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Robert G Whitmore MD

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentSurgery at UMass Chan - Lahey
AddressLahey Hospital and Medical Center
41 Mall Road
Burlington MA 01805
Phone781-744-7580
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentSurgery at UMass Chan - Lahey


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    Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United StatesBANeuroscience
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMD

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    1. Negoita S, Whitmore RG, Chan JL. Commentary: Surgery on the C3-4 Level and the Presence of Ligamentum Flavum Hypertrophy Increases the Risk of 30-Day Reoperation Rate After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Neurosurgery. 2024 Sep 23. PMID: 39311569.
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    2. Chan JL, Whitmore RG. Commentary: Clinical Outcomes and Radiographic Results of Prone Transpsoas Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Single-Institution Case Series. Neurosurgery. 2024 Sep 06. PMID: 39240083.
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    3. Miranda SP, Whitmore RG, Kanter A, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Barker FG, Harrop J, Magge SN, Heary RF, Fehlings MG, Albert TJ, Arnold PM, Riew KD, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Heller JG, Benzel EC, Ghogawala Z. Patients May Return to Work Sooner After Laminoplasty: Occupational Outcomes of the Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Surgical Trial. Neurosurgery. 2024 Jun 24. PMID: 38912784.
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    4. Toll BJ, Yolcu YU, Passer JZ, Yew AY, Magge SN, Ghogawala Z, Whitmore RG. Impact of Depression and Anxiety on Patient Reported Outcomes Measures after Lumbar Fusion. World Neurosurg. 2024 06; 186:e391-e397. PMID: 38575064.
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    5. Chan JL, Whitmore RG. Commentary: The Impact of Preoperative Spinal Injection Timing on Postoperative Complications of Lumbar Decompression Surgery. Neurosurgery. 2024 Feb 20. PMID: 38376183.
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    6. Toll BJ, Whitmore RG. Commentary: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus Microendoscopic Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Unilateral Cervical Radiculopathy: A 1-Year Cost-Utility Analysis. Neurosurgery. 2023 09 01; 93(3):e59-e60. PMID: 37581449.
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    7. Ryan EN, Yolcu Y, Rizvi TZ, Christopher SR, Dunbar MR, Whitmore RG, Ghogawala Z. Implementation of a spine triage program and its effect on outpatient radiology utilization. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 04 01; 38(4):494-502. PMID: 36585871.
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    8. Coric D, Nassr A, Kim PK, Welch WC, Robbins S, DeLuca S, Whiting D, Chahlavi A, Pirris SM, Groff MW, Chi JH, Huang JH, Kent R, Whitmore RG, Meyer SA, Arnold PM, Patel AI, Orr RD, Krishnaney A, Boltes P, Anekstein Y, Steinmetz MP. Prospective, randomized controlled multicenter study of posterior lumbar facet arthroplasty for the treatment of spondylolisthesis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 01 01; 38(1):115-125. PMID: 36152329.
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    9. Pinter ZW, Freedman BA, Nassr A, Sebastian AS, Coric D, Welch WC, Steinmetz MP, Robbins SE, Ament J, Anand N, Arnold P, Baron E, Huang J, Whitmore R, Whiting D, Tahernia D, Sandhu F, Chahlavi A, Cheng J, Chi J, Pirris S, Groff M, Fabi A, Meyer S, Kushwaha V, Kent R, DeLuca S, Smorgick Y, Anekstein Y. A Prospective Study of Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis: Results from the Total Posterior Spine System (TOPS) IDE Study. Clin Spine Surg. 2023 03 01; 36(2):E59-E69. PMID: 36191093.
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    10. Wang AY, Sharma V, Bi WL, Curry WT, Florman JE, Groff MW, Heilman CB, Hong J, Kryzanski J, Lollis SS, McGillicuddy GT, Moliterno J, Ogilvy CS, Oh DS, Oyelese AA, Proctor MR, Shear PA, Wakefield AE, Whitmore RG, Riesenburger RI. The New England Neurosurgical Society: growth and evolution over 70 years. J Neurosurg. 2023 01 01; 138(1):261-269. PMID: 35523259.
