COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CURRICULUM VITAE Vincent Charles Traynelis May 2
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COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CURRICULUM VITAE Vincent Charles Traynelis May 2
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CURRICULUM VITAE Vincent Charles Traynelis nd May 2 , 2011 I. EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY A. Institutions Attended 1978 B. 1983 B.A., Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude) M.D. 1983-1984 Resident, General Surgery 1984-1988 Resident, Neurosurgery 1988-1989 Chief Resident, Neurosurgery West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia Professional and Academic Positions Held 7/89-6/94 Assistant Professor 7/89-6/96 Staff Surgeon 7/89-3/08 Staff Surgeon 1993-1999 Associate Director 1994-1999 7/94-6/99 Associate Director Associate Professor 7/96-3/09 Consultant 7/99-3/09 Professor 7/04-3/09 Spine Fellowship 4/09- Professor 4/09- Vice Chairman 4/09- Residency Program Director Director of Spine Surgery Spine Fellowship Director 4/094/09- Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Surgical Intensive Care Unit, The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Iowa Spine Research Center Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Director College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824 Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824 Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824 Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824 Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824 C. Honors, Awards, Recognitions, Outstanding Achievements 1982 1979-1983 1980 1981 1983 1983 1984 1986 1986 1989 D. Alpha Omega Alpha Class President, West Virginia University School of Medicine Mountain - Ranking Men's Honorary of the State of West Virginia Van Liere Memorial Research Award Stuart Memorial Award Upjohn Achievement Award Research Award, American College of Surgeons, West Virginia Chapter Research Award, American College of Surgeons, West Virginia Chapter First Place, Annual Resident Research Convocation, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine Crutchfield-Gage-Thomson Award, Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias Certification and Licensure Certification Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1992 Licensure West Virginia, #14326 - inactive Pennsylvania, #MD-040238 - expired Iowa, #27034 (permanent), 4/24/89 (Expires 2010) Illinois #036.122576 (Expires 7/31/2011) II. TEACHING A. Teaching Assignments on Semester-by-Semester Basis Classroom, Seminar, Teaching Laboratory 1989-1998 1990 1992-97 1995 Monthly lecture to medical students rotating through General Surgery Lecturer, Advanced Biomedical Studies (501199) Lecture to 2nd year medical students - Cranial and Spinal Trauma Lecturer, Clinical Biomechanics of Spine (51:253) Clinical Teaching 1983-1989 1988-1989 B. Medical students in neurosurgery, 2 hrs/wk Residents in neurosurgery, 40 hrs/wk Students Supervised 1990-1992 1990-1991 1992-1994 1992-1996 1994-1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1998-2000 2008-2009 Robert M. Roach, M.D., Neuro-oncology research Paul Donaher, M.S., Biomedical engineering, Masters degree Timothy C. Ryken, M.D., Neuro-oncology research John D. Clausen, Ph.D., Biomedical engineering, Ph.D. thesis Paul D. Sawin, M.D., Neuro-oncology research Darin W. Smith, M.D., Neuro-oncology research Christian Puttlitz, Ph.D., Biomedical engineering, Ph.D. thesis Peter J. Lennarson, M.D., Neuro-oncology research June Yoshii, B.S., Medical student research program 3 C. Other Contributions to Institutional Programs Institutional Conferences, Grand Rounds, Journal Clubs Neurosurgery Basic Science Conference - weekly Neurosurgery Journal Club - once per month Neurosurgery Morbidity and Mortality Conference - weekly Teaching Committees 1992-1993 1995-1996 1997-2000 1997-2000 2000-2002 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Public Education Committee Joint AANS/CNS Committee on Continuing Medical Education Subcommittee on Self Assessment for Neurological Surgeons Congress of Neurological Surgeons Education Committee (Chairman) Joint AANS/CNS Committee on Continuing Medical Education Congress of Neurological Surgeons Certification Committee (Chair) Counseling 1990-1991 1991 1996 1998 2000 Senior medical student advisor, 4 students Master's Thesis Committee, Paul Donaher Ph.D. Thesis Committee, John D. Clausen Ph.D. Thesis Committee, Christian Puttlitz Master's Thesis Committee, Jeff Scifert National Education-Related Presentations None Formal Study to Improve Teaching Abilities 1998 American Council of Continuing Medical Education Workshop Current Research Concerning Teaching None Local and Regional CME Talks 1. Van Liere Memorial Research Convocation, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, Effect of temperature on macrophage function, April 1981. 2. Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, Acalculous cholecystitis, February 1984. 3. American College of Surgeons, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Acalculous cholecystitis in the neonate, May 1984. 4. Resident Research Convocation, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Morgantown, West Virginia, Neonatal acalculous cholecystitis, May 1984. 4 5. American College of Physicians, Morgantown, West Virginia, Computed tomography of traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation, October 1985. 6. Society for Neuroscience, Northern West Virginia Chapter, Morgantown, West Virginia, Pentoxyphylline and vasospasm, December 1985. 7. American College of Surgeons, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation, May 1985. 8. Resident Research Convocation, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Morgantown, West Virginia, Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation, May 1986. 9. Neurology Grand Rounds, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, Brain abscess, May 1986. 10. Neurovascular Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Neurovascular trauma, November 1989. 11. Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Subdural hematomas, August 1990. 12. Symposium on Outpatient Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Cranial neuralgias, September 1990. 13. Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Surgical management of massive cerebral infarction, October 1990. 14. Consultant Tumor Board Conference, Marian Health Center, Sioux City, Iowa, Gliomas, November 1990. 15. Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, New insights on the pathophysiology of closed head injuries and management of acute head injuries, December 1990. 16. Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Intracranial pressure monitoring, June 1991. 17. Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Subdural hematomas, August 1991. 18. Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Des Moines, Iowa, Biomechanical evaluation of cervical spinal stabilization procedures in a human cadaveric model, October 1991. 19. Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Iowa City, Iowa, Anterior skull base resection: a 12-year experience, May 1992. 20. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Closed head injury, March 1993. 21. Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Head and spinal injuries, August 1993. 5 22. American Society of Biomechanics, Iowa City, Iowa, Biomechanical characteristics of Caspar and Synthes plates used to stabilize cervical spines before and after cyclic loading (Goel VK, Clausen JD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC), October 1993. 23. Radiation Research Laboratory Seminar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, In vitro response of malignant gliomas to cis-parinaric acid, March 1994. 24. Spine Symposium II, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Faculty' member, March 1994. 25. Research Society of Neurological Surgeons, Iowa City, Iowa, Biomechanical considerations of anterior cervical instrumentation, June 1995. 26. Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Head injuries, January 1996. 27. Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Evaluation of the patient with cervical spine instability, May 1996. 28. Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Management of CSF drains, July 1996. 29. Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Iowa City, Iowa, Management of Type II odontoid fractures, October 1996. 30. Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Management of lumbar drains, July 1997. 31. Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Management of lumbar drains, July 1998. 32. Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Management of lumbar drains, July 1999. 33. Basic Science in Otolaryngology Course, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Management of lumbar drains, July 2000. 34. Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Neurosurgical management of intracranial aneurysms, August 2000. 35. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Evaluation of cervical spine trauma, November 2003. 36. The Iowa Spine Symposium and 2nd Annual Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference: Update in Spine Care, Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Clinical experience with cervical disc replacement, April 2004. 37. Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses, Iowa City, Iowa, Advances in spine surgery - cervical arthroplasty, November 2008. 38. Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, Management of Craniovertebral Junction Pathology October, 2009 6 III. 39. Department of Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds, Chicago, Illinois, Management of Craniovertebral Junction Pathology, January 2010. 40. Geriatrics Grand Rounds, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, Back pain in the elderly, April, 2010. SCHOLARSHIP A. Publications or Creative Works Peer-Reviewed Papers 1. Ganguly R, Traynelis V: Effect of temperature on macrophage functions. W V Med J 77:311, 1981. 2. Ganguly R, Hoover D, Traynelis V, Moore MJ, Lazzell VA: Depressed macrophage functions at temperatures below 37 degrees C. Allerg Immunol (Leipz) 29:160-167, 1983. 3. Traynelis VC, Hrabovsky EE: Acalculous cholecystitis in the neonate. Am J Dis Child 139:893-895, 1985. 4. Traynelis VC, Hrabovsky EE: Cholecystite non lithiasique du nouveau-ne'. Journal de Pediatrie 4:440-442, 1985. 5. Traynelis VC, Kaufman HH: Noninvasive testing for asymptomatic carotid artery disease. W V Med J 82:269-272, 1986. 6. Traynelis VC, Marano GD, Dunker RO, Kaufman HH: Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation. Case report. J Neurosurg 65:863-870, 1986. 7. Traynelis VC, Powell RG, Koss W, Schochet SS Jr., Kaufman HH: Cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and sterile shunt malfunction. Neurosurgery 23:645-649, 1988. 8. Secrist RD, Traynelis V, Schochet SS Jr: MR imaging of acute cortical venous infarction: preliminary experience with an animal model. Magn Reson Imaging 7:149-153, 1989. 9. Traynelis VC, Hitchon PW, Yuh WTC, Kaufman HH: Magnetic resonance imaging and posttraumatic Lhermitte's sign. J Spinal Disord 3:376-379, 1990. 10. Kardon RH, Traynelis VC, Biller J: Inferior division oculomotor nerve palsy caused by basilar artery aneurysm. Cerebrovas Dis 1:171-176, 1991. 11. Traynelis VC, Willison CD, Follett KA, Chambers J, Schochet SS Jr, Kaufman HH: Millipore analysis of valvular fluid in sterile valve malfunctions. Neurosurgery 28:848-852, 1991. 12. Traynelis VC: Chronic subdural hematoma in the elderly. Clin Geriatr Med 7:583-598, 1991. 13. Osenbach RK, Godersky JC, Traynelis VC, Schelper RD: Intradural extramedullary cysts of the spinal canal: clinical presentation, radiographic diagnosis, and surgical management. Neurosurgery 30:35-42, 1992. 7 14. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Lim R: Interaction of acidic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor-β in normal and transformed glia in vitro. J Neurosurg 76:850-855, 1992. 15. Traynelis VC, Dunker RO: Interhemispheric approach with callosal resection for distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms. Technical note. J Neurosurg 77:481483, 1992. 16. Traynelis VC: Anterior and posterior plate stabilization of the cervical spine. Neurosurg Q 2:59-76, 1992. 17. Traynelis VC, Ryken T, Rodnitzky RL, Menezes AH: Botulinum toxin enhancement of postoperative immobilization in patients with cervical dystonia. Technical note. J Neurosurg 77:808-809, 1992. 18. Ryken TC, Hitchon PW, Roach RM, Traynelis VC: Infratentorial stereotactic biopsy. A review of 11 cases. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 59:111-114, 1992. 19. Traynelis VC: Stabilization following ventral decompression of the cervical spine. Contemp Neurosurg 14:1-6, 1992. 20. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Interaction of acidic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor-β on bovine and porcine endothelium in vitro. Surgical Forum 43:535-537, 1992. 21. Traynelis VC, Gold M: Cervical spine injury in an air bag-equipped vehicle. J Spinal Disord 6:60-61, 1993. 22. Traynelis VC, Donaher PA, Roach RM, Kojimoto H, Goel VK: Biomechanical comparison of anterior Caspar plate and three-level posterior fixation techniques in a human cadaveric model. J Neurosurg 79:96-103, 1993. 23. Ridenour TR, Haddad SF, Hitchon PW, Piper J, Traynelis VC, VanGilder JC: Herniated thoracic disks: treatment and outcome. J Spinal Disord 6:218-224, 1993. 24. Hansen TD, Warner DS, Traynelis VC, Roach RM, Todd MM: Cerebral blood flow in a rat glioma model during halothane anesthesia. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 5:187-193, 1993. 25. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Sandra A: Investigation of lipid metabolism in normal glia using a fluorescent ceramide probe. Surgical Forum 44:562-564, 1993. 26. Gerdes JS, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Morphological and ultrastructural analysis of C6 glioma in vitro. Surgical Forum 44:560-562, 1993. 27. Clausen JD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC, Zheng Z, Roach RM: Biomechanics of Caspar and Synthes plates in quasi-static and cyclic loading modes. ASME Advances in Bioengineering, BED 24:618-620, 1993. 28. Hansen TD, Warner DS, Traynelis VC, Todd MM: Plasma osmolality and brain water content in a rat glioma model. Neurosurgery 34:505-511, 1994. 29. Menezes AH, Traynelis VC, Gantz BJ: Surgical approaches to the craniovertebral junction. Clin Neurosurg 41:187-203, 1994. 8 30. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Free radicals and lipid peroxidation in the central nervous system. Perspectives in Neurological Surgery 5:105-126, 1994. 31. Ryken TC, Sawin PD, Runge TC, Traynelis VC: 8-Isoprostane production in normal and transformed glia: assessment of oxidative activity. Surgical Forum 45:577-579, 1994. 32. Piper JG, Dirks BA, Traynelis VC, VanGilder JC: Perioperative management and surgical outcome of the acromegalic patient with sleep apnea. Neurosurgery 36:70-75, 1995. 33. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Biomechanics of cervical spine instrumentation. Perspectives in Neurological Surgery 6:1-18, 1995 34. Ryken TC, Clausen JD, Traynelis VC, Goel VK: Biomechanical analysis of bone mineral density, insertion technique, screw torque, and holding strength of anterior cervical plate screws. J Neurosurg 83:324-329, 1995. 35. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Follett KA: Spinal epidural hematoma following coronary thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator. Report of two cases. J Neurosurg 83:350-353, 1995. 36. Ryken TC, Goel VK, Clausen JD, Traynelis VC: Assessment of unicortical and bicortical fixation in a quasistatic cadaveric model: role of bone mineral density and screw torque. Spine 20:1861-1867, 1995. 37. Traynelis VC, Ryken TC, Cornelius AS: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid in cultured malignant gliomas. Neurosurgery 37:484-489, 1995. 38. Clausen JD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Sawin PD, Dexter F, Goel VK: Biomechanical evaluation of Caspar and Cervical Spine Locking Plate systems in a cadaveric model. J Neurosurg 84:1039-1045, 1996. 39. Sawin PD, Todd MM, Traynelis VC, Farrell SB, Nader A, Sato Y, Clausen JD, Goel VK: Cervical spine motion with direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation: an in vivo cinefluoroscopic study of subjects without cervical abnormality. Anesthesiology 85:26-36, 1996. 40. Traynelis VC: Thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, ossification of the yellow ligament from T9-T12 with superimposed acute T10/T11 disc herniation: controversies in surgical management. Clinical opinion. J Spinal Disord 9:449, 1996. 41. Rubin MD, Sato Y, Crosby DC, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA, Sawin PD, Ogura Y, Katada Y: In vivo dissection of cerebral aneurysms using computed tomographic angiography. Int J Neuroradiol 2:510-521, 1996. 42. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Rich G, Smith BA, Maves TJ, Follett KA, Moore SA: Chymopapain-induced reduction of proinflammatory phospholipase A2 activity and amelioration of neuropathic behavioral changes in an in vivo model of acute sciatica. J Neurosurg 86:998-1006,1997. 43. Clausen JD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Scifert J: Uncinate processes and Luschka joints influence the biomechanics of the cervical spine: quantification using a finite element model of the C5-C6 segment. J Orthop Res 15:342-347, 1997. 9 44. Robertson SC, Ackerman LL, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Increased height in patients with medulloblastomas. Neurosurgery 41:561-566, 1997. 45. Traynelis VC: Anterior screw plate fixation of the cervical spine. Contemp Neurosurg 19:1-6, 1997. 46. Lovick DS, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Dexter F: Assessment of primary and salvage lateral mass screw insertion torque in a cadaveric model. J Spinal Disord 10:431-435, 1997. 47. Menezes AH, Gantz BJ, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM: Cranial base chordomas. Clin Neurosurg 44:491-509, 1997. 48. Traynelis VC: Evidence-based management of Type II odontoid fractures. Clin Neurosurg 44:41-49, 1997. 49. Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Follett KA, Menezes AH: Idiopathic spinal epidural lipomatosis. Neurosurgery 41:68-75, 1997. 50. Wellman BJ, Follett KA, Traynelis VC: Complications of posterior articular mass plate fixation of the subaxial cervical spine in 43 consecutive patients. Spine 23:193-200, 1998. 51. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: A comparative analysis of fusion rates and donor-site morbidity for autogeneic rib and iliac crest bone grafts in posterior cervical fusions. J Neurosurg 88:255-265, 1998. 52. Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Funk GF, Menezes AH, Hoffman HT: Midline anterior craniofacial approach for malignancy: results of en bloc versus piecemeal resections. Skull Base Surg 9:41-46,1999. 53. Goel VK, Clausen JD, Sawin PD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Investigation of stabilizing potential of two anterior cervical spine plating systems incorporating unicortical locking screw designs. Neuro-Orthopedics 25:67-74, 1999. 54. Mostafavi H, Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC: Granulocytic sarcoma of the spine. Neurosurgery 46:78-84, 2000. 55. Lennarson PJ, Smith D, Todd MM, Carras D, Sawin PD, Brayton J, Sato Y, Traynelis VC: Segmental cervical spine motion during orotracheal intubation of the intact and injured spine with and without external stabilization. J Neurosurg (Spine 2) 92:201-206, 2000. 56. Lennarson PJ, Mostafavi H, Traynelis VC, Walters BC: Management of Type II dens fractures. A case-control study. Spine 25:1234-1237, 2000. 57. Julien TD, Frankel B, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Evidence-based analysis of odontoid fracture management. Neurosurg Focus 8:1-6, 2000. 58. Puttlitz CM, Goel VK, Clark CR, Traynelis VC, Scifert JL, Grosland NM: Biomechanical rationale for the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis in the craniovertebral junction. Spine 25:1607-1616, 2000. 59. Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Management of cervical spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis with posterior fixation. Spine 25:2035-2039, 2000. 10 60. Traynelis VC, Andrews BT, Awad IA, Batjer HH, Belzberg A, Leibrock L, Couldwell W, Follett K, Friedman A, Loftus CM, Maniker A, Mapstone T, Pollock BE, Schochet SS Jr, Valadka A, Wolfla C: Resident curriculum guidelines for neurosurgery. Clin Neurosurg 47:589-681, 2000. 61. Puttlitz CM, Goel VK, Clark CR, Traynelis VC: Pathomechanisms of failures of the odontoid. Spine 25:2868-2876, 2000. 62. Traynelis VC: Joint replacement in neurosurgery. Clin Neurosurg 48:82-95, 2001. 63. Lennarson PJ, Smith DW, Sawin PD, Todd MM, Sato Y, Traynelis VC: Cervical spinal motion during intubation: efficacy of stabilization maneuvers in the setting of complete segmental instability. J Neurosurg (Spine 2) 94:265-270, 2001. 64. Cinotti G, Traynelis V: The Spine forum: clinical cases on the web. Spine 26:849, 2001. 65. Ryken TC, Meeks SL, Pennington EC, Hitchon P, Traynelis V, Mayr NA, Bova FJ, Friedman WA, Buatti JM: Initial clinical experience with frameless stereotactic radiosurgery: analysis of accuracy and feasibility. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51:1152-1158, 2001. 66. Ryken TC, Meeks SL, Traynelis V, Haller, J, Bouchet LG, Bova FJ, Pennington EC, Buatti JM: Ultrasonographic guidance for spinal extracranial radiosurgery: technique and application for metastatic spinal lesions. Neurosurg Focus 11:1-6, 2001. 67. Puttlitz CM, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Clark CR: A finite element investigation of upper cervical instrumentation. Spine 26:2449-2455, 2001. 68. Heth JA, Funk GF, Karnell LH, McCulloch TM, Traynelis VC, Nerad JA, Smith RB, Graham SM, Hoffman HT: Free tissue transfer and local flap complications in anterior and anterolateral skull base surgery. Head Neck 24:901-912, 2002. 69. Traynelis VC: Spinal arthroplasty. Neurosurg Focus 13(2), Article 10:1-7, 2002. 70. Ackerman LL, Traynelis VC: Treatment of delayed-onset neurological deficit after aortic surgery with lumbar cerebrospinal fluid drainage. Neurosurgery 51:14141422, 2002. 71. Mummaneni PV, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Sasso RC, Subach BR, Fiore AJ, Rodts GE: Posterior cervical fixation using a new polyaxial screw and rod system: technique and surgical results. Neurosurg Focus 12:1-8, 2002. 72. Traynelis VC: Prosthetics and biologics: the wave of the future. Clin Neurosurg 50:207-219, 2003. 73. Barry CJ, Smith D, Lennarson P, Jermeland J, Darling W, Stierman L, Rizzo M, Traynelis VC: The effect of wearing a restrictive neck brace on driver performance. Neurosurgery 53:98-102, 2003. 74. Robertson SC, Lennarson P, Hasan DM, Traynelis VC: Clinical course and surgical management of massive cerebral infarction. Neurosurgery 55:55-62, 2004. 11 75. Kaminsky SB, Clark CR, Traynelis VC: Operative treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy and radiculopathy: a comparison of laminectomy and laminoplasty at five year average follow-up. Iowa Orthop J 24:95-105, 2004. 76. Traynelis VC: The Prestige cervical disc replacement. Spine J 4 (Suppl 6):310S314S, 2004. 77. Taggard DA, Kraut MA, Clark CR, Traynelis VC: Case-control study comparing the efficacy of surgical techniques for C1-C2 arthrodesis. J Spinal Disord Tech 17:189-194, 2004. 78. Pracyk JB, Traynelis VC: Treatment of the painful motion segment: cervical arthroplasty. Spine 30 (Suppl 16):S23-S32, 2005. 79. Traynelis VC: The geometry of education: patterns for growth. Clin Neurosurg 52:1-5, 2005. 80. Menezes AH, Traynelis VC, Fenoy AJ, Gantz BJ, Kralik SF, Donovan KA: Surgery at the crossroads: craniocervical neoplasms. Clin Neurosurg 52:218228, 2005. 81. Robertson JT, Papadopoulos SM, Traynelis VC: Assessment of adjacentsegment disease in patients treated with cervical fusion or arthroplasty: a prospective 2-year study. J Neurosurg Spine 3:417-423, 2005. 82. Traynelis VC: The Prestige cervical disc. Neurosurg Clin N Am 16:621-628, 2005. 83. Menezes AH, Traynelis VC: Spinal neurenteric cysts in the magnetic resonance imaging era. Neurosurgery 58:97-105, 2006. 84. Traynelis VC: Cervical arthroplasty. Clin Neurosurg 53:203-207, 2006. 85. Zaheer A, Sahu SK, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Cis-parinaric acid effects, cytotoxicity, c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase, forkhead transcription factor and Mn-SOD differentially in malignant and normal astrocytes. Neurochem Res 32:115-124, 2007. 86. Mummaneni PV, Burkus JK, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA: Clinical and radiographic analysis of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion: a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Neurosurg Spine 6:198-209, 2007. 87. Zaheer A, Sahu SK, Traynelis VC: Inhibitors of EGFR signaling retard cytotoxicity of fenretinide in rat gliosarcoma cells. Neurochem Res 33:22-26, 2008. 88. Steinmetz MP, Patel R, Traynelis V, Resnick DK, Anderson PA: Cervical disc arthroplasty compared with fusion in a workers' compensation population. Neurosurgery 63:741-747, 2008. 89. Ahmed R, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Fusions at the craniovertebral junction. Childs Nerv Syst 24:1209-1224, 2008. 90. Menezes AH, Traynelis VC: Anatomy and biomechanics of normal craniovertebral junction (a) and biomechanics of stabilization (b). Childs Nerv Syst 24:1091-1100, 2008. 12 91. Ahmed R, Severson MA III, Traynelis VC: Role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of bacterial spinal osteomyelitis. J Neurosurgery Spine 10:16-20, 2009. 92. Yoshii J., Traynelis VC: Achondroplasia and cervical laminoplasty. J Neurosurg Spine 11:417-420, 2009. 93. Ackerman L, Ryken, TC, Kealey G, Traynelis VC: Onset of symptomatic hydrocephalus requiring emergency cerebrospinal fluid diversion following highvoltage electrical burn injury. J Neurosurg 112 394-398, 2010. 94. Traynelis VC, Youssef KR, Menezes AH: Posterolateral approaches to the craniovertebral junction. Neurosurgery 66: A135-A140, 2010. 95. Youssef KR, Traynelis, VC: Occipital condyle fractures. J Neurosurgery, 66: A56-A59, 2010. 96. Menzin J, Zhang B, Newmann PJ, Lines LM, Polly DW, Barnett-Myers S, Fontes, R, Traynelis VC: A health-economic assessment of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion. Tech Orthop 25:133-137, 2010. 97. Burkus JK, Haid RW Jr., Traynelis VC, Mummaneni PV. Long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes of cervical disc replacement with the PRESTIGE disc: Results from a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial. J Neurosurg Spine, 13: 308-318, 2010. 98. Traynelis VC: Total subaxial reconstruction. J Neurosurg Spine, 13:424-434, 2010. 99. Upadhyaya, Cheerag D.,Wu, Jau-Ching; Balamurali, Gopalakrishnan, Haid, Regis W., Traynelis, Vincent C., Tay, Bobby, Coric, Domagoj, Trost, Gregory R., Mummaneni, Praveen V: Combined results of the 3 US IDE randomized cervical arthroplasty trials with 2-Years of follow-up: 923. Neurosurgery. 67(2):543, 2010. 100. Fontes, RBV, Traynelis VC: Anterior fixation of the axis: Neurosurgery. 67:229236, 2010. 101. Duhdaleh NS, Traynelis VC: Cervical disc athroplasty: Contemporary Neurosurgery. 32:18, 2010. 102. Updhyaya, Cheerag D., Wu, Jau-Ching, Haid, Regis W., Traynelis, Vincent C., Tay, Bobby, Coric, Dom, Trost, Gregory, Mummaneni, Praveen V: Analysis of the three United States FDA-IDE cervical arthroplasty triails, J Neurosurg Spine, 2011 in press. 103. Hindman, Bradley J., Palecek, John P., Posner, Karen L., Traynelis, Vincent C., Lee, Lorri A., Sawin, Paul D., Tredway, Trent L., Todd, Michael M., Domino, Karen B: Cervical Spinal Cord, Root, and Bony Spine Injuries, J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 114:783-795, 2011. 104. Ahmed, Raheel, Greenlee, Jeremy D.W., Traynelis, Vincent C: Preservation of spinal instrumentation following development of postoperative bacterial infections in patients undergoing spinal arthrodesis, J Spine Dis Tech, 2011 in press. Editorial Publications 13 1. Traynelis VC: Brick JF: Phenylpropylalanine and vasospasm (letter). Neurology 36:593-594, 1986. 2. Traynelis VC: Cervical rheumatoid arthritis subluxations without myelopathy (clinical opinion). J Spinal Disord 12:85, 1999. 3. Traynelis VC: Biomechanical evaluation of a newly developed monocortical expansion screw for use in anterior internal fixation of the cervical spine: in vitro comparison with two established internal fixation systems (point of view). Spine 24:212, 1999. 4. Traynelis VC: Loosening at the screw-vertebra junction in multilevel anterior cervical plate constructs (point of view). Spine 24:2388, 1999. 5. Traynelis VC: Reconstruction after multilevel corpectomy in the cervical spine: a sagittal plane biomechanical study (point of view). Spine 24:1191, 1999. 6. Traynelis VC: A prospective randomized multicenter clinical evaluation of an anterior cervical fusion cage (point of view). Spine 25:2655, 2000. 7. Traynelis VC: Computer-assisted fluoroscopic targeting system for pedicle screw insertion (comment). Neurosurgery 47:878, 2000. 8. Traynelis VC: Primary spinal epidural mantle cell lymphoma: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 47:1242, 2000. 9. Traynelis VC: A picture is worth a thousand words (editorial). Spine 26:339, 2001. 10. Todd MM, Traynelis VC: Experimental cervical spine injury and airway management methods (letter). Anesth Analg 93:799-801, 2001. 11. Traynelis VC: Immediate stiffness of the C5-C6 segment after discectomy with the Cloward technique: an in vitro biomechanical study on a human cadaveric model (comment). Neurosurgery 49:1408, 2001. 12. Traynelis VC: Anterior decompression of the atlantoaxial vertebral artery to treat bow hunter's stroke: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 49:1476, 2001. 13. Traynelis VC: Surgical simulation software for insertion of pedicle screws (comment). Neurosurgery 50:223-224, 2002. 14. Traynelis VC: Anterior cervical plating enhances arthrodesis after discectomy and fusion with cortical allograft (comment). Neurosurgery 50:238, 2002. 15. Traynelis VC: Chondromyxoid fibroma of the cervical spine: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 50:411, 2002. 16. Traynelis VC: Tuberculoma of the conus medullaris: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 50:652-653, 2002. 17. Traynelis VC: Intradural hemangiopericytoma of the lumbar spine: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 50:657, 2002. 14 18. Traynelis VC: Comparison of the mini-open versus laparoscopic approach for anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a retrospective review (comment). Neurosurgery 51:103-104, 2002. 19. Traynelis VC: Use of the telescopic plate spacer in treatment of cervical and cervicothoracic spine tumors (comment). Neurosurgery 51:424-425, 2002. 20. Traynelis VC: Preliminary clinical experience with the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis (comment). Neurosurgery 51:847, 2002. 21. Traynelis VC: Early sacral stress fracture after reduction of spondylolisthesis and lumbosacral fixation: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 51:1511, 2002. 22. Traynelis VC: Palmar hyperhidrosis: intraoperative monitoring with laser doppler blood flow as a guide for success after endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (comment). Neurosurgery 52:131, 2003. 23. Traynelis VC: Surgical management and outcome of tuberculous atlantoaxial dislocation: a 15-year experience (comment). Neurosurgery 52:338, 2003. 24. Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive lateral mass screws in the treatment of cervical facet dislocations: technical note (comment). Neurosurgery 52:447, 2003. 25. Traynelis VC: Vertebral autograft used as bone transplant for anterior cervical corpectomy: technical note (comment). Neurosurgery 52:454, 2003. 26. Traynelis VC: Changes in cervical spine curvature after uninstrumented one- and two-level corpectomy in patients with spondylotic myelopathy (comment). Neurosurgery 52:804, 2003. 27. Traynelis VC: Lateral approach for resection of the C3 corpus: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 52:980, 2003. 28. Traynelis VC: Laminectomy and posterior cervical plating for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: effects on cervical alignment, spinal cord compression, and neurological outcome (comment). Neurosurgery 52:1088, 2003. 29. Traynelis VC: Packing of intervertebral spaces with oxidized regenerated cellulose to prevent the recurrence of lumbar disc herniation (comment). Neurosurgery 52:1109, 2003. 30. Traynelis VC: Tumoral calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease of the ligamentum flavum (comment). Neurosurgery 53:108-109, 2003. 31. Traynelis VC: Cervical cord compression with myelopathy caused by bilateral persistence of the first intersegmental arteries: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 53:237, 2003. 32. Traynelis VC: Effect of celecoxib and dexamethasone on postoperative pain after lumbar disc surgery (comment). Neurosurgery 53:337, 2003. 33. Traynelis VC: Acute cervical cord injury associated with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (comment). Neurosurgery 53:892, 2003. 15 34. Traynelis VC: Functioning paraganglioma of the thoracic spine: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 53:995, 2003. 35. Traynelis VC: Removal of an anterior spinal dermoid cyst with fenestra corpectomy in Klippel-Feil syndrome: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 53:1233, 2003. 36. Traynelis VC: Comparative biomechanical analysis of a cervical cage made of an unsintered hydroxyapatite particle and poly-L-lactide composite in a cadaver model (point of view). Spine 28:1015, 2003. 37. Traynelis VC: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of failed back surgery syndrome: an outcome analysis (comment). Neurosurgery 54:644, 2004. 38. Traynelis VC: Microsurgical excision of a retro-odontoid disc hernia via a farlateral approach: successful treatment of a rare cause of myelopathy: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1018, 2004. 39. Traynelis VC: Thoracoscopic placement of dual-rod instrumentation in thoracic spinal trauma (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1153, 2004. 40. Traynelis VC: Anterior cervical fusion using dense cancellous allografts and dynamic plating (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1411-1412, 2004. 41. Traynelis VC: Chiari I malformation associated with ventral compression and instability: one-stage posterior decompression and fusion with a new instrumentation technique (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1435, 2004. 42. Traynelis VC: Cadaveric morphometric analysis for atlantal lateral mass screw placement (comment). Neurosurgery 54:1439, 2004. 43. Traynelis VC: The unique characteristics of "upper" lumbar disc herniations (comment). Neurosurgery 55:389, 2004. 44. Traynelis VC: The accessory atlantoaxial ligament (comment). Neurosurgery 55:403, 2004. 45. Traynelis VC: Percutaneous ventral decompression for L4-L5 degenerative spondylolisthesis in medically compromised elderly patients: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 55:E459, 2004. 46. Traynelis VC: Lumbar spine fracture in a 34,100-year-old skeleton: the oldest known prehistoric spine fracture (comment). Neurosurgery 55:707, 2004. 47. Traynelis VC: Delayed resolution of Chiari I-assocated hydromyelia after posterior fossa decompression: case report and review of the literature (comment). Neurosurgery 55:E725-E726, 2004. 48. Traynelis VC: Aneurysmal bone cyst of the atlas: successful treatment through selective arterial embolization: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 55:E1005, 2004. 49. Traynelis VC: Spinal arachnoid cyst containing nevus cells in a patient with a large congenital melanocytic nevus: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 55:E1009, 2004. 16 50. Traynelis VC: Spinal arachnoiditis ossificans: report of three cases (comment). Neurosurgery 55:E1016-E1017, 2004. 51. Traynelis VC: Surgical technique of lumbar artificial disc replacement with the Charité artificial disc (comment). Neurosurgery 56:ONS-57, 2005. 52. Traynelis VC: Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation: presentation of a new posterior occipitoatlantoaxial fixation technique in an adult survivor: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 56 (ONS Suppl 1):ONS-E203, 2005. 53. Traynelis VC: Cervicothoracic junction arthroplasty after previous fusion surgery for adjacent segment degeneration: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 56 (ONS Suppl 1):ONS-E205, 2005. 54. Traynelis VC: Ossification of the ligamentum flavum as a result of fluorosis causing myelopathy: report of two cases (comment). Neurosurgery 56:E622, 2005. 55. Traynelis VC: Surgical outcome in rheumatoid Ranawat Class IIIb myelopathy (comment). Neurosurgery 56:714-715, 2005. 56. Traynelis VC: Neurosurgical oncology at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: its genesis and evolution (comment). Neurosurgery 56:850, 2005. 57. Traynelis VC: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma during pregnancy: case report and literature review (comment). Neurosurgery 56:E1156, 2005. 58. Traynelis VC: Fusion around cervical disc prosthesis: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E194, 2005. 59. Traynelis VC: Lateral sacral artery aneurysm: case report and review of the literature (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E197, 2005. 60. Traynelis VC: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy, depression, and anxiety: a cohort analysis of 89 patients (comment). Neurosurgery 57:313, 2005. 61. Traynelis VC: Reconstruction of anterior iliac crest after bone graft harvest decreases pain: a randomized, controlled clinical trial (comment). Neurosurgery 57:529, 2005. 62. Traynelis VC: Tumoral calcinosis of the filum terminale: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E596, 2005. 63. Traynelis VC: Avulsion fracture of the foramen magnum treated with occiput-toC1 fusion: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E600, 2005. 64. Traynelis VC: National trends in surgical procedures for degenerative cervical spine disease: 1990-2000 (comment). Neurosurgery 57:758, 2005. 65. Traynelis VC: Clinical signifcance of heterotopic ossification in cervical disc replacement: a prospective multicenter clinical trial (comment). Neurosurgery 57:763, 2005. 17 66. Traynelis VC: Spinal arachnoid cyst related to a nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E817, 2005. 67. Traynelis VC: Techniques for aspirating bone marrow for use in spinal surgery (comment): Neurosurgery 57 (ONS Suppl 3):ONS-289, 2005. 68. Traynelis VC: Novel dural closure technique using polyglactin acid sheet prevents cerebrospinal fluid leakage after spinal surgery (comment). Neurosurgery 57 (ONS Suppl 3):ONS-294, 2005. 69. Traynelis VC: Incidence and characteristics of spinal decompression surgery after the onset of symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (comment). Neurosurgery 57:988, 2005. 70. Traynelis VC: Spontaneous thoracic spinal cord herniation: three cases with long-term follow-up (comment). Neurosurgery 57:E1067, 2005. 71. Guillaume D, Traynelis VC: Current treatment strategies and outcomes in the management of symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas (comment). Neurosurgery 58:295, 2006. 72. Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive resection of intradural-extramedullary spinal neoplasms (comment). Neurosurgery 58 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-58, 2006. 73. Traynelis VC: Unique features of herniated discs at the cervicothoracic junction: clinical presentation, imaging, operative management, and outcome after anterior decompressive operation in 10 patients (comment). Neurosurgery 58:501, 2006. 74. Traynelis VC: Augmentation of anterior lumbar interbody fusion with anterior pedicle screw fixation: demonstration of novel constructs and evaluation of biomechanical stability in cadaveric specimens (comment). Neurosurgery 58:527, 2006. 75. Traynelis VC: Cystic dilation of the conus ventriculus terminalis presenting as an acute cauda equina syndrome relieved by decompression and cyst drainage: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 58:E585, 2006. 76. Traynelis VC: Endoscopic extruded screw removal after anterior cervical disc fusion: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 58:E589, 2006. 