The Spine Journal, the official journal of the
North American Spine Society, is an international and multidisciplinary journal that publishes original, peer-reviewed articles on research and treatment related to the
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ISSN NUMBER |
1529-9430 |
Format |
Journal |
Publisher |
ELSEVIER |
Volume Number |
Volume 21 |
Frequency |
12 issues |
Editor-in-Chief ,Christopher M. Bono ,MD,Department of Orthopedic Surgery, MGH/BWH Orthopedic Spine Surgery Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States,Deputy Editors ,Michael D. Daubs ,MD,Las Vegas, NV, United States, ,Michael Heggeness ,MD, PhD,Kansas City, KS, United States, ,Daniel J. Hoh ,MD,Gainesville, FL, ,Daniel G. Kang ,MD,Tacoma, WA, ,D. J. Kennedy ,MD,Nashville, TN, ,Brook Ian Martin ,PhD, MPH,Salt Lake City, UT, ,Thomas Mroz ,MD,,Cleveland, OH, ,Jeffrey Rihn ,MD,Media, PA, ,Daniel M. Sciubba ,MD,Baltimore, MD, ,Francis Shen ,MD,Charlottesville, VA, ,Michael P. Steinmetz ,MD,Cleveland, OH,Associate Editor ,S. Lipa ,MD,Boston, Massachusetts,Managing Editor ,T. Bowen ,,,Associate Board Members ,Owoicho Adogwa ,MD*,Chicago, IL, ,Ahmad F. A. Allam ,MD, MRCS,El Menia, Egypt, ,Howard S. An ,MD,Chicago, IL, ,Paul A. Anderson ,MD,Madison, WI, ,Ashley Anthony ,Cole, BMedSci, FRCS (Tr & Ortho), DM,Shef?eld, United Kingdom, ,Paul M. Arnold ,MD,Champaign, IL, ,Siddharth A. Badve ,MD,Hartsville, SC, United States, ,Nevan G. Baldwin ,MD, PA,Lubbock,TX, ,Gordon R. Bell ,MD,Cleveland, OH, ,Edward C. Benzel ,MD,Cleveland, OH, ,Paul Bishop ,DC, MD, PhD,Vancouver, BC, Canada, ,Ashok Biyani ,MD,Toledo, Ohio, ,Bikash Bose ,MD,Newark, NJ, United States, ,Charles L Branch ,Jr, MD,Winston-Salem, NC, ,Jackson R. Bransford ,MD,Seattle, WA, ,Avery L. Buchholz ,MD, MPH,Charlottesville, VA, ,Allen Carl ,MD,Albany, NY, ,Riccardo Cecchinato ,MD*,Milano, Italy, ,Jens Chapman ,MD,Seattle, WA, ,Kshitij Chaudhary ,MD,Mumbai, India, ,Yen-Jen Chen ,MD*,Taichung, Taiwan, ,John H. Chi ,MD, MPH,Boston, MA, ,Charles H. Cho ,MD, MBA,Boston, MA, ,Francesco Costa ,MD,Torino, Italy, ,S. Dagenais ,DC, PhD, MSc*,Southport, MA, ,Robert M. Dimick ,MD,Milton, FL, ,Edward Dohring ,MD,Scottsdale, AZ, United States, ,Nancy E. Epstein ,MD,New Hyde Park, NY, United States, ,Aaron J. Fields ,PhD,San Francisco, California, United States, ,John G. Finkenberg ,MD,SanDiego, CA, ,Brett Freedman ,MD,Rochester, MN, ,Michael D. Freeman ,MedDr, PhD,Salem, OR, ,Robert Gatchel ,PhD,Arlington, TX, ,Rahul Gawri ,MD, PhD,Toronto, PA, ,Peter C. Gerszten ,MD, MPH,Pittsburgh, PA, ,Sandeep Gidvani ,MD,Fremont, CA, United States, ,Paul A. Glazer ,MD,Boston, MA, ,Vijay K. Goel ,PhD,Toledo, Ohio, ,Ziya L. Gokaslan ,MD, FACS,Providence, MD, ,Andrew J. Haig ,MD,Ann Arbor, MI, ,Scott Haldeman ,DC, MD, PhD,CA, ,James S. Harrop ,MD,Philadelphia, PA, ,Robert F. Heary ,MD,New Brunswick, NJ, ,Alan S. Hilibrand ,MD,Philadelphia, PA, ,Sheila Hogg-Johnson ,PhD,Toronto, ON, Canada, ,Louis G Jenis ,MD,Newton, MA, ,Mark