Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Chief of Neurosurgery Service, Crawford W. Long Hospital 59 Executive Park South Suite 3000 Atlanta, GA 30329 Appt. Phone: 404-778-7000

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Dr. Rodts graduated from Princeton University with a degree in biology and a Certificate of Study of Science in Human Affairs. He received his M.D. degree from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He did his neurosurgery residency training at the University of California in Los Angeles and completed a 1-year fellowship in spinal neurosurgery at Emory University. Dr. Rodts is Secretary of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Treasurer of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine. He is a founding editor of the award-winning website Spine Universe.

Dr. Rodts manages patients with spinal disorders, and specializes in neoplastic, rheumatoid, degenerative, traumatic spinal disorders, syringomyelia and Chiari malformations. His research interests are in computer-assisted, image-guided surgery and minimally-invasive spinal techniques.

In 2003, Dr. Rodts, along with Drs. Regis Haid and Brian Subach of the Virginia Spine Institute, published a major textbook, Advances in Spinal Stabalization, covering a wide range of topics on advances in spine surgery. Contributors to the book include many prominent surgeons in the States and abroad. The book is published by Karger and is widely available.


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Areas of Clinical Interest: complex spine surgery and reconstruction computer-assisted image-guided spine surgery minimally-invasive spine surgery revision spinal surgery

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Publications

Martin G, Rodts GE, Haid R: Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Freeze-Dried Fibula Allograft: Overview of 317 Cases and Literature Review. Spine, May 1, 1999.

McCafferty R, Haid R, Martin G, Rodts GE: Techniques for Lateral Mass Plating of the Posterior Cervical Spine in Patients with Cervical Spinal Stenosis. Techniques in Neurosurgery 5:101-110, June 1999.

McCafferty R, Haid R, Martin G, Rodts GE: Techniques for Lateral Mass Plating of the Posterior Cervical Spine in Patients with Cervical Spine Stenosis. (Submitted for publication in Cervical Spinal Stenosis issue of Techniques in Neurosurgery, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1999.)

McLaughlin M, Zhang J, Subach B, Haid R, Rodts GE: Laparoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Technical Note. Neurosurgical Focus, November 1999.

Barnes B, McLaughlin M, Birch B, Rodts GE, Haid R: Threaded Cortical Bone Dowels for Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Technique and Short-term Results. Neurosurgical Focus, December 1999.

Rodts GE, Olavarria G: Evaluation and Treatment of Spontaneous Intramedullary Hematoma and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage of the Spine. Techniques in Neurosurgery, Vol 5 (319), December 1999.

Rodts GE, McLaughlin M, Zhang J, Subach B, Haid RW: Laparoscopic Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Clinical Neurosurgery, Vol. 47, December 1999.

Schultz K, McLaughlin M, Haid RW, Comey C, Rodts GE, Alexander J: Single Stage Anterio-Posterior Decompression and Stabilization in Complex Cervical Spine Disorders. Neurosurgical Focus, January 2000.

Wahlig J, McLaughlin M, Subach B, Haid RW, Rodts GE: Current Management of Low Back Pain. The Neurologist, March 2000.

Haid RW, McLaughlin M, Comey C, Rodts GE: C1-2 Trans-articular Screw Fixation. Video Perspectives in Neurological Surgery (in press).

Shultz K, Petronio J, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Erwood SC, Alexander J, Narad C, (RN, PNP): Pediatric Occipitocervical Arthrodesis. Pediatric Neurosurgery (in press).

Rodts GE, Haid RW, McLaughlin M: Neuro-Navigation of the Spine: Current Techniques and Emerging Technology. Spinal Surgery.(in press).

Shilpaker S, McLaughlin M, Haid RW, Rodts GE: Management of acute odontoid fractures: Technical note and complication avoidance. Neurosurgical Focus, June 2000.

Schultz K, Rodts GE, Alexander J, Erwood SC, Haid RW: Occipital cervical fusion in children. Pediatric Neurosurgery (in press).

McLaughlin M, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Subach B,: Posterior lumbar inter-body fusion: indications, technique and results. (submitted for publication in Clinical Neurosurgery).

Wahlig J, McLaughlin M, Subach B, Haid RW, Rodts GE: Current Management of low back pain. The Neurologist (in press).

McLaughlin M, Rodts GE, Haid RW, Subach B: Current techniques in image guided spine surgery. Contemporary Neurosurgery, August, 2000.

McLaughlin M, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Miller J: Current Role of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion In Lumbar Spine Disorders. Seminars in Neurosurgery, Vol 11(2), 2000.

Rodts GE, Haid RW, McLaughlin M, Subach B: Neuro-Navigation of The Spine: Current Therapies and Emerging Technology. The Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery, Vol 14(3), 2000.

McLaughlin, M, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Subach B: Overview of Frameless Stereotactic Techniques for Lumbar Spine Surgery. Seminars in Neurosurgery, Vol 11(2), 2000.

McLaughlin M, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Subach B: Posterior Interbody Fusion: Indications, Techniques, and Results. Clinical Neurosurgery, Vol 47, 2000.

Tong F, Cloft H, Joseph G, Rodts GE, Dion J: Transoral Approach to Cervical Vertebroplasty for Multiple Myeloma. American Journal of Radiology, November, 2000.

Subach B, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Kaiser M: Bone Morphogenetic Protein in spinal fusion(rhBMP-2) Overview and Clinical Update. Neurosurgical Focus 10, 2001.

Haid RW, Subach B, Rodts GE, McLaughlin M, Wahlig J: C1-C2 Transarticular Screw Fixation For Atlanto-Axial Instability: A Six Year Experience. Neurosurgery.

Barnes B, Rodts GE, McLaughlin M, Haid RW: Threaded Cortical Bone Dowels for lumber interbody fusion: over 1-year mean follow up in 28 patients. Journal of Neurosurgery 95:1-4, 2001.