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| Undergraduate | University of California at Berkeley |
| Graduate | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, MD April, 1974 |
| Postgraduate | Los Angeles County - USC General Hospital Mt. Zion Medical Center San Francisco Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program University of Hong Kong - |
BOARD CERTIFICATION
July 1984 in Orthopaedic Surgery by American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Part-time, 1975 to 1978:
St. Francis Hospital Emergency Medicine, S.F., CA
S.F. City and County Emergency Facilities, S.F., CA
Richmond Hospital Emergency Medicine, Richmond, CA
Willits General Hospital Emergency Room, Willits, CA
Kaiser Hospital, General Clinic, S.F., CAMary's Help Hospital (Seton), Daly City, CA General Orthopaedics
April 1982 to January 1983St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, S.F., CA Associate Staff
January 1983 to Present
APPOINTMENTS, PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND AWARDS
Clinical Instructor
S.F. Combined Orthopaedic Residency Training Program
1981 to Present.Medical Director
St. Mary's Spine Center
S.F., CA 1987 to presentClinical Instructor
UC Davis - Martinez Veterans Administration Hospital
Martinez, CA 1984 to 1991San Francisco Medical Society
1984 to presentFellow, North American Spine Society
July, 1985 to presentMember of Spine Evaluation and Training Team, Inc.
S.F., CA
1985 to 1988Co-chairman
Challenge of the Lumbar Spine
S.F., CA
November, 1986Fellow
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
February, 1986 to presentDirector of Spine Fellowship
S.F. Combined Orthopaedic Residency Training Program
1987 to 1998Member Western Orthopedic Association
August 1997 to presentCo-Director Combined San Francisco-Stanford University
Spine Surgery Fellowship
1998 to presentMember
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
1989 to presentDirector St. Mary's Cervical Spine Institute
1989 to 1992Recipient of $50,000 Luke B. Hancock Foundation Grant for Spinal Fusion Research Project,
April 16, 1991North American Spine Society Surgical Committee, 1992 to 1994
Award for Educational Support, American Back Society Buffalo, New York
May, 1993Advisory Board Patient Advocates, Inc. 1990 to present
Board of Directors, American Back Society, 1996 to present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Spine, 1995 to present
Co-Chairman, American Back Society, December 1996 to December 1997
Medical Advisory Board St. Francis Medical Technologies 1999 to Present
Stanford University Volunteer Clinical Instructor
Department of Functional Restoration (Orthopedics) 12/1/99 to present
TRAINING COURSES
Musculoskeletal Trauma, AAOS Course S.F., CA April, 1978
The Knee On Sports Medicine, AAOS Course Los Angeles, CA April, 1979
UCLA Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Course Los Angeles, CA Summer 1980
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Workshop Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July, 1983
Posterior Lateral Interbody Fusion Workshop, Dr. Gabriel Ma Honolulu, Hawaii October, 1983
The Spine Current Concepts, Vanderbuilt School of Medicine Maui, Hawaii March, 16-22, 1986
Anterior Spine Fusion, Dr. David Selby Dallas, TX August, 1986
Anterior Spinal Fusion Kaneda Instrumentation Technique Kyoto, Japan May 20-21, 1989
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course San Francisco, CA June, 1991
Ethicon Endoscopic Surgery Training Course on Laparoscopic, Thoracoscopic Surgery,
September 9-10, 1994, Cincinnati, OhioAlbert Einstein College of Medicine-Spine Course-Basic Trauma
1995 Davos, SwitzerlandRay Threaded Fusion Cage Surgical Technique Training Workshop, an advanced practical course on Ray TFC technology for Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
February 7, 1998Contorversies and Challenges in Spinal Deformities, Thoracolumbar and Cervical Surgery
April 1998 Key Largo, FloridaThreaded Constructs for Interbody Spine Surgery
November, 1998 San Francisco MarriottTechnique for Percutaneous Electrothermal Treatment of Discogenic Pain
Stanford University March 1999Workshop for the PDN Prosthetic Disc Nucleus
June 21, 1999 Waikoloa, HawaiiBone Growth Factors and Substitutes:The Next Generation
June, 2000, Coronado, CaliforniaVertebroplasty
November, 2000 Las Vegas, NevadaKyphon Inflatable Bone Tamp Technology Course, Stanford, California
October 6, 2001Musculoskeletal MRI, April 13th-15th Las Vegas, Nevada
Medtronic Interbody Fusion Techniques, March, 2002 Napa, California
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. UCSF San Francisco Bay Area Orthopaedic Ground Rounds: Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, September, 1977
Anterior Cervical Fusion in Cervical Spondylosis, September, 1978
Achilles Tendon Rupture, 19802. Western Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Sciatic Entrapment at the Pyriformis‹The Forgotten Syndrome, Honolulu, Hawaii 1980
3. University of Hong Kong International Orthopaedic Congress The Use of the Dwyer Apparatus in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, November, 1983
4. AAOS Conference Surgical Management of Lumbar Spine Pain, Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion - History, Techniques, Clinical Studies S.F., CA November, 1983
5. California Trucking Association, Advanced Concepts in Back Injury Management, Burlingame, CA October 23, 1984; Montebello, CA October 25, 1984
6. AWA, California-Nevada Section, Prevention of Low Back Injury, Oakland, CA, Spring, 1985
7. CAMP International, Inc., Conservative Management of Low Pathophysiology and Anatomy, March 15, 1985; Fusion, S.F., CA, March 16, 1985
8. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Low Back Pain But Were Afraid To Ask, Co-Chairman, Snowmass, CO January 18-26, 1986.
