ASSR Louis A. Gilula, MD Mentor Award Winners

2024 Winner

Emma Sechrist, M.D.
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
The Association of Spinal Degenerative Changes with Incidence of CSF Venous Fistula in Patients with Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

2023 Liang-Yen (Larry) Liu, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Extent of Onyx Embolization for Treatment of Cerebrospinal Venous Fistulas and Presence of Calvarial Hyperostosis do not Increase the Risk of Post-Procedural Rebound Intracranial Hypertension

2022 Aliya Siddiqui, M.D.
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, New York
A National Analysis of Patient Outcomes and Costs Over Time for Inpatient Vertebral Fractures

2021 Ajay Madhavan, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Yield of Gadolinium Magnetic Resonance Myelography

2020 Aldo Eros de Vivo, M.D.
Istituto Oncologico del Mediterraneo, Catania, Italy
Intra-osseous Basivertibral Nerve Radio-Frequency Ablation for the Treatment of Vertebrogenic Chronic Low Back Pain

2019 Rachel Lauren Delfanti, M.D.
University of California, San Diego, California
It is SAIF! Pilot study of Stent-Screw Assisted Internal Fixation (SAIF) Technique for Treatment of Osteo

2018 Scott Johnson, M.D.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Implementation of Evidence-based Appropriateness Guidelines for Epidural Steroid Injection for Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.

2017 Miriam Peckham, M.D.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Spine Numbering: Getting on Your Nerves?

2016 Michael Clark, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
CSF Venous Fistula and Renal Contrast in SIH Patients without CSF Leak at CT Myelography

2015 Nicholas A. Koontz, M.D.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Needle and the Damage Done – Does Approach Predispose to Inadvertent Penetration During Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection?

2014 Austin C. Bourgeois, M.D.
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
Simulation-based Educational Curriculum for Lumbar Puncture to Improve Operator Confidence and Efficiency

2013 Keyur Patel, M.D.
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
Diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) 'claw sign' is Useful in Differentiation of Infectious from Degenerative Modic I Signal Changes of the Spine

2012 Leena Tekchandani, M.D.
Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York
Improved Outcomes with Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Synovial Cyst Treatment: Novel Approaches and Techniques

2011 Stephen F. Kralik, M.D.
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Diffusion and CSF Flow MR Imaging in the Evaluation of Cervical Stenosis

2010 Humberto Rosas, M.D.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri
Performing Thoracic Transforaminal Injections: A New Technique

2009 Francesco Massari, M.D.
University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy
1H-MR Spectroscopy in the Evaluation of Osteoporotic and Neoplastic Vertebral Fractures Prior To Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

2008 Allison Grayev, M.D.
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
Combination of IDEAL and ARC imaging to obtain homogeneous fat saturation in the brachial plexus within clinically acceptable time parameters

2007 Joseph P. Cousins, Ph.D., M.D.
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
Evaluating Tonsil, Spinal Cord, and CSF Motion in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients with Chiari I Malformation

2006 Kennith F. Layton, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: Evaluating the Short- and Long-Term Results for 1,000 Treated Fractures

2005 Andrew T. Trout, BA
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Vertebral End Plate Fractures: An Indicator of the Abnormal Forces Generated in the Spine Following Vertebroplasty

2004 Huy M. Do, M.D.
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
Prospective Analysis of Clinical Outcomes after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Body Fractures

2003 Jacob M. Agris, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Intravertebral Pressure during Vertebroplasty: A Study Comparing Multiple Delivery Systems