Medford Neurological & Spine Clinic: Experts in the diagnosis and treatment of brain, spinal, and neurological disorders.

Thomas J. Altstadt, M.D.

Physician and Surgeon: Neurological and Spine Surgery

Thomas J. Altstadt, M.D. BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Altstadt was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as a junior in medical school. He went on to complete his medical degree, general surgery internship, neurological surgery residency, and an additional postgraduate fellowship in complex spinal surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. Dr. Altstadt is the recipient of the American College of Surgeons Award and the Pittman Surgical Scholarship Award and is the author of numerous peer reviewed articles.

He is licensed in both Indiana and Oregon, and joined Medford Neurological & Spine Clinic in 2008.

Dr. Altstadt specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery and is one of only two fellowship-trained spinal neurosurgeons in southern Oregon.

Dr. Altstadt’s clinical interests include minimally invasive spine surgery, complex spinal injuries, image guided spinal surgery, primary and metastatic spinal tumors.

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Indiana University School of Medicine Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery Completed June 2008	Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University School of Medicine Resident in Neurological Surgery July 2002 - June 2008	Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University School of Medicine Internship in General Surgery July 2001 - June 2002	Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine May 2001	Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University, College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science with Departmental Honors in Biochemistry December 1994	Bloomington, IN
Marmion Military Academy Valedictorian May 1991	Aurora, IL

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

5/98-8/98	Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Department of Urology, Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Cellular Therapeutics, Anthony Atala MD, Director. Research Assistant. Project on novel matrix for cell delivery and tissue engineering.	Boston, MA
2/95-7/97	Bristol-Myers Squibb, PRI Assistant Research Scientist I/II. Taxol Analog Group. Designed and synthesized novel analogs of Paclitaxel.	Wallingford, CT
8/93-12/94	Chemistry Department, Indiana University Undergraduate Research Assistant. Synthesized intermediates towards the synthesis of the anti-tumor antibiotic Lankacidin C.	Bloomington, IN

HONORS

Eagle Scout, 1/91

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Member, 9/99
Inducted as a Junior

Selected to attend the American College of Surgeons' 86th Clinical Congress

Medical Student Program, October 22-27, 2000.
For the most outstanding performance in the junior surgery clerkship.

AWARDS

American College of Surgeons Award, 5/01
For outstanding scholastic achievement in Surgery.

Pittman Surgical Scholarship Award, 5/01
For academic and clinical excellence in Surgery.

Dr. E.B. Rinker Medical Scholarship, 7/00
For outstanding academic achievement.

Dr. E.B. Rinker Medical Scholarship, 7/99
For outstanding academic achievement.

Indiana University Honors Division Scholarship, 8/91-12/94
For outstanding academic achievement.

PUBLICATIONS

Altstadt TJ, Shah MV. Thoracic Myelopathy Secondary to a Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula. Seminars in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke, 3(1):61-4, 2003.

Altstadt TJ, Azzarelli B, Bevering CG, Edmondson J, Nelson PB. Acromegaly Caused by a GHRH-Secreting Carcinoid: Case Report. Neurosurgery, 50(6):1356-9; 2002 Jun.

Altstadt TJ, Fairchild CR, Golik J, Johnston KA, Kadow JF, Lee FY, Long BH, Rose WC, Vyas DM, Wong H, Wu MJ, Wittman MD. Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of Novel C-7 Paclitaxel Ethers: Discovery of BMS-184476. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 44(26): 4577-83, 2001 Dec 20.

Wittman MD, Altstadt TJ, Fairchild C, Hansel S, Johnston K, Kadow JF, Long BH, Rose WC, Vyas DM, Wu MJ, Zoeckler ME. Synthesis of Metabolically Blocked Paclitaxel Analogues. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 11(6): 809-10, 2001 Mar 26.

Wittman MD, Altstadt TJ, Kadow JF, Vyas DM, Johnson K, Fairchild C, Long B. Stereospecific synthesis of 7-deoxy-6-hydroxy Paclitaxel. Tetrahedron Letters, 40(1999), 4943-6.

Altstadt TJ, Gao Q, Wittman MD, Kadow JF, Vyas DM. Crystallographic Determination of the Stereochemistry of C-6,7 Epoxy Paclitaxel. Tetrahedron Letters, 39(1998), 4965-6.

