2002 - National Merit Scholar
2002 - Awarded International Baccalaureate Diploma– Challenging two year curriculum
covering the experimental sciences, social sciences, languages, mathematics, and arts
2004 - National Rookie of the Year (Archery) – Men’s Compound Bow division
2004 - ExxonMobil Teagle Scholarship
2005 - URO Major Grant – Competitive one year grant to fund undergraduate research (Stanford
University)
2005 - National Archery Association Scholarship – National scholarship awarded for leadership
and academic achievement
2003–2006  - Broke seven high-score records in California and the U.S. West Region (Archery)
2006 - Firestone Medal for Excellence in Research – Awarded to top 10% of all theses in social
science, science, and engineering (Stanford University)
2006 - J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement – Awarded to top 25 individual
graduating seniors by GPA (Stanford University)
2007 - Tylenol Scholarship – Nationwide scholarship awarded for leadership and academic
performance
2007 - Louis W. Gilbert Fellowship – Competitive one year clinical research fellowship (Harvard
Medical School)
2013 - Charles Ray Best Clinical Paper Award (International Society for the Advancement of
Spine Surgery)
2014 - Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital I CARE Award – Recognizes individuals who
go above and beyond regular job responsibilities
2014–2015 - Selected as Administrative Chief Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital
2015 - Harvard Orthopaedic Residency Program Executive Committee Award for Excellence
on the Orthopaedics In-Training Exam (highest score throughout five-year residency)

Book Chapters:
1. Ian Dunn, Kevin L. Ju, Robert Friedlander. “Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms” Fundamentals of Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. Eds. Connolly, E.S., McKhann, G.M. II, Huang, J., Choudhri, T.F. New York: Thieme, 2010. 114 – 120.
2. Kevin L. Ju and Mitchel B. Harris. “Initial Evaluation of the Spine in Trauma Patients” Skeletal
Trauma 5th Edition. Eds. Browner, B.D., Jupiter, J.B., Anderson, P.A., Krettek, C. Philadelphia:
Saunders Elsevier, 2014. 303 – 314.
3. Kevin L. Ju and John G. Heller. “Degenerative Disorder of the Cervical Spine / Cervical Stenosis” Spine Injuries in Athletes. Eds. Hecht, A.C., Batjer, H., Ellenbogen, R., Hsu, W., Ludwig, S., Vaccaro, A. In Press.
4. Kevin L. Ju, Feifei Zhou, and John M. Rhee. “Cervical Laminoplasty” Essentials of Spinal
Stabilization. Eds. Holly, L. & Anderson, P. In Press.

Scientific Articles (peer-reviewed journals):
1. Kevin L. Ju, Nathan Manley, and Robert Sapolsky. “Anti-apoptotic therapy with a Tat fusion protein protects against excitotoxic insults in vitro and in vivo.” Experimental Neurology. April 2008. 210(2): 602-7.
2. Teresa Santiago-Sim, Steven R. DePalma, Kevin L. Ju, Barbara McDonough, Christine E. Seidman, J.G. Seidman, Dong H. Kim. “Genomewide Linkage in a Large Caucasian Family Maps a New Locus for Intracranial Aneurysms to Chromosome 13q.” Stroke. March 2009. 40(Suppl 1): S57-60.
3. Kevin L. Ju, David Zurakowski, Mininder S. Kocher. “Differentiating between methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in children: an evidence-based clinical prediction algorithm.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American. September 2011. 93(18): 1693-1701.
4. Sang D. Kim, Rojeh Melikian, Kevin L. Ju, David Zurakowski, Kirkham B. Wood, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Independent Predictors of Failure of Nonoperative Management of Spinal Epidural Abscesses.” The Spine Journal. August 2014. 14(8): 1673-9.
5. Kevin L. Ju, Sang D. Kim, Rojeh Melikian, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Predicting
Patients with Concurrent Noncontiguous Spinal Epidural Abscess Lesions.” The Spine Journal.
January 2015. 15(1): 95-101.
6. Michiel Hageman, Ahmet Kinaci, Kevin L. Ju, Thierry G. Guitton, Chaitanya S. Mudgal, David
Ring, and the Science of Variation Group. “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Assessment of Surgeon and Patient Preferences and Priorities for Decision-Making.” Journal of Hand Surgery. September 2014. 39(9): 1799-1804.
7. Kevin L. Ju, Rachel Deering, Dafang Zhang, Mitchel B. Harris, Christopher M. Bono. “Ensuring
Homogenous Study Groups for Randomized Trials in Spine.” Ann Orthop Rheumatol. 2015. 3(1): 1041
8. John M. Rhee and Kevin L. Ju. “Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Essential Surgical Techniques. November 2016. 6(4):e37.
9. John Kleimeyer, Kirkham Wood, Greger Lonne, Tyler Herzog, Kevin L. Ju, Lisa Beyer, Christine Park. “Surgery for Refractory Coccygodynia: Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment.” Spine. In Press.
10. Rojeh Melikian, Sang D. Kim, Kevin L. Ju, David Zurakowski, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Medical vs. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Epidural Abscesses in Patients with Normal
Neurological Exams or Radicular Deficits.” The Spine Journal. Submitted.
11. Amna Diwan, Kevin L. Ju, Kaj Lambers, Srinivas Susarla, Mark Vrahas, Malcolm Smith.
“Immediate Post-Operative Weight Bearing in Ankle Fractures Does Not Lead to Loss of Position.” Injury. Submitted
12. Kevin L. Ju, Feifei Zhou, Yanbin Zhao, Fengshan Zhang, Shengfa Pan, John Heller, Yu Sun.
“Progressive Bone Formation After Cervical Disc Replacement: Minimum of 5 Year Follow-Up.”
Spine. Submitted.

