Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Internship: University Hospitals of Cleveland
- Residency: University Hospitals of Cleveland
Fellowships
University of California San Diego Medical Center
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Trends in Cervical Laminoplasty Incidence in the United States: A Comparison of Commercial Insurance, Medicare, and Device Manufacturer Databases.
Rajan PV, Heo K, Heller JG, Yoon ST
Clinical spine surgery. 2025;38(4):161-168.
PMID: 39773683 - Patients May Return to Work Sooner After Laminoplasty: Occupational Outcomes of the Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Surgical Trial.
Miranda SP, Whitmore RG, Kanter A, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Barker FG, Harrop J, Magge SN, Heary RF, Fehlings MG, Albert TJ, Arnold PM, Riew KD, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Heller JG, Benzel EC, Ghogawala Z
Neurosurgery. 2025;96(1):131-141.
PMID: 38912784 - Association of Poor Bone Quality with Pseudarthrosis and Poor Clinical Outcomes in Single-Level Instrumented Lumbar Arthrodesis Using Local Autologous Bone Graft.
Boden LM, Heller JG, Fischgrund JS
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 2024;32(18):841-848.
PMID: 38723252 - Assessing the Influence of Climate Change and Environmental Factors on the Top Tick-Borne Diseases in the United States: A Systematic Review.
Deshpande G, Beetch JE, Heller JG, Naqvi OH, Kuhn KG
Microorganisms. 2023;
PMID: 38257877 - Influence of participant and reviewer characteristics in application scores for a hematology research training program.
Vesely SK, King A, Vettese E, Heller JG, Cuker A, Calhoun C, Stock W, Homer M, Fritz J, Sung L
Blood advances. 2023;7(15):4064-4071.
PMID: 36939221 - Using Electrical Stimulation of the Ulnar Nerve Trunk to Predict Postoperative Improvement in Hand Clumsiness in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.
Murata S, Takami M, Endo T, Hashizume H, Iwasaki H, Tsutsui S, Nagata K, Murakami K, Taiji R, Kozaki T, Heller JG, Yamada H
Spine. 2023;48(10):702-709.
PMID: 36730659 - Association of masking policies with mask adherence and distancing during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic.
Puttock EJ, Marquez J, Young DR, Shirley AM, Han B, McKenzie TL, Smith NJ, Manuel K, Hoelscher D, Spear S, Ruiz M, Smith C, Krytus K, Martinez I, So H, Levy M, Nolan V, Bagley E, Mehmood A, Thomas JG, Apedaile L, Ison S, Barr-Anderson DJ, Heller JG, Cohen DA
American journal of infection control. 2022;50(9):969-974.
PMID: 35545151 - Prospective comparison of dysphagia following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with and without rhBMP-2.
Bellamy JT, Dilbone E, Schell A, Premkumar A, Geddes B, Leckie S, Moatz B, Stephens B, Shenvi NV, Heller JG
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2022;22(2):256-264.
PMID: 34537353 - Smokeless Tobacco Point of Sale Advertising, Placement and Promotion: Associations With Store and Neighborhood Characteristics.
James SA, Heller JG, Hartman CJ, Schaff AC, Mushtaq N, Beebe LA
Frontiers in public health. 2021;
PMID: 34055727 - Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery on Patient-Reported Physical Functioning in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Ghogawala Z, Terrin N, Dunbar MR, Breeze JL, Freund KM, Kanter AS, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Barker FG, Schwartz JS, Harrop JS, Magge SN, Heary RF, Fehlings MG, Albert TJ, Arnold PM, Riew KD, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Whitmore RG, Heller JG, Benzel EC
JAMA. 2021;325(10):942-951.
PMID: 33687463
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