9. University of California, S.F., Verne T. Inman Memorial Lectureship Spinal Fusion With Internal Fixation, May 15, 1986.
10. Cross Currents In Medicine - Guest Lecturer. Treatment With Appropriate Exercise; Chymopapain? Surgery? Santa Monica Hospital and Medical Center, June 6, 1986.
11. Western Orthopaedic Association. Lumbar Laminectomy For Herniated Disc - A Prospective Controlled Comparison With Internal Fixation Fusion, S.F., CA, 1986
12. Challenge of the Lumbar Spine, S.F., CA November 6-9, 1986:
Diagnostic Testing ‹Panel Chairman
Diagnostic Categories
Plates and Screws in Surgery
Computer Innovation
Spine Plating and Advanced Session
The Participation Concept - Making the Right Connection13. AAOS Research Society. Prospective Controlled Series Comparing Simple Discectomy To Discectomy With Fusion. S.F., CA January 25, 1987
14. University of California, Dept of Neurology Grand Rounds. Rehabilitation for Lumbar Spine Problems. S.F., CA March 19, 1987
15. International Conference On Discography. Endplate Fracture A Significant Finding On Discography. Dallas, TX March 28, 1987
16. International Society For The Study Of The Lumbar Spine. Early Results Of Internal Fixation Using VSP Spine Plating, Rome, Italy March 24, 1987
17. North American Spine Society. Early Results and Complications Using VSP Internal Fixation. Banff, Canada June 26, 1987
18. Challenge Of The Lumbar Spine. New York, New York October 8-10, 1987: Complications Of Internal Fixation, Post Decompression Instability, Internal Fixation Symposium
19. Federation Of Spine Societies, AAOS Annual Meeting. Early Results And Complications Using VSP Internal Fixation, Atlanta, Georgia February, 1988
20. International Society For The Study Of The Lumbar Spine Diphtheroid And Associated Infections As A Cause Of Failed Instrumentation Procedures In The Lumbar Spine, Miami, Florida April, 1988
21. North American Spine Society. MRI Does Not Replace Discography, Colorado Springs, Colorado July, 1988
22. American Back Society, S.F., CA December 3-4, 1988. Anterior Spinal Fusion
Multilevel Anterior Cervical Fusion
Diagnostic Injections In Spine Disease
Hands-on Workshop Spinal Surgery23. Lumbar Spine Current State Of The Art Spine Care Conference. MRI Scanning Does Not Replace Discography Daly City, CA December 11, 1988
24. International Society For The Study Of The Lumbar Spine. High Lumbar Disc Degeneration: Incidence And Etiology Kyoto, Japan May 17, 1989
25. North American Spine Society. Clinical Efficacy Of Spinal Instrumentation In Lumbar Degenerative Disease Quebec City, Canada July 2, 1989
26. Challenge Of The Lumbar Spine Existential Aspects Of Pain, Clinical Efficacy Of Spinal Instrumentation S.F., CA October, 1989
27. Sympathetically Medicated Pain In Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease. International Society For The Study Of The Lumbar Spine. Boston, Mass May, 1990
28. Multilevel Cervical Fusion Cervical And Lumbar Spine: State Of The Art, 1991, San Francisco Spine Institute. S.F., CA March, 1990
29. Sympathetically Mediated Pain In Lumbar Spine Disease. North American Spine Society, Monterey, CA July, 1990
30. Challenge Of The Lumbar Spine Multilevel Cervical Fusions S.F., CA March, 1991
31. Demineralized Allograft In Posterior Lateral Fusions - Clinical Efficacy In A Prospective Study. James F. Zucherman, MD, Steven Brack, DO, Ken Hsu, MD, Gary Levengood, MD. North American Spine Society, Keystone, CO August, 1991
32. Clinical Efficacy Of Spinal Instrumentation In Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease. Fifth International Conference Of Lumbar Fusion And Stabilization. Osaka, Japan. November, 1991
33. A Comparison Of Allogenic Versus Autologous Bone Graft In Posterior Lateral Lumbar Spine Fusions - Clinical Efficacy In A Prospective Study. Fifth International Conference Of Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization. Osaka, Japan November, 1991
34. The Myth Of The Solid Posterior Lateral Fusion. Fifth International Conference of Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization. Osaka, Japan November, 1991
35. Pseudoarthrosis Of Lumbar Spine Fusions: When Is It Symptomatic? Hsu, K.Y., Zucherman, J.Z., Schofferman, J., White, A., Derby, R. and Wynne, G. Fifth International Conference On Lumbar Spine Fusion And Stabilization Osaka, Japan November 1991
