Tord D. Alden, MD

Biography

  • Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Attending Physician, Neurosurgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Co-Director of Skull Base Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

  • Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Surgery, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center 2003-2004
  • Chief Resident in Neurosurgery, The University of Virginia Health Sciences Center 2002-2003
  • Fellowship in Neurosurgery, Auckland Hospital 2001-2002
  • Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital 2000-2001
  • Resident in Neurosurgery, The University of Virginia Health Sciences Center 1996-2000
  • Internship in Surgery, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 1995-1996
  • MD, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center 1995

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Basic and Preclinical Science

Research Interests

Microbiome, Host-microbial interactions, Infectious diseases, Molecular pathogenesis

Recent Publication

Gut microbiota analyses of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patients undergoing narrowband ultraviolet B therapy reveal alterations associated with disease treatment.

Clinical and Community Trials

Research Interests

Interventricular Mechanics, Right Ventricular Failure, Role of Immunologic Phenotype on Post-heart Transplant Outcomes, Post-heart Transplant Kidney Injury and Failure

Clinical and Community Trials

Research Interests

Health Services Research Using Hospital and National Data to Look at Patterns of Care and Health Outcomes to Understand Disparities, Healthcare Utilization, Access to Care, Comparative Effectiveness of Medical and Surgical Treatments of Pediatric Neurologic Conditions

Recent Publication

A Well-Being Well-Check for Neurosurgery: Evidence-Based Suggestions for Our Specialty Based on a Systematic Review.

Clinical and Community Trials

Research Interests

Pediatric Respiratory Infections, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Predictive Analytics

Recent Publication

Household Transmission Dynamics of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-Infected Children: A Multinational, Controlled Case-Ascertained Prospective Study.

Community, Population Health, and Outcomes

Research Interests

Health Policy, Healthcare Quality, Health Disparities, Outcome Measures

Recent Publication

Association of social determinants of health-related diagnosis codes with postoperative outcomes.