RolandoMPunoMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Louisville, KY

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Physician

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Office
210 E Gray St
Suite 900
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone+1 502-584-7525

Fax+1 502-589-0849
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Education & Training

University of Louisville School of MedicineResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1987 - 1991
University of Louisville School of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 1986 - 1987
University of MinnesotaResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1983 - 1984
University of the East College of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

KY State Medical License 1987 - 2024
OH State Medical License 1986 - 2024
IN State Medical License 1995 - 2023
MN State Medical License 1985 - 2020
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Clinical Trials

Cost Effectiveness and Clinical Utility of Cell Saver Use for Two to Three Level Lumbar Fusions Start of enrollment: 2011 Oct 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Repair of Spondylolitic Spondylolisthesis via Direct Pars Repair.
Kosei Nagata, John R Dimar 2nd, Nolan Sledge Smith, Rolando M Puno, Steven D Glassman, Mladen Djurasovic, Leah Y Carreon> ;Spine. 2023 Nov 28
9 citations
Randomized trial of Cell Saver in 2- to 3-level lumbar instrumented posterior fusions
Mladen Djurasovic, Katlyn E. McGraw, Kelly R. Bratcher, Charles H. Crawford, John R. Dimar, Rolando M. Puno, Steven D. Glassman, R. Kirk Owens, Leah Y. Carreon> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2018 Nov 1
22 citations
Can the anxiety domain of EQ-5D and mental health items from SF-36 help predict outcomes after surgery for lumbar degenerative disorders?
Leah Y. Carreon, Mladen Djurasovic, John R. Dimar, R. Kirk Owens, Charles H. Crawford, Rolando M. Puno, Kelly R. Bratcher, Katlyn E. McGraw, Steven D. Glassman> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2016 May 6
4 citations
Surgery for blastomycosis of the spine.
Dimar Jr nd, Rolando M. Puno, Nowacki Mr, Leah Y. Carreon> ;American Journal of Orthopedics. 2014 Nov 1
1 citations
Clinical outcomes following repair of the pars interarticularis.
Travis E. Clegg, Leah Y. Carreon, Ian Mutchnick, Rolando M. Puno> ;American Journal of Orthopedics. 2013 Feb 1
4 citations
Motion segment-sparing repair of symptomatic chronic pars defects.
Ian Mutchnick, Travis E. Clegg, Leah Y. Carreon, Rolando M. Puno> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2011 Aug 1
6 citations
A rare case of anterior thoracic myelomeningocele with scoliosis—case report and review of the literature
Senthil T. Nathan, Rolando M. Puno, Jose Martin Serafica Paiso, Noriaki Kawakami> ;The Spine Journal. 2011 Feb 1
37 citations
Classification of congenital scoliosis and kyphosis: a new approach to the three-dimensional classification for progressive vertebral anomalies requiring operative tre...
Noriaki Kawakami, Taichi Tsuji, Shiro Imagama, Lawrence G. Lenke, Rolando M. Puno, Timothy R. Kuklo> ;Spine. 2009 Aug 1
52 citations
Are preoperative health-related quality of life scores predictive of clinical outcomes after lumbar fusion?
Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman, Mladen Djurasovic, John R. Dimar, John R. Johnson, Rolando M. Puno, Mitchell J. Campbell> ;Spine. 2009 Apr 1
77 citations
RhBMP-2 versus iliac crest bone graft for lumbar spine fusion in patients over 60 years of age: a cost-utility study.
Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman, Mladen Djurasovic, Mitchell J. Campbell, Rolando M. Puno, John R. Johnson, John R. Dimar> ;Spine. 2009 Feb 1
122 citations
RhBMP-2 versus iliac crest bone graft for lumbar spine fusion: a randomized, controlled trial in patients over sixty years of age.
Steven D. Glassman, Leah Y. Carreon, Mladen Djurasovic, Mitchell J. Campbell, Rolando M. Puno, John R. Johnson, John R. Dimar> ;Spine. 2008 Dec 15
134 citations
Lumbar fusion outcomes stratified by specific diagnostic indication.
Steven D. Glassman, Leah Y. Carreon, Mladen Djurasovic, John R. Dimar, John R. Johnson, Rolando M. Puno, Mitchell J. Campbell> ;The Spine Journal. 2009 Jan 1
71 citations
Sagittal alignment as a risk factor for adjacent level degeneration: a case-control study.
Mladen Djurasovic, Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman, John R. Dimar, Rolando M. Puno, John R. Johnson> ;Orthopedics. 2008 Jun 1
105 citations
The perioperative cost of Infuse bone graft in posterolateral lumbar spine fusion
Steven D. Glassman, Leah Y. Carreon, Mitchell J. Campbell, John R. Johnson, Rolando M. Puno, Mladen Djurasovic, John R. Dimar> ;The Spine Journal. 2008 May 1
7 citations
Surgical management of severely displaced pediatric seat-belt fracture-dislocations of the lumbar spine associated with occlusion of the abdominal aorta and avulsion o...
Charles H. Crawford, Rolando M. Puno, Mitchell J. Campbell, Leah Y. Carreon> ;Spine. 2008 May 1
29 citations
Adverse Events in Patients Re-Exposed to Bone Morphogenetic Protein for Spine Surgery
Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman, Dylan Brock, John R. Dimar, Rolando M. Puno, Mitchell J. Campbell> ;Spine. 2008 Feb 15
160 citations
Non-neurologic complications following surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Leah Y. Carreon, Rolando M. Puno, Lawrence G. Lenke, B. Stephen Richards, Daniel J. Sucato, John B. Emans, Mark Erickson> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2007 Nov 1
75 citations
Clinical outcomes in older patients after posterolateral lumbar fusion.
Steven D. Glassman, Leah Y. Carreon, John R. Dimar, Mitchell J. Campbell, Rolando M. Puno, John R. Johnson> ;The Spine Journal. 2007 Sep 1
120 citations
Posterolateral lumbar spine fusion with INFUSE bone graft
Steven D. Glassman, Leah Y. Carreon, Mladen Djurasovic, Mitchell J. Campbell, Rolando M. Puno, John R. Johnson, John R. Dimar> ;The Spine Journal. 2007 Jan 1
2 citations
Lumbar degenerative classification study.
Steven D. Glassman, Leah Y. Carreon, Dimar, Mitchell J. Campbell, Johnson, Rolando M. Puno> ;American Journal of Orthopedics. 2006 Apr 1
117 citations
Initial fusion rates with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2/compression resistant matrix and a hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate/collagen carrier in...
Steven D. Glassman, John R. Dimar, Leah Y. Carreon, Mitchell J. Campbell, Rolando M. Puno, John R. Johnson> ;Spine. 2005 Aug 1
115 citations
Platelet gel (AGF) fails to increase fusion rates in instrumented posterolateral fusions.
Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman, Yoram Anekstein, Rolando M. Puno> ;Spine. 2005 May 1
442 citations
Perioperative complications of posterior lumbar decompression and arthrodesis in older adults.
Leah Y. Carreon, Rolando M. Puno, John R. Dimar, Steven D. Glassman, John R. Johnson> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2003 Nov 1
66 citations
Treatment recommendations for idiopathic scoliosis: an assessment of the Lenke classification.
Rolando M. Puno, Ki-Chan An, Raquel L. Puno, Ashley Jacob, Sung Soo Chung> ;Spine. 2003 Sep 15
9 citations
The durability of small-diameter rods in lumbar spinal fusion.
Steven D. Glassman, Jamal Bazzi, Rolando M. Puno, John R. Dimar> ;Journal of Spinal Disorders. 2000 Apr 1
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