Research Overview
Journal Publications
Peer-reviewed articles, in press papers, and indexed publications.
Explore →Book Chapters
Invited chapters, edited volumes, handbooks, and scholarly contributions.
Explore →Conference Abstracts
Posters, oral presentations, proceedings, and invited conference work.
Explore →Grants & Funding Support
Funding history, roles, submissions, awards, and project support.
Explore →Research Interests
Clinically driven research focused on improving outcomes in spine surgery — spanning minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery, adult spinal deformity and sagittal balance, enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and perioperative pain management, ambulatory/outpatient spine surgery, augmented reality and robotics as enabling technologies, and spinal cord injury.
Research Training & Laboratory Expertise
NIH-funded Spinal Cord Injury Research Training Program (OSU Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, 2007); neuroscience proposal development and grant-writing workshops (Coriell Institute, UMDNJ, W. M. Keck Center at Rutgers, 2007); ACLS certification.
Microscopic spinal cord surgery, reproducible spinal cord injury models (Infinite Horizon impactor), neural stem cell culture, tissue processing and staining, rodent behavioral and locomotion assessment (BBB scoring), electromyography, and related techniques from two years of dedicated spine research.
Graded spinal cord injury rat models with intrathecal stem cell delivery and sensorimotor assessment; intradural bio-scaffold implantation with microsurgical dural repair under 40× magnification.