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Christopher F. Dibble, MD, PhD

Christopher F. Dibble, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

Research Interests

  • Spine Trauma
  • Spine Pain and Long Term Outcomes
  • Degenerative Spine Disease
  • Spine Fusion
  • Spine Surgery Outcomes
  • Adult Spinal Deformity
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Education
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015
Residency
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2022
Fellowship
Duke University, 2023
Positions
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Departments and Affiliations
Neurosurgery
Orthopaedic Surgery

Research

  • Publications
  • Impact of Upper Limb Motor Recovery on Functional Independence After Traumatic Low Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Javeed S, Zhang JK, Greenberg JK, Botterbush K, Benedict B, Plog B, Gupta VP, Dibble CF, Khalifeh JM, Wen H, Chen Y, Park Y, Belzberg A, Tuffaha S, Burks SS, Levi AD, Zager EL, Faraji AH, Mahan MA, Midha R, Wilson TJ, Juknis N, Ray WZ. J Neurotrauma. 2024 Apr;
  • Using Novel Segmentation Technology to Define Safe Corridors for Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Tabarestani TQ, Salven DS, Sykes DAW, Bardeesi AM, Bartlett AM, Wang TY, Paturu MR, Dibble CF, Shaffrey CI, Ray WZ, Chi JH, Wiggins WF, Abd-El-Barr MM. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023 Dec;
  • Feasibility of postoperative diffusion-weighted imaging to assess representations of spinal cord microstructure in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Zhang JK, Javeed S, Greenberg JK, Botterbush KS, Benedict B, Blum J, Dibble CF, Sun P, Song SK, Ray WZ. Neurosurg Focus. 2023 Sep; 55(3):E7.
  • Predictors of Postoperative Segmental and Overall Lumbar Lordosis in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Consecutive Case Series. Zhang JK, Greenberg JK, Javeed S, Benedict B, Botterbush KS, Dibble CF, Khalifeh JM, Brehm S, Jain D, Dorward I, Santiago P, Molina C, Pennicooke BH, Ray WZ. Global Spine J. 2023 Jul; :21925682231193610.
  • Surgical technique of combined minimally invasive anterior column realignment at L1-L2 with open extension of prior fusion. Bergin SM, Dibble CF, Lee HJ, Abd-El-Barr MM, Shaffrey CI, Than KD. J Spine Surg. 2023 Sep; 9(3):288-293.
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Research Interests

  • Adult Spinal Deformity
  • Degenerative Spine Disease
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Techniques
  • Spine Biomechanics
  • Spine Fusion
  • Spine Pain and Long Term Outcomes
  • Spine Surgery Outcomes
  • Spine Trauma
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