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Alexander Ropper

Ropper

Alexander Ropper, M.D.

Professor and Director of Spinal Neurosurgery

(713) 798-2225

Positions

Professor and Director of Spinal Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Director of Spine Surgery - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

Baylor Medicine Spine Center (Clinic)
7200 Cambridge
Suite 9B
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2225
Spine Center

Education

BA from University of Pennsylvania
05/2002 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Neuroscience and Classical Studies
MD from Tufts University School of Medicine
05/2007 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Internship at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
06/2008 - Miami, Florida, United States
Residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
06/2014 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Clinical Fellowship at Barrow Neurological Institute
06/2015 - Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Complex Spine Surgery

Certifications

Board Certified
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Texas Medical Board

Honors & Awards

Mayfield Basic Science Award, 2012 & 2015
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
Kadsen Neuroscience Award, 2007
Tufts University School of Medicine
Alpha Omega Alpha, 2007
AOA, Medical Honor Society
Harold Williams Research Fellowship Award
Tufts University School of Medicine
Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine (05/2019)
SpineLine's Top 20 Under 40 - 2019
SpineLine debuted its 20 Under 40 campaign in 2018 to showcase NASS’ bright, young physicians under the age of 40. The SpineLine Committee selects the most deserving individuals based on accomplishments to date, community service and philosophy of care. https://www.spine.org/Publications/20-Under-40
North American Spine Society

Professional Interests

  • Minimally invasive spine surgery
  • Complex spine surgery
  • Adult spinal deformity
  • Scoliosis surgery
  • Artificial disc replacement
  • Spine tumor surgery
  • Spinal surgery

Websites

Neurosurgery
Baylor Medicine Spine Center

Selected Publications

  • Ropper AE, Ropper AH. " Acute Spinal Cord Compression. " New England Journal of Medicine. 2017 Apr 6;
  • Ropper AE, Neal MT, Theodore N. " Acute management of traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. " Pract. Neurol.. 2015 Aug ; 15 (4) : 266-72.
  • Yu D, Thakor DK, Han I, Ropper AE, Haragopal H, Sidman RL, Zafonte R, Schachter SC, Teng YD. " Alleviation of chronic pain following rat spinal cord compression injury with multimodal actions of huperzine A. " Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2013 Feb 19; 110 (8) : E746-55.
  • Ropper AE, Cahill KS, Hanna JW, McCarthy EF, Gokaslan ZL, Chi JH. " Primary vertebral tumors: A review of epidemiologic, histologic and imaging findings part I: Benign tumors. " Neurosurgery. 2011 Dec ; 69 (6) : 1171-80.

Memberships

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
North American Spine Society (NASS)
Joint Spine Section of the AANS/CNS
Executive Committee Member

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