ChristopherMBonoMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Boston, MA

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Office
MGH, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 3, Suite A
Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery
Boston, MA 02114
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Education & Training

Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1997 - 2001
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolInternship, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1996 - 1997
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2002 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 1998 - 2003
CA State Medical License 2001 - 2002
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Clinical Trials

Short Versus Long Post-Operative Restrictions Following Lumbar Discectomy Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
Collar Immobilization Following a Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Time to Change the Treatment Paradigm for Vertebral Osteomyelitis? Not Quite!: Commentary on an article by Nikolaus Kernich, MD, et al.: "Surgery for Vertebral Osteomy...
Christopher M Bono> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2024 Apr 3
Using advanced imaging to measure bone density, compression fracture risk, and risk for construct failure after spine surgery.
Nicole D Agaronnik, Carew Giberson-Chen, Christopher M Bono> ;The Spine Journal. 2024 Mar 2
Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality Following Vertebral Fracture Fixation in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: Machine ...
Razzouk, J., Danisa, O., Andrew Cabrera, Alexander Bouterse, Michael Nelson, Coleman Dietrich, Jacob Razzouk, Udochukwu Oyoyo, Christopher M Bono, Olumide Danisa> ;International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2024 Mar 4
An international consensus based on the Delphi method to define failure of medical treatment in pyogenic spinal infections.
Julio Urrutia, Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Alonso Guerrero, Claudio Diaz-Ledezma, Christopher M Bono> ;The Spine Journal. 2024 Feb 1
In-Hospital, 24-Hour Exercise Spaces for Resident and Staff Wellness.
Harry M Lightsey 4th, Christopher M Bono, James D Kang, Mitchel B Harris, Stephen P Maier> ;HSS Journal. 2023 May 1
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Inadequate to Assess Cervical Sagittal Alignment Parameters.
Brian C Goh, Harry M Lightsey 4th, Wylie Y Lopez, Daniel G Tobert, Harold A Fogel, Thomas D Cha, Joseph H Schwab, Stuart H Hershman, Bono, C.> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2023 Mar 1
Thoracolumbar Injury Classification Systems: The Importance of Concepts and Language in the Move Toward Standardization.
Harry M Lightsey Iv, Carew C Giberson-Chen, Alexander M Crawford, Brendan M Striano, Mitchel B Harris, Christopher M Bono, Andrew K Simpson, Andrew J Schoenfeld> ;Spine. 2023 Mar 15
11 citations
What Is the Clinical Benefit of Common Orthopaedic Procedures as Assessed by the PROMIS Versus Other Validated Outcomes Tools?
Aditya V Karhade, David N Bernstein, Vineet Desai, Hany S Bedair, Evan A O'Donnell, Miho J Tanaka, Mitchel B Harris, Joseph H Schwab, Daniel G Tobert, Bono, C.> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2022 Sep 1
5 citations
Sociodemographic Factors Are Associated with Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Completion in Orthopaedic Surgery: An Analysis of Completion Rates and Determinants Among...
David N Bernstein, Aditya V Karhade, Christopher M Bono, Mitchel B Harris, Daniel G Tobert, Schwab, J.> ;JB & JS Open Access. 2022 Aug 4
2 citations
Surgical Intervention is Associated With Improvements in the ASIA Impairment Scale in Gunshot-induced Spinal Injuries of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.
Brian C Goh, Brendan M Striano, Alexander M Crawford, Daniel G Tobert, Harold A Fogel, Thomas D Cha, Joseph H Schwab, Christopher M Bono, Stuart H Hershman> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2022 Aug 1
9 citations
Development and external validation of predictive algorithms for six-week mortality in spinal metastasis using 4,304 patients from five institutions.
Aditya V Karhade, Brian Fenn, Olivier Q Groot, Akash A Shah, Hung-Kuan Yen, Mark H Bilsky, Ming-Hsiao Hu, Ilya Laufer, Don Y Park, Daniel M Sciubba, Ewout W Steyerberg...> ;The Spine Journal. 2022 Dec 1
