Meet Robert North, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert North, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2013 | Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, US, Doctor of Medicine, MD |
| 2008 | Texas A&M University, College State, Texas, US, Analytical Chemistry, Ph.D |
| 2004 | Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, US, Chemistry, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2020-2021 | Clinical Fellowship, Peripheral Nerve and Complex Spine Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 2019-2020 | Clinical Residency, Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2016-2017 | Research Fellowship, Department of Pain Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2013-2020 | Clinical Residency, Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2024 | American Board of Neurological Surgeons |
| 2022 | State of Louisiana, Physician License |
| 2020 | State of Texas, Physician License |
| 2020 | State of Michigan, Physician License |
| null | ACLS |
| null | USMLE steps 1, 2CK, 2 CS, 3 |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Rotation Site Director, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Director of Resident Education and Training, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Clinical Faculty Representative, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center CATALYST Working Group, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Other Professional Positions
Chief Resident, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx, 2019 - 2020
Resident Member, ACGME Program Evaluation Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx, 2017 - 2020
Resident Member, Neurosurgery ACGME Program Evaluation Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2020
Resident Member, Residency Curriculum Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2015
Resident Member, Neurosurgery Residency Curriculum Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2015
Research Intership, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2010 - 2010
Research Intership, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, 2004 - 2008
Research Intership, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI, 2001 - 2003
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Value Analysis Team (VAT) Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Alternate Member, Credentials Committee of the Medical Staff (CCMS), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2023
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Course Director, CNS/SNS PGY1 Bootcamp, Baylor College of Medicine, 2024
Editorial Activities
ad hoc reviewer, Neurosurgery
ad hoc reviewer, Critical Care Medicine
ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Neurotrauma
Invited Reviewer, World Neurosurgery
Invited Reviewer, Nature Communications
Honors & Awards
| 2023 | Top 1% Provider Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, CGCAHPS |
| 2019 | Best Basic Science Presentation, Pain, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting |
| 2017 - 2018 | Kinjaro Iwata Award for Academic Achievement, Baylor Dept. of Neurosurgery |
| 2017 - 2018 | Robert Cheek Award for Best Resident Performance, Texas Children's Hospital Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| 2015 - 2016 | Robert Cheek Award for Best Resident Performance, Texas Children’s Hospital Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| 2015 - 2016 | Ronald R. Tasker Young Investigator Award for Pain Research, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting |
| 2011 | Outstanding Basic Science Research Poster, Wayne State Medical Student Research Symposium |
| 2004 | Division II Outstanding Scholar Athlete, National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame-Michigan Chapter |
| 2004 | Welch Departmental Fellowship, Texas A & M University |
| 2002 - 2003 | Marsden Prize for Most Outstanding Student, Hillsdale College |
| 2001 - 2002 | Marsden Prize for Most Outstanding Student Research, Hillsdale College |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2026. Management of Complex Spine Tumors. Invited. TANS 2026 Annual Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Evolution of Peripheral Nerve Neurosurgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Sex-specific Transcriptomic Differences in Human Dorsal Root Ganglia Associated with Neuropathic Pain. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Town Hall. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. Neuropathic Pain and Spontaneous Activity of Human Primary Sensory Neurons. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2015. Clinical Management of Adult Brachial Plexus Lesions. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2012. Radiation Treatment of Chordoma. Invited. Grand Rounds. Detroit, Michigan, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2018. Electrophysiological and Transcriptomic Correlates of Neuropathic Pain in Human Primary Sensory Neurons. Conference. Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Peripheral Nerve Neurosurgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Invited. Lynda Yang Symposium. Ann Arbor, MI, US.
- 2024. A Systematic Review of Pediatric Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Invited. AANS 2024. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. A Classical and Contemporary History of Brachial Plexus Treatment. Invited. AANS 2024. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. The Potential for Sacral Nerve Reconstructions. Invited. Sacro-Pelvic Tumor Study Group. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Surgical process modeling of image-guided spine surgery. Invited. SPIE 2024. Long Beach, California, US.
- 2021. Radiographic Outcomes of Anterior-alone Reconstruction with Expandable Cages After Corpectomy for Cervical Spondylosis. Invited. CNS/AANS DSPN Spine Summit. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2020. Distal Wrist Crease vs Traditional Longitudinal Incision for Open Carpal Tunnel Release. Invited. CNS/AANS DSPN Spine Summit. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2019. Sex-specific Transcriptomic Differences from Human Dorsal Root Ganglia Associated with Painful Radiculopathy. Invited. CNS 2019, US.
