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James S Harrop

Neurosurgery
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
and Orthopedic Surgery
Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Mailing Address
909 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Contact Information
Phone: 215-955-7000
Fax: 215-503-9170
james.harrop@jefferson.edu
Qualifications
Dr. James Harrop is a Board Certified Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery. He completed his neurosurgical residency training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He then completed a post-graduate combined neurosurgical and orthopedic spine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.

His areas of expertise include the treatment of:
* spinal cord injury
* spinal trauma and fractures
* spine oncology (tumors and neoplasms)
* intradural and extradural tumors
* complex spine procedures and spinal instrumentation
* revision spinal surgeries


Invited Lectures (2004-present)

Spine & Spinal Cord Injury Future Therapies. MCP/DUCOM, Philadelphia, PA, February 20, 2004

Metastatic Disease and the Spinal Cord and Column, Kimmel Cancer Center Grand Rounds, Philadelphia, PA, March 10, 2004.

Spinal Cord Injury and Treatment Strategies. The 16th Pan-Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference, Philadelphia, PA, December 3, 2004.

Occipital cervicothoracic fixation Nex-Link". NASS 19th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2004.

Adult & pediatric spinal trauma (Practical Course PC18). CNS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2004.

Advances in posterior cervical instrumentation. Thomas Jefferson Spine Fellow Symposium, Cambridge, MD, July 2004.

Cervical Spine & Sports Injuries, 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of ASIA, Marco Island, FL, April 2005.

The natural history and surgical management of cervical myelopathy, AAPM&R, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

A new classification of thoracolumbar fractures: the importance of mechanism of injury, neurologic status and the integrity of the posterior osteoligamentous complex. AANS 67th Annual Meeting, Half Moon Bay, CA, September 22, 2005.

Lumbosacral biomechanics (practical course), CNS, Boston, MA, October 8, 2005.

Future SCI treatments (practical course), CNS, Boston, MA, October 9, 2005.

Operative Debates, Recurrent lumbar disc herniation. NASS, Philadelphia, PA, October 2005

New Technologies in the surgical management of cervical spine pathologies, October 21-22, 2005.

Anterior instrumentation constructs in TL spine trauma: techniques and construct options. STSG Medtronic Sofamor Danek, November 2005, Memphis, TN.

Consultants' Corner: Spinal Disorders Panel. 17th Pan-Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference, Philadelphia, PA, December 2, 2005

Biomechanics of the spine. Neurosurgery Residents Spine Education Summit, Boston, MA, March 2-4, 2006.

Surgical management of thoracolumbar trauma to the spine. Neurosurgery Residents Spine Education Summit, Boston, MA, March 2-4, 2006.

How do we define injury to the posterior ligamentous complex in the setting of thoracolumbar trauma? Federation of Spine Associations, CSRS ASIA, March 25, 2006.

Emergency treatment for spinal injury (adult & pediatrics). Philadelphia International Medicine Video Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 4, 2006.

Acute spinal cord issue from the ER to the future. Nursing Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 13, 2006.

Neurosurgery management of spine trauma. American Society of Neuroradiologists. February 23,2007; Marco Island, Florida.

Cervical facet with incomplete spinal cord injury. Cervical Spine Research Society, Dec 3, 2008;Austin, Texas.

Spinal deformity complications. Advanced Deformity Peer-to-Peer Meeting. Dec. 13, 2008: NYC, NY.

Tips for fixation in soft bone. Advanced Deformity Peer-to-Peer Meeting. Dec. 13, 2008: NYC, NY.

Occipital Condyle Fractures: Epidemiology, Classification and Treatment (Invited Discussant). AANS, May 4, 2009: San Diego, CA
Keywords
spinal cord injury; spinal trauma and fractures; spine oncology (tumors and neoplasms; intradural and extradural tumors; complex spine procedures; spinal instrumentation; revision spinal surgeries; herniated disc; spinal stenosis; spondylosis; spondylolisthesis
Publications
  • 1. Lebude B, Wang D, Harrop JS, Maltenfort M, Anderson DG, Vaccaro AR, Ratliff JK. Clinical survey: patterns of utilization of lumbar epidural steroid injections by a cohort of spinal surgeons. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2009, 1: 329-334.

