Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸

@tdazad

Resident Physician • Neurosurgery • @HopkinsMedicine | MD/MS @StanfordMed | BA @WUSTL | Proud Hoosier | cranio- to @ChaoLongAzad's -plasty

Baltimore, MD

Joined December 2012

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Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸@tdazad · Jan 28, 2016

"...life is not about avoiding suffering. It’s about creating meaning." -@ParsOpercularis

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Vikas Vattipally@VikasVattipally · Jun 30

Concomitant traumatic brain injury (cTBI) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) is an understudied pathology 🔍 Our group has been working to characterize treatment delays and long-term outcomes for these patients (Thread 1/6)

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Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸@tdazad · Jun 28

Great work from stellar @HopkinsNsurg resident @JacobJo_1 !

JJacob Jo, MD@JacobJo_1 · Jun 28

Hot off the press! Part 2 & 3 of our modified Delphi consensus study on RTP recommendations in sport-related spine issues @NeurosurgeryCNS. Thank you Dr. @ScottZuck and Dr. @DrNTheodore for your mentorship! @HopkinsNsurg @VUMC_Neurosurg

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Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸@tdazad · Jun 4

Biomarkers, Aging, & Adult Spinal Deformity, work on behalf of the @SRS_org Task Force on Senescence link.springer.com/article/10.100… Grateful to @camesmd, @JeremyWalstonMD, Drs. Eastlack, Pellise, & the Task Force for their guidance @spinesection @hopkins_HAP @agingbiomarkers

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Grateful to @camesmd, @JeremyWalstonMD, Drs. Eastlack, Pellise, &amp; the Task Force for their guidance @spinesection @hopkins_HAP @agingbiomarkers

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Nicholas Theodore,MD@DrNTheodore · Jun 4

An amazing day in Scottsdale, Arizona discussing the state of the art in the care of patients suffering from spinal cord injury. The best and brightest from all over the world convened to describe their research. The future is bright! #johnshopkins #spinalcordinjury #asia_sci

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Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery@HopkinsNsurg · Apr 25

Announcement: This just in! @BettegowdaMDPHD, the Jennison & Novak Families Professor of Neurosurgery, will lead the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery, as of 5/15. Henry Brem, MD, is stepping down after 25 years at the helm & we look forward to honoring him.

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Nicholas Theodore,MD@DrNTheodore · Apr 16

So excited about the first comprehensive blood test for spinal cord injury. We never give up hope of making our patient’s lives better. @tdazad @HopkinsMedicine @HopkinsSpine #neurosurgery #spine #bloodtest usnews.com/news/health-ne…

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King's Neurosurgery@KingsNeuro · Apr 7

Collaborative publication effort: 7 UK sites We have published on "Surgical outcomes of unilateral painful foot drop secondary to lumbar disc herniation: a multicenter retrospective study" @TheJNS Spine. 👉early surgical intervention improved outcomes doi.org/10.3171/2024.1…

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Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸@tdazad · Apr 4

Great discussion @SRS_org #IMAST25 about work w/ @camesmd @NeurosurgUCSF on neurocognitive changes after adult #spine deformity surgery. Paper in press @TSJ_Editor: thespinejournalonline.com/article/S1529-… @HopkinsNsurg @HopkinsSpine @NASSspine @spinesection

tdazad's tweet image. Great discussion @SRS_org #IMAST25 about work w/ @camesmd @NeurosurgUCSF on neurocognitive changes after adult #spine deformity surgery.

Paper in press @TSJ_Editor: thespinejournalonline.com/article/S1529-…

@HopkinsNsurg @HopkinsSpine @NASSspine @spinesection

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Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸@tdazad · Apr 2

Truly an honor to celebrate @AB93849971 as the inaugural Ziya Gokaslan Professor of Neurosurgery @HopkinsNsurg #360DontBreakIt #DrillToTheDoctor @HopkinsSpine @jkhalifeh_md @brendanjudymd @LaPetitePedicle @BenElderMD @CamiloMolinaMD @BonsrahNancy @Dr_CJackson

JJawad Khalifeh, MD@jkhalifeh_md · Mar 28

Celebrating Dr. Ali Bydon’s installation as the Ziya Gokaslan Professor of Neurosurgery. @HopkinsNsurg . A huge mentor to us all. shoutout to @tdazad for making custom event tshirts #360DontBreakIt #neurosurgery

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Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery@HopkinsNsurg · Jul 24

New @CellPressNews: A mast cell receptor Mrgprb2 (MRGPRX2 in humans) drives post-stroke brain inflammation by recruiting neutrophils from skull bone marrow via meninges.🚫this pathway⬇️ neuroinflammation after stroke & ⬆️ neurological outcomes in mice doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…

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Eran Segal@segal_eran · Jul 16

Excited to share a milestone published in @NatureMedicine from our decade-long effort to build The Human Phenotype Project, a unique longitudinal cohort with unmatched depth of clinical and multi-omic profiling, enabling truly predictive, personalized medicine. Led together with…

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Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸@tdazad · Jul 5

Hallmark of anyone rotating w/ @AlCohenMD and the @HopkinsNsurg peds team. @PedsSection @HopkinsKids thejns.org/pediatrics/vie…

tdazad's tweet image. Hallmark of anyone rotating w/ @AlCohenMD and the @HopkinsNsurg peds team. @PedsSection @HopkinsKids

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Eric Topol@EricTopol · Jun 9

Healthspan has a proteomic signature! About 3,000 plasma proteins assessed and validated in 2 cohorts. Immune response and inflammation proteins stood out. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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Temerty Centre for AI in Medicine (T-CAIREM)@UofT_TCAIREM · May 15

Lessons from #HenriettaLacks inform a transparency framework to catalyze generative #artificialintelligence (#GenAI) in #medicine nature.com/articles/s4174… #MedTwitter #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #Healthcare #MedTech

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Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸@tdazad · Apr 29

Incredibly proud of @kathleen_ran, stellar @HopkinsNsurg MD student on her @AANSNeuro Opening Plenary talk on building a blood test acute brain injury Great discussion by @SurgeonScience @AANSCNStrauma @Neurotrauma @BettegowdaMDPHD @DrJudyHuang @HopkinsMedNews

tdazad's tweet image. Incredibly proud of @kathleen_ran, stellar @HopkinsNsurg MD student on her @AANSNeuro Opening Plenary talk on building a blood test acute brain injury

Great discussion by @SurgeonScience @AANSCNStrauma @Neurotrauma

@BettegowdaMDPHD @DrJudyHuang @HopkinsMedNews

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Tej D. Azad 🇺🇸@tdazad · Apr 29

Incredible job @kathleen_ran at @AANSNeuro ! @BettegowdaMDPHD @DrJudyHuang @HopkinsNsurg @HopkinsMedicine

LLaura Ngwenya MD, PhD@SurgeonScience · Apr 25

Honored to be the abstract discussant @AANSNeuro with this future leader in neurosurgery @kathleen_ran @AANSCNStrauma @UCNeurosurgery

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Kelly Jiang@kellyjjiang · Apr 6

That’s a wrap for Hopkins neurosurgery sub-I boot camp 2025! It is such a privilege to be a part of this event. We are so lucky to be mentored by Dr. Mukherjee and the phenomenal group of residents @HopkinsNsurg!

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Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery@HopkinsNsurg · Apr 4

👏 👏Shout-out to Dr. Youssef Comair, named @SuburbanHosp’s 2024 William Baumgartner, M.D., Physician of the Year, a category of the Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams @HopkinsMedicine! Learn more about the awards hopkinsmedicine.org/clinical-awards

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