1. No category

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CURRICULUM VITAE
Vincent Charles Traynelis
nd
May 2 , 2011
I.
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
A.
Institutions Attended
1978
B.
1983
B.A., Chemistry
(Magna Cum Laude)
M.D.
1983-1984
Resident, General Surgery
1984-1988
Resident, Neurosurgery
1988-1989
Chief Resident, Neurosurgery
West Virginia University, School of
Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
West Virginia University School of
Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
West Virginia University School of
Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
West Virginia University School of
Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
West Virginia University School of
Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
Professional and Academic Positions Held
7/89-6/94
Assistant Professor
7/89-6/96
Staff Surgeon
7/89-3/08
Staff Surgeon
1993-1999
Associate Director
1994-1999
7/94-6/99
Associate Director
Associate Professor
7/96-3/09
Consultant
7/99-3/09
Professor
7/04-3/09
Spine Fellowship
4/09-
Professor
4/09-
Vice Chairman
4/09-
Residency Program
Director
Director of Spine
Surgery
Spine Fellowship
Director
4/094/09-
Department of Surgery, Division of
Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of
Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
52240
The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa
City, Iowa 52242
Surgical Intensive Care Unit, The University of
Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Iowa Spine Research Center
Department of Surgery, Division of
Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of
Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
52240
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa
College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa,
Director College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
52242
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University
Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University
Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University
Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University
Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University
Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824
C.
Honors, Awards, Recognitions, Outstanding Achievements
1982
1979-1983
1980
1981
1983
1983
1984
1986
1986
1989
D.
Alpha Omega Alpha
Class President, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Mountain - Ranking Men's Honorary of the State of West Virginia
Van Liere Memorial Research Award
Stuart Memorial Award
Upjohn Achievement Award
Research Award, American College of Surgeons, West Virginia Chapter
Research Award, American College of Surgeons, West Virginia Chapter
First Place, Annual Resident Research Convocation, Department of
Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Crutchfield-Gage-Thomson Award, Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias
Certification and Licensure
Certification
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1992
Licensure
West Virginia, #14326 - inactive
Pennsylvania, #MD-040238 - expired
Iowa, #27034 (permanent), 4/24/89 (Expires 2010)
Illinois #036.122576 (Expires 7/31/2011)
II.
TEACHING
A.
Teaching Assignments on Semester-by-Semester Basis
Classroom, Seminar, Teaching Laboratory
1989-1998
1990
1992-97
1995
Monthly lecture to medical students rotating through General Surgery
Lecturer, Advanced Biomedical Studies (501199)
Lecture to 2nd year medical students - Cranial and Spinal Trauma
Lecturer, Clinical Biomechanics of Spine (51:253)
Clinical Teaching
1983-1989
1988-1989
B.
Medical students in neurosurgery, 2 hrs/wk
Residents in neurosurgery, 40 hrs/wk
Students Supervised
1990-1992
1990-1991
1992-1994
1992-1996
1994-1996
1996-1998
1998-1999
1998-2000
2008-2009
Robert M. Roach, M.D., Neuro-oncology research
Paul Donaher, M.S., Biomedical engineering, Masters degree
Timothy C. Ryken, M.D., Neuro-oncology research
John D. Clausen, Ph.D., Biomedical engineering, Ph.D. thesis
Paul D. Sawin, M.D., Neuro-oncology research
Darin W. Smith, M.D., Neuro-oncology research
Christian Puttlitz, Ph.D., Biomedical engineering, Ph.D. thesis
Peter J. Lennarson, M.D., Neuro-oncology research
June Yoshii, B.S., Medical student research program
3
C.
Other Contributions to Institutional Programs
Institutional Conferences, Grand Rounds, Journal Clubs
Neurosurgery Basic Science Conference - weekly
Neurosurgery Journal Club - once per month
Neurosurgery Morbidity and Mortality Conference - weekly
Teaching Committees
1992-1993
1995-1996
1997-2000
1997-2000
2000-2002
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Public Education
Committee
Joint AANS/CNS Committee on Continuing Medical Education
Subcommittee on Self Assessment for Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Education Committee (Chairman)
Joint AANS/CNS Committee on Continuing Medical Education
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Certification Committee (Chair)
Counseling
1990-1991
1991
1996
1998
2000
Senior medical student advisor, 4 students
Master's Thesis Committee, Paul Donaher
Ph.D. Thesis Committee, John D. Clausen
Ph.D. Thesis Committee, Christian Puttlitz
Master's Thesis Committee, Jeff Scifert
National Education-Related Presentations
None
Formal Study to Improve Teaching Abilities
1998
American Council of Continuing Medical Education Workshop
Current Research Concerning Teaching
None
Local and Regional CME Talks
1.
Van Liere Memorial Research Convocation, West Virginia University School of
Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, Effect of temperature on macrophage
function, April 1981.
2.
Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West
Virginia, Acalculous cholecystitis, February 1984.
3.
American College of Surgeons, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Acalculous
cholecystitis in the neonate, May 1984.
4.
Resident Research Convocation, West Virginia University School of Medicine,
Department of Surgery, Morgantown, West Virginia, Neonatal acalculous
cholecystitis, May 1984.
4
5.
American College of Physicians, Morgantown, West Virginia, Computed
tomography of traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation, October 1985.
6.
Society for Neuroscience, Northern West Virginia Chapter, Morgantown, West
Virginia, Pentoxyphylline and vasospasm, December 1985.
7.
American College of Surgeons, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Traumatic
atlanto-occipital dislocation, May 1985.
8.
Resident Research Convocation, West Virginia University School of Medicine,
Department of Surgery, Morgantown, West Virginia, Traumatic atlanto-occipital
dislocation, May 1986.
9.
Neurology Grand Rounds, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, West Virginia, Brain abscess, May 1986.
10.
Neurovascular Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Neurovascular
trauma, November 1989.
11.
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Subdural
hematomas, August 1990.
12.
Symposium on Outpatient Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Cranial
neuralgias, September 1990.
13.
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Surgical
management of massive cerebral infarction, October 1990.
14.
Consultant Tumor Board Conference, Marian Health Center, Sioux City, Iowa,
Gliomas, November 1990.
15.
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, New insights on the
pathophysiology of closed head injuries and management of acute head injuries,
December 1990.
16.
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Intracranial
pressure monitoring, June 1991.
17.
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Subdural
hematomas, August 1991.
18.
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Des Moines, Iowa, Biomechanical
evaluation of cervical spinal stabilization procedures in a human cadaveric model,
October 1991.
19.
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Iowa City, Iowa, Anterior skull base
resection: a 12-year experience, May 1992.
20.
Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Closed head injury,
March 1993.
21.
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Head and spinal
injuries, August 1993.
5
22.
American Society of Biomechanics, Iowa City, Iowa, Biomechanical
characteristics of Caspar and Synthes plates used to stabilize cervical spines
before and after cyclic loading (Goel VK, Clausen JD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC),
October 1993.
23.
Radiation Research Laboratory Seminar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, In
vitro response of malignant gliomas to cis-parinaric acid, March 1994.
24.
Spine Symposium II, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Faculty' member, March
1994.
25.
Research Society of Neurological Surgeons, Iowa City, Iowa, Biomechanical
considerations of anterior cervical instrumentation, June 1995.
26.
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Head injuries,
January 1996.
27.
Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Evaluation of the
patient with cervical spine instability, May 1996.
28.
Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
Management of CSF drains, July 1996.
29.
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Iowa City, Iowa, Management of Type II
odontoid fractures, October 1996.
30.
Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
Management of lumbar drains, July 1997.
31.
Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
Management of lumbar drains, July 1998.
32.
Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
Management of lumbar drains, July 1999.
33.
Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
Management of lumbar drains, July 2000.
34.
Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Neurosurgical
management of intracranial aneurysms, August 2000.
35.
Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Evaluation of cervical
spine trauma, November 2003.
36.
The Iowa Spine Symposium and 2nd Annual Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation Conference: Update in Spine Care, Department of Orthopaedics &
Rehabilitation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Clinical experience with
cervical disc replacement, April 2004.
37.
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses, Iowa City, Iowa, Advances in
spine surgery - cervical arthroplasty, November 2008.
38.
Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, Management of
Craniovertebral Junction Pathology October, 2009
6
III.
39.
Department of Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds, Chicago, Illinois,
Management of Craniovertebral Junction Pathology, January 2010.
40.
Geriatrics Grand Rounds, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, Back
pain in the elderly, April, 2010.
SCHOLARSHIP
A.
Publications or Creative Works
Peer-Reviewed Papers
1.
Ganguly R, Traynelis V: Effect of temperature on macrophage functions. W V
Med J 77:311, 1981.
2.
Ganguly R, Hoover D, Traynelis V, Moore MJ, Lazzell VA: Depressed
macrophage functions at temperatures below 37 degrees C. Allerg Immunol
(Leipz) 29:160-167, 1983.
3.
Traynelis VC, Hrabovsky EE: Acalculous cholecystitis in the neonate. Am J Dis
Child 139:893-895, 1985.
4.
Traynelis VC, Hrabovsky EE: Cholecystite non lithiasique du nouveau-ne'.
Journal de Pediatrie 4:440-442, 1985.
5.
Traynelis VC, Kaufman HH: Noninvasive testing for asymptomatic carotid artery
disease. W V Med J 82:269-272, 1986.
6.
Traynelis VC, Marano GD, Dunker RO, Kaufman HH: Traumatic atlanto-occipital
dislocation. Case report. J Neurosurg 65:863-870, 1986.
7.
Traynelis VC, Powell RG, Koss W, Schochet SS Jr., Kaufman HH: Cerebrospinal
fluid eosinophilia and sterile shunt malfunction. Neurosurgery 23:645-649, 1988.
8.
Secrist RD, Traynelis V, Schochet SS Jr: MR imaging of acute cortical venous
infarction: preliminary experience with an animal model. Magn Reson Imaging
7:149-153, 1989.
9.
Traynelis VC, Hitchon PW, Yuh WTC, Kaufman HH: Magnetic resonance
imaging and posttraumatic Lhermitte's sign. J Spinal Disord 3:376-379, 1990.
10.
Kardon RH, Traynelis VC, Biller J: Inferior division oculomotor nerve palsy
caused by basilar artery aneurysm. Cerebrovas Dis 1:171-176, 1991.
11.
Traynelis VC, Willison CD, Follett KA, Chambers J, Schochet SS Jr, Kaufman
HH: Millipore analysis of valvular fluid in sterile valve malfunctions. Neurosurgery
28:848-852, 1991.
12.
Traynelis VC: Chronic subdural hematoma in the elderly. Clin Geriatr Med
7:583-598, 1991.
13.
Osenbach RK, Godersky JC, Traynelis VC, Schelper RD: Intradural
extramedullary cysts of the spinal canal: clinical presentation, radiographic
diagnosis, and surgical management. Neurosurgery 30:35-42, 1992.
7
14.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Lim R: Interaction of acidic fibroblast growth factor and
transforming growth factor-β in normal and transformed glia in vitro. J Neurosurg
76:850-855, 1992.
15.
Traynelis VC, Dunker RO: Interhemispheric approach with callosal resection for
distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms. Technical note. J Neurosurg 77:481483, 1992.
16.
Traynelis VC: Anterior and posterior plate stabilization of the cervical spine.
Neurosurg Q 2:59-76, 1992.
17.
Traynelis VC, Ryken T, Rodnitzky RL, Menezes AH: Botulinum toxin
enhancement of postoperative immobilization in patients with cervical dystonia.
Technical note. J Neurosurg 77:808-809, 1992.
18.
Ryken TC, Hitchon PW, Roach RM, Traynelis VC: Infratentorial stereotactic
biopsy. A review of 11 cases. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 59:111-114, 1992.
19.
Traynelis VC: Stabilization following ventral decompression of the cervical spine.
Contemp Neurosurg 14:1-6, 1992.
20.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Interaction of acidic fibroblast growth factor and
transforming growth factor-β on bovine and porcine endothelium in vitro. Surgical
Forum 43:535-537, 1992.
21.
Traynelis VC, Gold M: Cervical spine injury in an air bag-equipped vehicle. J
Spinal Disord 6:60-61, 1993.
22.
Traynelis VC, Donaher PA, Roach RM, Kojimoto H, Goel VK: Biomechanical
comparison of anterior Caspar plate and three-level posterior fixation techniques
in a human cadaveric model. J Neurosurg 79:96-103, 1993.
23.
Ridenour TR, Haddad SF, Hitchon PW, Piper J, Traynelis VC, VanGilder JC:
Herniated thoracic disks: treatment and outcome. J Spinal Disord 6:218-224,
1993.
24.
Hansen TD, Warner DS, Traynelis VC, Roach RM, Todd MM: Cerebral blood
flow in a rat glioma model during halothane anesthesia. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol
5:187-193, 1993.
25.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Sandra A: Investigation of lipid metabolism in normal
glia using a fluorescent ceramide probe. Surgical Forum 44:562-564, 1993.
26.
Gerdes JS, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Morphological and ultrastructural analysis
of C6 glioma in vitro. Surgical Forum 44:560-562, 1993.
27.
Clausen JD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC, Zheng Z, Roach RM:
Biomechanics of Caspar and Synthes plates in quasi-static and cyclic loading
modes. ASME Advances in Bioengineering, BED 24:618-620, 1993.
28.
Hansen TD, Warner DS, Traynelis VC, Todd MM: Plasma osmolality and brain
water content in a rat glioma model. Neurosurgery 34:505-511, 1994.
29.
Menezes AH, Traynelis VC, Gantz BJ: Surgical approaches to the
craniovertebral junction. Clin Neurosurg 41:187-203, 1994.
8
30.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Free radicals and lipid peroxidation in the central
nervous system. Perspectives in Neurological Surgery 5:105-126, 1994.
31.
Ryken TC, Sawin PD, Runge TC, Traynelis VC: 8-Isoprostane production in
normal and transformed glia: assessment of oxidative activity. Surgical Forum
45:577-579, 1994.
32.
Piper JG, Dirks BA, Traynelis VC, VanGilder JC: Perioperative management and
surgical outcome of the acromegalic patient with sleep apnea. Neurosurgery
36:70-75, 1995.
33.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Biomechanics of cervical spine instrumentation.
Perspectives in Neurological Surgery 6:1-18, 1995
34.
Ryken TC, Clausen JD, Traynelis VC, Goel VK: Biomechanical analysis of bone
mineral density, insertion technique, screw torque, and holding strength of
anterior cervical plate screws. J Neurosurg 83:324-329, 1995.
35.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Follett KA: Spinal epidural hematoma following
coronary thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator. Report of two cases. J
Neurosurg 83:350-353, 1995.
36.
Ryken TC, Goel VK, Clausen JD, Traynelis VC: Assessment of unicortical and
bicortical fixation in a quasistatic cadaveric model: role of bone mineral density
and screw torque. Spine 20:1861-1867, 1995.
37.
Traynelis VC, Ryken TC, Cornelius AS: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid in
cultured malignant gliomas. Neurosurgery 37:484-489, 1995.
38.
Clausen JD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Sawin PD, Dexter F, Goel VK:
Biomechanical evaluation of Caspar and Cervical Spine Locking Plate systems in
a cadaveric model. J Neurosurg 84:1039-1045, 1996.
39.
Sawin PD, Todd MM, Traynelis VC, Farrell SB, Nader A, Sato Y, Clausen JD,
Goel VK: Cervical spine motion with direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal
intubation: an in vivo cinefluoroscopic study of subjects without cervical
abnormality. Anesthesiology 85:26-36, 1996.
40.
Traynelis VC: Thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament,
ossification of the yellow ligament from T9-T12 with superimposed acute T10/T11
disc herniation: controversies in surgical management. Clinical opinion. J Spinal
Disord 9:449, 1996.
41.
Rubin MD, Sato Y, Crosby DC, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA, Sawin PD,
Ogura Y, Katada Y: In vivo dissection of cerebral aneurysms using computed
tomographic angiography. Int J Neuroradiol 2:510-521, 1996.
42.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Rich G, Smith BA, Maves TJ, Follett KA, Moore SA:
Chymopapain-induced reduction of proinflammatory phospholipase A2 activity
and amelioration of neuropathic behavioral changes in an in vivo model of acute
sciatica. J Neurosurg 86:998-1006,1997.
43.
Clausen JD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Scifert J: Uncinate processes and Luschka
joints influence the biomechanics of the cervical spine: quantification using a finite
element model of the C5-C6 segment. J Orthop Res 15:342-347, 1997.
9
44.
Robertson SC, Ackerman LL, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Increased height in
patients with medulloblastomas. Neurosurgery 41:561-566, 1997.
45.
Traynelis VC: Anterior screw plate fixation of the cervical spine. Contemp
Neurosurg 19:1-6, 1997.
46.
Lovick DS, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Dexter F: Assessment of primary and
salvage lateral mass screw insertion torque in a cadaveric model. J Spinal
Disord 10:431-435, 1997.
47.
Menezes AH, Gantz BJ, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM: Cranial base chordomas.
Clin Neurosurg 44:491-509, 1997.
48.
Traynelis VC: Evidence-based management of Type II odontoid fractures. Clin
Neurosurg 44:41-49, 1997.
49.
Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Follett KA, Menezes AH: Idiopathic spinal epidural
lipomatosis. Neurosurgery 41:68-75, 1997.
50.
Wellman BJ, Follett KA, Traynelis VC: Complications of posterior articular mass
plate fixation of the subaxial cervical spine in 43 consecutive patients. Spine
23:193-200, 1998.
51.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: A comparative analysis of fusion rates
and donor-site morbidity for autogeneic rib and iliac crest bone grafts in posterior
cervical fusions. J Neurosurg 88:255-265, 1998.
52.
Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Funk GF, Menezes AH, Hoffman HT:
Midline anterior craniofacial approach for malignancy: results of en bloc versus
piecemeal resections. Skull Base Surg 9:41-46,1999.
53.
Goel VK, Clausen JD, Sawin PD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Investigation of
stabilizing potential of two anterior cervical spine plating systems incorporating
unicortical locking screw designs. Neuro-Orthopedics 25:67-74, 1999.
54.
Mostafavi H, Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC: Granulocytic sarcoma of the spine.
Neurosurgery 46:78-84, 2000.
55.
Lennarson PJ, Smith D, Todd MM, Carras D, Sawin PD, Brayton J, Sato Y,
Traynelis VC: Segmental cervical spine motion during orotracheal intubation of
the intact and injured spine with and without external stabilization. J Neurosurg
(Spine 2) 92:201-206, 2000.
56.
Lennarson PJ, Mostafavi H, Traynelis VC, Walters BC: Management of Type II
dens fractures. A case-control study. Spine 25:1234-1237, 2000.
