Brian W. Su, M.D.

Dr. Su joined the Mt. Tam Spine Center in 2009. He received his undergraduate education from Duke University’s School of Engineering and his medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Su then completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Columbia University’s New York Presbyterian Hospital where he served as administrative chief resident in his final year and was one of the stadium physicians for the New York Yankees. He then completed an orthopaedic and neurosurgical spine surgery fellowship at the Rothman Institute at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; widely regarded as one of the most sought after and prestigious spine fellowships in the country. His training there included complex surgery of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. During that time he developed a particular interest in treating patients with cervical spine disorders secondary to arthritis or trauma.

Dr. Su has a strong interest in academic medicine and has authored over twenty full length manuscripts and book chapters in journals such as The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, SPINE, and the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has also presented over fifty podium and poster presentations and is the author of five financial grants and recipient of thirty academic honors and awards. Dr. Su is a founding member of the nation’s first undergraduate research journal and was one of the youngest scientists to be principal investigator on a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Despite his interest in clinical research and academic spine surgery, Dr. Su joined Mt. Tam Spine Center because he believes that the same state-of-the-art care can be delivered in a private practice setting. He is a strong believer of educating patients and their families so that they fully understand their disease and all treatment options, including the peer reviewed published evidence behind it. His emphasis is always towards non-operative treatment, reserving surgery as the final option when conservative therapy fails.

Dr. Su's assistant is Dayna Dumont.

Education

2008-2009
Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Spine Fellow
The Thomas Jefferson University
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute (Philadelphia, PA)
Fellowship Co-Directors: Todd J. Albert MD
Alexander R. Vaccaro MD, PhD
2007-2008
Administrative Chief Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The New York Orthopaedic Hospital
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital (New York, NY)
Chairman: Louis U. Bigliani MD
2004-2007
Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The New York Orthopaedic Hospital
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital (New York, NY)
Program Director: William N. Levine, MD
Chairman: Louis U. Bigliani MD
2003-2004
Intern, Department of General Surgery
New York Presbyterian Hospital (New York, NY)
1998-2003
M.D. Columbia University,
College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York, NY)
1994-1998
B.S.E. Duke University, School of Engineering (Durham, NC)
Magna Cum Laude and with Distinction
Majors: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Minor: Chemistry
1990-1994
Niskayuna High School (Schenectady, NY)
Graduated with highest honors

National Board Exams

USMLE Part I: Passed 1999
USMLE Part II: Passed 2002
USMLE Part III: Passed 2004
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part 1: Passed 2008

Medical Licensure

New York State #237395; Exp 11/2010
California #A109113; Exp 12/2010

Honors and Awards

2008 Frank E. Stinchfield Award in Orthopaedic Surgery
2007 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery/Orthopaedic Resident Education Foundation Journal Club Grant for the New York Orthopaedic Hospital
2007 Administrative Chief Resident, New York Orthopaedic Hospital
2007 American Orthopaedic Association Zimmer Resident Leadership Award
2007 American Orthopaedic Association Emerging Leaders Program
2005 Harold M. Dick Award in Orthopaedic Surgery. Awarded to the junior resident who has demonstrated sound clinical judgment, industriousness, and efficiency in patient management.
2004 1st Place Presentation. New York State Society of Orthopaedic Society Controversies in Orthopaedic Surgery (New York, NY). The Inflammatory Effect of Titanium Distal Radius Plates on Canine Tendons.
2004 1st Place Presentation. Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, New York Metropolitan Area Resident Research Competition (New York, NY). A Device for Zone II Flexor Tendon Repair
2003 Dean’s Day Research Award. Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. A Biomechanical, Histological, and Clinical Study of a Device for Flexor Tendon Repair.
2003 New York Orthopaedic Hospital Award. Awarded to the medical student excelling in orthopaedic research.
2003 1st Place Presentation. New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH) Residents and Fellows Conference (New York, NY). Malpractice Lawsuits for Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in New York State.
2003 3rd Place Award. Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) Resident Research Symposium (New York, NY). The Effect of Deep Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis (Heparin, Aspirin, Coumadin) on the Incidence of Heterotopic Ossification; A Retrospective Analysis of 913 Patients.
2002 Who’s Who Historical Society of Professionals for The Journal of Young Investigators
2002 1st Place Presentation. New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH) Residents and Fellows Conference (New York, NY). The Gross and Histological Analysis of the Teno Fixä; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair.
2002 3rd Place Presentation. New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH) Residents and Fellows Conference (New York, NY). The Biomechanical Analysis of Teno Fix; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair.
2001 1st Place Presentation. New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH) Residents and Fellows Conference (New York, NY). The Inflammatory Effect of Titanium Distal Radius Plates on Canine Tendons.
2001 Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
1999 National Institutes of Health Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
1998 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
1998 Howard Clark Award in Biomedical Engineering
1998 Magna Cum Laude, Duke University
1998 Departmental Distinction in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
1997-1998 National Science Foundation/Engineering Research Center, Center for Emerging Research for Cardiovascular Technologies Fellowship
1996-1998 J.L. Alexander Scholarship
1996-1998 M.S. Ehrlich Memorial Scholarship
1995-1998 Harvey Holding Engineering Scholarship
1994-1998 Dean’s List with Distinction, Duke University
1997 Golden Key Honor Society
1996 National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Fellowship, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
1994 Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

