James S. Harrop, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
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James S. Harrop, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Specialization
- Improving patient care, particularly spinal care
- Spine tumor, trauma, infection
- Clinical trials
Education
MS, Healthcare Quality & Safety, Jefferson College of Population Health
MD, Jefferson Medical College
AB, Mathematics, Bowdoin College
Publications
- Geospatial Evaluation of Disparities in Access to Cervical Spine Fusion in Metropolitan Areas Across the United States
- Degenerative Thoracic Myelopathy: A Scoping Review of Epidemiology, Genetics, and Pathogenesis
- Does Body Mass Index Influence Intraoperative Costs and Operative Times for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion? A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis
- Reprogramming of astrocytes to neuronal-like cells in spinal cord injury: a systematic review
- The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Cervical Spinal Cord Compression in Individuals Presenting With Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Meta-Analysis
BIOGRAPHY
James S. Harrop MD, MS, is a neurosurgeon and Professor, Departments of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Furthermore, he is the Chief of the Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery and Neurosurgery Director of Delaware Valley Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Center and Director for Adult Reconstructive Spine. As well has a Professorship appointment in Jefferson College of Population Health.
Dr. Harrop received his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in 1995. He also completed his internship (in general surgery) and his residency (in Neurosurgery) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA in 2001. To further his spinal surgery training, Dr. Harrop also completed a combined neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland Ohio in 2002. He completed a Master’s of Science in Healthcare Quality and Safety (MS) in 2020
Dr. Harrop has been in active practice since 2002 and is the Director of the Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery at TJU hospital in the Department of Neurological Surgery. He has a busy clinical practice with approximately 350 cases annually consisting of a wide spectrum of neurosurgical disorders (degenerative, deformity, trauma, tumor, infection), including over 20 years covering a level I trauma center. In addition, he has an active research program with over 700 peer-reviewed publications, numerous clinical trials and grants (NIH, DOD, and PICORI). He has been on the executive and governing boards of numerous spinal societies (CNS, PNS, AOSNA, AOI, CSRS and LSRS).
Presently, he is the Past President of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS). Further, he is committed to patient well-being and improving patient care and Jefferson Director, Enterprise Neuroscience Quality and Safety.