BOOK CHAPTERS

“Modern Instrumentation in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery”. Altstadt TJ, O’Toole J, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG in Craniovertebral Junction Disorders: Current Management Concepts, Goel A. Medknow Publications Private Limited (India), In Print.

“Pediatric CNS Vascular Malformations”, Altstadt TJ, Shah MV in Vascular Diseases in Children and Young Adults, 2 ed. Biller J. Saunders, 2009.

“Some Recent Developments in the Synthesis and SAR of Novel Taxanes”, Kadow JF, Altstadt TJ, et al in Anticancer Agents Frontiers in Cancer Chemotherapy Edited by Iwao Ojima, Gregory D. Vite and Karl-Heinz Altmann. Oxford University Press, 2001.

U.S. PATENTS

U.S. Patent Number 5,773,461 June 30, 1998; “7-Deoxy-6-Substituted Paclitaxels”; Wittman MD, Altstadt TJ, Kadow JF, Kingston DGI, Liang X.

PRESENTATIONS

Altstadt TJ, Horner TG, Leipzig TJ, Payner T, Redelman K, “Treatment, Outcomes, and Complications in 618 Consecutively Treated Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms”; AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section, February 2,2005, New Orleans LA.

Altstadt TJ, "The History of Alpha Omega Alpha"; Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Annual Banquet, March 27, 2001, Indianapolis, IN.

Altstadt TJ, Bevering CG, Nelson PB, Azzarelli B, "An Unusual Case of Acromegaly"; Neurosurgery Conference, September 2000, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA.

Altstadt TJ, Wittman MD, Kadow JF, Fairchild C, Long B, Rose WC, “Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of C-6, C-7 Modified Paclitaxel Analogs”; The Sixth Annual Scientific Poster Sessions, November 3, 1995, Princeton, NJ; Poster # 276.

Altstadt TJ, Wittman MD, Kadow JF, Hansel S, Zoeckler M, Pajor L, Fairchild C, Johnston K, Long B, Rose WC, Lee F, “Synthesis and Biological Activity of Novel Paclitaxel Analogs”, Presented to the Seventh Annual Research Scientist Symposium, May 17, 1996, Wallingford, CT; #1.

ABSTRACTS

“Failure of Stand Alone ALIF for L5/S1 Isthmic Spondylolisthesis”; Altstadt TJ, Rodgers RB, Horn EM; CNS, September 20-25, 2008, Orlando FL.

“Multilevel Corpectomy and Reconstruction via a single Posterior Approach”; Altstadt TJ, Brennan RP, Rodgers RB, Horn EM; CNS, September 20-25, 2008, Orlando FL.

“Interhemispheric Transcallosal Subchoroidal Fornix Sparing Craniotomy for Total Resection of 57 Consecutive Colloid Cysts”; Shapiro SA, Altstadt TJ; AANS, April 14-19, 2007, Washington, DC.

“Craniotomy for Resection of Cerebral Metastatic Testicular Cancer”; Shapiro SA, Einhorn L, Rodgers RB, Jude J, Altstadt TJ; AANS, April 14-19, 2007, Washington, DC.

“A Randomized Trial of Instrumented Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Machined Cortical Wedges/Local Bone with or without rhBMP2 in the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis with Stenosis”; Shapiro SA, Rodgers RB, Sloan RB, Altstadt TJ, Miller JC; CNS, October 8-13, 2005, Boston, MA.

“Phase I Trial of Oscillating Electrical Field Stimulation in Human Complete Spinal Cord Injury”; Shapiro SA, Borgens R, Pascuzzi R, Groff M, Altstadt TJ, Nelson P, Rodgers R; CNS, October 16-21, 2004, San Francisco, CA.

"Pituitary Hyperplasia and Acromegaly Secondary to a GHRH Secreting Carcinoid"; Bevering CG, III, Altstadt TJ, Nelson PB, Azarelli B; NSA, June 4-7, 2000, Durango, CO.

LICENSURE

State of Indiana
License# 01059382A

State of Oregon
MD28177

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Rogue Valley Medical Center

Providence Medford Medical Center

Surgery Center of Southern Oregon

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

American Trauma Life Support Instructor

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