Committes

2007-2008 New York Presbyterian Hospital Information Technology Sub-Committee
2005-2008 New York Presbyterian Hospital Graduate Medical Education Sub-Committee
2005 Pain Service Committee: Liaison between department of anesthesiology and orthopaedics to develop a pain management protocol for orthopaedic in-patients.

Work Experience

2008-2009 Consultant, Gentis, Inc. Optimization of the Injection Pressure of a Nucleus Augmentation Implant to Restore the Post Discectomy Intervertebral Disc Height in the Lumbar Spine
2007-2008 Stadium Physician, The New York Yankees
1997-Present Founder and member of the Board of Directors, The National Journal of Young Investigators, Inc (JYI) – JYI (www.jyi.org). A web-based undergraduate research journal. Staff encompasses over 100 students from over 30 institutions. Funded by research grants (see Financial Grants). Featured in Nature Magazine, Science Magazine and The New York Times. 1997 Chief Executive and Financial Officer, 1998-1999 Chief Financial Officer. 2006-2007 Chairperson, Board of Directors.
1996-1998 Duke University Department of Chemistry. Teaching assistant for organic and general chemistry.
1997 Duke University Talent Identification Program/Satellite Science Program
1994-1996 Duke University Peer Tutoring Program

Research Experience

2003-2008. The Trauma Training Center, New York Orthopedic Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Clinical Coordinator A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Actonel (Risedronate) on Hip Fracture Healing in Patients with Osteoporosis.
2005-2006 Clinical coordinator, Multi-center Double Blinded Clinical Trial of the Effects of Forteo® (Teriparatide) on Distal Radius Fractures.
2001-2002 Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, New York Orthopedic Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (New York, NY; Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa). Clinical coordinator for trial on Teno-FixÔ(Ortheon Medical, Inc); a device for flexor tendon repair of the hand. Designed a clinical protocol for an academic study, European CE marking, and US FDA approval.
1999 National Institutes of Health Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship /Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Designed and completed a study on (1) The effects of titanium metallosis in the beagle dog tendon (2) Intertrochanteric vs. Basicervical fractures, a clinical and radiographic analysis.
1997-1998 National Science Foundation/Engineering Research Center Fellowship, Duke University. Studied the effects of near field phase aberration in ultrasonic breast imaging.
1996 National Institute for Child Health and Human Development/Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics. Studied exogenously added lysolipids on the calcium triggered fusion reaction in sea urchin cortical granules as a model system for viral fusion.
1995 New York State Department of Health/Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry. Extracting and analyzing PCB’s from NYS ground soil and water.
1994-1995 Duke University Department of Neuroscience. Assisted with the development of electron microscopy photos of rat synapses.
1994 Entridia, Inc. Designed voice analyzation circuits.

Financial Grants

2008 Co-Principal Investigator. Orthopaedic Surgery Research Foundation. Percutaneous Transfacet Fixation of the Lumbar Spine: A Morphologic, Radiographic, and Biomechanical Study. $7,100.
2005 Co-Principal Investigator. Orthopaedic Trauma Association clinical outcomes grant for A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Actonel (Risedronate) on Hip Fracture Healing in Patients with Osteoporosis. $50,000 over two years.
2004 Co-Principal Investigator. Eli Lilly Clinical Trials Grant for A Multi-center Double Blinded Clinical Trial of the Effects of Forteo® (Teriparatide) on Distal Radius Fracture Healing. $20,000 over one year.
1997-1999 Co-Principal Investigator. The Burroughs-Wellcome Fund, for The Journal of Young Investigators. $25,000 over one year.
1998 Co-Principle Investigator. The National Science Foundation, Division of Physics and Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, for The Journal of Young Investigators.. $250,000 over two years.

