Director of Spinal Deformity Surgery Director of Spine Tumor Surgery UCSF
Neurosurgery
Dr. Christopher P. Ames, MD
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Doctor Christopher P. Ames, MD practices Neurosurgery. She went to David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a top medical college. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has a rank of 13 in research and a 7 in primary care She over the years received 5 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Christopher Ames is a published doctor. She has 101 publications published. The most current publication "Ratio of lumbar 3-column osteotomy closure: patient-specific deformity characteristics and level of resection impact correction of truncal versus pelvic compensation." Doctor Christopher P. Ames, MD accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Impact of Cervical Sagittal Alignment Parameters on Neck Disability.
- Clinical and Radiographic Evaluation of Adult Spinal Deformity.
- Prospective multicenter assessment of perioperative and minimum 2-year postoperative complication rates associated with adult spinal deformity surgery.
- The Health Impact of Symptomatic Adult Spinal Deformity: Comparison of Deformity Types to United States Population Norms and Chronic Diseases.
- The Clinical Correlation of the Hart-ISSG Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Severity Scale With Health-Related Quality-of-life Outcomes and Need for Revision Surgery.
- Neurologic Outcomes of Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Results of the Prospective, Multicenter Scoli-RISK-1 Study.
- A Tunneled Subcricoid Approach for Anterior Cervical Spine Reoperation: Technical and Safety Results.
- The Economic Impact of Revision Surgery for Proximal Junctional Failure after Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Cost Analysis of 57 Operations in A 10-Year Experience ...
- The benefit of non-operative treatment for adult spinal deformity: identifying predictors for reaching a minimal clinically important difference.
- Reliability assessment of a novel cervical spine deformity classification system.
- Post-Operative Recovery Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Comparative Analysis of Age in 149 patients during 2 year follow up.
- Integrity of "damage control" posterior spinal fusion constructs for poly-trauma patients: A biomechanical investigation.
- Assessment of impact of standing long-cassette radiographs on surgical planning for lumbar pathology: an international survey of spine surgeons.
- Impact of obesity on complications, infection, and patient-reported outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery.
- The comprehensive anatomical spinal osteotomy classification.
- The impact of standing regional cervical sagittal alignment on outcomes in posterior cervical fusion surgery.
- Cervical compensatory alignment changes following correction of adult thoracic deformity: a multicenter experience in 57 patients with a 2-year follow-up.
- Results of the 2014 SRS survey on PJK/PJF: A report on variation of select SRS member practice patterns, treatment indications, and opinions on classification developm...
- Recovery following adult spinal deformity surgery: the effect of complications and reoperation in 149 patients with 2-year follow-up.
- Patients with spinal deformity over the age of 75: a retrospective analysis of operative versus non-operative management.
- Factors predicting recurrence after resection of clival chordoma using variable surgical approaches and radiation modalities.
- Comprehensive study of back and leg pain improvements after adult spinal deformity surgery: analysis of 421 patients with 2-year follow-up and of the impact of the sur...
- Management of central nervous system teratoma.
- Variability in Spine Surgery Procedures Performed During Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery Residency Training: An Analysis of ACGME Case Log Data.
- Three-column osteotomies of the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine: comparison of early outcomes, radiographic parameters, and peri-operative complications in 48 ...
- Spine surgery training: is it time to consider categorical spine surgery residency?
- The t1 pelvic angle, a novel radiographic measure of global sagittal deformity, accounts for both spinal inclination and pelvic tilt and correlates with health-related...
- Prospective multicenter assessment of risk factors for rod fracture following surgery for adult spinal deformity.
- Local intrawound vancomycin powder decreases the risk of surgical site infections in complex adult deformity reconstruction: a cost analysis.
- Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Failure Following Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Literature as a Background to Classification Development.
- T1 pelvic angle (TPA) effectively evaluates sagittal deformity and assesses radiographical surgical outcomes longitudinally.
