Publications:232
James C Iatridis, PhD
About Me
Dr. Iatridis is Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Dr. Iatridis joined Mount Sinai in 2010 to drive his spine research in translational directions. Dr. Iatridis is Vice Chair for Reseach of Orthopaedics and the Director of the Spine Research Program of the Mount Sinai Health System. Dr. Iatridis graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a B.A. in Physics, and then completed his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in Mechanical Engineering. He spent nearly 15 years at University of Vermont as post-doc and then faculty member in the School of Engineering (Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering) with secondary appointment in the Department of Orthopaedics.
For more information, please see Iatridis Lab and Orthopaedic Research Lab pages.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Orthopedics, PROFESSOR | Neurosurgery
Research Topics
Biomechanics/Bioengineering, Developmental Biology, Inflammation, Mathematical Modeling of Biomedical Systems, Orthopaedics, Pharmacology, Regeneration, Spinal Cord, Tissue Engineering, Translation
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Medicine [AIET], Development Regeneration and Stem Cells [DRS], Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (DMT), Neuroscience [NEU]
Education
BA, Franklin and Marshall College
PhD, Columbia University
Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Vermont
Awards
2015
Henry Farfan Award
North American Spine Society
2009
Berton Rahn Research Prize
AO Research Fund,
2008
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
United States of America
2001
Macnab LaRocca Fellowship
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
Research
Dr. Iatridis’ research focus is on the development of early and minimally invasive treatments to prevent or repair injured and degenerated intervertebral discs. Dr. Iatridis received grants from the NIH, Whitaker Foundation, and AO Foundation. He was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2008, and the Berton Rahn Research Prize of the AO Research Fund in 2009 and the Henry Farfan Award for Spine Basic Sciences of the North American Spine Society in 2015. Dr. Iatridis is very active in his research community having reviewed for over 20 journals and 6 funding agencies, he currently serves on the editorial board of 2 journals. Dr. Iatridis served as inaugural Chair of the Spine Section of the Orthopaedic Research Society, President of the Orthopaedic Research Society, and previously served as member and Chair of the NIH Skeletal Biology Structure and Regeneration Study Section.
Publications
Selected Publications
- The Statistical Fragility of Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty vs Lumbar Fusion: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Justin Tiao, Junho Song, Ryan Hoang, Mateo Restrepo Mejia, Rami Rajjoub, Neharika Bhadouria, Niklas H. Koehne, Auston R. Locke, Avanish Yendluri, Jonathan J. Huang, John J. Corvi, Nikan K. Namiri, Saad B. Chaudhary, James C. Iatridis, Andrew C. Hecht. Global Spine Journal
- Age-related bone loss in mouse lumbar vertebrae is affected by region, sex, and level: Implications for spinal loading and analysis methods. Charu Jain, Neharika Bhadouria, Justin Tiao, Jonathan J. Huang, Yunsoo Lee, Saad Chaudhary, Andrew C. Hecht, Nilsson Holguin, James C. Iatridis. Bone Reports
- Injury Induces More Severe Biomechanical Changes in Middle-Aged and Geriatric Lumbar Spines in a Mouse Ex Vivo Model. Neharika Bhadouria, Justin Tiao, Angelica Baburova, Charu Jain, Bowen Wang, Antonia Demopoulos, Philip Nasser, Andrew P. Hallmark, Veeraj Shah, Jennifer R. Weiser, Deepak Vashishth, Chitra L. Dahia, Yunsoo Lee, Andrew C. Hecht, James C. Iatridis. JOR Spine