Congratulations to the 2021 Research Award Paper & E-Poster Recipients

FIRST PLACE BASIC SCIENCE AWARD

Posterior Cervical Spinal Fusion Assemblies Intended to Cross the Cervicothoracic Junction: A Mechanical Analysis
John  T. Sherrill, PhD; Presenting Author - David  B. Bumpass, MD; Erin  M. Mannen, PhD

2nd Place BASIC SCIENCE AWARD

Do Inflammatory Cytokines Affect Patient Outcomes after ACDF?
Presenting Author - Brian  A. Karamian, MD; Dessislava  Z. Markova, PhD; Hannah  A. Levy, BS; Payton  M. Boere, BS; Goutham  R. Yalla, BS; Taolin Fang, MD, PhD; Paul  W. Millhouse, MD; Mayan Lendner, BS; Alan  S. Hilibrand, MD; Christopher  K. Kepler, MD, MBA, MD; Alexander  R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA; Gregory  D. Schroeder, MD

3rd Place BASIC SCIENCE AWARD

Cervical Total Disc Replacement: Available Implant Size Matters
Presenting Author - Richard  D. Guyer, MD; Domagoj Coric, MD; Pierce  D. Nunley, MD; Donna  D. Ohnmeiss, MD

FIRST PLACE CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

No Difference in Reoperation Rates in Posterior Cervical Fusions Stopping at C7 versus T1/T2 for Nonunions (Operative Nonunions): A cohort of 875 Patients - Part 2
Jacob  H. Fennessy, MD; Kern  H. Guppy, MD, PhD; Presenting Author - Kathryn  E. Royse, PhD; Elizabeth  P. Norheim, MD; Jessica  E. Harris, MS; Harsimran  S. Brara, MD

2nd Place CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

Predictive Factors for the Aggravation of Cervical Alignment after Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy
Presenting Author - Hyung Rae Lee, MD; Dong-Ho Lee, MD, Phd; Sang Yun Seok, MD; Jae Hwan Cho, MD, PhD; Sehan Park, MD

3rd Place CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

Racial Disparities in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Multi-Site Study
Thaddeus Woodard, B.S.; Brian Cortese, B.S.; Sachin Gupta, MD; Sarthak Mohanty, B.S.; David Casper, MD; Presenting Author - Comron Saifi, MD

FIRST PLACE RESIDENT/FELLOW RESEARCH AWARD

The influence of timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury: a pooled analysis of individual patient data in 1,548 cases
Presenting Author - Jetan  H. Badhiwala, MD, PhD; Jefferson  R. Wilson, MD, PhD; Christopher  D. Witiw, MD, MS; James  S. Harrop, MD, FAANS;; Alexander  R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA; Bizhan  BA. Aarabi, MD; Robert  G. Grossman, MD; Fred  H. Geisler, MD, PhD; Michael  G. Fehlings, MD, PhD

2nd Place RESIDENT/FELLOW RESEARCH AWARD

Simulated Bundled Payments for Four Common Surgical Approaches to Treat Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Consideration to Break the Clinical Equipoise
Presenting Author - Nikhil Jain, MD; Mayur Sharma, MD; Dengzhi Wang, MS; Beatrice Ugiliweneza, PhD, MSPH; Doniel Drazin, MD; Maxwell Boakye, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS

3rd Place RESIDENT/FELLOW RESEARCH AWARD

Comparison of Clinical Guidelines for Reimbursement for Intra-Operative Neuromonitoring During Spine Surgery in the United States
Presenting Author - Daniel Berman, MD; Nathaniel  L. Tindel, MD; Ari  J. Holtzman, MD

 GENERAL E-POSTER AWARD

Automated detection of cervical spinal cord compression and the reliability of morphometric parameters extracted with the Spinal Cord Toolbox
Presenting Author - Magda  MH. Horáková, MD; Tomáš  TH. Horák, MD; Jan  JV. Valošek, MSc; Tomáš  TR. Rohan, MD; Eva Koritáková, PhD; Jan  JK. Kocica, MD; Tomáš Skutil, MD; Zdenek  ZK. Kadanka, MD; Petr Bednarík, MD; Alena  AS. Svátková, MD; Josef  JB. Bednarik, MD

 RESIDENT/FELLOW E-POSTER AWARD

Modified Kappa-line correlates better with neurological outcomes than modified K-line after laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament
Dong-Ho Lee, MD, PhD; Jae Hwan Cho, MD, PhD; Sehan Park, MD; Presenting Author - Seong Hun Song, MD; Seung Hyun Baek, MD; Jun Hee Lee, MD; InHee Kim, MD