36. Comparison Of Allograft Versus Autogenous Bone Graft In Posterior Lateral Spine Fusions - Clinical Efficacy In Prospective Study, Zucherman, J.Z., Brack, S., Hsu, K.Y., Levengood, G. and Rassmussen, L. Fifth International Conference On Lumbar Spine Fusion And Stabilization Osaka, Japan November, 1991
37. Clinical Efficacy Of Spinal Instrumentation In Lumbar Degenerative Disease, Zucherman, J.Z., Hsu, K.Y., Picetti, G., III, Wynne, G., and White, A. Fifth International Conference On Lumbar Spine Fusion And Stabilization Osaka, Japan November, 1991
38. Long Term Effect Of Lumbar Spine Fusion: Deterioration Of Adjacent Motion Segments, Hsu, K.Y., Zucherman, J.Z., White, A., and Reynolds, J. Fifth International Conference On Lumbar Spine Fusion And Stabilization Osaka, Japan November, 1991
39. Myth Of The Solid Posterior Lateral Fusion, Zucherman, J.Z., Brack, S., Hsu, K.Y., and Shea, W. Fifth International Conference On Lumbar Spine Fusion And Stabilization Osaka, Japan November, 1991
40. Pseudoarthrosis Of Lumbar Spine Fusions, When Are They Symptomatic? American Back Society S.F., CA December, 1991
41. Spinal Injection Workshop, American Back Society. S.F., CA December, 1992
42. Workshop Automated Percutaneous Nucleotomy In Lumbar Spine, American Back Society. S.F., CA December, 1992
43. St. Mary's Spine Center Approach To The Industrial Patient, Symposium, American Back Society. S.F., CA December, 1992
44. Fusion Solidity In The Lumbar Spine, American Back Society. S.F., CA December, 1992
45. Spinal Instrumentation In Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease, UCSF, Ground Rounds S.F., CA March, 1993
46. Simmons Plating Workshop - Faculty American Back Society, Buffalo, New York May, 1993
47. The St. Mary's Spine Center - 12 Years Experience In Management Of The Injured Worker, American Back Society. Buffalo, New York May, 1993
48. American Back Society Special Surgical Presentation: Percutaneous Discectomy Of The Cervical Spine S.F., CA December, 1993
49. Differential Diagnosis Of Thoracic Sprain, Workshop American Back Society S.F., CA December, 1993
50. St. Mary's Spine Center, American Back Society S.F., CA December, 1993
51. Steerable Endoscopy Workshop - Indications and Contraindications Concord, CA December, 1993
52. New Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Techniques, American Nurses Association Burlingame, CA January, 1994
53. Laparoscopic Spinal Surgery, Business Opportunities In Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Executive Briefing Medical Data International New Orleans, LA February, 1994
54. Endoscopic Discectomy - One Day Workshop, Surgical Dynamics, Concord, CA. November, 1993.
55. Laparoscopic Spinal Surgery, Medical Data International, New Orleans, LA. February, 1993.
56. Laparoscopic Fusion, North American Spine Society Symposium, Minneapolis, MINN. October, 1994.
57. Laparoscopic Discectomy and Fusion, American Back Society, Beverly Hills, CA. December, 1994.
58. Laparoscopic Spinal Fusion, Ethicon End. Surgery Symposium on Minimally Invasive Approaches to Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 10, 1994.
59. Laparoscopic Assisted Arthroscopic Anterior Lumbar Discectomy and Interbody Fusion in the Supine Position, American Back Society, Los Angeles, California, November 30 - December 3, 1994.
60. Laparoscopic Lumbar Discectomy, Laparoscopic Lumbar Spinal Fusion Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Symposium, Surgical Dynamics, Silverado, California, January 27-30.
61. Instrumented Laparoscopic Spinal Fusion, Third Annual European Spine Meeting, New Frontiers in Spine Surgery, Leiden University, Holland, May 1995.
62. Laparoscopic and Thorascopic Surgical Techniques, Course Instructor, Ethicon Course for Surgeons, Tacoma, Washington, September 1995.
63. The Laparoscopic Approach to the Lumbar Spine, International Symposium on Standards and New Techniques - Anterior Spine Surgery, European Spine Society, Berlin, October 1995.
64. Laparoscopic Spinal Fusion, AO Spine Surgery Course, Pavos, Switzerland, December 1995.
65. Laparoscopic and Thorascopic Surgical Techniques, Course Instructor, Ethicon Course for Surgeons, Tacoma, Washington, November 1995.
66. Lumbar Laparoscopic Surgery, James F. Zucherman, MD , Lumbar and Thoracic Minimally Invasive Surgery Course, University of California, San Francisco, November 1995.
