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Office
12605 E 16th Ave
# F402
Aurora, CO 80045Phone+1 720-848-1980Fax+1 720-848-6802- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado. My clinical expertise is spine medicine, and I direct the UCHealth Spine Center, a multidisciplinary academic practice. My research interests are spinal stenosis, lumbar radiculopathy (sciatica), regenerative medicine, and utilization of spinal interventional procedures.
Education & Training
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Sports and Spine fellowship, 1998 - 1999
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1994 - 1998
- Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
- CO State Medical License 2002 - 2025
- IL State Medical License 1994 - 2005
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Visiting Professor Harvard, Dalhouise, Utah, Montefiore, Seoul National, Loyola
- CU Medicine Endowed Chair CU Medicine, 2019
- Denver "Top Doctor" 5280 Magazine, 2012-2019
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Clinical Trials
- Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for Treatment of Symptomatic Lumbar Facet Syndrome of the Spine Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 19
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Serum cortisol level to screen for significant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in patients receiving multiple steroid injections.Debbie Lee, Eduardo J Carrera, Gerald Yeung, Cynthia W Garvan, Micol S Rothman, Venu Akuthota, Hagens, R.> ;Pain Medicine. 2024 Feb 1
- Feasibility and acceptability of a telemedicine triage model among Medicaid patients with low back pain referred to a spine center.Adele Meron, Kristina Barber, Derek Stokes, Laura Churchill, Cherie LeDoux, Venu Akuthota> ;North American Spine Society Journal. 2023 Jun 1
- 2 citationsEvidence-Based Physiatry: Clinical Decision-Making With Instrumented Gait Analysis.James J. Carollo, Sayan De, Venu Akuthota> ;American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2020 Mar 1
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Grant Support
- Google Cloud GrantGooglePresent
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- North American Spine SocietyMember
- Spinal Intervention SocietyMember
Hospital Affiliations
- University of Colorado HospitalAurora, Colorado
- UCHealth Broomfield HospitalBroomfield, Colorado
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