The NASS Podcast

Jin-Sung L. Kim, MD, PhD

Don Park, MD

Ho-Jin Lee,MD, PhD

Sanjay Konakondla, MD

DJ Kennedy, MD shares his leadership philosophy in academic medicine with mentee Reza Ehsanian, MD, PhD, offering insight into building programs, growing within societies, and leveraging research skills for administrative impact.

Richard (Rick) Guyer, MD

Scott L. Blumenthal, MD

Jessica Shellock, MD

Julie Chan, MD, PhD and mentee Brandon Lucke-Wold, MD, PhD, MS explore how mentorship and personal passions guide career direction, the transition from mentee to mentor, and what work/life “balance” means to her.

Yi Lu, MD, PhD, Joshua I. Chalif, MD, PhD and Benjamin R. Johnston, MD, PhD, authors of the paper "Traumatic spinal cord injury: a review of the current state of art and future directions – what do we know and where are we going?", discuss their findings with NASSJ deputy editor Tobias Mattei, MD.

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Author Minjin Fromm discusses her recent NASSJ article, "Factors associated with improved outcomes after lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections for radicular pain: A systematic review," with moderator and deputy editor Tobias Mattei.

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Authors Jason Friedrich and Kristina Barber discuss their recent SpineLine article, "Cervicogenic Headache: Bad Referral or Appropriate For Your Spine Clinic?' with moderator Jayesh Vallabh.

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Author Ricardo Fontes and deputy editor Tobias Mattei sit down to discuss Fontes' recent article, "Circumferential correction of spinal deformity and instability secondary to bacterial spondylodiscitis."

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Robert Ravinsky discusses his recent article, "The effect of time to balloon kyphoplasty on osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a systematic review with meta-analysis," with deputy editor Tobias Mattei. 

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Is social media good or bad? And how can it be used in a professional setting? SpineLine authors Philip K. Louie, MD and Kendra Cooper, BS discuss that and more in this podcast with moderator Vivek Babaria, DO. 

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