57.
Julien TD, Frankel B, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Evidence-based analysis of
odontoid fracture management. Neurosurg Focus 8:1-6, 2000.
58.
Puttlitz CM, Goel VK, Clark CR, Traynelis VC, Scifert JL, Grosland NM:
Biomechanical rationale for the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis in the
craniovertebral junction. Spine 25:1607-1616, 2000.
59.
Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Management of cervical spinal fractures in
ankylosing spondylitis with posterior fixation. Spine 25:2035-2039, 2000.
10
60.
Traynelis VC, Andrews BT, Awad IA, Batjer HH, Belzberg A, Leibrock L,
Couldwell W, Follett K, Friedman A, Loftus CM, Maniker A, Mapstone T, Pollock
BE, Schochet SS Jr, Valadka A, Wolfla C: Resident curriculum guidelines for
neurosurgery. Clin Neurosurg 47:589-681, 2000.
61.
Puttlitz CM, Goel VK, Clark CR, Traynelis VC: Pathomechanisms of failures of
the odontoid. Spine 25:2868-2876, 2000.
62.
Traynelis VC: Joint replacement in neurosurgery. Clin Neurosurg 48:82-95, 2001.
63.
Lennarson PJ, Smith DW, Sawin PD, Todd MM, Sato Y, Traynelis VC: Cervical
spinal motion during intubation: efficacy of stabilization maneuvers in the setting
of complete segmental instability. J Neurosurg (Spine 2) 94:265-270, 2001.
64.
Cinotti G, Traynelis V: The Spine forum: clinical cases on the web. Spine
26:849, 2001.
65.
Ryken TC, Meeks SL, Pennington EC, Hitchon P, Traynelis V, Mayr NA, Bova FJ,
Friedman WA, Buatti JM: Initial clinical experience with frameless stereotactic
radiosurgery: analysis of accuracy and feasibility. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
51:1152-1158, 2001.
66.
Ryken TC, Meeks SL, Traynelis V, Haller, J, Bouchet LG, Bova FJ, Pennington
EC, Buatti JM: Ultrasonographic guidance for spinal extracranial radiosurgery:
technique and application for metastatic spinal lesions. Neurosurg Focus 11:1-6,
2001.
67.
Puttlitz CM, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Clark CR: A finite element investigation of
upper cervical instrumentation. Spine 26:2449-2455, 2001.
68.
Heth JA, Funk GF, Karnell LH, McCulloch TM, Traynelis VC, Nerad JA, Smith
RB, Graham SM, Hoffman HT: Free tissue transfer and local flap complications
in anterior and anterolateral skull base surgery. Head Neck 24:901-912, 2002.
69.
Traynelis VC: Spinal arthroplasty. Neurosurg Focus 13(2), Article 10:1-7, 2002.
70.
Ackerman LL, Traynelis VC: Treatment of delayed-onset neurological deficit after
aortic surgery with lumbar cerebrospinal fluid drainage. Neurosurgery 51:14141422, 2002.
71.
Mummaneni PV, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Sasso RC, Subach BR, Fiore AJ, Rodts
GE: Posterior cervical fixation using a new polyaxial screw and rod system:
technique and surgical results. Neurosurg Focus 12:1-8, 2002.
72.
Traynelis VC: Prosthetics and biologics: the wave of the future. Clin Neurosurg
50:207-219, 2003.
73.
Barry CJ, Smith D, Lennarson P, Jermeland J, Darling W, Stierman L, Rizzo M,
Traynelis VC: The effect of wearing a restrictive neck brace on driver
performance. Neurosurgery 53:98-102, 2003.
74.
Robertson SC, Lennarson P, Hasan DM, Traynelis VC: Clinical course and
surgical management of massive cerebral infarction. Neurosurgery 55:55-62,
2004.
11
75.
Kaminsky SB, Clark CR, Traynelis VC: Operative treatment of cervical
spondylotic myelopathy and radiculopathy: a comparison of laminectomy and
laminoplasty at five year average follow-up. Iowa Orthop J 24:95-105, 2004.
76.
Traynelis VC: The Prestige cervical disc replacement. Spine J 4 (Suppl 6):310S314S, 2004.
77.
Taggard DA, Kraut MA, Clark CR, Traynelis VC: Case-control study comparing
the efficacy of surgical techniques for C1-C2 arthrodesis. J Spinal Disord Tech
17:189-194, 2004.
78.
Pracyk JB, Traynelis VC: Treatment of the painful motion segment: cervical
arthroplasty. Spine 30 (Suppl 16):S23-S32, 2005.
79.
Traynelis VC: The geometry of education: patterns for growth. Clin Neurosurg
52:1-5, 2005.
80.
Menezes AH, Traynelis VC, Fenoy AJ, Gantz BJ, Kralik SF, Donovan KA:
Surgery at the crossroads: craniocervical neoplasms. Clin Neurosurg 52:218228, 2005.
81.
Robertson JT, Papadopoulos SM, Traynelis VC: Assessment of adjacentsegment disease in patients treated with cervical fusion or arthroplasty: a
prospective 2-year study. J Neurosurg Spine 3:417-423, 2005.
82.
Traynelis VC: The Prestige cervical disc. Neurosurg Clin N Am 16:621-628,
2005.
83.
Menezes AH, Traynelis VC: Spinal neurenteric cysts in the magnetic resonance
imaging era. Neurosurgery 58:97-105, 2006.
84.
Traynelis VC: Cervical arthroplasty. Clin Neurosurg 53:203-207, 2006.
85.
Zaheer A, Sahu SK, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Cis-parinaric acid effects,
cytotoxicity, c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase, forkhead transcription factor and
Mn-SOD differentially in malignant and normal astrocytes. Neurochem Res
32:115-124, 2007.
86.
Mummaneni PV, Burkus JK, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA: Clinical and
radiographic analysis of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion:
a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Neurosurg Spine 6:198-209, 2007.
87.
Zaheer A, Sahu SK, Traynelis VC: Inhibitors of EGFR signaling retard cytotoxicity
of fenretinide in rat gliosarcoma cells. Neurochem Res 33:22-26, 2008.
88.
Steinmetz MP, Patel R, Traynelis V, Resnick DK, Anderson PA: Cervical disc
arthroplasty compared with fusion in a workers' compensation population.
Neurosurgery 63:741-747, 2008.
89.
Ahmed R, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Fusions at the craniovertebral junction.
Childs Nerv Syst 24:1209-1224, 2008.
90.
Menezes AH, Traynelis VC: Anatomy and biomechanics of normal
craniovertebral junction (a) and biomechanics of stabilization (b). Childs Nerv
Syst 24:1091-1100, 2008.
12
91.
Ahmed R, Severson MA III, Traynelis VC: Role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in
the treatment of bacterial spinal osteomyelitis. J Neurosurgery Spine 10:16-20,
2009.
92.
Yoshii J., Traynelis VC: Achondroplasia and cervical laminoplasty. J Neurosurg
Spine 11:417-420, 2009.
93.
Ackerman L, Ryken, TC, Kealey G, Traynelis VC: Onset of symptomatic
hydrocephalus requiring emergency cerebrospinal fluid diversion following highvoltage electrical burn injury. J Neurosurg 112 394-398, 2010.
94.
Traynelis VC, Youssef KR, Menezes AH: Posterolateral approaches to the
craniovertebral junction. Neurosurgery 66: A135-A140, 2010.
95.
Youssef KR, Traynelis, VC: Occipital condyle fractures. J Neurosurgery, 66:
A56-A59, 2010.
96.
Menzin J, Zhang B, Newmann PJ, Lines LM, Polly DW, Barnett-Myers S, Fontes,
R, Traynelis VC: A health-economic assessment of cervical disc arthroplasty
compared with allograft fusion. Tech Orthop 25:133-137, 2010.
97.
Burkus JK, Haid RW Jr., Traynelis VC, Mummaneni PV. Long-term clinical and
radiographic outcomes of cervical disc replacement with the PRESTIGE disc:
Results from a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial. J Neurosurg
Spine, 13: 308-318, 2010.
98.
Traynelis VC: Total subaxial reconstruction. J Neurosurg Spine, 13:424-434,
2010.
99.
Upadhyaya, Cheerag D.,Wu, Jau-Ching; Balamurali, Gopalakrishnan, Haid, Regis
W., Traynelis, Vincent C., Tay, Bobby, Coric, Domagoj, Trost, Gregory R.,
Mummaneni, Praveen V: Combined results of the 3 US IDE randomized cervical
arthroplasty trials with 2-Years of follow-up: 923. Neurosurgery. 67(2):543, 2010.
100.
Fontes, RBV, Traynelis VC: Anterior fixation of the axis: Neurosurgery. 67:229236, 2010.
101.
Duhdaleh NS, Traynelis VC: Cervical disc athroplasty: Contemporary
Neurosurgery. 32:18, 2010.
102.
Updhyaya, Cheerag D., Wu, Jau-Ching, Haid, Regis W., Traynelis, Vincent C.,
Tay, Bobby, Coric, Dom, Trost, Gregory, Mummaneni, Praveen V: Analysis of the
three United States FDA-IDE cervical arthroplasty triails, J Neurosurg Spine,
2011 in press.
103.
Hindman, Bradley J., Palecek, John P., Posner, Karen L., Traynelis, Vincent C.,
Lee, Lorri A., Sawin, Paul D., Tredway, Trent L., Todd, Michael M., Domino,
Karen B: Cervical Spinal Cord, Root, and Bony Spine Injuries, J Neurosurg
Anesthesiol 114:783-795, 2011.
104.
Ahmed, Raheel, Greenlee, Jeremy D.W., Traynelis, Vincent C: Preservation of
spinal instrumentation following development of postoperative bacterial infections
in patients undergoing spinal arthrodesis, J Spine Dis Tech, 2011 in press.
Editorial Publications
13
1.
Traynelis VC: Brick JF: Phenylpropylalanine and vasospasm (letter). Neurology
36:593-594, 1986.
2.
Traynelis VC: Cervical rheumatoid arthritis subluxations without myelopathy
(clinical opinion). J Spinal Disord 12:85, 1999.
3.
Traynelis VC: Biomechanical evaluation of a newly developed monocortical
expansion screw for use in anterior internal fixation of the cervical spine: in vitro
comparison with two established internal fixation systems (point of view). Spine
24:212, 1999.
4.
Traynelis VC: Loosening at the screw-vertebra junction in multilevel anterior
cervical plate constructs (point of view). Spine 24:2388, 1999.
5.
Traynelis VC: Reconstruction after multilevel corpectomy in the cervical spine: a
sagittal plane biomechanical study (point of view). Spine 24:1191, 1999.
6.
Traynelis VC: A prospective randomized multicenter clinical evaluation of an
anterior cervical fusion cage (point of view). Spine 25:2655, 2000.
7.
Traynelis VC: Computer-assisted fluoroscopic targeting system for pedicle screw
insertion (comment). Neurosurgery 47:878, 2000.
8.
Traynelis VC: Primary spinal epidural mantle cell lymphoma: case report
(comment). Neurosurgery 47:1242, 2000.
9.
Traynelis VC: A picture is worth a thousand words (editorial). Spine 26:339,
2001.
10.
Todd MM, Traynelis VC: Experimental cervical spine injury and airway
management methods (letter). Anesth Analg 93:799-801, 2001.
11.
Traynelis VC: Immediate stiffness of the C5-C6 segment after discectomy with
the Cloward technique: an in vitro biomechanical study on a human cadaveric
model (comment). Neurosurgery 49:1408, 2001.
12.
Traynelis VC: Anterior decompression of the atlantoaxial vertebral artery to treat
bow hunter's stroke: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 49:1476,
2001.
13.
Traynelis VC: Surgical simulation software for insertion of pedicle screws
(comment). Neurosurgery 50:223-224, 2002.
14.
Traynelis VC: Anterior cervical plating enhances arthrodesis after discectomy
and fusion with cortical allograft (comment). Neurosurgery 50:238, 2002.
15.
Traynelis VC: Chondromyxoid fibroma of the cervical spine: case report
(comment). Neurosurgery 50:411, 2002.
16.
Traynelis VC: Tuberculoma of the conus medullaris: case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 50:652-653, 2002.
17.
Traynelis VC: Intradural hemangiopericytoma of the lumbar spine: case report
(comment). Neurosurgery 50:657, 2002.
14
18.
Traynelis VC: Comparison of the mini-open versus laparoscopic approach for
anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a retrospective review (comment).
Neurosurgery 51:103-104, 2002.
19.
Traynelis VC: Use of the telescopic plate spacer in treatment of cervical and
cervicothoracic spine tumors (comment). Neurosurgery 51:424-425, 2002.
20.
Traynelis VC: Preliminary clinical experience with the Bryan Cervical Disc
Prosthesis (comment). Neurosurgery 51:847, 2002.
21.
Traynelis VC: Early sacral stress fracture after reduction of spondylolisthesis and
lumbosacral fixation: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 51:1511, 2002.
22.
Traynelis VC: Palmar hyperhidrosis: intraoperative monitoring with laser doppler
blood flow as a guide for success after endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
(comment). Neurosurgery 52:131, 2003.
23.
Traynelis VC: Surgical management and outcome of tuberculous atlantoaxial
dislocation: a 15-year experience (comment). Neurosurgery 52:338, 2003.
24.
Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive lateral mass screws in the treatment of cervical
facet dislocations: technical note (comment). Neurosurgery 52:447, 2003.
25.
Traynelis VC: Vertebral autograft used as bone transplant for anterior cervical
corpectomy: technical note (comment). Neurosurgery 52:454, 2003.
26.
Traynelis VC: Changes in cervical spine curvature after uninstrumented one- and
two-level corpectomy in patients with spondylotic myelopathy (comment).
Neurosurgery 52:804, 2003.
27.
Traynelis VC: Lateral approach for resection of the C3 corpus: technical case
report (comment). Neurosurgery 52:980, 2003.
28.
Traynelis VC: Laminectomy and posterior cervical plating for multilevel cervical
spondylotic myelopathy and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament:
effects on cervical alignment, spinal cord compression, and neurological outcome
(comment). Neurosurgery 52:1088, 2003.
29.
Traynelis VC: Packing of intervertebral spaces with oxidized regenerated
cellulose to prevent the recurrence of lumbar disc herniation (comment).
Neurosurgery 52:1109, 2003.
30.
Traynelis VC: Tumoral calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease of
the ligamentum flavum (comment). Neurosurgery 53:108-109, 2003.
31.
Traynelis VC: Cervical cord compression with myelopathy caused by bilateral
persistence of the first intersegmental arteries: case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 53:237, 2003.
32.
Traynelis VC: Effect of celecoxib and dexamethasone on postoperative pain after
lumbar disc surgery (comment). Neurosurgery 53:337, 2003.
33.
Traynelis VC: Acute cervical cord injury associated with ossification of the
posterior longitudinal ligament (comment). Neurosurgery 53:892, 2003.
15
34.
Traynelis VC: Functioning paraganglioma of the thoracic spine: case report
(comment). Neurosurgery 53:995, 2003.
35.
Traynelis VC: Removal of an anterior spinal dermoid cyst with fenestra
corpectomy in Klippel-Feil syndrome: technical case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 53:1233, 2003.
36.
Traynelis VC: Comparative biomechanical analysis of a cervical cage made of an
unsintered hydroxyapatite particle and poly-L-lactide composite in a cadaver
model (point of view). Spine 28:1015, 2003.
37.
Traynelis VC: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of failed back
surgery syndrome: an outcome analysis (comment). Neurosurgery 54:644, 2004.
38.
Traynelis VC: Microsurgical excision of a retro-odontoid disc hernia via a farlateral approach: successful treatment of a rare cause of myelopathy: case report
(comment). Neurosurgery 54:1018, 2004.
39.
Traynelis VC: Thoracoscopic placement of dual-rod instrumentation in thoracic
spinal trauma (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1153, 2004.
40.
Traynelis VC: Anterior cervical fusion using dense cancellous allografts and
dynamic plating (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1411-1412, 2004.
41.
Traynelis VC: Chiari I malformation associated with ventral compression and
instability: one-stage posterior decompression and fusion with a new
instrumentation technique (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1435, 2004.
42.
Traynelis VC: Cadaveric morphometric analysis for atlantal lateral mass screw
placement (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1439, 2004.
43.
Traynelis VC: The unique characteristics of "upper" lumbar disc herniations
(comment). Neurosurgery 55:389, 2004.
44.
Traynelis VC: The accessory atlantoaxial ligament (comment). Neurosurgery
55:403, 2004.
45.
Traynelis VC: Percutaneous ventral decompression for L4-L5 degenerative
spondylolisthesis in medically compromised elderly patients: technical case report
(comment). Neurosurgery 55:E459, 2004.
46.
Traynelis VC: Lumbar spine fracture in a 34,100-year-old skeleton: the oldest
known prehistoric spine fracture (comment). Neurosurgery 55:707, 2004.
47.
Traynelis VC: Delayed resolution of Chiari I-assocated hydromyelia after
posterior fossa decompression: case report and review of the literature
(comment). Neurosurgery 55:E725-E726, 2004.
48.
Traynelis VC: Aneurysmal bone cyst of the atlas: successful treatment through
selective arterial embolization: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 55:E1005,
2004.
49.
Traynelis VC: Spinal arachnoid cyst containing nevus cells in a patient with a
large congenital melanocytic nevus: case report (comment). Neurosurgery
55:E1009, 2004.
16
50.
Traynelis VC: Spinal arachnoiditis ossificans: report of three cases (comment).
Neurosurgery 55:E1016-E1017, 2004.
51.
Traynelis VC: Surgical technique of lumbar artificial disc replacement with the
Charité artificial disc (comment). Neurosurgery 56:ONS-57, 2005.
52.
Traynelis VC: Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation: presentation of a new
posterior occipitoatlantoaxial fixation technique in an adult survivor: technical
case report (comment). Neurosurgery 56 (ONS Suppl 1):ONS-E203, 2005.
53.
Traynelis VC: Cervicothoracic junction arthroplasty after previous fusion surgery
for adjacent segment degeneration: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 56
(ONS Suppl 1):ONS-E205, 2005.
54.
Traynelis VC: Ossification of the ligamentum flavum as a result of fluorosis
causing myelopathy: report of two cases (comment). Neurosurgery 56:E622,
2005.
55.
Traynelis VC: Surgical outcome in rheumatoid Ranawat Class IIIb myelopathy
(comment). Neurosurgery 56:714-715, 2005.
56.
Traynelis VC: Neurosurgical oncology at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center: its genesis and evolution (comment). Neurosurgery 56:850,
2005.