  • 2. Grauer JN, Vaccaro AR, Lee JY, Nassr A, Dvorak MF, Harrop JS, Dailey AT, Shaffrey CI, Arnold PM, Brodke DS, Rampersaud R. The timing and influence of MRI on the management of patients with cervical facet dislocations remains highly variable: a survey of members of the Spine Trauma Study Group. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, 2009, 22: 96-99.

  • 3. Whang PG, Goldberg G, Lawrence JP, Hong J, Harrop JS, Anderson DG, Albert TJ, Vaccaro AR. The management of spinal injuries in patients with ankylosing spondylitis or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: a comparison of treatment methods and clinical outcomes. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, 2009, 22: 77-85.

  • 4. Patel AA, Dailey A, Brodke DS, Daubs M, Harrop J, Whang PG, Vaccaro AR; Spine Trauma Study Group. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, 2009, 10: 201-206.

  • 5. Smith HE, Vaccaro AR, Maltenfort M, Albert TJ, Hilibrand AS, Anderson DG, Harrop J, Fehlings MG, Kopjar B, Arnold PM, Shaffrey CI. Trends in surgical management for Type II odontoid fracture: 20 years of experience at a regional spinal cord injury center. Orthopedics, 2008, 31: pii.

  • 6. Naroji S, Belin LJ, Maltenfort MG, Vaccaro AR, Schwartz D, Harrop JS. Vulnerability of the femoral nerve during complex anterior and posterior spinal surgery. In press.

  • 7. Dailey AT, Shaffrey CI, Rampersaud R, Lee J, Brodke DS, Arnold P, Nassr A, Harrop JS, Grauer J, Bono CM, Dvorak M, Vaccaro AR. The utility of helical CT in differentiating unilateral and bilateral facet dislocations. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2009, 32: 3243-8

  • 8. Chan P, Boriani S, Fourney DR, Biagini R, Dekutoski MB, Fehlings MG, Ryken TC, Gokaslan ZL, Vrionis FD, Harrop JS, Schmidt MH, Vialle LR, Gerszten PC. Rhines LD, Ondra SL, Pratt SR, Fisher CG. An assessment of the reliability of the Enneking and Weinstein Boriani-Biagini classifications for staging of primary spinal tumors by the spine oncology study group. Spine, 2009, 34: 384-91.

  • 9. Saraceni C, Harrop JS. Spinal meningioma: chronicles of contemporary neurosurgical diagnosis and management. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2009, 111: 221-6.

  • 10. Saraceni C, Ashman JB, Harrop JS. Extracranial radiosurgery - applications in the management of benign intradural spinal neoplasms. Neurosurgical Review, 2009, 32: 133-41.

  • 11. Jabbour P, Fehlings M, Vaccaro AR, Harrop JS. Traumatic spine injuries in the geriatric population. Neurosurgical Focus, 2008; 25:E16.

  • 12. Harrop JS, Jeyamohan SB, Sharan A, Ratliff J, Vaccaro AR. Iliac bolt fixation: an an anatomic approach. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques. In press.

  • 13. Jeyamohan S, Harrop JS, Sharan AD, Vaccaro A. Athletes returning to play after cervical spine or neurobrachial injury. Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine, 2008, 1: 175-179.

  • 14. Smith HE, Kerr SM, Maltenfort M, Chaudry S, Norton R, Albert TJ, Harrop J, Hilibrand AS, Anderson DG, Kopjar B, Brodke DS, Wang JC, Fehlings MG, Chapman JR, Patel A, Arnold PM, Vaccaro AR. Early complications of surgical versus conservative treatment of isolated Type II odontoid fractures in octogenarians: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, 2008, 21:535-539.

  • 15. Yadla S, Lebude B, Tender GC, Sharan AD, Harrop JS, Hilbrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Ratliff JK. Traumatic spondyloptosis of the thoracolumbar spine. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, 2008; 9:145-51.

  • 16. Frank BL, Harrop JS, Hanna A, Ratliff JK. Cervical extradural meningioma: Case report and literature review. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2008; 31:302-5.

  • 17. Patel AA, Madigan L, Poelstra KA, et al. Acute cervical osteomyelitis and prevertebral abscess after routine tonsillectomy. Spine Journal 2008; 8:827-830.

  • 18. Birknes JK, White AP, Albert TJ, Shaffrey CI, Harrop JS. Adult degenerative scoliosis: a review. Neurosurgery, 2008; 63 (3 Suppl):94-103.

