The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Colorado, continues the tradition of excellence outlined in our Mission Statement.

Undergraduate:   

• B.S. with college honors in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1996
• B.S. with college honors in Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1996

Medical School:  

• M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 2006
• Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2004

Residency: 

• Neurological Surgery Resident, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 2007 - present
• General Surgery Internship, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 2006-2007

• Myra Pascoe Endowed Scholarship Fund in Medicine, 2005
• Genevieve Bale Endowed Scholarship, 2005
• Medical Student Research Training Program award, 1997
• Golden Key National Honor Society, 1993
• Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, 1991
• Frank W. Seldon Memorial Scholarship, 1991
• University of Washington Undergraduate Scholars Award, 1991

• Impact of B-cell Defects on West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.  M.E. Levi, D. Quan, J.T. Ho, B.K.Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, K.L. Tyler, T.J. Grazia.  Clinical Transplantation.  2010 Mar; 24(2):223-228.
•  A novel interaction between nucleolar proteins pescadillo and nucleophosmin/B23.  J.T. Ho, T. Uo and R.S. Morrison.  Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2004 Jan; 52(1).  Abstract.
• Proteomic analysis in neurosciences. R. S. Morrison, Y. Kinoshita, M. D. Johnson, T. Uo, J. T. Ho, J. K. McBee, T. P. Conrads, T. D. Veenstra.  Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 2002 Aug; 1(8):553-60. Review.
• Neuronal survival and cell death mechanisms.  R. S. Morrison, Y. Kinoshita, M. D. Johnson, S. Ghatan, J. T. Ho, and G. Garden.  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 2002; 513:41-86. Review.
• Mechanisms of Neuronal Cell Death.  R. S. Morrison, Y. Kinoshita, H. Xiang, M. D. Johnson, C. Kuntz, S. Ghatan, J. T. Ho, and P. A. Schwartzkroin.  Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews.  1998; 4:157-170. Review.
• Evidence for p53 playing a direct role in mediating anoxia/aglycemia-induced cell death in primary cultures of murine cortical neurons.  J. T. Ho, H. Xiang, Y. Kinoshita, D.W. Newell, R. S. Morrison.  Journal of Investigative Medicine. 1998 Jan; 46(1).  Abstract.

• Nerve conduction study and electromyography aids in early detection of West Nile infection in the immunosuppressed.  P. Kaur, J.T. Ho, M. Levi, T. Grazia, K.L. Tyler, B. Kleinschmidt-Demasters, D. Quan.  Abstract at 2008 AANEM annual meeting.
• A novel interaction between nucleolar proteins pescadillo and nucleophosmin/B23.  J.T. Ho, T. Uo and R.S. Morrison.  Stage presentation at 2003 American Federation for Medical Research, Western Section meeting (Carmel, CA).
• Pescadillo, the little fish in a big pond: a novel nucleolar protein associated with development, proliferation and malignancy.  J. T. Ho.  Invited speaker at the 2003 Annual Retreat for the Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington (Seattle, WA).
• Regulation of cell death by Bax and Bcl-X_L.  J. T. Ho, Y. Hsu, R. J. Youle.  Poster presentation at 1999 HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program Science Day.
• p53 is required for ischemia-induced cell death in postnatal primary neuronal cultures.  J. T. Ho, H. Xiang, Y. Kinoshita, D. W. Newell and R. S. Morrison.  Poster presentation at the 1998 Society for Neuroscience meeting.
• Evidence for p53 playing a direct role in mediating anoxia/aglycemia-induced cell death in primary cultures of murine cortical neurons.  J. T. Ho, H. Xiang, Y. Kinoshita, D.W. Newell, R. S. Morrison.  Poster presentation at 1997 University of Washington School of Medicine Medical Student Research Training Program poster session.
• Optical imaging of acute ischemic injury in hippocampal slice cultures.  A. Barth, L. B. Nguyen, L. Barth, J. T. Ho, D. W. Hochman, D. W. Newell.  Poster presentation at 1996 Society for Neuroscience meeting.
• Simultaneous analysis of the ions of simple salts by near-infrared spectroscopy.  Christopher J. Thompson, Joseph T. Ho, James B. Callis.  Presented at 1993 Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Society.
• Investigation of ionic interactions in aqueous solution by NIRS.  Christopher J. Thompson, Joseph T. Ho, James B. Callis.  Presented at 1993 Center for Process Analytical Chemistry meeting.
• Multicomponent analysis of ions in H₂O by NIRS.  Christopher J. Thompson, Joseph T. Ho, James B. Callis.  Presented at 1992 Center for Process Analytical Chemistry meeting.