57.
Traynelis VC: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma during pregnancy: case
report and literature review (comment). Neurosurgery 56:E1156, 2005.
58.
Traynelis VC: Fusion around cervical disc prosthesis: case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 57:E194, 2005.
59.
Traynelis VC: Lateral sacral artery aneurysm: case report and review of the
literature (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E197, 2005.
60.
Traynelis VC: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy, depression, and anxiety: a cohort
analysis of 89 patients (comment). Neurosurgery 57:313, 2005.
61.
Traynelis VC: Reconstruction of anterior iliac crest after bone graft harvest
decreases pain: a randomized, controlled clinical trial (comment). Neurosurgery
57:529, 2005.
62.
Traynelis VC: Tumoral calcinosis of the filum terminale: case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 57:E596, 2005.
63.
Traynelis VC: Avulsion fracture of the foramen magnum treated with occiput-toC1 fusion: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E600, 2005.
64.
Traynelis VC: National trends in surgical procedures for degenerative cervical
spine disease: 1990-2000 (comment). Neurosurgery 57:758, 2005.
65.
Traynelis VC: Clinical signifcance of heterotopic ossification in cervical disc
replacement: a prospective multicenter clinical trial (comment). Neurosurgery
57:763, 2005.
17
66.
Traynelis VC: Spinal arachnoid cyst related to a nonaneurysmal
perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage: case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 57:E817, 2005.
67.
Traynelis VC: Techniques for aspirating bone marrow for use in spinal surgery
(comment): Neurosurgery 57 (ONS Suppl 3):ONS-289, 2005.
68.
Traynelis VC: Novel dural closure technique using polyglactin acid sheet
prevents cerebrospinal fluid leakage after spinal surgery (comment).
Neurosurgery 57 (ONS Suppl 3):ONS-294, 2005.
69.
Traynelis VC: Incidence and characteristics of spinal decompression surgery
after the onset of symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (comment).
Neurosurgery 57:988, 2005.
70.
Traynelis VC: Spontaneous thoracic spinal cord herniation: three cases with
long-term follow-up (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E1067, 2005.
71.
Guillaume D, Traynelis VC: Current treatment strategies and outcomes in the
management of symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas (comment). Neurosurgery
58:295, 2006.
72.
Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive resection of intradural-extramedullary spinal
neoplasms (comment). Neurosurgery 58 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-58, 2006.
73.
Traynelis VC: Unique features of herniated discs at the cervicothoracic junction:
clinical presentation, imaging, operative management, and outcome after anterior
decompressive operation in 10 patients (comment). Neurosurgery 58:501, 2006.
74.
Traynelis VC: Augmentation of anterior lumbar interbody fusion with anterior
pedicle screw fixation: demonstration of novel constructs and evaluation of
biomechanical stability in cadaveric specimens (comment). Neurosurgery
58:527, 2006.
75.
Traynelis VC: Cystic dilation of the conus ventriculus terminalis presenting as an
acute cauda equina syndrome relieved by decompression and cyst drainage:
case report (comment). Neurosurgery 58:E585, 2006.
76.
Traynelis VC: Endoscopic extruded screw removal after anterior cervical disc
fusion: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 58:E589, 2006.
77.
Traynelis VC: Vertically unstable Type III odontoid fractures: case report
(comment). Neurosurgery 58:E797, 2006.
78.
Traynelis VC: Cervical spine injuries in ocean bathers: wave-related accidents
(comment). Neurosurgery 58:923, 2006.
79.
Traynelis VC: Complete spinal cord transection treated by implantation of a
reinforced synthetic hydrogel channel results in syringomyelia and caudal
migration of the rostral stump (comment). Neurosurgery 59:192, 2006.
80.
Traynelis VC: Accuracy of pedicle screw placement for lumbar fusion using
anatomic landmarks versus open laminectomy: a comparison of two surgical
techniques in cadaveric specimens (comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 1):
ONS-19, 2006.
18
81.
Traynelis VC: C2 crossing laminar screws: cadaveric morphometric analysis
(comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-88, 2006.
82.
Traynelis VC: Preserving the ligamentum flavum in lumbar discectomy: a new
technique that prevents scar tissue formation in the first 6 months postsurgery
(comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-133, 2006.
83.
Traynelis VC: Bone-mounted miniature robotic guidance for pedicle screw and
translaminar facet screw placement: Part 1 - technical development and a test
case result (comment). Neurosurgery 59:650, 2006.
84.
Traynelis VC: Correlation of postmortem 9.4 tesla magnetic resonance imaging
and immunohistopathology of the human thoracic spinal cord 7 months after
traumatic cervical spine injury (comment). Neurosurgery 59:677, 2006.
85.
Traynelis VC: Axially dynamic implants for stabilization of the cervical spine
(comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 4): ONS-388, 2006.
86.
Traynelis VC: A method for calculating the exact angle required during pedicle
subtraction osteotomy for fixed sagittal deformity: comparison with the
trigonometric method (comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 4): ONS-463,
2006.
87.
Traynelis VC: Giant-cell tumors of the cervical spine: case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 59:E1143, 2006.
88.
Traynelis VC: Endoscopic resection of thoracic paravertebral and dumbbell
tumors (comment). Neurosurgery 59:1201, 2006.
89.
Traynelis VC: Long-term results of microsurgical treatment of lumbar spinal
stenosis by unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression (comment).
Neurosurgery 59:1270, 2006.
90.
Traynelis VC: In vitro study of biomechanical behavior of anterior and
transforaminal lumbar interbody instrumentation techniques (comment).
Neurosurgery 59:1277, 2006.
91.
Traynelis VC: Diagnosis and treatment of cervical spondylosis (comment).
Neurosurgery 60 (Suppl 1):S1-4-S1-5, 2007.
92.
Traynelis VC: A novel minimally invasive technique for spinal cord untethering
(comment). Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-74, 2007.
93.
Traynelis VC: Bone-mounted miniature robotic guidance for pedicle screw and
translaminar facet screw placement: Part 2 - evaluation of system accuracy
(comment). Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-139, 2007.
94.
Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive lumbar spinal decompression in the elderly:
outcomes of 50 patients aged 75 years and older (comment). Neurosurgery
60:509, 2007.
95.
Traynelis VC: Litigation of missed cervical spine injuries in patients presenting
with blunt traumatic injury (comment). Neurosurgery 60:523, 2007.
96.
Traynelis VC: Acute presentation of spinal epidural cavernous angiomas: case
report (comment). Neurosurgery 60:E576, 2007.
19
97.
Traynelis VC: Posterior keyhole corpectomy with percutaneous pedicle screw
stabilization in the surgical management of lumbar burst fractures (comment).
Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS-241, 2007.
98.
Traynelis VC: Cervical arthroplasty with the Prestige LP cervical disc (comment).
Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS-314, 2007.
99.
Traynelis VC: Traumatic loading of the Bryan cervical disc prosthesis: an in vitro
study (comment). Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS-392, 2007.
100.
Traynelis VC: Microsurgical treatment of symptomatic sacral perineurial cysts
(comment). Neurosurgery 60:1065-1066, 2007.
101.
Traynelis VC: An invasion of the atlas (comment). Neurosurgery 60:1087, 2007.
102.
Traynelis VC: Cervical tumoral calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition
disease 28 years after suboccipital craniotomy: case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 60: E1151, 2007.
103.
Traynelis VC: Significance of the double- and single-layer signs in the ossification
of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the thoracic spine (comment).
Neurosurgery 61:121-122, 2007.
104.
Traynelis VC: Spinal cord stimulation versus reoperation for failed back surgery
syndrome: a cost effectiveness and cost utility analysis based on a randomized,
controlled trial (comment). Neurosurgery 61:368-369, 2007.
105.
Traynelis VC: Observations on spine deformity and syringomyelia (comment).
Neurosurgery 61:377, 2007.
106.
Traynelis VC: Nonoperative management of odontoid fractures using a
halothoracic vest (comment). Neurosurgery 61:529, 2007.
107.
Traynelis VC: Segmental polymethylmethacrylate-augmented pedicle screw
fixation in patients with bone softening caused by osteoporosis and metastatic
tumor involvement: a clinical evaluation (comment). Neurosurgery 61:538, 2007.
108.
Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy in obese patients
(comment). Neurosurgery 61:544, 2007.
109.
Traynelis VC: Comparison of open discectomy with microendoscopic discectomy
in lumbar disc herniations: results of a randomized controlled trial (comment).
Neurosurgery 61:549, 2007.
110.
Traynelis VC: Intercostal arteriovenous fistula associated with neurofibromatosis
manifesting as congestive myelopathy: case report (comment). Neurosurgery
61:E657, 2007.
111.
Traynelis VC: Comparison of contemporary occipitocervical instrumentation
techniques with and without C1 lateral mass screws (comment). Neurosurgery
61:ONS-93, 2007.
112.
Traynelis VC: The lasso technique for posterior C1-C2 fusion (comment).
Neurosurgery 61:ONS-99, 2007.
20
113.
Traynelis VC: The kinematics of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus
artificial cervical disc: a pilot study (comment). Neurosurgery 61:ONS-105, 2007.
114.
Traynelis VC: Multilevel anterior cervical fusion using a collagen-hydroxyapatite
matrix with iliac crest bone marrow aspirate: an 18-month follow-up study
(comment). Neurosurgery 61:971, 2007.
115.
Traynelis VC: Microsurgical cervical nerve root decompression via an
anterolateral approach: clinical outcome of patients treated for spondylotic
radiculopathy (comment). Neurosurgery 61:980, 2007.
116.
Traynelis VC: Spinopelvic alignment of patients with degenerative
spondylolisthesis (comment). Neurosurgery 61:986, 2007.
117.
Traynelis VC: Anatomy of the nuchal ligament and its surgical applications
(comment). Neurosurgery 61 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS-304, 2007.
118.
Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive insertion of syringosubarachnoid shunt for
posttraumatic synringomyelia: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 61
(ONS Suppl 2): ONS332, 2007.
119.
Traynelis VC: Standard open microdiscectomy versus minimal access trocar
microdiscectomy: results of a prospective randomized study (comment).
Neurosurgery 61:182, 2008.
120.
Traynelis VC: The impact of minimally invasive spine surgery on perioperative
complications in overweight or obese patients (comment). Neurosurgery 62:698,
2008.
121.
Traynelis VC: Correction of late traumatic thoracic and thoracolumbar kyphotic
spinal deformities using posteriorly placed intervertebral distraction cages
(comment). Neurosurgery 62 (ONS Suppl 1):ONS-172, 2008.
122.
Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive surgical treatment of Bertolotti's syndrome: case
report (comment). Neurosurgery 62 (ONS Suppl 2):ONSE455, 2008.
123.
Traynelis VC: Staged operation for huge cervical intramedullary schwannoma:
report of two cases (comment). Neurosurgery 62 (ONS Suppl 2):ONS460, 2008.
124.
Traynelis VC: Rosai-Dorfman disease causing spinal cord compression: case
report (comment). Neurosurgery 62:E978, 2008.
125.
Traynelis VC: Giant craniovertebral junction hemorrhagic schwannoma: case
report (comment). Neurosurgery 62:E1166, 2008.
126.
Traynelis VC: Cervical myelomeningocele in adulthood: case report (comment).
Neurosurgery 62:E1171, 2008.
127.
Traynelis VC: Role of antifibrotic cytokine interferon-γ in the prevention of
postlaminectomy peridural fibrosis in rats (comment). Neurosurgery 62:1357,
2008.
128.
Traynelis VC: Delayed implantation of intramedullary chitosan channels
containing nerve grafts promotes extensive axonal regeneration after spinal cord
injury (comment). Neurosurgery 63:142, 2008.
21
129.
Traynelis VC: Endoscopic transnasal transclival odontoidectomy: a new
approach to decompression: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 63
(ONS Suppl 1): ONSE94, 2008.
130.
Traynelis VC: Dorsal lumbar interbody fusion for chronic axial, mechanical low
back pain: a modification of two established techniques (comment).
Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS107, 2008.
131.
Traynelis VC: A new ceramic interspinous process spacer for lumbar spinal
canal stenosis (comment). Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 1):ONS114, 2008.
132.
Traynelis VC: Revision surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: surgical
results and outcome (comment). Neurosurgery 63:298, 2008.
133.
Traynelis VC: Mesenchymal stem cell and gene therapies for spinal fusion
(comment). Neurosurgery 63:392, 2008.
134.
Traynelis VC: Vertebral body replacement systems with expandable cages in the
treatment of various spinal pathologies: a prospectively followed case series of 60
patients (comment). Neurosurgery 63:544-545, 2008.
135.
Traynelis VC: Thoracolumbar spinal deformity: evaluation and treatment
(preface). Neurosurgery 63 (Suppl 3): A4, 2008.
136.
Traynelis VC: Cervical corpectomy: complications and outcomes (comment).
Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS302, 2008.
137.
Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive intraoperative stiffness measurement of lumbar
spinal motion segments (comment). Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS314,
2008.
138.
Traynelis VC: Craniovertebral junction tuberculosis: a new comprehensive
therapeutic strategy (comment). Neurosurgery 63:955, 2008.
139.
Traynelis VC: Obesity and self-reported outcome after minimally invasive lumbar
spinal fusion surgery (comment). Neurosurgery 63:960, 2008.
140.
Traynelis VC: Surgical treatment of occipitocervical instability (comment).
Neurosurgery 63:969, 2008.
141.
Traynelis VC: Cardiac-gated phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging of
cerebrospinal fluid flow in the diagnosis of idiopathic syringomyelia (comment).
Neurosurgery 63:1144, 2008.
142.
Traynelis VC: Treatment of remote Type II axis fractures in the elderly: feasibility
of anterior odontoid screw fixation (comment). Neurosurgery 63:1151, 2008.
143.
Traynelis V: Laminoplasty (editorial). J Neurosurg Spine 9:528-529, 2008.
144.
Traynelis VC: Can patients with sagittally well-compensated lumbar degenerative
kyphosis benefit from surgical treatment for intractable back pain? (comment).
Neurosurg 64:121, 2009.
145.
Traynelis VC: The use of allograft or autograft and expandable titanium cages for
the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis (comment). Neurosurg 64:129, 2009.
22
146.
Traynelis VC: Long-term follow-up of Chiari-related syringomyelia in adults:
analysis of 157 surgically treated cases (comment). Neurosurgery 64:315, 2009.
147.
Traynelis VC: Recurrent disc herniation and long-term back pain after primary
lumbar discectomy: review of outcomes reported for limited versus aggressive
disc removal (comment). Neurosurgery 64:344-345, 2009.
148.
Traynelis VC: Giant cell ependymoma of the thoracic spine: pathology case
report (comment). Neurosurg 64:E567, 2009.
149.
Traynelis VC: Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment after tranforaminal
lumbar interbody fusion (comment). Neurosurg 64:955-964, 2009.
150.
Traynelis VC: Surgical results of the oblique paraspinal approach in upper
lumbar disc herniation and thoracolumbar junction (comment). Neurosurg 65:99,
2009.
151.
Traynelis VC: Management of a spontaneous spinal epidural abscess: A
single-center 10-year experience (comment). Neurosurg 65:1181, 2009.
152.
Traynelis, VC: Importance of the C1 anterior tubercle depth and lateral mass
geometry when placing C1 lateral mass screws (comment). Neurosurgery
65:956-957, 2009.
153.
Traynelis, VC: Vertebral compression fractures in patients presenting with
metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (comment). Neurosurgery
65:275, 2009.
154.
Traynelis, VC: Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment after transforaminal
lumbar lumbar interbody fusion (comment). Neurosurgery 64:963-964, 2009.
155.
Traynelis, VC: Long-term follow-up of chiari-related syringomyelia in adults:
Analysis of 157 surgically treated cases (comment). Neurosurgery 64:315, 2009.
156.
Traynelis, VC: Endoscopic endonasal approach for clival chordomas
(comment). Neurosurgery 64:276, 2009.
157.
Traynelis, VC: Plate fixation of odontoid fractures without C1-C2 arthrodesis:
practice of a novel surgical technique for stabilization of odontoid fractures,
Including the opportunity to extend the fixation to C3 (comment). Neurosurgery
64:733, 2009.
158.
Traynelis, VC: Clinicopathological review: esthesioneuroblastoma (comment).
Neurosurgery. 64:770, 2009.
159.
Traynelis, VC: Transoral approach and its superior extensions to the
craniovertebral junction malformations: Surgical strategies and results
(comment). Neurosurgery 64:342, 2009.
160.
Traynelis, VC: Endoscopic image-guided transoral approach to the
craniovertebral junction: an anatomic study comparing surgical exposure and
surgical freedom obtained with the endoscope and the operating microscope
(comment). Neurosurgery 64:444, 2009.
161.
Traynelis, VC: Perioperative fever and outcome in surgical patients with
aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (comment). Neurosurgery 64:907, 2009.
23
162.
Traynelis, VC: Improvement of back pain with operative and nonoperative
treatment in adults with scoliosis (comment). Neurosurgery 64:93-94, 2009.
163.
Traynelis, VC: Simple method for determining the need for
sternotomy/manubriotomy with the anterior approach to the cervicothoracic
junction (comment). Neurosurgery 65:E166, 2009.
164.
Traynelis, VC: Biomechanical comparison of translaminar versus pedicle
screws at T1 and T2 in long subaxial cervical constructs (comment).
Neurosurgery 65:172, 2009.
165.
Traynelis VC: Syringopleural shunt as a rescue procedure in patients with
syringomyelia refractory to restoration of cerebrospinal fluid flow (comment).
Neurosurgery 65:476, 2009.
166.
Traynelis, VC: Safe angle scope for posterior atlanto-occipital
transarticular screw fixation (comment). Neurosurgery 65:504, 2009.
167.
Traynelis, VC: Management of a spontaneous spinal epidural abscess: A
single-center 10-year experience (comment). Neurosurgery 65:924, 2009.
168.
Traynelis, VC: Importance of the C1 anterior tubercle depth and lateral mass
geometry when placing C1 lateral mass screws (comment). Neurosurgery
65:956-957, 2009.
169.
Traynelis, VC: Biological reactions to cerebrospinal fluid shunt devices: A review
of the cellular pathology (comment). Neurosurgery 65:957, 2009.
170.
Traynelis, VC: Radiosurgery in the treatment of spinal metastases: Tumor
control, survival, and quality of life after helical tomotherapy (comment).
Neurosurgery 65:1060, 2009.
171.
Traynelis, VC: Anerolateral approach without fixation for resection of an
intradural schwannoma of the cervical spine canal: Technical note (comment).
