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John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine
@JohnHShinMD
Chief of Spine Neurosurgery | Kingdon-Saylor Endowed Chair @mghneurosurg | AANS/CNS Spine Exhibits Chair | NASS Spine Oncology | AO Spine Tumor
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12+ years of clinical and academic excellence! Dr. John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine, your mentorship has profoundly shaped my life, career, and countless others. Our paths crossing has been a true privilege. Penn Neurosurgery is so fortunate to have you. Best of luck to a mentor, friend, and family ๐ฆพ
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Congrats John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine!! Looking forward to seeing your impact Penn Neurosurgery! TY from all of us at MGH Neurosurgery
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Dr. John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine you are a real one: authentic, reliable, and passionate. We'll miss you as you journey to Penn Neurosurgery but time and distance won't erase the memory of your many contributions to MGH Neurosurgery. Thank you for your tireless efforts to improve the care and outcomes of
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Thank you Bob Carter MD PhD, MGH Neurosurgery, and Mass General MDs colleagues for your support over the last 12+ years. It has been a honor & privilege to be part of the DNA of this incredible community. Iโm excited to cheer ๐ ongoing growth & elevation of the awesome ๐ spine program
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End of an era! So grateful to have learned from John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine during his time here at MGH Neurosurgery. Very sad to see him go, but I know he is off to great things at Penn Neurosurgery. Wishing you all the best, Dr. Shin! ๐ฆพ Continue to lead with strength and honor
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Tonight we celebrated an incredible 12 years on faculty for John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine. An internationally recognized neurosurgeon, John is the inaugural Kingdon-Saylor Chair in spine neurosurgery MGH Neurosurgery & an outstanding educator, mentor, colleague and friend!
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#NEUNew Postoperative Measurement of the Retropharyngeal Space Predicts the Risk of Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion bit.ly/3URned0 by Yoshida et al at Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University Mohamed Zaazoue John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine CNS
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Our Mass General series on pedicled omental flaps for complex wound reconstruction for primary spine tumors of the mobile spine & sacrum is now published Journal of Neurosurgery. This represents a decade+ collaboration among awesome surgical, ortho, & multidisciplinary teams Mass General Cancer Center
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Cervical Giant Cell Tumor Removal With an Anterolateral Approach and Vertebral Artery Transposition: Operative Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery Publications CNS Douglas Kondziolka
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#NEUNew Postoperative Measurement of the Retropharyngeal Space Predicts the Risk of #Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion bit.ly/3URned0 by Yoshida et al Saitama Medical University John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine Douglas Kondziolka CNS Mohamed Zaazoue Jorge F. Urquiaga
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Fantastic talks & discussions today at the AO Spine Tumor Knowledge Forum!
Matthew L. Goodwin
Daniel Sciubba
John H. Shin MD | MGH Spine
Ori Barzilai
Ilya Laufer
Daniel Lubelski
UNC Neurosurgery
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Check out this randomized clinical trial: Effects of Povidone-IodineโImpregnated Dressing for Surgical Site Infections after Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery. The dressings were placed pre-op! ๐ง
This month Neurosurgery Publications CNS Douglas Kondziolka
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Congratulations Juan S. Uribe. MD, FAANS. Looking forward to Spine Summit 2025 under your leadership! Dean Chou, MD AANS/CNS Spine Section
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(1/2) We are thrilled to highlight Dr. David Okonkwo's recent presentation on 'Sideline Emergency in Athletics: Management of Spinal Cord Injury' at the 2024 AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Spine Summit!
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Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA, MSc, FAANS, FACS
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Interested in learning more about the molecular tumorigenesis of chordoma and treatment response? Check out our paper in the lastest Journal of Neurosurgery Neurosurgical Focus issue on #chordoma . Thank you issue editors and JNS for accepting & highlighting our work, led by Michael Jin
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