Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Orthopaedic Surgery

Steven Glassman practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons is one of the top medical schools in the US. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons is ranked 8 in research and 52 in primary care medicine He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Doctor Steven D. Glassman, MD is a published MD as well. He has 97 publications published. The latest was: Inadequacy of 3-month Oswestry Disability Index outcome for assessing individual longer-term patient experience after lumbar spine surgery. Doctor Steven D. Glassman, MD accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Impact of Lumbar Fusion on Health Care Resource Utilization.
• Modeled cost-effectiveness of transforaminal Lumbar interbody fusion compared with posterolateral fusion for spondylolisthesis using N(2)QOD data.
• Benefit of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion vs Posterolateral Spinal Fusion in Lumbar Spine Disorders: a Propensity-Matched Analysis From the National Neurosurgi...
• The comprehensive anatomical spinal osteotomy classification.
• The Minimum Clinically Important Difference in SRS-22R Total Score, Appearance, Activity and Pain Domains After Surgical Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity.
• Accurately measuring the quality and effectiveness of Lumbar surgery in registry efforts: determining the most valid and responsive instruments.
• The National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD): A Collaborative North American Outcomes Registry to Advance Value-Based Spine Care.
• Estimating EQ-5D values from the Neck Disability Index and numeric rating scales for neck and arm Pain.
• Defining Rates and Causes of Mortality Associated with Spine Surgery: Comparison of Two Data Collection Approaches through the Scoliosis Research Society.
• Estimating EQ-5D Values from the Oswestry Disability Index and Numeric Rating Scales for Back and Leg Pain.
• Defining the value of Spine care.
• Cost Effectiveness of Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Five Years After Surgery.
• Clinical and radiographic parameters that distinguish between the best and worst outcomes of scoliosis surgery for adults.
• The Discriminative Properties of the SF-6D Compared to the SF-36 and ODI.
• Impact of perioperative Complications on clinical outcome scores in lumbar fusion surgery.
• Differentiating minimum clinically important difference for primary and revision Lumbar fusion surgeries.
• 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.
• Is Type of Compensation a Predictor of Outcome After Lumbar Fusion?
• Changes in the Oswestry Disability Index that predict improvement after Lumbar fusion.
• The Spectrum of Traumatic Schmorl's Nodes: Identification and Treatment Options in 3 Patients.
• Correlation between Cervical spine sagittal alignment and clinical outcome after anterior Cervical discectomy and fusion.
• Clinical Outcomes after Lumbar Fusion Complicated by Deep Wound Infection: A Case-Control Study.
• SF-6D Values Stratified By Specific Diagnostic Indication.
• A diagnostic classification for lumbar Spine registry development.
• Reply to "A critical review of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 trials in spinal surgery: emerging safety concerns and lessons learned"
• Lumbar Lordosis Restoration Following Single-level Instrumented Fusion Comparing 4 Commonly Used Techniques.
• Scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality of adult scoliosis surgery.
• Predicting SF-6D utility scores from the neck disability index and numeric rating scales for neck and arm Pain.
• Does fusion status correlate with patient outcomes in Lumbar spinal fusion?
• Health-related quality of life improvements in patients undergoing Lumbar spinal fusion as a revision surgery.
• Blood Serum Antibody Analysis and Long -Term Follow-up of Patients Treated with Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in the Lumbar Spine.
• Health Related Quality of Life Following Posterolateral Lumbar Arthrodesis in Patients 75 Years of Age and Older.
• Posterior iliac crest Pain after posterolateral fusion with or without iliac crest graft harvest.
• Complications With rhBMP-2 in Posterolateral Spine Fusion: A Consecutive Series of One Thousand Thirty-Seven Cases.
• Off-label use of bone morphogenetic proteins in the United States using administrative data.
• Clinical outcomes after posterolateral Lumbar fusion in workers' compensation patients: a case-control study.
• Complications and concerns with osteobiologics for Spine fusion in clinical practice.
• Complications with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in posterolateral Spine fusion associated with a dural tear.
• Neck Disability Index, short form-36 physical component summary, and Pain scales for neck and arm Pain: the minimum clinically important difference and substantial cli...
• The Cost Effectiveness of Single-Level Instrumented Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion at Five Years After Surgery.
• Assessment of Spine surgery outcomes: inconsistency of change amongst outcome measurements.
• Contemporary management of symptomatic Lumbar spinal stenosis.
• Thresholds for Health-related Quality of Life measures: reality testing.
• The costs and benefits of nonoperative management for adult scoliosis.
• Outcome of Lumbar arthrodesis in patients sixty-five years of age or older. Surgical technique.
• Response shift phenomenon. Does this apply to Spine outcomes research?
• Two-year fusion and clinical outcomes in 224 patients treated with a single-level instrumented posterolateral fusion with iliac crest bone graft.
• An evidence-based approach to Spine surgery.
• Defining value in Spine care.
• Predicting SF-6D utility scores from the Oswestry disability index and numeric rating scales for Back and leg pain.
• Instrumented open-door laminoplasty as treatment for Cervical myelopathy in 104 patients.
• Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 on an absorbable collagen sponge with an osteoconductive bulking agent in posterolateral arthrodesis with instrumentatio...
