Spinal Cord Tumors
Medical Education
Residency 1994-1999: Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
B.A.: Neurobiology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1989
Medical Degree: University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 1993
Chief Residency: Pediatric Neurosurgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1996
Research Fellow: Bone and Mineral Disease, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1999
Chief Residency: Adult Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2000
Clinical Fellowship: Spinal Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center & UCLA Medical School , Los Angeles, CA, 2001
Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2007-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)
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Dr. Neill M. Wright reported the following earned financial interests during calendar year 2011. Move your mouse over a header for more info.
| Company | Royalties Royalties: When a faculty member invents or conceives a new or improved process or product, the company that manufactures the product will make royalty payments to the faculty member. Royalty payments usually are a small percentage of the company’s revenue related to that product. | Equity Equity: Equity is an ownership interest in a company. Faculty members may be paid for their service to a company in stock or the option to obtain stock. | Consulting &
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| Nuvasive | $100,001-$200,000 | Yes | | |
| Vertebal Technologies | | Yes | | |
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Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Dorward IG, Wright NM. Seven years of experience with C2 translaminar screw fixation: clinical series and review of the literature. Neurosurgery. 2011 Jun.
Kim KD, Wright NM; The Spinal Sealant Study Group. Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Hydrogel Spinal Sealant (DuraSeal™ Spinal Sealant) as an Adjunct to Sutured Dural Repair in the Spine: Results of a Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Feb 1.
Menendez, J. and Wright, N.M. Techniques of posterior C1-2 fusion. Neurosurgery 2007 Jan.
Cassinelli, E., Lee, M., Skalak, A., Ahn, N., and Wright, N.M. Anatomic
considerations for the placement of C2 laminar screws. Spine
31(24):2767-2771, 2006.
Ashley, W., and Wright, N.M. A giant nonsyndromic anterior sacral
meningocele resected via an anterior approach: case report and review of
literature. Surgical Neurology 66(1):89-93, 2006.
Leonard, J.J., and Wright, N.M. Pediatric atlantoaxial fixation with
bilateral, crossing C2 translaminar screws. Journal of Neurosurgery:
Pediatrics 104(1):59-63, 2006.
Guarino AH, Wright NM. Pneumocephalus after a lumbar epidural steroid injection. Pain Physician. 2005 Apr.
Limbrick, D., and Wright, N.M. Verification of nerve root decompression during minimally-invasive lumbar microdiskectomy: a practical application of surgeon-driven evoked EMG. Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery 48:1-5, 2005.
Wright, N.M. Translaminar rigid fixation of the axis. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 3:409-14, 2005.
Wright, N.M. Single-surgeon simultaneous versus staged anterior and posterior spine reconstruction: a comparative study. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques 18(S1):48-57, 2005.
Wright, N.M. Posterior C2 fixation using bilateral, crossing C2 laminar screws: case series and technical note. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques 17(2):158-162, 2004.
Jost, S.C., Hsien, T.P., and Wright, N.M. Symptomatic intraosseous synovial cyst in the cervical spine: a case report. Spine 28 (17): E344-6, 2003.
Riew, K.D., Lou, J., Wright, N.M., Cheng, S.L., Bae, T., and Avioli, L.V. Thoracoscopic intradiscal spine fusion using a minimally invasive gene therapy technique. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 85-A (5):866-71, 2003.
Walker, D.H., and Wright, N.M. Bone morphogenetic proteins and spinal fusion. Neurosurgery Focus 13(6) Article 3, 2002.
Patel, N.P., Wright, N.M., Choi, W.W., McBride, D.Q., and Johnson, J.P. Forestier disease associated with a retroodontoid mass causing cervicomedullary compression. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 96(3):190-6, 2002.
For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Neill M. Wright