Edited by Mehul Desai, Director, Pain Medicine and Non-operative Spine Services, GW Pain Center, George Washington University Hospital, and Joseph O'Brien, Medical Director of Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Virginia Hospital Center

Dr. Mehul J. Desai, MD, MPH, is the Founder and Medical Director of the International Spine, Pain & Performance Center, a collaborative, interdisciplinary practice located in Washington DC and Arlington VA. Board Certified in Pain medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Dr. Desai maintains an avid interest in research and clinical trials. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles, multiple book chapters and The Spine Handbook represents his second book. Dr. Desai recently completed a leadership fellowship with the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and a legislative fellowship on Capital Hill with the North American Neuromodulation Society. His clinical interests include neuromodulation, discogenic pain, interventional orthopedics, pelvic pain, complex spine conditions, outcomes-based research and healthcare economics.

Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, BS
Resident
Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Sandeep Amin, MD
Assistant Professor
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Julie Ann Aueron, PT, DPT
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
New York Presbyterian Cornell Hospital
New York, NY

Harish Badhey, MD
Anesthesiologist/Pain Management
Spine Team Texas
Fort Worth, TX

Morgan J. Baldridge, DC
Department of Pain Management
San Antonio Military Medical Center
Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam
Houston, TX

Robert Bolash, MD
Department of Pain Management
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Barrett S. Boody, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Richard L. Boortz-Marx, MD, MS
Section Chief - Interventional Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Duke University
Durham, NC

Lucas Campos, MD
Pain Management Specialist
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
Santa Rosa, CA

Divya Chirumamilla, MD
Pain Management Specialist
Memorial Hermann
The Woodlands, TX

Jamie C. Clapp, DPT
Department of Pain Management
San Antonio Military Medical Center
Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam
Houston, TX

Andrew Cole, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
President and Medical Director
Northwest Spine & Sports Physicians, P.C.
Bellevue, WA

David J. Cormier, DO, DPT
Chief Resident
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
New York Presbyterian Cornell Hospital
New York, NY

Karanpal Singh Dhaliwal, MBBS
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Ankur P. Dave, MD
Alexian Brothers Medical Center Neurosciences Institute
Elk Grove Village, IL

Timothy T. Davis, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA

Miles Day, MD, DABA, FIPP, DABIPP
Treweek/ Racz Endowed Professor in Pain Research
Pain Management Fellowship Director
Department of Anesthesiology
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX

Michael DePalma, MD
President, Medical Director, and Director
Interventional Spine Care Fellowship
Virginia iSpine Physicians, PC
President and Director of Research
Virginia Spine Research Institute, Inc
Richmond, VA

John M. DiMuro, DO, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
State of Nevada
Carson City, NV

Doniel Drazin, MD
Complex and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgeon
Swedish Medical center
Seattle, WA
Department of Neurosurgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Omar Dyara, DO
Pain Medicine Fellow
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA

Ian Dworkin, MD
Chief Resident, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Los Angeles Health
Veterans Affairs of Greater Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Michael Erickson, MD
Sports Medicine Practitioner
Swedish Spine Sports & Musculoskeletal Medicine
Swedish Family Medicine
Seattle, WA

Victor Foorsov, MD
Pain Medicine Fellow
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Daniel A. Fung, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA

Michael Gofeld, MD, FRCPC
Department of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Brandon J. Goff, DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Department of Pain Management
San Antonio Military Medical Center
Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam
Houston, TX

C. Rory Goodwin, MD/PhD
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Neurosurgeon/Spine Surgeon
Duke Cancer center
Durham, NC

Kevin B. Guthmiller, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Department of Pain Management
San Antonio Military Medical Center
Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam
Houston, TX

Genaro J. Gutierrez, MD
Central Texas Pain Center
Austin, TX

Farah Hameed, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
Medical Director, Women's Health Rehabilitation
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY

Sven M. Hochheimer, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
Division of Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery
San Antonio Military Medical Center
Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam
Houston, TX

Wellington K. Hsu, MD
Clifford C. Raisbeck Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director of Research
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Yili Huang, DO
Pain Medicine Fellow
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Corey Hunter, MD
Executive Director
Ainsworth Institute of Pain Management
New York, NY

