JAMES W. HARDACKER, M.D.
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
AAOS Board Certified
Director St Vincent Carmel Spine Center
| OFFICE | The Spine Institute 13431 Old Meridian St. Suite 200 Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 573-7733 Fax (317) 573-7739 |
| HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS |
St. Vincent’s Hospital Carmel/Indianapolis, IN Riverview Hospital Noblesville, IN Clarian North Medical Center, Carmel IN |
| EDUCATION | University of Kansas Kansas City KS Rae Jacobs Spine Fellowship with Marc Asher, M.D. and Roger Jackson, M.D. August, 1992-July, 1993 |
| SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Buffalo, NY Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery July, 1988-June, 1992 Internship: General Surgery July, 1987- June, 1988 Millard Fillmore Hospital |
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| SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Buffalo, NY M.D. Degree May, 1987 Academic Honors: Gibson Anatomical Honor Society |
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| University of Colorado Boulder, CO Bachelor of Arts with Distinction May, 1983 First in Class Major: Chemistry/Biochemistry Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Dean’s List 1979-1983, National Dean’s List, Phi Lambda Epsilon Chemical Honor Society |
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| Lake Shore High School Angola, NY All Western New York Bass Player All League Football Player and Team Captain Class Valedictorian June, 1979 |
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| CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE |
National Board of Medical Examiners 1988 Board Certified American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery 1995 Indiana State License 1993 Missouri State License 1992 New York State License 1988 Recertification in Orthopaedic Surgery July, 2003 |
| RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
Department of Molecular Biology SUNY at Buffalo Research fellowship with Morton Rothstein, Ph.D. involving the development of a method for lysosomal extraction from Nematodes for enzyme kinetic studies of aging. Summer, 1980. |
| Department of Chemistry University of Colorado Honors organic chemistry research with David Walba, Ph.D. Research included crown ring ether synthesis. Spring, 1981. |
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| Department of Chemistry University of Colorado Independent study with Thomas and Carol Cech, Ph.D. Project dealt with the kinetics of RNP-2 in Escherichia coli, including promoter studies. 1982. Dr. Cech won the 1989 Nobel Prize for this work with self polymerization of RNP. |
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| Employed by the University of Colorado School of Medicine Burn Trauma Skin Bank. Summer, 1983. Responsibilities entailed harvest and care of cadaver skin for burn grafts. |
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| Department of Surgery University of Colorado School of Medicine Research fellowship with John Hansbrough, M.D. Studied suppressor T cell inhibition following burn injury. Presented at the American Burn Association Meeting in New Orleans, LA March, 1983. Final study published in Surgery 95 (3) 290-6. March, 1984. |
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| Department of Molecular Biology SUNY at Buffalo Research fellowship with Morton Rothstein, Ph.D. involving the development of a method for lysosomal extraction from Nematodes for enzyme kinetic galactosidase. Summer, 1983. |
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| Department of Physiology SUNY at Buffalo Research fellow with David Pendergast studying alcohol effects on muscle tissues in a rat model. Final study published in Alcohol Vol 4 pp 485-91. Summer, 1987. |
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| Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Kansas Spine fellowship 1992-1993. Clinical and animal research including lumbar fusion studies in a canine model assessing effects of implant stiffness on lumbar fusion stiffness and adjacent and periadjacent disc biomechanics. |
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| Indiana Site Investigator FDA sponsored multicenter national study of Bone Morphogenic Protein Efficacy in Posterolateral Lumbar Fusions 2002-2007 |
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| INSTRUCTOR | G.I.C.D. Intrasacral Spinal Fixation Workshop/Course Kansas City, MO October, 1992 |
| G.I.C.D. Intrasacral Spinal Fixation Workshop/Course Kansas City, MO November, 1992 |
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| G.I.C.D. Intrasacral Spinal Fixation Workshop/Course Kansas City, MO January, 1993 |
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| ISOLA Instrumentation Techniques Course Kansas City, MO February, 1993 |
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| Scoliosis research Society Tutorial for ISOLA Instrumentation Techniques Kansas City, KS March, 1993 |
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| ISOLA Instrumentation Techniques Course Kansas City, MO May, 1993 |
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| G.I.C.D. Intrasacral Spinal Fixation Workshop/Course Kansas City, MO June, 1993 BMP-2 Outcomes Research Seattle ,WA 2007 |
