Tadhg James O'Gara, MD
- Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

Tadhg James O'Gara, MD
Research Interests
- Microsurgical Decompression of Spinal Pathology and Cost Effective Outcomes
- Surgical Treatment of Blunt Spinal Trauma
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Education
- BA, University of Notre Dame, 1997
- MD, State University of New York Health Science Center - Brooklyn, 2001
- Internship
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 2006
- Residency
- Orthopedic Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 2006
- Fellowship
- Spine Surgery, New England Medical Center , 2007
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Memberships
- North Carolina Orthopedic Association
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- North Carolina Spine Society
- North American Spine Association
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
- Departments and Affiliations
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Neurosurgery
Research
- Unilateral Laminotomy with Bilateral Decompression: A Case Series Studying One- and Two-Year Outcomes with Predictors of Minimal Clinical Improvement. Knio ZO, Schallmo MS, Hsu W, Corona BT, Lackey JT, Marquez-Lara A, Luo TD, Medda S, Wham BC, O'Gara TJ. World Neurosurg. 2019 Nov; 131:e290-e297.
- Evaluation of Percutaneous Intradiscal Amniotic Suspension Allograft in a Rabbit Model of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Luo TD, Vines JB, Zabarsky ZK, Mowry KC, Marquez-Lara A, Jinnah AH, Ma X, Berwick BW, Willey JS, Smith TL, Li Z, O'Gara TJ. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 03; 44(6):E329-E337.
- A percutaneous, minimally invasive annulus fibrosus needle puncture model of intervertebral disc degeneration in rabbits. Luo TD, Marquez-Lara A, Zabarsky ZK, Vines JB, Mowry KC, Jinnah AH, Ma X, Berwick BW, Willey JS, Li Z, Smith TL, O'Gara TJ. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). ; 26(3):2309499018792715.
- Bundled payments in total joint arthroplasty and spine surgery. Sullivan R, Jarvis LD, O'Gara T, Langfitt M, Emory C. . 2017 Jun; 10(2):218-223.
- Survey of Conventional and Complementary and Alternative Therapy in Patients With Low Back Pain. O'Gara T, Kemper KJ, Birkedal J, Curl W, Miller N, Abadie B. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2016; 25(1):27-33.