Shivanand Lad

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Dr. Nandan Lad is a neurosurgeon, scientist, and entrepreneur and an Associate Professor at Duke University Medical Center with a focus in Neuromodulation and Neurorestoration.  He is Director of the Duke NeuroInnovations Program, a systematic approach to medical device innovation to large unmet clinical needs.

He completed his MD and PhD in Biochemistry at Chicago Medical School and his neurosurgical residency training at Stanford with fellowships in Surgical Innovation and Functional Neurosurgery.  

Neuromodulation; Neurorestoration; Bioengineering; Medical Device Design; Clinical Trials; Data Science; Health Outcomes.

Appointments and Affiliations

• Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
• Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
• Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
• Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy

Contact Information

• Office Location: 200 Trent Drive, Blue Zone, Su, Durham, NC 27710
• Office Phone: (919) 681-1973
• Email Address: nandan.lad@duke.edu
• Websites:
  • ladlabneuro.org
  • ladneurosurgery.com

Education

• Stanford University, 2009
• Stanford University, 2008
• Stanford University, 2011
• Stanford University, 2005
• Ph.D. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2004
• M.D. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2004

Research Interests

Neurotrophin biology, neuroregeneration, medical device design

Courses Taught

• NEUROSCI 391: Neuroscience Independent Scholarship 1: Advanced Topics

In the News

• A Challenging Diagnosis in a Patient With Metastatic Lung Cancer (Sep 13, 2016 | Clinical Practice Today)
• Chronic Foot, Ankle Pain After Lumbar Decompression Surgery (Aug 16, 2016 | Clinical Practice Today)
• Trying a New Pulse for Pain Relief (Nov 1, 2015)
• MRI Technology Reveals Deep Brain Pathways in Unprecedented Detail (Jun 4, 2015)
• Surgical Complications of DBS No Higher Risk for Older Parkinson’s Patients (Aug 27, 2014)
• Spinal Fusion Material, BMP, Increases Risk of Benign Tumors, Not Cancer (Sep 5, 2013)

Representative Publications

• Patel, N; Calodney, A; Kapural, L; Province-Azalde, R; Lad, SP; Pilitsis, J; Wu, C; Cherry, T; Subbaroyan, J; Gliner, B; Caraway, D, High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation at 10 kHz for the Treatment of Nonsurgical Refractory Back Pain: Design of a Pragmatic, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial., Pain Pract, vol 21 no. 2 (2021), pp. 171-183 [10.1111/papr.12945] [abs].
• Adil, SM; Charalambous, LT; Spears, CA; Kiyani, M; Hodges, SE; Yang, Z; Lee, H-J; Rahimpour, S; Parente, B; Greene, KA; McClellan, M; Lad, SP, Impact of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Opioid Dose Reduction: A Nationwide Analysis., Neurosurgery, vol 88 no. 1 (2020), pp. 193-201 [10.1093/neuros/nyaa353] [abs].
• Adil, SM; Hodges, SE; Edwards, RM; Charalambous, LT; Yang, Z; Kiyani, M; Musick, A; Parente, BA; Lee, H-J; Peters, KB; Fecci, PE; Lad, SP, Health care resource utilization and treatment of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in the United States., Neuro Oncology Practice, vol 7 no. 6 (2020), pp. 636-645 [10.1093/nop/npaa041] [abs].
• Krucoff, MO; Gramer, R; Lott, D; Kale, E; Yadav, AP; Abd-El-Barr, MM; Sinha, SR; Lad, SP, Spinal cord stimulation and rehabilitation in an individual with chronic complete L1 paraplegia due to a conus medullaris injury: motor and functional outcomes at 18 months., Spinal Cord Ser Cases, vol 6 no. 1 (2020) [10.1038/s41394-020-00345-7] [abs].
• Spears, CA; Hodges, SE; Kiyani, M; Yang, Z; Edwards, RM; Musick, A; Park, C; Parente, B; Lee, H-J; Lad, SP, Health Care Resource Utilization and Management of Chronic, Refractory Low Back Pain in the United States., Spine (Phila Pa 1976), vol 45 no. 20 (2020), pp. E1333-E1341 [10.1097/BRS.0000000000003572] [abs].