MunishCGuptaMDFAAOS, FAOA

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Barnes Jewish Hospital and Children's Hospital St. Louis; Co-director, Pediatric and Adult Spinal Deformity Service

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Office
1 Childrens Pl
Saint Louis, MO 63110
Phone(314) 514-3500
Fax(314) 454-2101
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Summary

I am a board certified orthopedic surgeon and the Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. I have over 27 years of experience in treating spinal deformities such as scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolisthesis and Flatback syndrome. My specialization is in adult and pediatric spine surgery, with a focus on complex spinal reconstructive surgery for treatment of all spinal deformities of the lumbar, thoracic and cervical regions. I also specializes in spinal revision surgery and spinal tumors.

Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy : JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques

osterior elements and the use of a vertebral body wedge to shorten the spine posteriorly and achieve sagittal-plane correction5,6. PSO has been used to correct

Vertebral column resection for severe kyphosis in: Neurosurgical Focus: Video Vo

Vertebral column resection for severe kyphosis. Thirty-three-year-old female who has congenital thoracolumbar kyphosis. The patient had a posterior spinal fusio

Treating Children With Congenital Scoliosis

Congenital scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that is caused by a defect that was present at birth. It occurs in only 1 in 10,000 newborns...

Kyphosis Radio Interview

Knowledge Forum (KF) Deformity

Get AOSpine Knowledge Forum Deformity complication classifications and consensus on treatment standards for adult and adolescent spinal deformity patients

3D Spine Modeling for Spinal Deformities

As 3D technology transforms health care and becomes more commonly used, St. Louis Children's Hospital now has "in-house" 3D printing capabilities. Munish Gupta,

Behavioral Compensations and Neuronal Remodeling in a Rodent Model of Chronic In

Low back pain is associated with degeneration of the intervertebral disc, but specific mechanisms of pain generation in this pathology remain unknown. Sensory a

3D Spinal Models Improve Surgical Planning and Execution | St. Louis Childrens H

We follow one simple mission - to do what's right for kids. That mission comes to life through medical discovery, innovative therapies and compassionate care. I

Children with severe spinal deformity at high risk of revision surgery

Paediatric patients with severe spinal deformity are at a high risk of revision surgeries. Presenting his research at the Global Spine Congress (GSC; 2-5 May, S

Spine Masters' Surgical Techniques 2018 - RegOnline

Six live surgeries on movie theater screensExpert lectures with exceptional faculty Interactive case discussionsOptional cadaveric lab to learn

Spondylolisthesis - Madison Moeller

Madison Moeller loves soccer. The 12-year-old dreams of being on the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team. When she started to have pain in her back and leg, her p

Wesley Palmer, Sr., Spinal Trauma Patient | Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Learn how Barnes-Jewish Hospital surgeons helped Wesley get back on his feet after surviving a 12-story fall that broke both legs as well as his spine.

MunishGupta | Shriners Hospitals for Children

Munish C. Gupta, M.D., specializes in spinal reconstructive surgery for both adults and children who need repair of spinal deformities resulting from scoliosis,

Education & Training

University of LouisvilleFellowship, Spine Surgery, 1991 - 1992
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Orthopedic Surgery, 1986 - 1991
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

