VenuAkuthotaMD
Physical Medicine/Rehab • Aurora, COPain Medicine, Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)
Professor
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Office
12605 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045Phone+1 720-848-0000Fax+1 720-848-6802
Summary
- Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado. My clinical expertise is spine medicine, and I direct the UCHealth Spine Center, a multidisciplinary academic practice. My research interests are spinal stenosis, lumbar radiculopathy (sciatica), regenerative medicine, and utilization of spinal interventional procedures.
Education & Training
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Sports and Spine fellowship, 1998 - 1999- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1994 - 1998
Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
CO State Medical License 2002 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1994 - 2005- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Visiting Professor Harvard, Dalhouise, Utah, Montefiore, Seoul National, Loyola
- CU Medicine Endowed Chair CU Medicine, 2019
- Denver "Top Doctor" 5280 Magazine, 2012-2019
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Clinical Trials
- Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for Treatment of Symptomatic Lumbar Facet Syndrome of the Spine Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 19
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 62 citationsSystemic effects of epidural steroid injections for spinal stenosis.Janna L. Friedly, Bryan A. Comstock, Patrick J. Heagerty, Zoya Bauer, Micol S. Rothman
Pain. 2018-05-01 - 64 citationsUtilization characteristics of spinal interventionsZach I. Abbott, Kavita V. Nair, Richard R. Allen, Venu Akuthota
The Spine Journal. 2010-09-01 - 235 citationsA Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal StenosisJanna L. Friedly, Bryan A. Comstock, Judith A. Turner, Patrick J. Heagerty, Richard A. Deyo
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2014-07-02
Grant Support
- Google Cloud GrantGooglePresent
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- North American Spine SocietyMember
- Spinal Intervention SocietyMember
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