77. Traynelis VC: Vertically unstable Type III odontoid fractures: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 58:E797, 2006. 78. Traynelis VC: Cervical spine injuries in ocean bathers: wave-related accidents (comment). Neurosurgery 58:923, 2006. 79. Traynelis VC: Complete spinal cord transection treated by implantation of a reinforced synthetic hydrogel channel results in syringomyelia and caudal migration of the rostral stump (comment). Neurosurgery 59:192, 2006. 80. Traynelis VC: Accuracy of pedicle screw placement for lumbar fusion using anatomic landmarks versus open laminectomy: a comparison of two surgical techniques in cadaveric specimens (comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-19, 2006. 18 81. Traynelis VC: C2 crossing laminar screws: cadaveric morphometric analysis (comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-88, 2006. 82. Traynelis VC: Preserving the ligamentum flavum in lumbar discectomy: a new technique that prevents scar tissue formation in the first 6 months postsurgery (comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-133, 2006. 83. Traynelis VC: Bone-mounted miniature robotic guidance for pedicle screw and translaminar facet screw placement: Part 1 - technical development and a test case result (comment). Neurosurgery 59:650, 2006. 84. Traynelis VC: Correlation of postmortem 9.4 tesla magnetic resonance imaging and immunohistopathology of the human thoracic spinal cord 7 months after traumatic cervical spine injury (comment). Neurosurgery 59:677, 2006. 85. Traynelis VC: Axially dynamic implants for stabilization of the cervical spine (comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 4): ONS-388, 2006. 86. Traynelis VC: A method for calculating the exact angle required during pedicle subtraction osteotomy for fixed sagittal deformity: comparison with the trigonometric method (comment). Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl 4): ONS-463, 2006. 87. Traynelis VC: Giant-cell tumors of the cervical spine: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 59:E1143, 2006. 88. Traynelis VC: Endoscopic resection of thoracic paravertebral and dumbbell tumors (comment). Neurosurgery 59:1201, 2006. 89. Traynelis VC: Long-term results of microsurgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis by unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression (comment). Neurosurgery 59:1270, 2006. 90. Traynelis VC: In vitro study of biomechanical behavior of anterior and transforaminal lumbar interbody instrumentation techniques (comment). Neurosurgery 59:1277, 2006. 91. Traynelis VC: Diagnosis and treatment of cervical spondylosis (comment). Neurosurgery 60 (Suppl 1):S1-4-S1-5, 2007. 92. Traynelis VC: A novel minimally invasive technique for spinal cord untethering (comment). Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-74, 2007. 93. Traynelis VC: Bone-mounted miniature robotic guidance for pedicle screw and translaminar facet screw placement: Part 2 - evaluation of system accuracy (comment). Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS-139, 2007. 94. Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive lumbar spinal decompression in the elderly: outcomes of 50 patients aged 75 years and older (comment). Neurosurgery 60:509, 2007. 95. Traynelis VC: Litigation of missed cervical spine injuries in patients presenting with blunt traumatic injury (comment). Neurosurgery 60:523, 2007. 96. Traynelis VC: Acute presentation of spinal epidural cavernous angiomas: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 60:E576, 2007. 19 97. Traynelis VC: Posterior keyhole corpectomy with percutaneous pedicle screw stabilization in the surgical management of lumbar burst fractures (comment). Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS-241, 2007. 98. Traynelis VC: Cervical arthroplasty with the Prestige LP cervical disc (comment). Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS-314, 2007. 99. Traynelis VC: Traumatic loading of the Bryan cervical disc prosthesis: an in vitro study (comment). Neurosurgery 60 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS-392, 2007. 100. Traynelis VC: Microsurgical treatment of symptomatic sacral perineurial cysts (comment). Neurosurgery 60:1065-1066, 2007. 101. Traynelis VC: An invasion of the atlas (comment). Neurosurgery 60:1087, 2007. 102. Traynelis VC: Cervical tumoral calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease 28 years after suboccipital craniotomy: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 60: E1151, 2007. 103. Traynelis VC: Significance of the double- and single-layer signs in the ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the thoracic spine (comment). Neurosurgery 61:121-122, 2007. 104. Traynelis VC: Spinal cord stimulation versus reoperation for failed back surgery syndrome: a cost effectiveness and cost utility analysis based on a randomized, controlled trial (comment). Neurosurgery 61:368-369, 2007. 105. Traynelis VC: Observations on spine deformity and syringomyelia (comment). Neurosurgery 61:377, 2007. 106. Traynelis VC: Nonoperative management of odontoid fractures using a halothoracic vest (comment). Neurosurgery 61:529, 2007. 107. Traynelis VC: Segmental polymethylmethacrylate-augmented pedicle screw fixation in patients with bone softening caused by osteoporosis and metastatic tumor involvement: a clinical evaluation (comment). Neurosurgery 61:538, 2007. 108. Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy in obese patients (comment). Neurosurgery 61:544, 2007. 109. Traynelis VC: Comparison of open discectomy with microendoscopic discectomy in lumbar disc herniations: results of a randomized controlled trial (comment). Neurosurgery 61:549, 2007. 110. Traynelis VC: Intercostal arteriovenous fistula associated with neurofibromatosis manifesting as congestive myelopathy: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 61:E657, 2007. 111. Traynelis VC: Comparison of contemporary occipitocervical instrumentation techniques with and without C1 lateral mass screws (comment). Neurosurgery 61:ONS-93, 2007. 112. Traynelis VC: The lasso technique for posterior C1-C2 fusion (comment). Neurosurgery 61:ONS-99, 2007. 20 113. Traynelis VC: The kinematics of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus artificial cervical disc: a pilot study (comment). Neurosurgery 61:ONS-105, 2007. 114. Traynelis VC: Multilevel anterior cervical fusion using a collagen-hydroxyapatite matrix with iliac crest bone marrow aspirate: an 18-month follow-up study (comment). Neurosurgery 61:971, 2007. 115. Traynelis VC: Microsurgical cervical nerve root decompression via an anterolateral approach: clinical outcome of patients treated for spondylotic radiculopathy (comment). Neurosurgery 61:980, 2007. 116. Traynelis VC: Spinopelvic alignment of patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis (comment). Neurosurgery 61:986, 2007. 117. Traynelis VC: Anatomy of the nuchal ligament and its surgical applications (comment). Neurosurgery 61 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS-304, 2007. 118. Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive insertion of syringosubarachnoid shunt for posttraumatic synringomyelia: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 61 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS332, 2007. 119. Traynelis VC: Standard open microdiscectomy versus minimal access trocar microdiscectomy: results of a prospective randomized study (comment). Neurosurgery 61:182, 2008. 120. Traynelis VC: The impact of minimally invasive spine surgery on perioperative complications in overweight or obese patients (comment). Neurosurgery 62:698, 2008. 121. Traynelis VC: Correction of late traumatic thoracic and thoracolumbar kyphotic spinal deformities using posteriorly placed intervertebral distraction cages (comment). Neurosurgery 62 (ONS Suppl 1):ONS-172, 2008. 122. Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive surgical treatment of Bertolotti's syndrome: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 62 (ONS Suppl 2):ONSE455, 2008. 123. Traynelis VC: Staged operation for huge cervical intramedullary schwannoma: report of two cases (comment). Neurosurgery 62 (ONS Suppl 2):ONS460, 2008. 124. Traynelis VC: Rosai-Dorfman disease causing spinal cord compression: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 62:E978, 2008. 125. Traynelis VC: Giant craniovertebral junction hemorrhagic schwannoma: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 62:E1166, 2008. 126. Traynelis VC: Cervical myelomeningocele in adulthood: case report (comment). Neurosurgery 62:E1171, 2008. 127. Traynelis VC: Role of antifibrotic cytokine interferon-γ in the prevention of postlaminectomy peridural fibrosis in rats (comment). Neurosurgery 62:1357, 2008. 128. Traynelis VC: Delayed implantation of intramedullary chitosan channels containing nerve grafts promotes extensive axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury (comment). Neurosurgery 63:142, 2008. 21 129. Traynelis VC: Endoscopic transnasal transclival odontoidectomy: a new approach to decompression: technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 1): ONSE94, 2008. 130. Traynelis VC: Dorsal lumbar interbody fusion for chronic axial, mechanical low back pain: a modification of two established techniques (comment). Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 1): ONS107, 2008. 131. Traynelis VC: A new ceramic interspinous process spacer for lumbar spinal canal stenosis (comment). Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 1):ONS114, 2008. 132. Traynelis VC: Revision surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: surgical results and outcome (comment). Neurosurgery 63:298, 2008. 133. Traynelis VC: Mesenchymal stem cell and gene therapies for spinal fusion (comment). Neurosurgery 63:392, 2008. 134. Traynelis VC: Vertebral body replacement systems with expandable cages in the treatment of various spinal pathologies: a prospectively followed case series of 60 patients (comment). Neurosurgery 63:544-545, 2008. 135. Traynelis VC: Thoracolumbar spinal deformity: evaluation and treatment (preface). Neurosurgery 63 (Suppl 3): A4, 2008. 136. Traynelis VC: Cervical corpectomy: complications and outcomes (comment). Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS302, 2008. 137. Traynelis VC: Minimally invasive intraoperative stiffness measurement of lumbar spinal motion segments (comment). Neurosurgery 63 (ONS Suppl 2): ONS314, 2008. 138. Traynelis VC: Craniovertebral junction tuberculosis: a new comprehensive therapeutic strategy (comment). Neurosurgery 63:955, 2008. 139. Traynelis VC: Obesity and self-reported outcome after minimally invasive lumbar spinal fusion surgery (comment). Neurosurgery 63:960, 2008. 140. Traynelis VC: Surgical treatment of occipitocervical instability (comment). Neurosurgery 63:969, 2008. 141. Traynelis VC: Cardiac-gated phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging of cerebrospinal fluid flow in the diagnosis of idiopathic syringomyelia (comment). Neurosurgery 63:1144, 2008. 142. Traynelis VC: Treatment of remote Type II axis fractures in the elderly: feasibility of anterior odontoid screw fixation (comment). Neurosurgery 63:1151, 2008. 143. Traynelis V: Laminoplasty (editorial). J Neurosurg Spine 9:528-529, 2008. 144. Traynelis VC: Can patients with sagittally well-compensated lumbar degenerative kyphosis benefit from surgical treatment for intractable back pain? (comment). Neurosurg 64:121, 2009. 145. Traynelis VC: The use of allograft or autograft and expandable titanium cages for the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis (comment). Neurosurg 64:129, 2009. 22 146. Traynelis VC: Long-term follow-up of Chiari-related syringomyelia in adults: analysis of 157 surgically treated cases (comment). Neurosurgery 64:315, 2009. 147. Traynelis VC: Recurrent disc herniation and long-term back pain after primary lumbar discectomy: review of outcomes reported for limited versus aggressive disc removal (comment). Neurosurgery 64:344-345, 2009. 148. Traynelis VC: Giant cell ependymoma of the thoracic spine: pathology case report (comment). Neurosurg 64:E567, 2009. 149. Traynelis VC: Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment after tranforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (comment). Neurosurg 64:955-964, 2009. 150. Traynelis VC: Surgical results of the oblique paraspinal approach in upper lumbar disc herniation and thoracolumbar junction (comment). Neurosurg 65:99, 2009. 151. Traynelis VC: Management of a spontaneous spinal epidural abscess: A single-center 10-year experience (comment). Neurosurg 65:1181, 2009. 152. Traynelis, VC: Importance of the C1 anterior tubercle depth and lateral mass geometry when placing C1 lateral mass screws (comment). Neurosurgery 65:956-957, 2009. 153. Traynelis, VC: Vertebral compression fractures in patients presenting with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (comment). Neurosurgery 65:275, 2009. 154. Traynelis, VC: Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment after transforaminal lumbar lumbar interbody fusion (comment). Neurosurgery 64:963-964, 2009. 155. Traynelis, VC: Long-term follow-up of chiari-related syringomyelia in adults: Analysis of 157 surgically treated cases (comment). Neurosurgery 64:315, 2009. 156. Traynelis, VC: Endoscopic endonasal approach for clival chordomas (comment). Neurosurgery 64:276, 2009. 157. Traynelis, VC: Plate fixation of odontoid fractures without C1-C2 arthrodesis: practice of a novel surgical technique for stabilization of odontoid fractures, Including the opportunity to extend the fixation to C3 (comment). Neurosurgery 64:733, 2009. 158. Traynelis, VC: Clinicopathological review: esthesioneuroblastoma (comment). Neurosurgery. 64:770, 2009. 159. Traynelis, VC: Transoral approach and its superior extensions to the craniovertebral junction malformations: Surgical strategies and results (comment). Neurosurgery 64:342, 2009. 160. Traynelis, VC: Endoscopic image-guided transoral approach to the craniovertebral junction: an anatomic study comparing surgical exposure and surgical freedom obtained with the endoscope and the operating microscope (comment). Neurosurgery 64:444, 2009. 161. Traynelis, VC: Perioperative fever and outcome in surgical patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (comment). Neurosurgery 64:907, 2009. 23 162. Traynelis, VC: Improvement of back pain with operative and nonoperative treatment in adults with scoliosis (comment). Neurosurgery 64:93-94, 2009. 163. Traynelis, VC: Simple method for determining the need for sternotomy/manubriotomy with the anterior approach to the cervicothoracic junction (comment). Neurosurgery 65:E166, 2009. 164. Traynelis, VC: Biomechanical comparison of translaminar versus pedicle screws at T1 and T2 in long subaxial cervical constructs (comment). Neurosurgery 65:172, 2009. 165. Traynelis VC: Syringopleural shunt as a rescue procedure in patients with syringomyelia refractory to restoration of cerebrospinal fluid flow (comment). Neurosurgery 65:476, 2009. 166. Traynelis, VC: Safe angle scope for posterior atlanto-occipital transarticular screw fixation (comment). Neurosurgery 65:504, 2009. 167. Traynelis, VC: Management of a spontaneous spinal epidural abscess: A single-center 10-year experience (comment). Neurosurgery 65:924, 2009. 168. Traynelis, VC: Importance of the C1 anterior tubercle depth and lateral mass geometry when placing C1 lateral mass screws (comment). Neurosurgery 65:956-957, 2009. 169. Traynelis, VC: Biological reactions to cerebrospinal fluid shunt devices: A review of the cellular pathology (comment). Neurosurgery 65:957, 2009. 170. Traynelis, VC: Radiosurgery in the treatment of spinal metastases: Tumor control, survival, and quality of life after helical tomotherapy (comment). Neurosurgery 65:1060, 2009. 171. Traynelis, VC: Anerolateral approach without fixation for resection of an intradural schwannoma of the cervical spine canal: Technical note (comment). Neurosurgery 65:1181, 2009. 172. Traynelis, VC: Occipital cervical stabilization using occipital condyles for cranial fixation: Technical case report (comment). Neurosurgery 65:E1217, 2009. 173. Traynelis, VC: Etopic bone. J Neurosurg Spine 12:39, 2010. 174. Traynelis, VC: The transverse occipital ligament: Anatomy and potential functional significance (comment) Neurosurgery 66:ons3, 2010. 175. Traynelis, VC: Standardized measures of health status and disability and the decision to pursue operative treatment in elderly patients with degenerative scoliosis (comment). Neurosurgery, 66:47, 2010. 176. Traynelis VC: Biomechanics of a novel minimally invasive lumbar interspinous spacer: Effects on kinematics, facet loads, and foramen height (comment). Neurosurgery, 66:ons132, 2010. 177. Traynelis, VC: Feasible and accurate occipitoatlantal transarticular fixation: An anatomic study (comment). Neurosurgery 66:ons177, 2010. 24 178. Traynelis, VC: Biomechanical comparision of costotransverse process screw fixation and pedicle screw fixation of the upper thoracic spine (comment). Neurosurgery 66:ons182, 2010. 179. Traynelis, VC: A new technique for intraoperative reduction of occipitocervical instability (comment). Neurosurgery 66:ons324, 2010. 180. Traynelis, VC: Four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plate fixation: Radiographic and clinical results (comment) Neurosurgery 66:ons 646, 2010. 181. Traynelis, VC: Direct posterior reduction and fixation for the treatment of basilar invagination with atlantoaxial dislocation (comment). Neurosurgery 66:ons687, 2010. 182. Traynelis, VC: No justification for cervical disc prostheses in clinical practice: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (comment). Neurosurgery 66:1160, 2010. 183. Traynelis, VC: Disc arthroplasty (comment). J Neurosurg Spine 12:580, 2010. 184. Traynelis, VC: How to reduce recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in anterior cervical spine surgery: A prospective observational study (comment). Neurosurgery 67:14, 2010. 185. Traynelis, VC: Editorial C2 Neurectomy During Atlanto-Axial Instrumented Fusion in the elderly: Patient Satisfaction and Surgical Outcome (point of view). J Neurosurg Spine 10:774, 2010. 186. Traynelis, VC: Spine shortening and tethered cord (point of view). J Neurosurg Spine, in press, 2011. 187. Traynelis, VC: C-2 neuorectomy (point of view). J Neurosurg Spine, in press, 2011. 188. Fontes, RBV, Traynelis, VC: Transpsoas approach complications (point of view). J Neurosurg Spine, in press, 2011. 189. O’Toole, JE, Traynelis VC: Vertebral compression fracture (point of view). J Neursurg Spine, in press, 2011. Non-Peer-Reviewed Papers 1. Traynelis VC, Zaheer A, Sahu SK: Opposite effects of cis-parinaric acid on activities of p38 MAPK and c-Jun N-terminal kinases in malignant rat astrocytoma cells. Int Congress Series 1247: 297-309, 2002. 2. Andersson GBJ, Burkus JK, Foley KT, Haid RW, Nockels RP, Polly DW Jr, Sonntag VKH, Traynelis VC, Weinstein JN: Summary statement: treatment of the painful motion segment. Spine 30 (Suppl 16):S1, 2005. 3. Traynelis VC, Treharne RW: Use of Prestige LP artificial cervical disc in the spine. Expert Rev Med Devices 4:437-440, 2007. 25 Books 1. Loftus CM, Traynelis VC: Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques in Neurosurgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994. 2. Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S: Techniques in Spinal Fusion and Stabilization. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1995. 3. Barrow DL, Kondziolka D, Laws ER, Traynelis VC: Fifty Years of Neurosurgery. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000. 4. Vaccaro AR, Papadopoulos S, Traynelis VC, Haid RW, Sasso RC: Spinal Arthroplasty: The Preservation of Motion. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2007. Chapters 1. Traynelis VC, Kaufman HH: Atlanto-occipital dislocation, in Wilkins RH and Rengachary SS (eds): Neurosurgery Update. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991. 2. Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC: Lumbar hemilaminectomy for excision of a herniated disc, in Rengachary SS (ed): Neurosurgical Operative Atlas. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1991, Vol 1, pp 135-140. 3. Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Hoffman HT: Craniofacial resection of neoplasms of the anterior skull base, in Rengachary SS, Wilkins RH (eds): Neurosurgical Operative Atlas. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1993, pp 329-340. 4. Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Yamada TT: Identification of the sensorimotor cortex with SSEP phase reversal, in Loftus CM, Traynelis VC (eds): Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques in Neurosurgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994, pp 107-111. 5. Traynelis VC, Gantz BJ: Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring, in Loftus CM, Traynelis VC (eds): Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques in Neurosurgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994, pp 157-162. 6. Osenbach RK, Yamada T, Traynelis VC: Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex, in Loftus CM, Traynelis VC (eds): Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques in Neurosurgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994, pp 239-250. 7. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Acute bony decompression of the optic and facial nerves, in Loftus CM (ed): Neurosurgical Emergencies. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, 1994, Vol I, pp 195-215. 8. Mouw LJ, Traynelis VC: Acute intervention for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal disk disease, in Loftus CM (ed): Neurosurgical Emergencies. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, 1994, Vol II, pp 235-247. 9. Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Acute management of compressive peripheral nerve injuries, in Loftus CM (ed): Neurosurgical Emergencies. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, 1994, Vol II, pp 313-326. 10. Goel VK, Clausen JD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Biomechanics of the cervical spine, in Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S (eds): Techniques in Spinal Fusion and Stabilization. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1995, pp 38-50. 26 11. Traynelis VC, Haid RW: Posterior cervical plate stabilization with the AME Haid universal bone plate system, in Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S (eds): Techniques in Spinal Fusion and Stabilization. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1995, pp 152-158. 12. Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Caspar plate stabilization of the cervical spine, in Hitchon PW, Traynelis VC, Rengachary S (eds): Techniques in Spinal Fusion and Stabilization. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1995, pp 170-175. 13. Traynelis VC, Kaufman HH: Atlanto-occipital dislocation, in Wilkins RH, Rengachary SS (eds): Neurosurgery, second edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996, pp 2871-2874. 14. Menezes AH, Traynelis VC: Tumors of the craniovertebral junction, in Youmans JR (ed): Neurological Surgery, ed 4. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pp 3041-3072. 15. Traynelis VC, Goel VK, Gilbertson LG: Biomechanics of the thoracolumbar spine, in Menezes AH, Sonntag VKH (eds): Principles of Spinal Surgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996, pp 85-108. 16. Traynelis VC: Treatment of occiput-C1 injuries, in Menezes AH, Sonntag VKH (eds): Principles of Spinal Surgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996, pp 841-854. 17. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC: Posterior articular mass plate fixation of the subaxial cervical spine, in Menezes AH, Sonntag VKH (eds): Principles of Spinal Surgery. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996, pp 1081-1104. 18. Traynelis V: Anterior stabilization for traumatic instability of the cervical spine, in Al-Mefty O, Origitano TC, Harkey HL (eds): Controversies in Neurosurgery. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1996, pp 299-300. 19. Traynelis VC: Current treatment of upper cervical spine fractures and dislocations, in Salcman M (ed): Current Techniques in Neurosurgery. Springer, Philadelphia, 1998, pp 85-96. 20. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC: Subdural haematoma, in Pathy MSJ (ed): Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine. John Wiley & Sons, Sussex, England, 1998, pp 829-838. 21. Piper JG, Traynelis VC: Congenital malformations of the craniovertebral junction, in Dickman CA, Spetzler RF, Sonntag VKH (eds): Surgery of the Craniovertebral Junction. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1998, pp123-149. 22. Traynelis VC, Follett KA, Osenbach RK: Monitoring, in Benzel EC, Stillerman CB (eds): The Thoracic Spine. Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis, 1999, pp 183194. 23. Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Evaluation, management, and surgical repair of cervical spinal column trauma, in Grossman RG, Loftus CM (eds): Principles of Neurosurgery, 2nd edition. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1999, pp 183-195. 24. Brandenberg GA, Traynelis VC: Disc disease of the spinal column, in Grossman RG, Loftus CM (eds): Principles of Neurosurgery, 2nd edition. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1999, pp 577-593. 27 25. Saunders RL, Traynelis VC: Interbody strut techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management. Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1999, pp 241-248. 26. Traynelis VC, Brayton J, Cusick JF, Haid RW: Dorsal subaxial cervical instrumentation techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management. Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1999, pp 1039-1051. 27. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Goel VK: Cervical spine construct design, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management. Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1999, pp 1129-1140. 28. Ackerman LL, Traynelis VC: Dural space infections: cranial subdural empyema and cranial epidural abscess, in Osenbach RK, Zeidman SM (eds): Infections in Neurological Surgery: Diagnosis and Management. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1999, pp 85-100. 29. Valadka AB, Taggard D, Traynelis VC: Head, cervical spine, and spinal cord injury, in Corson JD, Williamson RCN (eds): Surgery. Mosby, London, 2001, Section 2, pp 6.1-6.11. 30. Barry CJ, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Controversies in image-guided spine surgery, in Germano IM (ed): Advanced Techniques in Image-Guided Brain and Spine Surgery, Thieme, New York, 2002, pp 218-223. 31. Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Intraoperative monitoring, in Batjer HH, Loftus CM (eds): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2003, pp 853-862. 32. Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Occipital cervical junction injury and dislocation, in Batjer HH, Loftus CM (eds): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2003, pp 1737-1743. 33. Lennarson PJ, Ackerman LL, Traynelis VC: Intracranial dural space infections, in Batjer HH, Loftus CM (eds): Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2003, pp 3178-3185. 34. Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Differential diagnosis of clival tumors, in Harsh G, (ed): Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas of the Skull Base and Spine. Thieme, New York, 2003, pp 25-30. 35. Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Treatment of occipital C1 injury, in Winn HR (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery, 5th edition. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2004, pp 4925-4937. 36. Menezes AH, Traynelis VC, Heth J: Tumors of the craniovertebral junction, in Winn HR (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery, 5th edition. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2004, pp 4799-4816. 37. Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC, Marinho A: Complications of lumbar laminectomy and/or discectomy, in Frymoyer J, Wiesel S (eds): The Adult and Pediatric Spine, 3rd edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004, pp 1201-1210. 28 38. Traynelis VC, Henn JS, Lemole Jr, GM, Apostolides PJ, Sonntag VKH: Posterior occipitocervical fixation, in Papadopoulos SM (ed): Manual of Cervical Spine Internal Fixation. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004, pp 119-141. 39. McCafferty R, Lennarson P, Traynelis VC: Decompression of the foramen magnum for Chiari malformations, in Herkowitz H (ed): The Cervical Spine Surgery Atlas, 2nd edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004, pp 219-230. 40. Saunders RL, Traynelis VC, Emery SE: Interbody strut techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, 2nd edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2005, pp 370-377. 41. Traynelis VC, Eichholz KM, Cusick JF, Haid RW Jr: Dorsal subaxial cervical instrumentation techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, 2nd edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2005, pp 1504-1517. 42. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Eichholz KM, Goel VK: Cervical spine construct design, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, 2nd edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2005, pp 1596-1608. 43. Waziri AE, Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Neurophysiology, in Moore AJ, Newell DW (eds): Neurosurgery: Principles and Practice. Springer-Verlag, London, 2005, pp 3-21. 44. Barua M, Traynelis VC: Posterior cervical fixation with the Axis system, in Kim DH, Vaccaro AR, Fessler RG (eds): Spinal Instrumentation: Surgical Techniques. Thieme, New York, 2005, pp 315-320. 45. Traynelis VC: Prestige cervical disk replacement, in Kim DH, Vaccaro AR, Fessler RG (eds): Spinal Instrumentation: Surgical Techniques. Thieme, New York, 2005, pp 1226-1229. 46. Pracyk JB, Traynelis VC: Disorders of the spinal cord, in Spivak JM, Connolly PJ (eds): Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Spine, 3rd edition. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois, 2006, pp 251-258. 47. Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Pathology of the occipitocervical junction: degenerative and rheumatologic disease, in Fessler R, Sekhar L (eds): Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques. Theime, New York, 2006, pp 13-22. 48. Hasan DM, Traynelis VC: Management of cervical spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis, in van Royen BJ, Dijkmans BAC (eds): Ankylosing Spondylitis, Diagnosis and Treatment. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2006, pp 303-311. 49. Waziri AE, Taggard DA, Traynelis VC: Neurophysiology, in Moore AJ, Newell DW (eds): Tumor Neurosurgery: Principles and Practice. Springer-Verlag, London, 2006, pp 3-20. 50. Traynelis VC: The Prestige cervical disc, in Vaccaro AR, Papadopoulos S, Traynelis VC, Haid RW, Sasso RC (eds): Spinal Arthroplasty: The Preservation of Motion. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2007, pp 151-161. 29 51. Traynelis VC: Posterior occipitocervical and atlantoaxial fusion, in Hitchon PW (ed): Approaches for Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation. Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2007, pp 27-41. 52. Walsh B, Found E, Traynelis VC: Spondylolysis repair, in Vaccaro AR, Baron EM (eds): Operative Techniques: Spine Surgery. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2008, pp 359-365. 53. Pracyk JB, Traynelis VC: Acute intervention for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal disk disease, in Loftus CM (ed): Neurosurgical Emergencies, 2nd edition. Thieme, New York, 2008, pp.197-208. 54. Traynelis VC: The Prestige cervical disc, in Yue JJ, Bertagnoli R, McAfee PC, An HS (eds): Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine: Advanced Techniques and Controversies. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2008, pp 199-201. 55. Walsh B, Pait TG, Traynelis VC: Low lumbar burst fractures, in Kim DH, Ludwig SC, Vaccaro AR, Chang J-C (eds): Atlas of Spine Trauma: Adult and Pediatric. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2008, pp 396-403. 56. Ahmed R, Traynelis VC, Vaccaro AR: Occipitocervical and atlantoaxial methods of fusion: C1-2 fixation, Harms screw, Magerl screw, wiring, in Bridwell KH (ed): The Textbook of Operative Spine Surgery, 3rd edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, in press. 57. Walsh B, Traynelis VC: Evaluation and management of craniocervical dissociation, in Winn HR (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery. Elsevier, in press. 58. Traynelis VC, Fontes R: Legal aspects in the treatment of lumbar disc disease, in Vaccaro AR, Benzel E, Pinheiro-Franco JL, Michael-Mayer H (eds): Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease. Dilivros Editora, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2010. 59. Burkus K, Haid R, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick T: Prestige LP technique and outcomes, in Mummaneni P, Kanter A, Wang M, Haid R (eds): Cervical Spine Surgery: Current Trends and Challenges. Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis, in press. 60. Dahdaleh NS, Traynelis, VC: Cervical Disc Arthroplasty. Contemporary Neurosurgery in press. 61. Walsh B., Traynelis V.C.: Cervical spine trauma. Subaxial injuries: Vertical compression injuries. Rothman Institute, 2010, pp. 377-383. 62. Traynelis VC, O’Toole JE, Emery SE: Interbody strut techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, 3rd edition. In press. 63. Deutsch H, Eichholz KM, Haid RW Jr, Traynelis VC: Dorsal subaxial cervical instrumentation techniques, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, 3rd edition. In press 64. Fontes R, Sawin PD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC: Cervical spine construct design, in Benzel EC (ed): Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, 3rd edition.In press. 30 65. Kasliwal MK, Walsh B, Found E, Traynelis VC: Spondylolysis repair, in Vaccaro nd AR, Baron EM (eds): Operative Techniques: Spine Surgery, 2 edition. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, in press. Electronic Publications 1. Robertson SC, Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC: Traumatic intracerebral hematomas. In: Adams HP (ed). Neurobase. Arbor Publishing, La Jolla, California, 1996. 2. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC: Epidural hematoma. In: Adams HP (ed). Neurobase. Arbor Publishing, La Jolla, California, 1996. Abstracts 1. Secrist RD, Traynelis VC, Schochet SS Jr, Kopitnik TA: Magnetic resonance imaging of experimental venous infarction. Neurosurg 24:950, 1989. 2. Traynelis VC, Powell RG, Koss W, Schochet SS Jr, Kaufman HH: Cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and sterile shunt malfunction, in Matsumoto S (ed): Annual Review of Hydrocephalus, Vol 7, Neuron, Tokyo, 1989. 3. Ryken TC, Osenbach RK, Traynelis VC, Lim R: Interaction of acidic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor beta in fetal rat astrocytes in vitro. Neurosci Abstr 17:37, 1991. 4. Traynelis VC, Menezes AH, Hoffman HT, Gantz BJ: Anterior skull base resection: A 12-year experience. Skull Base Surgery 2:52, 1992. 5. Roach RM, Traynelis VC, Donaher PA, Goel VK, Kojimoto H: Stabilization after anterior decompression of the cervical spine: Biomechanical comparison of the Caspar plate and three-level posterior fixation. J Neurosurg 76:390A-391A, 1992. 6. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Mitogenic effects of acidic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor beta on bovine and porcine endothelium in vitro. Neurosci Abstr 18:955, 1992. 7. Gerdes JS, Ryken TC, Schelper R, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC: Examination of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in a canine model. Neurosci Abstr 19:691, 1993. 8. Sawin PD, Ryken TC, Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Ultrastructural alterations in 36B10 glioma following irradiation. Neurosci Abstr 19:1896, 1993. 9. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Morphological and ultrastructural alterations in cultured malignant glioma treated with cis-parinaric acid. Neurosci Abstr 19:1897, 1993. 10. Ryken T, Clausen J, Goel V, Traynelis V: Comparison of anterior cervical plate screw torque following fatigue with unicortical versus bicortical placement. J Am Paraplegia Soc 17:110, 1994. 11. Ryken TC, Sawin PD, Runge TC, Traynelis VC: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid in medulloblastoma. Neurosci Abstr 20:835, 1994. 31 12. Sawin PD, Roach RM, Traynelis VC: Neurobehavioral testing as a predictor of tumor volume within the rodent caudate nucleus. Neurosci Abstr 21:2134, 1995. 13. Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Spinal epidural lipomatosis: three new idiopathic cases and one steroid induced asthmatic case with a review of the literature. Neurosci Abstr 21:488, 1995. 14. Sawin PD, Menezes AH, Traynelis VC: Autogenous rib grafts for spinal fusion: techniques, complications, and results of 300 cases. J Neurosurg 84:360A, 1996. 15. Beer SJ, Stein CS, Hilfinger JM, Tsume Y, Traynelis VC, Davidson BD: Encapsulated adenovirus: a novel method for the intracerebral delivery of adenovirus in glioma treatment. Neurosci Abstr 22:949, 1996. 16. Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, Follett KA: Complications of posterior cervical plating in 43 consecutive patients. J Neurosurg 86:423A-424A, 1997. 17. Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Nerad JA, Menezes AH: Midline craniofacial approach for malignancy: results of en bloc versus piecemeal resections at the University of Iowa. Skull Base Surgery 7 (Suppl 1):30, 1997. 18. Traynelis VC, Sahu SK, Oberley LW, Buettner GR, Smith D, Ryken TC, Weirather K, Darby C, Martin S: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid in human glial tumor cells sensitive or resistant to radiation. Neurosci Abstr 23:2445, 1997. 19. Sutterlin CE III, Traynelis VC: A multi-center clinical experience with the use of the AXIS fixation system in the posterior cervical spine. Neurosurgery 41:725, 1997. 20. Ghodsi AS, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC, Quets J, Sato Y: Evaluation of basilar artery aneurysms by helical computerized tomography angiography. J Neurosurg 88:182A, 1998. 21. Ghodsi AS, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA, Sato Y, Quets J, Sickles W: Accuracy assessment of computerized tomography-angiography for 3D measurement of intracranial aneurysm geometry. J Neurosurg 88:202A, 1998. 22. Ghodsi A, Yang G, Derksen T, Stein C, Anderson RD, Traynelis VC, Davidson BL: Extensive β-glucuronidase activity in murine CNS after adenovirus mediated gene transfer to brain. Neurosci Abstr 24:1017, 1998. 23. Heth J, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Robinson RA, Funk GF, Hoffman HT: Aggressive multispecialty treatment improves survival in sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. Skull Base Surg 11 (Suppl 1):20-21, 2001. 24. Barry CJ, Rizzo M, Darling W, Jermeland J, Traynelis V: The effect of wearing a restrictive neck brace on driver performance. J Neurosurg 96:428, 2002. 25. Traynelis VC: Cervical spinal arthroplasty. Jpn J Neurosurg 13:274, 2004. 26. Traynelis V, Anderson P, Hacker R, Heller J, Sasso R: Return to work analysis of patients treated with an artificial cervical disc or an arthrodesis. Spine J 6(Suppl 1):63S-64S, 2006. 32 27. Mummaneni PV, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA, Traynelis VC, Burkus JK: Two-year results from a prospective, randomized IDE study of the Prestige ST cervical disc. Neurosurgery 61:200, 2007. 28. Traynelis V, Burkus JK, Gornet MF, Jacobs JJ, Skipor AK, Kattner K: Prospective study of serum metal ion levels in patients with stainless steel metalon-metal cervical disc replacements. Spine J 7 (Suppl 5): 54S, 2007. 29. Traynelis, VC: Three- and 5-year results from a prospective, randomized United States investigational device exemption study of the PRESTIGE ST cervical disc: Neurosurg 65:408, 2009. Review 1. Traynelis VC: Review of MRI of the Brain II: Non-Neoplastic Disease, BrantZawadzki M and Bradley Jr. WG (eds), New York, Raven Press, 1991. J Neurosurg, 76:166-167, 1992. 2. Traynelis VC: Review of Microsurgery of the Cervical Spine, Young PH (ed), New York, Raven Press, 1991. Neurosurgery 31:160, 1992. 3. Porter BR, Traynelis VC: Diagnostic nerve root blocks, facet blocks and discography: a rational approach (expert commentary). Perspectives in Neurological Surgery 7:155-156, 1996. 