Other Publications:
1. Kevin L. Ju and Mitchel B. Harris. “Geriatric Spine Fractures.” American Orthopaedic Association Community of Leaders Newsletter. In Press.
2. Kevin L. Ju. "What's a Slipped Disc?" Spine-health.com. 16 Dec. 2016. http://www.spinehealth.com/blog/what-s-slipped-disc.
3. Kevin L. Ju, “Figuring Out the Right Treatment for Your Sciatica Symptoms.” Spine-health.com. 3 Jan. 2017. http://www.spine-health.com/blog/figuring-out-right-treatment-your-sciatica-symptoms.
4. Kevin L. Ju, “How The Boston Marathon Bombings Changed My Life As A Doctor.” MDMonthly.com. 3 Jan. 2017. http://www.mdmonthly.com/boston-marathon-bombings-changedlife-doctor/
5. Texas Back Institute. “Dr. Kevin Ju Introduction And ER Call During Boston Bombing.” Spine Talk. Texas Back Institute. 17 Nov. 2016.

PRESENTATIONS:
Meetings & Conferences:
1. Kevin L. Ju. “Trojan Horse Therapy: Delivery of the BH4 Domain of the Bcl-xL Protein Protects Neurons Against Excitotoxicity”. Poster Presentation at the 2006 Achauer Honors Symposium. June 2006, Stanford, CA.
2. Kevin L. Ju and Robert Sapolsky. “Anti-apoptotic therapy with a Tat fusion protein protects against excitotoxic insults in vitro and in vivo.” Poster Presentation at the 37th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. November 2007, San Diego, CA.
3. Kevin L. Ju. “The Identification of Coding Variants Associated with Cerebral Aneurysms”. Poster Presentation at the 2008 Soma Weiss Research Day. January 2008, Boston, MA.
4. Kevin L. Ju, David Zurakowski, Mininder S. Kocher. “Differentiating Methicillin-Resistant from
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis.” Podium Presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2011 Annual Meeting. February 2011, San Diego, CA
5. Kevin L. Ju, David Zurakowski, Mininder S. Kocher. “Evidence-based Clinical Prediction
Algorithm for Differentiating Between MRSA and MSSA Osteomyelitis in Children.” AWARD
Podium Presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2011 Annual Meeting. May 2011, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
6. Amna Diwan, Kevin L. Ju, Kaj Lambers, Srinivas M. Susarla, Mark Vrahas, R. Malcolm Smith.
“Immediate Post-Operative Weight Bearing in Ankle Fractures Does Not Lead to Loss of Position.” Poster Presentation at the 2012 Challenges in Fracture Care Across Disciplines Meeting. February 2012, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
7. Sang Kim, Rojeh Melikian, Kevin L. Ju, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Predictors of
Failure of Nonoperative Mangaement of Spinal Epidural Abscesses.” Podium Presentation at the
2013 International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2013,
Vancouver, Canada.
8. Sang Kim, Rojeh Melikian, Kevin L. Ju, Mitchel B. Harris. “Predictors of Failure of Nonoperative Mangaement of Spinal Epidural Abscesses.” Podium Presentation at the 2013 International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Meeting. May 2013, Scottsdale, Arizona.
9. Kevin L. Ju, Christopher M. Bono, Rachel Deering, Daffang Zhang, John S. Clapp, Mitchel Harris. “Ensuring Homogenous Study Groups: Is a Power Analysis Enough for Randomized Trials in Spine?” Podium Presentation at the North American Spine Society 2013 Annual Meeting. October 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.
10. Sang Do Kim, Rojeh Melikian, Kevin L. Ju, David Zurakowski, Kirkham B. Wood, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Independent Predictors of Failure of Nonoperative Management of Spinal Epidural Abscesses.” Podium Presentation at the North American Spine Society 2013 Annual Meeting. October 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.
11. Kevin L. Ju, Sang Do Kim, Rojeh Melikian, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Predicting Patients with Concurrent Noncontiguous Spinal Epidural Abscess Lesions.” Podium Presentation at the 2013 Cervical Spine Research Society Meeting. December 2013, Los Angeles, California.
12. Rojeh Melikian, Sang Do Kim, Kevin L. Ju, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Medical vs. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Epidural Abscesses in Patients with Normal Neurology or Radicular Deficit.” Podium Presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2014 Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.
13. Kevin L. Ju, Sang Do Kim, Rojeh Melikian, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Predicting Patients with Concurrent Noncontiguous Spinal Epidural Abscess Lesions.” Podium Presentation at the 2014 International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. May 2014, Miami, Florida.
14. Rojeh Melikian, Sang Do Kim, Kevin L. Ju, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris. “Medical vs. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Epidural Abscesses in Patients with Normal Neurology or Radicular Deficit.” Podium Presentation at the 2014 International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. May 2014, Miami, Florida.
15. Feifei Zhou, Kevin L. Ju, Yanbin Zhao, Fengshan Zhang, Shengfa Pan, Yu Sun, John Heller.
“Progressive Bone Formation After Cervical Total Disc Replacement: Based on at Least 5-year
Follow-up Results.” Cervical Spine Research Society-AP. April 2016, Seoul, Korea.
16. Kirkham Wood, Greger Lonne, Tyler Herzog, Kevin L. Ju, Lisa Beyer, Christine Park. “Surgery for Refractory Coccygodynia: Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment.” North American Spine Society 2016 Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts.

Stanford University - B.S., Biological Sciences, Degree conferred with Honors in Neurobiology, with University Distinction, and with the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement (GPA 4.1/4.0)

Harvard Medical School - M.D. with High Honors in every course & rotation