Patel K, Bouton D, Fitzgerald R, Guillaume T, Gupta P, Perra J, Szczodry M, Li Y; Pediatric Spine Study Group. Outcomes of Growth-Friendly Surgery and Posterior Spinal Fusion in Children With Rett Syndrome and Early Onset Scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2025 Aug 18. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000003086. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40820925.
Julia E Todderud; A. Noelle Larson; Geoffrey Haft; Ron El-Hawary; Nigel Price; John T Anderson; Ryan Fitzgerald; Gilber Chan; Baron Lonner; Michael Albert; Daniel Hoernschemeyer; Todd Milbrandt. Matched Comparison of Non-Fusion Surgeries for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Posterior Dynamic Distraction Device and Vertebral Body Tethering. 18th International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis and the Growing Spine. Spine Deform12 (Suppl 1), 1–32 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43390-024-00972-2
Desai VM, Bowen M, Anari JB, Flynn JM, Brooks JT, Snyder B, Ramo B, Li Y, Andras LM, Truong WH, Fitzgerald R, El-Hawary R, Roye B, Yaszay B, Kwan KYH, McIntosh A, Nelson S, Gupta P, Erickson M, Garg S, Cahill PJ; Pediatric Spine Study Group. Rib-on-Pelvis Deformity and Reported Pain in Neuromuscular Early-Onset Scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024 Nov-Dec 01;44(10):e929-e937. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002768. Epub 2024 Jul 11. PMID: 38987900.
MacIsaac MF, Wright JM, Halsey JN, Fitzgerald RE, Snyder CW, Rottgers SA. Management of Pediatric Type III Tibial Shaft Fractures: A Cohort Study Utilizing the Trauma Quality Improvement Program Database. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Oct 1;93(4):501-509. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000004102. PMID: 39331748.
Truong WH, Matsumoto H, Brooks JT, Guillaume TJ, Andras LM, Cahill PJ, Fitzgerald RE, Li Y, Ramo BA, Soumekh B, Blakemore LC, Carter C, Christie MR, Cortez D, Dimas VV, Hardesty CK, Javia LR, Kennedy BC, Kim PD, Murphy RF, Perra JH, Polly DW Jr, Sawyer JR, Snyder B, Sponseller PD, Sturm PF, Yaszay B, Feyma T, Morgan SJ. Development of Consensus-Based Best Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative and Postoperative Care of Pediatric Patients With Spinal Deformity and Programmable Implanted Devices. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Dec 1;49(23):1636-1644. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005061. Epub 2024 Jun 11. PMID: 38857373.
Karlin LI, Fitzgerald RE, Smith JT; Pediatric Spine Study Group. Bilateral rib-to-pelvis growth-friendly spinal surgery for congenital kyphosis in the child with myelomeningocele delays but does not prevent a definitive procedure. Spine Deform. 2025 May;13(3):887-896. doi: 10.1007/s43390-024-01017-4. Epub 2024 Dec 6. PMID: 39643849.
Research Conferences and Presentations
Nordass J,BS, Martinez P , BS, Hahn G, MD, Fitzgerald RE, MD. Rapid Recovery Pathway for Postoperative Pain Management in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion Surgery. Florida Orthopedic Society 2025 Annual Meeting
Todderud J, Larson N, Haft G, El-Hawary R, Price N, Anderson JT, Fitzgerald R, Chan G, Lonner B, Albert M, Hoernschemeyer D, Milbrandt T. “Matched Comparison of Non-Fusion Surgeries for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Posterior Dynamic Distraction Device and Vertebral Body Tethering” 18th International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis and the Growing Spine, Scottsdale, AZ. November 13-15, 2024.
Neal K, El-Hawary, R, Chan G, Haft Geoffrey, Oswald T, Larson A, Fitzgerald R, Jones A, Price N, Lonner B, Milbrandt T, Hardesty C, Anderson J, Albert M. 2-Year Follow Up from A Prospective Study on a Posterior Dynamic Distraction Device for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. 2024 Combined EPOSNA Meeting. May 2024.
Fitzgerald R, Chan G, Haft G, Oswald T S, Neal K, Larson A N, Jones A, Price N, Lonner B, Hardesty C, Mildbradt T, Anderson J T, Albert M, El-Hawary R. Poster # 62: Non-fusion Posterior Correction Is a Safe and Effective Method of Treating Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
International Congress of Early Onset Scoliosis, Scottsdale, AZ. November 13-15, 2024.
Fitzgerald RE, Chan G, Haft G, Oswald T, Neal KM, Larson AN, Jones A, Price N, Lonner BS, Hardesty CK, Milbrandt TA, Anderson JT, Albert M, El-Hawary R. Results of a Non-Fusion Posterior Approach Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: An update of the First 80 Patients with 2-Year Follow-up from a Prospective Clinical Trial (E-poster: 62). International Congress of Early Onset Scoliosis, Scottsdale, AZ. November 13-15, 2024.
Clinical Trials/Studies/Registries we are part of:
Personalized Perioperative Analgesia Platform (PPAP) FOR Pediatric Spine Fusion Surgery (sIRB)