4. Traynelis VC: Review of Atlas of Spine Surgery, Winter RB, Lonstein JW, Denis F, Smith MD (eds), Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1995. J Neurosurg 84:711, 1996. 5. Traynelis VC: Review of Surgical Approaches to the Spine, Albert TJ, Balderston RA, Northrup BE (eds), Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1997. Neurosurgery 42:1191-1192, 1998. Exhibits 1. Ganguly R, Traynelis VC, Pore RS, Hoover DL: Hyporesponsiveness of macrophages at temperatures below 37 degrees C. American Microbiology Association, Dallas, Texas, February 1981 (Poster). 2. Secrist RD, Traynelis VC, Schochet SS Jr: Acute venous infarction: preliminary experience with magnetic resonance imaging an animal model. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, September 1988 (Poster). 3. Traynelis VC, Willison CD, Chamber J, Schochet SS Jr, Kaufman HH: Millipore examination of valvular fluid in sterile shunt malfunctions. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Nashville, Tennessee, April 1990 (Poster). 4. Hitchon PW, Ossenbach RK, Godersky JC, Traynelis V: Transpedicular screw and plate fixation for spondylolisthesis. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Nashville, Tennessee, April 1990 (Poster). 5. Traynelis VC, Kopitnik TA, Haid RW, Dunker RO: Interhemispheric approach with callosal resection for distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms. American 33 Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1991 (Poster). 6. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Lim R: Interaction of acidic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor-beta in normal and transformed glia in vitro. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 1991 (Poster). 7. Dirks B, Hitchon PW, Haddad S, Brayton J, Traynelis VC: Surgical and nonsurgical treatment of thoracolumbar fractures. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 1991 (Poster). 8. Roach RM, Traynelis VC, VanGilder JC, Menezes AH, Hitchon PW, Loftus CM: Cervical corpectomy in nonspondylotic disease. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 1991 (Poster). 9. Ridenour TR, Haddad SF, Hitchon PW, Menezes AH, VanGilder JC, Traynelis VC: Thoracic disk herniations: operative procedures and clinical results. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 1991 (Poster). 10. Ryken TC, Osenbach RK, Traynelis VC, Lim R: Interaction of acidic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor beta in fetal rat astrocytes in vitro. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1991 (Poster). 11. Piper JG, Dirks BA, Traynelis VC, VanGilder JC: Perioperative management and surgical outcome of the acromegalic patient with sleep apnea. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, DC, October 1992 (Poster). 12. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Interaction of growth factors in cultured glia. University of Iowa College of Medicine Research Day, Iowa City, Iowa, April 1993 (Poster). 13. Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Menezes AH: Increased height as a diagnostic indicator of medulloblastomas. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1993 (Poster). 14. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Sandra A: Investigation of lipid metabolism in normal and transformed glia using a fluorescent ceramide probe. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 1993 (Poster). 15. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid in malignant glioma. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 1993 (Poster). 16. Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Adams HP Jr, Biller J: Surgical management of massive cerebral infarction. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 1993 (Poster). 17. Gerdes JS, Ryken TC, Schelper R, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC: Examination of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in a canine model. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, November 1993 (Poster). 18. Sawin PD, Ryken TC, Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Ultrastructural alterations in 36B10 glioma following irradiation. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, November 1993 (Poster). 34 19. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Morphological and ultrastructural alterations in cultured malignant glioma treated with cis-parinaric acid. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, November 1993 (Poster). 20. Gerdes JS, Ryken TC, Schelper R, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC: Examination of the blood-brain barrier in a canine model. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, April 1994 (Poster). 21. Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Determination of cervical vertebral bone density using dual-beam absorptiometry. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, April 1994 (Poster). 22. Ryken TC, Runge TC, Traynelis VC, Kratz DA, Cornelius AS: Mechanism of cisparinaric acid-induced cytotoxicity in malignant glioma. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, April 1994 (Poster). 23. Runge TC, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Roach RM, Murphy SP: Production of tumor necrosis factor in glial tumors. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, April 1994 (Poster). 24. Sawin PD, Clausen J, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Goel VK: The effect of cervical fusion on the motion of adjacent segments: a biomechanical study. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, October 1994 (Poster). 25. Lovick DS, Ryken TC, Traynelix VC, Dexter F: A comparison of insertion torque with three posterior cervical plating systems' primary and salvage screws. North American Spine Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 1994 (Poster). 26. Ryken TC, Sawin PD, Runge TC, Traynelis VC: Cytotoxicity of cis-parinaric acid in medulloblastoma. Society for Neuroscience, Miami, Florida, November 1994 (Poster). 27. Clausen JD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Stabilizing potential of two unicortical cervical locking plate systems in a human model. Cervical Spine Research Society, Baltimore, Maryland, December 1994 (Poster). 28. Ryken TC, Sawin PD, Traynelis VC: Use of dual beam absorptiometry in experimental cervical spine models. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February 1995 (Poster). 29. Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Follett KA: Spinal epidural hematoma following coronary thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February 1995 (Poster). 30. Sawin PD, Nader A, Todd MM, Traynelis VC: Cervical spine motion during routine endotracheal intubation: an in vivo study. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, April 1995 (Poster). 31. Sawin PD, Lovick DS, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Dexter F: Assessment of primary and rescue lateral mass screw insertion torque in a cadaveric model. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, October 1995 (Poster). 32. Robertson SC, Traynelis VC: Spinal epidural lipomatosis: three new idiopathic cases and one steroid induced asthmatic case with a review of the literature. 35 Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, October 1995 (Poster). 33. Sawin PD, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC, Clausen JD, Goel VK: Biomechanical evaluation of two CSLP systems in a cadaveric model. North American Spine Society, Washington, DC, October 1995 (Poster). 34. Sawin PD, Carras D, Traynelis VC, Brayton J, Smith D, Todd MM: Cervical spine motion during direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation in cadavers with subaxial trauma: a cinefluoroscopic study. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1996 (Poster). 35. Wellman BJ, Clausen JD, Traynelis VC, Goel VK: The role of Luschka's joints and uncinate processes in the motion of the cervical spine using a threedimensional C5-6 discoligamentous motion segment model. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1996 (Poster). 36. Ryken TC, Housden ES, Frankel BM, Watts C, Sofroniew MV, Traynelis VC: Three-dimensional culture of genetically modified glioma cell lines. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1996 (Poster). 37. Carras DH, Sawin P, Brayton J, Traynelis V, Todd MM: A cinefluoroscopy study comparing cadaver cervical spine motion during endotracheal intubation before and after C4-C5 trauma. Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1996 (Poster). 38. Carras DH, Sawin P, Brayton J, Traynelis V, Todd MM: A cinefluoroscopy study of cervical spine motion after C4-5 injury: the effects of in-line stabilization. Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1996 (Poster). 39. Sato Y, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA, Rubin MD: In vivo dissection of cerebral aneurysms using CT angiography. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, April 1997 (Poster). 40. Wellman B, Rockland KS, Traynelis VC: An anatomic base for gradual deterioration in patients with non-infiltrating mass lesions: a study using the neuroanatomical tract tracers PHA-L and BDA. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1997 (Poster). 41. Ghodsi AS, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA, Sato Y, Quets J, Sickles W: Accuracy assessment of computerized tomography-angiography for 3D measurement of intracranial aneurysm geometry. Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1998 (Poster). 42. Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC: The fusion rate for an ACF in patients with a prior history of a successful ACF at a different level. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Rancho Mirage, California, February 1998 (Poster). 43. Julien T, Frankel B, Traynelis V, Ryken T: Evidence based analysis of odontoid fracture management. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, October 1998 (Poster). 36 44. Mostafavi H, Lennarson P, Traynelis VC: Spinal chloromas. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1999 (Poster). 45. Julien T, Frankel B, Traynelis V, Ryken T: Evidence based analysis of odontoid fracture management. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1999 (Poster). 46. Lennarson P, Traynelis VC, Mostafavi H, Walters B: Management of Type II odontoid fractures: a case-control study. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1999 (Poster). 47. Taggard D, Traynelis VC: Technique of surgical fusion for fractures of the ankylosed cervical spine. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 1999 (Poster). 48. Lennarson P, Smith D, Todd MM, Traynelis VC, Carras D, Sawin PD, Brayton J, Sato Y: Segmental cervical spine motion during orotracheal intubation of the intact and injured spine with and without external immobilization. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1999 (Poster). 49. Julien T, Frankel B, Traynelis V, Ryken T: Evidence-based analysis of odontoid fracture management. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1999 (Poster). 50. Lennarson P, Sahu SK, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Cis-parinaric acid: characterization and mechanism of cytotoxicity in malignant glioma. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1999 (Poster). 51. Lennarson P, Schupfer PC, Traynelis VC, Todd MM, Maktabi MA, Smith D: Traction decreases maximal segmental cervical spine motion in normal human subjects during orotracheal intubation. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1999 (Oral Poster). 52. Puttlitz CM, Goel V, Traynelis V, Clark C: An investigation of cervical anchor type and unilateral vs. bilateral implementation of an upper cervical fusion device. Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, December 1999 (Poster). 53. Scifert JL, Goel VK, Grosland NM, Puttlitz CM, Totoribe K, Traynelis VC: Load sharing and stress shielding in the cervical spine following anterior bone graft and plating. Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, December 1999 (Poster). 54. Miller J, Lennarson P, Traynelis V: Function of ventriculoperitoneal shunts during laparoscopy. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, September 2000 (Oral Poster). 55. Ackerman LL, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC: Segmental variation of bone mineral density in the cadaveric cervical spine. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2001 (Poster). 37 56. Ryken TC, Meeks S, Hitchon P, Traynelis V, Bova F, Friedman W, Buatti J: Frameless stereotactic radiosurgery: initial experience. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 2001 (Poster). 57. Heth JA, Traynelis VC, Funk GF, McCulloch TM, Hoffman HT: Neurosurgical management of sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 2001 (Poster). 58. Lennarson PJ, Smith DW, Schupfer PC, Todd MM, Traynelis VC: Cervical spinal motion during intubation: efficacy of stabilization maneuvers in the setting of a type II dens fracture. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, September 2001 (Poster). 59. Barua M, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC: Combination atlas and axis fractures. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Orlando, Florida, March 2002 (Oral Poster). 60. Mummaneni PV, Haid RW, Rodts GE, Subach BR, Sasso RC, Traynelis VC: Occipito-cervico-thoracic fixation with a new polyaxial screw and rod system: technique and results. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2002 (Poster). 61. Foley KT, DiAngelo DJ, Osztheimer G, Zdeblick T, Traynelis VC: An improved testing protocol for evaluating anterior spinal instrumentation using graft loads in a single-level cervical discectomy or corpectomy model. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2002 (Poster). 62. Greenlee JD, Traynelis VC: Anterior cervical plating and allograft subsidence. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2002 (Poster). 63. Traynelis VC, Zaheer A, Sahu SK, Ryken TC: cis-Parinaric acid regulates ERK, JNK and p38 MAPK and induces cytotoxicity in malignant rat astrocytoma cells. Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Diego, California, November 2002 (Poster). 64. Sahu SK, Ryken TC, Weydert CJD, Traynelis VC, Oberley LW: AdenovirusMnSOD plus BCNU therapy of intracerebral tumors in rat. Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Diego, California, November 2002 (Poster). 65. DiAngelo DJ, Foley KT, Osztheimer G, Zdeblick T, Traynelis V: An improved testing protocol for evaluating anterior spinal instrumentation using graft loads in a single-level cervical discectomy or corpectomy model. Cervical Spine Research Society, Miami, Florida, December 2002 (Poster). 66. Barry CJ, Marple C, Rosenquist R, Traynelis VC: Postoperative epidural analgesia and anesthesia in the setting of posterior lumbar interbody fusion. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Tampa, Florida, March 2003 (Poster). 67. DiAngelo DJ, Foley KT, Osztheimer G, Traynelis V, Zdeblick TA: An improved testing protocol for evaluating anterior spinal instrumentation. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Tampa, Florida, March 2003 (Poster). 38 68. Traynelis V, Brotchi J, Gill S, Haid R, Nelson R, McCombe P, Porchet F, Zdeblick T: A clinical and radiographic comparison of the Prestige I cervical disc system to fusion for the treatment of single level degenerative disease. Cervical Spine Research Society European Section, Barcelona, Spain, June 2003 (Poster). 69. Traynelis V, Brotchi J, Gill S, McCombe P, Nelson R, Porchet F, Haid R, Zdeblick T: A clinical and radiographic comparison of the Prestige I cervical disc system to fusion for the treatment of single level degenerative disease. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, October 2003 (Oral Poster). 70. Traynelis V, Robertson J, Nelson R, Gill S, Haid R, Zdeblick T: Long-term experience with the Prestige I cervical disc system in an end stage indication. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, October 2003 (Poster). 71. Barua M, Traynelis VC: Primary cervical spine infections. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, San Diego, California, March 2004 (Poster). 72. Hasan DM, Lee S-K, Traynelis VC, Chaloupka JC: Incidence of re-treatment of intracranial aneurysms primarily managed by endovascular embolization with detachable coils. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 2004 (Poster). 73. Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA, Squires CM: Mechanical stability of the Prestige cervical disc. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 2004 (Poster). 74. Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA, Williams CS: In vivo and in vitro wear characteristics of the Prestige cervical disc. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 2004 (Poster). 75. Traynelis VC, Haid RW, Zdeblick TA, Williams CS: Host response to ceramic titanium composite particulate. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, March 2005 (Poster). 76. Zaheer A, Sahu SK, Traynelis VC: Negative interaction between fenretinide and inhibitors of EGF-R phosphorylation. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 2005 (Poster). 77. Burkus JK, Haid RW Jr, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA: Radiographic analysis of the Prestige ST cervical disc: results from a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Spine Arthroplasty Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2006 (Poster). 78. Dahdaleh NS, Lindley TE, Beeler SN, Reddy CG, Traynelis VC, Hitchon PW: The risk of degenerative disease adjacent to lumbar spinal instrumentation. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, October 2006 (Poster). 79. Traynelis VC: Total subaxial reconstruction. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2009 (Digital Poster). Other None 39 B. Areas of Research Interest and Current Projects Areas of Research Interest Cervical spine surgery Neuro-oncology Skull base surgery Current Projects Interactions between glioma cell cultures and fatty acids Metabolism of malignant gliomas Astrocytic extracellular matrix Cervical spine biomechanics C. Published Reviews of Scholarship D. None Grants Received Amount % Effort Salary Support National Institute of Health, 1991-96 2 RO1 NS15078-12, National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study-III, Study of Tirilazad Mesylate (U-74, 0006F) and Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate in Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injury (Co-Investigator) $363,600 2% $0 United States Army, DAMD17-97-C-7006, Cervical Spinal Motion During Orotracheal Intubation (Principal Investigator) 1996-00 $156,172 10% $16,000 The University of Iowa, Department of Surgery, Tumor Necrosis Factor and Malignant Gliomas (Principal Investigator) 1990-91 $15,000 5% $0 The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Brain and Glioma Metabolism in an Experimental Model (Principal Investigator) 1990-91 $5,000 1% $0 Title A. B. Period Federal State None C. College of Medicine 40 The University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, Effect of Cervical Collars on Driving Safety (Principal Investigator) D. 1/97-12/97 $10,400 2% $0 Other ICI Pharmaceuticals, A Comparison of Three Anesthetics for Neurosurgery (Co-Investigator) 1989-91 $114,290 2% $0 ICI Pharmaceuticals, Continuous Infusion of Diprivan vs. Morphine Boluses for Sedation in Severe Head Trauma (Co-Investigator) 1989-91 $195,660 2% $0 Aesculap, Biomechanical Evaluation of Cervical Spinal Stabilization Procedures in a Human Cadaveric Model (Principal Investigator) 6/92-12/92 $5,000 5% $0 Aesculap, Biomechanical Comparison of Unilateral and Bicortical Anterior Cervical Plate Fixation in a Human Cadaveric Spine Injury Model (Principal Investigator) 1991-93 $50,757 10% $0 Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, Head Injury Tirilazad Trial (HITT) (Co-Investigator) 1992-96 $331,000 1% $0 Ride for Kids Foundation, Tumor Necrosis Factor and Malignant Gliomas (Principal Investigator) 1992 $5,128 1% $0 Glaxo, Inc., The Intracranial Pressure Effects of Remifentanil and Alfentanil (Co-Investigator) 1993-94 $71,164 1% $0 Danek Group, Biomechanical Analysis of Orion Cervical Plate Fixation in a Human Cadaveric Spinal Injury Model (Principal Investigator) 6/93-12/93 $30,200 5% $0 1% $0 Glaxo Research Institute, Inc., 1993-94 USA A3004, A Comparative Study of Remifentanil and Fentanyl in Neuroanesthesia (Co-Investigator) $83,550 41 E. Danek Group, Biomechanical Analysis of Orion Cervical Plate Fixation in a Human Cadaveric Spinal Injury Model (Principal Investigator) 7/94-12/94 $3,039 1% $0 AO/ASIF Research Commission, 95-H17, In Vitro Comparative Biomechanical Analysis of Thoracolumbar Spinal Devices (Co-Investigator) 1994-95 $30,300 2% $0 AcroMed Corporation, In Vitro Comparative Biomechanical Analysis of Thoracolumbar Spinal Devices (Co-Investigator) 1994-95 $10,000 1% $0 Johnson & Johnson, Codman Anterior Cervical Plate Clinical Evaluation (Principal Investigator) 4/96-12/96 $6,000 1% $0 Sofamor Danek, IDE #G960044, A Prospective, Controlled, Clinical Investigation of the NOVUS CSR Ring and NOVUS CSR Block for Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion in Patients With Symptomatic Cervical Disc Disease (Principal Investigator) 1996-99 $28,500 2% $0 Joint Section on Disorders of the 1998-99 Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Effect of Wearing a Restrictive Neck Brace on Driver Performance (Principal Investigator) $29,000 5% $0 Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Cervical Spine Research Educational Grant (Principal Investigator) 2001 $30,383 1% $0 Medtronic Sofamor Danek, A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of an Artificial Cervical Disc vs. Anterior Cervical Fusion for Single Level Symptomatic Cervical Disc Disease (Principal Investigator) 2003-06 $40,000 5% $0 Invited Lectures and Presentations Invited Lectures 42 1. Guest Lecturer, Sapir Medical Center, Meir General Hospital, Kfar-Saba, Israel, Stroke surgery, July 1990. 2. Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Omaha, Nebraska, Interhemispheric approach with callosal resection for distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms, May 1991. 3. The Research Society of Neurological Surgeons, Durham, North Carolina, Effect of gamma irradiation of glial extracellular matrix in vitro, May 1991. 4. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Panelist, Instrumentation in the cervical spine, October 1991. 5. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Panel moderator, Advances in biology of gliomas, October 1991. 6. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Cincinnati, Ohio, Faculty member, Surgery of the Cervical Spine - Hands-On, May 1992. 7. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, St. Louis, Missouri, Faculty member, Surgery of the Cervical Spine - Hands-On, October 1992. 8. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Posterolateral approach to the craniovertebral junction, April 1993. 9. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Faculty member, Surgery of the Cervical Spine - Hands-On, June 1993. 10. Semmes-Murphey Clinic Fifth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1993. 11. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, Faculty member, Surgery of the craniocervical junction: operative exposure and stabilization techniques, October 1993. 12. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, Panelist, Instability of the cervical spine, October 1993. 13. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Faculty member, Anterior cervical spine stabilization course, February 1994. 14. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Faculty member, Posterior cervical spine stabilization course, February 1994. 15. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Contributed papers session moderator, February 1994. 16. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Faculty member, Craniocervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1994. 17. Spinal Research Education Foundation Sixth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1994. 43 18. Spinal Research Education Foundation Sixth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Cervical biomechanics, June 1994. 19. Spinal Research Education Foundation Sixth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Anterior cervical plate biomechanics, June 1994. 20. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty member, Craniocervical junction stabilization, October 1994. 21. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Panelist, Cervical spine instability and indications for instrumentation, October 1994. 22. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Panelist, Management of clival lesions, October 1994. 23. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Panel moderator, Anatomic basis of surgery of the craniovertebral junction, February 1995. 24. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Special course director, Posterior thoracolumbar instrumentation, February 1995. 25. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Faculty member, Cervical spine instrumentation course, February 1995. 26. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Faculty member, Craniocervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1995. 27. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Panelist, Cervical spine instability: diagnosis and treatment, April 1995. 28. Research Institute International and Medical Education Resources, 1995 Spinal Outlook, Hot Springs, Virginia, Faculty member, May 1995. 29. Research Institute International and Medical Education Resources, 1995 Spinal Outlook, Hot Springs, Virginia, Spinal stenosis: role of decompression, fusion, stabilization, May 1995. 30. Research Institute International and Medical Education Resources, 1995 Spinal Outlook, Hot Springs, Virginia, Cervical laminectomy and laminoplasty: role of instrumentation, May 1995. 31. Advances in Spine Surgery, Paris, France, Faculty member, May 1995. 32. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty member, Surgery of the Cervical Spine - Hands-On, June 1995. 33. Spinal Research and Education Foundation Seventh Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1995. 34. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Faculty member, Cervical spine instrumentation I: C2-T2, October 1995. 44 35. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Panelist, Consultants corner - cervical spine, October 1995. 36. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Panelist, Management of clival lesions, October 1995. 37. The National Center for Advanced Medical Education Comprehensive Spine Review, Chicago, Illinois, Inflammatory conditions: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Scheuermann's disease, Reiter's syndrome, sacroiliitis, November 1995. 38. Spinal Conference: Anterior Approach to the Spine, Herzilia, Israel, Anterior instrumentation in degenerative disease, January 1996. 39. Spinal Conference: Anterior Approach to the Spine, Herzilia, Israel, Anterior instrumentation for trauma, January 1996. 40. Spinal Conference: Anterior Approach to the Spine, Herzilia, Israel, Panelist, January 1996. 41. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics course, February 1996. 42. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Faculty member, Cervical stabilization course, February 1996. 43. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Bone symposium moderator, February 1996. 44. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, April 1996. 45. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Faculty member, Craniocervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1996. 46. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Discussant, Comparative biomechanical properties of cable fixation devices for the cervical spine, April 1996. 47. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Panelist, Odontoid fractures: management and techniques, April 1996. 48. Spinal Research and Education Foundation Eighth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1996. 49. XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Surgical principles involving stabilization of the craniocervical junction, September 1996. 50. XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Indications and techniques for occipitocervical fusion, September 1996. 51. XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Chiari malformation and syringomyelia: current concepts and surgical management, September 1996. 45 52. XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Understanding platybasia, basilar invagination, and basilar impression, September 1996. 53. XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Surgical approaches to the craniocervical junction, September 1996. 54. XXI Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Curitiba, Brazil, Instructor, Hands-On Spinal Instrumentation, September 1996. 55. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Faculty member, Craniovertebral junction and upper cervical spine stabilization, September 1996. 56. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Course director, Posterior cervical stabilization techniques, September 1996. 57. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Upper cervical spine trauma, September 1996. 58. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Panelist, Practical clinical spinal biomechanics: made ridiculously simple, September 1996. 59. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Moderator, Current approaches to spinal injury, October 1996. 60. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Panelist, Consultants corner: cervical spine, October 1996. 61. Spine + Science + Management = Success, New Orleans, Louisiana, Faculty member, November 1996. 62. Ninth Annual Contemporary Update on Disorders of the Spine, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Faculty member, January 1997. 63. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Newport Beach, California, Faculty member, Occipito-cervical stabilization, February 1997. 64. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Newport Beach, California, Course director, Deformity treatment and stabilization of the subaxial cervical spine, February 1997. 65. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Newport Beach, California, Treatment and subaxial cervical deformity, February 1997. 66. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Newport Beach, California, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, February 1997. 67. North American Skull Base Society, Little Rock, Arkansas, Faculty member, Stabilization of the craniocervical junction, March 1997. 68. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, April 1997. 46 69. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Course codirector, Craniocervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1997. 70. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Panelist, Biomechanics of spinal instrumentation, April 1997. 71. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Faculty member, Evidence-based practice: science at the bedside, April 1997. 72. Spinal Research and Education Foundation Ninth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, May 1997. 73. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Moderator, Stroke: rapid identification and treatment, September 1997. 74. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Panelist, Biomechanics made ridiculously simple, September 1997. 75. VIII Peruvian Congress of Neurosurgery, Lima, Peru, Co-Director, Cervical spine instrumentation, November 1997. 76. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Rancho Mirage, California, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, February 1998. 77. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, April 1998. 78. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Faculty member, Cranio-cervical junction: approaches and treatment, April 1998. 79. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Course director, Surgical exposure, decompression, and stabilization of the cervical spine, April 1998. 80. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Panelist, Spinal stabilization: state of the art principles of selection, application, and construction design, April 1998. 81. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Panelist, Diagnosis and management of cervical spine instability, April 1998. 82. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Panelist, Management of rheumatoid and chronic instability of the craniovertebral junction and cervical spine, April 1998. 83. Neurosurgical Society of America, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Symposium moderator, Neurosurgical management of sports injuries, May 1998. 84. Spinal Research and Education Foundation Tenth Annual Spine Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1998. 85. XXVIII Latin American Congress of Neurosurgery, Santiago, Chile, Co-Director, Cervical spine instrumentation course, October 1998. 47 86. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, October 1998. 87. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, Moderator, Cervical spine fixation techniques, October 1998. 88. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, The case against cages, October 1998. 89. Eleventh Annual Contemporary Update on Disorders of the Spine, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Faculty member, January 1999. 90. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, The role of multilevel corpectomy, February 1999. 91. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, April 1999. 92. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Course director, Surgical exposure, decompression, and stabilization of the cervical spine, April 1999. 93. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Panelist, Decompression and stabilization of the craniovertebral junction, April 1999. 94. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Discussant, Early experience with threaded lumbar interbody fusion device, April 1999. 95. The Society of Neurological Surgeons, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Progress in the development of a core curriculum for basic neurological sciences, May 1999. 96. Spinal Research and Education Foundation 11th Annual International Spine and Peripheral Nerve Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, Faculty member, June 1999. 97. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics, October 1999. 98. Spinal Instrumentation Workshop, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Biomechanics of the cervical spine and cervical spine instrumentation, December 1999. 99. Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, Management of spinal cord tumors, December 1999. 100. Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, Contributed papers session moderator, December 1999. 101. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Palm Springs, California, Moderator, Indications for spinal fusion: absolute, relative, contraindicated, February 2000. 102. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics and clinical management decision making, September 2000. 48 103. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Moderator, Case management: cervical spondylotic myelopathy, September 2000. 104. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Moderator, Open papers session, September 2000. 105. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Joint replacement in neurosurgery: artificial disks, September 2000. 106. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Faculty member, Instability of the subaxial cervical spine: current concepts in management, September 2000. 107. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, Texas, Course director, General neurosurgical practice after 2000, September 2000. 108. Thirteenth Annual Contemporary Update on Disorders of the Spine, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Faculty member, January 2001. 109. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, The artificial disc: early outcomes and future applications, February 2001. 110. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Perils and pitfalls of instrumented spinal surgeries: problems with screws, February 2001. 111. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Faculty member, Approaches and stabilization techniques for the craniovertebral junction, April 2001. 112. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Faculty member, Cervical spine instability: instrumentation and other methods of management, April 2001. 113. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Panelist, Contempotary management of cervical disc disease: how I do it, April 2001. 114. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics and clinical management decision making, September 2001. 115. 4th Congress of the International Society for Neurosurgical Technology and Instrument Invention, Queensland, Australia, Biomechanical and mechanical analysis of a cervical disc prosthesis, September 2001. 116. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Moderator, Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: case management perspectives, October 2001. 117. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Spine inventions: from concept to production, October 2001. 118. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Orlando, Florida, Artificial disc, February 2002. 49 119. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Orlando, Florida, Moderator, Cervical spine surgery: state of the art, March 2002. 120. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty member, Craniovertebral junction: surgical approaches, stabilization techniques, and complications, April 2002. 121. 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland, Course chairman, Posterior cervical fixation, May 2002. 122. 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland, Faculty member, Spondylolisthesis, May 2002. 123. 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland, Faculty member, Anterior cervical fixation, May 2002. 124. 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland, Faculty member, Cervical challenges, May 2002. 125. 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreux, Switzerland, Moderator, Innovative technologies, May 2002. 126. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Faculty member, Spinal biomechanics and clinical management decision making, September 2002. 127. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moderator, Controversies in the management of craniovertebral junction abnormalities, September 2002. 128. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Biologics and prosthetics: the wave of the future, September 2002. 129. Cervical Spine Research Society, Miami Beach, Florida, Moderator, Disc replacement, December 2002. 130. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Tampa, Florida, Artificial discs - a reality in our time?, March 2003. 131. 10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Basic science of cervical spine disk replacement, July 2003. 132. 10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Faculty member, Complex reconstruction challenges, July 2003. 133. 10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Moderator, The cervical spine, July 2003. 134. 10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Panel member, Occipital-cervical & cervico-thoracic instrumentation issues, July 2003. 135. 10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Faculty member, Cervical challenges, July 2003. 136. 10th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome, Italy, Chair, Preserving motion in the diseased cervical spine, July 2003. 50 137. World Spine II, Chicago, Illinois, Course director, Management of cervical spinal trauma, August 2003. 138. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, A call to arms: the professional liability crisis, October 2003. 139. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Moderator, Cervical and lumbar disc prostheses: technology and applications, October 2003. 140. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Cervical infection, October 2003. 141. Cervical Spine Research Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, Moderator, Anterior cervical surgery - complications, December 2003. 142. Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Tokushima, Japan, Cervical spinal arthroplasty, May 2004. 143. Aichi Spine Forum, Aichi, Japan, C1-2 fusion techniques, May 2004. 144. Neurosurgical Society of America, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cervical disc replacement: current status, June 2004. 