The NASS Podcast

Michael Furman, MD, a PM&R physician in York, PA, discusses anticoagulation and anti-platelet during interventional spine procedures with moderator Renee Rosati, DO.

Ask the Experts: Medical vs Surgical Management of Synovial Cyst Bryan Lee, MD Scott Kreiner, MD Jacob Rohrs, MD Edward Dohring, MD

Ask the Experts: Sacroiliac Joint Pain Guideline Michael Fehlings, MD Scott Kriener, MD

Ask the Experts: Preserving The Muscles And Posterior Tension Band And Avoiding Chronic Back Pain In Minimally Invasive Techniques Hoon Choi, MD

Ask the Experts: How Do I Get My Research Published? Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD Christopher M. Bono, MD

Ask the Experts: Refractory Low Back Pain Gurtej Singh, MD Zachary McCormick, MD Rick Placide, MD

Authors Asa Peterson, MD and Howard Place, MD of Saint Louis University's School of Medicine discuss their recent article, "Isolated Thoracic and Lumbar Transverse Process Fractures: Do They Need Spine Surgeon Evaluation? A High Volume Level I Trauma Center Experience with Cost Analysis" with NASSJ deputy editor Tobias Mattei, MD.

Ask the Experts: SIJ Dysfunction and Surgical Intervention Lisa Ferrar, PhD Karthik Madhavan, MD Ali Kiapour, PhD Marcus Stone, PhD

Ask the Experts: Patient Selection & Efficacy of CT-Guided Cervical Nerve Root Blocks in Management of Patients with Radiculopathy Wende Gibbs, MD Matthew L. Goodwin, MD

Ask the Experts: Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion Luke J. Kim, MD Don Park, MD Javier Qo, MD

Ask the Experts: Role and Timing of Surgery of Acute Central Cord Syndrome Michael G. Fehlings, MD Konstantinos Margetis, MD Yi Lu, MD

Author Jason Friedrich, MD discusses his detailed SpineLine article, "Update on Nonsurgical Management of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis" with moderator Tejas Shah, MD. Friedrich is a physiatrist at University of Colorado School of Medicine; Shah is a resident and physiatrist at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ask the Experts: Spinal Deformity in the Setting of Spinal Tumors Daniel M. Sciubba, MD Joseph H. Schwab, MD Larry Lo, MD

Ask the Experts: Outpatient Spine Surgery: Trending Pearls and Pitfalls Mark Mikhael, MD Cary Templin, MD Deepak Reddy, MD

Ask the Experts: Current updates and evidence for regenerative intradiscal treatment options Gene Tekmyster, DO Zorica Buser, PhD, MBA Ken Blank, PhD, MS, MHA

Ask the Experts: Reconstruction of the Anterior Column of the Spine Sigurd Berven, MD John Williams, MD Jonathan Schoeff, MD Izzy Lieberman, MD, FRCSC, MBA

Ask the Experts: Updates to SMaX: Prevention of Wrong-Site Spinal Surgery & Procedures Gene Tekmyster, DO Addisu Mesfin, MD

Ask the Experts: Role of Osteoporosis & Spinal Deformity Tony Tannoury, MD Zeeshan Sardar, MD

Author Manish K. Kasliwal, MD, MCh, FAANS, a neurosurgeon at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, discusses his recent article, "Preoperative Optimization in Spine Surgery - A Review," with moderator Douglas Pahl, MD.

Ask the Experts: Classifying Clinical Outcomes in the Context of Neuromonitoring Data Richard Vogel, PhD, DABNM Adam Doan, DC, DABNM Anthony K. Sestokas, PhD

Author William Schnapp, MD chats about his recent NASSJ article, "Basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of chronic low back pain in a community practice setting: 6 Months follow-up" with NASSJ deputy editor Tobias Mattei, MD. Schnapp is a neurologist at Neuro Spine & Pain Center of Key West; Mattei is a neurosurgeon at St. Louis University's School of Medicine.

Ask theExperts: Biomechanics of SI & SI Fixation Lisa A. Ferrara, PhD David W. Polly, Jr., MD Heidi Prather, DO

Featuring: Greg Whitcomb, DC, Sherri Weiser, PhD, Lynn Gufeld, APRN, Brian Justice, DC, Marco Campello, PT, PhD and F. Todd Wetzel, MD Psychologically-informed Practice (PiP) is defined as, “an approach to practice, with a focus on the identification and management of psychological and psychosocial obstacles to recovery of optimal function.” Growing evidence suggests that risk screening, reassuran...

Lead author Jared D. Ament, MD, discusses his recent NASSJ article, "Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Spine Surgery: Large Database Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness," with NASSJ deputy editor Tobias Mattei, MD. Ament is a neurosurgeon at Neurosurgery & Spine Group of West Hills, CA; Mattei is a neurosurgeon at St. Louis University's School of Medicine

Claude Borowsky, MD, chair of NASS' Political Engagement Committee, discusses his recent article, "Maximizing Effectiveness when Meeting Your Member of Congress" with moderator Alex P. Michael, MD. For more information about becoming a physician advocate visit: www. SpineAdvocacy.org