This is How a Clinical Vice Chair of Neurosurgery Works…

This is How a Clinical Vice Chair of Neurosurgery Works…

September 14, 2016

“Dr. Oren Gottfried is Clinical Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine.”

Matching the Lumbar Patient to the Most Appropriate Treatment

Matching the Lumbar Patient to the Most Appropriate Treatment

April 26, 2016

“For a patient with lumbar back pain, radiating leg pain or weakness, or other problems, an effective treatment may be elusive at first.”

Chronic Low Back Pain: Can We Find a Treatment Consensus?

Chronic Low Back Pain: Can We Find a Treatment Consensus?

April 20, 2020

“Generating clinical guidelines for treating CLBP, therefore, has become a nearly impossible task.”

Neurosurgeon Dr. Oren Gottfried leads study on boosting patient satisfaction: 5 insights

Neurosurgeon Dr. Oren Gottfried leads study on boosting patient satisfaction: 5 insights

April 17, 2018

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health researchers assessed the impact of a one-page form given to patients prior to their appointments.

Assessing the ‘True Penalty’ of the Waiting Room

Assessing the ‘True Penalty’ of the Waiting Room

December 3, 2019

A comprehensive, 15-month assessment of the patient experience in the Duke Spine Center demonstrates that longer waiting times have a measurable negative effect on patient satisfaction and on the overall perception of the patient-physician encounter.

Duke Neurosurgery Quality Initiative Leads to Decreased Patient Mortality

Duke Neurosurgery Quality Initiative Leads to Decreased Patient Mortality

May 21, 2018

Quality improvement programs in neurosurgery can improve documentation and decrease mortality, according to an analysis published by Duke investigators in December 2017 in Neurosurgery.

There is “no safe place outside” when thunderstorms are in your area, according to the National Weather Service.

There is “no safe place outside” when thunderstorms are in your area, according to the National Weather Service.

August 8, 2022

Oren N. Gottfried, M.D., professor of neurosurgery at Duke Medical School in the Dept. of Neurosurgery and director of the Neurosciences Clinical Specialties Unit at Duke University School of Medicine, told Fox News Digital in an email on Sunday, “When someone is struck by lightning, they require prompt medical assistance.

A 63-Year-Old Man With Recent-Onset, Debilitating Back Pain

A 63-Year-Old Man With Recent-Onset, Debilitating Back Pain

March 17, 2015

In April 2014, a 63-year-old man presented to the Duke neurosurgery clinic with lower back pain that had begun about 6 weeks earlier.

What changes Dr. Oren Gottfried expects to see in spine in 2020

What changes Dr. Oren Gottfried expects to see in spine in 2020

November 8, 2019

“Oren Gottfried, MD, is president of the North Carolina Spine Society as well as professor of neurosurgery and clinical vice chair of quality in the department of neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.”

Love what you like today as it could be gone tomorrow.

-Dr. Oren Gottfried