2024 Charlie Kuntz Scholar Award Recipients
Kimberly Ashayeri
Intraoperative Spinal cord Shear wave Elastography In patients undergoing spinal column shortening for recurrent tethered spinal cord: A novel quantitative metric
Rabih Bou Nassif
Predictive Factors for Kyphoplasty Failure in Cancer Related Pathologic Vertebral Fractures
Hani Chanbour
The Impact of Targeted Systemic Therapy and Radiotherapy on Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery for Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Dual-Institution Study
Steve Cho
Predicting Improvement in Global Sagittal Alignment After Lumbar Decompression—A Novel Application of the Global Alignment and Proportions Score
Michael Cloney
Atlas Fractures with and without Simultaneous Dens Fractures differ with respect to Clinical, Demographic, and Management Characteristics
Ian Connolly
Piezo1 Activation Enhances Bone Growth in a Mouse Model of Spinal Fusion
Joseph DiDomenico
Does Comorbid Anxiety and Depression Portend Poor Long-Term Outcomes Following Surgery for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis? Five-Year Analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database
James Dragonette
Does Laminectomy Width Impact Postoperative C5 Palsy after Posterior Cervical Decompression Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Prospective Comparative Cohort Study
James Dragonette
Fusion and Patient-reported Outcomes after Navigation-Guided Decorticated Direct Arthrodesis vs. Non-Decorticated Arthrodesis in Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: A Comparative Cohort Study
Alexander Dru
Predictors of Patient Satisfaction After Surgery for Grade I Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A 5-year Analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database
Aladine Elsamadicy
Drivers of Readmission after Surgery for Spinal Metastases: A National Database Study
S. Harrison Farber
In Home Virtual Reality Therapy Reduces Pain, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients with Chronic Cervical and lumbar Spondylytic Pain
Colin Gold
Use of Awake MIS-TLIF is Associated with Shorter Length of Stay and Less Narcotic Use After Surgery
Saad Javeed
Reliability and Validity of Momentary Pain and Disability Assessments for Lumbar Spine Surgery Patients
Eli Johnson
Single cell transcriptomic comparison of the tumor microenvironment of prostate cancer spine metastasis and an adjacent normal vertebral body
Benjamin Johnston
Somatic Motor Nerve Transfer for Bladder Function
Benjamin Johnston
Targeted Peripheral Nerve Delivery of AAV-mediated Gene Therapy for Pain
Rushikesh Joshi
Does intraoperative durotomy affect patient outcomes following posterior lumbar surgery? An analysis of 18,000 patients using the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) database
Syed Khalid
The impact of preoperative spinal injections on postoperative complications of lumbar decompression surgery
Adham Khalafallah
The Rise of a New Gold Standard: Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) Versus Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) in Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas (SDAVF)
Syed Khalid
Postoperative Opioid Use among Cannabis Users Following Lumbar Fusion
Syed Khalid
Semaglutide Exposure and its Association with Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing TLIF for Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease
Adam Leibold
Comparing the cost and efficiency of endoscopic discectomy and microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniations
Jannik Leyendecker
ASA, BMI, and Age do not affect the 90-day readmission and emergency department utilization following full-endoscopic spine surgery: A retrospective multicenter study of 787 patients
Daniel Lilly
Quantifying Patient and Surgeon Impact on Quality-of-Life Volatility Following Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Joseph Linzey
Development and Validation of an Artificial Intelligence Model to Accurately Predict Spinopelvic Parameters
Joseph Linzey
Impact of Patient Pain vs. Functional Status on Satisfaction with Outcomes After Surgical Management of Grade I Spondylolisthesis: A 5-year Analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database
Tarek Mansour
Risk Factors for Chronic Opioid use Following Cervical Spine Surgery in Opioid-Naïve Patients: A MSSIC Study
David Mazur-Hart
A retrospective analysis of 513 patients undergoing pedicle subtraction osteotomy for adult spinal deformity: are elderly patients at an elevated risk for complications?
Anthony Mikula
Change in Spinal Bone Mineral Density as estimated by Hounsfield Units following Osteoporosis Treatment with Romosozumab, Teriparatide, Denosumab, and Alendronate: An Analysis of 318 Patients
Christine Park
ASA, BMI, and Age Do Not Affect the 90-day Readmission and Emergency Department Utilization Following Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Multicenter Study of 787 Patients
Christine Park
Do class III obese patients (BMI >35) achieve similar outcomes and satisfaction following surgery for cervical myelopathy? A QOD Study
Nicholas Rabah
Does the Duration of Preoperative Pain Impact the Surgical Outcome in the Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Pathologies?
Alexander Schupper
Predictors of Patient Satisfaction in the Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Maryam Shahin
Elective vs Non-Elective Spinal Fusions: Surgical and Financial Outcomes in a Bundled Payment Reimbursement Model
Alan Stein
Lumbar Vertebral Body Tethering: Outcomes and Reoperations in a Consecutive Series of 106 Patients
Pavlos Texakalidis
Supinator to Posterior Interosseous Nerve Transfer for Reconstruction of Digital Extension in Brachial Plexus and Spinal Cord Injury: a Systematic Review and Individual-Patient-Data Meta-analysis
Iyan Younus
In Patients with a Pelvic Incidence-Lumbar Lordosis Within 10° Who Have Mechanical Complications, Does the Roussouly Classification Explain Their Failures?
