Core Faculty
Shivanand Lad, MD, PhD
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Degrees
MD, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
PhD, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Dr. Nandan Lad is a neurosurgeon, scientist, and entrepreneur and currently an Associate Professor at Duke University Medical Center with a focus in Neuromodulation and Neurorestoration. He is Director of the Duke NeuroInnovations Program, a systematic approach to medical device innovation to large unmet clinical needs.
He completed his MD and PhD in Biochemistry at Chicago Medical School and his neurosurgical residency training at Stanford with fellowships in Surgical Innovation and Functional Neurosurgery.
Neuromodulation; Neurorestoration; Bioengineering; Medical Device Design; Clinical Trials; Data Science; Health Outcomes.
Haglund MM, Cutler AB, Suarez A, Dharmapurikar R, Lad SP, McDaniel KE. The Surgical Autonomy Program: A Pilot Study of Social Learning Theory Applied to Competency-Based Neurosurgical Education. Neurosurgery. 2021 Mar 15;88(4):E345–50.
Patel N, Calodney A, Kapural L, Province-Azalde R, Lad SP, Pilitsis J, et al. High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation at 10 kHz for the Treatment of Nonsurgical Refractory Back Pain: Design of a Pragmatic, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial. Pain Pract. 2021 Feb;21(2):171–83.
Adil SM, Hodges SE, Charalambous LT, Kiyani M, Liu B, Lee H-J, et al. Paediatric bacterial meningitis in the USA: outcomes and healthcare resource utilization of nosocomial versus community-acquired infection. J Med Microbiol. 2021 Jan;70(1).