• Perioperative complications of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 on an absorbable collagen sponge versus iliac crest bone graft for posterior Cervical art...
• Clinical and radiographic analysis of an optimized rhBMP-2 formulation as an autograft replacement in posterolateral lumbar Spine arthrodesis.
• Outcome of Lumbar arthrodesis in patients sixty-five years of age or older.
• Do 1-year outcomes predict 2-year outcomes for adult deformity surgery?
• Are preoperative health-related quality of life scores predictive of clinical outcomes after Lumbar fusion?
• RhBMP-2 versus iliac crest bone graft for lumbar Spine fusion in patients over 60 years of age: a cost-utility study.
• Lumbar fusion outcomes stratified by specific diagnostic indication.
• The use of bone morphogenetic protein in lumbar Spine surgery.
• Surgical treatment of Lumbar spinal stenosis associated with adult scoliosis.
• RhBMP-2 versus iliac crest bone graft for lumbar Spine fusion: a randomized, controlled trial in patients over sixty years of age.
• Identification and surgical treatment of primary thoracic spinal stenosis.
• Reliability and accuracy of fine-cut computed tomography scans to determine the status of anterior interbody fusions with metallic cages.
• Minimum clinically important difference in lumbar Spine surgery patients: a choice of methods using the Oswestry Disability Index, Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire...
• Defining substantial clinical benefit following lumbar Spine arthrodesis.
• Fusion and nonsurgical treatment for symptomatic lumbar degenerative Disease: a systematic review of Oswestry Disability Index and MOS Short Form-36 outcomes.
• The effect of obesity on clinical outcomes after Lumbar fusion.
• Sagittal alignment as a risk factor for adjacent level degeneration: a case-control study.
• The perioperative cost of Infuse bone graft in posterolateral lumbar Spine fusion.
• Adverse events in patients re-exposed to bone morphogenetic protein for Spine surgery.
• The impact of perioperative Complications on clinical outcome in adult deformity surgery.
• Understanding the minimum clinically important difference: a review of concepts and methods.
• Clinical outcomes in older patients after posterolateral Lumbar fusion.
• Evidence-based medicine: raising the bar.
• The efficacy of rhBMP-2 for posterolateral Lumbar fusion in smokers.
• Juvenile degenerative disc Disease: a report of 76 cases identified by magnetic resonance imaging.
• Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of fine-cut CT scans with reconstructions to determine the status of an instrumented posterolateral fusion with surgical exploratio...
• Correlation of radiographic and clinical findings in spinal deformities.
• Correlation of spinal canal dimensions to efficacy of epidural steroid injection in spinal stenosis.
• The selection of operative versus nonoperative treatment in patients with adult scoliosis.
• Posterolateral lumbar Spine fusion with INFUSE bone graft.
• Reliability and agreement between fine-cut CT scans and plain radiography in the evaluation of posterolateral fusions.
• Objective assessment of Cervical spinal cord injury levels by transcranial magnetic motor-evoked potentials.
• Clinical outcomes and fusion success at 2 years of single-level instrumented posterolateral fusions with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2/compression res...
• Nonsurgical resource utilization in adult spinal deformity.
• Lumbar Degenerative classification study.
• Treatment of anterior Cervical pseudoarthrosis: posterior fusion versus anterior revision.
• Adverse effects associated with high-dose recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 use in anterior Cervical spine fusion.
• A prospective analysis of intraoperative electromyographic monitoring of posterior Cervical screw fixation.
• The impact of positive sagittal balance in adult spinal deformity.
• Initial fusion rates with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2/compression resistant matrix and a hydroxyapatite and triCalcium phosphate/collagen carrier in...
• Platelet gel (AGF) fails to increase fusion rates in instrumented posterolateral fusions.
• Correlation of radiographic parameters and clinical symptoms in adult scoliosis.
• Is there an optimal patient stance for obtaining a lateral 36" radiograph? A critical comparison of three techniques.
• Inadequacy of 3-month Oswestry Disability Index outcome for assessing individual longer-term patient experience after lumbar Spine surgery.

Schools

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• Columbia University College Of Physicians and Surgeons

• Montefiore Hospital

• Leatherman Spine Fellowship

Procedures Preformed

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• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
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Conditions Treated

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• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis
• Ataxia
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Spine Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification

Education

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• New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus
• Albert Einstein - Montefiore Medical Center
• Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Hospital

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• Kosair Children's Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1275531501
NPPES Provider LastName		GLASSMAN
NPPES Provider FirstName		STEVEN
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		402023900
NPPES Provider State		KY
Specialty Description		Orthopedic Surgery
Total Claim Count		194.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		27.0
Percent Opioid Claims		13.92

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1275531501
Last Name Of The Provider	GLASSMAN
First Name Of The Provider	STEVEN
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