Research

Principal Investigator

  • Etiologies and prevalence of adult low back pain and predictive parameters
  • Prospective trial assessing predictive utility of FAD in discogenic pain relief: sponsored by Medtronic
  • Randomized, prospective, comparison trial of percutaneous discectomy to open surgical discectomy for discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy: sponsored by Stryker Interventional Spine
  • H-reflex changes in S1 radiculopathy after therapeutic SNRB
  • Efficacy of intra-articular viscosupplementation in painful lumbar facet joints: $70,000 grant awarded by Genzyme Biosurgery

Co-investigator

  • Safety and tolerability of intradiscal osteogenic protein-1 in painful lumbar internal disc disruption: sponsored by Stryker Biotech
  • Safety, tolerability, and preliminary effectiveness of intradiscal rhGDF-5 for early stage lumbar disc degeneration: sponsored by Depuy Spine
  • Safety, tolerability, and preliminary effectiveness of intradiscal fibrin for early stage lumbar disc degeneration: sponsored by Spinal Restoration
  • Efficacy and safety of pod delivery system of synthetic bone cement to repair spinal insufficiency fractures: sponsored by Crosstrees
  • Efficacy and safety of OsseoFix Spinal Fracture Reduction System of synthetic bone cement to repair spinal insufficiency fractures: sponsored by Alphatec