Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, MD

Medical Director / InVivo’s Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Slotkin is a clinical neurosurgeon and research scientist. Clinically, Dr. Slotkin has expertise in complex spinal surgery, minimally invasive spinal surgery, spinal oncology surgery and brain tumor surgery. Dr. Slotkin completed residency training in neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He performed a fellowship in complex spinal surgery with Dr. Eric J. Woodard. He is the co-editor of a two-volume publication on spinal surgery. Dr. Slotkin is currently a neurosurgeon with the Washington Brain and Spine Institute.

Dr. Slotkin’s research interests include regeneration and plasticity after spinal cord injury, and nanotechnology initiatives for cellular labeling and non-invasive cell tracking. Dr. Slotkin has authored or co-authored several peer-reviewed scientific publications in the areas of repair after spinal cord injury in animal models, and in vivo quantum dot labeling of neural stem cells. Dr. Slotkin has expertise in the application of nanotechnology research to clinical neurosurgery and neurology. His work was awarded the Apfelbaum Award for Research by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.