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    11. Ankrah NK, Eli IM, Magge SN, Whitmore RG, Yew AY. Age, body mass index, and osteoporosis are more predictive than imaging for adjacent-segment reoperation after lumbar fusion. Surg Neurol Int. 2021; 12:453. PMID: 34621568.
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    12. Eli I, Whitmore RG, Ghogawala Z. Spine Instrumented Surgery on a Budget-Tools for Lowering Cost Without Changing Outcome. Global Spine J. 2021 Apr; 11(1_suppl):45S-55S. PMID: 33890807.
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    13. Ghogawala Z, Terrin N, Dunbar MR, Breeze JL, Freund KM, Kanter AS, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Barker FG, Schwartz JS, Harrop JS, Magge SN, Heary RF, Fehlings MG, Albert TJ, Arnold PM, Riew KD, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Whitmore RG, Heller JG, Benzel EC. Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery on Patient-Reported Physical Functioning in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 03 09; 325(10):942-951. PMID: 33687463.
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    14. Mendoza-Elias N, Whitmore RG. Commentary: Preoperative Opioid Use and Clinical Outcomes in Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review. Neurosurgery. 2020 06 01; 86(6):E508. PMID: 32315415.
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    15. Mendoza-Elias N, Dunbar M, Ghogawala Z, Whitmore RG. Opioid Use, Risk Factors, and Outcome in Lumbar Fusion Surgery. World Neurosurg. 2020 Mar; 135:e580-e587. PMID: 31870819.
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    16. Strenge KB, DiPaola CP, Miller LE, Hill CP, Whitmore RG. Multicenter study of lumbar discectomy with Barricaid annular closure device for prevention of lumbar disc reherniation in US patients: A historically controlled post-market study protocol. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Aug; 98(35):e16953. PMID: 31464935.
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    17. Brewington D, Petrov D, Whitmore R, Liu G, Wolf R, Zager EL. De Novo Intraneural Arachnoid Cyst Presenting with Complete Third Nerve Palsy: Case Report and Literature Review. World Neurosurg. 2017 Feb; 98:873.e27-873.e31. PMID: 27923759.
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    18. Hardesty DA, Doerfler S, Sandhu S, Whitmore RG, Ford P, Rushton S, LeRoux PD. "Bloodless" Neurosurgery Among Jehovah's Witnesses: A Comparison with Matched Concurrent Controls. World Neurosurg. 2017 Jan; 97:132-139. PMID: 27641256.
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    19. Ghogawala Z, Schwartz JS, Benzel EC, Magge SN, Coumans JV, Harrington JF, Gelbs JC, Whitmore RG, Butler WE, Barker FG. Increased Patient Enrollment to a Randomized Surgical Trial Through Equipoise Polling of an Expert Surgeon Panel. Ann Surg. 2016 07; 264(1):81-6. PMID: 26501698.
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    20. Alvin MD, Lubelski D, Abdullah KG, Whitmore RG, Benzel EC, Mroz TE. Cost-Utility Analysis of Instrumented Fusion Versus Decompression Alone for Grade I L4-L5 Spondylolisthesis at 1-Year Follow-up: A Pilot Study. Clin Spine Surg. 2016 Mar; 29(2):E80-6. PMID: 26889996.
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    21. Alvin MD, Lubelski D, Abdullah KG, Whitmore RG, Benzel EC, Mroz TE. Cost-Utility Analysis of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Plating (ACDFP) Versus Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy (PCF) for Patients With Single-level Cervical Radiculopathy at 1-Year Follow-up. Clin Spine Surg. 2016 Mar; 29(2):E67-72. PMID: 26889994.
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    22. Alvin MD, Derakhshan A, Lubelski D, Abdullah KG, Whitmore RG, Benzel EC, Mroz TE. Cost-Utility Analysis of 1- and 2-Level Dorsal Lumbar Fusions With and Without Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenic Protein-2 at 1-Year Follow-Up. Clin Spine Surg. 2016 Feb; 29(1):E28-33. PMID: 24870120.
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    23. Whitmore RG, Curran JN, Ali ZS, Mummaneni PV, Shaffrey CI, Heary RF, Kaiser MG, Asher AL, Malhotra NR, Cheng JS, Hurlbert J, Smith JS, Magge SN, Steinmetz MP, Resnick DK, Ghogawala Z. Predictive value of 3-month lumbar discectomy outcomes in the NeuroPoint-SD Registry. J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Oct; 23(4):459-66. PMID: 26140406.