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| PUBLICATIONS | Edmonds Brian, Pendergast David, Arabajis Peter, Hardacker James Muscle Fiber Composition and Length Tension in a Rat Chronically Exposed to Alcohol. Alcohol Vol 4 pp 485-91, 1987. |
| Hardacker James, Mindell Eugene Synovial Chondromatosis with Secondary Hip Subluxation. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 73A No9 pp 1405-7 October, 1991. |
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| Hardacker James, Shuford R F, Capicotto P N, Pryor Philip Standing Total and Segmental Cervical Alignment in Symptomatic Volunteers. Published in Spine Vol. 22 #13 July 1, 1997 pp1472-80 |
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| Yazici Muharrem, Asher Marc, Hardacker James The Safety and Efficacy of ISOLA-Galveston Instrumentation and Arthodesis in the Treatment of Neuromuscular Spinal Deformities. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 82-A No 4 pp 524-544 April 2000. |
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| Glassman Steven, Dimar John, Burkus Kenneth , Hardacker James, Pryor Philip, Boden Scott and Carreon, Leah The Efficacy of rhBMP-2 for Posterolateral Lumbar Fusions in Smokers Spine Journal Vol 32 No 15 pp 1693-98 2007 |
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| Asher Marc, Carson William, Hardacker James, Lark Richard, Lai Sue The Effect of Arthrodesis, Implant Stiffness, and Time on Canine Lumbar Spine J Spinal Disord Tech Vol 20, No 8 pp549-559 Dec 2007 |
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| Dimar John, Glassman Stevem, Burkus J Kenneth, Pryor Philip, Hardacker James, Carreon Leah Clinical and Radiographic analysis of an Optimiezed rhBMP-2 formulation as an Autograft Replacement in Posterolateral Lumbar Spine Arthrodesis The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery Vol 91-A Number 6, June 2009, pp 1377-86 |
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| PRESENTATIONS | Hansbrough John, Peterson B, Hardacker James Suppressor T Cell Inhibition Following Burn Injury. Presented at the American Burn Association Meeting. New Orleans. March, 1983. |
| Hardacker James, Kristinicz Thomas, Mindell Eugene Primary Malignant Bone Tumors. Presented at the Hungarian Medical Society, Sarasota, FL. November, 1989. |
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| Hardacker James, Jackson Roger Traditional Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Course Manual Lumbar Spine Fusion Course AAOS Los Angeles, CA. September, 1992. |
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| Hardacker James, Jackson Roger Segmental Lumbar Lordosis Change in Uninstrumented and Instrumented Solid Lumbar Fusions. Presented at G.I.C.D. Intrasacral Course Kansas City, MO. November, 1992. |
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| Hardacker James, Bone Lawrence Immediate Fixation of the Traumatized Burn Patient. Poster presentation at the AAOS Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA 1993. Orthopaedic Transactions, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1993. |
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| Hardacker James, Jackson Roger Segmental Loss of Lumbar Lordosis in Uninstrumented and Instrumented Solid Lumbar Fusions. Paper presented at the G.I.C.D. Meeting. Miami, FL February, 1993. |
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| Jackson Roger, Hardacker James G.I.C.D. Video Presentation of Intrasacral Rod Fixation Technique. February, 1993. |
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| Asher Marc, Orrick Janice, Hardacker James Improved Technique for Correction of Pelvic Obliquity in the Cerebral Palsy Population. Poster Presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society Meeting. Greenbrier, WV May 1993. |
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| Hardacker James, Jackson Roger Loss of Segmental Lumbar Lordosis in Solid Lumbosacral Fusions. Paper Presentation. |
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| Hardacker James, Jackson Roger Segmental Lumbar Lordosis Change in Uninstrumented and Instrumented Solid Lumbar Fusions. Poster at the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine Meeting. Marseilles, France. June, 1993. |
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| Hardacker James, Asher Marc New Method for Correction of Severe Spinal Deformity in a Cerebral Palsy Population. Poster at the Scoliosis Research Society. Dublin, Ireland 1993. Poster at the North American Spine Society. San Diego, CA. 1993. |
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| Hardacker James, Jackson Roger Loss of Segmental Lumbar Lordosis in Solid Lumbosacral Fusions. Poster exhibit a the North American Spine Society. Hawaii. 1994. |
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| Hardacker James Operative Care of Spinal Deformity. St. Vincent’s Hospital. July, 1994. |
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| Hardacker James Adult Scoliosis Care. St. Francis Hospital Resident Lecture. November, 1994. |
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| Hardacker James Scoliosis Screening and Education. St. Francis Hospital Health Fair. May, 1995. |