67. Minimal Invasive Spinal Surgery, Workshop, James F. Zucherman, MD, Susan Bailey, American Back Society, San Francisco, California, December 1996.
68. Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, Recent Developments, Clinical Experience and Research, American Back Society, San Francisco, California, December, 1996
69. The Sacroiliac Joint: Evaluation and Treatment Workshop, American Back Society, December, 1996
70. WARP Abdominoplasty: Back Surgery without Touching the Back, A New Surgical Treatment for Chronic Back Pain, American Back Society, December, 1996
71. Disc Space Geometry as a Predictor of Fusion Solidity in the Use of Interbody Cages, ISSLS, Burlington, Vermont, July, 1996
72. Percutaneous Cervical Discectomy, North American Spine Society, Vancouver, B.C., October, 1996
73. Reliability of Computerized Motion Analysis as a Detector of Significant Lumbar Disc Pathology, M. Itoi, Y. Hirasawa, J. Zucherman, K.Hsu, E. Gould, The 8th World Congress of the International Rehabilitation Medicine Association, September 1997.
74. Spine Surgery for the Next Millennium, American Back Society, San Francisco, CA, December 1997
75. Minimally Invasive Lumbar Surgery, Deformity and Complications in the Adult Spine Course. Key Largo, FL, May, 1998
76. Percutaneous Cervical Discectomy, North American Spine Society, San Francisco, October, 1998
77. Use of Xstop Device in Spinal Stenosis-Workshop - Course Director Hawaii, Hawaii July 2000
78. Current Technology in Spine Surgery-including available instrumentation, indications, and results; including an introduction to a new interspinous device for the treatment of spinal stenosis, local anesthesia American Back Society, Vanocouver, BC, December 2000
79. Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with an interspinous process spacer. The 8th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of the Study of Surgical Technique for Spine and Spinal Nerves Kyoto, Japan September 19, 2001
80. Total Disc Replacement. The 8th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of the Study of Surgical Technique for Spine and Spinal Nerves Kyoto, Japan September 19, 2001
81. Stenex Device for Spinal Stenosis- Workshop. The 8th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of the Study of Surgical Technique for Spine and Spinal Nerves, Kyoto, Japan September 19, 2001
82. Treatment of Spinal Stenosis Using a Novell Interspinous Spacer. Western Orthopedic Society San Francisco, Ca. September 25th, 2001
83. Multicenter Randomized trials of X-stop device a new minimally invasive treatment for Spinal Stenosis American Back Society, Orlando, Florida December 2001
84. Multicenter Randomized Prospective Trial for the treatment of lumbar neurogenic claudication with an interspinous device: One year results International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Cleveland, Ohio May, 2002
85. The Effect of an Interspinous Spacer on the Intradiscal Stress of the Adjacent and Levels Treated 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques Montreux, Switzerland May 23, 2002
86. Multicenter Randomized Prospective Trial for the treatment of lumbar neurogenic claudication with an interspinous device: One year results 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques Montreux, Switzerland May 23, 2002
87. Use of the Xstop Interspinous Spacer Device in the Lumbar Spine American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine, San Francisco, Ca Oct.24, 2002
88. Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clincial Trial of a Novel Implant for treatment of Neurogenic Claudication, North American Spine Society, Montreal, Canada November 1, 2002
89. Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with an Interspinous Spacer, Annual Meeting of the Spine Society of Europe, Nantes, France Sept 12, 2002
90. Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Dynamic Spacer Stabilization, Dynamic Spine Stabilization Symposium, Texas Health Research Institute, Dallas, Texas October 11,2002
91. Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Interspinous Spacer, Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society, Montreal, Canada October 30th, 2002
92. A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial For the Use of the Xstop Device in Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation Annual Meeting Orlando, Florida November 2002
93. Spine Across the Sea Symposium-Motion Preserving Technology, Dynesys and Xstop systems. North American Spine Society, Kapalua, Hawaii July 29, 2003
94. Influence of Xstop Interspinous Spacer on Lumbar Sagittal Alignment, NASS Spine Across the Sea Meeting, Kapalua, Hawaii July 29, 2003
95. The Xstop Interspinious Implant Improves Physical Function in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, NASS Spine Across the Sea Meeting, Kapalua, Hawaii Ju;ly 29,2003
96. The Xstop device in the treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Soft Tissue Injuries of the Spine: New concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment , Maricopa County Integrated Health System, San Francisco, Ca. July 19, 2003
97. Prospective Randomized Multi-center Study for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With an Interspinous Spacer, World Spine 11,Chicago, Ill. August 11, 2003
98. Use of Xstop for Neurogenic Claudication-Workshop for Clinical Investigators,St. Francis Medical Inc, Chicago, Illinois, August 9, 2003
99. Quality of Life of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients Treated with the X Stop Interspinous Spacer, North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, California October 22, 2003
PUBLICATIONS
1. Rational Use Of Operation In Pericardial Constriction, James F. Zucherman, MD, Pedro Rubio, MD, FICS, Gene Guinn, MD, FACA, International Surgery, Vol. 62, No. 4, April, 1977.
