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Joseph King Jr, MD, MSCE, FAANS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
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Associate Program Director, Neurosurgery Residency, Neurosurgery

Chief of Neurosurgery, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Director, Neurosurgical Outcomes Research, Neurosurgery

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Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Associate Program Director, Neurosurgery Residency, Neurosurgery; Chief of Neurosurgery, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Director, Neurosurgical Outcomes Research, Neurosurgery

Biography

Dr. King is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; Associate Program Director, Neurosurgery Residency; Director of Neurosurgical Outcomes Research; and Chief of Neurosurgery at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. During his neurosurgery residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. King earned a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr. King is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, and has a general neurosurgical practice at the VA with a focus on spine disease.

Dr. King’s research interests include using large databases to examine health care systems issues, the measurement of patient-oriented outcomes and quality of life in patients with neurologic disease, incorporating patient preferences into neurosurgical decision making, cost-effectiveness analyses of neurosurgical interventions, and COVID-19 in Veterans. Dr. King has obtained grant support from the National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, the National Cancer Institute, the Veterans Health Administration, and the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.

Dr. King was awarded a Lusted Prize at the 1993 Society for Medical Decision Making annual meeting, Blue and Red ribbon poster prizes at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2001 annual meeting, and the 2003 Sonntag Award by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/ Congress of Neurosurgeons Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Dr. King has authored or coauthored 60 peer-reviewed publications, 6 book chapters, and 66 published abstracts.

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Education & Training

Neurosurgery resident
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1995)
MSCE
University of Pennsylvania, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (1995)
Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania (1993)
MD
Yale School of Medicine (1988)
BS
Boston College, Psychology (1983)

Board Certifications

  • Neurological Surgery

    Certification Organization
    AB of Neurological Surgery
    Original Certification Date
    1999

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Neurosurgery; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Joseph King's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

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Neurosurgery

PO Box 208082

New Haven, CT 06520-8082

United States