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Fred Nicholls

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Clinical Assistant ProfessorCumming School of MedicineUniversity of Calgary

Fred Nicholls

Clinical Assistant Professor

Cumming School of Medicine

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Clinical faculty often co-supervise; many graduate programs need a core faculty member as the main supervisor.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Last author on 6 recent papers. In many fields the last author leads the lab.

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109

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Research

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Latest papers

Normative Relationships Between Spinopelvic Alignment and Femoroacetabular Orientation: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Global spine journal · 2026 · senior author
The Effects of Obesity Among Patients Undergoing Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Conditions: An Observational Study From the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN).
Spine · 2026
Interrater Reliability of Partially Automated Segmentation of Spinal Radiographs in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients.
World neurosurgery · 2026 · senior author

All 27 publications

27 publications.

Normative Relationships Between Spinopelvic Alignment and Femoroacetabular Orientation: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Ludwig T, Bourget-Murray J, Sridharan S, Frederick A, Smith V, Johnston K, Evaniew N, Edwards B, Asmussen M, Nicholls F

Global spine journal20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/21925682251353725 PMID: 40626701

The Effects of Obesity Among Patients Undergoing Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Conditions: An Observational Study From the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN).

Chan H, Nicholls F, Swamy G, Charest-Morin R, Glennie A, Dea N, Rampersaud YR, Goulet J, Singh S, Bailey CS, Christie SD, Wai E, Marion T, Paquet J, Robichaud A, Wang Z, Nataraj A, Small C, Comstock S, Evaniew N, Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN)

Spine2026

DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000005821 PMID: 42611773

Interrater Reliability of Partially Automated Segmentation of Spinal Radiographs in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients.

Federico AA, Birk M, Pelletier-Roy R, Smith V, Evaniew NM, Lewkonia PD, Swamy G, Thomas KC, Nicholls F

World neurosurgery2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2026.125126 PMID: 42276246

Effects of Teriparatide on Complications and Surgical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity: A Retrospective Cohort Study and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Parekh A, Sanders E, Birk M, Evaniew N, Nicholls F

World neurosurgery2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2026.125173 PMID: 42398904

AO Spine Clinical Practice Recommendations: Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Failure Prevention.

Sardi JP, Shawky A, Aldebeyan S, Nicholls F, Astur N, Fisher C, Klineberg EO, Smith JS, AO Spine Knowledge Forum Deformity

Global spine journal2026

DOI: 10.1177/21925682261482063 PMID: 42661383

Spinal cord demyelination predicts neurological deterioration in patients with mild degenerative cervical myelopathy.

Al-Shawwa A, Craig M, Ost K, Anderson D, Casha S, Jacobs WB, Evaniew N, Tripathy S, Bouchard J, Lewkonia P, Nicholls F, Soroceanu A, Swamy G, Thomas KC, duPlessis S, Yang MM, Cohen-Adad J, Dea N, Wilson JR, Cadotte DW

BMJ neurology open20257 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjno-2024-000940 PMID: 39906543

Wearable Technology in Orthopaedic Surgery: Applications and Future Directions

Alexander W. Iwasyk, S. N. S. Gaur, Alyssa A. Federico, Robert John Holash, Fred Nicholls, Michael J. Monument, Joseph Keith Kendal

JBJS Reviews20254 citations

DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.rvw.25.00067 PMID: 40680155

Spinal Cord Tract Integrity in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

Newton Cho, Abdul Al-Shawwa, W. Bradley Jacobs, Nathan Evaniew, Jacques Bouchard, Steve Casha, Stephan DuPlessis, Peter D. Lewkonia, Fred H. Nicholls, Alex Soroceanu, Ganesh Swamy, Kenneth C. Thomas, Michael M. H. Yang, Julien Cohen‐Adad, David W. Cadotte

Neurosurgery20252 citations

DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003428 PMID: 40179008

Application of the Ames-International Spine Study Group radiographic modifiers to an asymptomatic population: are the thresholds for "normal" appropriate?

Pelletier-Roy R, Cowley R, Ludwig T, Coyle M, Edwards WB, Asmussen M, Nicholls F

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine20251 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.3171/2025.2.spine241153 PMID: 40479824

T1 Pelvic and Lumbar Pelvic Angles Normative Values: A Prospective Cohort Study of 472 Asymptomatic Volunteers.

Pelletier-Roy R, Ludwig T, Birk M, Smith V, Asmussen M, Nicholls F

Spine20251 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000005157 PMID: 39258422

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Fred Nicholls

Research

Latest papers

Normative Relationships Between Spinopelvic Alignment and Femoroacetabular Orientation: A Cross-Sectional Study.

The Effects of Obesity Among Patients Undergoing Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Conditions: An Observational Study From the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN).

Interrater Reliability of Partially Automated Segmentation of Spinal Radiographs in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients.

Effects of Teriparatide on Complications and Surgical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity: A Retrospective Cohort Study and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

AO Spine Clinical Practice Recommendations: Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Failure Prevention.

Spinal cord demyelination predicts neurological deterioration in patients with mild degenerative cervical myelopathy.

Wearable Technology in Orthopaedic Surgery: Applications and Future Directions

Spinal Cord Tract Integrity in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

Application of the Ames-International Spine Study Group radiographic modifiers to an asymptomatic population: are the thresholds for "normal" appropriate?

T1 Pelvic and Lumbar Pelvic Angles Normative Values: A Prospective Cohort Study of 472 Asymptomatic Volunteers.

Frequent collaborators

Sean Christie

Henry Ahn

Jérôme Paquet

Bradley Jacobs

Anthony Perruccio

Michael Asmussen

Jefferson Wilson

Julien Cohen-Adad

Christopher Bailey

Parham Rasoulinejad

Stephan Dombrowski

Mark Driscoll

Frederick Zeiler

David Lebel

Michael Fehlings

Vivien Chan

Christopher Witiw

Teresa To

Arjun Sahgal

Raphaele Charest-Morin

Perry Dhaliwal

Supriya Singh

Maryse Fortin

Rebecca Hancock-Howard

Mark Camp

Mina Aminghafari

Joel Finkelstein

Stephen Lewis

Deepa Kattail

Julia Sorbara

Daryl Fourney

Gary Linassi

Victor Yang

Kelly Johnston

Jeffrey Bone