David Casper

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Contact information
801 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Education:
BS (Civil Engineering)
Villanova University, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College, 2014.
Permanent linkBS (Civil Engineering)
Villanova University, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College, 2014.
Selected Publications
Boden LM, Boden SH, Muhammad N, Kanzler MA, Casper DS. : Complications and Cost in Open Versus Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression: A Database Study. Clinical Spine Surgery 10(2), January 2025.Alqazzaz A, Thompson Z, Dehghani B, Barchick S, Ozturk A, Khalsa A, Casper DS.: Geographical and Specialty-specific variation in the Utilization of Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy. Clinical Spine Surgery 37(8), October 2024.
Patel S, Khalsa A, Casper DS. : Does Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery Increase the Likelihood of Developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea? World Neurosurgery April 2024.
Boden LM, Rodriguez C, Kelly JD 4th, Khalsa AS, Casper DS.: Mindfulness Applications: Can They Serve as a Stress, Anxiety, and Burnout Reduction Tool in Orthopaedic Surgery Training? A Randomized Control Trial. JBJS Open Access July 2023.
Aflatooni J, Mohanty S, Angelov I, Hirase T, Bondar K, Kakareka M, Saucedo J, Casper D, Saifi C.: Crossing the cervicothoracic junction: an evaluation of radiographic alignment, functional outcomes, and patient-reported outcomes. J Neurosurg Spine March 2023.
Santangelo G, Wathen C, Macaluso D, Dagli MM, Ali ZS, Malhotra NR, Casper DS, Spadola M, Ghenbot Y, Thakkar K, Maze G, Welch WC, Ozturk AK: Comparison of Single-Level Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Radiculopathy. International Journal of Spine Surgery March 2023.
Mohanty S, Barchick S, Kadiyala M, Lad M, Rouhi AD, Vadali C, Albayar A, Ozturk AK, Khalsa A, Saifi C, Casper DS.: Should patients with lumbar stenosis and grade I spondylolisthesis be treated differently based on spinopelvic alignment? A retrospective, two-year, propensity matched, comparison of patient-reported outcome measures and clinical outcomes from multiple sites within a single health system. Spine Journal January 2023.
Linna NB, Zhang S, Farooqi AS, Jia L, Huffman W, Casper DS, Khalsa AS. : Association of Thoracic MRI Findings With Specialty and Training. Global Spine Journal November 2022.
Falk D, Chenna S, Khalsa A, Casper DS: Combined Lateral Corpectomy with Posterior Instrumented Fusion for the Management of Post-Infectious Kyphosis. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 29: DOI:10.1016/j.inat.2022.101529, September 2022.
Woodward TK, Cortese BD, Gupta S, Mohanty S, Casper DS, Saifi C: Racial Differences in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A multi-Site Study. Clinical Spine Surgery 35(4): 176-180, May 2022.