Neurosurgery 65:1181, 2009.
172.
Traynelis, VC: Occipital cervical stabilization using occipital condyles for cranial
fixation: Technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 65:E1217, 2009.
173.
Traynelis, VC: Etopic bone. J Neurosurg Spine 12:39, 2010.
174.
Traynelis, VC: The transverse occipital ligament: Anatomy and potential
functional significance (comment) Neurosurgery 66:ons3, 2010.
175.
Traynelis, VC: Standardized measures of health status and disability and the
decision to pursue operative treatment in elderly patients with degenerative
scoliosis (comment). Neurosurgery, 66:47, 2010.
176.
Traynelis VC: Biomechanics of a novel minimally invasive lumbar interspinous
spacer: Effects on kinematics, facet loads, and foramen height (comment).
Neurosurgery, 66:ons132, 2010.
177.
Traynelis, VC: Feasible and accurate occipitoatlantal transarticular fixation: An
anatomic study (comment). Neurosurgery 66:ons177, 2010.
24
178.
Traynelis, VC: Biomechanical comparision of costotransverse process screw
fixation and pedicle screw fixation of the upper thoracic spine (comment).
Neurosurgery 66:ons182, 2010.
179.
Traynelis, VC: A new technique for intraoperative reduction of occipitocervical
instability (comment). Neurosurgery 66:ons324, 2010.
180.
Traynelis, VC: Four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plate
fixation: Radiographic and clinical results (comment) Neurosurgery 66:ons 646,
2010.
181.
Traynelis, VC: Direct posterior reduction and fixation for the treatment of basilar
invagination with atlantoaxial dislocation (comment). Neurosurgery 66:ons687,
2010.
182.
Traynelis, VC: No justification for cervical disc prostheses in clinical practice: A
meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (comment). Neurosurgery 66:1160,
2010.
183.
Traynelis, VC: Disc arthroplasty (comment). J Neurosurg Spine 12:580, 2010.
184.
Traynelis, VC: How to reduce recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in anterior cervical
spine surgery: A prospective observational study (comment). Neurosurgery
67:14, 2010.
185.
Traynelis, VC: Editorial C2 Neurectomy During Atlanto-Axial Instrumented
Fusion in the elderly: Patient Satisfaction and Surgical Outcome (point of view). J
Neurosurg Spine 10:774, 2010.
186.
Traynelis, VC: Spine shortening and tethered cord (point of view). J Neurosurg
Spine, in press, 2011.
187.
Traynelis, VC: C-2 neuorectomy (point of view). J Neurosurg Spine, in press,
2011.
188.
Fontes, RBV, Traynelis, VC: Transpsoas approach complications (point of view).
J Neurosurg Spine, in press, 2011.
189.
O’Toole, JE, Traynelis VC: Vertebral compression fracture (point of view). J
Neursurg Spine, in press, 2011.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Papers
1.
Traynelis VC, Zaheer A, Sahu SK: Opposite effects of cis-parinaric acid on
activities of p38 MAPK and c-Jun N-terminal kinases in malignant rat astrocytoma
cells. Int Congress Series 1247: 297-309, 2002.
2.
Andersson GBJ, Burkus JK, Foley KT, Haid RW, Nockels RP, Polly DW Jr,
Sonntag VKH, Traynelis VC, Weinstein JN: Summary statement: treatment of
the painful motion segment. Spine 30 (Suppl 16):S1, 2005.
3.
Traynelis VC, Treharne RW: Use of Prestige LP artificial cervical disc in the
spine. Expert Rev Med Devices 4:437-440, 2007.
25
Books
1.
Loftus CM, Traynelis VC: Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques in Neurosurgery.
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994.
2.
Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S: Techniques in Spinal Fusion and
Stabilization. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1995.
3.
Barrow DL, Kondziolka D, Laws ER, Traynelis VC: Fifty Years of Neurosurgery.
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000.
4.
Vaccaro AR, Papadopoulos S, Traynelis VC, Haid RW, Sasso RC: Spinal
Arthroplasty: The Preservation of Motion. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2007.
Chapters
1.
Traynelis VC, Kaufman HH: Atlanto-occipital dislocation, in Wilkins RH and
Rengachary SS (eds): Neurosurgery Update. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991.
2.
Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC: Lumbar hemilaminectomy for excision of a herniated
disc, in Rengachary SS (ed): Neurosurgical Operative Atlas. Williams and
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1991, Vol 1, pp 135-140.
3.
Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Hoffman HT: Craniofacial resection of neoplasms
of the anterior skull base, in Rengachary SS, Wilkins RH (eds): Neurosurgical
Operative Atlas. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1993, pp 329-340.
4.
Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Yamada TT: Identification of the sensorimotor
cortex with SSEP phase reversal, in Loftus CM, Traynelis VC (eds):
Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques in Neurosurgery. McGraw-Hill, New York,
1994, pp 107-111.
5.
Traynelis VC, Gantz BJ: Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring, in Loftus CM,
Traynelis VC (eds): Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques in Neurosurgery.
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994, pp 157-162.
6.
Osenbach RK, Yamada T, Traynelis VC: Transcranial magnetic stimulation of
the motor cortex, in Loftus CM, Traynelis VC (eds): Intraoperative Monitoring
Techniques in Neurosurgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994, pp 239-250.
7.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Acute bony decompression of the optic and facial
nerves, in Loftus CM (ed): Neurosurgical Emergencies. American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, 1994, Vol I, pp 195-215.
8.
Mouw LJ, Traynelis VC: Acute intervention for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
spinal disk disease, in Loftus CM (ed): Neurosurgical Emergencies. American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, 1994, Vol II, pp 235-247.
9.
Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Acute management of compressive peripheral
nerve injuries, in Loftus CM (ed): Neurosurgical Emergencies. American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, 1994, Vol II, pp 313-326.
10.
Goel VK, Clausen JD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Biomechanics of the cervical
spine, in Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S (eds): Techniques in Spinal
Fusion and Stabilization. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1995, pp 38-50.
26
11.
Traynelis VC, Haid RW: Posterior cervical plate stabilization with the AME Haid
universal bone plate system, in Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S (eds):
Techniques in Spinal Fusion and Stabilization. Thieme Medical Publishers, New
York, 1995, pp 152-158.
12.
Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Caspar plate stabilization of the cervical spine, in
Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S (eds): Techniques in Spinal Fusion and
Stabilization. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1995, pp 170-175.
13.
Traynelis VC, Kaufman HH: Atlanto-occipital dislocation, in Wilkins RH,
Rengachary SS (eds): Neurosurgery, second edition. McGraw-Hill, New York,
1996, pp 2871-2874.
14.
Menezes AH, Traynelis VC: Tumors of the craniovertebral junction, in Youmans
JR (ed): Neurological Surgery, ed 4. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pp
3041-3072.
15.
Traynelis VC, Goel VK, Gilbertson LG: Biomechanics of the thoracolumbar
spine, in Menezes AH, Sonntag VKH (eds): Principles of Spinal Surgery.
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996, pp 85-108.
16.
Traynelis VC: Treatment of occiput-C1 injuries, in Menezes AH, Sonntag VKH
(eds): Principles of Spinal Surgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996, pp 841-854.
17.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC: Posterior articular mass plate fixation of the subaxial
cervical spine, in Menezes AH, Sonntag VKH (eds): Principles of Spinal Surgery.
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996, pp 1081-1104.
18.
Traynelis V: Anterior stabilization for traumatic instability of the cervical spine, in
Al-Mefty O, Origitano TC, Harkey HL (eds): Controversies in Neurosurgery.
Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1996, pp 299-300.
19.
Traynelis VC: Current treatment of upper cervical spine fractures and
dislocations, in Salcman M (ed): Current Techniques in Neurosurgery. Springer,
Philadelphia, 1998, pp 85-96.
20.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC: Subdural haematoma, in Pathy MSJ (ed): Principles
and Practice of Geriatric Medicine. John Wiley & Sons, Sussex, England, 1998,
pp 829-838.
21.
Piper JG, Traynelis VC: Congenital malformations of the craniovertebral junction,
in Dickman CA, Spetzler RF, Sonntag VKH (eds): Surgery of the Craniovertebral
Junction. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1998, pp123-149.
22.
Traynelis VC, Follett KA, Osenbach RK: Monitoring, in Benzel EC, Stillerman CB
(eds): The Thoracic Spine. Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis, 1999, pp 183194.
23.
Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Evaluation, management, and surgical repair of cervical
spinal column trauma, in Grossman RG, Loftus CM (eds): Principles of
Neurosurgery, 2nd edition. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1999, pp 183-195.
24.
Brandenberg GA, Traynelis VC: Disc disease of the spinal column, in Grossman
RG, Loftus CM (eds): Principles of Neurosurgery, 2nd edition. Lippincott-Raven,
Philadelphia, 1999, pp 577-593.
27
25.
Saunders RL, Traynelis VC: Interbody strut techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine
Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management. Churchill
Livingstone, New York, 1999, pp 241-248.
26.
Traynelis VC, Brayton J, Cusick JF, Haid RW: Dorsal subaxial cervical
instrumentation techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques,
Complication Avoidance, and Management. Churchill Livingstone, New York,
1999, pp 1039-1051.
27.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Goel VK: Cervical spine construct design, in Benzel EC
(ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management.
Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1999, pp 1129-1140.
28.
Ackerman LL, Traynelis VC: Dural space infections: cranial subdural empyema
and cranial epidural abscess, in Osenbach RK, Zeidman SM (eds): Infections in
Neurological Surgery: Diagnosis and Management. Lippincott-Raven,
Philadelphia, 1999, pp 85-100.
29.
Valadka AB, Taggard D, Traynelis VC: Head, cervical spine, and spinal cord
injury, in Corson JD, Williamson RCN (eds): Surgery. Mosby, London, 2001,
Section 2, pp 6.1-6.11.
30.
Barry CJ, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Controversies in image-guided spine surgery,
in Germano IM (ed): Advanced Techniques in Image-Guided Brain and Spine
Surgery, Thieme, New York, 2002, pp 218-223.
31.
Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Intraoperative monitoring, in Batjer HH, Loftus CM
(eds): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Philadelphia, 2003, pp 853-862.
32.
Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Occipital cervical junction injury and dislocation, in
Batjer HH, Loftus CM (eds): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2003, pp 1737-1743.
33.
Lennarson PJ, Ackerman LL, Traynelis VC: Intracranial dural space infections, in
Batjer HH, Loftus CM (eds): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2003, pp 3178-3185.
34.
Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Differential diagnosis of clival tumors, in Harsh G,
(ed): Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas of the Skull Base and Spine. Thieme,
New York, 2003, pp 25-30.
35.
Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Treatment of occipital C1 injury, in Winn HR (ed):
Youmans Neurological Surgery, 5th edition. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2004, pp
4925-4937.
36.
Menezes AH, Traynelis VC, Heth J: Tumors of the craniovertebral junction, in
Winn HR (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery, 5th edition. Saunders,
Philadelphia, 2004, pp 4799-4816.
37.
Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC, Marinho A: Complications of lumbar laminectomy
and/or discectomy, in Frymoyer J, Wiesel S (eds): The Adult and Pediatric Spine,
3rd edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004, pp 1201-1210.
28
38.
Traynelis VC, Henn JS, Lemole Jr, GM, Apostolides PJ, Sonntag VKH: Posterior
occipitocervical fixation, in Papadopoulos SM (ed): Manual of Cervical Spine
Internal Fixation. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004, pp 119-141.
39.
McCafferty R, Lennarson P, Traynelis VC: Decompression of the foramen
magnum for Chiari malformations, in Herkowitz H (ed): The Cervical Spine
Surgery Atlas, 2nd edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004, pp
219-230.
40.
Saunders RL, Traynelis VC, Emery SE: Interbody strut techniques, in Benzel EC
(ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management,
2nd edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2005, pp 370-377.
41.
Traynelis VC, Eichholz KM, Cusick JF, Haid RW Jr: Dorsal subaxial cervical
instrumentation techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques,
Complication Avoidance, and Management, 2nd edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia,
2005, pp 1504-1517.
42.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Eichholz KM, Goel VK: Cervical spine construct design,
in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and
Management, 2nd edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2005, pp 1596-1608.
43.
Waziri AE, Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Neurophysiology, in Moore AJ, Newell
DW (eds): Neurosurgery: Principles and Practice. Springer-Verlag, London,
2005, pp 3-21.
44.
Barua M, Traynelis VC: Posterior cervical fixation with the Axis system, in Kim
DH, Vaccaro AR, Fessler RG (eds): Spinal Instrumentation: Surgical
Techniques. Thieme, New York, 2005, pp 315-320.
45.
Traynelis VC: Prestige cervical disk replacement, in Kim DH, Vaccaro AR,
Fessler RG (eds): Spinal Instrumentation: Surgical Techniques. Thieme, New
York, 2005, pp 1226-1229.
46.
Pracyk JB, Traynelis VC: Disorders of the spinal cord, in Spivak JM, Connolly PJ
(eds): Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Spine, 3rd edition. American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois, 2006, pp 251-258.
47.
Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Pathology of the occipitocervical
junction: degenerative and rheumatologic disease, in Fessler R, Sekhar L (eds):
Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques. Theime, New York, 2006, pp 13-22.
48.
Hasan DM, Traynelis VC: Management of cervical spinal fractures in ankylosing
spondylitis, in van Royen BJ, Dijkmans BAC (eds): Ankylosing Spondylitis,
Diagnosis and Treatment. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2006, pp 303-311.
49.
Waziri AE, Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Neurophysiology, in Moore AJ, Newell
DW (eds): Tumor Neurosurgery: Principles and Practice. Springer-Verlag,
London, 2006, pp 3-20.
50.
Traynelis VC: The Prestige cervical disc, in Vaccaro AR, Papadopoulos S,
Traynelis VC, Haid RW, Sasso RC (eds): Spinal Arthroplasty: The Preservation
of Motion. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2007, pp 151-161.
29
51.
Traynelis VC: Posterior occipitocervical and atlantoaxial fusion, in Hitchon PW
(ed): Approaches for Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation. Pan Arab Journal of
Neurosurgery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2007, pp 27-41.
52.
Walsh B, Found E, Traynelis VC: Spondylolysis repair, in Vaccaro AR, Baron EM
(eds): Operative Techniques: Spine Surgery. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia,
2008, pp 359-365.
53.
Pracyk JB, Traynelis VC: Acute intervention for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
spinal disk disease, in Loftus CM (ed): Neurosurgical Emergencies, 2nd edition.
Thieme, New York, 2008, pp.197-208.
54.
Traynelis VC: The Prestige cervical disc, in Yue JJ, Bertagnoli R, McAfee PC, An
HS (eds): Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine: Advanced Techniques and
Controversies. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2008, pp 199-201.
55.
Walsh B, Pait TG, Traynelis VC: Low lumbar burst fractures, in Kim DH, Ludwig
SC, Vaccaro AR, Chang J-C (eds): Atlas of Spine Trauma: Adult and Pediatric.
Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2008, pp 396-403.
56.
Ahmed R, Traynelis VC, Vaccaro AR: Occipitocervical and atlantoaxial methods
of fusion: C1-2 fixation, Harms screw, Magerl screw, wiring, in Bridwell KH (ed):
The Textbook of Operative Spine Surgery, 3rd edition. Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, in press.
57.
Walsh B, Traynelis VC: Evaluation and management of craniocervical
dissociation, in Winn HR (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery. Elsevier, in
press.
58.
Traynelis VC, Fontes R: Legal aspects in the treatment of lumbar disc disease, in
Vaccaro AR, Benzel E, Pinheiro-Franco JL, Michael-Mayer H (eds): Advanced
Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease. Dilivros Editora, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, May 2010.
59.
Burkus K, Haid R, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick T: Prestige LP technique and
outcomes, in Mummaneni P, Kanter A, Wang M, Haid R (eds): Cervical Spine
Surgery: Current Trends and Challenges. Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis,
in press.
60.
Dahdaleh NS, Traynelis, VC: Cervical Disc Arthroplasty. Contemporary
Neurosurgery in press.
61.
Walsh B., Traynelis V.C.: Cervical spine trauma. Subaxial injuries: Vertical
compression injuries. Rothman Institute, 2010, pp. 377-383.
62.
Traynelis VC, O’Toole JE, Emery SE: Interbody strut techniques, in Benzel EC
(ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management,
3rd edition. In press.
63.
Deutsch H, Eichholz KM, Haid RW Jr, Traynelis VC: Dorsal subaxial cervical
instrumentation techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques,
Complication Avoidance, and Management, 3rd edition. In press
64.
Fontes R, Sawin PD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC: Cervical spine construct design, in
Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and
Management, 3rd edition.In press.
30
65.
Kasliwal MK, Walsh B, Found E, Traynelis VC: Spondylolysis repair, in Vaccaro
nd
AR, Baron EM (eds): Operative Techniques: Spine Surgery, 2 edition.
Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, in press.
Electronic Publications
1.
Robertson SC, Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC: Traumatic intracerebral
hematomas. In: Adams HP (ed). Neurobase. Arbor Publishing, La Jolla,
California, 1996.
2.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC: Epidural hematoma. In: Adams HP (ed). Neurobase.
Arbor Publishing, La Jolla, California, 1996.
Abstracts
1.
Secrist RD, Traynelis VC, Schochet SS Jr, Kopitnik TA: Magnetic resonance
imaging of experimental venous infarction. Neurosurg 24:950, 1989.
2.
Traynelis VC, Powell RG, Koss W, Schochet SS Jr, Kaufman HH: Cerebrospinal
fluid eosinophilia and sterile shunt malfunction, in Matsumoto S (ed): Annual
Review of Hydrocephalus, Vol 7, Neuron, Tokyo, 1989.
3.
Ryken TC, Osenbach RK, Traynelis VC, Lim R: Interaction of acidic fibroblast
growth factor and transforming growth factor beta in fetal rat astrocytes in vitro.
Neurosci Abstr 17:37, 1991.
4.
Traynelis VC, Menezes AH, Hoffman HT, Gantz BJ: Anterior skull base
resection: A 12-year experience. Skull Base Surgery 2:52, 1992.
5.
Roach RM, Traynelis VC, Donaher PA, Goel VK, Kojimoto H: Stabilization after
anterior decompression of the cervical spine: Biomechanical comparison of the
Caspar plate and three-level posterior fixation. J Neurosurg 76:390A-391A, 1992.
6.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Mitogenic effects of acidic fibroblast growth factor and
transforming growth factor beta on bovine and porcine endothelium in vitro.
Neurosci Abstr 18:955, 1992.
7.