- Hospital Readmission Rates After Surgical Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine.
- Results of the AANS membership survey of adult spinal deformity knowledge: impact of training, practice experience, and assessment of potential areas for improved educ...
- Introduction: Costs and benefits of modern-day spine care.
- Maintenance of radiographic correction at 2Â years following lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy is superior with upper thoracic compared with thoracolumbar junction u...
- Upper thoracic versus lower thoracic upper instrumented vertebrae endpoints have similar outcomes and complications in adult scoliosis.
- Outcomes following attempted en bloc resection of cervical chordomas in the C-1 and C-2 region versus the subaxial region: a multiinstitutional experience.
- Incremental cost-effectiveness of adult spinal deformity surgery: observed quality-adjusted life years with surgery compared with predicted quality-adjusted life years...
- Complications and intercenter variability of three-column osteotomies for spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of 423 patients.
- Evaluation of complications and neurological deficits with three-column spine reconstructions for complex spinal deformity: a retrospective Scoli-RISK-1 study.
- Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Treated Operatively Report Greater Baseline Pain and Disability than Patients Treated Nonoperatively: However, Deformities Differ Betwe...
- Prevalence and Type of Cervical Deformity Among 470 Adults With Throacolumbar Deformity.
- Sagittal Spino-Pelvic Malalignment in Parkinson's Disease: Prevalence and Associations With Disease Severity.
- Surgical treatment of pathological loss of lumbar lordosis (flatback) in patients with normal sagittal vertical axis achieves similar clinical improvement as surgical ...
- Impact of age on the likelihood of reaching a minimum clinically important difference in 374 three-column spinal osteotomies.
- Does Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Use in Adult Spinal Deformity Increase Complications and Are Complications Associated With Location of rhBMP-2 Use?...
- Revision Surgery After Three-Column Osteotomy in 335 Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: Inter-Center Variability and Risk Factors.
- Defining Rates and Causes of Mortality Associated with Spine Surgery: Comparison of Two Data Collection Approaches through the Scoliosis Research Society.
- Total Hospital Costs of Surgical Treatment for Adult Spinal Deformity: An Extended Follow-up Study.
- Does Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (rhBMP-2) Use in Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Increase Complications and Are Complications Associated With Location...
- Cervical radiographical alignment: comprehensive assessment techniques and potential importance in cervical myelopathy.
- Tumor control after surgery for spinal myxopapillary ependymomas: distinct outcomes in adults versus children.
- Comparison of Fatigue Strength of C2 Pedicle Screws, C2 Pars Screws, and a Hybrid Construct in C1-2 Fixation.
- Reoperation rates and impact on outcome in a large, prospective, multicenter, adult spinal deformity database.
- Association of Myelopathy Scores with Cervical Sagittal Balance and Normalized Spinal Cord Volume: Analysis of 56 Preoperative Cases from the AOSpine North America Mye...
- Cervical Radiographic Alignment: Comprehensive Assessment Techniques and Potential Importance in Cervical Myelopathy.
- Myelopathy and Spinal Deformity: The Relevance of Spinal Alignment in Planning Surgical Intervention for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.
- Cervical spine alignment, sagittal deformity, and clinical implications.
- Predictive Factors for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Long Fusions to the Sacrum in Adult Spinal Deformity.
- Intraoperative neuromonitoring with MEPs and prediction of postoperative neurological deficits in patients undergoing surgery for cervical and cervicothoracic myelopathy.
- A standardized nomenclature for cervical spine soft-tissue release and osteotomy for deformity correction.
- Surgical Site Infections in Spine Surgery: Identification of Microbiologic and Surgical Characteristics in 239 Cases.
- Revision surgery for lumbar pseudarthrosis.
- The SRS-Schwab Adult Spinal Deformity Classification: Assessment and Clinical Correlations Based on a Prospective Operative and Nonoperative Cohort.