2. Sciatic Entrapment At The Pyriformis - The Forgotten Syndrome, James F. Zucherman, MD , Marvin Hays, MD, Jerome Piontek, MD, Orthopaedic Transactions, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 1981.
3. The Dwyer Anterior Spinal Fusion Technique In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Louis Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, S.C. Tang, MD, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 64-5, No. 5, 1982.
4. Treatment Of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture, M. Meehan, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, G. McCarthy, MD, Orthopaedic Transactions, Spring, 1982.
5. The Back School Approach To Low Back Pain, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur White, MD, Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, October, 1984.
6. Lumbosacral Fusions With Harrington Rods And Intersegmental Wiring, Arthur White, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Hsu, MD. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, No. 203, February, 1986.
7. History And Physical Examination, Jerome Schofferman, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome - Diagnosis And Treatment, Spine State Of The Art Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 1, September, 1986.
8. Pathology Of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, James F. Zucherman, MD, Jerome Schofferman, MD, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome - Diagnosis And Treatment, Spine State Of The Art Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 1, September, 1986.
9. Diagnosis And Treatment Strategies, James F. Zucherman, MD, Jerome Schofferman, MD Failed Back Surgery Syndrome - Diagnosis And Treatment, Spine State Of The Art Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 1, December, 1986.
10. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Clinical Series And Technical Aspects, James F. Zucherman, MD, David Selby, MD, Bradford DeLong, MD. Lumbar Spine Surgery, C.V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, Missouri (c. 1987)
11. Interpedicular Fixation With VSP System, Ken Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur White, MD. Lumbar Spine Surgery, C.V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, Missouri (c. 1987)
12. The Role Of Computer Technology In Spine Surgery, James F. Zucherman, MD, Richard Derby, MD, Lumbar Spine Surgery, C.V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, Missouri (c. 1987)
13. Prospective Controlled Study Comparing Discectomy to Discectomy With Fusion For Herniated Disc, Arthur White, MD, Peter Von Rogov, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, M. Heiden, MD. Spine, April, 1987.
14. Early Results And Complications Using Variable Spine Plating Internal Fixation, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Hsu, MD, Gar Wynne, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, May, 1987.
15. Early Results And Complications Using Variable Spine Plating Internal Fixation, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Hsu, MD, Gar Wynne, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, June, 1987.
16. Endplate Fracture ‹ A Significant Finding On Discography, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur White, MD, Spine, Vol. 13, No. 1, April, 1988.
17. Diphtheroid And Associated Infections As A Cause Of Failed Lumbar Instrumentation Procedures, James F. Zucherman, MD, Leslie Schofferman, MD, Helen Gunthorpe, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Arthur White, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, April, 1988.
18. Occult Infection Causing Low Back Pain And Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Leslie Schofferman, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur White, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, April, 1988.
19. Deterioration Of Motion Segments Adjacent To Lumbar Spine Fusions, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur White, MD, Noel Goldthwaite, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, April, 1988.
20. Early Experience With Variable Spine Plating System, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Arthur White, MD, Gar Wynne, MD, Spine, Vol. 13, No. 5, September, 1988.
21. Occult Infection Causing Persistent Low-Back Pain, Leslie Schofferman, MD, Jerome Schofferman, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Noel Goldthwaite, MD, Arthur White, MD, Spine, Vol. 14, No. 4, 1989.
22. Deterioration Of Motion Segments Adjacent To Lumbar Spine Fusions, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur White, MD, Noel Goldthwaite, MD. Spine. In Print.
23. High Lumbar Disc Degeneration: Incidence And Etiology, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur White, MD International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, May, 1989.
24. Operative Confirmation Of Disco-CT Findings, Bill Shea, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Ron Hood, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, May, 1989.
25. Clinical Efficacy Of Spinal Instrumentation In Lumbar Degenerative Disease, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, George Picetti, MD, Gar Wynne, MD, Arthur White, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, May, 1989.
26. Pseudoarthrosis Of The Lumbar Spine: Origin Of Pain And Treatment, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Jerome Schofferman, MD International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, May, 1989.
27. Clinical Efficacy Of Spinal Instrumentation In Lumbar Degenerative Disease, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, George Picetti, MD, Gar Wynne, MD, Arthur White, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, July, 1989.
28. Cervical Epidural Corticosteroid Injection In Degenerative Disease, Richard Derby, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, George Picetti, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Arthur White, MD, Gar Wynne, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, July, 1989.
29. Sympathetically Mediated Pain Disorders Of The Lumbar Spine, James F. Zucherman, MD, James Dwyer, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Linda Rasmussen, MD, Jerome Schofferman, MD, Arthur Schuller, MD, Richard Derby, MD, Susan Bailey, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, June, 1990.
30. Usefulness Of Short Acting Barbiturate Examination In Evaluating Patients With Complex Lumbar Pain Syndromes, James F. Zucherman, MD, Robert Bailey, MD, Richard Derby, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, June, 1990.