- 2019. Cellular signaling in dorsal root ganglion neurons following acute exposure to paclitaxel in vitro. Invited. European Pain Federation EFIC, US.
- 2019. Consideration for Surgical Management of Osteomyelitis-Discitis at the Thoracolumbar Junction. Invited. CNS/AANS DSPN Spine Summit, US.
- 2017. Neuropathic Pain and Ectopic Spontaneous Action Potential Activity of Human Primary Sensory Neurons. Invited. CNS 2017. Boston, MA, US.
- 2017. Persistent Hyperexcitability of Human Primary Sensory Neurons after Spinal Cord Injury. Conference. CNS/AANS DSPN Spine Summit, US.
- 2017. Cytokine production and MAPK signaling downstream to TLR4 contributes to paclitaxel-induced peripheral sensory neuron hyperexcitability in vitro culture. Conference. Society for Neuroscience, US.
- 2016. Contribution of Voltage-gated Sodium Channel 1.7 in Human and Rat Peripheral Sensory Neuron in Neuropathic Pain. Conference. Society for Neuroscience, US.
- 2011. A New Preparative-Scale Isoelectric Trapping Device: Design, Construction, and First Characterization. Conference. International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques, US.
- 2007. T-RECS: A new, preparative-scale device for isolelectric trapping separations. Conference. Industry-University Chemistry Cooperation Program, US.
- 2005. Determination of the pH of isoelectric buffering membranes by isoelectric trapping separation of a mixture of carrier ampholytes followed by capillary isoelectric focusing analysis of fractions. Conference. Industry-University Chemistry Cooperation Program, US.
International Presentations
- 2019. Predictive models for jointly inferring pain state and sex from human Dorsal Root Ganglia RNA abundance profiles of autosomal genes yield insights into functions of gene co-expression modules. Conference. 7th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain, US.
- 2017. Chance’s Fracture: Recognition and Management. Invited. Neurotrauma 2017, 26th Annual Conference of Neurotrauma Society of India. Coimbatore, IN.
Formal Peers
- 2021. Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Clinical Cases. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. Neuropathic Pain and Spontaneous Activity of Human Primary Sensory Neurons. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2015. Clinical Management of Adult Brachial Plexus Lesions. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Radiation Treatment of Chordoma. Visiting, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2019 - 2022 |
| Title: | Development of a Wireless Endovascular Nerve Stimulator for Treatment of Refractory Neuropathic Pain |
| Funding Source: | NIH-HEAL |
| Role: | Other Significant Contributor |
| ID: | U18EB029353 |
| Title: | Human Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center |
| Funding Source: | NIH-HEAL |
| Role: | Senior/Key personnel |
| Title: | Role of TL4-lipid rafts in Nociception |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | Senior/Key personnel |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Li, Y, Uhelski, ML, North, RY, Elahi, H, Corrales, G, Abercrombie, TJ, Sheffield, KN, Marri, T, Price, TJ, Dougherty, PM. Oncostatin M promotes chronic pain through direct regulation on nociceptors in rats. Pain Publish Ahead of Print, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41610043.
- Deva, A, Rypinski, T, Sudhir Pillai, P, Soni, B, Sarwar, O, Milhorn, A, Jones, AK, Tatsui, CE, Rhines, LD, North, RY, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Bird, JE, Siewerdsen, JH. Statistical Surgical Process Modeling. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 53(12):3435-3455, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41023347.
- Flores A, Nitturi V, Kavoussi A, Feygin M, Andrade de Almeida RA, Ramirez Ferrer E, Anand A, Nouri S, Allam AK, Ricciardelli A, Reyes G, Reddy S, Rampalli I, Rhines L, Tatsui CE, North RY, Ghia A, Siewerdsen JH, Ropper AE, Alvarez-Breckenridge C. Generalizable model to predict new or progressing compression fractures in tumor-infiltrated thoracolumbar vertebrae in an all-comer population. J Neurosurg Spine 43(3):273-282, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40540805.
- Goethe EA, Andrade de Almeida RA, Call-Orellana F, Mikula AL, Clarke MJ, Merrell KW, Rose PS, Karim SM, Linzey JR, Szerlip NJ, Amini B, Beckham TH, Ghia AJ, Li J, Tom MC, McAleer MF, Perni S, Wang C, Yeboa DN, Price A, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE, North RY. Sacral fracture risk after stereotactic spinal radiosurgery: a multi-institution, retrospective analysis. J Neurosurg Spine 43(3):305-312, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40540799.