- Radiographical spinopelvic parameters and disability in the setting of adult spinal deformity: a prospective multicenter analysis.
- Hospital Readmission After Spine Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity.
- Pathology of Spinal Ependymomas: An Institutional Experience Over 25 Years in 134 Patients.
- Proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure.
- Assessment and treatment of cervical deformity.
- Health economic analysis of adult deformity surgery.
- Spinal deformity surgery.
- Clinical and radiographic evaluation of the adult spinal deformity patient.
- Classifications for adult spinal deformity and use of the scoliosis research society-schwab adult spinal deformity classification.
- Coronal realignment and reduction techniques and complication avoidance.
- Radiographic Spino-pelvic Parameters and Disability in the Setting of Adult Spinal Deformity: A Prospective Multicenter Analysis.
- Complications Associated with Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Spinal Fractures: A Review of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Database.
- Posterior global malalignment after osteotomy for sagittal plane deformity: it happens and here is why.
- Construct Rigidity after Fatigue Loading in Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy with or without Adjacent Interbody Structural Cages.
- Effect of Severity of Rod Contour on Posterior Rod Failure in Setting of Lumbar Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy (PSO): A Biomechanical Study.
- Assessment of symptomatic rod fracture after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity.
- Incidence, Mode, and Location of Acute Proximal Junctional Failures Following Surgical Treatment for Adult Spinal Deformity.
- Assessment of Symptomatic Rod Fracture Following Posterior Instrumented Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity.
- Short-term Complications Associated With Surgery for High-Grade Spondylolisthesis in Adults and Pediatric Patients: A Report From the Scoliosis Research Society Morbid...
- Can a Novel Rectangular Footplate Provide Higher Resistance to Subsidence When Compared to Circular Footplates?: An Ex Vivo Biomechanical Study.
- Rates and causes of mortality associated with spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a review of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Database.
- The Appearance of Dural Sealants under MR Imaging.
- Surgical Site Infection (SSI) in Spinal Surgery: Description of Surgical and Patient-Based Risk Factors for Postoperative Infection Using Administrative Claims Data.
- Morbidity and mortality after spinal deformity surgery in patients 75 years and older: complications and predictive factors.
- The importance of platybasia and the palatine line in patient selection for endonasal surgery of the craniocervical junction: a radiographic study of 12 patients.
- Biomechanical analysis of Goel technique for C1-2 fusion.
- Biomechanical analysis of osteotomy type and rod diameter for treatment of cervicothoracic kyphosis.
- Technique of cervicothoracic junction pedicle subtraction osteotomy for cervical sagittal imbalance: report of 11 cases.
- Does BMP increase the incidence of perioperative complications in spinal fusion? A comparison of 55,862 cases of spinal fusion with and without BMP.
- Biomechanical analysis of cervicothoracic junction osteotomy in cadaveric model of ankylosing spondylitis: effect of rod material and diameter.
- Biomechanical analysis of revision strategies for rod fracture in pedicle subtraction osteotomy.
- Treatment of Enneking stage 3 aggressive vertebral hemangiomas with intralesional spondylectomy: report of 10 cases and review of the literature.
- En bloc resection for primary and metastatic tumors of the spine: a systematic review of the literature.
- Optimal reconstruction technique after C-2 corpectomy and spondylectomy: a biomechanical analysis.
- Ratio of lumbar 3-column osteotomy closure: patient-specific deformity characteristics and level of resection impact correction of truncal versus pelvic compensation.
- Hospital Readmission within Two Years Following Adult Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformity Surgery: Prevalence, Predictors, and Effect on Patient-Derived Outcome Measures.
Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FAANS)
Education
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Barrow Neurological Institute -
University of California San Diego -
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hospital
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San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center -
UCSF Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1265485155 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | AMES | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | CHRISTOPHER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 941432202 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 68.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1265485155 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | AMES |
| First Name Of The Provider | CHRISTOPHER |
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