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At 6-feet-5-inches strong, Thomas Ridder, once was voted the team captain as\u00a0a forward on a Division 3 basketball team, in Ashland, Va . Not for being the usual top scoring player on the team, but rather for his gracious demeanor and innate leadership skills on and off the court.<\/p>\n

A man concerned largely about the welfare of the group \u2013 the people around him \u2013 Ridder was the epitome of true sportsmanship, an instant friend to all of the players.<\/p>\n

After college, Ridder\u2019s teammates playfully kidded him about what he became — a pediatric neurosurgeon.<\/p>\n

Ridder now carries his quiet leadership and altruistic nature into the clinic and operating rooms at UCHealth Memorial Hospital. He is the only pediatric neurosurgeon in southern Colorado and one of only six pediatric neurosurgeons in the state. While his is not a career often chosen by college athletes, Ridder finds parallels to sports. \u201cThere are so many triumphs and, yes, some tragedy,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cHighs and lows are a continuum with what we do,\u2019\u2019 Ridder says of his team at Memorial, which includes Drs. John McVicker, Todd Thompson and M. Sean McKisic. \u201cYou go from one high to the next high, and prevent as many of the lows as possible,\u2019\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Thomas Ridder is one of only six pediatric neurosurgeons in Colorado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of his first operations at Memorial was to remove a bony tumor from the spinal column of an 11-year-old girl. Before surgery, the small child did what Ridder describes as a \u201ccrab walk\u201d to get from point A to point B. Her main mode of mobility became a wheelchair, a very hard realization for a young child. After\u00a0Ridder performed\u00a0surgery on her cervical spine, the girl regained her ability to walk. And jump.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very hard to describe, not quite something you can fully put into words,\u2019\u2019 Ridder humbly says of the satisfaction he derives from such a transformation, \u201cKnowing that you are making a difference in people\u2019s lives.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Ridder spends his workdays at the UCHealth Memorial Hospital downtown and hopes to soon extend a helping hand to the Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado Urgent and Outpatient Specialty Care at Briargate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe profound thing about pediatric neurosurgery is the versatile experience. You really treat all spectrums, both critically ill and healthy kids. You are able to work with the families and derive the most hopeful solution to the problem at hand,\u2019\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n

Ridder is often on call \u2013 at a patient\u2019s bedside in a moment\u2019s notice \u2013 to help children or adults who have acute brain or spinal emergencies. That kind of dedication, he admits, just comes with the territory and is one in which he is truly invested.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife comes from a family of dairy farmers, which is 24\/7 job. So, we are accustomed to that level of commitment,\u2019\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n

While playing basketball at Randolph-Macon College, Ridder admits, \u201cI was not sure what I wanted to do.\u2019\u2019 After college, he went on to graduate school and studied neuroscience. Quickly, he was hooked, and soon thereafter, he enrolled in medical school. Upon completing a rotation with an inspiring neurosurgeon, Ridder was hooked again.<\/p>\n

He combined his love for neurosurgery with his love for children. Growing up, he spent many summers coaching youth league sports. His passion to help children has\u00a0led him to volunteer and treat children, not only in the United States, but across the globe.<\/p>\n

Ridder has traveled to Honduras on mission trips with fellow pediatric neurosurgeons.\u00a0 The need is vast, as they have completed up to 35 surgeries in one week and treated more than 100 children in clinic.\u00a0The children have ailed from varying problems ranging from meningitis and hydrocephalus to spina bifida.<\/p>\n

During one such mission trip, Ridder remembers that the power failed and the operating room went pitch black. Ridder, along with the other surgeons, turned to ingenuity to ensure that the surgery ended on one of those \u201cnext highs\u201d \u2013 a memory now forever etched in the mind of a tall doctor with a quiet leadership style.<\/p>\n

The surgeons used the flashlights from their cell phones to drench the operating room in light.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe completed the surgery safely together,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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