Eugene Carragee
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Orthopaedic Surgery
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Orthopaedic Spine Center 450 Broadway ST Pav A, FL 1 MC6110 Redwood City, CA 94063 Tel Work (650) 725-5905 Fax (650) 721-3409Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 721-7616Alternate Contact Sue Gokey Gonzalez Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-721-7616Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Administrative Appointments
- Chief, Spinal Surgery Division (2004 - present)
- Medical Director, Service Quality, Stanford Univeristy Hospital and Clinics (2009 - present)
- Director, Orthopaedic Spine Center at Stanford, Stanford Hospital and Clinics (1990 - present)
- Director, Medical Student Education; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine (1990 - present)
- Spine Consultant for Varsity and NCAA Teams, Stanford University (1993 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Various awards and Commendations, U.S. Army (to present)
- Leon Wiltse Award, North American Spine Society (2008)
- Volvo Clinical Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2000)
- Clinical Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2009 and 2006)
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Stanford University School of Medicine (1996, 1997, 2004)
- Outstanding Paper Award, North American Spine Society (2008 - 03, 01, 00, 1999-97)
Professional Education
| Internship: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (1983) |
| Board Certification: | Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (1994) |
| Fellowship: | University Of Hong Kong, China (1990) |
| M.D.: | Stanford Univ. School of Med. (1982) |
| B.S.: | State Univ. of New York, Albany, Biology (1977) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
- Editor in Chief, The Spine Journal, Stanford and NASS
- VA Neck Pain and Back Pain Guidelines, US
- Command Surgeon, 351 Civil Affairs Command, International
- Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel, US
- Neck Pain Task Force, Toronto, Canada
- Medical Officer, US Army Reserve, International
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Carragee's research interests lie in outcomes assessment of surgical and rehabilitative treatment for cervical and lumbar intervertebral disk herniation; diagnosis and treatment of spine infections, instrumentation of the degenerative spine and spinal deformities and low back pain syndromes, pain and pain management.
Publications
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predictors of Surgical Outcome in Patients with Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013
- A biologic without guidelines: the YODA project and the future of bone morphogenetic protein-2 research. Spine J. 2012; (10): 877-80
- Commentary: battle injuries: Jessica Lynch sets the record straight. Spine J. 2012; (9): 830-2
- Commentary: penetrating neck injury: George Orwell is "Struck by Lighting". Spine J. 2012; (9): 769-70
- Commentary: revision lumbar surgery and revisiting the role of preoperative depression screening. Spine J. 2012; (3): 186-8
- Commentary: the veteran: "a need to talk but no one wanted to hear about it". Spine J. 2012; (9): 804-5
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