Handbook of Spine Surgery (eBook)

Contributors

Salman Abbasifard, MD
Surgery Department
Neurosurgery Division
University of Arizona Medical Health Center
Tucson, Arizona

Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Amir A. Ahmadian, MD
Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

Junyoung Ahn, BS
Departments of Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Biological Psychology
University of Texas Southwest
Dallas, Texas

Puya Alikhani, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

Jahangir Asghar, MD
Pediatric Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Miami, Florida

Ali A. Baaj, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Colin R. Bamford, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Kelley Banagan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedics
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Rahul Basho, MD
Director of Spine Surgery
Hannibal Regional Hospital
Midwest Orthopedic Specialists
Hannibal, Missouri

Christopher M. Bono, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Service
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Clinton J. Burkett, MD
Neurosurgeon
Neurological Surgery Associates
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Zorica Buser, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Ali Bydon, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Mohamad Bydon, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurologic Surgery
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
and Health Sciences Research
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Steven W. Chang, MD
Attending Physician
Barrow Neurological Institute
Barrow Neurosurgical Associates
Phoenix, Arizona

Jens R. Chapman, MD
Complex Spine Surgery
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Seattle, Washington

Todd M. Chapman Jr., MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri

Matthew Chin, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dean Chou, MD
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
University of California-San Francisco Spine Center
San Francisco, California

José A. Corredor, MD
Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center
Department of Neurological Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Cirujano de Columnae
Bogotá, Colombia

Hormuzdiyar H. Dasenbrock, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Sanjay S. Dhall, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California-San Francisco
Director
Spinal Neurotrauma Program
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California

Jonathan G. Eastman, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthpaedic Surgery
Division of Traumatology
University of California-Davis Health System
Sacramento, California

Benjamin D. Elder, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Marco Ferrone, MD
Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Oncology
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Andreas K. Filis, MD
Department of Orthopedics and Oncological Sciences
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida

Kevin T. Foley, MD, FACS, FAANS
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Chairman, Semmes-Murphey Clinic
Memphis, Tennessee

Jared Fridley, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Steven R. Garfin, MD
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of California-San Diego
San Diego, California

Rafael De la Garza-Ramos, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Peter Carlos Gerszten, MD, MPH, FACS
Peter E. Sheptak Professor and Vice-Chairman
Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

George M. Ghobrial, MD
Department of Neurological Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ziya L. Gokaslan, MD, FAANS, FACS
Gus Stoll, MD Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital
Clinical Director, Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute
President, Brown Neurosurgery Foundation
Rhode Island Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery
Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute
Providence, Rhode Island

C. Rory Goodwin, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Mark S. Greenberg, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

Michael W. Groff, MD
Director of Spinal Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Mari L. Groves, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Colin B. Harris, MD
Attending Spine Surgeon
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists
Crouse Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital Health Care Center
Syracuse, New York

James S. Harrop, MD, FACS
Professor
Departments of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery
Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Neurosurgery Director of Delaware Valley SCI Center
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Roger Härtl, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director of Spinal Surgery
Co-Director, Spine Center
Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center
New York, New York

Jonathan Hobbs, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Holli A. Horak, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Phillip Horne, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Duke Orthopaedics of Raleigh
Duke Raleigh Hospital
Raleigh, North Carolina

Patrick C. Hsieh, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Program and Spinal Oncology
Department of Neurosurgery
USC Spine Center
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Steven W. Hwang, MD
Chief
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children
Boston, Massachusetts

Keith Jackson, MD
Staff Surgeon
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Womack Army Medical Center
Fort Bragg, North Carolina

George I. Jallo, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Oncology
Director
Institute Brain Protection Services
All Children's Hospital-Johns Hopkins Medicine
St. Petersburg, Florida

Whitney S. James, MD, MHS
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Arizona Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona

Andrew Jea, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Andrei Fernandes Joaquim, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurology
State University of Campinas
Campinas-SP, Brazil

U. Kumar Kakarla
Attending Physician
Barrow Neurological Institute
Barrow Neurosurgical Associates
Phoenix, Arizona

Ricky Kalra, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Adam S. Kanter, MD
Chief
Division of Spine Surgery
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Pitttsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Amrit Khalsa, RN, IBCLC
Consultant
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