- Andrade-Almeida, RA, Call-Orellana, F, Zuluaga-Garcia, JP, Ramirez-Ferrer, E, Kimchi, G, De, BS, Guimaraes, AB, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Li, J, Ghia, AJ, Rhines, LD, Tom, MC, Wang, C, Beckham, TH, Amini, B, North, RY, Tatsui, CE. Local Control After Adjuvant Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastasis Treated With Decompression and Posterior Segmental Stabilization. Advances in Radiation Oncology 10(7), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40548160.
- Yeboa, DN, Li, J, Lin, R, Prabhu, SS, Beckham, TH, Woodhouse, KD, Swanson, T, Weinberg, J, Wang, X, Chi, X, Ejezie, CL, Suki, D, Wang, C, Ene, CI, McCutcheon, IE, McGovern, SL, McAleer, MF, Tom, MC, Ghia, AJ, Perni, S, Jiang, W, De, BS, Chung, C, Kim, BY, O'Brien, BJ, Huse, J, Wefel, JS, Court, LE, Tawbi, H, Janku, F, Guha-Thakurta, N, Debnam, JM, Johnson, JM, Taslicay, CA, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Raza, SM, Heimberger, AB, DeMonte, F, North, RY, Briere, TM, de Groot, JF, Sawaya, RE, Grosshans, DR, Lang Jr, FF, Rao, G, Ferguson, SD. Therapy, Safety, and Logistics of Preoperative vs Postoperative Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. JAMA Oncology 11(8):890-899, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40531511.
- Call-Orellana, F, de Almeida, R, Ramirez-Ferrer, E, Zuluaga-Garcia, JP, Gubbiotti, M, North, RY. Malignant mimic. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons 9(24), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40523344.
- Strong, MJ, Linzey, JR, Goethe, P, Kathawate, V, Tudrick, L, Lee, J, Ogunsola, O, Zaki, MM, Ward, AL, Willett, N, Joshi, RS, Muhlestein, WE, Saadeh, YS, North, RY, Evans, JR, Szerlip, N, Jackson, WC. Separation Surgery Followed by Conformal Postoperative Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Does Not Increase Risk of Adjacent Spine Level Progression in the Management of Spine Metastases. American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials 48(4):200-205, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39838517.
- Ferrer, ER, Kimchi, G, Tom, MC, Chakravarthy, VB, Amini, B, de Almeida, R, Zuluaga-Garcia, JP, Call-Orellana, F, North, RY, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Rhines, LD, Tatsui, CE. Intraoperative ultrasound imaging features in high-grade metastatic spinal cord compression treated with separation surgery. Neurosurgical focus 58(5), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40311208.
- Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, North, RY, Tatsui, CE, Kumar, N, Lo, SF, Mohammed, K, Reynolds, JJ, Lazary, A, Laufer, I, Verlaan, JJ, Gokaslan, ZL, Luzzati, A, Cecchinato, R, Shin, JH, Hornicek, FJ, Disch, AC, Goodwin, ML, Goodwin, R, Sahgal, A, Gasbarrini, A, Boriani, S. Role of Posterior Carbon Fiber Implants in Spine Tumor Surgery. Global Spine Journal 15(1_suppl):157S-165S, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39801115.
- Li Y, Uhelski ML, North RY, Farson LB, Bankston CB, Roland GH, Fan DH, Sheffield KN, Jia A, Orlando D, Heles M, Yaksh TL, Miller YI, Kosten TA, Dougherty PM. ApoA-I binding protein (AIBP) regulates transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) activity in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons by selective disruption of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-lipid rafts. Brain Behav Immun 123:644-655, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39414176.
- Tom MC, Komatineni S, Wang C, de Almeida RAA, Ghia AJ, Beckham TH, Perni S, McAleer MF, Swanson T, Yeboa DN, De BS, Rooney MK, Bishop AJ, Reddy JP, Yang Y, Ludmir EB, Zhang S, Amini B, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, North RY, Rhines LD, Li J, Tatsui CE. Spinal laser interstitial thermal therapy and radiotherapy for thoracic metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. J Neurooncol 170(2):289-296, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39325339.
- Li Y, Uhelski ML, North RY, Mwirigi JM, Tatsui CE, McDonough KE, Cata JP, Corrales G, Dussor G, Price TJ, Dougherty PM. Tomivosertib reduces ectopic activity in dorsal root ganglion neurons from patients with radiculopathy. Brain 147(9):2991-2997, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39046204.
