Venu Akuthota MD
Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)
Professor
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12605 E 16th AveAurora, CO 80045
Phone+1 720-848-0000
Fax+1 720-848-6802
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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 - 2027
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
- Serum cortisol level to screen for significant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in patients receiving multiple steroid injections.Debbie Lee, Eduardo J Carrera, Ryan Hagens, Gerald Yeung, Cynthia W Garvan
Pain Medicine. 2024-02-01 - 1 citationsFeasibility and acceptability of a telemedicine triage model among Medicaid patients with low back pain referred to a spine center.Adele Meron, Kristina Barber, Derek Stokes, Laura Churchill, Cherie LeDoux
North American Spine Society Journal. 2023-06-01 - 1 citationsSerious Complications Associated with Interventional Spine Procedures-Results of a Spine Intervention Society Survey.Nathan D. Clements, Zachary L McCormick, Darrell Vydra, Ameet S. Nagpal, Venu Akuthota
Pain Medicine. 2020-03-01
Grant Support
- Google Cloud GrantGooglePresent
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- North American Spine SocietyMember
- Spinal Intervention SocietyMember
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