SPINE
Paul A. Anderson, MD
Use of anterior
plate fixation to treat cervical spine fracture patients and lessen their risk
of fractures
Henry H. Bohlman, MD
The possibility to
recover all or some function after spinal cord injury
Joyce A. DeLeo, PhD
Developing drugs to
treat low back pain associated with nerve root injury
Vance O. Gardner, MD
Minimizing ischemic
spinal cord injury by developing a cocktail of drugs to prevent cell death
Wellington K. Hsu, MD
Treatment options
that could mean better spine fusions and fracture healing for patients who have
high levels of dioxin in their systems
Louis G. Jenis, MD
Applying gene
therapy to increase patient safety by reducing the amount of BMP needed for
difficult spine fusions
Joon Yung Lee, MD
Nonsurgical
treatments for patients affected by disc degeneration, which could increase
their productivity and reduce the risks and costs of surgical treatment
Paul C. McAfee, MD
Lessened patients'
risk of spinal osteoporosis with implants—disk replacements and flexible spinal
rods—that preserve spine motion
Sumit H. Rana, MD
Noninvasive
injections to treat pain from herniated disks with fewer risks and side effects
Francis H. Shen, MD
> Injections that
induce spinal fusion with less risk than traditional grafting
> Bone graft substitutes that could be used
for spinal fusions and management of delayed unions, nonunions and treatment of
primary fractures
Jeffrey C. Wang, MD
Gene therapy to
deliver growth factors for more reliable spinal fusion and a faster recovery