Gerdes JS, Ryken TC, Schelper R, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC: Examination of the
blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in a canine model. Neurosci Abstr 19:691, 1993.
8.
Sawin PD, Ryken TC, Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Ultrastructural alterations in
36B10 glioma following irradiation. Neurosci Abstr 19:1896, 1993.
9.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Morphological and ultrastructural alterations in cultured
malignant glioma treated with cis-parinaric acid. Neurosci Abstr 19:1897, 1993.
10.
Ryken T, Clausen J, Goel V, Traynelis V: Comparison of anterior cervical plate
screw torque following fatigue with unicortical versus bicortical placement. J Am
Paraplegia Soc 17:110, 1994.
11.
Ryken TC, Sawin PD, Runge TC, Traynelis VC: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid
in medulloblastoma. Neurosci Abstr 20:835, 1994.
31
12.
Sawin PD, Roach RM, Traynelis VC: Neurobehavioral testing as a predictor of
tumor volume within the rodent caudate nucleus. Neurosci Abstr 21:2134, 1995.
13.
Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Spinal epidural lipomatosis: three new idiopathic
cases and one steroid induced asthmatic case with a review of the literature.
Neurosci Abstr 21:488, 1995.
14.
Sawin PD, Menezes AH, Traynelis VC: Autogenous rib grafts for spinal fusion:
techniques, complications, and results of 300 cases. J Neurosurg 84:360A,
1996.
15.
Beer SJ, Stein CS, Hilfinger JM, Tsume Y, Traynelis VC, Davidson BD:
Encapsulated adenovirus: a novel method for the intracerebral delivery of
adenovirus in glioma treatment. Neurosci Abstr 22:949, 1996.
16.
Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, Follett KA: Complications of posterior cervical plating
in 43 consecutive patients. J Neurosurg 86:423A-424A, 1997.
17.
Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Nerad JA, Menezes AH: Midline
craniofacial approach for malignancy: results of en bloc versus piecemeal
resections at the University of Iowa. Skull Base Surgery 7 (Suppl 1):30, 1997.
18.
Traynelis VC, Sahu SK, Oberley LW, Buettner GR, Smith D, Ryken TC,
Weirather K, Darby C, Martin S: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid in human glial
tumor cells sensitive or resistant to radiation. Neurosci Abstr 23:2445, 1997.
19.
Sutterlin CE III, Traynelis VC: A multi-center clinical experience with the use of
the AXIS fixation system in the posterior cervical spine. Neurosurgery 41:725,
1997.
20.
Ghodsi AS, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC, Quets J, Sato Y: Evaluation of basilar
artery aneurysms by helical computerized tomography angiography. J Neurosurg
88:182A, 1998.
21.
Ghodsi AS, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA, Sato Y, Quets J, Sickles W:
Accuracy assessment of computerized tomography-angiography for 3D
measurement of intracranial aneurysm geometry. J Neurosurg 88:202A, 1998.
22.
Ghodsi A, Yang G, Derksen T, Stein C, Anderson RD, Traynelis VC, Davidson
BL: Extensive β-glucuronidase activity in murine CNS after adenovirus mediated
gene transfer to brain. Neurosci Abstr 24:1017, 1998.
23.
Heth J, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Robinson RA, Funk GF, Hoffman HT:
Aggressive multispecialty treatment improves survival in sinonasal
undifferentiated carcinoma. Skull Base Surg 11 (Suppl 1):20-21, 2001.
24.
Barry CJ, Rizzo M, Darling W, Jermeland J, Traynelis V: The effect of wearing a
restrictive neck brace on driver performance. J Neurosurg 96:428, 2002.
25.
Traynelis VC: Cervical spinal arthroplasty. Jpn J Neurosurg 13:274, 2004.
26.
Traynelis V, Anderson P, Hacker R, Heller J, Sasso R: Return to work analysis of
patients treated with an artificial cervical disc or an arthrodesis. Spine J 6(Suppl
1):63S-64S, 2006.
32
27.
Mummaneni PV, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA, Traynelis VC, Burkus JK: Two-year
results from a prospective, randomized IDE study of the Prestige ST cervical disc.
Neurosurgery 61:200, 2007.
28.
Traynelis V, Burkus JK, Gornet MF, Jacobs JJ, Skipor AK, Kattner K:
Prospective study of serum metal ion levels in patients with stainless steel metalon-metal cervical disc replacements. Spine J 7 (Suppl 5): 54S, 2007.
29.
Traynelis, VC: Three- and 5-year results from a prospective, randomized United
States investigational device exemption study of the PRESTIGE ST cervical disc:
Neurosurg 65:408, 2009.
Review
1.
Traynelis VC: Review of MRI of the Brain II: Non-Neoplastic Disease, BrantZawadzki M and Bradley Jr. WG (eds), New York, Raven Press, 1991. J
Neurosurg, 76:166-167, 1992.
2.
Traynelis VC: Review of Microsurgery of the Cervical Spine, Young PH (ed), New
York, Raven Press, 1991. Neurosurgery 31:160, 1992.
3.
Porter BR, Traynelis VC: Diagnostic nerve root blocks, facet blocks and
discography: a rational approach (expert commentary). Perspectives in
Neurological Surgery 7:155-156, 1996.
4.
Traynelis VC: Review of Atlas of Spine Surgery, Winter RB, Lonstein JW, Denis
F, Smith MD (eds), Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1995. J Neurosurg 84:711,
1996.
5.
Traynelis VC: Review of Surgical Approaches to the Spine, Albert TJ, Balderston
RA, Northrup BE (eds), Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1997. Neurosurgery
42:1191-1192, 1998.
Exhibits
1.
Ganguly R, Traynelis VC, Pore RS, Hoover DL: Hyporesponsiveness of
macrophages at temperatures below 37 degrees C. American Microbiology
Association, Dallas, Texas, February 1981 (Poster).
2.
Secrist RD, Traynelis VC, Schochet SS Jr: Acute venous infarction: preliminary
experience with magnetic resonance imaging an animal model. Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, September 1988 (Poster).
3.
Traynelis VC, Willison CD, Chamber J, Schochet SS Jr, Kaufman HH: Millipore
examination of valvular fluid in sterile shunt malfunctions. American Association
of Neurological Surgeons, Nashville, Tennessee, April 1990 (Poster).
4.
Hitchon PW, Ossenbach RK, Godersky JC, Traynelis V: Transpedicular
screw and plate fixation for spondylolisthesis. American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, Nashville, Tennessee, April 1990 (Poster).
5.
Traynelis VC, Kopitnik TA, Haid RW, Dunker RO: Interhemispheric approach
with callosal resection for distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms. American
33
Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1991
(Poster).
6.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Lim R: Interaction of acidic fibroblast growth factor and
transforming growth factor-beta in normal and transformed glia in vitro. Congress
of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 1991 (Poster).
7.
Dirks B, Hitchon PW, Haddad S, Brayton J, Traynelis VC: Surgical and
nonsurgical treatment of thoracolumbar fractures. Congress of Neurological
Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 1991 (Poster).
8.
Roach RM, Traynelis VC, VanGilder JC, Menezes AH, Hitchon PW, Loftus CM:
Cervical corpectomy in nonspondylotic disease. Congress of Neurological
Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 1991 (Poster).
9.
Ridenour TR, Haddad SF, Hitchon PW, Menezes AH, VanGilder JC, Traynelis
VC: Thoracic disk herniations: operative procedures and clinical results.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 1991 (Poster).
10.
Ryken TC, Osenbach RK, Traynelis VC, Lim R: Interaction of acidic fibroblast
growth factor and transforming growth factor beta in fetal rat astrocytes in vitro.
Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1991 (Poster).
11.
Piper JG, Dirks BA, Traynelis VC, VanGilder JC: Perioperative management and
surgical outcome of the acromegalic patient with sleep apnea. Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Washington, DC, October 1992 (Poster).
12.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Interaction of growth factors in cultured glia. University
of Iowa College of Medicine Research Day, Iowa City, Iowa, April 1993 (Poster).
13.
Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Increased height as a diagnostic
indicator of medulloblastomas. American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
Boston, Massachusetts, April 1993 (Poster).
14.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Sandra A: Investigation of lipid metabolism in normal
and transformed glia using a fluorescent ceramide probe. Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 1993 (Poster).
15.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid in malignant glioma.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 1993
(Poster).
16.
Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Adams HP Jr, Biller J: Surgical management of
massive cerebral infarction. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver,
British Columbia, October 1993 (Poster).
17.
Gerdes JS, Ryken TC, Schelper R, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC: Examination of the
blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in a canine model. Society for Neuroscience,
Washington, DC, November 1993 (Poster).
18.
Sawin PD, Ryken TC, Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Ultrastructural alterations in
36B10 glioma following irradiation. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC,
November 1993 (Poster).
34
19.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Morphological and ultrastructural alterations in cultured
malignant glioma treated with cis-parinaric acid. Society for Neuroscience,
Washington, DC, November 1993 (Poster).
20.
Gerdes JS, Ryken TC, Schelper R, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC: Examination of the
blood-brain barrier in a canine model. American Association of Neurological
Surgeons, San Diego, California, April 1994 (Poster).
21.
Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Determination of cervical vertebral bone density using
dual-beam absorptiometry. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San
Diego, California, April 1994 (Poster).
22.
Ryken TC, Runge TC, Traynelis VC, Kratz DA, Cornelius AS: Mechanism of cisparinaric acid-induced cytotoxicity in malignant glioma. American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, April 1994 (Poster).
23.
Runge TC, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Roach RM, Murphy SP: Production of tumor
necrosis factor in glial tumors. American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
San Diego, California, April 1994 (Poster).
24.
Sawin PD, Clausen J, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Goel VK: The effect of cervical
fusion on the motion of adjacent segments: a biomechanical study. Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, October 1994 (Poster).
25.
Lovick DS, Ryken TC, Traynelix VC, Dexter F: A comparison of insertion torque
with three posterior cervical plating systems' primary and salvage screws. North
American Spine Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 1994 (Poster).
26.
Ryken TC, Sawin PD, Runge TC, Traynelis VC: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid
in medulloblastoma. Society for Neuroscience, Miami, Florida, November 1994
(Poster).
27.
Clausen JD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Stabilizing potential of two
unicortical cervical locking plate systems in a human model. Cervical Spine
Research Society, Baltimore, Maryland, December 1994 (Poster).
28.
Ryken TC, Sawin PD, Traynelis VC: Use of dual beam absorptiometry in
experimental cervical spine models. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of
the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February 1995 (Poster).
29.
Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Follett KA: Spinal epidural hematoma following
coronary thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator. AANS/CNS Joint
Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona,
February 1995 (Poster).
30.
Sawin PD, Nader A, Todd MM, Traynelis VC: Cervical spine motion during
routine endotracheal intubation: an in vivo study. American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, April 1995 (Poster).
31.
Sawin PD, Lovick DS, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Dexter F: Assessment of primary
and rescue lateral mass screw insertion torque in a cadaveric model. Congress
of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, October 1995 (Poster).
32.
Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Spinal epidural lipomatosis: three new idiopathic
cases and one steroid induced asthmatic case with a review of the literature.
35
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, October 1995
(Poster).
33.
Sawin PD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Clausen JD, Goel VK: Biomechanical
evaluation of two CSLP systems in a cadaveric model. North American Spine
Society, Washington, DC, October 1995 (Poster).
34.
Sawin PD, Carras D, Traynelis VC, Brayton J, Smith D, Todd MM: Cervical spine
motion during direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation in cadavers with
subaxial trauma: a cinefluoroscopic study. Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1996 (Poster).
35.
Wellman BJ, Clausen JD, Traynelis VC, Goel VK: The role of Luschka's joints
and uncinate processes in the motion of the cervical spine using a threedimensional C5-6 discoligamentous motion segment model. Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1996 (Poster).
36.
Ryken TC, Housden ES, Frankel BM, Watts C, Sofroniew MV, Traynelis VC:
Three-dimensional culture of genetically modified glioma cell lines. Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1996 (Poster).
37.
Carras DH, Sawin P, Brayton J, Traynelis V, Todd MM: A cinefluoroscopy study
comparing cadaver cervical spine motion during endotracheal intubation before
and after C4-C5 trauma. Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care, New
Orleans, Louisiana, October 1996 (Poster).
38.
Carras DH, Sawin P, Brayton J, Traynelis V, Todd MM: A cinefluoroscopy study
of cervical spine motion after C4-5 injury: the effects of in-line stabilization.
Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care, New Orleans, Louisiana, October
1996 (Poster).
39.
Sato Y, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA, Rubin MD: In vivo dissection of
cerebral aneurysms using CT angiography. American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, April 1997 (Poster).
40.
Wellman B, Rockland KS, Traynelis VC: An anatomic base for gradual
deterioration in patients with non-infiltrating mass lesions: a study using the
neuroanatomical tract tracers PHA-L and BDA. Congress of Neurological
Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1997 (Poster).
41.
Ghodsi AS, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA, Sato Y, Quets J, Sickles W:
Accuracy assessment of computerized tomography-angiography for 3D
measurement of intracranial aneurysm geometry. Joint Section on
Cerebrovascular Surgery, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1998 (Poster).
42.
Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC: The fusion rate for an ACF in patients with a prior
history of a successful ACF at a different level. AANS/CNS Joint Section on
Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Rancho Mirage, California,
February 1998 (Poster).
43.
Julien T, Frankel B, Traynelis V, Ryken T: Evidence based analysis of odontoid
fracture management. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington,
October 1998 (Poster).
36
44.
Mostafavi H, Lennarson P, Traynelis VC: Spinal chloromas. AANS/CNS Joint
Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista,
Florida, February 1999 (Poster).
45.
Julien T, Frankel B, Traynelis V, Ryken T: Evidence based analysis of odontoid
fracture management. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and
Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1999 (Poster).
46.
Lennarson P, Traynelis VC, Mostafavi H, Walters B: Management of Type II
odontoid fractures: a case-control study. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders
of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1999
(Poster).
47.
Taggard D, Traynelis VC: Technique of surgical fusion for fractures of the
ankylosed cervical spine. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine
and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1999 (Poster).
48.
Lennarson P, Smith D, Todd MM, Traynelis VC, Carras D, Sawin PD, Brayton J,
Sato Y: Segmental cervical spine motion during orotracheal intubation of the
intact and injured spine with and without external immobilization. American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1999
(Poster).
49.
Julien T, Frankel B, Traynelis V, Ryken T: Evidence-based analysis of odontoid
fracture management. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New
Orleans, Louisiana, April 1999 (Poster).
50.
Lennarson P, Sahu SK, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Cis-parinaric acid:
characterization and mechanism of cytotoxicity in malignant glioma. American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1999
(Poster).
51.
Lennarson P, Schupfer PC, Traynelis VC, Todd MM, Maktabi MA, Smith D:
Traction decreases maximal segmental cervical spine motion in normal human
subjects during orotracheal intubation. Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
Boston, Massachusetts, November 1999 (Oral Poster).
52.
Puttlitz CM, Goel V, Traynelis V, Clark C: An investigation of cervical anchor type
and unilateral vs. bilateral implementation of an upper cervical fusion device.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, December 1999 (Poster).
53.
Scifert JL, Goel VK, Grosland NM, Puttlitz CM, Totoribe K, Traynelis VC: Load
sharing and stress shielding in the cervical spine following anterior bone graft and
plating. Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, December 1999
(Poster).
54.
Miller J, Lennarson P, Traynelis V: Function of ventriculoperitoneal shunts during
laparoscopy. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas,
September 2000 (Oral Poster).
55.
Ackerman LL, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Segmental variation of bone mineral
density in the cadaveric cervical spine. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of
the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2001 (Poster).
37
56.
Ryken TC, Meeks S, Hitchon P, Traynelis V, Bova F, Friedman W, Buatti J:
Frameless stereotactic radiosurgery: initial experience. American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 2001 (Poster).
57.
Heth JA, Traynelis VC, Funk GF, McCulloch TM, Hoffman HT: Neurosurgical
management of sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 2001 (Poster).
58.
Lennarson PJ, Smith DW, Schupfer PC, Todd MM, Traynelis VC: Cervical spinal
motion during intubation: efficacy of stabilization maneuvers in the setting of a
type II dens fracture. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California,
September 2001 (Poster).
59.
Barua M, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Combination atlas and axis fractures.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Orlando, Florida, March 2002 (Oral Poster).
60.
Mummaneni PV, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Subach BR, Sasso RC, Traynelis VC:
Occipito-cervico-thoracic fixation with a new polyaxial screw and rod system:
technique and results. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, September 2002 (Poster).
61.
Foley KT, DiAngelo DJ, Osztheimer G, Zdeblick T, Traynelis VC: An improved
testing protocol for evaluating anterior spinal instrumentation using graft loads in
a single-level cervical discectomy or corpectomy model. Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2002 (Poster).
62.
Greenlee JD, Traynelis VC: Anterior cervical plating and allograft subsidence.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2002
(Poster).
63.
Traynelis VC, Zaheer A, Sahu SK, Ryken TC: cis-Parinaric acid regulates ERK,
JNK and p38 MAPK and induces cytotoxicity in malignant rat astrocytoma cells.
Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Diego, California, November 2002 (Poster).
64.
Sahu SK, Ryken TC, Weydert CJD, Traynelis VC, Oberley LW:
AdenovirusMnSOD plus BCNU therapy of intracerebral tumors in rat. Society for
Neuro-Oncology, San Diego, California, November 2002 (Poster).
65.
DiAngelo DJ, Foley KT, Osztheimer G, Zdeblick T, Traynelis V: An improved
testing protocol for evaluating anterior spinal instrumentation using graft loads in
a single-level cervical discectomy or corpectomy model. Cervical Spine
Research Society, Miami, Florida, December 2002 (Poster).
66.
Barry CJ, Marple C, Rosenquist R, Traynelis VC: Postoperative epidural
analgesia and anesthesia in the setting of posterior lumbar interbody fusion.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Tampa, Florida, March 2003 (Poster).
67.
DiAngelo DJ, Foley KT, Osztheimer G, Traynelis V, Zdeblick TA: An improved
testing protocol for evaluating anterior spinal instrumentation. AANS/CNS Joint
Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Tampa, Florida, March
2003 (Poster).
38
68.
Traynelis V, Brotchi J, Gill S, Haid R, Nelson R, McCombe P, Porchet F, Zdeblick
T: A clinical and radiographic comparison of the Prestige I cervical disc system to
fusion for the treatment of single level degenerative disease. Cervical Spine
Research Society European Section, Barcelona, Spain, June 2003 (Poster).
69.