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| Hardacker James Etiology and Care in Adolescent Scoliosis Patient. Woodfield Community Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. May, 1995. |
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| Hardacker James Low Back Pain and Sciatica. Lecture for the Butler University Physicians Assistant Course. Methodist Hospital Indianapolis, IN. May, 1995. |
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| Hardacker James Sagittal Plane Decisions in the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine. Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds at Indiana University. May, 1995. |
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| Nelson Lynn, Hardacker James, Ebelke David, Jackson Roger Loss of Segmental Lordosis in Uninstrumented Solid Posterior Lumbosacral Fusions. Paper at the 1995 Scoliosis Research Society, the 1995 North American Spine Society and the 1996 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. |
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| Yazici M, Asher Marc, Hardacker James Efficacy and Safety of ISOLA-Galveston Instrumentation and Fusion in the Treatment of Neuromuscular Spinal Deformity. Paper at the Scoliosis Research Society Meeting. Asheville, NC. September, 1995. |
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| Yazici M, Asher Marc, Hardacker James Efficacy and Safety of ISOLA-Galveston Instrumentation and Fusion in the Treatment of Neuromuscular Spinal Deformity. Paper at the Scoliosis Research Society Meeting. Asheville, NC. September, 1995. |
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| Hardacker James, Shuford Robert, Capicotto Peter, Pryor Phillip Standing Total and Segmental Cervical Alignment in 100 Asymptomatic Volunteers. Paper at the 1995 North American Spine Society, 1995 Cervical research Society, 1995 Indiana University Garceau Wray Scientific Lectures, Simmons Surgical Society Meeting, May, 1996. Poster at the Scoliosis Research Society 1996 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. |
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| Hardacker James Lumbar Fusions in the Workman’s Compensation Patient. Presented at the Indiana Workman’s Institute. Indianapolis, IN. February, 1996. |
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| Hardacker James The Merits of Being a Physician and Surgeon. Presented to the Indianapolis Scout Explorers. Indianapolis, IN. March, 1996. |
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| Hardacker James The Effects of Thoracic Deformity on Cervical and Global Sagittal Alignment. Presented at the Scoliosis Research Society St Louis MO 1997, 1997 poster presentation at the North American Spine Society | |
| Hardacker James The Effects of Thoracic Deformity on Cervical and Global Sagittal Alignment. Presented at the Scoliosis Research Society St Louis MO 1997, 1997 poster presentation at the North American Spine Society |
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| Hardacker James Surgical Outcomes in Fit vs Unfit Spondylolithesis Patients Poster presentation at the Scoliosis Research Society, Cairns Australia 2000 |
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| Hardacker, James Update in Scoliosis and Screening Carmel Clay (Indiana) School System November, 2003 |
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| Dimar John, Glassman Steven, Burkus, Kenneth, Pryor Philip, Hardacker James A Large-Scale, Level 1, Clinical And Radiographic Analysis of an Optimized rhBMP-2 Formulation as an Autograft Replacement in Posterolateral Lumbar Spine Fusion 2006 Winner Best Evidence Based Medicine Award SRS Annual Meeting Monterey, CA Sept 2006 Presented North American Spine Society Seattle,WA Oct 2006 Presented Congress of Neurologic Surgeons Chicago IL 2006 Presented American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Chicago, IL Feb 2007 |
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| Hardacker James, Glassman Steven , Dimar John, Burkus, Kenneth The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Lumbar Fusion Rates with rhBMP-2 vs Iliac Crest Bone Graft IMAST Athens, Greece July 2006 North American Spine Society Annual Meeting Seattle, WA 2006 AAOS Annual Meeting Chicago 2007 |
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| Glassman Steven, Dimar John, Burkus Kenneth, Hardacker , James The Efficacy of rh BMP-2 for Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion in Smokers AAOS Annual Meeting Feb 2007 |
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| Hardacker James, Richardson Jill, Pryor Philip Radiographic Assessment of Enhanced vs Standard Dose rhBMP-2 as Iliac Crest Graft Replacements in Instrumented Lumbar Fusions Scoliosis Research Society Edinburgh, Scotland 2007 North American Spine Society Austin Texas 2007 |
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| Dimar John, Glassman Steven , Burkus Kenneth , Hardacker , James et al Two Year Fusion and Clinical Outcomes in 224 Patients with ICGB Instrumented Posterolateral Fusions IMAST July 2007 Paradise Islands Bahamas Scoliosis Research Society Edinburgh , Scotland 2007 North American Spine Society Austin Texas 2007 |
