Minimally Invasive Spine Techniques

Timothy R. Deer is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He lectures at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is a past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation, president of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on several other boards and committees. Dr. Diwan is a world renown luminary in Minimally Invasive Spine Methods. A former fellowship director, at Cornell University, Dr. Diwan now leads the Latin American Pain Society and the New York New Jersey Pain Symposium, one of the premier meetings in the space. In addition, he has authored hundreds of articles, chapters and books. Dr. Deer and Dr. Diwan frequently teach these methods of Minimally Invasive Spine surgery around the world and have an extensive network of physicians who are renowned in all areas of the book.

• 1. History of Spine Surgery2. History of Minimally Invasive Surgery3.Anatomy of the Cervical Spine4. Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine5. Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine6. Anatomy of the Sacral Spine7. Anatomy of the Sacroiliac Joint Section Two8. New methods of SI joint fusion9. New Methods of Si Joint fusion10. New Methods of Si joint fusion11. New methods of posterior lateral fusion12. New methods of ligament decompression13. New methods of interspinous indirect decompression and fusion14. New methods of kyphoplasty15. New methods of discogenic treatment.16. New methods of basovertebral nerve ablation17. New methods Facet joint Fusion18. New methods of rehabilitation of the multifidus muscle19. Regenerative medicine of the spine20. Spinal cord stimulation (modern advances21. Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation22. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for the spine23. Intrathecal Drug Delivery24. New best practices for treatment of disease states