Dr. Sykes received his MD in 2024 from Duke University School of Medicine, where he was a Medical Student Member of both the AANS and CNS and was awarded an AO Spine Young Investigator Research Grant Award. Before medical school, David earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and music from Washington University in St. Louis. He has conducted clinical research in the spine division at Duke and has worked in the Brain Tool Lab, where medicine and engineering come together in the development of novel technologies. He has co-authored many peer-reviewed articles, primarily on spinal tumors, injuries, and degeneration, and has studied the use of advanced technologies such as augmented reality in neurosurgery. David completed a sub-internship with us in 2023 and proved himself to be both talented and collaborative.