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| Hardacker James, Hardacker Thomas Dilute Betadine Wound Lavage for Surgical Wound prophylaxis North American Spine Society, San Francisco, CA 2009 | |
| Hardacker James, Pryor Philip, Interim Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes in Two-Level Instrumented Posterolateral Fusions Using A New BMP-2 Matrix Formulation With Local Bone 12 Month Analysis North American Spine Society, San Francisco, CA 2009 | |
| Hardacker James Clinical Updates on Bone Morphogenetic Protein in Spine Surgery Indiana Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN 2010 | |
| Hardacker James Lead clinical presentation to FDA Orthopaedic Advisory Panel of: Large Prospective Randomized Trial of AMPLIFY rhBMP-2 vs. ICBG in Instrumented Lumbar Fusions. Washington, DC July 2010 | |
| SOCIETIES & MEMBERSHIPS |
Fellow American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons North American Spine Society Industry Relations Committee 1997-2001 Research Planning Committee 1999-2002 Legal Issues Committee 1997-1998 Scoliosis Research Society Indiana Orthopaedic Society Mid-America Orthopaedic Society Indianapolis Orthopaedic Club American Medical Association Indiana State Medical Association Indianapolis Medical Society Carmel Council Member Phi Beta Kappa |
| HOSPITAL COMMITTEES |
St. Vincent’s Carmel Hospital OR Advisory Committee 2010- |
| CONSULTANT |
Medtronic Sofamor Danek |
| CONTINUING EDUCATION |
Revision Concerns in Total Hip Replacement (Howmedica) Buffalo, NY September, 1988 |
| Regional Hand Review Course Toronto, Ontario October, 1989 |
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| Comprehensive Spine Fixation Course Buffalo, NY June, 1989 |
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| Enneking Musculoskeletal Tumor Course St. Augustine, FL November, 1989 |
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| TSRH Spinal Fixation Symposium Buffalo, NY November, 1990 |
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| Orthopaedic Research Society Annaheim, CA February, 1991 |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Annaheim, CA February, 1991 |
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| Chief Residents Comprehensive Orthopaedic Conference (Zimmer) Baltimore, MD August, 1991 |
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| Total Hip Fixation Course (Biomet) Buffalo, NY January, 1992 |
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| Orthopaedic Research Society Washington, D.C. February, 1992 |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Washington, D.C. February, 1992 |
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| AO Basic Fracture Fixation Course Toronto, Ontario February, 1992 |
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| AO Advanced Fracture Fixation Course Sun Valley, ID March, 1992 |
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| Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review Course Philadelphia, PA April, 1992 |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Spinal Fixation Course Kansas City, MO September, 1992 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Meeting Kansas City, MO September, 1992 |
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| ISOLA Spinal Instrumentation Tutorial Kansas City, MO October, 1992 |
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| 5th Annual Rae Jacobs Memorial Lectures on Lumbar Back Pain Kansas City, KS April, 1993 |
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| International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Meeting Marseilles, France June, 1993 |
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| North American Spine Society Meeting San Diego, CA October 1993 |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA February, 1994 |
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| Advanced Spinal Fixation Seminar Breckenridge, CO March, 1994 |
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| 6th Annual Rae Jacobs Lectures on Spinal Instrumentation Kansas City, KS April, 1994 |
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| Controversies in Spinal Instrumentation National Hospital Washington, D.C. May, 1994 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Meeting Portland, OR September, 1994 |
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| Garceau Wray Orthopaedic Lectureship Indiana University Indianapolis, IN March, 1994 |
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| Cervical Spine Research Society Meeting Baltimore, MD November, 1994 |
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| Cervical Spine Disorders Instructional Course (CRS) Baltimore, MD December, 1994 |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Orlando, FL February, 1995 |
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| Biostatistics for Clinicians Indiana University Indianapolis, IN March, 1995 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Meeting Asheville, NC September, 1995 |
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| North American Spine Society Meeting Washington, DC October, 1995 |
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| Garceau Wray Orthopaedic Lectureship Indiana University Indianapolis , IN November, 1995 |
