Gerald Rodts, Jr., M.D.

Gerald  Rodts, Jr., M.D.
The Emory Clinic
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Chief of Neurosurgery Service, Emory University Hospital Midtown
Specialties:
Neurological Surgery (Board certified since 1998)
Spine
Areas of Clinical Interest:
spinal surgery
spinal trauma
spinal tumors
Office(s) Locations:
Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center
59 Executive Park South Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 778-7000
Additional Spoken Language(s):
French
Spanish
About Dr. Rodts

Dr. Rodts' clinical interests in spine include degenerative conditions of the cervical and lumbar spine, thoracic spine disc herniations, syringomyelia, tumors of the spine and spinal cord, traumatic spine injuries, rheumatoid arthritic conditions of the spine, and revision spine surgery. He has held numerous leadership positions and is currently President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). Dr. Rodts was Honored Guest Lecturer at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2010 and Guest Lecturer at the European Association of Neurological Surgery in 2008 and is on the Editorial Boards of Neurosurgery, Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, and The Japanese Spine Journal.

Year Started Practicing at Emory: 1994
Organizational Leadership Memberships:
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Chief-Neurosurgery Service
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Georgia Neurosurgical Society
North American Spine Society
Major or Recent Publications:

Posterior Interbody Fusion: Indications, Techniques, and Results. Clinical Neurosurgery, Vol 47, 2000.

Transoral Approach to Cervical Vertebroplasty for Multiple Myeloma. American Journal of Radiology, November, 2000.

Bone Morphogenetic Protein in spinal fusion (rhBMP-2): overview and clinical update. Neurosurgical Focus, #10, 2001.

Threaded Cortical Bone Dowels for lumber interbody fusion: over 1-year mean follow up in 28 patients. Journal of Neurosurgery, 95:1-4, 2001.

Neuro-Orthopedics. Neuro-Orthopedics, 21:13-25.

Neuro-Orthopedics. Neuro-Orthopedics, 22:107-16.

Threaded Cortical Bone Dowels for lumber interbody fusion. Journal of Neurosurgery, 95:1-4.

Transarticular Screw Fixation For Atlanto-Axial Instabiltity: A Six Year Experience. Neurosurgery, 49:65-70, 2001.

Education:
Medical School
Columbia University, New York, NY 1987

Internship
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 1988

Residency
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 1993

Fellowship
Spinal Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1994

Other
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 1983
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