Medical Director St. Mary's Spine Center, Spine Surgery Fellowship Director SFORTP
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. James F. Zucherman, MD
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James Zucherman practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He studied medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He has 2 awards "Regional Top Doctor" and "Best Technology Innovation". Dr. James F. Zucherman is also a published MD. He has 33 paper published. The most recent paper is: Anatomic position of a herniated nucleus pulposus predicts the outcome of lumbar discectomy. He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Two-Year Evaluation of the X-STOP Interspinous Spacer in Different Primary Patient Populations With Neurogenic Intermittent Claudication due to Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
- Scoliosis and interspinous decompression with the X-STOP: prospective minimum 1-year outcomes in lumbar spinal stenosis.
- A novel technique of intra-spinous process injection of PMMA to augment the strength of an inter-spinous process device such as the X STOP.
- ProDisc-L total disc replacement: a comparison of 1-level versus 2-level arthroplasty patients with a minimum 2-year follow-up.
- Measurement of in vivo lumbar intervertebral disc pressure during spinal manipulation: a feasibility study.
- Quality of life of lumbar stenosis-treated patients in whom the X STOP interspinous device was implanted.
- Interspinous process decompression with the X-STOP device for lumbar spinal stenosis: a 4-year follow-up study.
- Insertion loads of the X STOP interspinous process distraction system designed to treat neurogenic intermittent claudication.
- A multicenter, prospective, randomized trial evaluating the X STOP interspinous process decompression system for the treatment of neurogenic intermittent claudication:...
- The use of an interspinous implant in conjunction with a graded facetectomy procedure.
- The effects of an interspinous implant on the kinematics of the instrumented and adjacent levels in the lumbar spine.
- The effects of an interspinous implant on intervertebral disc pressures.
- Gadopentetate dimeglumine as an intradiscal contrast agent.
- Successful management of female office workers with "repetitive stress injury" or "carpal tunnel syndrome" by a new treatment modality--application of low level laser.
- Dwyer instrumentation in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Occult infections causing persistent low-back pain.
- Metabolic bone disease in lumbar pseudarthrosis.
- High lumbar disc degeneration. Incidence and etiology.
- Diptheroids and associated infections as a cause of failed instrument stabilization procedures in the lumbar spine.
- Response to steroid and duration of radicular pain as predictors of surgical outcome.
- Clinical efficacy of spinal instrumentation in lumbar degenerative disc disease.
- Lumbar laminectomy for herniated disc: a prospective controlled comparison with internal fixation fusion.
- Normal magnetic resonance imaging with abnormal discography.
- Early results of spinal fusion using variable spine plating system.
- Painful lumbar end-plate disruptions: a significant discographic finding.
- Rational use of operation in pericardial constriction.
- Follow-up evaluation of resected lumbar vertebral chordoma over 11 years: a case report.
- Anatomic position of a herniated nucleus pulposus predicts the outcome of lumbar discectomy.
- Instrumented laparoscopic spinal fusion. Preliminary Results.
- Lumbar intraspinal synovial and ganglion cysts (facet cysts). Ten-year experience in evaluation and treatment.
- A prospective randomized multi-center study for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with the X STOP interspinous implant: 1-year results.
- Lumbosacral fusions with Harrington rods and intersegmental wiring.
Schools
Baylor College Of Medicine
La Co Usc
Mt Zion Hospital
Sfortp
University Hong Kong
CoDirector Stanford Univ San Francisco Combined Spine Surgery Fellowship Program
California Orthopaedic Association
Procedures Preformed
- Disc Replacement
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
- Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Closed
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Best Technology Innovation
Education
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University of Southern California - LAC+USC Medical Center -
Baylor College of Medicine
Hospital
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UCSF Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1194887760 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | ZUCHERMAN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JAMES | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 941171016 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 77.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 11.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 14.29 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1194887760 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ZUCHERMAN |
| First Name Of The Provider | JAMES |
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