Tej D. Azad

9.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
161 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Tej D. Azad is a scholar working on Surgery, Neurology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tej D. Azad has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Surgery, 39 papers in Neurology and 37 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tej D. Azad's work include Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (28 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (27 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (19 papers). Tej D. Azad is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (28 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (27 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (19 papers). Tej D. Azad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Tej D. Azad's co-authors include Anand Veeravagu, George Molina, Tarsicio Uribe‐Leitz, Thomas G. Weiser, Alex B. Haynes, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Micaela M. Esquivel, William R. Berry, Atul A. Gawande and John K. Ratliff and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Tej D. Azad

143 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Estimate of the global volume of surgery in 2012: an assessment supporting improved health outcomes

2015 579 citations Thomas G. Weiser, Alex B. Haynes et al. profile →
Size and distribution of the global volume of surgery in 2012

2016 436 citations Thomas G. Weiser, Alex B. Haynes et al. profile →
Relationship Between Cesarean Delivery Rate and Maternal and Neonatal Mortality

2015 414 citations George Molina, Thomas G. Weiser et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Principles to guide clinical AI readiness and move from benchmarks to real-world evaluation 2026 ·Nature Medicine ·Tej D. Azad, (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Interhospital Variation in Operative Intervention for Firearm-Related Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury and Associations With Inpatient Mortality 2025 ·Neurosurgery ·(unknown), Kathleen R. Ran, (unknown), Jiaqi Liu, (unknown), (unknown), José I. Suárez, Elliott R. Haut, Joseph V. Sakran, (unknown), Chetan Bettegowda, James P. Byrne, Tej D. Azad	0
3	Evolving concepts in intracranial pressure monitoring - from traditional monitoring to precision medicine 2025 ·Neurotherapeutics ·(unknown), Lin Cheng, (unknown), Tej D. Azad, (unknown), (unknown), Ingrid B.J. Joseph, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vishank Shah, Susanne Muehlschlegel, Julian Bösel, Tamás Budavári, José I. Suarez	2
4	The role of double-negative B cells in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus 2025 ·Autoimmunity Reviews ·(unknown), (unknown), Feifeng Wu, (unknown), Tej D. Azad, Yang Wang, Junquan Zhu, Xin Zhou, Haotian Xie, (unknown), Binbin Li, (unknown), Chuan Wen	0
5	Assessing and validating machine learning–enhanced imputation of admission American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale grades for spinal cord injury 2025 ·Journal of Neurosurgery Spine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kathleen R. Ran, Kelly Jiang, Carly Weber-Levine, (unknown), Andrew M. Hersh, (unknown), Daniel Lubelski, Ali Bydon, Timothy F. Witham, Nicholas Theodore, Tej D. Azad	0
6	Association between concomitant traumatic brain injury and unfavorable 1-year outcomes in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury 2025 ·Journal of Neurosurgery Spine ·(unknown), (unknown), Kathleen R. Ran, Kelly Jiang, (unknown), Carly Weber-Levine, Jawad M. Khalifeh, (unknown), (unknown), Saad Javeed, James Byrne, Timothy Chryssikos, Gary Schwartzbauer, Daniel Lubelski, Ali Bydon, Timothy F. Witham, Nicholas Theodore, Tej D. Azad	0
7	Exploring the therapeutic potential of MSC-derived secretomes in neonatal care: focus on BPD and NEC 2025 ·Stem Cell Research & Therapy ·Tej D. Azad, Feifeng Wu, (unknown), Junquan Zhu, Yang Wang, Xin Zhou, (unknown), Haotian Xie, (unknown), Binbin Li, Liang Zhang, (unknown), Chuan Wen	0
8	Osteoporosis testing and treatment remain low in both Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage 2024 ·Osteoporosis International ·Tej D. Azad, Rachel J. Wu, Kelly E. Anderson, Michael Darden, Amit Jain	0
9	A deep learning approach for generating intracranial pressure waveforms from extracranial signals routinely measured in the intensive care unit 2024 ·Computers in Biology and Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas J. Durr, Tej D. Azad, Romain Pirracchio, Robert D. Stevens	3
10	Nerve-Targeted Surgical Treatments for Spasticity: A Narrative Review 2024 ·World Neurosurgery ·Kathleen R. Ran, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tej D. Azad, Shenandoah Robinson, Allan J. Belzberg, Sami Tuffaha, Daniel Lubelski	0
11	Biomarkers in adult spinal deformity surgery 2023 ·Seminars in Spine Surgery ·Winward Choy, Tej D. Azad, Justin K. Scheer, Michael Safaee, Christopher P. Ames	1
12	Patient Safety Indicator 04 Does Not Consistently Identify Failure to Rescue in the Neurosurgical Population 2022 ·Neurosurgery ·Tej D. Azad, (unknown), (unknown), Yuanxuan Xia, (unknown), Jordina Rincón-Torroella, L. Fernando Gonzalez, José I. Suárez, Rafael J. Tamargo, Henry Brem, Elliott R. Haut, Chetan Bettegowda	4
13	Prediction Models in Degenerative Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review 2021 ·Global Spine Journal ·Daniel Lubelski, Andrew M. Hersh, Tej D. Azad, Jeff Ehresman, Zach Pennington, Kurt Lehner, Daniel M. Sciubba	28
14	Defining and describing treatment heterogeneity in new-onset idiopathic lower back and extremity pain through reconstruction of longitudinal care sequences 2021 ·The Spine Journal ·Michael C. Jin, Tej D. Azad, Parastou Fatemi, Allen L. Ho, Daniel Vail, Yi Zhang, Austin Y. Feng, Lily H. Kim, Jason Bentley, Martin N. Stienen, Gordon Li, Atman Desai, Anand Veeravagu, John K. Ratliff	3
15	A predictive-modeling based screening tool for prolonged opioid use after surgical management of low back and lower extremity pain 2020 ·The Spine Journal ·Yi Zhang, Parastou Fatemi, Zachary A. Medress, Tej D. Azad, Anand Veeravagu, Atman Desai, John K. Ratliff	26
16	Lumboperitoneal and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Demonstrate Comparable Failure and Complication Rates 2019 ·Neurosurgery ·Tej D. Azad, Yi Zhang, Kunal Varshneya, Anand Veeravagu, John K. Ratliff, Gordon Li	27
17	Leveraging heterogeneity across multiple datasets increases cell-mixture deconvolution accuracy and reduces biological and technical biases 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Francesco Vallania, Andrew Tam, Shane Lofgren, Steven Schaffert, Tej D. Azad, Erika Bongen, Winston Haynes, (unknown), Michael N. Alonso, Mark M. Davis, Edgar G. Engleman, Purvesh Khatri	100
18	Relationship Between Cesarean Delivery Rate and Maternal and Neonatal Mortality 2016 ·Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·George Molina, Thomas G. Weiser, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Micaela M. Esquivel, Tarsicio Uribe‐Leitz, Tej D. Azad, Neel Shah, Katherine Semrau, William R. Berry, Atul A. Gawande, Alex B. Haynes	5
19	Anterior Versus Posterior Approach for Multilevel Degenerative Cervical Disease 2015 ·Spine ·Tyler S. Cole, Anand Veeravagu, Michael Zhang, Tej D. Azad, Atman Desai, John K. Ratliff	54
20	Novel Screening Tools for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders 2012 ·Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis) ·Tej D. Azad	3

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