Poster Presentations

2009 North American Spine Society (San Francisco CA) Su BW, Kim PD, Cha T, Lee J, April EW, Weidenbaum M, Vaccaro AR. An Anatomical Study of the Mid-Lateral Pars (MLP) Relative to the Pedicle Footprint in the Lower Lumbar Spine
2009 North American Spine Society (San Francisco CA) Su BW, Cha T, Kim PD, Lee J, April EW, Weidenbaum M, Vaccaro AR. A Morphologic and Radiographic Study of Lumbar Facets Relavent to Transfacet Fixation
2004 New York State Society of Orthopaedic Society Controversies in Orthopaedic Surgery (New York, NY). 1st Place Award, The Inflammatory Effect of Titanium Distal Radius Plates on Canine Tendons, Sinicropi, SM, Su, BW Raia, FJ, Parisien, M, Strauch, RJ, Rosenwasser, MP The Inflammatory Effect of Titanium Distal Radius Plates on Canine Tendons.
2003 The American Orthopedic Association (AOA) 2003 Annual Meeting (Charleston, SC). BW Su, M Solomons, A Barrow, F.J. Raia, TS Protopstaltis, C.B. Lipton, R.J. Strauch, M.P. Rosenwasser. Teno-FixÔ, A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair.
2003 Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation Resident Research Symposium. 3rd Place Award. Martin, G, Su, BW, Nercessian, O, Norian, J, Macaulay, J, Eftekhar, N. The Effect of Deep Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis (Heparin, Aspirin, Coumadin) on the Incidence of Heterotopic Ossification; A Retrospective Analysis of 913 Patients.
2003 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Dean’s Day. BW Su, TS Protopstaltis, FJ Raia, MF Koff, HM Quitkin, M Parisien, M Solomons, A Barrow, RJ Strauch, MP Rosenwasser. A Biomechanical, Histological, and Clinical Study of a Device for Flexor Tendon Repair.
2002 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Adrian E. Flatt Resident and Fellows Conference in Hand Surgery (Phoenix, AZ), Comparative Topography of the Carpometacarpal (CMC) Joint of Baboons (Papio Anubis); The First Primates with Opposable Thumbs, Su, BW, Protopsaltis, TS, Koff, M, Coon, AL, Marzke, M, Mow, VC, Connolly, S, Rosenwasser, MP.
2002 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Meeting (Phoenix, AZ), Comparative Topography of the Carpometacarpal (CMC) Joint of Baboons (Papio Anubis); The First Primates with Opposable Thumbs , Su, BW, Protopsaltis, TS, Koff, M, Coon, AL, Marzke, M, Mow, VC, Connolly, S, Rosenwasser, MP.
2002 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Meeting (Phoenix, AZ). The Safety of Newer Proximal vs. Standard Distal Arthroscopic Elbow Portals: Are there any Vulnerable Nerves?, Protopstaltis, TS, Su, BW, Rosenwasser, MP.
2002 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Meeting (Phoenix, AZ). The Gross and Histological Analysis of the Teno-Fix; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair, Su, BW, Raia, FJ, Quitkin, HM, Parisien, M, Strauch, RJ, Rosenwasser, MP,.
2002 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Meeting (Phoenix, AZ). The Biomechanical Analysis of Teno Fix; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair, Su, BW, Protopstaltis, TS, Strauch, RJ, Rosenwasser, MP.
2002 Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA) Annual Meeting (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Basicervical vs. Intertrochanteric Fractures: A Retrospective Analysis of Radiographic and Functional Outcomes, Su, BW, Protopsaltis, TS, Chapman, CB, Sinicropi, SM, Kuremsky, M, Rosenwasser, MP.
1998 Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering Lecture (Durham, NC), Effects of Near Field Phase Aberration in Ultrasonic Breast Imaging, Su, BW, Gauss, R, Trahey, GE.
1997 The Society for General Physiologists (Woods Hole, MA), Reversible Inhibition in Calcium Triggered Exocytosis by Lysolipids, Blank, PS, Su, BW, Mahoney EJ, Chernomordik, L, Zimmergerg, J.