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| Cervical Research Society Meeting Santa Fe, NM November, 1995 |
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| Laparoscopic Approaches to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Cincinnati, OH September, 1995 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Ottawa, Canada September, 1996 |
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| BAK Anterior Fusion Course Minneapolis, MN October, 1996 |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA February, 1997 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting St. Louis, Mo September, 1997 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting New York, NY September, 1998 |
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| North American Spine Society Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA October, 1998 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting San Diego, CA September, 1999 |
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| North American Spine Society Annual Meeting Chicago, IL October, 1999 |
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| Cervical Spine Research Society Annual Meeting Seattle, WA December, 1999 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Cairns, Australia October 2000 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Cleveland, OH September, 2001 |
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| Essentials of Spinal Deformity Cleveland, OH September, 2001 |
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| North American Spine Society Annual Meeting Seattle, WA October, 2001 |
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| Cine-Med Continuing Medical Education AMA Physician's Recognition Award of 2 hours of Category 1 credit toward the Human Participant Education for Research Teams Via Internet February, 2002 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Seattle, WA September, 2002 |
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| North American Spine Society Annual Meeting Montreal Canada October, 2002 |
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| Emerging Technologies in Spine Vail, Colorado March, 2003 |
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| ISOLA Spine Study Meeting Boston, MA August, 2003 |
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| Advancement of Spinal Instrumentation Quebec City, Canada September, 2003 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Quebec City, Canada September, 2003 |
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| North American Spine Society Chicago, IL October, 2004 |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Chicago, IL February, 2005 |
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| Indianapolis Orthopaedic Society Meeting Indianapolis, IN June, 2005 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Miami, FL October, 2005 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Spinal Deformity Meeting Miami, FL October, 2005 |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Chicago, IL March, 2006 |
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| Scoliosis Updates Symposia Monterey, CA 2006 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Monterey, CA Sept 2006 |
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| Clinical Research Doing it Legally, Ethically and Scientifically Seattle WA Oct 2006 |
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| North American Spine Society Annual Meeting Seattle WA Oct 2006 |
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| rhBMP-2 Update Symposia Seattle WA Oct 2006 |
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| Emerging Spine Technologies Meeting Vail, CO Feb 2007 |
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| Prestige Cervical Disc Training Memphis, TN Aug 2007 |
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| Congenital Scoliosis Update Edinburgh, Scotland Sept 2006 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Edinburgh, Scotland Sept 2007 |
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| North American Spine Society Austin, Texas Oct 2007 |
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| St. Vincent Leadership Forum Cincinnati, Ohio Oct 2007 |
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| St Vincent Leadership Forum Cincinnati, Ohio Apr 2008 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, Utah Sept 2008 |
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| North American Spine Society Annual Meeting Toronto, Canada Oct 2008 |
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| St Vincent Leadership Forum Cincinnati, Ohio Oct 2008 |
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| Scoliosis Research Society’s Annual Meeting San Antonio, TX Sept 2009 | |
| Critical Concepts in Adult Scoliosis Surgery San Antonio, TX Sept 2009 | |
| Complications in Scoliosis Surgery San Antonio, TX Sept 2009 | |
| North American Spine Society Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA Nov 2009 | |
| Indianapolis Orthopaedic Society Meeting Indianapolis, IN April 2010 | |
| North American Spine Society Annual Meeting Orlando, FL Oct 2010 |