- Beckham, TH, Rooney, MK, Cifter, G, Bernard, V, McAleer, MF, De, BS, Tom, MC, Perni, S, Wang, C, Swanson, T, Tatsui, CE, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, North, RY, Rhines, LD, Tang, C, Logothetis, CJ, Amini, B, Li, J, Yeboa, DN, Ghia, AJ. Stereotactic radiosurgery for prostate cancer spine metastases. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 41(3):436-444, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38875722.
- Mikula AL, Rhines LD, Patel SS, Pennington Z, Karim SM, Morris JM, Tappa K, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, North RY, Tatsui CE, Rose PS, Clarke MJ, Bird JE. Utility of 3D-Printed Models in the Surgical Planning for Primary Spine Tumors: A Survey of International Spinal Oncology Experts. Global Spine J 15(4):21925682241278323, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39166967.
- Price A, File C, Call-Orellana F, Andrade de Almeida RA, North RY. Surgical decompression in spinal Paget's disease: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons 8(4), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39038367.
- Wang, C, Rooney, MK, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Beckham, TH, Chung, C, De, BS, Ghia, AJ, Grosshans, DR, Majd, NK, McAleer, MF, McGovern, SL, North, RY, Paulino, AC, Perni, S, Reddy, JP, Rhines, LD, Swanson, T, Tatsui, CE, Tom, MC, Yeboa, DN, Li, J. Outcomes and Pattern of Care for Spinal Myxopapillary Ependymoma in the Modern Era—A Population-Based Observational Study. Cancers 16(11), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38893133.
- Price, A, North, RY. Both ends of the scalpel. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 33(6):626-629, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38394658.
- Ledbetter, D, de Almeida, R, Wu, X, Naveh, A, Patel, C, Gonzalez, Q, Beckham, TH, North, RY, Rhines, LD, Li, J, Ghia, AJ, Aten, D, Tatsui, CE, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C. Tumor treating fields suppress tumor cell growth and neurologic decline in models of spinal metastases. JCI Insight 9(9), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38512420.
- Shanker, MD, Cavazos, A, Li, J, Beckham, TH, Yeboa, DN, Wang, C, McAleer, MF, Briere, TM, Amini, B, Tatsui, CE, North, RY, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Cezayirli, PC, Rhines, LD, Ghia, AJ, Bishop, AJ. Definitive single fraction spine stereotactic radiosurgery for metastatic sarcoma. Radiotherapy and Oncology 193, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38311030.
- de Almeida, R, Ghia, AJ, Amini, B, Wang, C, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Li, J, Rhines, LD, Tom, MC, North, RY, Beckham, TH, Tatsui, CE. Quantification of MRI Artifacts in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyetheretherketone Thoracolumbar Pedicle Screw Constructs prior to Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Practical radiation oncology 14(2):103-111, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37914081.
- Ye AL, Tummala S, Shah S, Tummala R, North RY, Zein M. Chronic shoulder pain due to spinal accessory nerve palsies present opportunities for improved care integration. Pain Manag 14(7):347-353, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39269163.
- Andrade de Almeida RA, Call-Orellana F, Young CC, Rubino F, Thrower SL, Chen SR, North RY. Hybrid open-endovascular onyx embolization of spinal type IVb perimedullary spinal arteriovenous fistula through direct posterior spinal vein access: A case report. Surg Neurol Int 15:343, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39373004.
- Sherry, AD, Maroongroge, S, De, BS, Amini, B, Conley, AP, Bishop, AJ, Wang, C, Beckham, TH, Tom, MC, Briere, TM, Li, J, Yeboa, DN, McAleer, MF, North, RY, Tatsui, CE, Rhines, LD, Ghia, AJ. Management of chordoma and chondrosarcoma with definitive dose-escalated single-fraction spine stereotactic radiosurgery. Journal of neuro-oncology 164(2):377-386, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37667065.
- Li Y, Uhelski ML, North RY, Mwirigi JM, Tatsui CE, Cata JP, Corrales G, Price TJ, Dougherty PM. MNK inhibitor eFT508 (Tomivosertib) suppresses ectopic activity in human dorsal root ganglion neurons from dermatomes with radicular neuropathic pain. bioRxiv, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37398249.
- Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, de Almeida, R, Haider, AS, Muir, M, Bird, JE, North, RY, Rhines, LD, Tatsui, CE. Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polyetheretherketone Spinal Implants for Treatment of Spinal Tumors. Neurospine 20(1):317-326, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37016879.
- Mikula A, Pennington Z, Lakomkin N, Prablek M, Amina B, Karin SM, Patel SS, Lubelski D, Sciubba DM, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, North RY, et al. Risk factors for Sacral Fracture following En Bloc Chordoma Resection. JNS: Spine, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Ray PR, Shiers S, Caruso JP, Tavares-Ferreira D, Sankaranarayanan I, Uhelski ML, Li Y, North RY, Tatsui C, Dussor G, Burton MD, Dougherty PM, Price TJ. RNA profiling of human dorsal root ganglia reveals sex-differences in mechanisms promoting neuropathic pain. Brain 146(2):749-766, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35867896.
- Mikula, AL, Pennington, Z, Lakomkin, N, Prablek, M, Amini, B, Karim, SM, Patel, SS, Lubelski, D, Sciubba, DM, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, North, RY, Tatsui, CE, Bydon, M, Fogelson, JL, Elder, BD, Krauss, WE, Bird, JE, Rose, PS, Clarke, MJ, Rhines, LD. Risk factors for sacral fracture following en bloc chordoma resection. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 39(5):611-617, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37060308.
- Larkin MB, Goethe EA, Mohammad M, Tummala S, North RY. Ulnar fascicle to brachialis branch of musculocutaneous nerve for restoration of elbow flexion associated with spinal cord tumor and radiation-induced lower motor neuron disease. Neurosurgical Focus 8(1), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36628102.
- North, RY, Yee, TJ, Strong, MJ, Saadeh, YS, Garton, HJ, Park, P. Syrinx regression after correction of iatrogenic kyphotic deformity. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons 3(1), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36130582.
- North RY, Odem MA, Li Y, Tatsui CE, Cassidy R, Dougherty P, EWalters. Electrophysiological Alterations Driving Pain-Associated Spontaneous Activity in Human Sensory Neuron Somata Parallel Alterations Described in Spontaneously Active Rodent Nociceptors. The Journal of Pain 23(8):1343-1357, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35292377.
- Verla T, Vedantam A, North RY, Xu DS, Raber MR, Fuentes A, Liou NE, Ropper AE. Surgical Management of Postradiation, Dropped Head Spinal Deformity in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. World Neurosurg 156:e1-e8, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34245881.
- Karas PJ, North RY, Srinivasan VM, Lindquist NR, Gallagher KK, Burkhardt JK, Yoshor D, Kan P. Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal direct access and Onyx embolization of a dural arteriovenous fistula mimicking a carotid-cavernous fistula: case report. J Neurosurg 135(3):1-5, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33186915.
- North RY, Strong MJ, Yee TJ, Kashlan ON, Oppenlander ME, Park P. Navigation and Robotic-Assisted Single-Position Prone Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Technique, Feasibility, Safety, and Case Series. World Neurosurg 152:221-230.e1, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34058358.
- Strong MJ, Yee TJ, Khalsa SSS, Saadeh YS, Muhlestein WE, North RY, Szerlip NJ. Resection of a Lumbar Intradural Extramedullary Schwannoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 21(1):E38, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33825885.
- North, RY, Snyder, R, Slopis, JM, McCutcheon, IE. Surgical treatment of common peroneal neuropathy in schwannomatosis. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons 1(26), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35854908.
- North RY, Snyder R, Slopis J, McCutcheon I. Surgical Treatment of Common Peroneal Nerve Entrapment in Schwannomatosis: Illustrative Cases. JNS: Case Lessons 1(26), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Strong MJ, Yee TJ, Khalsa SSS, Saadeh YS, North R, Oppenlander ME. Lumbar Laminoplasty for Resection of Myxopapillary Ependymoma of the Conus Medullaris: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 20(5):E352, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33647943.
- Yee TJ, Strong MJ, North RY, Oppenlander ME. Commentary: Single-Position Surgery: Prone Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 20(5):E370-E372, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33554251.
- Strong MJ, Yee TJ, North RY, Oppenlander ME. Commentary: Single- Versus Dual-Attending-Surgeon Approach for Spine Deformity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 20(4):E330-E331, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33448285.
- Ravindra VM, Karas PJ, Hartnett S, Patino I, North R, Tatsui CE, Gonda D, Schwabe A, Curry DJ. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Palliative Rhizotomy: A Novel Technical Application. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 20(4):413-418, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33377153.
- Strong MJ, North RY, Yee TJ, Oppenlander ME. Commentary: Decompression of a Dorsal Arachnoid Web of the Spine: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 20(2):E144-E145, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33294934.
