Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
- Associate Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
- Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Contact Information
- Office Location: 303 Research Drive, Box 3050, Durham, NC 27710
- Email Address: patrick.codd@duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- M.D. Harvard Medical School, 2008
- Massachusetts General Hospital, 2009
- Massachusetts General Hospital, 2014
Courses Taught
- NEUROSCI 493: Research Independent Study 1
- ME 592: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
- ME 591: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
- ME 492: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 491: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
- ECE 494: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 493: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- BME 899: Special Readings in Biomedical Engineering
In the News
- Duke MEDx: A Better Way to Clean Public Spaces, Reduce Disease Transmission (Ju…
- Inventing New Ways of Doing Brain Surgery (Jan 13, 2020 | Duke Research Blog)
- As a Buddhist Priest, Neurosurgeon Finds Deep Connection with Patients (Jul 17,…
- Brain Surgery May Get A Bit Easier, With Augmented Reality (Oct 5, 2016)
- New Clinic Offers Multidisciplinary Approach to Pituitary Tumors (Mar 15, 2016 …
Representative Publications
- Yamamoto, K. K., T. J. Zachem, P. Kheradmand, P. Zheng, J. Abdelgadir, J. L. Bailey, K. Pieter, P. J. Codd, and Y. Chitalia. “Tendon-Actuated Concentric Tube Endonasal Robot (TACTER) (Accepted).” Journal of Medical Robotics Research 10, no. 3n04 (December 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1142/S2424905X25500023.
- Zachem, Tanner J., Adedotun Bello, Brandon Lee, Emily Luo, Joshua Woo, Seeley Yoo, Emmy Duerr, et al. “Current state of intraoperative neuromonitoring of the facial nerve during skull base surgery: A systematic review.” J Clin Neurosci 140 (October 2025): 111525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2025.111525.
- Zachem, Tanner J., Holly Johnson, Syed M. Adil, Hannah Scruggs, Patrick J. Codd, Aatif M. Husain, Ali Zomorodi, C Rory Goodwin, and Jihad Abdelgadir. “Intraoperative blink reflex monitoring during skull base surgery: a single-institution method.” Neurosurg Focus 59, no. 3 (September 1, 2025): E18. https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.FOCUS25414.
- Zachem, Tanner J., Jacob E. Sperber, Sully F. Chen, Syed M. Adil, Benjamin D. Wissel, Gregory Chamberlin, Edwin Owolo, et al. “Intraoperative brain tumor classification via laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy and machine learning.” J Neurosurg 143, no. 2 (August 1, 2025): 313–22. https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.12.JNS242041.
- Yarden, Jeremy A., Patrick J. Codd, Ralph Abi Hachem, and Erik F. Hauck. “Venous sinus stenting for patients with encephaloceles: illustrative cases.” J Neurosurg Case Lessons 9, no. 18 (May 5, 2025). https://doi.org/10.3171/CASE24855.