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    24. Chitale R, Campbell PG, Yadla S, Whitmore RG, Maltenfort MG, Ratliff JK. International classification of disease clinical modification 9 modeling of a patient comorbidity score predicts incidence of perioperative complications in a nationwide inpatient sample assessment of complications in spine surgery. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 May; 28(4):126-33. PMID: 22960417.
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    25. Lubelski D, Alvin MD, Torre-Healy A, Abdullah KG, Nowacki AS, Whitmore RG, Steinmetz MP, Benzel EC, Mroz TE. Quality-of-Life Outcomes following Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Fusion with and without the Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2: Does Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Make a Difference? Global Spine J. 2014 Dec; 4(4):245-54. PMID: 25396105.
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    26. Ghogawala Z, Benzel EC, Heary RF, Riew KD, Albert TJ, Butler WE, Barker FG, Heller JG, McCormick PC, Whitmore RG, Freund KM, Schwartz JS. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy surgical trial: randomized, controlled trial design and rationale. Neurosurgery. 2014 Oct; 75(4):334-46. PMID: 24991714.
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    27. Ghogawala Z, Whitmore RG, Watters WC, Sharan A, Mummaneni PV, Dailey AT, Choudhri TF, Eck JC, Groff MW, Wang JC, Resnick DK, Dhall SS, Kaiser MG. Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 3: assessment of economic outcome. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Jul; 21(1):14-22. PMID: 24980580.
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    28. Mummaneni PV, Whitmore RG, Curran JN, Ziewacz JE, Wadhwa R, Shaffrey CI, Asher AL, Heary RF, Cheng JS, Hurlbert RJ, Douglas AF, Smith JS, Malhotra NR, Dante SJ, Magge SN, Kaiser MG, Abbed KM, Resnick DK, Ghogawala Z. Cost-effectiveness of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: experience with the NeuroPoint-SD registry. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Jun; 36(6):E3. PMID: 24881635.
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    29. Alvin MD, Miller JA, Lubelski D, Rosenbaum BP, Abdullah KG, Whitmore RG, Benzel EC, Mroz TE. Variations in cost calculations in spine surgery cost-effectiveness research. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Jun; 36(6):E1. PMID: 24881633.
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    30. Whitmore RG, Stein SC, Grady MS, Levine JM. Severe traumatic brain injury. Author reply. J Neurosurg. 2013 Sep; 119(3):822-3. PMID: 24137781.
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    31. Ghogawala Z, Whitmore RG. Asymptomatic cervical canal stenosis: is there a risk of spinal cord injury? Spine J. 2013 Jun; 13(6):613-4. PMID: 23747194.
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    32. Whitmore RG, Stephen JH, Vernick C, Campbell PG, Yadla S, Ghobrial GM, Maltenfort MG, Ratliff JK. ASA grade and Charlson Comorbidity Index of spinal surgery patients: correlation with complications and societal costs. Spine J. 2014 Jan; 14(1):31-8. PMID: 23602377.
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    33. Whitmore RG, Ghogawala Z, Petrov D, Schwartz JS, Stein SC. Functional outcome instruments used for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: interscale correlation and prediction of preference-based quality of life. Spine J. 2013 Aug; 13(8):902-7. PMID: 23523443.
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    34. Dagostino PR, Whitmore RG, Smith GA, Maltenfort MG, Ratliff JK. Impact of bone morphogenetic proteins on frequency of revision surgery, use of autograft bone, and total hospital charges in surgery for lumbar degenerative disease: review of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2002 to 2008. Spine J. 2014 Jan; 14(1):20-30. PMID: 23218827.
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    35. Sanborn MR, Thawani JP, Whitmore RG, Shmulevich M, Hardy B, Benedetto C, Malhotra NR, Marcotte P, Welch WC, Dante S, Stein SC. Cost-effectiveness of confirmatory techniques for the placement of lumbar pedicle screws. Neurosurg Focus. 2012 Jul; 33(1):E12. PMID: 22746229.
