Andrew Nataraj

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Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Surgery Dept

Email: anataraj@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 407-7179
Address: 2D3.75 Mackenzie Health Science Centre
8440 - 112 St

Edmonton AB

T6G 2B7

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Dr. Nataraj completed medical school in 1999 at the University of Saskatchewan. He undertook residency training at the University of Toronto from 1999-2005, under the mentorship of program director Dr. M.C Wallace and chairman Dr. J.T.Rutka. During the 4^th year of his residency, Dr. Nataraj also studied clinical trial design and mathematical modelling of neural tissues in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom under the mentorship of Professor David Mendelow.

After the completion of neurosurgical residency, Dr. Nataraj went on to do a fellowship in complex spine surgery at the University of Miami and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. He then took a faculty position in neurosurgery at the University of Alberta in 2006, where he is currently a clinical professor. In 2016, he completed a M.Sc in Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Nataraj’s clinical interests are in general neurosurgery and complex spine surgery. He is the site chief of neurosurgery at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and is the fellowship director for the complex spine program. He maintains an active role in the Canadian Spine Society. From a research perspective, Dr. Nataraj’s interests lie in informatics, multi-centre registry studies (particularly the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network), and is a co-investigator in several multi-centre randomized clinical trials.

Featured Publications

Postoperative recovery patterns following discectomy surgery in patients with lumbar radiculopathy

Wang S., Hebert J.J., Abraham E., Vandewint A., Bigney E., Richardson E., El-Mughayyar D., Attabib N., Wedderkopp N., Kingwell S., Soroceanu A., Weber M.H., Hall H., Finkelstein J., Bailey C.S., Thomas K., Nataraj A., Paquet J., Johnson M.G., Fisher C., Rampersaud Y.R., Dea N., Small C., Manson N.

Scientific Reports. 2022 December; 12 (1) 10.1038/s41598-022-15169-8

Back Dominant Pain Has Equal Outcomes to Radicular Dominant Pain Following Posterior Lumbar Fusion in Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis: A CSORN Study

Alnaghmoosh N., Urquhart J., Raj R., Abraham E., Jacobs B., Phan P., Johnson M., Paquet J., Nataraj A., McIntosh G., Fisher C.G., Rampersaud Y.R., Manson N., Hall H., Rasoulinejad P., Bailey C.S.

Global Spine Journal. 2022 October; 12 (8):1667-1675 10.1177/2192568220985471

Outcome of spine surgery in patients with depressed mental states: a Canadian spine outcome research network study

Cushnie D., Soroceanu A., Stratton A., Dea N., Finkelstein J., Bailey C.S., Weber M.H., Paquet J., Glennie A., Hall H., Rampersaud R., Ahn H., Kelly A., Christie S., Nataraj A., Johnson M., Abraham E., Attabib N., Fisher C., Manson N., Thomas K.

Spine Journal. 2022 October; 22 (10):1700-1707 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.05.012

Prediction of 2-year clinical outcome trajectories in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for spondylotic radiculopathy

J Neurosurg Spine. 2022 September; 10.3171/2022.7.SPINE22592

Fulfillment of Patient Expectations After Spine Surgery is Critical to Patient Satisfaction: A Cohort Study of Spine Surgery Patients

Rampersaud Y.R., Canizares M., Perruccio A.V., Abraham E., Bailey C.S., Christie S.D., Evaniew N., Finkelstein J.A., Glennie R.A., Johnson M.G., Nataraj A., Paquet J., Phan P., Weber M.H., Thomas K., Manson N., Hall H., Fisher C.G.

Neurosurgery. 2022 July; 91 (1):173-181 10.1227/neu.0000000000001981

Does extending a posterior cervical fusion construct into the upper thoracic spine impact patient-reported outcomes as long as 2 years after surgery in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy?

Charest-Morin R., Bailey C.S., McIntosh G., Rampersaud Y.R., Jacobs W.B., Cadotte D.W., Paquet J., Hall H., Weber M.H., Johnson M.G., Nataraj A., Attabib N., Manson N., Phan P., Christie S.D., Thomas K.C., Fisher C.G., Dea N.

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2022 May; 37 (4):547-555 10.3171/2022.3.SPINE211529

Factors Associated With Return to Work After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Cohort Analysis From the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network

Romagna A., Wilson J.R., Jacobs W.B., Johnson M.G., Bailey C.S., Christie S., Paquet J., Nataraj A., Cadotte D.W., Manson N., Hall H., Thomas K.C., Schwartz C., Rampersaud Y.R., McIntosh G., Fisher C.G., Dea N.

Global Spine Journal. 2022 May; 12 (4):573-578 10.1177/2192568220958669

Differentiation of pain-related functional limitations in surgical patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) using the Oswestry Disability Index: a Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) study

Charalampidis A., Canizares M., Kalsi P.S., Hung Wu P., Johnson M., Soroceanu A., Nataraj A., Glennie A., Rasoulinejad P., Attabib N., Hall H., Fisher C., Thomas K., Rampersaud Y.R.

Spine Journal. 2022 April; 22 (4):578-586 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.10.008

Cervical Sagittal Alignment in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: An Observational Study from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network

Evaniew N., Charest-Morin R., Jacobs W.B., Johnson M., Bailey C.S., Christie S., Paquet J., Nataraj A., Cadotte D.W., Wilson J.R., Craig M., Xu M., Manson N., Hall H., Thomas K.C., Rampersaud Y.R., McIntosh G., Fisher C.G., Dea N.

