1997-1998.
24 51 Spine fellowship training, University of Washington, 1998-1998.
24 47 Research Fellow, University of Washington, 1998-2000.
24 68 Chief Resident/Acting Instructor in Neurosurgery, University of Washington, 2000-2001.
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17 Certifications
28 84 American Board of Neurological Surgery Primary Examination: 99th percentile (713- highest cumulative score), 1999.
28 50 Board Certified-American Board of Neurological Surgeons, 2005.
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Selected Publications

242 Fehlings MG, Pedro KM, Alvi MA, Moghaddamjou A, Harrop JS, Stanford R, Ball J, Aarabi B, Arnold PM, Guest JD, Kurpad SN, Schuster JM, Nassr AN, Schmitt KM, Wilson JR, Brodke DS, Ahmad FU, Yee A, Ray WZ, Brooks NP, Wilson J, Chow DS, Toups EG, Thorpe KE, Huang J, Huang P: The sodium-glutamate antagonist riluzole improves outcome after acute spinal cord injury: results from the RISCIS randomised controlled trial analysed using a global statistical analytic technique. EBioMedicine July 2025 Notes: epub

1aa Wathen C, Santangelo G, Muhammad N, Ellens N, Catanzaro S, Singh A, Dagli MM, Petrov D, Ozturk AK, Bender M, Stone JJ, Schuster J.: Management and outcomes of cerebrovascular injuries after gunshot wounds to the cervical spine. . doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2024.108376. Epub 2024 Jun 7. PMID: 38865803. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2024 Aug;243:108376 Aug 2024.

13b Borja AJ, Gallagher RS, Karsalia R, Chauhan D, Malhotra EG, Punchak MA, Na J, McClintock SD, Schuster JM, Malhotra NR.: Racial disparities in short-term spinal fusion outcomes across 4263 consecutive patients. J Neurosurg Spine. June 2024.

23b Barzilai O, Sahgal A, Rhines LD, Versteeg AL, Sciubba DM, Lazary A, Weber MH, Schuster JM, Boriani S, Bettegowda C, Arnold PM, Clarke MJ, Laufer I, Fehlings MG, Gokaslan ZL, Fisher CG; AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor: . Patient-Reported and Clinical Outcomes of Surgically Treated Patients With Symptomatic Spinal Metastases: Results From Epidemiology, Process, and Outcomes of Spine Oncology (EPOSO), a Prospective, Multi-Institutional and International Study. Neurosurgery. Neurosurgery Jun 2024.

24f Barzilai O, Sahgal A, Rhines LD, Versteeg AL, Sciubba DM, Lazary A, Weber MH, Schuster JM, Boriani S, Bettegowda C, Arnold PM, Clarke MJ, Laufer I, Fehlings MG, Gokaslan ZL, Fisher CG: ; AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor. Patient-Reported and Clinical Outcomes of Surgically Treated Patients With Symptomatic Spinal Metastases: Results From Epidemiology, Process, and Outcomes of Spine Oncology (EPOSO), a Prospective, Multi-Institutional and International Study. Neurosurgery June 2024 Notes: epub ahead of publication.

1a7 Santangelo G, Wathen C, Pieters T, George DD, Worley L, Macaluso D, Dagli MM, Catanzaro S, Gu B, Welch WC, Petrov D, Vates GE, Ozturk AK, Schuster J, Stone JJ: . Multi-institutional review of characteristics and management of gunshot wounds to the spine. Spine J. 2024 May 11:S1529-9430(24)00216-X. Spine J. May 2024 Notes: epub ahead of publication.

19c Dastgheyb SS, Dreyfuss AD, LaRiviere MJ, Mohiuddin JJ, Baumann BC, Shabason J, Lustig RA, Dorsey JF, Lin A, Grady SM, O'Malley BW, Lee JYK, Newman JG, Schuster JM, Alonso-Basanta M.: A Prospective Phase I/II Clinical Trial of High-Dose Proton Therapy for Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas. 2024 Feb 8;9(5):101456. Adv Radiat Oncol. Feb 2024.

202 Goodwin CR, Price M, Goodwin AN, Dalton T, Versteeg AL, Sahgal A, Rhines LD, Schuster JM, Weber MH, Lazary A, Boriani S, Bettegowda C, Fehlings MG, Arnold PM, Dea N, Charest-Morin R, Shin J, Laufer I, Chou D, Gokaslan ZL, Clarke MJ, Fisher CG, Sciubba DM: Gender and Sex Differences in Health-related Quality of Life, Clinical Outcomes and Survival after Treatment of Metastatic Spine Disease. AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor. Spine Dec 2023.

171 Wathen CA, Gallagher RS, Borja AJ, Malhotra EG, Collier T, Na J, McClintock SD, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Schuster JM, Welch WC, Marcotte PJ, Malhotra NR: Relationship Between Comorbidity Burden and Short-Term Outcomes Across 4680 Consecutive Spinal Fusions. World Neurosurg Page: S1878-8750, Aug 2023.

202 Fehlings MG, Moghaddamjou A, Harrop JS, Stanford R, Ball JR, Aarabi B, Freeman BJ, Arnold P, Guest J, Kurpad SN, Schuster JM, Nassr A, Schmitt KM, Wilson JR, Brodke D, Ahmad FU, Yee A, Ray WZ, Brooks N, Wilson J, Chow D, Toups EG, Kopjar B.: Safety and Efficacy of Riluzole in Acute Spinal Cord Injury (RISCIS): A Multi-Center, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial. J Neurotrauma. 2023 June 2023 Notes: epub ahead of print.

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