Clinical Focus

• Orthopaedic Surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Chief, Spinal Surgery Division (2004 - present)
• Medical Director, Service Quality, Stanford Univeristy Hospital and Clinics (2009 - present)
• Director, Orthopaedic Spine Center at Stanford, Stanford Hospital and Clinics (1990 - present)
• Director, Medical Student Education; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine (1990 - present)
• Spine Consultant for Varsity and NCAA Teams, Stanford University (1993 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Various awards and Commendations, U.S. Army (to present)
• Leon Wiltse Award, North American Spine Society (2008)
• Volvo Clinical Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2000)
• Clinical Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2009 and 2006)
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Stanford University School of Medicine (1996, 1997, 2004)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Varun Gajendran

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Medicine
• Orthopedic Surgery

Community and International Work

• Editor in Chief, The Spine Journal, Stanford and NASS 
• VA Neck Pain and Back Pain Guidelines 
• Command Surgeon, 351 Civil Affairs Command 
• Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel 
• Neck Pain Task Force, Toronto, Canada 

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

Dr. Carragee's research interests lie in outcomes assessment of surgical and rehabilitative treatment for cervical and lumbar intervertebral disk herniation; diagnosis and treatment of spine infections, instrumentation of the degenerative spine and spinal deformities and low back pain syndromes, pain and pain management.

Publications

• A case of late epidural hematoma in a patient on clopidogrel therapy postoperatively: when is it safe to resume antiplatelet agents? Carragee EJ, Golish SR, Scuderi GJ. Spine J. 2011; 11 (1): e1-4
• A challenge to integrity in spine publications: years of living dangerously with the promotion of bone growth factors. Carragee EJ, Ghanayem AJ, Weiner BK, Rothman DJ, Bono CM. Spine J. 2011; 11 (6): 463-8
• A critical review of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 trials in spinal surgery: emerging safety concerns and lessons learned. Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Weiner BK. Spine J. 2011; 11 (6): 471-91
• Are persistently symptomatic vertebral compression fractures associated with abnormal inflammatory profiles? A prospective study. Golish SR, Hanna LS, Cuellar JM, Fernyhough JC, Campbell DR, Carragee EJ, Scuderi GJ. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2011; 24 (2): 121-5
• Carragee responds. Carragee EJ, Spine J. 2011; 11 (8): 801