JimYoussefMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Durango, CO

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Physician

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Office
1 Mercado St
Ste 200
Durango, CO 81301
Phone+1 970-382-9500

Fax+1 970-375-0007

Education & Training

Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1992 - 1996
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU Health)Internship, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1991 - 1992
University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
CO State Medical License 1997 - 2025
NM State Medical License 1997 - 2022
AZ State Medical License 1997 - 2008
UT State Medical License 1997 - 2008
VT State Medical License 1992 - 1996
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012

Clinical Trials

A Pivotal Study of a Facet Replacement System to Treat Spinal Stenosis Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Intradiscal rhGDF-5 Phase I/II Clinical Trial Start of enrollment: 2008 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

47 citations
Intrawound Vancomycin Decreases the Risk of Surgical Site Infection After Posterior Spine Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis.
Clinton J. Devin, Silky Chotai, Matthew J. McGirt, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Jim A. Youssef
Spine. 2018-01-01
12 citations
A Multicenter Radiographic Evaluation of the Rates of Preoperative and Postoperative Malalignment in Degenerative Spinal Fusions.
Jean-Christophe A. Leveque, Bradley Segebarth, Samuel R. Schroerlucke, Nitin Khanna, John Pollina
Spine. 2017-11-01
56 citations
Can triggered electromyography monitoring throughout retraction predict postoperative symptomatic neuropraxia after XLIF? Results from a prospective multicenter trial.
Juan S. Uribe, Robert E. Isaacs, Jim A. Youssef, Kaveh Khajavi, Jeffrey R. Balzer
European Spine Journal. 2015-04-15

Lectures

NASS - 9th Annual Evidence & Technology Spine Summit
North American Spine Society (NASS), Park City, Utah - 2/28/2013

Press Mentions

Globus Medical Partners with the Society of Lateral Access Surgery: 3 NotesMay 11th, 2018
The Best Spine Technologies of 2010October 12th, 2010
Spine Surgeon Leader to Know: Dr. Jim Youssef of SpineColoradoFebruary 12th, 2016
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