Spine Surgeon. Research Director & APD of WRNMMC Ortho residency. Deputy Editor @clinspinesurg. Associate Professor @usuhealthsci. Published poet & author.
Thank you to @HowardDentistry@HowardU for having me today! Nothing more enthralling than an 8am lecture on surgical ergonomics—thanks to the third/fourth year students for showing up! #MedTwitter
Here’s a story about grit, determination, and the best of @ArmyMedicine. When people ask us— Why #MilPeds? Why NCCPeds?— this is one of our reasons (and worthy of our 1st ever 🧵) 1/6
Severe daily head & neck aches in teenager resolved after restoring sagittal alignment with three 6mm CoCr rods & many posterior osteotomies. Thanks to co-surgeon Dr. Tiffany Perry #Spine#Orthopaedics#Neurosurgery#orthotwitter@CedarsSinai
Spine Fact of the Day!
#KlippelFeilSyndrome stems from the time of human development in the uterus. In embryological terms, humans start to form the spine through structures called somites. These somites develop soon after inception and start forming the #vertebra by separating
Spine Fact of the Day!
There is a smaller subset of patients that has this sacralization syndrome with pain. In these patients, this articulation does move slightly enough to cause pain. This is the cause of #BertolottiSyndrome. medilink.us/pkkq#neckandback#spinehealth