Traynelis V, Brotchi J, Gill S, McCombe P, Nelson R, Porchet F, Haid R, Zdeblick
T: A clinical and radiographic comparison of the Prestige I cervical disc system to
fusion for the treatment of single level degenerative disease. Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, October 2003 (Oral Poster).
70.
Traynelis V, Robertson J, Nelson R, Gill S, Haid R, Zdeblick T: Long-term
experience with the Prestige I cervical disc system in an end stage indication.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, October 2003 (Poster).
71.
Barua M, Traynelis VC: Primary cervical spine infections. AANS/CNS Joint
Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, San Diego, California,
March 2004 (Poster).
72.
Hasan DM, Lee S-K, Traynelis VC, Chaloupka JC: Incidence of re-treatment of
intracranial aneurysms primarily managed by endovascular embolization with
detachable coils. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando,
Florida, May 2004 (Poster).
73.
Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA, Squires CM: Mechanical stability of the
Prestige cervical disc. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando,
Florida, May 2004 (Poster).
74.
Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA, Williams CS: In vivo and in vitro wear
characteristics of the Prestige cervical disc. American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 2004 (Poster).
75.
Traynelis VC, Haid RW, Zdeblick TA, Williams CS: Host response to ceramic
titanium composite particulate. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the
Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, March 2005 (Poster).
76.
Zaheer A, Sahu SK, Traynelis VC: Negative interaction between fenretinide and
inhibitors of EGF-R phosphorylation. Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 2005 (Poster).
77.
Burkus JK, Haid RW Jr, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA: Radiographic analysis of the
Prestige ST cervical disc: results from a prospective, randomized, controlled
clinical trial. Spine Arthroplasty Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2006
(Poster).
78.
Dahdaleh NS, Lindley TE, Beeler SN, Reddy CG, Traynelis VC, Hitchon PW:
The risk of degenerative disease adjacent to lumbar spinal instrumentation.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, October 2006 (Poster).
79.
Traynelis VC: Total subaxial reconstruction. AANS/CNS Joint Section on
Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2009
(Digital Poster).
Other
None
39
B.
Areas of Research Interest and Current Projects
Areas of Research Interest
Cervical spine surgery
Neuro-oncology
Skull base surgery
Current Projects
Interactions between glioma cell cultures and fatty acids
Metabolism of malignant gliomas
Astrocytic extracellular matrix
Cervical spine biomechanics
C.
Published Reviews of Scholarship
D.
None
Grants Received
Amount
% Effort
Salary
Support
National Institute of Health,
1991-96
2 RO1 NS15078-12, National Acute
Spinal Cord Injury Study-III, Study of
Tirilazad Mesylate (U-74, 0006F)
and Methylprednisolone Sodium
Succinate in Patients with Acute
Spinal Cord Injury (Co-Investigator)
$363,600
2%
$0
United States Army,
DAMD17-97-C-7006, Cervical
Spinal Motion During Orotracheal
Intubation (Principal Investigator)
1996-00
$156,172
10%
$16,000
The University of Iowa,
Department of Surgery, Tumor
Necrosis Factor and Malignant
Gliomas (Principal Investigator)
1990-91
$15,000
5%
$0
The University of Iowa, College
of Medicine, Brain and Glioma
Metabolism in an Experimental
Model (Principal Investigator)
1990-91
$5,000
1%
$0
Title
A.
B.
Period
Federal
State
None
C.
College of Medicine
40
The University of Iowa Injury
Prevention Research Center,
Effect of Cervical Collars on
Driving Safety (Principal
Investigator)
D.
1/97-12/97
$10,400
2%
$0
Other
ICI Pharmaceuticals, A
Comparison of Three
Anesthetics for Neurosurgery
(Co-Investigator)
1989-91
$114,290
2%
$0
ICI Pharmaceuticals, Continuous
Infusion of Diprivan vs. Morphine
Boluses for Sedation in Severe
Head Trauma
(Co-Investigator)
1989-91
$195,660
2%
$0
Aesculap, Biomechanical
Evaluation of Cervical Spinal
Stabilization Procedures in a
Human Cadaveric Model
(Principal Investigator)
6/92-12/92
$5,000
5%
$0
Aesculap, Biomechanical
Comparison of Unilateral and
Bicortical Anterior Cervical Plate
Fixation in a Human Cadaveric
Spine Injury Model (Principal
Investigator)
1991-93
$50,757
10%
$0
Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, Head
Injury Tirilazad Trial (HITT)
(Co-Investigator)
1992-96
$331,000
1%
$0
Ride for Kids Foundation, Tumor
Necrosis Factor and Malignant
Gliomas (Principal Investigator)
1992
$5,128
1%
$0
Glaxo, Inc., The Intracranial
Pressure Effects of Remifentanil
and Alfentanil (Co-Investigator)
1993-94
$71,164
1%
$0
Danek Group, Biomechanical
Analysis of Orion Cervical Plate
Fixation in a Human Cadaveric
Spinal Injury Model (Principal
Investigator)
6/93-12/93 $30,200
5%
$0
1%
$0
Glaxo Research Institute, Inc.,
1993-94
USA A3004, A Comparative Study
of Remifentanil and Fentanyl in
Neuroanesthesia (Co-Investigator)
$83,550
41
E.
Danek Group, Biomechanical
Analysis of Orion Cervical Plate
Fixation in a Human Cadaveric
Spinal Injury Model (Principal
Investigator)
7/94-12/94
$3,039
1%
$0
AO/ASIF Research Commission,
95-H17, In Vitro Comparative
Biomechanical Analysis of
Thoracolumbar Spinal Devices
(Co-Investigator)
1994-95
$30,300
2%
$0
AcroMed Corporation, In Vitro
Comparative Biomechanical
Analysis of Thoracolumbar Spinal
Devices (Co-Investigator)
1994-95
$10,000
1%
$0
Johnson & Johnson, Codman
Anterior Cervical Plate Clinical
Evaluation (Principal Investigator)
4/96-12/96
$6,000
1%
$0
Sofamor Danek, IDE #G960044,
A Prospective, Controlled, Clinical
Investigation of the NOVUS CSR
Ring and NOVUS CSR Block for
Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion
in Patients With Symptomatic
Cervical Disc Disease (Principal
Investigator)
1996-99
$28,500
2%
$0
Joint Section on Disorders of the
1998-99
Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Effect of Wearing a Restrictive
Neck Brace on Driver Performance
(Principal Investigator)
$29,000
5%
$0
Medtronic Sofamor Danek,
Cervical Spine Research
Educational Grant (Principal
Investigator)
2001
$30,383
1%
$0
Medtronic Sofamor Danek,
A Prospective, Randomized,
Controlled Clinical Trial of an
Artificial Cervical Disc vs.
Anterior Cervical Fusion for
Single Level Symptomatic
Cervical Disc Disease
(Principal Investigator)
2003-06
$40,000
5%
$0
Invited Lectures and Presentations
Invited Lectures
42
1.
Guest Lecturer, Sapir Medical Center, Meir General Hospital, Kfar-Saba, Israel,
Stroke surgery, July 1990.
2.
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Omaha, Nebraska, Interhemispheric
approach with callosal resection for distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms, May
1991.
3.
The Research Society of Neurological Surgeons, Durham, North Carolina, Effect
of gamma irradiation of glial extracellular matrix in vitro, May 1991.
4.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Panelist, Instrumentation in
the cervical spine, October 1991.
5.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Panel moderator,
Advances in biology of gliomas, October 1991.
6.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Cincinnati, Ohio, Faculty
member, Surgery of the Cervical Spine - Hands-On, May 1992.
7.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, St. Louis, Missouri, Faculty
member, Surgery of the Cervical Spine - Hands-On, October 1992.
8.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts,
Posterolateral approach to the craniovertebral junction, April 1993.
9.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Faculty member, Surgery of the Cervical Spine - Hands-On, June 1993.
10.
Semmes-Murphey Clinic Fifth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland,
Faculty member, June 1993.
11.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, Faculty
member, Surgery of the craniocervical junction: operative exposure and
stabilization techniques, October 1993.
12.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, Panelist,
Instability of the cervical spine, October 1993.
13.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, Faculty member, Anterior cervical spine stabilization course,
February 1994.
14.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, Faculty member, Posterior cervical spine stabilization
course, February 1994.
15.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, Contributed papers session moderator, February 1994.
16.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Faculty
member, Craniocervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1994.
17.
Spinal Research Education Foundation Sixth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda,
Maryland, Faculty member, June 1994.
43
18.
Spinal Research Education Foundation Sixth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda,
Maryland, Cervical biomechanics, June 1994.
19.
Spinal Research Education Foundation Sixth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda,
Maryland, Anterior cervical plate biomechanics, June 1994.
20.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty member,
Craniocervical junction stabilization, October 1994.
21.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Panelist, Cervical spine
instability and indications for instrumentation, October 1994.
22.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Panelist, Management of
clival lesions, October 1994.
23.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Panel moderator, Anatomic basis of surgery of the
craniovertebral junction, February 1995.
24.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Special course director, Posterior thoracolumbar
instrumentation, February 1995.
25.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Faculty member, Cervical spine instrumentation course,
February 1995.
26.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Faculty
member, Craniocervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1995.
27.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Panelist,
Cervical spine instability: diagnosis and treatment, April 1995.
28.
Research Institute International and Medical Education Resources, 1995 Spinal
Outlook, Hot Springs, Virginia, Faculty member, May 1995.
29.
Research Institute International and Medical Education Resources, 1995 Spinal
Outlook, Hot Springs, Virginia, Spinal stenosis: role of decompression, fusion,
stabilization, May 1995.
30.
Research Institute International and Medical Education Resources, 1995 Spinal
Outlook, Hot Springs, Virginia, Cervical laminectomy and laminoplasty: role of
instrumentation, May 1995.
31.
Advances in Spine Surgery, Paris, France, Faculty member, May 1995.
32.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty
member, Surgery of the Cervical Spine - Hands-On, June 1995.
33.
Spinal Research and Education Foundation Seventh Annual Spine Workshop,
Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1995.
34.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Faculty member,
Cervical spine instrumentation I: C2-T2, October 1995.
44
35.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Panelist,
Consultants corner - cervical spine, October 1995.
36.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Panelist,
Management of clival lesions, October 1995.
37.
The National Center for Advanced Medical Education Comprehensive Spine
Review, Chicago, Illinois, Inflammatory conditions: rheumatoid arthritis,
ankylosing spondylitis, Scheuermann's disease, Reiter's syndrome, sacroiliitis,
November 1995.
38.
Spinal Conference: Anterior Approach to the Spine, Herzilia, Israel, Anterior
instrumentation in degenerative disease, January 1996.
39.
Spinal Conference: Anterior Approach to the Spine, Herzilia, Israel, Anterior
instrumentation for trauma, January 1996.
40.
Spinal Conference: Anterior Approach to the Spine, Herzilia, Israel, Panelist,
January 1996.
41.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics course, February
1996.
42.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida, Faculty member, Cervical stabilization course, February
1996.
43.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida, Bone symposium moderator, February 1996.
44.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Faculty
member, Spinal biomechanics, April 1996.
45.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Faculty
member, Craniocervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1996.
46.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Discussant, Comparative biomechanical properties of cable fixation devices for
the cervical spine, April 1996.
47.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Panelist, Odontoid fractures: management and techniques, April 1996.
48.
Spinal Research and Education Foundation Eighth Annual Spine Workshop,
Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1996.
49.
XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Surgical principles
involving stabilization of the craniocervical junction, September 1996.
50.
XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Indications and
techniques for occipitocervical fusion, September 1996.
51.
XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Chiari malformation and
syringomyelia: current concepts and surgical management, September 1996.
45
52.
XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Understanding
platybasia, basilar invagination, and basilar impression, September 1996.
53.
XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Surgical approaches to
the craniocervical junction, September 1996.
54.
XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Instructor, Hands-On
Spinal Instrumentation, September 1996.
55.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Faculty
member, Craniovertebral junction and upper cervical spine stabilization,
September 1996.
56.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Course director,
Posterior cervical stabilization techniques, September 1996.
57.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Upper cervical
spine trauma, September 1996.
58.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Panelist,
Practical clinical spinal biomechanics: made ridiculously simple, September 1996.
59.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Moderator,
Current approaches to spinal injury, October 1996.
60.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Panelist,
Consultants corner: cervical spine, October 1996.
61.
Spine + Science + Management = Success, New Orleans, Louisiana, Faculty
member, November 1996.
62.
Ninth Annual Contemporary Update on Disorders of the Spine, Whistler, British
Columbia, Canada, Faculty member, January 1997.
63.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Newport Beach, California, Faculty member, Occipito-cervical stabilization,
February 1997.
64.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Newport Beach, California, Course director, Deformity treatment and stabilization
of the subaxial cervical spine, February 1997.
65.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Newport Beach, California, Treatment and subaxial cervical deformity, February
1997.
66.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Newport Beach, California, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, February
1997.
67.
North American Skull Base Society, Little Rock, Arkansas, Faculty member,
Stabilization of the craniocervical junction, March 1997.
68.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Faculty
member, Spinal biomechanics, April 1997.
46
69.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Course codirector, Craniocervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1997.
70.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Panelist,
Biomechanics of spinal instrumentation, April 1997.
71.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Faculty
member, Evidence-based practice: science at the bedside, April 1997.
72.
Spinal Research and Education Foundation Ninth Annual Spine Workshop,
Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, May 1997.
73.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Moderator, Stroke:
rapid identification and treatment, September 1997.
74.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Panelist,
Biomechanics made ridiculously simple, September 1997.
75.
VIII Peruvian Congress of Neurosurgery, Lima, Peru, Co-Director, Cervical spine
instrumentation, November 1997.
76.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Rancho Mirage, California, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, February
1998.
77.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, April 1998.
78.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Faculty member, Cranio-cervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1998.
79.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Course director, Surgical exposure, decompression, and stabilization of the
cervical spine, April 1998.
80.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Panelist, Spinal stabilization: state of the art principles of selection, application,
and construction design, April 1998.
81.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Panelist, Diagnosis and management of cervical spine instability, April 1998.
82.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Panelist, Management of rheumatoid and chronic instability of the craniovertebral
junction and cervical spine, April 1998.
83.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Symposium
moderator, Neurosurgical management of sports injuries, May 1998.
84.
Spinal Research and Education Foundation Tenth Annual Spine Workshop,
Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1998.
85.
XXVIII Latin American Congress of Neurosurgery, Santiago, Chile, Co-Director,
Cervical spine instrumentation course, October 1998.
47
86.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, Faculty member,
Spinal biomechanics, October 1998.
87.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, Moderator, Cervical
spine fixation techniques, October 1998.
88.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, The case against
cages, October 1998.
89.
Eleventh Annual Contemporary Update on Disorders of the Spine, Whistler,
British Columbia, Canada, Faculty member, January 1999.
90.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida, The role of multilevel corpectomy, February 1999.
91.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Faculty
member, Spinal biomechanics, April 1999.
92.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Course
director, Surgical exposure, decompression, and stabilization of the cervical
spine, April 1999.
93.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana,
Panelist, Decompression and stabilization of the craniovertebral junction, April
1999.
94.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana,
Discussant, Early experience with threaded lumbar interbody fusion device, April
1999.
95.
The Society of Neurological Surgeons, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Progress in
the development of a core curriculum for basic neurological sciences, May 1999.
96.
Spinal Research and Education Foundation 11th Annual International Spine and
Peripheral Nerve Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1999.
97.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Faculty member,
Spinal biomechanics, October 1999.
98.
Spinal Instrumentation Workshop, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Biomechanics of
the cervical spine and cervical spine instrumentation, December 1999.
99.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, Management of spinal
cord tumors, December 1999.
100.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, Contributed papers
session moderator, December 1999.
101.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Palm
Springs, California, Moderator, Indications for spinal fusion: absolute, relative,
contraindicated, February 2000.
102.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Faculty member, Spinal
biomechanics and clinical management decision making, September 2000.
48
103.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Moderator, Case
management: cervical spondylotic myelopathy, September 2000.
104.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Moderator, Open
papers session, September 2000.
105.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Joint replacement in
neurosurgery: artificial disks, September 2000.
106.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Faculty member,
Instability of the subaxial cervical spine: current concepts in management,
September 2000.
107.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Course director,
General neurosurgical practice after 2000, September 2000.
108.
Thirteenth Annual Contemporary Update on Disorders of the Spine, Whistler,
British Columbia, Canada, Faculty member, January 2001.
109.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, The artificial disc: early outcomes and future applications,
February 2001.
110.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Perils and pitfalls of instrumented spinal surgeries: problems
with screws, February 2001.
111.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Faculty member, Approaches and stabilization techniques for the craniovertebral
junction, April 2001.
112.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Faculty member, Cervical spine instability: instrumentation and other methods of
management, April 2001.
113.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Panelist, Contempotary management of cervical disc disease: how I do it, April
2001.
114.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Faculty member,
Spinal biomechanics and clinical management decision making, September
2001.
115.
4th Congress of the International Society for Neurosurgical Technology and
Instrument Invention, Queensland, Australia, Biomechanical and mechanical
analysis of a cervical disc prosthesis, September 2001.
116.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Moderator, Cervical
spondylotic myelopathy: case management perspectives, October 2001.
117.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Spine inventions:
from concept to production, October 2001.
118.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Orlando, Florida, Artificial disc, February 2002.
49
119.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Orlando, Florida, Moderator, Cervical spine surgery: state of the art, March 2002.
120.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty
member, Craniovertebral junction: surgical approaches, stabilization techniques,
and complications, April 2002.
121.
9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland,
Course chairman, Posterior cervical fixation, May 2002.
122.
9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland,
Faculty member, Spondylolisthesis, May 2002.
123.
9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland,
Faculty member, Anterior cervical fixation, May 2002.
124.
9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland,
Faculty member, Cervical challenges, May 2002.
125.
9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland,
Moderator, Innovative technologies, May 2002.
126.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Faculty
member, Spinal biomechanics and clinical management decision making,
September 2002.
127.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moderator,
Controversies in the management of craniovertebral junction abnormalities,
September 2002.
128.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Biologics and
prosthetics: the wave of the future, September 2002.
129.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Miami Beach, Florida, Moderator, Disc
replacement, December 2002.
130.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Tampa, Florida, Artificial discs - a reality in our time?, March 2003.
131.
10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Basic
science of cervical spine disk replacement, July 2003.
132.
10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Faculty
member, Complex reconstruction challenges, July 2003.
133.
10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy,
Moderator, The cervical spine, July 2003.
134.
10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Panel
member, Occipital-cervical & cervico-thoracic instrumentation issues, July 2003.
135.
10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Faculty
member, Cervical challenges, July 2003.
136.