31. Myth Of The Solid Posterior Fusion, Steve Brach, D.O., James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Bill Shea, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, June, 1990.
32. Single Plane Midline Flexion Extension Lateral Tomogram As A Method For Evaluating The Integrity Of Lumbar Spine Fusion, Jeff Kanel, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Bill Shea, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, June, 1990.
33. Herniated Lumbar Discs In Adolescents, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur Schuller, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, June, 1990.
34. High Lumbar Disc Degeneration: Incidence And Etiology, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, William Shea, MD, Jay Kaiser, MD, Arthur White, MD, Jerome Schofferman, MD, Cynthia Amelon, D.O North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, July, 1990.
35. Myth Of Solid Posterior Fusion, Steve Brach, D.O., James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, William Shea, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, July, 1990.
36. High Lumbar Disc Degeneration: Incidence And Etiology, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, William Shea, MD, Jay Kaiser, MD, Arthur White, MD, Jerome Schofferman, MD, Cynthia Amelon, D.O. Spine, vol 15, no. 7, July 1990.
37. Metabolic Bone Disease In Lumbar Pseudoarthrosis, Jerome Schofferman, MD, Leslie Schofferman, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Arthur White, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, July, 1990.
38. Metabolic Bone Disease In Lumbar Pseudoarthrosis, Jerome Schofferman, MD, Leslie Schofferman, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Arthur White, MD, Spine, Vol. 15, No. 7, 1990.
39. Failure Of Intravenous Plus Oral Colchicine To Relieve Low Back Pain, Jerome Schofferman, MD, Leslie Schofferman, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, July, 1990.
40. Sympathetically Mediated Pain Disorder Of The Lumbar Spine, James F. Zucherman, MD, James Dwyer, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Linda Rasmussen, MD, Jerome Schofferman, MD, Arthur Schuller, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, August, 1990.
41. Steroid Response And Duration Of Radicular Pain As A Predictor Of Surgical Outcomes, Richard Derby, MD, Garrett Kine, MD, Katy Murphy, MD, James Reynolds, MD, Noel Goldthwaite, MD, Arthur White, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, August, 1991.
42. Calcified Lumbar Disc Herniations, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Scott Miller, MD, William Shea, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, August, 1991.
43. Unusual Clinical Features In Multilevel Disc Degeneration In The Second And Third Decades, Associated Structural Abnormalities, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur Schuller, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, August, 1991.
44. Demineralized Allograft In Posterior Lateral Fusions - Clinical Efficacy In A Prospective Study, James F. Zucherman, MD, MD, Steven Brack, D.O., Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Gary Levengood, MD, North American Spine Society‹Abstracts, August, 1991.
45. Pseudoarthrosis Of Lumbar Spine Fusions - Origin Of Pain And Treatment, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Abstracts, May, 1989.
46. Spinal Disease, A Simple System For Evaluation And Approach, James F. Zucherman, MD, OrthoNews, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter, 1991.
47. Steroid Response And Duration Of Radicular Pain As A Predictor Of Surgical Outcomes, Richard Derby, MD, Garrett Kine, MD, Katy Murphy, MD, James Reynolds, MD, Noel Goldthwaite, MD, Arthur White, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Spine, June 1992.
48. Clinical Efficacy Of Spinal Instrumentation In Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, George Picetti, III, MD, Arthur White, MD, Gar Wynne, MD, Lloyd Taylor, MD, Spine, Vol. 17, No. 7, pgs 834-837, July, 1992.
49. Sports With The Spine In Mind, James F. Zucherman, MD, OrthoNews, Vol. 1, No. 2, Summer, 1992.
50. Myth Of The Solid Posterior Lateral Fusion, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, William Shea, MD, Lumbar Spinal Fusion, Springer-Verlag, (c. 1993, pgs 10-15).
51. Deterioration Of Motion Segments Adjacent To Lumbar Spine Fusions, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Arthur White, MD, Lumbar Spinal Fusion, Springer-Verlag, (c 1993, pgs 54-64).
52. Dynamic Contrast Radiography In Degenerative Cervical And Lumbar Disease, Michael Martin, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Bill Shea, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Poster Exhibit, June, 1993.
53. Lumbar Intraspinal Synovial And Ganglion Cysts - 10 Years Experience In Evaluation And Treatment, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, William Shea, MD, Robert Jeffrey, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Poster Exhibit. June, 1993.
54. Gadopentatate Enhancement MRI - Discography, A Prospective Study, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Michael Ross, MD, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Poster Exhibit. Seattle, WA. June, 1994.
55. Computer Assisted Analysis of Lumbar Discograms - Correlation of Disc Inflation and Deflation Pressure Patterns, Pain Response and Disc Morphology, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Michael Martin, MD, B. Starrett, RN, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine‹Poster Exhibit. Seattle, WA. June, 1994.