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    36. Whitmore RG, Stephen J, Stein SC, Campbell PG, Yadla S, Harrop JS, Sharan AD, Maltenfort MG, Ratliff JK. Patient comorbidities and complications after spinal surgery: a societal-based cost analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 20; 37(12):1065-71. PMID: 22045005.
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    37. Whitmore RG, Schwartz JS, Simmons S, Stein SC, Ghogawala Z. Performing a cost analysis in spine outcomes research: comparing ventral and dorsal approaches for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Neurosurgery. 2012 Apr; 70(4):860-7; discussion 867. PMID: 21937935.
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    38. Whitmore RG, Thawani JP, Grady MS, Levine JM, Sanborn MR, Stein SC. Is aggressive treatment of traumatic brain injury cost-effective? J Neurosurg. 2012 May; 116(5):1106-13. PMID: 22394292.
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    39. Whitmore RG, Grant RA, LeRoux P, El-Falaki O, Stein SC. How large is the typical subarachnoid hemorrhage? A review of current neurosurgical knowledge. World Neurosurg. 2012 May-Jun; 77(5-6):686-97. PMID: 22099565.
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    40. Whitmore RG, Williams BJ, Lega BC, Sanborn MR, Marcotte P. A patient with thoracic intradural disc herniation. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Dec; 18(12):1730-2. PMID: 22001242.
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    41. Whitmore RG, Tykocinski ES, Sanborn MR, Welch WC. Bioresorbable anterior cervical plate device for multi-level degenerative disc disease: case report with 8-year follow-up. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Dec; 18(12):1736-8. PMID: 22000835.
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    42. McLaughlin EJ, Heuer GG, Whitmore RG, Birknes JK, Belasco J, Sterman D, Low DW, Storm PB. Treatment of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and its complications through a multidisciplinary approach. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 May; 7(5):543-8. PMID: 21529197.
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    43. Sanborn MR, DiLuna ML, Whitmore RG, Storm PB. Fluoroscopically guided, transoral, closed reduction, and halo vest immobilization for an atypical C-1 fracture. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Apr; 7(4):380-2. PMID: 21456909.
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    44. Whitmore RG, Urban C, Church E, Ruckenstein M, Stein SC, Lee JY. Decision analysis of treatment options for vestibular schwannoma. J Neurosurg. 2011 Feb; 114(2):400-13. PMID: 20397894.
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    45. Kapoor GS, Gocke TA, Chawla S, Whitmore RG, Nabavizadeh A, Krejza J, Lopinto J, Plaum J, Maloney-Wilensky E, Poptani H, Melhem ER, Judy KD, O'Rourke DM. Magnetic resonance perfusion-weighted imaging defines angiogenic subtypes of oligodendroglioma according to 1p19q and EGFR status. J Neurooncol. 2009 May; 92(3):373-86. PMID: 19357963.
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    46. Whitmore RG, Bonhomme G, Balcer LJ, Palmer JN. Tension pneumocephalus after endoscopic sinus surgery: case report of repair and management in absence of obvious skull base defect. Ear Nose Throat J. 2008 Feb; 87(2):96-9. PMID: 18437930.
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    47. Whitmore RG, Krejza J, Kapoor GS, Huse J, Woo JH, Bloom S, Lopinto J, Wolf RL, Judy K, Rosenfeld MR, Biegel JA, Melhem ER, O'Rourke DM. Prediction of oligodendroglial tumor subtype and grade using perfusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep; 107(3):600-9. PMID: 17886561.
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    48. Whitmore RG, Simon SL, Hurst RW, Nisenbaum HL, Kasner SE, Zager EL. Bow hunter's syndrome caused by accessory cervical ossification: posterolateral decompression and the use of intraoperative Doppler ultrasonography. Surg Neurol. 2007 Feb; 67(2):169-71. PMID: 17254879.
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    49. Schmidt B, Scott I, Whitmore RG, Foster H, Fujimura S, Schmitz J, Levy JA. Low-level HIV infection of plasmacytoid dendritic cells: onset of cytopathic effects and cell death after PDC maturation. Virology. 2004 Nov 24; 329(2):280-8. PMID: 15518808.
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