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
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department: Neurosurgery
Contact information
HUP - 3 Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-4587
Fax: 215-349-5534
Fax: 215-349-5534
Email:
schustej@uphs.upenn.edu
schustej@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BS (Chemistry)
University of South Dakota, 1986.
MD/PhD (Medicine/Pathology)
Duke University School of Medicine, 1993.
Permanent linkBS (Chemistry)
University of South Dakota, 1986.
MD/PhD (Medicine/Pathology)
Duke University School of Medicine, 1993.
Selected Publications
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.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Miranda SP, Sullivan PZ, Albayar A, Ramayya AG, Blue R, Ali ZS, Malhotra N, Marcotte P, Yoon J, Saifi C, Welch WC, Schuster J, Ozturk AK: Preoperative Predictors of Survival in Patients With Spinal Metastatic Disease. Int J Spine Surg. March 2023 Notes: epub ahead of print.
Montgomery CT, Blue R, Spadola M, Ajmera S, Jabarkheel R, Schuster J.: Navigated lumbar drain placement: A description of technique and case example. Surg Neurol Int. 31(14): 116, March 2023.