Press release
October 14, 2025
Communicating Uncertainty in Evidence-to-Decision Translation in NASS Guidelines
Press Release for the World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day.
Authors: A. Ozair, P. Kalakoti, P. Passias, W. Hamouda, D.B. Anderson, C. Kilincer, W. Dillin,
on behalf of the North American Spine Society (NASS) Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee.
September 30, 2021
The Future of Healthcare in the Spotlight
Conference coverage by Daily News from NASS 2021 highlighting the plenary talk on
healthcare costs and future trends in spine surgery resource utilization.
Invited Talk: P. Kalakoti. The Cost of Current Hospitalizations and
Resource Utilization. North American Spine Society (NASS) 37th Annual Meeting, 2021; Boston, MA.
December 14, 2018
Higher Rate of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Seen in Patients with Risser Grade 3
Media coverage by Orthopedics Today (Healio) for research
highlighting long-term outcomes and risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis in
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Citation: A.J. Pugely, L. Labianca, P. Kalakoti, P. Gajaseni,
S.L. Weinstein. Incidence, Risk Factors and the Natural History of Proximal
Junctional Kyphosis: Review of Long-Term Surgical Outcomes using Hybrid Fusion
Constructs for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. North American Spine Society (NASS)
33rd Annual Meeting, 2018; Los Angeles, CA
August 26, 2018
Predicting Long-term Opioid Use Following Lumbar Fusion
Featured on The Spine Blog (Wolters Kluwer Health), highlighting research
identifying preoperative opioid use as the strongest predictor of
long-term postoperative dependence following lumbar fusion surgery.
Citation: P. Kalakoti, N.R. Hendrickson, N.A. Bedard, A.J. Pugely.
Opioid Utilization Following Lumbar Arthrodesis: Trends and Factors Associated
With Long-term Us. SPINE 43(17):p 1208-1216
August 14, 2018
Taking Opioids Prior to Surgery Could Be Risk Factor for Long-Term Use
Media coverage by Physical Therapy Products (Wolters Kluwer Health) highlighting findings
from a nationwide study on preoperative opioid use and postoperative dependence after spine fusion surgery.
Citation: P. Kalakoti, N.R. Hendrickson, N.A. Bedard, A.J. Pugely.
Opioid Utilization Following Lumbar Arthrodesis: Trends and Factors Associated
With Long-term Us. SPINE 43(17):p 1208-1216
Invited talks
May 19, 2023
“State-of-the-Art Review: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Blood-based Biomarkers in Human Subjects Exposed to Repeated Sub-concussive Blast Overpressure”
Session 10: Biomarkers of Blast-induced Brain Injury†
International Forum on Blast Injury Countermeasures [IFBIC] 7th Meeting, Tokyo, Japan
† Delivered by Senior Author
September 29, 2021
“Cost of Current Hospitalization and Resource Utilizations”
Symposium: Future of Healthcare
North American Spine Society [NASS] 36th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
September 29, 2021
“NRD – Why Readmission Data Matters: An update”
Symposium: Future of Healthcare
North American Spine Society [NASS] 36th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
September 28, 2018
“National Readmission Database (NRD): Why Readmission Data Matters”
Symposium: Quest for Truth: Are Online Databases Reliable and Do They Reflect True Outcomes?
North American Spine Society [NASS] 33rd Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA