About Our Doctors

James S. Harrop, MD

Co-Associate Director for Acute Care, Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Ralph J. Marino, MD John F. Ditunno, Jr, MD Murray J. Cohen, MD Adam E. Flanders, MD Christopher S. Formal, MD Guy W. Fried, MD James S. Harrop, MD Ashwini D. Sharan, MD Patrick J. Shenot, MD Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD

Title: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University

Address: 909 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Telephone: (215) 955-7000

Research: Publications

James S. Harrop, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, in the Department of Neurosurgery, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also Co-Associate Director for Acute Care for the Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley.

Dr Harrop is actively involved in the care and treatment of persons with spinal cord injury through surgical modalities. He has been working with basic scientists in the field of improving clinical outcomes with cell regeneration and prevention of neuronal loss.

He is an active member of the Congress of Neurosurgeons, the American Association of Neurosurgical Surgeons, ASIA, the North American Spine Society and the Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society.

Dr. Harrop is the author of more than a thirty publications and book chapters and has made more than two dozen national presentations regarding spinal surgery and spinal cord injury. He is co-author of The Residents and Fellows Guide to the Fundamentals of Spine Surgery. He has also contributed to papers for Spine, SportMed Journal Internet, the Journal of Neurosurgery and WebMD Internet and to chapters for The Adult and Pediatric Spine and Spinal Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management.

Education:

MD: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

Postgraduate Training:

Internship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Cleveland, Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Dr. Harrop's Publications