- Li Y, Marri T, North RY, Rhodes HR, Uhelski ML, Tatsui CE, Rhines LD, Rao G, Corrales G, Abercrombie TJ, Johansson CA, Dougherty PM. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in a dish: dorsal root ganglion cells treated in vitro with paclitaxel show biochemical and physiological responses parallel to that seen in vivo. Pain 162(1):84-96, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32694383.
- North RY, Strong MJ, Park P. Commentary: Prone Transpsoas Technique for Simultaneous Single-Position Access to the Anterior and Posterior Lumbar Spine. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 20(1):E13-E16, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33316812.
- Larkin MB, North RY, Viswananthan A. Limited Midline Myelotomy for Visceral Pain. Neurosurgical Focus 3(2), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Larkin MB, North RY, Viswanathan A. Percutaneous Computed Tomography-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Spinal Trigeminal Tract and Nucleus Caudalis for Refractory Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 19(5):E530-E531, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32649751.
- Larkin MB, North RY, Viswananthan A. Percutaneous CT-Guided Cordotomy for Pain. Neurosurgical Focus 3(2), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Larkin MB, North RY, Vedantam A, Viswanathan A. Limited midline myelotomy for visceral pain. Neurosurg Focus Video 3(2):V16, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 36285262.
- Larkin MB, North RY, Viswanathan A. Percutaneous CT-guided cordotomy for pain. Neurosurg Focus Video 3(2):V15, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 36285259.
- Verla T, North R, Simpson V, Ropper AE. Osteomyelitis-Discitis at the Thoracolumbar Junction and the Development of Postinfectious Spinal Deformity: A Surgical Case Series. Int J Spine Surg 14(4):552-558, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32986577.
- Hadley C, North R, Srinivasan V, Kan P, Burkhardt JK. Elective Sonolucent Cranioplasty for Real-Time Ultrasound Monitoring of Flow and Patency of an Extra- to Intracranial Bypass. J Craniofac Surg 31(3):622-624, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32149973.
- North RY, Verla T, Bartlett E, Reece E, Weiner HL, Ropper AE. Giant Symptomatic Meningocele as a Delayed, Adult Complication of Lipomyelomeningocele. World Neurosurg 134:532-535, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31760189.
- Montier L, Haneef Z, Gavvala J, Yoshor D, North R, Verla T, Van Ness PC, Drabek J, Goldman AM. A somatic mutation in MEN1 gene detected in periventricular nodular heterotopia tissue obtained from depth electrodes. Epilepsia 60(10):e104-e109, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31489630.
- LoPresti MA, Srinivasan VM, North RY, Ravindra VM, Johnson J, Burkhardt JK, Lam SK, Kan P. Endovascular stenting for rescue of a failed donor graft during superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass surgery: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr:1-5. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31398698.
- Reece EM, Raghuram AC, Bartlett EL, Lazaro TT, North RY, Bohl MA, Ropper AE. Vascularized Iliac Bone Graft for Complex Closure During Spinal Deformity Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 7(7):e2345, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31942366.
- North RY, Li Y, Ray P, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE, Rao G, Johansson CA, Zhang H, Kim YH, Zhang B, Dussor G, Kim TH, Price TJ, Dougherty PM. Electrophysiological and transcriptomic correlates of neuropathic pain in human dorsal root ganglion neurons. Brain 142(5):1215-1226, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30887021.
- Megat S, Ray PR, Moy JK, Lou TF, Barragán-Iglesias P, Li Y, Pradhan G, Wanghzou A, Ahmad A, Burton MD, North RY, Dougherty PM, Khoutorsky A, Sonenberg N, Webster KR, Dussor G, Campbell ZT, Price TJ. Nociceptor Translational Profiling Reveals the Ragulator-Rag GTPase Complex as a Critical Generator of Neuropathic Pain. J Neurosci 39(3):393-411, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30459229.
- North RY, Lazaro TT, Dougherty PM. Ectopic Spontaneous Afferent Activity and Neuropathic Pain. Neurosurgery 65(CN_suppl_1):49-54, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 31076785.
- Li Y, North RY, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE, Rao G, Edwards DD, Cassidy RM, Harrison DS, Johansson CA, Zhang H, Dougherty PM. DRG Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel 1.7 Is Upregulated in Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathy in Rats and in Humans with Neuropathic Pain. J Neurosci 38(5):1124-1136, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29255002.
- Li Y, Tatsui CE, Rhines LD, North RY, Harrison DS, Cassidy RM, Johansson CA, Kosturakis AK, Edwards DD, Zhang H, Dougherty PM. Dorsal root ganglion neurons become hyperexcitable and increase expression of voltage-gated T-type calcium channels (Cav3.2) in paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy. Pain 158(3):417-429, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27902567.
