5 Failed Spine Surgery Expert Witnesses Found

Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Pain (spine, nerve, joint, soft tissue), Interventional pain management (epidural steroid/other injections, nerve blocks), Opioids/pain medications, Second opinion, Ineffective/failed spine/other surgeries, Complex/catastrophic cases, CRPS/RSD, Back pain, Motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain

....) - Work-related & personal injuries - Surgical indications for painful orthopedic conditions - Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment of pain - Failed or ineffective pain interventions or surgeries - Nerve blocks, epidural, interventional pain management, nerve injury, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation - Opioid management, tolerance, dependence and addiction - Complex or catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries - Chronic pain with delayed recovery - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) - Muscle spasms, fibromyalgia, low back pain, neck pain, and mid-back pain - Arthritic and degenerative disease - Spinal cord injury - Brain injury (TBI) - Diseases of discs, nerve roots, facet joints - Injuries in correctional settings (prisons, jails, detention centers) - Injuries caused by sliping or falling - Injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents (whiplash, fractures, brain damage, spinal cord injury, or death) - Injuries caused by acts...

Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Pain (spine, nerve, joint, soft tissue), Interventional pain management (epidural steroid/other injections, nerve blocks), Opioids/pain medications, Second opinion, Ineffective/failed spine/other surgeries, Complex/catastrophic cases, CRPS/RSD, Back pain, Motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain

....) - Work-related & personal injuries - Surgical indications for painful orthopedic conditions - Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment of pain - Failed or ineffective pain interventions or surgeries - Nerve blocks, epidural, interventional pain management, nerve injury, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation - Opioid management, tolerance, dependence and addiction - Complex or catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries - Chronic pain with delayed recovery - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) - Muscle spasms, fibromyalgia, low back pain, neck pain, and mid-back pain - Arthritic and degenerative disease - Spinal cord injury - Brain injury (TBI) - Diseases of discs, nerve roots, facet joints - Injuries in correctional settings (prisons, jails, detention centers) - Injuries caused by sliping or falling - Injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents (whiplash, fractures, brain damage, spinal cord injury, or death) - Injuries caused by acts...

Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - spine surgery, lumbar disc herniation, spinal fusion, spinal trauma, spinal fracture, spinal fusion, kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, spinal cord injury, myelopathy, radiculopathy, artificial disc replacement, spinal cord stimulation, failed back syndrome, chronic back pain, pseudarthrosis

I am a fellowship-trained academic neurosurgeon specialized in complex spine/deformity surgery, currently practicing as Assistant Professor of the Division of Neurosurgery of St. Louis University. I have been an active member of the North American Spine Society, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons as well as many other international societies. I am member of the editorial board of The Spine Journal and Deputy Editor of the North American Spine Society Journal, the new open access initiative of the North American Spine Society. I am an active reviewer of several other neurosurgical journals including World Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurology & Neurosurgery, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, Journal of Engineering in Medicine: Part H, British Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurological Sciences. I have already provided expert review services for several scientific funding agencies in the U.S....

Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Pain (spine, nerve, joint, soft tissue), Interventional pain management (epidural steroid/other injections, nerve blocks), Opioids/pain medications, Second opinion, Ineffective/failed spine/other surgeries, Complex/catastrophic cases, CRPS/RSD, Back pain, Motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain

....) - Work-related & personal injuries - Surgical indications for painful orthopedic conditions - Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment of pain - Failed or ineffective pain interventions or surgeries - Nerve blocks, epidural, interventional pain management, nerve injury, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation - Opioid management, tolerance, dependence and addiction - Complex or catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries - Chronic pain with delayed recovery - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) - Muscle spasms, fibromyalgia, low back pain, neck pain, and mid-back pain - Arthritic and degenerative disease - Spinal cord injury - Brain injury (TBI) - Diseases of discs, nerve roots, facet joints - Injuries in correctional settings (prisons, jails, detention centers) - Injuries caused by sliping or falling - Injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents (whiplash, fractures, brain damage, spinal cord injury, or death) - Injuries caused by acts...

Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Orthopedic Surgery - Lumbar Spine Surgery, Cervical Spine Surgery, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Spinal Trauma, Spinal Stenosis, Sacroiliac Joint Fusion, Failed Back Surgery, Spinal Instrumentation, Workers Compensation

...I am familiar with all aspects of spinal surgery including the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine from a variety of approaches, both with and without instrumentation. I have been performing sacroiliac fusions since 1990. I have been implanting spinal cord stimulators since 1991. My practice predominantly involves Workers Compensation patients and patients injured as the result of motor vehicle accidents. I regularly perform Independent Medical Evaluations and I have testified numerous times as an expert witness.