Julia Duvall, MD

Headshot of Julia Duvall
PGY-1

Education

Harvard Medical School, MD, 2020-2024

University of Oxford, Biochemistry Visiting Student, 2016-2017

Johns Hopkins University, BS, Neuroscience, 2015-2019

Honors and Awards

2024, James E. Boggan Neurosurgery Scholar

2021, Harvard Medical School OSE Scholar

2020-2024, Harvard Medical School Dean’s Reach Scholar

2019, Johns Hopkins University, Pre-Doctoral Scholar

2017, Oxford University, Biochemistry First Class Honours

Research Interests

Trauma, spine, medical education, pediatrics, endovascular, global neurosurgery

Hobbies

Running, futsal, photography

Publications

Duvall JB, Massaad E, Fourman M, Siraj L, Kiapour A, Shankar G, Shin JH. Assessment of Spinal Metastases Surgery Risk Stratification Tools in Breast Cancer by Molecular Subtype. NEUROSURGERY. 2023 Jan. PMID: 36305664.

Charles A, Seas A, Corley J, MD, Duvall JB, Owolo E, Abu-Bonsrah N, Elsamadicy A, Simpson V, Sanusi O, Holly L, Rodriguez A, Nduom E, Levi A, Liau L, Quiñones-Hinojosa A, Karikari I, Grant G, Fuller A, Goodwin R. Promoting diversity in neurosurgery through a virtual symposium. J Neurosurg. 2023 Mar. JNS221743. PMID: 36905659.

Fourman M, Siraj J, Duvall JB, Ramsey D, Ramos F, Hadzipasic M, Connolly I, Williamson T, Shankar G, Schoenfeld A, Yassari R, Massaad E. Can We Use Artificial Intelligence Cluster Analysis to Identify Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Spine at Highest Risk of Postoperative Adverse Events? World Neurosurg. 2023 Feb. PMID: 36805503.

Massaad E, Duvall JB, Shankar GM, Shin JH. Commentary: Hybrid Therapy (Surgery and Radiosurgery) for the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma Spinal Metastases. NEUROSURGERY. 2022 Feb 1;90(2):e35-e36. PMID: 34995270.

Massaad E, Bridge C, Kiapour A, Fourman M, Duvall JB, Connolly I, Hadzipasic M, Shankar G, Andriole K, Rosenthal M, Schoenfeld AJ, Bilsky MH, Shin JH. Evaluating frailty, mortality, and complications associated with metastatic spine tumor surgery using machine learning-derived body composition analysis. JNS Spine. Feb 2022. PMID: 35213829.

Lu VM, Duvall JB, Phan K, Jonker BP. First treatment and retreatment of medically refractive trigeminal neuralgia by stereotactic radiosurgery versus microvascular decompression: a systematic review and Meta-analysis. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2018 Aug;32(4):355-364. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2018.1472213. Epub 2018 May 10. PMID: 29745268.

Gupta S, Nawabi N, Emani S, Medeiros L, Bernstock J, Duvall JB, Ng P, Smith T, Wen P, Reardon D, Arnaout O. An expanded role for surgery in grade 3 1-/19q co-deleted oligodendroglioma. Neurooncol Adv. 2023 Apr. PMID: 37215951.

Elsamadicy A, Koo A, David W, Reeves B, Sherman J, Craft S, Hersh AM, Duvall J, Lo S, Shin JH, Mendel E, Sciubba DM. Differences in Outcomes and Health Care Resource Utilization After Surgical Intervention for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumor in Safety-Net Hospitals. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Jun. PMID: 36972069.

Emani S, Akshay S, Grobman B, Duvall JB, Lopez I, Arnaout O, Huang K. Critically reading machine learning literature in neurosurgery: a reader’s guide and checklist for appraising prediction models. JNS 2023 Focus. PMID: 37283326.

Rigney G, Massaad E, Kiapour A, Razak S, Duvall JB, Burrows A, Khalid S, De La Garza Ramos R,Tobert D, Williamson T, Shankar G, Schoenfeld A, Shin JH. "Implication of nutritional status on adverse outcomes after surgery for metastatic spine tumors.” JNS 2023 PMID: 37439458

Owolo E, Seas A, Bishop B, Sperber J, Petitt Z, Arango A, Yoo S, Shah S, Duvall JB, Johnson E, Abu-Bonsrah N, Kaplan S, Eden S, Ashley WW, Williamson T, Goodwin CR. “Scoping review on the state of racial disparities literature in the treatment of neurosurgical disease: a call for action.” Neurosurgery focus. 2023. PMID: 37913535

Razak SS, West TR, Tunsiricharoengul S, Nair-Kanneganti A, Perez NA, Mazurek MH, Gal Z, Duvall JB, Rigney GH, Cerda IH, Morcos MM, Keay E, Hernández AS, Lawton MT, Nahed BV, Quiñones-Hinojosa A. International Hackathon as a Tool to Augment Education, Collaboration, and Innovation in Global Neurosurgery. 2024. PMID: 38833559