Dr. Eugene John Carragee M.D.

Awards

• North American Spine Society 1997-2001, 1997, 1997, 1997, 1997, 1997 Outstanding Paper Award 
•  2012 San Francisco Super Doctors 
• North American Spine Society 2008 Leon Wiltse Award 
• International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 2000 Volvo Clinical Research Award 
• International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 2006 Clinical Research Award 
• Stanford University School of Medicine 1996-1997 Excellence in Teaching Award 
• International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 2005 Best Paper Award 
• International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 2003 Outstanding Research Award 
• Summa Cum Laude, State 1977 University of New York at Albany 
•  2014 Various awards and Commendations, U.S. Army (to) 

Fellowships

• University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China    1990
• University Of Hong Kong, China    1990

Publications

• SpineMagnetic resonce imaging predictors of surgical outcome2013
• PM&RDoes a Fibronectin and Aggrecan Complex Play a Role in Painful Vertebral Disks?2013
• SPINE JOURLThoracolumbar fracture dislocation sustained during childbirth2012
• SPINE JOURLFunctiol assessment of the acute local2012
• SPINE JOURLRetrograde ejaculation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion with2012
• SPINE JOURLA biologic without guidelines: the YODA project2012
• SPINE JOURLCommentary: Penetrating neck injury: George Orwell is Struck by Lighting2012
• SPINE JOURLCommentary: Battle injuries: Jessica Lynch sets the record straight2012
• SPINE JOURLMarching home, again: spine casualties, combat exposure, and the long wars2012
• SPINE JOURLCommentary: The veteran: A need to talk but no one wanted to hear about it2012
• NEUROSURGERYMorbidity and Mortality of C2 Fractures in the Elderly: Surgery and Conservative Treatment2012
• SPINE JOURLCommentary: Revision lumbar surgery and revisiting the role of preoperative depression screening2012
• JOURL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONSOverview of Axial Skeleton Injuries: Burden of Disease2012
• SPINEMaging Nonspecific Low Back Pain Do Nonclinical Patient Characteristics Matter?2011
• SPINE JOURLCommentary: One small step2011
• SPINECharlson Score is a Robust Predictor of 30-Day Complications Following Spil Metastasis Surgery2011
• SPINEOutcome of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection Is Predicted by Assay of a Complex of Fibronectin2011
• SPINE JOURLFuture directions for The Spine Jourl: maging and reporting conflict of interest issues2011
• SPINE JOURLLocal bone graft harvesting and volumes in posterolateral lumbar fusion: a technical report2011
• SPINE JOURLRetrograde ejaculation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion using rhBMP-22011
• SPINE JOURLA challenge to integrity in spine publications2011
• SPINE JOURLA critical review of recombint human bone morphogenetic protein-2 trials in spil surgery2011
• JOURL OF SPIL DISORDERS & TECHNIQUESAre Persistently Symptomatic Vertebral Compression Fractures2011
• NEUROSURGERYPredictors of Survival After Surgical Treatment of Spil Metastasis2011
• SPINE JOURLIntradiscal treatment of back pain2011
• SPINE JOURLA case of late epidural hematoma in a patient on clopidogrel therapy postoperatively2011
• JOURL OF SPIL DISORDERS & TECHNIQUESAccelerated Degeneration After Failed Cervical and Lumbar Nucleoplasty2010
• CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRYIdentification of a complex between fibronectin2010
• SPINE JOURLMinimum acceptable outcomes after lumbar spil fusion2010
• SPINE JOURLThe vertebroplasty affair: the mysterious case of the disappearing effect size2010
• SPINE JOURLCytokine evaluation in individuals with low back pain using discographic lavage2010
• SPINE JOURLPseudomorbidity in iliac crest bone graft harvesting2009
• SPINEEpidural Interferon Gamma-Immunoreactivity A Biomarker for Lumbar Nerve Root Irritation2009
• SPINE2009 ISSLS Prize Winner2009
• SPINE JOURLContinuing debate: validity and utility of magnetic resonce2009
• PM & R : the jourl of injury, function, and rehabilitationChanges in posterior lumbar disk contour abnormality with flexion2009
• SPINESurgery for Low Back Pain A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice2009
• SPINEInterventiol Therapies, Surgery2009
• SPINELifetime Asymptomatic for Back Pain The Validity of Self-report Measures in Soldiers2009
• SPINEClinical Research Is the Spine Field a Mine Field?2009
• JOURL OF MANIPULATIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL THERAPEUTICSTREATMENT OF NECK PAIN Injections and Surgical Interventions2009
• RADIOLOGYLumbar Spine: Reliability of MR Imaging Findings2009
• SPINE JOURLIs the self-reported history accurate in patients with persistent axial pain after a motor vehicle2009
• SPINEDoes acute placement of instrumentation2008
• SPINEReliability of readings of magnetic resonce imaging features of lumbar spil stenosis2008
• SPINEReliability of magnetic resonce imaging readings for lumbar disc herniation2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLAssessment of neck pain and its associated disorders - Results of the bone and joint decade 20002008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLTreatment of neck pain2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLThe burden and determints of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLCourse and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLThe burden and determints of neck pain in the general population2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLCourse and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers - Results of the bone and joint decade 20002008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLResearch priorities and methodological implications - The bone and joint decade 20002008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLClinical practice implications of the bone and joint decade 20002008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLMethods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLCourse and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLA new conceptual model of neck pain - Linking onset, course2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLTreatment of neck pain - Injections and surgical interventions2008
