People
A clinical service and a research group made of the same people.
Surgeons, scientists, coordinators and students working across the operating room, the registry and the bench.
Principal Investigator
Daniel Lubelski, MD
- Director of Spine Tumor Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery
- Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
- Program Director, Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship Program
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
Daniel Lubelski is Director of Spine Tumor Surgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, where he is also Assistant Director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program and Program Director of the Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship. He is an Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and of Oncology. His clinical practice covers complex spine surgery, spine and nerve tumors, brachial plexus injuries and peripheral nerve surgery. His research applies data science, prediction modeling and artificial intelligence to individualize the treatment of spinal disease, with a sustained emphasis on patient-reported quality of life.
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Clinical & research interests
- Complex spine surgery
- Spine and nerve tumors
- Peripheral nerve surgery
- Brachial plexus injuries
- Spinal diseases and deformities
- Patient-reported quality of life outcomes
Education & training
- 2015
Doctor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
- 2022
Residency, Neurological Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- 2022
Enfolded fellowship, Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Johns Hopkins
- 2022
Traveling fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2024
Board certification
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Awards & honors
- 2022Irving J. Sherman Traveling Fellowship Award
- 2022Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery Chairman's Award for Safety
- 2022Walter Dandy Award for Achievement in Clinical Research
- 2021AO/NREF Clinical Spine Fellowship
- 2021Kline Peripheral Nerve Award
- 2020The Spine Journal Outstanding Paper Award
Professional societies
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
- North American Spine Society
Board certification
American Board of Neurological Surgery (2024)
Languages
English, Hebrew
Recent publications
All papers →- 2026A predictive tool incorporating frailty scores for perioperative risk assessment in patients with spinal metastasis: a national retrospective cohort study · Eur Spine J
- 2026A prospective, open-label feasibility study protocol of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation for major depressive disorder in elective lumbar spine surgery candidates · Front Hum Neurosci
- 2026Age-related differences in surgical outcomes for traumatic central cord syndrome: a multi-institutional causal machine learning analysis · J Neurosurg Spine
- 2026Age-related risk factors and treatment outcomes in geriatric patients with spinal low-grade glioma: A nationwide analysis · Eur Spine J
- 2026Application of enhanced recovery after surgery for patients with spinal metastasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis · J Neurooncol
Research Coordinators
Residents
Liam Hughes
Jawad Khalifeh
Medical Students
Taha Khalilullah
Anthony Davidson
Shilp Shah
Shivam Singh
Patrick Kramer
Alumni
A. Daniel Davidar
Lansaol Yang
Abdul Karim Ghaith
Yuanxuan Xia
Interested in joining the lab?
We mentor students, trainees and postdoctoral researchers across spinal oncology, outcomes science and applied machine learning. If the work on this site overlaps with your interests, get in touch.
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