Congratulations to the 2022 Research Award Papers & E-Posters

FIRST PLACE BASIC SCIENCE AWARD

Serum GFAP and NF-L are Biomarkers of Injury Severity and Predictors of Recovery After Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Presenting Author - Brian  K. Kwon, MD, PHD, FRCSC; Sophie Stukas, PHD; Lise  LB. Belanger, RN, MSN; Angela Tsang, RN; Leanna Ritchie, RN; John Street, MB, PHD, FRCSC; Scott Paquette, MD, FRCSC; Raphaele Charest-Morin, MD, FRCSC; Nicolas Dea, MD, FRCSC; Tamir Ailon, MD, MPH, FRCSC; Charles  G. Fisher, MD, MPH, FRCSC; Marcel  F. Dvorak, MD, MBA, FRCSC; Cheryl  L. Wellington, PhD   

2nd Place BASIC SCIENCE AWARD

Spinal Cord Reconstitution of Chronic Complete Injury by Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Releasing Scaffold and Human Stem Cell Enhances Functional Recovery
Presenting Author - Shogo Hashimoto, MD; Narihito Nagoshi, MD, PhD; Takahiro Shibata, MD; Munehisa Shinozaki, MD,PhD; Hideyuki Okano, MD; Masaya Nakamura, MD

3rd Place BASIC SCIENCE AWARD

Circulating microRNAs May be Predictive of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy 
Presenting Author - Srikanth Divi, MD; Dessislava  Z. Markova, PhD; Nicholas  D. D'Antonio, BS; Mark  J. Lambrechts, MD; Hannah  A. Levy, BS; Goutham  R. Yalla, BS; Alan Hilibrand, MD; Alexander  R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA; Chris Kepler, MD

FIRST PLACE CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

Long-term Outcomes of Vertebral Body Sliding Osteotomy for the Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy: A Minimum of 5-year Follow-up
Presenting Author - Dong-Ho Lee, MD. PhD; Sehan Park, MD; Jae Hwan Cho, MD PhD; Sung Tan Cho, MD

2nd Place CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

A Multi-Center, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial of Efficacy and Safety of Riluzole in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (RISCIS)
Presenting Author - Michael  G. Fehlings, MD, PhD; Ali Moghaddamjou, MD; James  S. Harrop, MD; Ralph  E. Stanford, MBBS, B Med Sci, PhD,; Jonathon Ball, MD; Bizhan  BA. Aarabi, MD; Brian Freeman, MD; James  D. Guest, MD, PhD; Shekar Kurpad, MD PhD; James  M. Schuster, MD, PhD; Ahmad Nassr, MD; Karl Schmitt, MD; Jefferson  R. Wilson, MD, PhD; Darrel  S. Brodke, MD; Faiz  U. Ahmad, MD

3rd Place CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

Contemporary Practice Patterns in the Treatment of Cervical Stenosis and Central Cord Syndrome: A Survey of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Presenting Author - Erick Kazarian, MD; Sonal Sodha, MD; Zachary Pinter, MD; Brett  A. Freedman, MD; Ahmad Nassr, MD; Arjun  S. Sebastian, MD; Michael  G. Fehlings, MD, PhD; John  M. Rhee, MD; Brad Currier, MD

FIRST PLACE RESIDENT/FELLOW RESEARCH AWARD

Do Patients with Preoperative Marijuana Use have Similar Outcomes following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusions?
Presenting Author - Mark  J. Lambrechts, MD; Nicholas  D. D'Antonio, BS; Gregory  R. Toci, MD; Brian Karamian, MD; Dominic  M. Farronato, BS; Joshua  D. Pezzulo, BS; Garrett  M. Breyer, MD; Jose Canseco, MD PhD; Alan Hilibrand, MD; Alexander  R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA; Gregory Schroeder, MD; Chris Kepler, MD

2nd Place RESIDENT/FELLOW RESEARCH AWARD

Comparing Those Most Satisfied Versus Least Satisfied Following Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Are there Differences in Baseline Characteristics?
Presenting Author - Andrew Chan, MD; Christopher Shaffrey, MD; Oren  N. Gottfried, MD; Khoi  D. Than, MD; Erica  F. Bisson, MD, MPH; Mohamad Bydon, MD; Anthony  L. Asher, MD; Domagoj Coric, MD; Eric  A. Potts, MD; Kevin Foley, MD; Michael Wang, MD; Kai-Ming Fu, MD; John Knightly, MD; Paul Park, MD; Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD; Mark Shaffrey, MD; Luis  M. Tumialan, MD; Dean Chou, MD; Regis Haid, MD; Praveen Mummaneni, MD, MBA

3rd Place RESIDENT/FELLOW RESEARCH AWARD

Motorized Robotic Cervical Traction: Proof of Concept
Presenting Author - Brandon Sherrod, MD; Trevor  J. Schwehr, MS; Andrew Merryweather, PhD; Marcus Mazur, MD

 GENERAL E-POSTER AWARD

Impact of social deprivation on physical and mental health outcomes in patients following cervical spine fusion surgery 
Presenting Author - Justin  K. Zhang, BS; Jacob  K. Greenberg, MD MSCI; Saad Javeed, MD; Jawad  M. Khalifeh, MD, MSCI; Christopher  F. Dibble, MD PhD; Deeptee Jain, MD; Ian Dorward, MD; Jacob Buchowski, MD; Paul Santiago, MD; Camilo Molina, MD; Brenton  H. Pennicooke, MD; Wilson  Z. Ray, MD

 RESIDENT/FELLOW E-POSTER AWARD

Severe Semispinalis Cervicis Sarcopenia is Associated with Worse Patient Reported Outcomes following Laminoplasty for Myelopathy
Presenting Author - Zachariah Pinter, MD; Ryder Reed, MD; Anthony Mikula, MD; Nikita Lakomkin, MD; Breydan Wright, MD; Erick Kazarian, MD; Giorgos  D. Michalopoulos, MD; Benjamin  D. Elder, MD; Jeremy Fogelson, MD; Mohamad Bydon, MD; Brett  A. Freedman, MD; Ahmad Nassr, MD; Arjun  S. Sebastian, MD