56. The Anatomic Position of Disc Herniation Predicts the Clinical Outcome of Lumbar Discectomy, Barbara M. Knopp-Jergas, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, Bradford DeLong, MD. International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Poster Presentation. Seattle, WA. June, 1994.
57. Laparoscopic Spinal Surgery, James F. Zucherman, MD. Med Pro International Handbook. February, 1994.
58. Instrumental Lumbar Laparoscopic Fusion. James F. Zucherman, MD, Thomas Zdeblick. North American Spine Society Proceeding, October 1994.
59. Lumbar Intraspinal Synovial and Ganglion Facet Cysts, 10 Years Experience in Evaluation and Treatment, Ken Y. Hsu, James F. Zucherman, MD, William J. Shea, Robert Jeffrey, Spine, Vol 20, No 1, pp 80-89.
60. Instrumented Laparoscopic Spinal Fusion, James F. Zucherman, MD, Tom Zdeblick, Ken Y. Hsu, Susan Bailey, Spine Vol. 20, pp 1624-1632.
61. Instrumented Laparoscopic Spinal Fusion, James F. Zucherman, MD, The New Frontiers in Spinal Surgery, pp 50-58, Smith & Nephew Richards and Department of Anatomy, Leiden University 1995
62. Successful Management of Female Office Workers with "Repetitive Stress Injury" or "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" by a New Treatment Modality‹Application of Low Level Laser. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther, Garrett Lee MD, James F. Zucherman MD April 1995.
63. Bone Graft & Implants in Spine Surgery, Lumbar Spine Surgery Techniques and Complications, Ken Y. Hsu, Arthur H. White, James F. Zucherman, MD, SPINE CARE, pp 870-890, C.V. Mosby, 1995.
64. Back Pain Source Book, Stephanic Levin-Gervasi, forward James F. Zucherman, MD, RGA Publishing, Los Angeles, California, 1995.
65. Complications of Pedicle Screw Fixation Systems, Ken Hsu, James F. Zucherman, MD, The Adult Lumbar Spine, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, 1995, W.B. Sanders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995.
66. Endoscopy of the Lumbar Spine James F. Zucherman, MD MD, Dante Implicito, MD, Ken Hsu, MD. Endoscopic Neurosurgery. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. New York, New York, 1996.
67. Cervical Discography and MRI, Point of View, James F. Zucherman, MD, Spine Vol 10, No. 51, pp 12-13, December 1995.
68. Instrumented Laparoscopic Lumbar Fusion, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Hsu, Susan Bailey, Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Arthrodesis, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996.
69. Incidence of Complications in Endoscopic Anterior Reconstructive Surgery, A Prospective Multicenter Study Comprising the First 100 Cases. Paul McAfee, MD, John R. Regan, MD, Thomas Zdeblick, MD, James F. Zucherman, MD, MD, George Picetti, III, MD, Stephen Heim, MD, W. Peter Geiss, MD, Ira L. Fedden, MD, Spine Vol 20, 1995.
70. Anatomic Position of a Herniated Nucleus Pulposus Predicts the Outcome of Lumbar Discectomy. Barbara Knop-Jergas, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Hsu, Bradford DeLong, Journal of Spinal Disorders, Vol 9, No 3, pp 246-250, 1996, Lippencott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia.
71. Complication Management of BAK Interbody Cages. James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Hsu, Dante Implicito, Revision Spinal Surgery, Edited by Joseph Y. Margalies, et al, C. V. Mosby St. Louis, Missouri. d1999
72. Disc Space Geometry as a Predictor of Fusion Solidity in the of BAK Interbody Implants, Dante Implicito, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Hsu, Abstracts of International Society of the Study of the Lumbar Spine, July, 1996.
