Description of Research Expertise

Clinical Outcomes Research in Spine Surgery

Selected Publications

Patricia Zadnik Sullivan, MD, Ahmed Albayar, MD, Ashwin G. Ramayya, MD, PhD, Brendan McShane, BS, Paul Marcotte, MD, Neil R. Malhotra, MD, Zarina S. Ali, MD, H. Isaac Chen, MD, M. Burhan Janjua, MD, Comron Saifi, MD, James Schuster, MD, PhD, M. Sean Grady, MD, Joshua Jones, MD, and Ali K. Ozturk, MD: Spinal instability from metastatic disease is associated with increased mortality and a proposed clinical pathway for treatment Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine : 2020.

Hendow C, Beschloss A, Cazzulino A, Lombardi JM, Louie P, Milby A, Pugely A, Ozturk A, Ludwig S, Saifi C: Change in Rates of Primary Atlantoaxial Spinal Fusion Surgeries in the United States (1993-2015) Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine : 2020.

Saifi C, Eby M, Arlet V: Surgical Planning Spinal Deformities: The Comprehensive Text, 2nd Edition : 2020.

M. Burhan Janjua, Ali K. Ozturk, Nissim Ackshota, Brendan J. McShane, Comron Saifi, William C. Welch, Vincent Arlet: Surgical treatment of flat back syndrome with anterior hyperlordotic cages Operative Neurosurgery : 2020.

Alexander Beschloss, Carol Wang, Comron Saifi: Adult Degenerative Scoliosis Video Atlas of Spine Surgery : 2020.

Varthi AG, Saifi C, Whang PG: Spinal Column Infections Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 13: Spine : 2020.

Comron Saifi & Vincent Arlet: Structural Complications in Spinal Deformity Spinal Deformities: The Comprehensive Text, 2nd Edition : 2020.

Hendow CJ, Beschloss A, Louie PK, Lombardi JM, Shillingford J, Khan SR, Laratta JL, Arlet V, Saifi C: Economic Trends in Spinal Deformity Surgery in the United States between 2012 and 2015 Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) 54th Annual Meeting : 2019.

Piyush Kalakoti, Richard P. Menger, Nathan R. Hendrickson, Alan Shamrock, Joshua M. Eisenberg, Comron Saifi, Daniel M. Sciubba, Meic H. Schmidt, Andrew J. Pugely: Forecasting spinal deformity healthcare burden and operative utilization in the United States from 2015 to 2040: An Epidemiological-based Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) computation modeling The Spine Journal, Volume 19, Issue 9, S75–S76 from the North American Spine Society (NASS) 34th Annual Meeting : 2019.

Joshua M. Eisenberg, Piyush Kalakoti, Nathan R. Hendrickson, Comron Saifi, Andrew J. Pugely: Impact of preoperative chronic opioid therapy on long-term outcomes, re-operations, complications and resource utilization after lumbar arthrodesis The Spine Journal, Volume 19, Issue 9, S68 - S69. from the North American Spine Society (NASS) 34th Annual Meeting : 2019.

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Academic Contact Information

The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
University of Pennsylvania Health System
801 Spruce Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 829-7155
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