Jeffrey Varghese, MD

• North American Spine Society, Member-in-Training
• AO Spine, Member
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow-in-Training
• New Jersey Orthopaedic Society, Member

• Leveraging enabling technology in healthcare to optimize delivery of personalized healthcare.
• AI integration, Machine Learning, Robotics, Navigation in Healthcare.
• Applied Science/Technology

Awards:

• White Cloud Award for Best Clinical Paper:
  • Iyer S, Zgonis E, Steinhaus M, Varghese J, Stein D, Yang J, Albert T, Schwab F,
    Lebl D, Kim HJ, Cunningham M, Farmer J, Girardi F, Huang R, Qureshi S, Rawlins
    B, Beckman J, Sandhu H. Intravenous ketorolac substantially reduces opioid use
    following lumbar spinal fusion: early results of a randomized, double-blinded,
    placebo controlled trial. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Technologies.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Youth Volunteer of the Year Award for American Red Cross of Greater New York
• Letters of Commendation:
  • NYS Assemblyman Kenneth P. Zebrowski and NYS Senator Thomas P.
    Morahan for Representing New York State for outstanding service to the
    community
• Science Olympiad, Regional Competition – Five Star Science – First Place 2007
• Science Olympiad, Regional Competition – Robot Ramble – Second Place 2007

Publications:

• Reviewer for Spine Journal
• Diebo BG, Varghese J, Lafage R, Schwab FJ, Lafage V. (2015). Sagittal alignment of the spine: What do you
  need to know? Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 139:295-301. PMID: 26562194.
• Yan P, Bao H, Qiu Y, Bao M, Varghese J et al. (2016). Mismatch Between Proximal Rod Contouring and
  proximal Junctional Angle: A Predisposed Risk Factor for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Degenerative
  Scoliosis. Spine. 42(5):E280-287. PMID: 27557450.
• Bao H, Varghese J, Lafage R et al. (2017). Principal radiographic characteristics for cervical spinal deformity:
  A health-related quality of life analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 42(18):1375-1382. PMID: 28277386.
• Diebo B, Lafage V, Varghese J et al. (2017). After nine years of three-column osteotomies, are we doing
  better? Performance curve analysis of 573 surgeries with 2-year follow up. Neurosurgery. 83(1):69-75. PMID:
  28973410.
• Pesenti S, Ghailane S, Varghese J et al. (2017). Bone substitutes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery
  using sublaminar bands: is it useful? International Orthopaedics. 41(10):2083-2090. PMID: 28540414
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• Bao H, Laibaud B, Varghese J et al. (2018). Lumbosacral stress and age may contribute to increased pelvic
  incidence: an analysis of 1625 adults. Eur Spine J. 27(2):482-488. PMID: 29027007.
• Iyer S, Sheha E, Fu M, Varghese J, Cunningham M, Albert T, Schwab F, Lafage V, Kim HJ. (2018). Sagittal
  Spinal Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity: An Overview of Current Concepts and a Critical Analysis Review.
  JBJS Review. 6(5):e2. PMID: 29738410.
• Newman J, Shah N, Diebo BG, Goldstein A, Coste M, Varghese J, Murray D, Naziri Q, Paulino C. (2020). The
  top 100 classic papers on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the past 25 years: a bibliometric analysis of the
  orthopaedic literature. Spine Deformity. 8(1):5-16. PMID: 31981150.
• Lovecchio F, Elysee J, Lafage R, Varghese J, Bannwarth M, Schwab F, Lafage V, Kim HJ. (2021). The
  Impact of Pre-Operative Supine Radiographs on Surgery Strategy in Adult Spinal Deformity. J Neurosurg
  Spine. 36(1):71-77. PMID: 34507286.
• McDonald T, Shah S, Hargiss J, Varghese J, Boeyer M, Pompliano M, Neal K, Lonner B, Larson N, Yaszay B,
  Newton P, Hoernschmeyer D, Harms Nonfusion Study Group (HNSG). (2022). Segmental Spinal Growth
  Changes after Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT): Hope or Hype? Spine Deform. Jul;10(4):791-797. PMID:
  35064912
• Iyer S, Steinhaus M, Kazarian G, Zgonis E, Cunningham M, Farmer J, Kim HJ, Lebl D, Huang R, Lafage V,
  Schwab F, Qureshi S, Girardi F, Rawlins B, Beckman J, Varghese J, Muzammil H, Lafage R, Sandhu H.
  (2023). Intravenous ketorolac substantially reduces opioid use following lumbar spinal fusion: early results of a
  randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). PMID: 37737686.
• Onafowokan OO, Das A, Mir JM, Alas H, Williamson TK, Mcfarland K, Varghese J, Naessig S, Imbo B,
  Passfall L, Krol O, Tretiakov P, Joujon-Roche R, Dave P, Moattari K, Owusu-Sarpong S, Lebovic J, Vira S,
  Diebo B, Lafage V, Passias PG. (2023). Predictors of reoperation for spinal disorders in Chiari malformation
  patients with prior surgical decompression. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. PMID: 38268684.