PierceDNunleyMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Shreveport, LA

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Director, Spine Institute of Louisiana Associate Professor, LSU Health

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Office
1500 Line Avenue
Ste 200
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone(318) 629-5555
Fax(318) 629-5556
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Summary

Dr. Pierce Nunley is an orthopedic surgeon in Shreveport, LA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center, Specialists Hospital Shreveport, Christus Schumpert Highland Hospital, and CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier. He received his medical degree from University of Kansas School of Medicine and has been in practice 26 years. He specializes in orthopedic spine surgery and is experienced in cervical disc disease, thoracic radiculopathy, thoracic sprain, sacroiliac joint dysfunction , and scoliosis.

Education & Training

Louisiana State UniversityResidency, Orthopedic Surgery, 1991 - 1996
University of Kansas School of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1997 - 2022
MO State Medical License 1997 - 2018
LA State Medical License 1991 - 2021
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Clinical Trials

Post-Approval 'Real Conditions of Use' Study Start of enrollment: 2016 Sep 01Hal Mathews, MD, MBA
Study of Nucel for One and Two Level Lumbar Interbody Fusion Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 01Pierce Nunley, MD
Safety and Efficacy Study of Rexlemestrocel-L in Subjects With Chronic Discogenic Lumbar Back Pain Start of enrollment: 2015 Mar 01Rizalyn Golnar
Spineology Clinical Outcomes Trial: An IDE Investigation Start of enrollment: 2015 Feb 01Donald Erickson, M.D.
Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With X-STOP® PEEK Spacer in Moderately Symptomatic Patients Start of enrollment: 2007 Aug 01Ward, B.,McPherson, C.,Kovalsky, D.A.,Yue, J.,Coe, J.,Malcolm, J.,Chambers, M.,Shogan, S.
A Pivotal Study of a Facet Replacement System to Treat Spinal Stenosis Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 01
Assessing Superion Clinical Endpoints vs. Decompression