10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Chair,
Preserving motion in the diseased cervical spine, July 2003.
50
137.
World Spine II, Chicago, Illinois, Course director, Management of cervical spinal
trauma, August 2003.
138.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, A call to arms: the
professional liability crisis, October 2003.
139.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Moderator, Cervical and
lumbar disc prostheses: technology and applications, October 2003.
140.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Cervical infection,
October 2003.
141.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, Moderator, Anterior
cervical surgery - complications, December 2003.
142.
Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Tokushima, Japan, Cervical
spinal arthroplasty, May 2004.
143.
Aichi Spine Forum, Aichi, Japan, C1-2 fusion techniques, May 2004.
144.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cervical disc
replacement: current status, June 2004.
145.
11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton,
Bermuda, Faculty member, Advanced treatments in complex cervical
reconstruction, July 2004.
146.
11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton,
Bermuda, Chair, Preserving motion in the diseased cervical disc, July 2004.
147.
11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton,
Bermuda, Panel, Cervical fixation and arthroplasty options, July 2004.
148.
The Spine Technology Education Group, Innovative Techniques in Spine
Surgery, Los Cabos, Mexico, Cervical clinical experience: Prestige, August 2004.
149.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Moderator, Anterior
cervical surgery, December 2004.
150.
Cervical Spine Research Society Ninth Instructional Course, Boston,
Massachusetts, Neck pain solid fusion. Work up, treatment. Adjacent level facet
arthrodesis, injections? Radiofrequency Ablation?, December 2004.
151.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Institute for Spinal Disorders Fourth Annual
Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Henderson, Nevada,
Prestige disc, February 2005.
152.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Institute for Spinal Disorders Fourth Annual
Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders 2005, Henderson, Nevada,
Panelist, Cervical disc replacement, February 2005.
153.
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Boston,
Massachusetts, Cervical arthroplasty, February 2005.
51
154.
New England Neurosurgical Society Donaghy Lecture, Woodstock, Vermont,
Cervical disc arthroplasty, February 2005.
155.
Southern Neurosurgical Society, Key West, Florida, Complications of
arthroplasty, March 2005.
156.
Houston Neurological Society, Houston, Texas, Cervical arthroplasty, March
2005.
157.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Faculty member, Arthroplasty: techniques and indications for
the cervical and lumbar spine, March 2005.
158.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, The future of spinal surgery: motion sparing technology, March
2005.
159.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Faculty
member, Artificial cervical disc technology, April 2005.
160.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Faculty
member, Craniovertebral junction surgical approaches: indications, techniques,
limitations, and complications, April 2005.
161.
12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta,
Canada, Chair, Cervical disc arthroplasty, July 2005.
162.
12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta,
Canada, Faculty member, Advanced treatments in complex cervical
reconstruction, July 2005.
163.
12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta,
Canada, Faculty member, Cervical challenges, July 2005.
164.
12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta,
Canada, Devices: clinical experience and results: Prestige, July 2005.
165.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Faculty member,
Surgical arthrodesis of the cervical spine, October 2005.
166.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Faculty member,
Spinal arthroplasty, October 2005.
167.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Faculty member,
Disk arthroplasty of the cervical and lumbar spine, October 2005.
168.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Disc arthroplasty,
October 2005.
169.
John Green Guest Lecturer, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona,
Cervical spinal arthroplasty, November 2005.
170.
Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, Panel member, Type 2
dens fracture, December 2005.
52
171.
Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, Moderator, Anterior
cervical surgery, December 2005.
172.
The 15th Annual Course on the Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders:
Complex Spine Surgery from Cervical to Sarcum, Beaver Creek, Colorado,
Moderator, Cervical stenosis, January 2006.
173.
The 15th Annual Course on the Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders:
Complex Spine Surgery from Cervical to Sarcum, Beaver Creek, Colorado,
Decompression and stabilization: when to do anteriorly? When to do anteriorly
and posteriorly? Fixation options, January 2006.
174.
The 15th Annual Course on the Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders:
Complex Spine Surgery from Cervical to Sarcum, Beaver Creek, Colorado, C5C6 HNP with C6 radiculopathy, unresponsive to nonoperative treatments:
arthroplasty, January 2006.
175.
Interurban Neurosurgical Society, Chicago, Illinois, Cervical arthroplasty, March
2006.
176.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California,
Faculty member, Craniovertebral junction surgical approaches: indications,
techniques, limitations, and complications, April 2006.
177.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California,
Faculty member, Artificial cervical disc technology, April 2006.
178.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California,
Fusion strategies for the craniovertebral junction, April 2006.
179.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California,
Panelist, Cervical disc disease: current treatment options, April 2006
180.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Ojai, California, Spondylolisthesis, June 2006.
181.
The 13th Advanced Techniques in Cervical Spine Decompression and
Stabilization hands-on cadaver workshop, St. Louis, Missouri, Faculty member,
September 2006.
182.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty member, Spinal
arthroplasty, October 2006.
183.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Moderator, Motionpreserving spinal surgery: indications and outcomes, October 2006.
184.
17th Annual Colorado Spine Symposium, Denver, Colorado, Clinical and
radiographic analysis of the Prestige cervical disc: two-year results from a
prospective randomized controlled clinical trial, October 2006.
185.
17th Annual Colorado Spine Symposium, Denver, Colorado, Occipital-cervical
fusion strategies, October 2006.
186.
2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon,
Guanajuato, Mexico, New techniques in cervical fusion, November 2006.
53
187.
2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon,
Guanajuato, Mexico, Treatment of degenerative and rheumatological diseases of
the craniovertebral junction, November 2006.
188.
2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon,
Guanajuato, Mexico, Fixation of odontoid fractures, November 2006.
189.
2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon,
Guanajuato, Mexico, Cervical arthroplasty, November 2006.
190.
2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon,
Guanajuato, Mexico, Surgical treatment of spondylotic cervical myelopathy,
November 2006.
191.
The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, The argument
for cervical arthroplasty (honored guest presentation), January 2007.
192.
The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, Cervical
arthroplasty: clinical results (honored guest presentation), January 2007.
193.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Course director,
Cervical arthroplasty, September 2007.
194.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Faculty member, Disk
arthroplasty of the cervical and lumbar spine, September 2007.
195.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Patient selection
challenges: arthroplasty, September 2007.
196.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, The process of
innovation: from ideas to product development and commercialization: the novel
idea, September 2007.
197.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Panel member,
Interactive case discussions, September 2007.
198.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Device development:
artificial disk development, September 2007.
199.
Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit, Jackson Hole, Wyoming,
Panel member, Painful facet treatment options - case presentation and panel
discussion, February 2008.
200.
Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit, Jackson Hole, Wyoming,
Panel member, Cervical radiculopathy/myelopathy - case presentation and panel
discussion, February 2008.
201.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Orlando, Florida, Faculty member, Spine and nerve oral board and recertification
review, February 2008.
202.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty
member, Craniovertebral junction surgical approaches: indications, techniques,
limitations, and complications, April 2008.
54
203.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty
member, Artificial cervical disc technology, April 2008.
204.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Moderator,
Cervical disc disease, April 2008.
205.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Course director, Cervical
arthroplasty, September 2008.
206.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Faculty member, Disk
arthroplasty of the cervical and lumbar spine, September 2008.
207.
Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado,
Nerve root injuries, February 2009.
208.
Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado,
Traumatic L1 burst fracture in the setting of an incomplete neurological deficit:
immediate surgery is necessary, February 2009.
209.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Cervical arthroplasty: indications and contraindications, FDA
status, February 2009.
210.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Treatment of spondylolisthesis in the osteoporotic spine,
February 2009.
211.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego,California, Faculty
member, Cranio-cervical junction: Surgical approaches, indictions and fusion
techniques, May 2009.
212.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Panelist,
Spinal surgical challenges, May 2009.
213.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California,
Discussant, C2 neurectomy during atlanto-axial instrumented fusion in the elderly:
patient satisfaction and surgical outcome, May 2009.
214.
Cervical Spine Research Society 37 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah,
Faculty member, Long term and radiographic outcomes of the Prestige ST
cervical disc replacement results from a prospective randomized controlled
clinical trial, December 2009.
215.
Evidence &Technology Spine Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Speaker,
Degenerative stenosis with listhesis, lumbar spine, evidence for decompression
alone, January 2010.
216.
Evidence &Technology Spine Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Speaker,
The lack of evidence for our current use of biologics, January 2010.
217.
Saint Louis University, Missouri, Faculty member, 3 CSRS Hands-on Cadaver
Course, January 2010.
218.
AANS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Faculty member, Cranio-cervical: Stabilization
techniques, surgical approaches and indications, May 2010.
th
rd
55
219.
AANS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Discussant, Does surgical treatment for
cervical spondylotic myelopathy result in long term benefit? Two year outcomes of
the AO spine North America CSM multi-center prospective study in 280 subjects,
May 2010.
220.
XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil, Evidence
based approach to odontoid fracture, September 2010.
221.
XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil, Current
state of treatment of degenerative disc disease, September 2010.
222.
XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil,
Instrumentation in the cranio-cervical junction, September 2010.
223.
XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil,
Laminoplasy, September 2010.
224.
XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil, Cervical
anthroplasty, September 2010.
225.
South Carolina Association of Neurological Surgeons, Charelston, South
Carolina, Speaker, Multilevel cervical reconstruction, November 2010.
226.
Cervical Spine Reaserch Society 15 Instructional Course, Charlotte, North
Carolina, Faculty member, Why OPLL is Special, December 2010.
227.
Cervical Spine Reaserch Society 38 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina,
Moderator, Session IV- Cervical Fusion, December 2010.
228.
Spine on the Mountain, Vail, CO, Faculty member, Arthroplasty for MyelopathyIndications and Outcomes, January 2011.
229.
27 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and
Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, Faculty member, Masters in Spinal Surgery:
What Has Experience Taught Me?, March 2011.
230.
27 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and
Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, Faculty member, Cervical Myelopathy, March
2011.
231.
AANS 79 Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, Faculty member, Cranio
Cervical: Stabilization Techniques, Surgical Approaches, April 2011.
th
th
th
th
th
Conference Presentations
1.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Pediatric Section, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, The neuropathology of shunts (Powell RG, Schochet SS Jr.,
Traynelis VC), December 1986.
2.
Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, Acute venous
infarction: preliminary experience with magnetic resonance imaging in an animal
model (Secrist RD, Traynelis VC, Schochet SS JR), January 1989.
56
3.
Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, Cardiovascular and
hematologic parameters during radiofrequency retrogassarian rhizolysis (Kopitnik
TA Jr, Traynelis VC, Nugent GR), January 1989.
4.
Southern Neurosurgical Society, Point Clear, Alabama, Magnetic resonance
imaging of experimental venous infarction (Secrist RD, Traynelis VC, Kopitnik TA
Jr, Schochet SS Jr), March 1989.
5.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stabilization after
anterior decompression of the cervical spine: Biomechanical comparison of
anterior Caspar plate and three-level posterior fixation techniques (Donaher PA,
Roach RM, Kojimoto H, Goel VK, Traynelis VC), December 1991.
6.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California,
Stabilization after anterior decompression of the cervical spine: Biomechanical
comparison of the Caspar plate and three-level posterior fixation (Roach RM,
Traynelis VC, Donaher PA, Goel VK, Kojimoto H), April 1992.
7.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Biomechanical
properties of cervical spine instrumentation, June 1992.
8.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Tucson, Arizona, Biomechanical analysis of anterior cervical plates (Traynelis VC,
Clausen JD, Ryken TC, Roach RM, Goel VK, Zheng Z, Seenivasan G, Kong
WZ), February 1993.
9.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Boca Raton, Florida, Investigation of lipid
metabolism in normal and transformed glia using fluorescent ceramide and fatty
acid probes, March 1993.
10.
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Omaha, Nebraska, Biomechanical analysis
of anterior cervical plates, May 1993.
11.
ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado,
Biomechanics of Caspar and Synthes plates in quasi-static and cyclic loading
modes (Clausen JD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC), June 1993.
12.
Drug Discovery and Development Seminar, San Diego, California, The
mechanism of parinaric acid anti-cancer activity: a prototypic conjugated
polyunsaturated fatty acid (Cornelius AS, Kratz DA, Traynelis V, Ryken T, Runge
T, Spector AA), July 1993.
13.
International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids, Lugaren,
Switzerland, The mechanism of conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid anti-cancer
activity (Cornelius AS, Kratz DA, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC, Runge TC), July 1993.
14.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, Biomechanical analysis of bone mineral density, insertion
technique, screw torque, and holding strength of anterior cervical plate screws
(Ryken TC, Clausen J, Goel V, Traynelis V), February 1994.
15.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, Biomechanical comparison of two anterior cervical locking
plate systems in a dynamic cadaveric model (Traynelis VC, Ryken T, Clausen J,
Goel V), February 1994.
57
16.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, (Panelist),
Treatment of cervical spine instability: diagnosis and management, April 1994.
17.
American Spinal Injuries Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Comparison of
anterior cervical plate screw torque following fatigue with unicortical versus
bicortical placement (Ryken T, Clausen J, Traynelis V, Goel V), April 1994.
18.
Research Society of Neurological Surgeons, Portland, Oregon, Cytotoxicity of cisparinaric acid in cultured malignant gliomas (Traynelis VC, Ryken TC, Runge TC,
Cornelius AS), June 1994.
19.
American Society of Biomechanics, Columbus, Ohio, Biomechanical analysis of
bone mineral density, screw torque, and holding strength of anterior cervical plate
screws (Clausen JD, Goel VK, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC), October 1994.
20.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Baltimore, Maryland, Stabilizing potential of
unicortical and bicortical screw placement in anterior plates: role of bone mineral
density and screw torque (Traynelis VC, Clausen JD, Goel VK, Ryken TC),
December 1994.
21.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Biomechanical evaluation of two unicortical anterior cervical
fixation systems in a cadaveric model (Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Clausen JD,
Dexter F, Goel VK), February 1995.
22.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Sea Island, Georgia, Instrumentation for
anterior approaches to the cervical spine, June 1995.
23.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cervical spine motion
during direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation: an in vivo study (Traynelis
VC, Sawin PD, Todd MM, Goel VK, Sato Y), December 1995.
24.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, San Antonio, Texas,
Surgical management of malignant edema after massive cerebral infarction
(Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Adams HP), January 1996.
25.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida, Inhibition of phospholipase A2 activity by chymopapain in an
in vivo model of acute sciatica (Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Rich G, Smith BA,
Maves TJ, Follett KA, Moore SA), February 1996.
26.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida, Rib and iliac crest: a comparative analysis of fusion rates
and donor site morbidity for autogenous bone grafts in posterior cervical fusions
(Sawin PD, Menezes AH, Traynelis VC), February 1996.
27.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Autogenous rib grafts for spinal fusion: techniques, complications, and results of
300 cases (Sawin PD, Menezes AH, Traynelis VC), April 1996.
28.
North American Skull Base Society, San Diego, California, Functional orbit
preservation during anterior skull base surgery (McCulloch TM, Nerad JA,
Traynelis VC, Hoffman HT, Funk GF, Graham SM), June 1996
58
29.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Newport Beach, California, Complications of posterior cervical plating in 43
consecutive patients (Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, Follett KA), February 1997.
30.
North American Skull Base Society, Little Rock, Arkansas, Midline craniofacial
approach for malignancy: results of en bloc versus piecemeal resections at the
University of Iowa (Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Nerad JA,
Menezes AH), March 1997.
31.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Cambridge, England, Chymopapain as an antiinflammatory agent, April 1997.
32.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, A multi-center
clinical experience with the use of the AXIS fixation system in the posterior
cervical spine (Sutterlin CE III, Traynelis VC), September 1997.
33.
Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, Accuracy assessment of
CT angiography for three-dimensional measurement of intracranial aneurysm
geometry (Sato Y, Quets JP, Sickels WJ, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA),
November 1997.
34.
Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, Helical CT-angiography
of the basilar artery aneurysm (Sato Y, Quets JP, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM),
November 1997.
35.
Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Evaluation
of basilar artery aneurysms by helical computerized tomography angiography
(Ghodsi AS, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC, Quets J, Sato Y), February 1998.
36.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Rancho Mirage, California, Clinical and radiological evaluation of the Codman
anterior cervical plate: interim one year results of a prospective, multicenter study
(Fehlings MG, Branch C, Geisler F, Haid R, Johnston WA, Kalfas I, Paramore C,
Sonntag VKH, Taylor W, Traynelis V, Winking H), February 1998.
37.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The
fusion rate for an anterior cervical fusion (ACF) in patients with a prior history of a
successful ACF at a different level (Wellman B, Traynelis V), April 1998.
38.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, Nutrition management
of patients with high grade subarachnoid hemorrhage (Wetjen NM, Garell PC,
Traynelis VC, Loftus CM), October 1998.
39.
1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Anaheim,
California, In vitro quasi-static and cyclic biomechanics of a cervical posterior
plate vs. facet wiring in a laminectomy model (Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Smith DW,
Scifert JL), November 1998.
40.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Atlanta, Georgia, Management of Type II
odontoid fractures: a case-control study (Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC, Mostafavi
H, Walters B), December 1998.
41.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Atlanta, Georgia, Biomechanical rationale for
the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis in the craniovertebral junction (Puttlitz CM,
Goel VK, Clark CR, Traynelis VC, Scifert JS, Grosland NM), December 1998.
59
42.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida, Segmental cervical spine motion during orotracheal
intubation of the intact and injured spine with and without external immobilization
(Lennarson P, Smith D, Todd MM, Traynelis VC, Carras D, Sawin PD, Brayton J,
Sato Y), February 1999.
43.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake
Buena Vista, Florida, Clinical and radiological evaluation of the Codman anterior
cervical plate: results of a prospective multicenter study with emphasis on
outcome at two years (Fehlings M, Branch C, Geisler F, Haid RW Jr., Johnston
WA, Kalfas I, Paramore C, Rodts G, Sonntag VK, Taylor W, Traynelis V, Winking
H), February 1999.
44.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Scottsdale, Arizona, Cervical kyphosis in the
pediatric population: implications and management considerations (Menezes AH,
Traynelis VC), March 1999.
45.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, A
multi-center clinical experience with the use of the Axis fixation system in the
posterior cervical spine (Sutterlin C III, Traynelis V, Papadopoulos S), April 1999.
46.
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Omaha, Nebraska, Management of cervical
spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis with posterior fixation, June 1999.
47.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, Clinical and radiological
evaluation of the Codman anterior cervical plate: results of a prospective,
multicenter study with two year follow-up (Fehlings MG, Boker D-K, Branch C,
Geisler F, Haid R, Johnston R, Kalfas I, Paramore C, Rodts G, Sonntag V, Taylor
W, Traynelis V, Winking M), December 1999.