- Braun RD, Bissig D, North R, Vistisen KS, Berkowitz BA. Human tumor cell proliferation evaluated using manganese-enhanced MRI. PLoS One 7(2):e30572, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22363447.
- North RY, Vigh G. Preparative-scale isoelectric trapping by recursive electrophoresis in a compartmentalized system having orthogonal primary and secondary pH gradients. Part 1--construction and standard operation. Electrophoresis 32(20):2797-804, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21994093.
- North RY, Vigh G. Preparative-scale isoelectric trapping by recursive electrophoresis in a compartmentalized system having orthogonal primary and secondary pH gradients. Part 2--operation in cascade mode. Electrophoresis 32(20):2805-8, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21994126.
- North RY, Vigh G. Determination of the operational pH value of a buffering membrane by an isoelectric trapping separation of a carrier ampholyte mixture. Electrophoresis 29(5):1077-81, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18271066.
- Lim P, North R, Vigh G. Rapid isoelectric trapping in a micropreparative-scale multicompartment electrolyzer. Electrophoresis 28(12):1851-9, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17523141.
- North R, Hwang A, Lalwani S, Shave E, Vigh G. Synthesis of UV-absorbing and fluorescent carrier ampholyte mixtures and their application for the determination of the operational pH values of buffering membranes used in isoelectric trapping separations. J Chromatogr A 1130(2):232-7, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16626722.
- North RY, Strong MJ, Yee TJ, Saadeh YS, Garton HJL, Park P. Syrinx regression after correction of iatrogenic kyphotic deformity: illustrative case. JNS: Case Lessons.
Review Articles
- Al Farii, H, Gattu, N, Yeung, CM, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, North, RY, Tatsui, CE, Rhines, LD, Lewis, VO, Bird, JE, Patel, SS. The kiva system versus balloon kyphoplasty for vertebral compression fracture. North American Spine Society Journal 24, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Kimchi, G, Varela, S, Zuluaga-Garcia, JP, Call-Orellana, F, Ramirez-Ferrer, E, de Almeida, R, Gubbiotti, M, Glitza, IC, Bishop, AJ, Grant, JD, North, RY, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Rhines, LD, Tatsui, CE. Primary Intramedullary Spinal Melanocytomas. Journal of Clinical Medicine 14(22), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41303082.
- Price, A, Fredricks, N, Truong, N, North, RY. Pediatric thoracic outlet syndrome. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 33(5):484-495, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38428008.
- Bahouth, SM, Yeboa, DN, Ghia, AJ, Tatsui, CE, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Beckham, TH, Bishop, AJ, Li, J, McAleer, MF, North, RY, Rhines, LD, Swanson, T, Wang, C, Amini, B. Advances in the management of spinal metastases. British Journal of Radiology 96(1141), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 35946551.
- Bahouth, SM, Yeboa, DN, Ghia, AJ, Tatsui, CE, Alvarez-Breckenridge, C, Beckham, TH, Bishio, AJ, Li, J, McAleer, MF, North, RY, Rhines, LD, Swanson, T, Wang, C, Amini, B. Multidisciplinary management of spinal metastases. British Journal of Radiology 95(1138), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35856792.
- Khan AB, Goethe EA, Hadley CC, Rouah E, North R, Srinivasan VM, Gallagher KK, Fuentes A, Vaz-Guimaraes F. Infundibular Epidermoid Cyst: Case Report and Systematic Review. World Neurosurg 130:110-114, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31284058.
- North RY, Raskin JS, Curry DJ. MRI-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epilepsy. Neurosurg Clin N Am 28(4):545-557, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28917283.
- Srinivasan VM, Ghali MG, North RY, Boghani Z, Hansen D, Lam S. Modern management of medulloblastoma: Molecular classification, outcomes, and the role of surgery. Surg Neurol Int 7(Suppl 44):S1135-S1141, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28194300.
- Berkowitz BA, Bissig D, Dutczak O, Corbett S, North R, Roberts R. MRI biomarkers for evaluation of treatment efficacy in preclinical diabetic retinopathy. Expert Opin Med Diagn 7(4):393-403, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23786440.
