Vertebroplasty Expert Witnesses

Arizona

Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine - Back Pain, Neck Pain, Knee Pain, Sacroiliac Joint, SIJ, Radiofrequency Ablation, RFA, Genicular, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, SpineJack, Vertiflex, PainTEQ, Spinal Cord Stimulation, SCS, Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation, Epidural Steroid Injections. ESI, Medial Branch Blocks, Compression Fracture, Basivertebral Nerve Ablation

Dr Fotopoulos is a board certified Physiatrist and fellow of the AAPMR. He also holds additional board certifications in Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. He is an accepted industry instructor and educator in numerous minimally invasive interventional procedures. He regularly preforms Epidural Injections, Medial Branch Blocks and Sacroiliac Joint Injections. He in an industry instructor in Radiofrequency Ablation for Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacroiliac and the Knee joints. Additionally he preforms and educates in Spinal Cord Stimulation. He was one of the earliest adaptors of the MILD procedure, Vertiflex, PainTEQ percutaneous SIJ fusion, and the basivertebral nerve ablation procedure. He also regularly preforms and teaches in Vertebroplasty, Balloon Assisted Vertebroplasty (Kyphoplasty), Sacropasty, SpineJack and Basivertebral Nerve Ablation . Dr Fotopoulos is a proud veteran of the United States Navy Diving community and an active Pol...

Overland Park, Kansas

Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine - Back Pain, Neck Pain, Knee Pain, Sacroiliac Joint, SIJ, Radiofrequency Ablation, RFA, Genicular, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, SpineJack, Vertiflex, PainTEQ, Spinal Cord Stimulation, SCS, Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation, Epidural Steroid Injections. ESI, Medial Branch Blocks, Compression Fracture, Basivertebral Nerve Ablation

Dr Fotopoulos is a board certified Physiatrist and fellow of the AAPMR. He also holds additional board certifications in Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. He is an accepted industry instructor and educator in numerous minimally invasive interventional procedures. He regularly preforms Epidural Injections, Medial Branch Blocks and Sacroiliac Joint Injections. He in an industry instructor in Radiofrequency Ablation for Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacroiliac and the Knee joints. Additionally he preforms and educates in Spinal Cord Stimulation. He was one of the earliest adaptors of the MILD procedure, Vertiflex, PainTEQ percutaneous SIJ fusion, and the basivertebral nerve ablation procedure. He also regularly preforms and teaches in Vertebroplasty, Balloon Assisted Vertebroplasty (Kyphoplasty), Sacropasty, SpineJack and Basivertebral Nerve Ablation . Dr Fotopoulos is a proud veteran of the United States Navy Diving community and an active Pol...

Sudbury, Massachusetts

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Anesthesiology, Epidural, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, Nerve Injury, Nerve Pain, Injections, Spinal, MRI, Nerve Block, Cervical Epidural, Spinal Cord Injury, Nerve Injury, Lumbar, Neuropathy, Fluoroscopy, Spine, Standards, Spinal Headache

I am an interventional Spine Expert and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School. I finished my Residency and Pain Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2001. I am licensed in MA and board-certified in anesthesiology with a subspecialty certification in pain medicine. I practice pain management and Spine Interventions full-time at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. My job involves clinical care, teaching (Anesthesiology Residents and Pain Fellows), and research. I see a broad spectrum of adult pain patients. In addition to medical management, I practice all essential spine interventions ( epidural, facet, radiofrequency, sacroiliac injections, nerve blocks, MILD procedure, etc.) and advanced spine interventions such as vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty and spinal cord stimulation. The common conditions I see include spine disorders, spine fractures, spinal stenosis, degenerative spine, back pain, neck pain radiculopathy, neuropathy, nerve disorde...

St. Louis, Missouri

Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - spine surgery, lumbar disc herniation, spinal fusion, spinal trauma, spinal fracture, kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, spinal cord injury, myelopathy, radiculopathy, artificial disc replacement, spinal cord stimulation, failed back syndrome, chronic back pain, pseudarthrosis

I am a fellowship-trained academic neurosurgeon specialized in complex spine/deformity surgery, currently practicing as Assistant Professor of the Division of Neurosurgery of St. Louis University. I have been an active member of the North American Spine Society, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons as well as many other international societies. I am member of the editorial board of The Spine Journal and Deputy Editor of the North American Spine Society Journal, the new open access initiative of the North American Spine Society. I am an active reviewer of several other neurosurgical journals including World Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurology & Neurosurgery, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, Journal of Engineering in Medicine: Part H, British Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurological Sciences. I have already provided expert review services for several scientific funding agencies in the U.S. (including the NIH P...

Cincinnati, Ohio

Interventional & Vascular Radiology, Radiology - Product liability, IVC filters, Pulmonary embolism, Deep vein thrombosis, Stenting, Angioplasty, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, Varicose veins, Drainage catheters, Biopsies, Ports/ Mediports, Dialysis Access, Vein ablation and sclerotherapy, Embolization, Hemorrhage/ Bleeds, Nephrostomy tube, X-ray, CT scans, Ultrasound

Board-certified interventional and diagnostic radiologist with active medical licenses in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Summa cum laude graduate of The Ohio State University. Completed an integrated interventional radiology residency at the prestigious Medical College of Wisconsin. Trained by nationally recognized leaders in the field, including past presidents of the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Society of Interventional Oncology. Published author of multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Areas of expertise include, but not limited to: Biopsies, IVC filters, Embolization, Stents, Angioplasty, Deep vein thrombosis/ DVT, Pulmonary Embolism, Thrombectomy, Thrombolysis, Drainage catheter placement, Chest tubes, Gastrostomy tubes, Nephrostomy tubes, Biliary drains, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, Varicose veins, Vein ablation, Sclerotherapy, Bleeds/ Hemorrhage, Interventional Oncology, Y-90, Chemoembolization/ TACE, Tumor Ablation, Portal hypertension, TI...