74. Percutaneous Cervical Discectomy Abstracts, Mark Drzala, James F. Zucherman, MD, Ken Hsu, North American Spine Society, October, 1998
75. Follow-up Evaluation of Resected Lumbar Vertebral Chordoma Over 11 Years, Ken Hsu, MD James F Zucherman, MD and John Gartland, MD SPINE vol. 25, No.19, Octbober 1, 2000
76. Bmp induced Interbody fusion of the Rabbbit Spine, A. N. Shamie, J Zucherman, M Dryzala Ken Hsu, Susan Bailey, D Chang, J Roche, Proceedings International BMP Conference 2000, Lake Tahoe, Ca. July , 2000
77. Bmp-Induced Interbody Fusion Model in Rabbits. AN Shamie, J Zucherman, M Dryzala, S Bailey. International Society For the Study of the Lumbar Spine Proceedings, July 1999
78. Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with a Interspinous Process Spacer, 8th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for the Study of Surgical Technique for Spine and Spineal Nerves- Abstracts. James F. Zucherman September 2001
79. Treatment of Spinal Stenosis Using Novell Implant, James F. Zucherman Western Orthopedic Association-Abstracts September 2001
80. Multicenter Randomized trials of X-stop device a new minimally invasive treatment for Spinal Stenosis James F. Zucherman MD, American Back Society- Abstracts, December, 2001 Oakland, California
81. Insertion loads of a novel interspinous spacer designed to treat lumbar intermittent neurogenic claudication V Talwar, D Lindsey, K Hsu, J Zucherman, S Yerby International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Abstracts Toronto, Canada May 2002
82. Multicenter Randomized Prospective Trial of Lumbar Neurogenic Claudication with an Interspinous Device: One-Year Results James F. Zucherman, Ken Hsu, Charles Hartjen, Thomas Mehalic, Michael Martin, Dante Implicito, Grant Skidmore, Richard Ozuna, Stephen Puccio, Donald Johnson, James Dwyer, Paul Vessa International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Abstracts Toronto, Canada May 2002
83. Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with an Interspinous Spacer James F. Zucherman, Ken Hsu, Charles Hartjen, Thomas Mehalic, Michael Martin, Dante Implicito, Grant Skidmore, Richard Ozuna, Stephen Puccio, Donald Johnson, James Dwyer, Paul Vessa 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques Abstracts Montreux, Switzerland May 23, 2002
84. The Effect of an Interspinous Spacer on the Intradiscal Stress of the Adjacent and Levels Treated Kyle Swanson, Derek Lindsay, Ken Y Hsu, James F. Zucherman, Scott A Yerby 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques Abstracts Montreux, Switzerland May 23, 2002
85. The Influence of an Interspinous Spacer on the Kinematics of the Lumbar Spine sScott A Yerby, Derek Lindsay, Kyle Swanson, Paul D Fuchs, Ken Y Hsu, James F Zucherman 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques Abstracts Montreux, Switzerland May 23, 2002
86. The Effect of an Interspinous Spacer on the Intradiscal Stress of the Adjacent and Levels Treated Kyle Swanson, Derek Lindsay, Ken Y Hsu, James F. Zucherman, Scott A Yerby 9th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques Abstracts Montreux, Switzerland May 23, 2002
87. Gadopentate Deglumide as an Intradiscal Contrast Agent Tim Huang MD, James F. Zucherman MD, Ken Hsu MD, Michael Shapiro MD, Dan Lentz MD, John Gartland, MD Spine, vol. 27 No. 8, pp 839-843. May 15th , 2002
88. Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With an Interspinous Spacer James F. Zucherman MD,Ken Hsu MD, Charles Hartjen MD, Thomas Mehalic MD, Dante Implicito MD, Michael Martin MD, Donald Johnson MD, Grant Skidmore MD, Richard Ozuna MD, Paul Vessa MD, Swtephen Puccio MD, James Dwyer MD The Spine Journal Vol. 2, Number 5S pp 53s Sept/Oct 2002
89. Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, James F. Zucherman, Ken Hsu, Jerrel Glassman Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Vol. 83, No 11, pp.1659 November, 2002
90. The effects of an Interspinous Implant on Intervertebral Disc Pressures Kyle Swanson, Derek Lindsey, Ken Hsu, James F. Zucherman, Scott Yerby, SPINE VOL 28, No. 1, pp 26-32 2003
91. The X Stop Interspinous Implant Improves Physical Function in Lumbar Stenosis Patients, Ken Hsu, James F. Zucherman, Charles Hartjen, thomas Mehalic, Dante Implicito, Michael Martin, Donald Johnson, Grant Skidmore, Paul Vessa, James Dwyer, Stephen Puccio, Joseph Cauthen, Richard Ozuna 30th Annual Meeting International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spiine Abstracts May 2003
92. The Xstop Interspinious Implant Improves Physical Function in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Ken Hsu, James F. Zucherman, Charles Hartjen, Thomas Mehalic, Dante Implicito, Michael Martin, Donald Johnson, Grant Skidmore, Paul Vessa, James Dwyer, Joseph Cauthen, Richard Ozuna Program Proceediings, North American Spine Society, Spine Across the Sea Proceedings July , 2003
93. Influence of the Xstop Interspinous Space on Lumbar Sagittal Alignment In Stenosis Patients, Steve Spisak, Ken Hsu,, James F. Zucherman, Joshua Holloway, Scott Yerby, Program Proceediings, North American Spine Society, Spine Across the Sea Proceedings July, 2003
94. Prospective Randomized Multi-center Study for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With an Interspinous Spacer, James F. Zucherman, Ken Hsu, Charles Hartjan, thomas Mehalic, Dante Implicito, Michael Martin, Donald Johnson, Grant Skidmore, Richard Ozuna, Paul Vessa, James Dwyer, Stephen Puccio, Joseph Cauthen World Spine 11 Proceedings August 2003
95. Quality of Life of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients Treated with the X Stop Interspinous Spacer, James F. Zucherman, Ken Hsu, Charles Hartjan, Thomas Mehalic, Dante Implicito, Michael Martin, Donald Johnson, Grant Skidmore, Richard Ozuna, Paul Vessa, James Dwyer, Stephen Puccio, Joseph Cauthen North American Spine Society Annual Proceedings October, 2003