Eugene Carragee

Clinical Focus

• Orthopedic Surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Director, Orthopaedic Spine Center at Stanford, Stanford University Clinics (1990 - present)
• Director, Medical Student Education; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine (1990 - present)
• Spine Consultant for Varsity and NCAA Teams, Stanford University (1993 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Paper Award, North American Spine Society (07, 06, 01, 00, 99, 98, 97)
• Clinical Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2006)
• Best Paper Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2005)
• Presidential Citation for Excellence in Teaching, American Avademy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (2003)
• Outstanding Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2003)

Professional Education

• Board Certification: Orthopedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (1994)
• Fellowship: University Of Hong Kong, China (1990)
• Residency: SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1988)
• Residency: SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1984)
• Internship: SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1983)

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Orthopedic Surgery

Community & International Work

• Command Surgeon, 351 Civil Affairs Command 
• Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel 
• Neck Pain Task Force, Toronto, Canada 
• Medical Officer, US Army Reserve 
• Health Volunteers International, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam 

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

• Validity of self-reported history in patients with acute back or neck pain after motor vehicle accidents. Carragee EJ, "Spine J" 2008 Mar-Apr ; 2 (8) : 311-9
• A brief overview of evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with surgery. Don AS, Carragee E "Spine J" 2008 Jan-Feb ; 1 (8) : 258-65
• Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S "Spine" 2008 ; 4 Suppl (33) : S153-69
• The authors' reply to the letter to the editor by Paul Dreyfuss et al. Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Cýýtýý P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S "Eur Spine J" 2008
• Does Acute placement of instrumentation in the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis predispose to recurrent infection: long-term follow-up in immune-suppressed patients. Carragee E, Iezza A "Spine" 2008 ; 19 (33) : 2089-93