MO State Medical License 2015 - 2022
CA State Medical License 1992 - 2022
IL State Medical License 1986 - 1991
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Whitecloud Award 27th IMAST, 2020
Nominated for Hibbs Basic Science and Clinical Awards 55th SRS, 2020
Top Poster Award-Spine AOA 133rd Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 2020
Nominated for Hibbs Clinical Award 55th SRS, 2020
Nominated for Hibbs Basic Science 55th SRS, 2020
Best Doctors Best Doctors, 2009-2019
Nominated for Best Paper Global Spine Congress-Singapore, 2018
Award Winner for Best e-poster Global Spine Congress, Singapore, 2018
Best Doctors 2017-2018
Louis A. Goldstein Award Winner for Best Clinical Research Poster 52nd Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting, 2017
Nominated for Best Paper North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, 2017
Nominated for Whitecloud Best Clinical Paper 24th IMAST-South Africa, 2017
Nominated for Louis A Goldstein Award for Best Clinical Poster 51st Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting, 2016
Nominated for Hibbs Clinical Research Award 51st Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting, 2016
Nominated for Whitecloud Best Clinical Paper 23rd IMAST-Washington D.C., 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Comparison of Three Different Positioning Techniques on Surgical Corrections and Post-operative Alignment in Cervical Spinal Deformity (CD) Surgery.
Kyle W. Morse, Renaud Lafage, Peter G. Passias, Christopher P. Ames, Robert G. Hart, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Gregory M. Mundis, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Munish C...> ;Spine. 2020 Dec 7
Multicenter assessment of surgical outcomes in adult spinal deformity patients with severe global coronal malalignment: determination of target coronal realignment thr...
Thomas J. Buell, Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Han Jo Kim, Eric O. Klineberg, Virginie Lafage, Renaud Lafage, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Peter G. Passia...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020 Dec 4
Neurological Complications and Recovery Rates of Patients With Adult Cervical Deformity Surgeries.
Han Jo Kim, Yu-Cheng Yao, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Justin S. Smith, Michael P. Kelly, Munish C. Gupta, Todd J. Albert, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Gregory M. Mundis,...> ;Global Spine Journal. 2020 Nov 23
Relationship of the character of rod fractures on outcomes following long thoracolumbar fusion to the sacrum for adult spinal deformity.
Lertudomphonwanit, T., Bridwell, K. H., Kelly, M. P., Punyarat, P., Theologis, A., Sides, B. A., Gupta, M. C.> ;The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2020 Jun 6
The spino-pelvic ratio: a novel global sagittal parameter associated with clinical outcomes in adult spinal deformity patients.
Durand, W. M., Daniels, A. H., Hamilton, D. K., Passias, P., Kim, H. J., Protopsaltis, T., LaFage, V., Smith, J. S., Shaffrey, C., Gupta, M., Kelly, M. P., Klineberg, ...> ;European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2020 Jun 4
Autologous blood coagulum containing rhBMP6 induces new bone formation to promote anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) and posterolateral lumbar fusion (PLF) of spi...
Grgurevic, L., Erjavec, I., Gupta, M., Pecin, M., Bordukalo-Niksic, T., Stokovic, N., Vnuk, D., Farkas, V., Capak, H., Milosevic, M., Spoljar, J. B., Peric, M., Vuckov...> ;Bone. 2020 May 26
Artificial Intelligence Models Predict Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity with 86% Accuracy.
Wesley M. Durand, Alan H. Daniels, David K. Hamilton, Peter G. Passias, Han Jo Kim, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Virginie Lafage, Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaf...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2020 May 17
Control of adhesive ligand density for modulation of nucleus pulposus cell phenotype.
Barcellona, M. N., Speer, J. E., Fearing, B. V., Jing, L., Pathak, A., Gupta, M. C., Buchowski, J. M., Kelly, M., Setton, L. A.> ;Biomaterials. 2020 May 4
Defining an Algorithm of Treatment for Severe Cervical Deformity Using Surgeon Survey and Treatment Patterns.
Virk, S., Elysee, J., Gupta, M., Klineberg, E., Schwab, F., Kim, H. J., Burton, D., Passias, P., Protopsaltis, T., Smith, J., Ames, C., Lafage, R., Lafage, V.> ;World neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 28
Sexual Dysfunction Secondary to Lumbar Stiffness in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Before and After Long-Segment Spinal Fusion.
Daniels, A. H., Reid, D., Durand, W., Disilvestro, K., Hamilton, D. K., Passias, P., Kim, H. J., Protopsaltis, T., LaFage, V., Smith, J. S., Shaffrey, C., Gupta, M., K...> ;World neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 21
Assessment of Patient Outcomes and Proximal Junctional Failure Rate of Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Undergoing Caudal Extension of Previous Spinal Fusion.
