Eugene Carragee
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Orthopaedic Surgery
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Orthopaedic Spine Center 450 Broadway Street Pavilion A, 1st Floor MC 6110 Redwood City, CA 94063 Tel Work (650) 725-5905 Fax (650) 721-3409Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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Academic Offices
Administrative Contact Sue Gokey Gonzalez Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-721-7616Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Orthopaedic 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: | Orthopaedic 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
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
Industry Relationships
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| Consulting: | Medical legal consulting, Medtronic |
| Equity: | Bioassetts, Cytonics, Intrinsic Orthopaedics |
Scientific Focus
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
- Is the self-reported history accurate in patients with persistent axial pain after a motor vehicle accident? Spine J. 2009 Jan-Feb; (1): 4-12
- Does Discography Cause Accelerated Progression of Degeneration Changes in the Lumbar Disc: A Ten-Year Matched Cohort Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009
- Pseudomorbidity in iliac crest bone graft harvesting: the rise of rhBMP-2 in short-segment posterior lumbar fusion. Spine J. 2009; (11): 873-9
- Lifetime asymptomatic for back pain: the validity of self-report measures in soldiers. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009; (9): 978-83
- Continuing debate: validity and utility of magnetic resonance imaging of the upper cervical spine after whiplash exposure. Spine J. 2009; (9): 778-9
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