  • 19. Harrop JS, Birknes JK, Shaffrey C. Noninvasive measurement and screening techniques for spinal deformities. Neurosurgery, 2008; 63 (3 Suppl):46-53.

  • 20. Bagan B, Patel N, Deutsch H, Harrop J, Sharan A, Vaccaro AR, Ratliff JK. Perioperative Complications of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS): Comparison of MIS and Open Interbody Fusion Techniques. Surgery Technolology International. 2008;17:281-6.

  • 21. Campbell PG, Birknes JK, Sharan AD, Harrop JS, Vaccaro AR, Ratliff JK. Hemorrhage into an occult spinal ependymoma after epidural anesthesia. The Open Surgery Journal, 2008; 2:18-20.

  • 22. Harrop JS, Jeyamohan S, Sharan A, et al. Acute cervical fracture or congenital spinal deformity? Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 2008;31:83-7.

  • 23. Harrop JS, Youssef JA, Maltenfort M, Vorwald P, Jabbour P, Bono CM, Goldfarb N, Vaccaro AR. Lumbar adjacent segment degeneration and disease after arthrodesis and total disk arthroplasty; Spine 2008;33:1701-7.

  • 24. Patel AA, Brodke DS, Pimenta L, et al. Revision strategies in lumbar total disc arthroplasty. Spine 2008;33:1276-83.

  • 25. Nassr A, Lee JY, Dvorak MF, et al. Variations in surgical treatment of cervical facet dislocations. Spine 2008;33: E188-93,

  • 26. Fassett DR, Harrop JS, Vaccaro AR. Evidence on magnetic resonance imaging of Brown-Sequard spinal cord injury suffered indirectly from a gunshot wound: Case report. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2008;8:286-7.

  • 27. Sahni D, Harrop JS, Kalfas IH, et al. Exophytic intramedullary meningioma of the cervical spinal cord. J Clin Neurosci 2008, 15:1176-79.

  • 28. Sanfilippo JA, Winegar CD, Harrop JS, et al. All-terrain vehicles and associated spinal injuries. Spine 2008;33:1982-5.

  • 29. Harrop JS, Youssef JA, Maltenfort M, et al. Lumbar adjacent segment degeneration and disease after arthrodesis and total disc arthroplasty. Spine 2008;33:1701-7.

  • 30. Smith HE, Rynning RE, Okafor C, et al. Evaluation of neurologic deficit without apparent cause: The importance of a multidisciplinary approach. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 2007;30:507-17.

  • 31. Campbell PG, Harrop JS. Incidence of fracture in adjacent levels in patients treated with balloon kyphoplasty: a review of the literature. Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine 2007:1-4.

  • 32. Chaudhry S, Sharan A, Ratliff J, et al. Geriatric Spinal Injury. Seminars in Spine Surgery 2007;19:229-34.

  • 33. Dvorak MF, Fisher CG, Aarabi B, et al. Clinical outcomes of 90 isolated unilateral facet fractures, subluxations, and dislocations treated surgically and nonoperatively. Spine 2007;32:3007-13.

  • 34. Vadera S, Ratliff J, Brown Z, et al. Management of Cervical Facet Dislocations. Seminars in Spine Surgery 2007;19:250-5.

  • 35. Kerr SM, Liechty B, Patel R, et al. Percutaneous vertebral compression fracture management with polyethylene mesh-contained morcelized allograft bone. Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine 2007:1-4.

  • 36. Yadla S, Ratliff JK, Harrop JS. Whiplash: diagnosis, treatment, and associated injuries. Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine 2007:1-4.

  • 37. Ratliff J, Anand N, Vaccaro AR, et al. Regional variability in use of a novel assessment of thoracolumbar spine fractures: United States versus international surgeons. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2007;2.

  • 38. Vaccaro AR, Hulbert RJ, Patel AA, et al. The subaxial cervical spine injury classification system: A novel approach to recognize the importance of morphology, neurology, and integrity of the disco-ligamentous complex. Spine 2007;32:2365-74.

  • 39. Schweitzer Jr KM, Vaccaro AR, Harrop JS, et al. Interrater reliability of identifying indicators of posterior ligamentous complex disruption when plain films are indeterminate in thoracolumbar injuries. Journal of Orthopaedic Science 2007;12:437-42.

  • 40. Patel AA, Vaccaro AR, Martyak GG, et al. Neurologic deficit following percutaneous vertebral stabilization. Spine 2007;32:1728-34.