145. 11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton, Bermuda, Faculty member, Advanced treatments in complex cervical reconstruction, July 2004. 146. 11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton, Bermuda, Chair, Preserving motion in the diseased cervical disc, July 2004. 147. 11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton, Bermuda, Panel, Cervical fixation and arthroplasty options, July 2004. 148. The Spine Technology Education Group, Innovative Techniques in Spine Surgery, Los Cabos, Mexico, Cervical clinical experience: Prestige, August 2004. 149. Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Moderator, Anterior cervical surgery, December 2004. 150. Cervical Spine Research Society Ninth Instructional Course, Boston, Massachusetts, Neck pain solid fusion. Work up, treatment. Adjacent level facet arthrodesis, injections? Radiofrequency Ablation?, December 2004. 151. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Institute for Spinal Disorders Fourth Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Henderson, Nevada, Prestige disc, February 2005. 152. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Institute for Spinal Disorders Fourth Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders 2005, Henderson, Nevada, Panelist, Cervical disc replacement, February 2005. 153. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Boston, Massachusetts, Cervical arthroplasty, February 2005. 51 154. New England Neurosurgical Society Donaghy Lecture, Woodstock, Vermont, Cervical disc arthroplasty, February 2005. 155. Southern Neurosurgical Society, Key West, Florida, Complications of arthroplasty, March 2005. 156. Houston Neurological Society, Houston, Texas, Cervical arthroplasty, March 2005. 157. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Faculty member, Arthroplasty: techniques and indications for the cervical and lumbar spine, March 2005. 158. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, The future of spinal surgery: motion sparing technology, March 2005. 159. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Faculty member, Artificial cervical disc technology, April 2005. 160. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, Faculty member, Craniovertebral junction surgical approaches: indications, techniques, limitations, and complications, April 2005. 161. 12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Chair, Cervical disc arthroplasty, July 2005. 162. 12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Faculty member, Advanced treatments in complex cervical reconstruction, July 2005. 163. 12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Faculty member, Cervical challenges, July 2005. 164. 12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Devices: clinical experience and results: Prestige, July 2005. 165. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Faculty member, Surgical arthrodesis of the cervical spine, October 2005. 166. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Faculty member, Spinal arthroplasty, October 2005. 167. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Faculty member, Disk arthroplasty of the cervical and lumbar spine, October 2005. 168. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, Disc arthroplasty, October 2005. 169. John Green Guest Lecturer, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, Cervical spinal arthroplasty, November 2005. 170. Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, Panel member, Type 2 dens fracture, December 2005. 52 171. Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, Moderator, Anterior cervical surgery, December 2005. 172. The 15th Annual Course on the Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders: Complex Spine Surgery from Cervical to Sarcum, Beaver Creek, Colorado, Moderator, Cervical stenosis, January 2006. 173. The 15th Annual Course on the Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders: Complex Spine Surgery from Cervical to Sarcum, Beaver Creek, Colorado, Decompression and stabilization: when to do anteriorly? When to do anteriorly and posteriorly? Fixation options, January 2006. 174. The 15th Annual Course on the Surgical Management of Spinal Disorders: Complex Spine Surgery from Cervical to Sarcum, Beaver Creek, Colorado, C5C6 HNP with C6 radiculopathy, unresponsive to nonoperative treatments: arthroplasty, January 2006. 175. Interurban Neurosurgical Society, Chicago, Illinois, Cervical arthroplasty, March 2006. 176. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Faculty member, Craniovertebral junction surgical approaches: indications, techniques, limitations, and complications, April 2006. 177. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Faculty member, Artificial cervical disc technology, April 2006. 178. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Fusion strategies for the craniovertebral junction, April 2006. 179. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Panelist, Cervical disc disease: current treatment options, April 2006 180. Neurosurgical Society of America, Ojai, California, Spondylolisthesis, June 2006. 181. The 13th Advanced Techniques in Cervical Spine Decompression and Stabilization hands-on cadaver workshop, St. Louis, Missouri, Faculty member, September 2006. 182. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty member, Spinal arthroplasty, October 2006. 183. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Moderator, Motionpreserving spinal surgery: indications and outcomes, October 2006. 184. 17th Annual Colorado Spine Symposium, Denver, Colorado, Clinical and radiographic analysis of the Prestige cervical disc: two-year results from a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial, October 2006. 185. 17th Annual Colorado Spine Symposium, Denver, Colorado, Occipital-cervical fusion strategies, October 2006. 186. 2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, New techniques in cervical fusion, November 2006. 53 187. 2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Treatment of degenerative and rheumatological diseases of the craniovertebral junction, November 2006. 188. 2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Fixation of odontoid fractures, November 2006. 189. 2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Cervical arthroplasty, November 2006. 190. 2nd International Congress on Selected Topics in Neurosurgery, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Surgical treatment of spondylotic cervical myelopathy, November 2006. 191. The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, The argument for cervical arthroplasty (honored guest presentation), January 2007. 192. The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, Cervical arthroplasty: clinical results (honored guest presentation), January 2007. 193. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Course director, Cervical arthroplasty, September 2007. 194. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Faculty member, Disk arthroplasty of the cervical and lumbar spine, September 2007. 195. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Patient selection challenges: arthroplasty, September 2007. 196. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, The process of innovation: from ideas to product development and commercialization: the novel idea, September 2007. 197. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Panel member, Interactive case discussions, September 2007. 198. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Device development: artificial disk development, September 2007. 199. Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Panel member, Painful facet treatment options - case presentation and panel discussion, February 2008. 200. Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Panel member, Cervical radiculopathy/myelopathy - case presentation and panel discussion, February 2008. 201. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Orlando, Florida, Faculty member, Spine and nerve oral board and recertification review, February 2008. 202. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty member, Craniovertebral junction surgical approaches: indications, techniques, limitations, and complications, April 2008. 54 203. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Faculty member, Artificial cervical disc technology, April 2008. 204. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Moderator, Cervical disc disease, April 2008. 205. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Course director, Cervical arthroplasty, September 2008. 206. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, Faculty member, Disk arthroplasty of the cervical and lumbar spine, September 2008. 207. Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Nerve root injuries, February 2009. 208. Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Traumatic L1 burst fracture in the setting of an incomplete neurological deficit: immediate surgery is necessary, February 2009. 209. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Cervical arthroplasty: indications and contraindications, FDA status, February 2009. 210. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Treatment of spondylolisthesis in the osteoporotic spine, February 2009. 211. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego,California, Faculty member, Cranio-cervical junction: Surgical approaches, indictions and fusion techniques, May 2009. 212. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Panelist, Spinal surgical challenges, May 2009. 213. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Discussant, C2 neurectomy during atlanto-axial instrumented fusion in the elderly: patient satisfaction and surgical outcome, May 2009. 214. Cervical Spine Research Society 37 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, Faculty member, Long term and radiographic outcomes of the Prestige ST cervical disc replacement results from a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial, December 2009. 215. Evidence &Technology Spine Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Speaker, Degenerative stenosis with listhesis, lumbar spine, evidence for decompression alone, January 2010. 216. Evidence &Technology Spine Summit, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Speaker, The lack of evidence for our current use of biologics, January 2010. 217. Saint Louis University, Missouri, Faculty member, 3 CSRS Hands-on Cadaver Course, January 2010. 218. AANS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Faculty member, Cranio-cervical: Stabilization techniques, surgical approaches and indications, May 2010. th rd 55 219. AANS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Discussant, Does surgical treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy result in long term benefit? Two year outcomes of the AO spine North America CSM multi-center prospective study in 280 subjects, May 2010. 220. XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil, Evidence based approach to odontoid fracture, September 2010. 221. XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil, Current state of treatment of degenerative disc disease, September 2010. 222. XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil, Instrumentation in the cranio-cervical junction, September 2010. 223. XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil, Laminoplasy, September 2010. 224. XXVII Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Speaker, Salvador, Brazil, Cervical anthroplasty, September 2010. 225. South Carolina Association of Neurological Surgeons, Charelston, South Carolina, Speaker, Multilevel cervical reconstruction, November 2010. 226. Cervical Spine Reaserch Society 15 Instructional Course, Charlotte, North Carolina, Faculty member, Why OPLL is Special, December 2010. 227. Cervical Spine Reaserch Society 38 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, Moderator, Session IV- Cervical Fusion, December 2010. 228. Spine on the Mountain, Vail, CO, Faculty member, Arthroplasty for MyelopathyIndications and Outcomes, January 2011. 229. 27 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, Faculty member, Masters in Spinal Surgery: What Has Experience Taught Me?, March 2011. 230. 27 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, Faculty member, Cervical Myelopathy, March 2011. 231. AANS 79 Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, Faculty member, Cranio Cervical: Stabilization Techniques, Surgical Approaches, April 2011. th th th th th Conference Presentations 1. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Pediatric Section, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The neuropathology of shunts (Powell RG, Schochet SS Jr., Traynelis VC), December 1986. 2. Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, Acute venous infarction: preliminary experience with magnetic resonance imaging in an animal model (Secrist RD, Traynelis VC, Schochet SS JR), January 1989. 56 3. Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, Cardiovascular and hematologic parameters during radiofrequency retrogassarian rhizolysis (Kopitnik TA Jr, Traynelis VC, Nugent GR), January 1989. 4. Southern Neurosurgical Society, Point Clear, Alabama, Magnetic resonance imaging of experimental venous infarction (Secrist RD, Traynelis VC, Kopitnik TA Jr, Schochet SS Jr), March 1989. 5. Cervical Spine Research Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stabilization after anterior decompression of the cervical spine: Biomechanical comparison of anterior Caspar plate and three-level posterior fixation techniques (Donaher PA, Roach RM, Kojimoto H, Goel VK, Traynelis VC), December 1991. 6. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Stabilization after anterior decompression of the cervical spine: Biomechanical comparison of the Caspar plate and three-level posterior fixation (Roach RM, Traynelis VC, Donaher PA, Goel VK, Kojimoto H), April 1992. 7. Neurosurgical Society of America, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Biomechanical properties of cervical spine instrumentation, June 1992. 8. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Tucson, Arizona, Biomechanical analysis of anterior cervical plates (Traynelis VC, Clausen JD, Ryken TC, Roach RM, Goel VK, Zheng Z, Seenivasan G, Kong WZ), February 1993. 9. Neurosurgical Society of America, Boca Raton, Florida, Investigation of lipid metabolism in normal and transformed glia using fluorescent ceramide and fatty acid probes, March 1993. 10. Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Omaha, Nebraska, Biomechanical analysis of anterior cervical plates, May 1993. 11. ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, Biomechanics of Caspar and Synthes plates in quasi-static and cyclic loading modes (Clausen JD, Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC), June 1993. 12. Drug Discovery and Development Seminar, San Diego, California, The mechanism of parinaric acid anti-cancer activity: a prototypic conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid (Cornelius AS, Kratz DA, Traynelis V, Ryken T, Runge T, Spector AA), July 1993. 13. International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids, Lugaren, Switzerland, The mechanism of conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid anti-cancer activity (Cornelius AS, Kratz DA, Traynelis VC, Ryken TC, Runge TC), July 1993. 14. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Biomechanical analysis of bone mineral density, insertion technique, screw torque, and holding strength of anterior cervical plate screws (Ryken TC, Clausen J, Goel V, Traynelis V), February 1994. 15. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Biomechanical comparison of two anterior cervical locking plate systems in a dynamic cadaveric model (Traynelis VC, Ryken T, Clausen J, Goel V), February 1994. 57 16. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, (Panelist), Treatment of cervical spine instability: diagnosis and management, April 1994. 17. American Spinal Injuries Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Comparison of anterior cervical plate screw torque following fatigue with unicortical versus bicortical placement (Ryken T, Clausen J, Traynelis V, Goel V), April 1994. 18. Research Society of Neurological Surgeons, Portland, Oregon, Cytotoxicity of cisparinaric acid in cultured malignant gliomas (Traynelis VC, Ryken TC, Runge TC, Cornelius AS), June 1994. 19. American Society of Biomechanics, Columbus, Ohio, Biomechanical analysis of bone mineral density, screw torque, and holding strength of anterior cervical plate screws (Clausen JD, Goel VK, Ryken TC, Traynelis VC), October 1994. 20. Cervical Spine Research Society, Baltimore, Maryland, Stabilizing potential of unicortical and bicortical screw placement in anterior plates: role of bone mineral density and screw torque (Traynelis VC, Clausen JD, Goel VK, Ryken TC), December 1994. 21. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Biomechanical evaluation of two unicortical anterior cervical fixation systems in a cadaveric model (Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Clausen JD, Dexter F, Goel VK), February 1995. 22. Neurosurgical Society of America, Sea Island, Georgia, Instrumentation for anterior approaches to the cervical spine, June 1995. 23. Cervical Spine Research Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cervical spine motion during direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation: an in vivo study (Traynelis VC, Sawin PD, Todd MM, Goel VK, Sato Y), December 1995. 24. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, San Antonio, Texas, Surgical management of malignant edema after massive cerebral infarction (Robertson SC, Traynelis VC, Adams HP), January 1996. 25. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Inhibition of phospholipase A2 activity by chymopapain in an in vivo model of acute sciatica (Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Rich G, Smith BA, Maves TJ, Follett KA, Moore SA), February 1996. 26. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Rib and iliac crest: a comparative analysis of fusion rates and donor site morbidity for autogenous bone grafts in posterior cervical fusions (Sawin PD, Menezes AH, Traynelis VC), February 1996. 27. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Autogenous rib grafts for spinal fusion: techniques, complications, and results of 300 cases (Sawin PD, Menezes AH, Traynelis VC), April 1996. 28. North American Skull Base Society, San Diego, California, Functional orbit preservation during anterior skull base surgery (McCulloch TM, Nerad JA, Traynelis VC, Hoffman HT, Funk GF, Graham SM), June 1996 58 29. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Newport Beach, California, Complications of posterior cervical plating in 43 consecutive patients (Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, Follett KA), February 1997. 30. North American Skull Base Society, Little Rock, Arkansas, Midline craniofacial approach for malignancy: results of en bloc versus piecemeal resections at the University of Iowa (Wellman BJ, Traynelis VC, McCulloch TM, Nerad JA, Menezes AH), March 1997. 31. Neurosurgical Society of America, Cambridge, England, Chymopapain as an antiinflammatory agent, April 1997. 32. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, A multi-center clinical experience with the use of the AXIS fixation system in the posterior cervical spine (Sutterlin CE III, Traynelis VC), September 1997. 33. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, Accuracy assessment of CT angiography for three-dimensional measurement of intracranial aneurysm geometry (Sato Y, Quets JP, Sickels WJ, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM, Follett KA), November 1997. 34. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, Helical CT-angiography of the basilar artery aneurysm (Sato Y, Quets JP, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM), November 1997. 35. Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Evaluation of basilar artery aneurysms by helical computerized tomography angiography (Ghodsi AS, Loftus CM, Traynelis VC, Quets J, Sato Y), February 1998. 36. