Nicholas Theodore, MD, a nationally recognized expert in brain and spinal cord injury, will discuss advances in spine surgery in a free, public lecture Oct. 24 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Theodore is a professor of neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, and biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he directs the Neurosurgical Spine Center. He also founded and co-directs the university’s Holistic Electrical, Ultrasonic and Physiological Interventions Unburdening those with Spinal Cord Injury (HEPIUS) Innovation Laboratory.
His talk, “Engineering the Future of Spinal Surgery,” is part of the Flanagin-Boop Endowed Lectureship in Spinal Neurosurgery at UAMS.
It will begin at 6 p.m. in the Fred Smith Auditorium on the 12th floor of the Jack T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on the Little Rock campus. A reception with food and wine will follow.