The NASS Podcast

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 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

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

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 forms the putative therapy should be delivered. They wrap up the discussion on what the future may hold in this field.

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

Ask the Experts: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Lumbar Spinal Stenosi

Hosted by: Zorica Buser, PhD, MBA and W. Mark Erwin, DC, PhD 

Guest Speaker: Ashish Diwan, MBBS, MS (Ortho), DipNB, MNAMS, FRACS, FAOrthA, PhD- Director of Spine Service and Bone Biology, University of New South Wales

This episode provides an overview of the problem of annular tears/degeneration and the role of annular tears in the pathogenesis of degeneration and pain.  It highlights the cellular/molecular aspects of annular damage and the surgical challenges posed by attempts to repair the injured disc.

Marco Burkhard, MD of Balgrist University Hospital in Switzerland discusses his recent NASSJ article "Clinical relevance of occult infections in spinal pseudarthrosis revision" with moderator and NASSJ deputy editor Tobias Mattei, MD.

Ask the Experts: Spinal Deformity in the Setting of Spinal Tumors

Larry Lo, MD

Daniel M. Sciubba, MD

Joseph H. Schwab, MD

Kush Goyal, MD, of Cleveland Clinic chats with moderator Renee Rosati, DO about navigating your first years in practice.

Benoy Benny, MD, of The Spine and Sports Center in Houston, TX, has a discussion with moderator Renee Rosati, DO. Benoy dishes on how a physician should weigh his/her job options.

Ask the Experts:  How Do I Get My Research Published?

Christopher M. Bono, MD

Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD

Benoy Benny, MD, of The Spine and Sports Center in Houston, TX, has a discussion with moderator Renee Rosati, DO. They discuss How to hire an interventional spine physiatrist and what is the ISMM training?

Antonio Webb, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in San Antonio, TX, has nearly 350,000 followers on his YouTube channel and he discusses how to build your social media presence with moderator Renee Rosati, DO.

David O'Brien, MD, NASS' Board of Directors Secretary and physiatrist in Winston Salem, NC, sits down with moderator Renee Rosati, DO to discuss sensory stimulation testing before RFA.

Ask the Experts: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Evan K. Johnson, DPT, MS, OCS

Rick Placide, MD

Michael Suer, MD

Reza Ehsanian, MD, a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford Neurosurgery and a clinical translational fellow at Vanderbilt, is now doing a pain fellowship at University of New Mexico. Along with moderator Renee Rosati, DO, they discuss regenerative medicine for the lumbar facet joints.

Ask the Experts: Artificial Disc Replacement

Scott Blumenthal, MD

Richard Guyer, MD

Scott Blumenthal, MD

Allen Chen, MD, of UCLA Health chats with moderator Renee Rosati, DO about medial branch blocks with or without lidocaine.

Orthopedic surgeon Charles Crawford, MD chats with moderator Tobias Mattei, MD about his recent NASSJ article, "Predictors of segmental lumbar lordosis following midline posterior (transforaminal) lumbar interbody fusion: Does interbody device type matter?"

Jason Friedrich, MD, discusses his recent SpineLine article, "Managing the Gray Areas of Degenerative Cervical Stenosis: Mild Myelopathy and Asymptomatic Cord Compression" with moderator Alex Michael, MD.

Anand Joshi, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician at Emory University in Atlanta, chats with moderator Renee Rosati, DO, of Medical University of South Carolina about "Yay or Nay, EMG for radiculopathy?"

William Lavelle, MD of Upstate Orthopedics in New York discusses his recent NASSJ paper, "CT based bone mineral density as a predictor of proximal junctional fractures," with moderator Tobias Mattei, MD.

Aaron Yang, MD, of Vanderbilt University, discusses Fluoroscopy views for Medial Branch Blocks with moderator Renee Rosati, DO of the Medical University of South Carolina.