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Critical Evaluation of Biomechanical Principles and Radiographic Indicators for Fusion Assessment in a Novel Conformable Porous Mesh Implant.
Lisa Ferrara, William Ford, Pierce D. Nunley, Barbara D. Boyan, Marcus B. Stone> ;The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2020 Oct 29
Load Share Mapping for Traditional PEEK vs Novel Hybrid PEEK With Expandable Porous Mesh Intervertebral Devices.
Lisa Ferrara, Pierce D. Nunley, Marcus B. Stone> ;The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2020 Oct 29
Misaligned spinal rods can induce high internal forces consistent with those observed to cause screw pullout and disc degeneration.
Loenen, A. C., Noriega, D. C., Wills, C. R., Noailly, J., Nunley, P. D., Kirchner, R., Ito, K., van Rietbergen, B.> ;The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2020 Oct 3
Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity Surgery: Analysis of Patients Who Fail to Reach Minimal Clinically Important Difference.
Michael Y. Wang, Juan S. Uribe, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Stacie Tran, G. Damian Brusko, Paul Park, Pierce D. Nunley, Adam S. Kanter, David O. Okonkwo, Neel Anand, Dean Ch...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2020 Feb 12
The MISDEF2 algorithm: an updated algorithm for patient selection in minimally invasive deformity surgery
Praveen V. Mummaneni, Paul Park, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Michael Y. Wang, Juan S. Uribe, Richard G. Fessler, Dean Chou, Adam S. Kanter, David O. Okonkwo, Gregory M. M...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020 Feb 1
Predicting the combined occurrence of poor clinical and radiographic outcomes following cervical deformity corrective surgery.
Horn, S. R., Passias, P. G., Oh, C., Lafage, V., Lafage, R., Smith, J. S., Line, B., Anand, N., Segreto, F. A., Bortz, C. A., Scheer, J. K., Eastlack, R. K., Deviren, ...> ;Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2019 Nov 2
Less invasive spinal deformity surgery: the impact of the learning curve at tertiary spine care centers.
Wang, M. Y., Tran, S., Brusko, G. D., Eastlack, R., Park, P., Nunley, P. D., Kanter, A. S., Uribe, J. S., Anand, N., Okonkwo, D. O., Than, K. D., Shaffrey, C. I., Lafa...> ;Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2019 Aug 24
Toward a cure for lumbar spinal stenosis: The potential of interspinous process decompression.
Block, J. E., Lavelle, W. F., Nunley, P. D.> ;Medical hypotheses. 2019 Aug 20
Incidence of Acute, Progressive, and Delayed Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Over an 8-Year Period in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients.
Segreto, F. A., Passias, P. G., Lafage, R., Lafage, V., Smith, J. S., Line, B. G., Mundis, G. M., Bortz, C. A., Stekas, N. D., Horn, S. R., Diebo, B. G., Brown, A. E.,...> ;Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2019 Jun 7
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Mild to Moderate Adult Spinal Deformities: Impact on Intensive Care Unit and Hospital Stay.
Chou, D.,Mundis, G.,Wang, M.,Fu, K. M.,Shaffrey, C.,Okonkwo, D.,Kanter, A.,Eastlack, R.,Nguyen, S.,Deviren, V.,Uribe, J.,Fessler, R.,Nunley, P.,Anand, N.,Park, P.,Mumm...> ;World Neurosurg. 2019 Apr 05
The Mobi-CÂ® cervical disc and other devices for two-level disc replacement: overview of its safety and efficacy.
Badve, S. A., Kurra, S., Nunley, P. D., Lavelle, W. F.> ;Expert review of medical devices. 2019 Mar 26
Analysis of Complications with Staged Surgery for Less Invasive Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity.
Than, K. D., Park, P., Tran, S., Mundis, G. M., Fu, K., Uribe, J. S., Okonkwo, D. O., Nunley, P. D., Fessler, R. G., Eastlack, R. K., Kanter, A., Anand, N., LaMarca, F...> ;World neurosurgery. 2019 Mar 23
Is achieving optimal spinopelvic parameters necessary to obtain substantial clinical benefit? An analysis of patients who underwent circumferential minimally invasive ...
Paul Park, Kai-Ming G. Fu, Robert K. Eastlack, Stacie Tran, Gregory M. Mundis, Juan S. Uribe, Michael Y. Wang, Khoi D. Than, David O. Okonkwo, Adam S. Kanter, Pierce D...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2019 Feb 22
Early and Late Reoperation Rates With Various MIS Techniques for Adult Spinal Deformity Correction
Robert K. Eastlack, Ravi Srinivas, Gregory M. Mundis, Stacie Nguyen, Praveen V. Mummaneni, David O. Okonkwo, Adam S. Kanter, Neel Anand, Paul Park, Pierce D. Nunley, J...> ;Global Spine Journal. 2019 Feb 1
Interspinous process decompression is associated with a reduction in opioid analgesia in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Nunley, P. D., Deer, T. R., Benyamin, R. M., Staats, P. S., Block, J. E.> ;Journal of pain research. 2018 Dec 13
The impact of age on surgical goals for spinopelvic alignment in minimally invasive surgery for adult spinal deformity.
Park, P., Fu, K., Mummaneni, P. V., Uribe, J. S., Wang, M. Y., Tran, S., Kanter, A. S., Nunley, P. D., Okonkwo, D. O., Shaffrey, C. I., Mundis, G. M., Chou, D., Eastla...> ;Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2018 Aug 11
Home versus Rehabilitation: Factors that Influence Disposition after Minimally Invasive Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
Eastlack, R. K.,Ledesma, J. B.,Tran, S.,Khalsa, A.,Park, P.,Mummaneni, P. V.,Chou, D.,Kanter, A. S.,Anand, N.,Nunley, P.,La Marca, F.,Fessler, R. G.,Uribe, J. S.,Mundi...> ;World Neurosurg. 2018 Jul 15
The Challenge of the Lumbosacral Fractional Curve in the Setting of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis.
Campbell, P. G., Nunley, P. D.> ;Neurosurgery clinics of North America. 2018 Jun 24
Heterotopic Ossification After Cervical Total Disc Replacement at 7 Years-Prevalence, Progression, Clinical Implications, and Risk Factors.
Pierce D. Nunley, David A. Cavanaugh, Eubulus J. Kerr, Phillip Andrew Utter, Peter G. Campbell, Kelly Frank, Kyle E. Marshall, Marcus B. Stone> ;The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2018 Jun 1
Treatment of the Fractional Curve of Adult Scoliosis With Circumferential Minimally Invasive Surgery Versus Traditional, Open Surgery: An Analysis of Surgical Outcomes.
Dean Chou, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Neel Anand, Pierce D. Nunley, Frank La Marca, Kai-Ming G. Fu, Richard G. Fessler, Paul Park, Michael Y. Wang, Khoi D. Than, Stacie Ngu...> ;Global Spine Journal. 2018 May 10
Review of long-term outcomes of disc arthroplasty for symptomatic single level cervical degenerative disc disease
Siddharth A. Badve, Pierce D. Nunley, Swamy Kurra, William F. Lavelle> ;Expert Review of Medical Devices. 2018 Feb 5
1 citation
Long-term Evaluation of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty with the Mobi-CÂ© Cervical Disc: A Randomized, Prospective, Multicenter Clinical Trial with Seven-Year Follow-up.
Radcliff, K. E., Davis, R. J., Hisey, M. S., Nunley, P. D., Hoffman, G. A., Jackson, R. J., Bae, H. W., Albert, T. J., Coric, D.> ;International journal of spine surgery. 2018 Jan 27
Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: Current Evidence and Real-World Application.
Nunley, P. D., Coric, D., Frank, K. A., Stone, M. B.> ;Neurosurgery. 2018 Jan 13
Short-term outcomes of lateral lumbar interbody fusion without decompression for the treatment of symptomatic degenerative spondylolisthesis at L4-5.
Peter G. Campbell, Pierce D. Nunley, David A. Cavanaugh, Eubulus J. Kerr, Philip A. Utter, Kelly Frank, Marcus B. Stone> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2018 Jan 1
Complication rates associated with open versus percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation among patients undergoing minimally invasive interbody fusion for adult spina...
Than, K. D., Mummaneni, P. V., Bridges, K. J., Tran, S., Park, P., Chou, D., La Marca, F., Uribe, J. S., Vogel, T. D., Nunley, P. D., Eastlack, R. K., Anand, N., Okonk...> ;Neurosurgical focus. 2017 Dec 2
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Dr. Pierce Nunley Completes 1st Case in Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease TrialJune 17, 2020 09:50
To Post or Not to Post? 9 Administrators' Thoughts on Price TransparencySeptember 27, 2019 14:10
New Study: Lumbar Decompression=Reduced Opioid UseNovember 30, 2018 17:45
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