Rajiv R. Iyer, MD
Resident
Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Amit Jain, MD
Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Suneil Jolly, MD
Louisiana Pain Specialists
Kenner, LA

Daraspreet Singh Kainth, MD
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Rami A. Kamel, MB, BCh
Department of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Ari Kappel, BA
Stony Brook School of Medicine
Stony Brook, NY

Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD
Pain Physician
Carolinas Pain Institute and Center for Clinical Research
Professor of Anesthesiology
Wake Forest University, School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

A. Jay Khanna, MD
Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Juewon Khwarg, MD
Resident, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Los Angeles Health
Veterans Affairs of Greater Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Terrence T. Kim, MD
Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Daniel Kline, MD
Interventional Spine Care Fellow
Virginia iSpine Physicians, PC
Richmond, VA

Abhishek Kumar, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery/Spine
Louisiana State University, School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Carlito Lagman, MD
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Brain Tumor Nanotechnology Laboratory
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

William B. Lassiter, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
San Antonio Military Medical Center
Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam
Houston, TX

Dante Leven, DO
Associate
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Michael S. Leong, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Jianren Mao, MD, PhD
Chief, Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Carolyn Marquardt, MD
Physiatrist
Swedish Spine, Sports & Musculoskeletal Medicine
Seattle, WA

David A. Mazin, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, MA

Neel Mehta, MD
Director, Division of Pain Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Priyesh Mehta, DO
Clinical Fellow in Sports and Interventional Spine
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY

Marco Mendoza, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Daniel Moyse, MD
Interventional/Comprehensive Pain Medicine
Pain Specialists of Iowa
Medical Center Anesthesiologists, P.C.
Des Moines, IA

Ameet Nagpal, MD, MS, MEd
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
San Antonio, TX

Samuel C. Overley, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Erika A. Petersen, MD, FAANS, FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

Jeffrey D. Petersohn, MD
PainCare, P.C.
Linwood, NJ
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Christine Piper, MD
Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, DC

David W. Polly, Jr., MD
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Jason E. Pope, MD, PhD
President and CEO
Summit Pain Alliance
Santa Rosa, CA

Yawar J. Qadri, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University
Durham, NC

Sheeraz A. Qureshi, MD, MBA
Orthopedic Surgery, Spine
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY

Jay S. Reidler MD MPH
Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Brett D. Rosenthal, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Yair Safriel, MD
Radiology Associates of Clearwater
Clearwater, FL

Margaux M. Salas, PhD
Department of Pain Management
San Antonio Military Medical Center
Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam
Houston, TX

Danielle Sarno, MD
Clinical Pain Fellow
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Puneet Sayal, MD, MSc
Anesthesiology Resident
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Daniel M. Sciubba MD
Director, Spine Tumor and Spine Deformity Surgery
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Jaspal R. Singh, MD
Director of Interventional Spine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY

Phillip S. Sizer, PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT
Professor and Program Director
Doctorate of Science Program in Physical Therapy
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX

Brent Van Dorsten, PhD
President
Colorado Center for Behavioral Medicine
Denver, CO

Bruce Vrooman, MD, MS
Department of Anesthesiology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Brian A. Young, PT, DSc, OCS, FAAOMPT
Associate Professor
United States Army - Baylor University
San Antonio, TX

Brad Wisler, MD
Resident
Department of Anesthesiology
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

"Overall the book provides a comprehensive knowledge on the latest principles & practice of spinal pain management. It is well organized with thoughtful sequence and in an easy to follow format." - Shahzad Shamim, Apicare Online

"The trained pain physician is equally likely to have the book as the curious patient who lines up to see what he or she is in for when visiting the spine physician or the occupational therapist. This successful condensing is what makes this book a must-have for everyone involved in multispecialty spine treatment." - Sujoy Banik, MBBS, MD, DM, Anesthesia & Analgesia

"I was impressed by the title as not many books concentrate on the spine (from top to bottom and more) in such a way... 'handbook' understates its impressive and detailed contents as this is a chunky 660-page good-sized book that covers its topic in ample and impressive detail." - Dr Harry Brown, Glycosmedia