Practice Variation Within a Single Institution in Management of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis.
Paul T Ogink, Olivier Q Groot, Nicole van Steijn, Gi Hye Im, Thomas D Cha, Stuart H Hershman, Bono, C., Schwab, J.> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2022 Jul 1
2 citations
Does Nasal Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevent Deep Surgical Site Infections for Elective Cervical Spinal Fusion?
Grace X Xiong, Nattaly E Greene, Stuart H Hershman, Harold A Fogel, Joseph H Schwab, Christopher M Bono, Daniel G Tobert> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2023 Feb 1
We're not puffer fish doctors: the road to the first spine emoji.
Bono, C.> ;The Spine Journal. 2022 May 1
Response to Assessing impacts of gender on adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture surgery.
Anmol Gupta, Thomas Cha, Joseph Schwab, Harold Fogel, Daniel Tobert, Christopher M Bono, Stuart Hershman> ;Osteoporosis International. 2022 Apr 1
3 citations
Selecting the Next Class: The "Virtual Orthopaedic Rotation".
Joseph L Yellin, Laura Y Lu, Andrea S Bauer, Jennifer Duane, Paul T Appleton, Eric M Berkson, Eric M Bluman, Christopher M Bono, Jacob M Drew, Kaitlin Duffy, Harold A ...> ;Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global Research & Reviews. 2022 Jan 19
2 citations
Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Infections.
Julio Urrutia, Christopher M Bono> ;Instructional Course Lectures. 2022 Jan 1
1 citations
Clinical significance of “positive” cervical spine MRI findings following a negative CT
Bharti Khurana, Abhishek R. Keraliya, George C. Velmahos, Adrian A. Maung, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel B. Harris> ;Emergency Radiology. 2021 Dec 1
19 citations
Minimum Clinically Important Difference: A Metric That Matters in the Age of Patient-Reported Outcomes.
Aditya V. Karhade, Christopher M. Bono, Joseph H. Schwab, Daniel G. Tobert> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2021 Oct 19
7 citations
Nasal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus does not reduce surgical site infection after primary lumbar fusion
Grace Xiong, Nattaly Greene, Stuart H. Hershman, Joseph H. Schwab, Christopher M. Bono, Daniel G. Tobert> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 Jul 17
2 citations
Artificial intelligence and spine: rise of the machines.
Brook I. Martin, Christopher M Bono> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 Jun 17
5 citations
Open epidural blood patch to augment durotomy repair in lumbar spine surgery: Surgical technique and cohort study.
Grace Xiong, Daniel G. Tobert, Harold A. Fogel, Thomas D. Cha, Joseph H. Schwab, John H. Shin, Christopher M. Bono, Stuart H. Hershman> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 Jun 16
3 citations
Cervical fusion for treatment of degenerative conditions: development of appropriate use criteria
Charles A. Reitman, Jeffrey M. Hills, Christopher J. Standaert, Christopher M. Bono, Charles Mick, Christopher G. Furey, Christopher P. Kauffman, Daniel K. Resnick, Da...> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 Jun 1
4 citations
Value-based health care in spine: where do we go from here?
Aditya V. Karhade, Christopher M. Bono, Melvin C. Makhni, Joseph H. Schwab, Rajiv K. Sethi, Andrew K. Simpson, Thomas W. Feeley, Michael E. Porter> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 Apr 20
6 citations
Management of degenerative spondylolisthesis: development of appropriate use criteria.
Charles A. Reitman, Charles H. Cho, Christopher M. Bono, Zoher Ghogawala, John A. Glaser, Christopher P. Kauffman, Daniel J. Mazanec, David O'Brien, John E. O'Toole, H...> ;The Spine Journal. 2021 Mar 6
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Journal Articles

CT for Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Fractures: Can CT Findings Accurately Predict Posterior Ligament Complex Injury?
Christopher M Bono, Aaron D Sodickson, Luciano M Prevedello, Mitchel B Harris, Erwin Lin, Bharti Khurana, European spine journal

Press Mentions

Spectrum of Diagnostic Errors in Cervical Spine Trauma Imaging and Their Clinical SignificanceJuly 9th, 2019
Drs. Odette Harris, Jocelyn Idema & More: 8 Spine, Neurosurgeons Making Headlines FeaturedMarch 9th, 2018
8 Things for Spine Surgeons to Know for Thursday – March 8, 2018 FeaturedMarch 8th, 2018
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