Online 2006 Adult Spine Self-Assessment Examination

Produced by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Adult Spine Evaluation Subcommittee of the Evaluation Committee

Acknowledgements

William C. Lauerman, MD, Chairman

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

Jeffrey D. Coe, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Private Practice, Los Gatos, CA

James C. Farmer, MD

Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, New York, NY

John C. France, MD

Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

John A. Glaser, MD

Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

David W. Polly Jr., MD

Professor and Chief of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota; Attending Surgeon, Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN

William J. Richardson, MD

Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Stephen R. Southworth, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Private Practice, Tupelo, MS

William Sukovich, MD

Director of Spine Surgery, Bone and Joint/Sports Medicine Institute, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth VA; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

Steven M. Theiss, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Kirkham B. Wood, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Michael J. Yaszemski, MD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgery, Director, Polymer and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Mayo Medical School/Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Contributor
Michael J. Bolesta, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Director, Orthopaedic Spine Service, Parkland General Hospital, Dallas, TX

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Adult Spine Evaluation Subcommittee
William C. Lauerman, MD [E] Ortho Biotech
Jeffrey D. Coe, MD [2]
James C. Farmer, MD [2]
John C. France, MD [2]
John A. Glaser, MD [A] Synthes Spine, Osteotech; [D] Mekanika; [E] Depuy Acromed
David W. Polly, Jr, MD [E] Medtronic
William J. Richardson, MD [2]
Stephen R. Southworth, MD [2]
William Sukovich, MD [A] Depuy Spine; [B] Endius, Hydrocision; [D] Nuvasive, Endius, Hydrocision; [E] Endius, Hydrocision
Steven M. Theiss, MD [2]
Kirkham B. Wood, MD [2]
Michael J. Yaszemski, MD [2]

Contributor
Michael J. Bolesta, MD [2]

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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