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Rancho Mirage, California, Clinical and radiological evaluation of the Codman anterior cervical plate: interim one year results of a prospective, multicenter study (Fehlings MG, Branch C, Geisler F, Haid R, Johnston WA, Kalfas I, Paramore C, Sonntag VKH, Taylor W, Traynelis V, Winking H), February 1998. 37. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The fusion rate for an anterior cervical fusion (ACF) in patients with a prior history of a successful ACF at a different level (Wellman B, Traynelis V), April 1998. 38. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, Nutrition management of patients with high grade subarachnoid hemorrhage (Wetjen NM, Garell PC, Traynelis VC, Loftus CM), October 1998. 39. 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Anaheim, California, In vitro quasi-static and cyclic biomechanics of a cervical posterior plate vs. facet wiring in a laminectomy model (Goel VK, Traynelis VC, Smith DW, Scifert JL), November 1998. 40. Cervical Spine Research Society, Atlanta, Georgia, Management of Type II odontoid fractures: a case-control study (Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC, Mostafavi H, Walters B), December 1998. 41. Cervical Spine Research Society, Atlanta, Georgia, Biomechanical rationale for the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis in the craniovertebral junction (Puttlitz CM, Goel VK, Clark CR, Traynelis VC, Scifert JS, Grosland NM), December 1998. 59 42. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Segmental cervical spine motion during orotracheal intubation of the intact and injured spine with and without external immobilization (Lennarson P, Smith D, Todd MM, Traynelis VC, Carras D, Sawin PD, Brayton J, Sato Y), February 1999. 43. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Clinical and radiological evaluation of the Codman anterior cervical plate: results of a prospective multicenter study with emphasis on outcome at two years (Fehlings M, Branch C, Geisler F, Haid RW Jr., Johnston WA, Kalfas I, Paramore C, Rodts G, Sonntag VK, Taylor W, Traynelis V, Winking H), February 1999. 44. Neurosurgical Society of America, Scottsdale, Arizona, Cervical kyphosis in the pediatric population: implications and management considerations (Menezes AH, Traynelis VC), March 1999. 45. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, A multi-center clinical experience with the use of the Axis fixation system in the posterior cervical spine (Sutterlin C III, Traynelis V, Papadopoulos S), April 1999. 46. Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Omaha, Nebraska, Management of cervical spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis with posterior fixation, June 1999. 47. Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, Clinical and radiological evaluation of the Codman anterior cervical plate: results of a prospective, multicenter study with two year follow-up (Fehlings MG, Boker D-K, Branch C, Geisler F, Haid R, Johnston R, Kalfas I, Paramore C, Rodts G, Sonntag V, Taylor W, Traynelis V, Winking M), December 1999. 48. Cervical Spine Research Society, Seattle, Washington, Fracture etiology of the odontoid process (Puttlitz CM, Goel V, Clark C, Traynelis V), December 1999. 49. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Palm Springs, California, Cervical spinal motion during intubation: efficacy of stabilization maneuvers in the setting of complete segmental instability (Lennarson PJ, Smith D, Sawin P, Traynelis VC, Todd M), February 2000. 50. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Reversal of delayed onset paraplegia following thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair with lumbar cerebrospinal fluid drainage (Ackerman LL, Lennarson PJ, Traynelis VC), February 2001. 51. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Case control study comparing the efficacy of surgical techniques for C1-2 arthrodesis (Taggard DA, Traynelis VC, Kraut MA), April 2001. 52. 2nd International Mt. Bandai Symposium for Neuroscience, Koriyama, Japan, Opposite effects of cis-parinaric acid on activities of P-38 MAP and c-Jun Nterminal kinases in malignant rat astrocytoma cells (Traynelis VC, Zaheer A, Sahu SK), October 2001. 53. American Academy of Neurological Surgery, Palm Beach, Florida, Opposite effects of cis-parinaric acid on activities of P-38 MAP and c-Jun N-terminal kinases in malignant rat astrocytoma cells (Traynelis VC, Zaheer A, Sahu SK), November 2001. 60 54. Cervical Spine Research Society, Monterey, California, Anterior cervical plate stabilization following multilevel corpectomy (Fessler RG, Barua M, Traynelis VC), November 2001. 55. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, The effect of wearing a restrictive neck brace on driver performance (Barry CJ, Rizzo M, Darling W, Jermeland J, Traynelis V), April 2002. 56. Spine Arthroplasty Society, Montpellier, France, A multicenter trial of an artificial cervical joint for primary disc surgery (Robertson J, Porchet F, Brotchi J, Nelson R, McCombe P, Traynelis V, Lubansu A), May 2002. 57. Cervical Spine Research Society, Miami Beach, Florida, The effects of wearing a restrictive neck brace on driver performance (Barry CJ, Smith D, Lennarson P, Rizzo M, Jermeland J, Darling W, Traynelis V), December 2002. 58. Spine Arthroplasty Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, Clinical evolution of a metal-onmetal cervical disc prosthesis (Traynelis V, Haid R, Zdeblick T, Robertson J), May 2003. 59. Cervical Spine Research Society European Section, Barcelona, Spain, Long-term experience with the Prestige I cervical disc system in an end stage indication (Traynelis V, Gill S, Haid R, Nelson R, Robertson J, Zdeblick T), June 2003. 60. American Academy of Neurological Surgery, Williamsburg, Virginia, Clinical evolution of a metal-on-metal cervical disc prosthesis (Haid R, Traynelis V, Zdeblick T, Robertson J), November 2003. 61. American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Costa Rica, Experiences with spinal neurenteric cysts in the MRI era (Menezes AH, Hasan DM, Ray WZ, Traynelis VC), February 2004. 62. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, San Diego, California, Incidence of re-treatment of intracranial aneurysms primarily managed by endovascular embolization with detachable coils (Hasan DM, Lee S-K, Traynelis V, Chaloupka JC), February 2004. 63. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, San Diego, California, Mechanical stability of the Prestige cervical disc (Nockels RP, Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr., Zdeblick TA, Squires CM), March 2004. 64. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, San Diego, California, In vivo and in vitro wear characteristics of the Prestige cervical disc (Trost GR, Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr., Zdeblick TA, Williams CS), March 2004. 65. Neurosurgical Society of America, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Spinal neurenteric cysts (Menezes AH, Traynelis V), June 2004. 66. 11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton, Bermuda, In-vivo and in-vitro wear characteristics of the Prestige cervical disc (Traynelis V, Haid R, Zdeblick T), July 2004. 61 67. 11th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Southhampton, Bermuda, Mechanical stability of the Prestige cervical disc: laboratory testing and clinical analysis (Haid R, Traynelis V, Zdeblick T), July 2004. 68. Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Assessment of adjacent segment disease in patients treated with cervical fusion or cervical arthroplasty: a prospective 2-year study (Robertson JT, Papadopoulos SM, Traynelis VC), December 2004. 69. Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Failure of porous tantalum cervical interbody fusion devices: two-year results from a prospective, randomized, multi-center, clinical study (Baskin DS, Traynelis VC), December 2004. 70. Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Performance of metalon-metal and polyurethane-on-metal artificial cervical discs in spinal stimulators (Haid RW Jr., Buchholz PA, Rouleau JP, Traynelis VC), December 2004. 71. Cervical Spine Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Host response to titanium ceramic composite particulate (Traynelis VC, Haid RW, Zdeblick TA, Williams CS, Rouleau JP), December 2004. 72. Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, Radiographic analysis of the Prestige ST cervical disc: results from a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial (Burkus JK, Zdeblick TA, Traynelis VC), December 2005. 73. Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, Return to work analysis of patients treated with an artificial cervical disc or an arthrodesis (Traynelis VC, Anderson PA, Hacker R, Heller JG, Sasso RC), December 2005. 74. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Radiographic analysis of the Prestige ST cervical disc: results from a randomized controlled clinical trial (Burkus JK, Zdeblick TA, Traynelis VC), April 2006. 75. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California, Return to work analysis of patients treated with an artificial cervical disc or an arthrodesis (Traynelis VC, Anderson PA, Metcalf NH), April 2006. 76. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, 2-year results from a prospective, randomized IDE study of the Prestige ST cervical disc (Traynelis VC, Burkus JK, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA), March 2007. 77. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Long term radiographic results from the multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled Prestige ST cervical disc I.D.E. study (Mummaneni PV, Haid RW Jr, Burkus JK, Traynelis VC), March 2007. 78. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, Prestige cervical disc complications relative to anterior cervical fusion controls (Traynelis VC, Haid RW Jr, Burkus JK, Zdeblick TA), March 2007. 79. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, 2-year results from a prospective, randomized IDE study of the Prestige ST cervical disc (Mummaneni PV, Haid RW Jr, Zdeblick TA, Traynelis VC, Burkus JK), September 2007. 62 80. North American Spine Society, Austin, Texas, Prospective study of serum metal ion levels in patients with stainless steel metal-on-metal cervical disc replacements (Traynelis V, Burkus JK, Gornet MF, Jacobs JJ, Skipor AK, Kattner K), October 2007. 81. Lumbar Spine Research Society, Chicago, Illinois, Role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of bacterial spinal osteomyelitis (Ahmed R, Severson MA, Traynelis VC), April 2008. 82. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, The economic impact of the Prestige cervical disc system: results from a randomized clinical trial (Traynelis VC, Menzin J, Zhang B, Neumann PJ, Lines LM, Polly DW), April 2008. 83. Neurosurgical Society of America, Whistler, British Columbia, Complications and adverse events of cervical arthroplasty and arthrodesis: a prospective two-year comparison, June 2008. 84. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, Is a cervical collar after anterior cervical fusion with plating necessary? (Carreon LY, Campbell MJ, Traynelis VC, Anderson PA), February 2009. 85. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, 3-year and 5-year follow up from the prospective, randomized US FDA IDE trial of the Prestige cervical disc arthroplasty (Mummaneni PV, Haid RW JR, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA, Burkus JK), February 2009. 86. Lumbar Spine Research Society, Chicago, Illinois, Diagnostics (imaging, electrophysiological strategies, IDP assessment, etc) (Patel A, Traynelis VC, Whang P, Jenis, L), April 2010. 87. Neurosurgical Society of America, Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of cervical arthroplasty (Upadyaya D, Haid R, Traynelis VC, Tay B, Coric D, Trost G, Mummaneni P) April 2010. 88. AANS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Panelist) Spinal surgical challenges, May 2010. 89. 27 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, Analysis of the Three United States FDA-IDE Cervical Arthroplasty Trials (Upadhyaya C, Wu JC, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Tay B, Coric D, Trost GR, Meyer SA, Mummaneni, PV), March 2011. 90. AANS 79 Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, Cervical Decompression Surgery without Intraoperative Monitoring (Traynelis VC, Bender SM, Leick K, Abode-Iyamah KO, Greenlee J), April 2011. 91. AANS 79 Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, Analysis of Three Randomized, Prospective, US FDA IDA Trials Comparing Cervical Arthroplasty and ACDF (Mummaneni PV, Upadhyaya CD, Ching Wu J, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Tay B, Coric D, Trost G) April 2011. th th Visiting Professorships th 63 1. University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Visiting professor, Biomechanics of cervical instrumentation, May 1994. 2. University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, Visiting professor, The biomechanics of anterior cervical plates, October 1994. 3. University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, Visiting professor, Clival neoplasms, October 1994. 4. Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery & Neuroresearch, Chicago, Illinois, Visiting professor, Biomechanics of anterior cervical plates, March 1996. 5. University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, Visiting professor, Evidencebased analysis of the treatment of odontoid fractures, April 1998. 6. University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Visiting professor, Cervical spine motion during intubation, December 1999. 7. Stanford University, Stanford, California, Visiting professor, Cervical biomechanics, March 2000. 8. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Visiting professor, Cervical spinal biomechanics, February 2002. 9. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Visiting professor, Spinal arthroplasty, February 2002. 10. University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Visiting professor, Cervical spinal arthroplasty, December 2005. 11. Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, Visiting professor, Cervical arthroplasty. 12. Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, Visiting professor, Craniocervical instrumentation, September 2006. 13. Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, Visiting professor, Cervical arthroplasty, September 2006. 14. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, Visiting professor, Occipital-cervical fixation, January 2007. 15. University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, Visiting professor, Total subaxial reconstruction, July 2008. 16. Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, Visiting professor, Total subaxial reconstruction, August 2008. 17. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Visiting professor, Total subaxial reconstruction, September 2008. 18. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, Visiting professor, Total subaxial reconstruction, October 2008. 64 F. 19. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Visiting professor, Total subaxial reconstruction, November 2008. 20. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Visiting professor, Occipitalcervical fusion, November 2008. 21. West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, Visiting professor, Total subaxial reconstruction, February 2009. 22. University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Visiting professor, Total subaxial reconstruction, December 2009. Pending Decisions None IV. SERVICE A. Offices Held in Professional Organizations Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society 1990-1992 Secretary-Treasurer 1992-1994 President National Spine Network 1995-1997 Board of Directors AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves 1997-1999 Secretary 1998-1999 Chairman-Elect 1999-2000 Chairman Congress of Neurological Surgeons 1997-2000 Executive Committee, Member-at-Large 2001-2002 Vice President 2002-2003 President-Elect 2003-2004 President 2004-2005 Past President American Association of Neurological Surgeons 1999-2000 Board of Directors (ex-officio) Neurosurgical Society of America 2000-2002 Councilor Cervical Spine Research Society 2003-2004 Vice President 2004-2005 President-Elect 2005-2006 President 2011-2013 Ethics and Conflict of Interest Oversight Committee (Chairman) Lumbar Spine Research Society 2008Secretary 65 Memberships 19771983-1996 198619881989-2009 1989-2009 1989-2009 1990-1994 1990-1994 1991199119911992-2002 199319941995-1997 1996199619961997-1998 200120022004-2010 20052008- Phi Lambda Upsilon American Medical Association Congress of Neurological Surgeons American Association of Neurological Surgeons Iowa-Midwest Neurosurgical Society Iowa Medical Society Johnson County Medical Society Research Society of Neurological Surgeons Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors Society for Neuroscience North American Skull Base Society Fellow, American College of Surgeons National Spine Network North American Spine Society Neurosurgical Society of America Cervical Spine Research Society Peruvian Society of Neurosurgery, Corresponding Member American Academy of Neurological Surgery Spine Arthroplasty Society (charter member) World Spine Society The Society of Neurological Surgeons Lumbar Spine Research Society Editorships 1993-1996 1995 1997 1998 1999 1999 20002000-2009 2000 200120012001 2002 2002 20032003 2004 20052005 2007 2011 Editorial Board, Clinical Neurosurgery Guest Editor, Techniques in Neurosurgery, Volume 1, Number 2 Associate Editor, 1998 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery Associate Editor, 1999 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery Associate Editor, 2000 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery Topic Editor, Neurosurgical Focus, Volume 7, Number 6 Editorial Board, Spineuniverse.com Associate Editorial Board, The Spine Journal Associate Editor, 2001 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery Associate Editorial Board, Spine Editorial Advisory Board, Neurosurgery Associate Editor, 2002 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery Topic Editor, Neurosurgical Focus, Volume 12, Number 1 Associate Editor, 2003 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery Associate Editor, Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques Associate Editor, 2004 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery Associate Editor, 2005 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery Editorial Board, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine 2010- Chairman of the Journal of Neurosurgery Spine Editorial Board Associate Editor, 2006 Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery International Advisory Board, Spinal Surgery: Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery Editorial Board, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 66 Review Panels 1993-2001 1996 1996-1997 1996 1997 1997-2001 1998 1999 1999-2003 2000 2000-2003 2002 2002-2005 2005 2005 2005-2007 2005-2007 2006 2008 2008 2008 2009 2010 Advisory Board, Spine Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Ad hoc Reviewer, Surgical Neurology Ad hoc Reviewer, Southern Medical Journal Ad hoc Reviewer, Anesthesiology Ad hoc Reviewer, Neurosurgery Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Neurosurgery Ad hoc Reviewer, Southern Medical Journal Ad hoc Reviewer, Surgical Neurology Ad hoc Reviewer, Mayo Clinic Proceedings Ad hoc Reviewer, Anesthesiology Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Orthopaedic Research Ad hoc Reviewer, Spinal Cord Ad hoc Reviewer, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences Ad hoc Reviewer, Nature Clinical Practice Neurology Ad hoc Reviewer, Anesthesiology Ad hoc Reviewer, Surgical Neurology Ad hoc Reviewer, Obstetrics & Gynecology Ad hoc Reviewer, Medical Devices: Evidence and Research Ad hoc Reviewer, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery Ad hoc Reviewer, Future Rheumatology Ad hoc Reviewer, Neurology India Ad hoc Reviewer, Indian Journal of Clinical Medicine Departmental, Collegiate, University, and National Committees Departmental 1992-1999 1992-1997 Department of Surgery Outreach, CME, & Marketing Committee Department of Surgery Computer Committee Collegiate 1979-1983 1980 1981-1982 1985-1989 1988-1989 Medical School - 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