  • 41. Lee JY, Vaccaro AR, Schweitzer Jr KM, et al. Assessment of injury to the thoracolumbar posterior ligamentous complex in the setting of normal-appearing plain radiography. Spine Journal 2007;7:422-7.

  • 42. Patel N, Bagan B, Vadera S, et al. Obesity and spine surgery: Relation to perioperative complications. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2007;6:291-7.

  • 43. Fassett DR, Jeyamohan S, Harrop J. Asymptomatic Cervical Stenosis: To Operate or Not? Seminars in Spine Surgery 2007;19:47-50.

  • 44. Patel AA, Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ, et al. The adoption of a new classification system: Time-dependent variation in interobserver reliability of the thoracolumbar injury severity score classification system. Spine 2007;32.

  • 45. Harrop JS, Hanna A, Silva MT, et al. Neurological manifestations of cervical spondylosis: An overview of signs, symptoms, and pathophysiology. Neurosurgery 2007;60.

  • 46. Vadera S, Harrop JS, Sharan AD. Intrathecal granuloma and intramedullary abscess associated with an intrathecal morphine pump. Neuromodulation 2007;10:6-11.

  • 47. Harrop J, Chinn S, Verlato G, et al. Eczema, atopy and allergen exposure in adults: a population-based study. Clinical & Experimental Allergy 2007;37:526-35.

  • 48. Curry JM, Cognetti DM, Harrop J, et al. Cervical discitis and epidural abscess after tonsillectomy. Laryngoscope 2007;117:2093-6.

  • 49. Fassett DR, Harrop JS, Maltenfort M, et al. Mortality rates in geriatric patients with spinal cord injuries. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2007;7:277-81.

  • 50. Whang PG, Vaccaro AR, Poelstra KA, et al. The influence of fracture mechanism and morphology on the reliability and validity of two novel thoracolumbar injury classification systems. Spine 2007;32:791-5.

  • 51. Audu P, Artz G, Scheid S, et al. Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy after anterior cervical spine surgery: The impact of endotracheal tube cuff deflation, reinflation, and pressure adjustment. Anesthesiology 2006;105:898-901.

  • 52. Harrop JS, Sharan A, Ratliff J. Central cord injury: pathophysiology, management, and outcomes. Spine Journal 2006;6.

  • 53. Raja Rampersaud Y, Fisher C, Wilsey J, et al. Agreement between orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons regarding a new algorithm for the treatment of thoracolumbar injuries: A multicenter reliability study. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques 2006;19:477-82.

  • 54. Bono CM, Vaccaro AR, Hurlbert RJ, et al. Validating a newly proposed classification system for thoracolumbar spine trauma: Looking to the future of the thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2006;20:567-72.

  • 55. Vaccaro AR, Lee JY, Schweitzer Jr KM, et al. Assessment of injury to the posterior ligamentous complex in thoracolumbar spine trauma. Spine Journal 2006;6:524-8.

  • 56. Sanfilippo JA, Lim MR, Jacoby SM, et al. "Normal" prevertebral soft tissue swelling following elective anterior cervical decompression and fusion. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques 2006;19:399-401.

  • 57. Vaccaro AR, Sahni D, Pahl MA, et al. Long-term magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of bioresorbable anterior cervical plate resorption following fusion for degenerative and traumatic disk disruption. Spine 2006;31:2091-4.

  • 58. Fehlings MG, Furlan JC, Massicotte EM, et al. Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of maximum canal compromise and spinal cord compression for evaluation of acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. Spine 2006;31:1719-25.

  • 59. Rampersaud YR, Fehlings MG, Harrop JS, et al. Validation of digital radiology measurement tools for quantitative spinal imaging. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 2006;12:11-21.

  • 60. Anand N, Vaccaro AR, Lim MR, et al. Evolution of thoracolumbar trauma classification systems: Assessing the conflict between mechanism and morphology of injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 2006;12:70-8.

  • 61. Vaccaro AR, Baron EM, Sanfilippo J, et al. Reliability of a novel classification system for thoracolumbar injuries: The Thoracolumbar Injury Severity Score. Spine 2006;31.

  • 62. Bono CM, Vaccaro AR, Fehlings M, et al. Measurement techniques for lower cervical spine injuries: Consensus statement of the Spine Trauma Study Group. Spine 2006;31:603-9.

