Specialty	Neurological Surgery , Spine Surgery
Clinical Interests	Spinal Deformities
	Herniated Disc
	Sacral Tumors
	Scoliosis
	Spinal Cord Injury
	Spinal Instability
	Spinal Metastases
	Spinal Stenosis
	Spondylolysis
	Surgery, Minimally Invasive
Languages	English
	French
	Spanish
Gender	Male
E-mail	arthur.jenkins@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Residency, Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Internship, Surgery (General), Bellevue Hospital
	Fellowship, Neurosurgery-Spine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dr. Jenkins utilizes innovative approaches to surgical treatment for the entire spectrum of spinal disorders and peripheral nerve diseases. In spine surgery, he treats the following:

- Minimally-invasive spine surgery: microscopic and endoscopic surgery of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
- Craniovertebral junction disorders: chiari malformation, occipital-cervical instability
- Cervical spine disorders: neck/arm pain, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, spondylosis
- Thoracic spine disorders: herniated discs, tumors, paraspinal biopsies
- Lumbosacral spine disorders: low back/leg pain, herniated discs, spinal stenosis
- Spinal trauma and spinal cord injury
- Spinal tumors: intramedullary, intradural, extradural, paraspinal (pdf)
- Spinal deformity: adult scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal instability, post-op kyphosis repair
- Congenital spine disease: diastematomyelia, dermal sinus, myelomeningocele
- Revision spinal surgery
- Spinal infection
- Spinal instability
- Vertebral compression fractures

Treatments include:
- Minimally-invasive spine surgery: microscopic and endoscopic surgery of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
- Artificial cervical disks, artificial lumbar discs and dynamic spinal implants 
- Spinal fusion and decompression
- Spinal deformity correction
- Thoracoscopy

Peripheral nerve surgery includes carpal tunnel, ulnar nerve, meralgia paresthetica, and tumors. Using a multi-disciplinary approach to complex spinal disorders, he collaborates with Anesthesia/Pain Management, Medicine, Neurology, Oncology, Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Surgical Critical Care, General and Thoracic Surgery and others to maximize patient outcomes. He has an aggressive approach to tumor treatment and reconstruction and a more conservative approach to degenerative disorders. He practices the most current protocols in trauma and congenital deformity, cord tethering and other functional disorders. It is his practice to utilize, when appropriate, the most advanced neurophysiology monitoring for spinal surgery cases, including Motor-Evoked Potentials (MEPs), Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs), Intraoperative EMG recordings, Sphincter monitoring and Synaptic Nerve Action Potential (SNAP). Dr. Jenkins is instrumental in teaching the world's neurosurgeons about the latest concepts in surgical techniques and advanced biomechanical concepts as well as the next generation of neurosurgeons the tools they need to provide the best possible care.

Spinal Cord Injury Laboratory

Education and Training	MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Residency, Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Internship, Surgery (General), Bellevue Hospital
	Fellowship, Neurosurgery-Spine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Board Certification	Neurological Surgery

Specialty	Neurological Surgery , Spine Surgery
Clinical Interests	Spinal Deformities
	Herniated Disc
	Sacral Tumors
	Scoliosis
	Spinal Cord Injury
	Spinal Instability
	Spinal Metastases
	Spinal Stenosis
	Spondylolysis
	Surgery, Minimally Invasive
Languages	English
	French
	Spanish
Board Certification	Neurological Surgery

New minimally invasive spinal surgical approaches:

• Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
• Decompressions and fusions with instrumentation

Minimally invasive spinal deformity correction:

• Thoracoscopic releases
• Anterior asymmetric fusion procedures

Minimally invasive spinal cancer treatments:

• Decompressions, sometimes combined with reconstructions, for spinal tumors
• Spinal brachytherapy for spinal metastatic disease

Artificial disk trials:

• Spinal Kinetics - cervical artificial disk trial, awaiting FDA approval to start
• DePuy Discover ^TM  - cervical artificial disk trial, anticipate starting soon

Spinal Cord Injury projects:

• Innovative surgical treatments for acute spinal cord injury
• Acute spinal cord injury clinical trials
  • Alseres Cetherin^TM clinical trial expected to start soon
• Chronic spinal cord injury bypass
  • Basic science lab working on developing an electronic spinal cord bypass
• Acute spinal cord injury treatment with high-energy radiation therapy
  • Basic Science lab working on a novel approach to acute spinal cord injury

Intraoperative imaging and image-guided surgery

For more information, please visit the Spinal Cord Injury Laboratory Website.

Camins MB, Jenkins III AL, Singhal A, Perrin RG. Tumors of the Vertebral Axis: Benign, Malignant, And Metastatic Tumors. In: Winn HR, editor. Youmans Neurological Surgery. 5th Philadelphia, Saunders; 2004. pp4835-4868.

Jenkins III AL, Eichler ME, Vollmer C. Cervical Spine Trauma. In: Winn HR, editor. Youmans Neurological Surgery. 5th Philadelphia, Saunders; 2004. pp4884-4914.

Jenkins III AL, Deutch HA, Patel NP, Post KD. Complication Avoidance in Neurosurgery. In: Winn HR, editor. Youmans Neurological Surgery. 5th Philadelphia, Saunders; 2004. pp561-593.

Jenkins III AL, Perin NI. Tumors of the Cervicothoracic Junction. In: Fessler RG, Sekhar LN, editors. Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Cranial and Peripheral Nerve, Spine and Endoscopic Surgery. New York, Thieme; 2002.

Jenkins III AL, Perin NI. Stabilization with the Luque Technique. In: Fessler RG, Sekhar LN, editors. Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Cranial and Peripheral Nerve, Spine and Endoscopic Surgery. New York, Thieme; 2002.

Sen C, Hague K, Kacchara R, Jenkins III AL, Das S, Catalano P. The jugular foramen: microscopic anatomic features and implications for neural preservation in reference to glomus tumors involving the temporal bone. Neurosurgery 2001; 48(4): 838-847.

Brisman MH, Tuhrim S, Jenkins III A, Bederson JB. Thyrocervical to vertebral artery transposition and ipsilateral carotid endarterectomy. Surg Neurol 1999; 51(3): 327-330.

Bederson JB, Levy AL, Ding WH, Khan R, DiPerna CA, Jenkins III AL, Vallabhajosyula P. Acute Vasoconstriction after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery 1998 Feb; 42(2): 352-362.