Abstracts
- Ray P, North RY, et al. Predictive models for jointly inferring pain state and sex from human Dorsal Root Ganglia RNA abundance profiles of autosomal genes yield insights into functions of gene co-expression modules. 7th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- North RY, Li Y, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE, et al. Neuropathic Pain and Ectopic Spontaneous Action Potential Activity of Human Primary Sensory Neurons. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Li Y, North RY, et al. Cytokine production and MAPK signaling downstream to TLR4 contributes to paclitaxel-induced peripheral sensory neuron hyperexcitability in vitro culture. Society for Neuroscience, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Li Y, North RY, et al. Contribution of Voltage-gated Sodium Channel 1.7 in Human and Rat Peripheral Sensory Neuron in Neuropathic Pain. Society for Neuroscience, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- North RY, Braun RD, Berkowitz BA. Toward Non-invasive Mapping of Tumor Proliferation in vivo. Wayne State Medical Student Research Symposium, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Lim P, North RY, Vigh G. MSWIFT for fast prefractionation. International Symposium on Microscale Bioseparations, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- North RY, Vigh G. Sample loss during preparative-scale isolation by pH-biased isoelectric trapping. IUCCP, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Andrade de Almeida R, Call Orellana, F, Ramirez Ferrer, E, Rubino F, Alvarez-Breckenridge A, NORTH RY, Phined LD, Tatsui C. Durability of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polyetheretherketone and Titanium Implants for the Treatment of Spinal Neoplasms. CNS 2024.
- Vingh G, NORTH RY. Sample loss during preparative-scale isolation by pH-biased isoelectric trapping. IUCCP.
- Lim P, NORTH RY, Vigh G. MSWIFT for fast prefractionation. International Symposium on Microscale Bioseparations.
- NORTH RY, Braun RD, Berkowitz BA. Toward Non-invasive Mapping of Tumor Proliferation in vivo. Wayne State Medical Student Research Symposium.
- LI Y, NORTH RY. Contribution of Voltage-gated Sodium Channel 1.7 in Human and Rat Peripheral Sensory Neuron in Neuropathic Pain. Society for Neuroscience 2016.
- NORTH RY, Li Y, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE. Neuropathic Pain and Ectopic Spontaneous Action Potential Activity of Human Primary Sensory Neurons. CNS 2017.
- LI Y, NORTH RY. Cytokine production and MAPK signaling downstream to TLR4 contributes to paclitaxel-induced peripheral sensory neuron hyperexcitability in vitro culture. Society for Neuroscience.
- Ray P, NORTH RY. Predictive models for jointly inferring pain state and sex from human Dorsal Root Ganglia RNA abundance profiles of autosomal genes yield insights into functions of gene co-expression modules. 7th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain.
- NORTH RY, Li Y, Ray P, Rhines LD. Sex-specific Transcriptomic Differences from Human Dorsal Root Ganglia Associated with Painful Radiculopathy. CNS 2019.
- Andrade de Almeida R, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, NORTH RY, Rhines LD, Tatsui C. Quantification of MRI Artifacts in Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polyetheretherketone Thoracolumbar Pedicle Screw Constructs. CNS 2023.
- Andrade de Almeida R, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Ramirez Ferrer E, Call-Orellana F, Rhines LD, NORTH RY, Tatsui C. Durability of Percutaneous Posterior Segmental Stabilization for Spinal Metastasis. CNS 2024.
- Abi Faraj C, Suki D, Lin H, Ene C, Weinberg JS, McCutcheon I, Prabhu S, DeMonte F, NORTH RY, Kim B, Ferguson S, Lang F. Conventional Surgical Resection Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery for 1-3 cm Single Brain Metastases. CNS 2024.
- Mikula A, RHINES LD, PATEL S, PENNINGTON Z, KARIM S, MORRIS J, TAPPA k, ALVAREZ BRECKENRIDGE C, NORTH RY, TATSUI T, ROSE P, CLARKE M, BIRD J. Utility of 3D-Printed Models in the Surgical Planning for Primary Spine Tumors: A Survey of International Spinal Oncology Experts. CNS 2024.
- Call‐Orellana F, Andrade de Almeida R, NORTH RY. Incidence, Risk Factors and Management of Postoperative Seroma in Surgical Treatment of Spinal Metastatic Disease. CNS 2024.
Book Chapters
- Strong, MJ, Yee, TJ, North, RY, Park, P. Sagittal Plane Deformity Considerations in the Elderly. In: Treatment of Spine Disease in the Elderly. Springer, 283-296, 2023.
- North RY, Rao G. Medulloblastoma. In: Cases in Surgical Neuro-Oncology Casebook. Oxford University Press, 2018.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified March 26, 2026