  • 63. Saxena A, Baron EM, Anderson DG, et al. Spinal disassociation masquerading as iatrogenic listhesis above a previous fusion. Spine 2006;31: E179-83.

  • 64. Harrop JS, Vaccaro AR, Hurlbert J, et al. Intrarater and interrater reliability and validity in the assessment of the mechanism of injury and integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex: A novel injury severity scoring system for thoracolumbar injuries. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2005. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2006;4:118-22.

  • 65. Vaccaro AR, Lim MR, Hurlbert RJ, et al. Surgical decision making for unstable thoracolumbar spine injuries: Results of a consensus panel review by the spine trauma study group. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques 2006;19:1-10.

  • 66. Zeiller SC, Vaccaro AR, Wimberley DW, et al. Severe myelopathy resulting from melorheostosis of the cervicothoracic spine: A case report. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A 2005;87:2759-62.

  • 67. Torina PJ, Flanders AE, Carrino JA, et al. Incidence of vertebral artery thrombosis in cervical spine trauma: Correlation with severity of spinal cord injury. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2005;26:2645-51.

  • 68. Vaccaro AR, Zeiller SC, Hulbert RJ, et al. The thoracolumbar injury severity score: A proposed treatment algorithm. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques 2005;18:209-15.

  • 69. Lee JY, Vaccaro AR, Lim MR, et al. Thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score: A new paradigm for the treatment of thoracolumbar spine trauma. Journal of Orthopaedic Science 2005;10:671-5.

  • 70. Vaccaro AR, Lehman Jr RA, Hurlbert RJ, et al. A new classification of thoracolumbar injuries: The importance of injury morphology, the integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex, and neurologic status. Spine 2005;30:2325-33.

  • 71. Wimberley DW, Vaccaro AR, Goyal N, et al. Acute quadriplegia following closed traction reduction of a cervical facet dislocation in the setting of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: case report. Spine. 2005;30.

  • 72. Harrop JS, Sharan A, Anderson G, et al. Failure of standard imaging to detect a cervical fracture in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Spine. 2005;30.

  • 73. Anderson DG, Truumees E, Tannoury C, et al. Emerging technologies: Is there a role in cervical trauma surgery? Seminars in Spine Surgery 2005;17:106-12.

  • 74. Grauer JN, Shafi B, Hilibrand AS, et al. Proposal of a modified, treatment-oriented classification of odontoid fractures. Spine Journal 2005;5:123-9.

  • 75. Harrop JS, Poulsen DJ, Xiao W, et al. Effect of altering titer, serotype, and promoter in recombinant adenoassociate virus gene therapy expression of spinal cord neurons and astrocytes. Spine. 2004;29:2787-92.

  • 76. Harrop JS, Prpa B, Reinhardt MK, et al. Primary and secondary osteoporosis' incidence of subsequent vertebral compression fractures after kyphoplasty. Spine 2004;29:2120-5.

  • 77. Grauer JN, Vaccaro AR, Beiner JM, et al. Similarities and Differences in the Treatment of Spine Trauma between Surgical Specialties and Location of Practice. Spine 2004;29:685-96.

  • 78. Harrop JS, Sharan AD, Scheid Jr EH, et al. Tracheostomy placement in patients with complete cervical spinal cord injuries: American Spinal Injury Association Grade A. Journal of Neurosurgery 2004;100:20-3.

  • 79. Harrop JS, Hunt GE, Jr., Vaccaro AR. Conus medullaris and cauda equina syndrome as a result of traumatic injuries: management principles. Neurosurgical Focus 2004;16:e4.

  • 80. Cho J, Harrop J, Veznadaroglu E, et al. Concomitant use of computer image guidance, linear or sigmoid incisions after minimal shave, and liquid wound dressing with 2-octyl cyanoacrylate for tumor craniotomy or craniectomy: Analysis of 225 consecutive surgical cases with antecedent historical control at one institution. Neurosurgery 2003;52:832-41.

  • 81. Harrop JS, Silva MT, Sharan AD, et al. Cervicothoracic radiculopathy treated using posterior cervical foraminotomy/discectomy. Journal of Neurosurgery 2003;98:131-6.

  • 82. Poulsen DJ, Harrop JS, During MJ. Gene therapy for spinal cord injury and disease. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 2002;25:2-9.

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