Timothy Yee
Cost-effectiveness of Posterior/Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Grade 1 Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A 5-Year QOD Study
Sabrina Zeller
Stem cell therapy in conjunction with curcumin and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) synergistically enhances recovery from spinal cord injury by altering signaling pathways of mTOR and NF-κB
Justin Zhang
Applications of postoperative diffusion weighted imaging in cervical spondylotic myelopathy after decompressive surgery
2024 Mayfield Clinical Science Award Recipient
Ryan Eaton
Global Sagittal Flexibility Predicts Proximal Junctional Kyphosis after Spinal Deformity Surgery
2024 David Kline Peripheral Nerve Research Award Recipient
Benjamin Johnston
Targeted Peripheral Nerve Delivery of AAV-mediated Gene Therapy for Pain
2024 Christopher I Shaffrey International Travelling Fellow Award Recipient
Ebtesam Abdulla
The Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, and Treatment Outcomes in Spinal Subdural Abscess: A Systematic Review
2024 Sanford Larson Clinical Research Award Recipients
Isabella Churchill
Diversity of Authors and Participants of Randomized Controlled Trials in High Impact Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Journals: A 20 Year Bibliometric Analysis
Eve Tsai
Diversity of Authors and Participants of Randomized Controlled Trials in High Impact Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Journals: A 20 Year Bibliometric Analysis
2024 Fessler Award Recipient
Sabrina Zeller
Stem cell therapy in conjunction with curcumin and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) synergistically enhances recovery from spinal cord injury by altering signaling pathways of mTOR and NF-κB
2024 Benzel Research Award Recipient
Nicolas Dea
Cervical Spine Chordomas: Surgical Outcome Assessment in a Multicenter Cohort from the Primary Tumor Research and Outcomes Network (PTRON)
2024 Benzel Spine Surgeon-Scholar Dev Award Recipient
Syed Khalid
Machine Learning-Based Detection of Sarcopenic Obesity and Association with Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment for Spinal Metastases
2024 JANE Award Recipient
Samer Zammar
Do Obese Patients Undergoing Surgery for Grade 1 Spondylolisthesis Have Worse outcomes at 5 years Followup? A QOD Study.
2024 Batzdorf Scholar Award Recipients
Aladine Elsamadicy
Risk Factors for Readmission After Suboccipital Decompression for Chiari I Malformation
James Caruso
Clinicoradiographic Predictors of Syrinx Presentation and Outcomes in Pediatric Chiari Malformation Type I/p>
2024 Albert Scholar Award Recipients
Myles Allen
Impact of Age on Outcomes of Decompression Alone Versus Fusion for L4-5 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Myles Allen
Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Decompression Alone Versus Fusion in Patients With Predominant Back Pain
Myles Allen
Clinical and Radiological Predictors of Slower and Non-Improvement Following Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Garrett Berger
Conflating Categories-The Need for Refined Preoperative Risk Stratification
Austin Carroll
Orthopedic Spine Surgery Fellowship Training Experience with the Management of Unintentional Durotomies
Ahmed Doomi
Preoperative Anemia Predicting Length of Stay Following Interlaminar and Transforaminal Lumbar Spine Endoscopic Discectomy
Steven Girdler
Elevated T1 Slope is an independent risk factor for anterior cervical corpectomy subsidence
Takashi Hirase
Normalized Total Psoas Area Predicts Early Postoperative Mobility and Perioperative Complications after Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
Chuan-ching Huang
Minimally-Invasive Trans-facet Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using A Dual-Dimension Expandable Cage: Preliminary Results of a Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study
Sahir Jabbouri
Surgeon Contoured Versus Pre-Contoured Patient-Specific Rods in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Assessing Global Sagittal Alignment
Youssef Khalafallah
Complications and Risk Factors for Unplanned Intubation/Reintubation in Adult Patients Undergoing Occipitocervical Fusion
Youssef Khalafallah
The 8-Item Modified Frailty Index Is an Effective Risk Assessment Tool in ACDF Surgery
Hannah Levy
Unilateral Versus Bilateral Pedicle Screw Fixation with Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Comparison of Postoperative Outcomes
Hannah Levy
Does Interbody Cage Material and Surface Type Effect Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Postoperative Outcomes and Fusion Rate
Hannah Levy
Perioperative Change in Bone Quality Following Posterior Cervical Fusion and it’s Effects on Postoperative Outcomes
Ashley MacConnell
Sequential Correction of Sagittal Vertical Alignment and Lumbar Lordosis in Adult Flatback Deformity
Angel Ordaz
Validation of the Oswestry Disability Index in Adult Spinal Deformity
Clifford Pierre
Adjacent segment failure after multilevel-fusion for degenerative or other spinal disorder—is alignment the only reason?
Chad Simon
Clinical outcomes of CDR in patients over 50 year-old
David Sing
Can Titanium Surface Technology Reduce Biologic Costs in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion?
Avani Vaishnav
Commonly used Patient-reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Do Not Adequately Reflect Patient-perceived Changes in Health Status Following Spine Surgery
Avani Vaishnav
The Effect of Body Mass Index (BMI) on Radiation Exposure in Intra-operative Navigation-guided and Robotic-assisted Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MIS-TLIF)
Sree Vemu
Anterior Column Realignment (ACR) for Focal Kyphotic Spinal Deformity Using an Anterior to Psoas Approach and ALL Release
Tyler Williamson
A Parameter Fixed to Poor Outcomes?: A Detailed Analysis of High Pelvic Incidence in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery