The NASS Podcast

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

Ask the Experts: Vascular Injuries during ALIF surgery Brian Kuhn, MD Thomas Terramani, MD Brent Kimball, MD Jonathan Schoeff, MD

NASSJ author Joe Kodama, MD, PhD discusses his recent article" "Nutrient metabolism of the nucleus pulposus: A literature review" with deputy editor Tobias Mattei, MD. Mattei is a neurosurgeon at St. Louis University's School of Medicine; Kodama is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Maryland's School of Medicine

Ask the Experts: Artificial Disc Replacement Richard Guyer, MD Scott Blumenthal, MD Jessica Shellock, MD

This episode, hosted by William Mark Erwin, DC, PhD and Zorica Buser,PhD with the NASS Section on Biologics, introduces biologic therapy to treat DDD with an emphasis on the IVD NP. They discuss challenges faced by the otherwise “hostile” IVD NP environment, define and debate different biologic therapies (protein-based, cellular based, body-derived substances, ECM-based) as well as review what for...

In this podcast, Dr. Rajiv Saigal, Co-Chair of the NASS Section on Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), interviews Dr. Brian Kwon, a world-leading expert in SCI research.  They discuss Dr. Kwon's work on spinal cord perfusion, use of lumbar intrathecal drains to monitor CSF pressure, and evolving views on optimizing cord perfusion to improve patient outcomes after SCI.

Ask the Experts: Wearable Devices For Spine Patient Care: Opportunities And Obstacles Ram Haddas, PhD, MBA Antonio Webb, MD Addison Wood, MD