Spine. 2022 March; 47 (5):E177-E186 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004296

Time to return to work after elective lumbar spine surgery

Singh S., Ailon T., McIntosh G., Dea N., Paquet J., Abraham E., Bailey C.S., Weber M.H., Johnson M.G., Nataraj A., Andrew Glennie R., Attabib N., Kelly A., Hall H., Raja Rampersaud Y., Manson N., Phan P., Thomas K., Fisher C.G., Charest-Morin R.

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2022 February; 36 (2):168-176 10.3171/2021.2.SPINE202051

Effects of Workload on Return to Work After Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery

Singh S., McIntosh G., Dea N., Hall H., Paquet J., Abraham E., Bailey C.S., Weber M.H., Johnson M.G., Nataraj A., Glennie R.A., Attabib N., Kelly A., Rampersaud Y.R., Manson N., Phan P., Rachevitz M., Thomas K., Fisher C., Charest-Morin R.

Global Spine Journal. 2022 January; 10.1177/21925682221109558

Practice Variation Between Salaried and Fee-for-Service Surgeons for Lumbar Surgery

Banaszek D., Mcintosh G., Charest-Morin R., Abraham E., Manson N., Johnson M.G., Bailey C.S., Rampersaud Y.R., Glennie R.A., Paquet J., Nataraj A., Weber M., Christie S., Attabib N., Soroceanu A., Kelly A., Hall H., Thomas K., Fisher C., Dea N.

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2022 January; 10.1017/cjn.2022.259

Low-back pain after lumbar discectomy for disc herniation: what can you tell your patient?

Iorio-Morin C., Fisher C.G., Abraham E., Nataraj A., Attabib N., Paquet J., Hogan T.G., Bailey C.S., Ahn H., Johnson M., Richardson E.A., McIntosh G., Manson N., Thomas K., Rampersaud Y.R., Hall H., Dea N.

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2021 December; 35 (6):715-721 10.3171/2021.2.SPINE201625

Effectiveness of Surgical Decompression in Patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Results of the Canadian Prospective Multicenter Study

Karim S.M., Cadotte D.W., Wilson J.R., Kwon B.K., Jacobs W.B., Johnson M.G., Paquet J., Bailey C.S., Christie S.D., Nataraj A., Attabib N., Phan P., McIntosh G., Hall H., Rampersaud Y.R., Manson N., Thomas K.C., Fisher C.G., Dea N.

Neurosurgery. 2021 November; 89 (5):844-851 10.1093/neuros/nyab295

Factors associated with using an interbody fusion device for low-grade lumbar degenerative versus isthmic spondylolisthesis: A retrospective cohort study

Inculet C., Urquhart J.C., Rasoulinejad P., Hall H., Fisher C., Attabib N., Thomas K., Ahn H., Johnson M., Glennie A., Nataraj A., Christie S.D., Stratton A., Yee A., Manson N., Paquet J., Rampersaud Y.R., Bailey C.S.

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2021 September; 35 (3):299-307 10.3171/2020.11.SPINE201261

The impact of pathoanatomical diagnosis on elective spine surgery patient expectations: A Canadian spine outcomes and research network study

Glennie R.A., Canizares M., Perruccio A.V., Abraham E., Nicholls F., Nataraj A., Phan P., Attabib N., Johnson M.G., Richardson E., McIntosh G., Ahn H., Fisher C.G., Manson N., Thomas K., Rampersaud Y.R.

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2021 July; 35 (1):34-41 10.3171/2020.11.SPINE201490

Clinical uncertainty and equipoise in the management of recurrent glioblastoma

Patel M., Au K., Davis F.G., Easaw J.C., Mehta V., Broad R., Chow M.M.C., Hockley A., Kaderali Z., Magro E., Nataraj A., Scholtes F., Chagnon M., Gevry G., Raymond J., Darsaut T.E.

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials. 2021 June; 44 (6):258-263 10.1097/COC.0000000000000812

Comparison of clinical outcomes between posterior instrumented fusion with and without interbody fusion for isthmic spondylolisthesis

Chan V., Nataraj A., Bailey C., Abraham E., Soroceanu A., Johnson M., Paquet J., Christie S., Stratton A., Hall H., Manson N., Rampersaud Y.R., Thomas K., Fisher C.

Clinical Spine Surgery. 2021 February; 34 (1):E13-E18 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001003

Superficial siderosis treated with dural tear repair and deferiprone

Nathoo N., Naik S., Rempel J., Gibon E., Bouloussa H., Nataraj A., Makus K.

Practical Neurology. 2021 February; 21 (1):71-72 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002657

The Effect of Perioperative Adverse Events on Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes after Lumbar Spine Surgery

Ayling O.G.S., Ailon T., Street J.T., Dea N., McIntosh G., Abraham E., Bradly Jacobs W., Soroceanu A., Johnson M.G., Paquet J., Rasoulinejad P., Phan P., Yee A., Christie S., Nataraj A., Andrew Glennie R., Hall H., Manson N., Raja Rampersaud Y., Thomas K., Fisher C.G.

Neurosurgery. 2021 February; 88 (2):420-427 10.1093/neuros/nyaa427