Making Neurosurgery More Patient-Centric

Making Neurosurgery More Patient-Centric

March 28, 2017

In his capacity as vice chair of quality of Duke’s Department of Neurosurgery, neurosurgeon Oren Gottfried, MD, has helped develop numerous quality initiatives focusing on improving patient satisfaction and surgical outcomes and reducing patient morbidity and mortality.

Cervical Spine Surgery: The Patient Experience and Post-Surgical Complications

Cervical Spine Surgery: The Patient Experience and Post-Surgical Complications

December 1, 2018

This activity is intended for neurologists, pain medicine specialists, physiatrists, and physicians who care for patients before and after cervical spine surgery.

Duke-Developed AI Tool Amplifies Surgical Expertise in Predicting Spine Outcomes

Duke-Developed AI Tool Amplifies Surgical Expertise in Predicting Spine Outcomes

September 14, 2021

A new machine learning tool that assesses surgical risk—dubbed Pythia— helps amplify the expertise of Duke providers in predicting postoperative outcomes for different types of high-risk surgeries.

Quality in Spine Surgery – An Interview with Oren Gottfried, M.D.

Quality in Spine Surgery – An Interview with Oren Gottfried, M.D.

October 18, 2019

“Dr. Oren Gottfried is Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University.”

Medicine is an Imperfect Science

Medicine is an Imperfect Science

July 28, 2015

The knowledge of my limited power became clear to me early in my career, and I recognize it each time I treat a person who has sustained an acute trauma that causes a spinal fracture and sadly, a spinal- cord injury.

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

-Dr. Oren Gottfried