• EUROPEAN SPINE JOURLThe burden and determints of neck pain in workers - Results of the bone and joint decade 20002008
• SPINE JOURLValidity of self-reported history in patients with acute back or neck pain after motor vehicle2008
• SPINECourse and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers - Results of the bone and joint decade 20002008
• SPINEThe burden and determints of neck pain in workers - Results of the bone and joint decade 20002008
• SPINEMethods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders2008
• SPINEThe burden and determints of neck pain in the general population2008
• SPINEResearch priorities and methodological implications - The bone and joint decade 20002008
• SPINEClinical practice implications of the bone and joint decade 20002008
• SPINETreatment of neck pain2008
• SPINECourse and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population2008
• SPINEAssessment of neck pain and its associated disorders - Results of the bone and joint decade 20002008
• SPINECourse and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders2008
• SPINEA new conceptual model of neck pain - Linking onset, course2008
• SPINEThe burden and determints of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions2008
• SPINE JOURLA brief overview of evidence-informed magement of chronic low back pain with surgery2008
• spine jourlThe pyrite standard: the Midas touch in the diagnosis of axial pain syndromes.2007
• SPINEDoes minor trauma cause serious low back illness?2006
• spine jourlAre first-time episodes of serious LBP associated with new MRI findings?2006
• spine jourlSurgical treatment for unstable low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults2006
• SPINEA gold standard evaluation of the discogenic pain diagnosis as determined by provocative2006
• SPINEA prospective controlled study of limited versus subtotal posterior discectomy2006
• SPINELow-pressure positive discography in subjects asymptomatic of significant low back pain illness2006
• spine jourlThe surgical treatment of disc degeneration: is the race not to the swift?2005
• New England jourl of medicineClinical practice. Persistent low back pain.2005
• spine jourlDiscographic, MRI and psychosocial determints of low back pain disability and remission2005
• SPINEProspective controlled study of the development of lower back pain2004
• ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICADiagnostic evaluation of low back pain2004
• jourl of bone and joint surgery. American volumeClinical outcomes after lumbar discectomy for sciatica2003
• Instructiol course lecturesIndications for lumbar microdiskectomy.2002
• spine jourlProvocative discography in volunteer subjects with mild persistent low back pain.2002
• spine jourlDiscography. a review.2001
• CLINICAL JOURL OF PAINPsychological screening in the surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation2001
• spine jourlPsychological and functiol profiles in select subjects with low back pain.2001
• spine jourlChanges in posterior disc bulging2001
• SPINEProvocative discography in patients after limited lumbar discectomy - A controlled2000
• SPINE2000 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies - Lumbar high-intensity zone2000
• SPINECan discography cause long-term back symptoms in previously asymptomatic subjects?2000
• SPINEThe rates of false-positive lumbar discography in select patients without low back symptoms2000
• Current review of painIs lumbar discography a determite of discogenic low back pain2000
• SPINEFalse-positive findings on lumbar discography1999
• SPINEActivity restrictions after posterior lumbar discectomy1999
• American jourl of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)Pain control and cultural norms and expectations after closed femoral shaft fractures.1999
• SPINEThe clinical use of erythrocyte sedimentation rate in pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis1997
• jourl of bone and joint surgery. American volumeSingle-level posterolateral arthrodesis, with or without posterior decompression1997
• JOURL OF SPIL DISORDERSInstrumentation of the infected and unstable spine1997
• SPINEA prospective alysis of magnetic resonce imaging findings in patients with sciatica1997
• jourl of bone and joint surgery. American volumePyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis.1997
• SPINEThe clinical use of magnetic resonce imaging in pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis1997
• SPINEWound care after posterior spil surgery1996
• SPINEAre postoperative activity restrictions necessary after posterior lumbar discectomy?1996
• PHYSICIAN AND SPORTSMEDICINESPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN THE YOUNG ATHLETE1994
• JOURL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CAREINCREASED RATES OF COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ANKLE FRACTURES1993
• Jourl of orthopaedic traumaPudendal nerve palsy after femoral intramedullary iling.1993
• JOURL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUMEEARLY COMPLICATIONS IN THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF ANKLE FRACTURES1991
• ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICAREPETITIVE TRAUMA AND NERVE COMPRESSION1988

Experience & Accolades

• Director Orthopaedic Spine Center at Stanford
• Director Medical Student Education
• Member Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Member2004 - 2014 Chief, Spinal Surgery Division
• Medical Director 2009 - 2014 Service Quality, Stanford Univeristy Hospital and Clinics
• Member1990 - 2014 Stanford Hospital Clinics
• Member1990 - 2014 Stanford University School of Medicine
• Member1993 - 2014 Spine Consultant for Varsity and NCAA Teams, Stanford University

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