Contributors

John W. Amburgy, MD

Department of Neurological Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Thomas Guido Andreshak, MD

Physician

Consulting Orthopaedic Associates, Inc

Toledo, Ohio, USA

Hamed Asadi, PhD, FRANZCR, CCINR, EBIR

Interventional Radiology Service

Department of Radiology

Northern Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Luigi La Barbera, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics

Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”

Politecnico di Milano

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

John D. Barr, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR, FSNIS

Professor

Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, USA

Stephan Becker, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Spine Surgeon, Sports Medicine, Chirotherapy

Fellow of the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Fellow New Westminster College

New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Professor

Associé Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Andrew Brook

Bachelor of Sciences

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Allan L. Brook, MD, FSIR, FACR

Director of Interventional Neuroradiology

Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery

Montefiore Medical Center

The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of

Medicine

Bronx, New York, USA

Nicole S. Carter, MBBS

Medical Doctor

Alfred Hospital

Research Fellow

Interventional Neuroradiology

Monash Health

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

M. R. Chambers, DVM, MD

Professor

Department of Neurological Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Ronil V. Chandra, MMed, FRANZCR, CCINR

Associate Professor

Head of Interventional Neuroradiology Unit

Monash Imaging

Monash University

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Alessandro Cianfoni, MD

Head of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology

Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland-NSI-EOC

Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

Olivier Clerk-Lamalice, MD-MSc, FRCPC, FIPP

President and Founder

Beam Interventional and Diagnostic Imaging

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Tyler M. Coupal, MD

Vancouver General Hospital

The University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Aaron L. Cross, DO

Resident

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Miami, Florida, USA

Timothy Deer, MD, DABPM, FIPP

President and CEO

The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias

Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Michael J. DePalma, MD

President and Medical Director

Virginia iSpine Physicians

President

Director of Research

Virginia Spine Research Institute, Inc

Richmond, Virginia, USA

J. Dana Dunleavy, MD

CEO and Co-founder

Imaging Law

Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Murray Echt, MD

Neurosurgery Resident

Leo M. Davidoff Department of Neurosurgery

Montefiore Medical Center

The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of

Medicine

Bronx, New York, USA

Dimitrios K. Filippiadis, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 2nd Department of Radiology

University General Hospital “ATTIKON” Medical School

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Haidari, Athens, Greece

Bassem Georgy, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Radiology

University of California at San Diego

La Jolla, California, USA

Andrew I. Gitkind, MD, MHA

Vice Chairman and Medical Director

Montefiore Spine Center

Assistant Professor

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Montefiore Medical Center

The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, New York, USA

Bassam Hamze, MD

Department of Radiology

Lariboisière Hospital

Public Assistance of Paris Hospitals

Paris-Diderot University

Paris, France

Steven M. Henick

Medical Student

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, New York, USA

Joshua A. Hirsch, MD

Vice Chair

Procedural Services and Service Line Chief of Neurointerventional Radiology

Chief of Interventional Spine Service

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Alexios Kelekis, MD, PhD, EBIR

Associate Professor

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 2nd Radiology Department

University General Hospital “ATTIKON” Medical School

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Haidari, Athens, Greece

Danyal Khan

Medical Student

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Majid Khan, MD

Director

Non Vascular Spine Intervention

Associate Professor

Radiology and Radiological Science

Johns Hopkins University Hospital

Baltimore. Maryland, USA

Young Hoon Kim, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Catholic University of

Seoul ST. Mary’s Hospital

Seoul, Korea

Yong-Chul Kim, MD, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Seoul National University School of Medicine

Director

Pain Management Center

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, Korea

Jae Hun Kim, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Director

Pain Management Center

Konkuk University Medical Center

Seoul, Korea

Kyung-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Pusan National University College of Medicine

Director

Pain Management Center

Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital

Yangsan, Korea

Hong Kuan Kok, MB BCh, BAO, MRCPI, FFRRCSI, FRCR, EBIR

Interventional Radiology Service

Department of Radiology

Northern Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

David Kramer, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, New York, USA

Scott Kreiner, MD

Director of Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine

Barrow Brain and Spine

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Marie-Constance Lacasse, MD, CM, FRCPC

Neuroradiology Fellow

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jean-Denis Laredo, MD

Senior Radiologist and Past Chairman

Department of Radiology

Lariboisière Hospital

Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris

Paris University

Paris, France

Pyung-Bok Lee, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Seoul National University College of Medicine

Director

Pain Management Center

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Bundang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Thabele Leslie-Mazwi, MD

Interventional Neuroradiology Service

Department of Radiology

Austin Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Julian Maingard, BMedSci

Faculty of Health

School of Medicine

Deakin University

Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia

Paul I. Mallinson, MD

Radiologist

Vancouver General Hospital

The University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Grace Maloney, MD

Interventional Spine and Sports Physician

Barrow Brain and Spine

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

Co-Director

Pain Management Centers of America

Medical Director

Pain Management Centers of Paducah and Marion

Ambulatory Surgery Center and Pain Care Surgery Center

Clinical Professor

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

University of Louisville

Professor of Anesthesiology-Research

Department of Anesthesiology School of Medicine

LSU Health Sciences Center

Paducah, Kentucky, USA

Luigi Manfre, MD

Chairperson

Diagnostic and Interventional Spine - European Society of Neuroradiology ESNR

Director

Department of Minimal Invasive Spine Therapy

Institute of Oncology for Mediterranean I.O.M

Viagrande (Catania), Sicily, Italy

Stefano Marcia, MD

Chairman

Department of Radiology

SS. Trinità Hospital

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

James Mooney, MD

Department of Neurological Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Sarah Morgan, MD, RD, CCD

Professor of Nutrition Sciences and Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Peter L. Munk, MD

Director of Musculoskeletal Imaging

Vancouver General Hospital

The University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Kieran Murphy, MB, FRCPC, FSIR

Professor of Radiology

Director of Clinical Faculty

Techna Research Institute

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David Nussbaum, MD

Neuroradiology Specialist

Union Hospital

Elkton, Maryland, USA

Wayne J. Olan, MD

Director

Minimally Invasive and Endovascular Neurosurgery

The George Washington University Medical Center

Washington, DC, USA

Gregory Parnes, MD

Radiology Resident

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, New York, USA

Marco C. Pinho, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiology and Center for Advanced

Imaging Research

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, USA

Patrick R. Pritchard, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Neurological Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Susannah Ryan

Medical Student

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Amanda Schnell, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology

Department of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Leah J. Schoel, MD

School of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

D. Mitchell Self, MD, MS IV

School of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Andrew L. Sherman, MD

Professor and Vice Chair

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, Florida, USA

Neal H. Shonnard, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

Proliance Surgeons, Inc

Seattle, Washington, USA

Lee-Anne Slater, FRANZCR, CCINR

Interventional Neuroradiologist

Monash Health

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Adam Thakore

Neuroscience Student

Trinity College

Dublin, Ireland

Steven M. Theiss MD

Professor

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Deborah H. Tracy, MD, MBA

Interventional Pain Physician

Institute of Interventional Pain Management

Brooksville, Florida, USA

Derrick D. Wagoner, DO

Interventional Pain Physician

Gershon Pain Specialists

Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

James R. Webb, MD

Chief of Staff

Dr. James Webb and Associates

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Edward Yoon, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiology

Hospital for Special Surgery

New York, USA