Daniels, A. H., Reid, D. B., Durand, W. M., Line, B., Passias, P., Kim, H. J., Protopsaltis, T., LaFage, V., Smith, J. S., Shaffrey, C., Gupta, M., Klineberg, E., Schw...> ;World neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 20
Upper-thoracic versus lower-thoracic upper instrumented vertebra in adult spinal deformity patients undergoing fusion to the pelvis: surgical decision-making and patie...
Alan H. Daniels, Daniel B.C. Reid, Wesley M. Durand, D. Kojo Hamilton, Peter G. Passias, Han Jo Kim, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Virginie Lafage, Justin S. Smith, Ch...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 1
Predicting Extended Length of Hospital Stay in an Adult Spinal Deformity Surgical Population.
Klineberg EO, Passias PG, Jalai CM, Worley N, Sciubba DM, Burton DC, Gupta MC, Soroceanu A, Zebala LP, Mundis GM, Kim HJ, Hamilton DK, Hart RA, Ames CP, Lafage V, Inte...> ;Spine.
Sagittal spinal pelvic alignment.
Klineberg E, Schwab F, Smith JS, Gupta MC, Lafage V, Bess S> ;Neurosurgery clinics of North America.
Erratum to Incidence and Risk Factors for Major Surgical Complications in Patients With Complex Spinal Deformity: A Report From an SRS GOP Site [Spine Deformity 3 (201...
Boachie-Adjei O, Yagi M, Nemani VM, Sacramento-Dominguez C, Akoto H, Cunningham ME, Gupta M, Hess WF, Lonner BS, Mendelow MJ, Papadopoulus EC, Sanchez-Perez-Grueso F, ...> ;Spine deformity.
Erratum to Surgical Risk Stratification Based on Preoperative Risk Factors in Severe Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery [Spine Deformity 2 (2014) 340-349].
Boachie-Adjei O, Yagi M, Sacramento-Dominguez C, Akoto H, Cunningham ME, Gupta M, Hess WF, Lonner BS, Ayamga J, Papadopoulus E, Sanchez-Perez-Grueso F, Pelise F, Paone...> ;Spine deformity.
The Importance of C2 Slope, a Singular Marker of Cervical Deformity, Correlates With Patient-reported Outcomes.
Protopsaltis TS, Ramchandran S, Tishelman JC, Smith JS, Neuman BJ, Jr GMM, Lafage R, Klineberg EO, Hamilton DK, LaFage V, Gupta MC, Hart RA, Schwab FJ, Burton DC, Bess...> ;Spine.
Autologous blood coagulum is a physiological carrier for BMP6 to induce new bone formation and promote posterolateral lumbar spine fusion in rabbits.
Vukicevic, S., Grgurevic, L., Erjavec, I., Pecin, M., Bordukalo-Niksic, T., Stokovic, N., Lipar, M., Capak, H., Maticic, D., Windhager, R., Sampath, T. K., Gupta, M.> ;Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. 2019 Nov 2
The Lumbosacral Takeoff Angle Can Be Used to Predict the Postoperative Lumbar Cobb Angle Following Selective Thoracic Fusion in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Sco...
Bachmann, K. R., Lu, E., Novicoff, W. M., Newton, P. O., Abel, M. F., Buckland, A., Samdani, A., Jain, A., Lonner, Yaszay, B., Reilly, C., Hedequist, D., Clements, D.,...> ;The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume. 2019 Oct 24
Mechanosensitive transcriptional coactivators MRTF-A and YAP/TAZ regulate nucleus pulposus cell phenotype through cell shape.
Fearing, B. V., Jing, L., Barcellona, M. N., Witte, S. E., Buchowski, J. M., Zebala, L. P., Kelly, M. P., Luhmann, S., Gupta, M. C., Pathak, A., Setton, L. A.> ;FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 2019 Oct 23
Comparison of rod fracture rates in long spinal deformity constructs after transforaminal versus anterior lumbar interbody fusions: a single-institution analysis.
Adogwa O, Buchowski JM, Lenke LG, Shlykov MA, El Dafrawy M, Lertudomphonwanit T, Obey MR, Koscso J, Gupta MC, Bridwell KH> ;Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2019-10-11
Effective Prevention of Proximal Junctional Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Requires a Combination of Surgical Implant Prophylaxis and Avoidance of Sagittal ...
Line, B. G., Bess, S., Lafage, R., Lafage, V., Schwab, F., Ames, C., Kim, H. J., Kelly, M., Gupta, M., Burton, D., Hart, R., Klineberg, E., Kebaish, K., Hostin, R., Mu...> ;Spine. 2019 Sep 17
Recurrent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: Incidence, Risk Factors, Revision Rates, and Outcomes at 2-Year Minimum Follow-up.
Kim, H. J., Wang, S., Lafage, R., Iyer, S., Shaffrey, C., Mundis, G., Hostin, R., Burton, D., Ames, C., Klineberg, E., Gupta, M., Smith, J., Schwab, F., Lafage, V.> ;Spine. 2019 Aug 16
Recovery kinetics following spinal deformity correction: a comparison of isolated cervical, thoracolumbar, and combined deformity morphometries.
Peter G. Passias, Frank A. Segreto, Renaud Lafage, Virginie Lafage, Justin S. Smith, Breton Line, Justin K. Scheer, Gregory M. Mundis, D. Kojo Hamilton, Han Jo Kim, Sa...> ;The Spine Journal. 2019 Aug 1
Thoracolumbar junction orientation: its impact on thoracic kyphosis and sagittal alignment in both asymptomatic volunteers and symptomatic patients.
Hong Joo Moon, Keith H. Bridwell, Alekos A. Theologis, Micheal P. Kelly, Thamrong Lertudomphonwanit, Han Jo Kim, Lawrence G. Lenke, Munish C. Gupta> ;European Spine Journal. 2019 Jul 24
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Press Mentions

SRS Announces the winners of the Thomas E. Whitecloud AwardsSeptember 15, 2020 14:41
Dr. Gupta Spine Surgery Safer than ever beforeFebruary 13, 2020 17:14
Pedicle Subtraction OsteotomyFebruary 13, 2020 17:13
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