Codd

Patrick James Codd

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Education

  • M.D. Harvard Medical School, 2008
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, 2009
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, 2014

Positions

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
  • Associate Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Member of the Duke Cancer Institute

Courses Taught

  • NEUROSCI 493: Research Independent Study 1
  • ME 592: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
  • ME 591: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
  • ME 492: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
  • ME 491: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
  • EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
  • ECE 494: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • ECE 493: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Hunter, Alexandra E., Tanner J. Zachem, Anthony Ghanem, Adam Kaakati, Mohamed-Yahia Monawar, Sarah Cantrell, Jihad Abdelgadir, et al. “Cranial Nerve Injury in Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to Skull Base Surgery: A Systematic Review.” Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 16, no. 4 (April 2026): 391–405. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.70134.
  • Yamamoto, K. K., B. Moradkhani, T. J. Zachem, P. J. Codd, and Y. Chitalia. “Tendon-Actuated Galvanometer Robot (TAGR) Towards Minimally Invasive Hybrid Surgical Laser Steering.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 11, no. 4 (January 1, 2026): 4505–12. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2026.3666687.
  • Yamamoto, K. K., T. J. Zachem, P. Kheradmand, P. Zheng, J. Abdelgadir, J. L. Bailey, K. Pieter, P. J. Codd, and Y. Chitalia. “Tendon-Actuated Concentric Tube Endonasal Robot (TACTER).” Journal of Medical Robotics Research 10, no. 3n04 (December 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1142/S2424905X25500023.
  • Zachem, Tanner J., Adedotun Bello, Brandon Lee, Emily Luo, Joshua Woo, Seeley Yoo, Emmy Duerr, et al. “Current state of intraoperative neuromonitoring of the facial nerve during skull base surgery: A systematic review.” J Clin Neurosci 140 (October 2025): 111525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2025.111525.
  • Zachem, Tanner J., Holly Johnson, Syed M. Adil, Hannah Scruggs, Patrick J. Codd, Aatif M. Husain, Ali Zomorodi, C Rory Goodwin, and Jihad Abdelgadir. “Intraoperative blink reflex monitoring during skull base surgery: a single-institution method.” Neurosurg Focus 59, no. 3 (September 1, 2025): E18. https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.FOCUS25414.