Kabins ,MD,Las Vegas, NV, United States, ,Michael P. Kelly ,MD,Seattle, MO, ,Partap S. Khalsa ,DC, PhD,Bethesda, MD, ,David H. Kim ,MD,Boston, MA, ,Seok Woo Kim ,MD, PhD,Chuncheon, South Korea, ,Panagiotis G. Korovessis ,MD*,Patras, Greece, ,Frank P. Lagattuta ,MD,Santa Monica, CA, ,Lawrence Lenke ,MD,New York, NY, ,Tae-Hong Lim ,PhD,Iowa City, IA, United States, ,Jiayong Liu ,MD,Toledo, OH, ,Ning Liu ,MD, MPH,Redwood City, CA, ,Jeffrey C. Lotz ,MD,San Francisco, CA, ,William S. Marras ,PhD,Columbus, OH, ,Tobias A. Mattei ,MD,Bangor, ME, ,Mike McCarthy ,MD,Cardiff, United Kingdom, ,Zachary McCormick ,MD,Salt Lake City, UT, ,Charles T. Mehlman ,DO, MPH*,Cincinnati, OH, ,Hitesh Mehta ,MBBS, MTech, PhD,Plymouth, Minnesota, United States, ,Charles Milgrom ,MD*,Jerusalem, Israel, ,Scot D. Miller ,DO, MBA,Akron, OH, ,Massimo Miscusi ,PhD, MD,Roma, Italy, ,Isaac L. Moss ,MD, MASc, FRCSC,Farmington, CT, ,Donald R. Murphy ,DC, FRCC,Rochester, NY, ,Ahmad N. Nassr ,MD,Rochester, MN, ,Marc J. Nieuwenhuijse ,MD, PhD,Utrecht, Netherlands, ,Pierce D. Nunley ,MD,Shreveport, LA, ,David R. O'Brien, Jr ,MD,Winston-Salem, NC, ,Donna Ohnmeiss ,DrMed*,Plano, TX, ,Douglas Orr ,MD*,Cleveland, OH, ,Mark Pahuta ,MD PhD FRCSC,Detroit, Michigan, United States, ,Claude Pierre-Jerome ,MD, PhD,Lørenskog, Norway, ,John Popovich Jr. ,PhD, DPT, ATC,East Lansing, MI, ,Jakrapun Pupaibool ,MD,Springfield, MO, ,Jeffrey A. Quon ,DC, MHSc, PhD, FCCSC,Vancouver, BC, Canada, ,Raj D. Rao ,MD,Milwaukee,WI, ,Gilad Regev ,MD,Tel Aviv, Israel, ,Tom Reinsel ,MD*,Huntington, WV, United States, ,Mitchell Reiter ,MD*,Summit, NJ, United States, ,Charles Reitman ,MD*,Charleston, SC, ,Darren Roffey ,PhD*,Ottawa, ON, Canada, ,Andrew J. Schoenfeld ,MD*,Boston, MA, ,Hideki Shigematsu ,MD, PhD,Kashihara, Japan, ,Mohd M. A. Siddiqui ,MBBS, MRCS, MMED, FRCS,Singapore, ,Kern Singh ,MD,Chicago, IL, ,Volker K.H. Sonntag ,MD,Phoenix, AZ, United States, ,Jeffrey M. Spivak ,MD, MS,New York, NY, ,Brynne Stainsby ,DC, FCCS(C),Toronto, ON, Canada, ,Jeffery L. Stambough ,MD, MBA,Cincinnati, OH, ,Christopher Standaert ,MD,Seattle, WA, ,Bjorn Stromqvist ,MD, PhD,Lund, Sweden, ,Pradeep Suri ,MD, MS,Seattle, WA, ,Akinobu Suzuki ,MD,Osaka, Japan, ,Karin R. Swartz ,MD,Milwaukee, WI, ,Rand S. Swenson ,DC, MD, PhD,Hanover, NH, ,Daryl R. Sybert ,DO,AUSTIN, OH, ,James B. Talmage ,MD,Nashville, TN, ,Simon Tang ,PhD,Saint Louis, MO, ,Khoi D. Than ,MD,Portland, OR, ,Frank J. Tomecek ,MD,Tulsa, OK, United States, ,Julio Urrutia ,MD,Santiago de Chile, Chile, ,Michael J. Vives ,MD,New Brunswick, NJ, ,Eugene K. Wai ,MD, MSc, FRCS(C),Ottawa, ON, Canada, ,Jeffrey C. Wang ,MD,Santa Monica, CA, ,William C. Watters III, MD, MS ,MD,Houston, TX, ,Bradley K. Weiner ,MD,Houston, TX, United States, ,F. Todd Wetzel ,MD,Cooperstown, New York, ,David A. Wong ,MD, MSc, FRCS(C),Denver, CO, ,Emily Jane Woo ,MD, MPH,Silver Spring, MD, ,Elizabeth Yu ,MD,Columbus, OH, ,Qing Yue ,PhD, MD,Bloomsburg, PA,Past Editors in Chief ,Tom G. Mayer ,MD,