Selected Publications

Gupta S, Xiao R, Fainor M, Mauck RL, Smith HE, Gullbrand SE: Level Dependent Alterations in Human Facet Cartilage Mechanics and Bone Morphometry With Spine Degeneration J Orthop Res : 2022.

Woodward CC, Eby M, Gandhi R, Plachta SM, Baldwin K, Holderread BM, Smith HE, Arlet V, Saifi C: Do Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava Filters Affect the Rates of Venous Thromboembolism and Pulmonary Embolism in Patients Undergoing Major Spine Surgery? Global Spine J : 2022.

Bonnevie ED, Ashinsky BG, Dekky B, Volk SW, Smith HE, Mauck RL.: Cell morphology and mechanosensing can be decoupled in fibrous microenvironments and identified using artificial neural networks Sci Rep 11 : 5950,2021.

Ashinsky B, Smith HE, Mauck RL, Gullbrand SE.: Intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration: a motion segment perspective Eur Cell Mater 41 : 370-380,2021.

Peredo AP, Gullbrand SE, Mauck RL, Smith HE.: A challenging playing field: Identifying the endogenous impediments to annulus fibrosus repair JOR Spine 4 : e1133,2021.

Peredo AP, Gullbrand SE, Smith HE, Mauck RL.: Putting the Pieces in Place: Mobilizing Cellular Players to Improve Annulus Fibrosus Repair Tissue Eng Part B Rev : 2021.

Fryhofer GW, Smith HE: Return to Play for Cervical and Lumbar Spine Conditions Clin Sports Med : 2021.

Ashinsky BG, Gullbrand SE, Wang C, Bonnevie ED, Han L, Mauck RL, Smith HE.: Degeneration alters structure-function relationships at multiple length-scales and across interfaces in human intervertebral discs J Anat : 2021.

Ashinsky BG, Gullbrand SE, Bonnevie ED, Wang C, Kim DH, Han L, Mauck RL, Smith HE.: Sacrificial Fibers Improve Matrix Distribution and Micromechanical Properties in a Tissue-Engineered Intervertebral Disc Acta Biomater 111 : 232-241,2020.

Gullbrand SE, Kim DH, Ashinsky BG, Bonnevie ED, Smith HE, Mauck RL.: Restoration of physiologic loading modulates engineered intervertebral disc structure and function in an in vivo model JOR Spine 3 : e1086,2020.

Academic Contact Information

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
3737 Market Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-3340
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366