PIYUSH KALAKOTI

Featured article commentary on Blogging Stroke, the official digital media blog of Stroke (American Heart Association/American Stroke Association), highlighting findings from the CLOT-VENUS substudy examining the association between early inflammatory biomarkers and functional outcomes in acute cerebral venous thrombosis.

Citation: L. Cruz-Criollo, M. Galecio-Castillo, A. Rodriguez-Calienes, P. Kalakoti, V. Cano-Nigenda, A. Brito, M.A. Barboza, J. Gao, A. Mercado, A. Pereda-Castillo, J. Lefkowitz, J. Cespedes, N. Abdelhakim, B. Zheng-Lin, A. Shaban, B.J. Smith, N.M. Mohr, A. Arauz, S. Ortega-Gutierrez. Early Inflammatory Biomarkers Associated with Functional Outcomes in Acute Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: CLOT-VENUS Substudy. Stroke. 2026;57(6):1632-1642. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.052774.

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.

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.

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.

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 Use. SPINE. 43(17):1208-1216.

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 Use. SPINE. 43(17):1208-1216.