48.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, Fracture etiology of the
odontoid process (Puttlitz CM, Goel V, Clark C, Traynelis V), December 1999.
49.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Palm
Springs, California, Cervical spinal motion during intubation: efficacy of
stabilization maneuvers in the setting of complete segmental instability
(Lennarson PJ, Smith D, Sawin P, Traynelis VC, Todd M), February 2000.
50.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Reversal of delayed onset paraplegia following
thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair with lumbar cerebrospinal fluid drainage
(Ackerman LL, Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC), February 2001.
51.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Case
control study comparing the efficacy of surgical techniques for C1-2 arthrodesis
(Taggard DA, Traynelis VC, Kraut MA), April 2001.
52.
2nd International Mt. Bandai Symposium for Neuroscience, Koriyama, Japan,
Opposite effects of cis-parinaric acid on activities of P-38 MAP and c-Jun Nterminal kinases in malignant rat astrocytoma cells (Traynelis VC, Zaheer A,
Sahu SK), October 2001.
53.
American Academy of Neurological Surgery, Palm Beach, Florida, Opposite
effects of cis-parinaric acid on activities of P-38 MAP and c-Jun N-terminal
kinases in malignant rat astrocytoma cells (Traynelis VC, Zaheer A, Sahu SK),
November 2001.
60
54.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Monterey, California, Anterior cervical plate
stabilization following multilevel corpectomy (Fessler RG, Barua M, Traynelis VC),
November 2001.
55.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, The effect of
wearing a restrictive neck brace on driver performance (Barry CJ, Rizzo M,
Darling W, Jermeland J, Traynelis V), April 2002.
56.
Spine Arthroplasty Society, Montpellier, France, A multicenter trial of an artificial
cervical joint for primary disc surgery (Robertson J, Porchet F, Brotchi J, Nelson
R, McCombe P, Traynelis V, Lubansu A), May 2002.
57.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Miami Beach, Florida, The effects of wearing a
restrictive neck brace on driver performance (Barry CJ, Smith D, Lennarson P,
Rizzo M, Jermeland J, Darling W, Traynelis V), December 2002.
58.
Spine Arthroplasty Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, Clinical evolution of a metal-onmetal cervical disc prosthesis (Traynelis V, Haid R, Zdeblick T, Robertson J), May
2003.
59.
Cervical Spine Research Society European Section, Barcelona, Spain, Long-term
experience with the Prestige I cervical disc system in an end stage indication
(Traynelis V, Gill S, Haid R, Nelson R, Robertson J, Zdeblick T), June 2003.
60.
American Academy of Neurological Surgery, Williamsburg, Virginia, Clinical
evolution of a metal-on-metal cervical disc prosthesis (Haid R, Traynelis V,
Zdeblick T, Robertson J), November 2003.
61.
American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Costa Rica, Experiences with
spinal neurenteric cysts in the MRI era (Menezes AH, Hasan DM, Ray WZ,
Traynelis VC), February 2004.
62.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, San Diego, California,
Incidence of re-treatment of intracranial aneurysms primarily managed by
endovascular embolization with detachable coils (Hasan DM, Lee S-K, Traynelis
V, Chaloupka JC), February 2004.
63.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, San
Diego, California, Mechanical stability of the Prestige cervical disc (Nockels RP,
Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr., Zdeblick TA, Squires CM), March 2004.
64.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, San
Diego, California, In vivo and in vitro wear characteristics of the Prestige cervical
disc (Trost GR, Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr., Zdeblick TA, Williams CS), March
2004.
65.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Spinal neurenteric
cysts (Menezes AH, Traynelis V), June 2004.
66.
11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton,
Bermuda, In-vivo and in-vitro wear characteristics of the Prestige cervical disc
(Traynelis V, Haid R, Zdeblick T), July 2004.
61
67.
11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton,
Bermuda, Mechanical stability of the Prestige cervical disc: laboratory testing and
clinical analysis (Haid R, Traynelis V, Zdeblick T), July 2004.
68.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Assessment of
adjacent segment disease in patients treated with cervical fusion or cervical
arthroplasty: a prospective 2-year study (Robertson JT, Papadopoulos SM,
Traynelis VC), December 2004.
69.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Failure of porous
tantalum cervical interbody fusion devices: two-year results from a prospective,
randomized, multi-center, clinical study (Baskin DS, Traynelis VC), December
2004.
70.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Performance of metalon-metal and polyurethane-on-metal artificial cervical discs in spinal stimulators
(Haid RW Jr., Buchholz PA, Rouleau JP, Traynelis VC), December 2004.
71.
Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Host response to
titanium ceramic composite particulate (Traynelis VC, Haid RW, Zdeblick TA,
Williams CS, Rouleau JP), December 2004.
72.
Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, Radiographic analysis of
the Prestige ST cervical disc: results from a prospective randomized controlled
clinical trial (Burkus JK, Zdeblick TA, Traynelis VC), December 2005.
73.
Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, Return to work analysis
of patients treated with an artificial cervical disc or an arthrodesis (Traynelis VC,
Anderson PA, Hacker R, Heller JG, Sasso RC), December 2005.
74.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California,
Radiographic analysis of the Prestige ST cervical disc: results from a randomized
controlled clinical trial (Burkus JK, Zdeblick TA, Traynelis VC), April 2006.
75.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California,
Return to work analysis of patients treated with an artificial cervical disc or an
arthrodesis (Traynelis VC, Anderson PA, Metcalf NH), April 2006.
76.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, 2-year results from a prospective, randomized IDE study of the
Prestige ST cervical disc (Traynelis VC, Burkus JK, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA),
March 2007.
77.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Long term radiographic results from the multicenter,
prospective, randomized, controlled Prestige ST cervical disc I.D.E. study
(Mummaneni PV, Haid RW Jr, Burkus JK, Traynelis VC), March 2007.
78.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, Prestige cervical disc complications relative to anterior cervical
fusion controls (Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr, Burkus JK, Zdeblick TA), March 2007.
79.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, 2-year results from a
prospective, randomized IDE study of the Prestige ST cervical disc (Mummaneni
PV, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA, Traynelis VC, Burkus JK), September 2007.
62
80.
North American Spine Society, Austin, Texas, Prospective study of serum metal
ion levels in patients with stainless steel metal-on-metal cervical disc
replacements (Traynelis V, Burkus JK, Gornet MF, Jacobs JJ, Skipor AK, Kattner
K), October 2007.
81.
Lumbar Spine Research Society, Chicago, Illinois, Role of hyperbaric oxygen
therapy in the treatment of bacterial spinal osteomyelitis (Ahmed R, Severson
MA, Traynelis VC), April 2008.
82.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, The economic
impact of the Prestige cervical disc system: results from a randomized clinical trial
(Traynelis VC, Menzin J, Zhang B, Neumann PJ, Lines LM, Polly DW), April
2008.
83.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Whistler, British Columbia, Complications and
adverse events of cervical arthroplasty and arthrodesis: a prospective two-year
comparison, June 2008.
84.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, Is a cervical
collar after anterior cervical fusion with plating necessary? (Carreon LY, Campbell
MJ, Traynelis VC, Anderson PA), February 2009.
85.
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves,
Phoenix, Arizona, 3-year and 5-year follow up from the prospective, randomized
US FDA IDE trial of the Prestige cervical disc arthroplasty (Mummaneni PV, Haid
RW JR, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA, Burkus JK), February 2009.
86.
Lumbar Spine Research Society, Chicago, Illinois, Diagnostics (imaging,
electrophysiological strategies, IDP assessment, etc) (Patel A, Traynelis VC,
Whang P, Jenis, L), April 2010.
87.
Neurosurgical Society of America, Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
of cervical arthroplasty (Upadyaya D, Haid R, Traynelis VC, Tay B, Coric D, Trost
G, Mummaneni P) April 2010.
88.
AANS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Panelist) Spinal surgical challenges, May
2010.
89.
27 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and
Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, Analysis of the Three United States FDA-IDE
Cervical Arthroplasty Trials (Upadhyaya C, Wu JC, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Tay
B, Coric D, Trost GR, Meyer SA, Mummaneni, PV), March 2011.
90.
AANS 79 Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, Cervical Decompression
Surgery without Intraoperative Monitoring (Traynelis VC, Bender SM, Leick K,
Abode-Iyamah KO, Greenlee J), April 2011.
91.
AANS 79 Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, Analysis of Three
Randomized, Prospective, US FDA IDA Trials Comparing Cervical Arthroplasty
and ACDF (Mummaneni PV, Upadhyaya CD, Ching Wu J, Haid RW, Traynelis
VC, Tay B, Coric D, Trost G) April 2011.
th
th
Visiting Professorships
th
63
1.
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Visiting professor, Biomechanics of
cervical instrumentation, May 1994.
2.
University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, Visiting professor, The biomechanics of
anterior cervical plates, October 1994.
3.
University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, Visiting professor, Clival neoplasms, October
1994.
4.
Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery & Neuroresearch, Chicago, Illinois, Visiting
professor, Biomechanics of anterior cervical plates, March 1996.
5.
University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, Visiting professor, Evidencebased analysis of the treatment of odontoid fractures, April 1998.
6.
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Visiting professor, Cervical
spine motion during intubation, December 1999.
7.
Stanford University, Stanford, California, Visiting professor, Cervical
biomechanics, March 2000.
8.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Visiting professor, Cervical
spinal biomechanics, February 2002.
9.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Visiting professor, Spinal
arthroplasty, February 2002.
10.
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Visiting professor, Cervical spinal
arthroplasty, December 2005.
11.
Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, Visiting professor, Cervical
arthroplasty.
12.
Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, Visiting professor, Craniocervical
instrumentation, September 2006.
13.
Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, Visiting professor, Cervical
arthroplasty, September 2006.
14.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, Visiting professor, Occipital-cervical
fixation, January 2007.
15.
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, Visiting professor, Total subaxial
reconstruction, July 2008.
16.
Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, Visiting professor, Total subaxial
reconstruction, August 2008.
17.
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Visiting professor, Total subaxial
reconstruction, September 2008.
18.
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, Visiting professor, Total subaxial
reconstruction, October 2008.
64
F.
19.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Visiting professor, Total subaxial
reconstruction, November 2008.
20.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Visiting professor, Occipitalcervical fusion, November 2008.
21.
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, Visiting professor, Total
subaxial reconstruction, February 2009.
22.
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Visiting professor, Total subaxial
reconstruction, December 2009.
Pending Decisions
None
IV.
SERVICE
A.
Offices Held in Professional Organizations
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society
1990-1992
Secretary-Treasurer
1992-1994
President
National Spine Network
1995-1997
Board of Directors
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
1997-1999
Secretary
1998-1999
Chairman-Elect
1999-2000
Chairman
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1997-2000
Executive Committee, Member-at-Large
2001-2002
Vice President
2002-2003
President-Elect
2003-2004
President
2004-2005
Past President
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
1999-2000
Board of Directors (ex-officio)
Neurosurgical Society of America
2000-2002
Councilor
Cervical Spine Research Society
2003-2004
Vice President
2004-2005
President-Elect
2005-2006
President
2011-2013
Ethics and Conflict of Interest Oversight Committee (Chairman)
Lumbar Spine Research Society
2008Secretary
65
Memberships
19771983-1996
198619881989-2009
1989-2009
1989-2009
1990-1994
1990-1994
1991199119911992-2002
199319941995-1997
1996199619961997-1998
200120022004-2010
20052008-
Phi Lambda Upsilon
American Medical Association
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society
Iowa Medical Society
Johnson County Medical Society
Research Society of Neurological Surgeons
Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral
Nerves
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors
Society for Neuroscience
North American Skull Base Society
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
National Spine Network
North American Spine Society
Neurosurgical Society of America
Cervical Spine Research Society
Peruvian Society of Neurosurgery, Corresponding Member
American Academy of Neurological Surgery
Spine Arthroplasty Society (charter member)
World Spine Society
The Society of Neurological Surgeons
Lumbar Spine Research Society
Editorships
1993-1996
1995
1997
1998
1999
1999
20002000-2009
2000
200120012001
2002
2002
20032003
2004
20052005
2007
2011
Editorial Board, Clinical Neurosurgery
Guest Editor, Techniques in Neurosurgery, Volume 1, Number 2
Associate Editor, 1998 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Associate Editor, 1999 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Associate Editor, 2000 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Topic Editor, Neurosurgical Focus, Volume 7, Number 6
Editorial Board, Spineuniverse.com
Associate Editorial Board, The Spine Journal
Associate Editor, 2001 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Associate Editorial Board, Spine
Editorial Advisory Board, Neurosurgery
Associate Editor, 2002 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Topic Editor, Neurosurgical Focus, Volume 12, Number 1
Associate Editor, 2003 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Associate Editor, Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques
Associate Editor, 2004 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Associate Editor, 2005 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Editorial Board, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
2010- Chairman of the Journal of Neurosurgery Spine Editorial Board
Associate Editor, 2006 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery
International Advisory Board, Spinal Surgery: Official Journal of the
Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery
Editorial Board, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
66
Review Panels
1993-2001
1996
1996-1997
1996
1997
1997-2001
1998
1999
1999-2003
2000
2000-2003
2002
2002-2005
2005
2005
2005-2007
2005-2007
2006
2008
2008
2008
2009
2010
Advisory Board, Spine
Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Ad hoc Reviewer, Surgical Neurology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Southern Medical Journal
Ad hoc Reviewer, Anesthesiology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Neurosurgery
Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Neurosurgery
Ad hoc Reviewer, Southern Medical Journal
Ad hoc Reviewer, Surgical Neurology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Ad hoc Reviewer, Anesthesiology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Orthopaedic Research
Ad hoc Reviewer, Spinal Cord
Ad hoc Reviewer, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Ad hoc Reviewer, Nature Clinical Practice Neurology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Anesthesiology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Surgical Neurology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Medical Devices: Evidence and Research
Ad hoc Reviewer, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Ad hoc Reviewer, Future Rheumatology
Ad hoc Reviewer, Neurology India
Ad hoc Reviewer, Indian Journal of Clinical Medicine
Departmental, Collegiate, University, and National Committees
Departmental
1992-1999
1992-1997
Department of Surgery Outreach, CME, & Marketing Committee
Department of Surgery Computer Committee
Collegiate
1979-1983
1980
1981-1982
1985-1989
1988-1989
Medical School - Hospital Liaison Committee
Freshman Orientation Committee (Co-chairman)
Clinical Orientation Committee (Co-chairman)
Class Agent
Coordinating Committee for Graduate Medical Education
University of Iowa
1993-1998
1993-1998
1996-1997
Human Use Subcommittee of Radiation Protection
Radioactive Drug Research Committee
University Faculty Senate
University of Iowa Hospitals
1990-1996
1990-1995
1991-1992
1994-1996
Subcommittee on Scientific and Moral Aspects Concerning Death Consultant
Surgical Intensive Care Unit Multidisciplinary Committee
Surgical Intensive Care Unit Planning Committee
Tissue Bank Medical Advisory Committee
67
1997
1998-1999
1999
2001-2009
OR Physician Director Search Committee
Operating Room Management Committee
Professional Practice Subcommittee's Root Cause Analysis Team
Credentials Subcommittee, Surgical Panel
Rush University Medical Center
200920092010-
Credentials Committee
Graduate Medical Education Committee
Spine Technology Advisory Committee
National
1991-1996
1995-1996
1997-2000
1999-2002
2001-2003
2004-2007
2008-
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Neurosurgical Subcommittee
Joint AANS/CNS Committee on Continuing Medical Education
Subcommittee on Self Assessment for Neurological Surgeons
Joint AANS/CNS Committee on Continuing Medical Education
North American Spine Society Electronic Media Committee
World Spine II Program Committee
North American Spine Society Recognition and Awards Committee
Spine Arthroplasty Society Public Policy Committee
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1989-1994
1989-1991
1990-1991
1990-1993
1992-1993
1993-1999
1997-2000
1997-2000
1997-2000
1998-1999
1999-2000
1999-2000
2000-2005
2000-2002
2001-2002
2003-2005
2003-2005
2003-2005
2004-2005
2004-2005
2005-2007
2008
2008-2010
Sergeant-at-Arms Committee
Registration Committee
Scientific Program Committee
Resident Registration Committee (Chairman 1993)
Resident Program Committee
Scientific Program Committee (Chairman 1998-99)
1994 Luncheon Seminars Co-Chairman
1995 Practical Courses Co-Chairman
1996 Joint Sections Coordinator
1997 Open Scientific Chairman
Education Committee (Chairman)
Strategic Planning Committee
Publications Committee (ex-officio)
Clinical Fellowship Awards Committee
Annual Meeting Chairman
Leadership Committee
Executive Committee (ex-officio)
Certification Committee (Chairman)
Publications Committee (Vice Chairman)
Financial Strategic Planning Committee
Strategic Planning Committee
Leadership Development Committee
Distinguished Service Award Committee
Professional Conduct Committee
Nominating Committee
Ad hoc Washington Committee Review Committee
Nominating Committee
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
1992-1993
Public Education Committee
68
1993-1995
1993-1995
1996-1998
2005-2009
2008-2009
20082008-2009
2009-2010
20102011-
Technology Assessment Committee
Neurosurgical Guidelines and Outcomes Committee
Guidelines Committee
Scientific Program Committee
Chairman
Annual Meeting Committee
Maintenance of Certification Committee
Chairman
Volunteer Leader of the Scientific Program Sub-Committee
2011 Annual Scientific Pre-Planning Task Force Committee
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
1993-1996
1994-1996
1994-1996
1996-1998
1997
2003-2006
Scientific Program Committee
1996 Chairman
Awards Committee
Research Committee
1996 Chairman
Guidelines Committee
1996-98 Chairman
Annual Meeting Chairman
Nominating Committee
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care
1995-1996
Spinal Cord Injury Committee
Neurosurgical Society of America
1997-1999
1998-2002
2000-20.02
Scientific Program Committee
1998-99 Chairman
CME Coordinator
Councilor
Cervical Spine Research Society
1998-2000
1999-2002
1999-2001
2004-2008
2009-2010
Exhibits Committee
Membership Committee
2002 Chairman
Scientific Program Committee
2001 Chairman
Development Committee
Ad Hoc Neurosurgery Liaison Committee, Chairman
American Board of Neurological Surgery
1998
2004
2009
2010-
Guest examiner
Guest examiner
Guest examiner
Director
Departmental, Collegiate, University, and National Service Positions
None
Relevant Community Involvement
69
None
Other