Podium Presentations

2009 Annual Alumni Meeting, Thomas Jefferson University (Orlando, FL) Update on Cervical Disc Replacement. Su BW.
2009 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA)
P-15 Bone Graft Substitute, An Evidence Based Evaluation. Su BW.
2009 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA) Conus Medullaris vs. Cauda Equina Syndrome; Diagnosis and Intervention . Su BW.
2009 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA) Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease; An Evidence Based Evaluation of the Literature. Su BW.
2009 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA) Update of CPT Coding for Spine Surgeons. Su BW.
2009 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA) Update of Translational Research in Spinal Cord Injury. Su BW.
2009 AO Spine Fellows Meeting (Banff, Calgary) Su BW, Cha T, Kim PD, Lee J, April EW, Weidenbaum M, Vaccaro AR. A Morphologic and Radiographic Study of Lumbar Facets Relavent to Transfacet Fixation
2009 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting (Las Vegas, NV) Su BW, Cha T, Kim PD, Lee J, April EW, Weidenbaum M, Vaccaro AR. A Morphologic and Radiographic Study of Lumbar Facets Relavent to Transfacet Fixation
2008 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA) Central Cord Injury; The Rationale for Early Intervention. Su BW.
2008 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA) Radiographic Measurements and Classification of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Su BW.
2008 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA) Treatment Principles of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Su BW.
2008 Thomas Jefferson University Spine Fellow Lecture Series. (Philadelphia, PA) Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures, an Evidence Based approach. Su BW
2007 New York Orthopaedic Hospital Sports Medicine Core Conference.(New York, NY) Cervical Spine Injuries in the Athlete. Su BW
2005 New York Orthopaedic Hospital Grand Rounds. (New York, NY) Locked Plating. Kowalsky M, Su BW, Chung WC, Gonzalez-Lomas G.
2004 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, New York Metropolitan Area Resident Research Competition (New York, NY). A Device for Zone II Flexor Tendon Repair. 1st Place Presentation
2004 New York Orthopaedic Hospital Grand Rounds. Tumor Rounds: Metastatic Bone Disease. Su, BW.
2004 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA). Su BW, Lee J, Solomons M, Gilberti M, Barrow A, Senoge S, Protopstaltis TS, Koff MF, Raia FJ, Parisien M, Strauch RJ, MP Rosenwasser. A Device for Flexor Tendon Repair.
2004 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA) Lipton CB, Heyworth BE, Su BW, Patterson AH, Rosenwasser MP. Malpractice Lawsuits for Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in New York State.
2003 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Residents and Fellows Conference (Chicago, IL). BW Su, M Solomons, A Barrow, ME Senoge, MP Rosenwasser. A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double Blind, Clinical Trial of Teno-FixÔ; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair.
2003 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL) Lipton CB, Heyworth BE, Su BW, Patterson AH, Rosenwasser MP. Malpractice Lawsuits for Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in New York State.
2003 British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) and American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Joint Scientific Meeting (Cambridge, England), A Randomized, Double Blind, Clinical Trial of Teno Fix™; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair. M Solomons BW Su, , A Barrow, MP Rosenwasser.
2003 New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH) Annual Residents and Fellows Conference (New York, NY). 1st Place Award. Lipton CB, Heyworth BE, Su BW, Patterson AH, Rosenwasser MP. Malpractice Lawsuits for Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in New York State. 2003 Presenter: CB Lipton
2002 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Adrian E. Flatt Resident and Fellows Conference in Hand Surgery (Phoenix, AZ). The Biomechanical and Histological Analysis of Teno Fix; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair. BW Su. Protopstaltis, TS, Strauch, RJ, Rosenwasser, MP.
2002 Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons Clinical Correlation Lecture (New York, NY), Medial and Lateral Epicondylitis, Diagnosis and Treatment, Presenters: BW Su. Protopstaltis, TS, Rosenwasser, MP.
2002 New York Orthopedic Hospital Grand Rounds (New York, NY), Flexor Tendon Injuries. Teno-Fixä; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair.
2002 Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship Annual Meeting, (St. Louis, MI). The Clinical Evaluation of Teno-Fix; A Novel Stainless Steel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair. Su, BW, Solomons, M, Gilberti, M, Barrow, A, Senage, S, Rosenwasser, MP.
2002 New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH) Annual Residents and Fellows Conference (New York, NY). 1st Place Award. The Gross and Histological Analysis of the Teno-Fix. A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair, BW Su. Raia, FJ, Quitkin, HM, Parisien, M, Strauch, RJ, Rosenwasser, MP.
2002 New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH) Annual Resident's and Fellows Conference (New York, NY). 3rd Place Award. The Biomechanical Analysis of Teno Fix; A Novel Device for Flexor Tendon Repair. Su, BW, Protopstaltis TS, Strauch, RJ, Rosenwasser, MP; Presenter: TS Protopstaltis.
2002 The 8th Meeting of the International Society for Fracture Repair (Toronto, Canada) , The Inflammatory Effect of Titanium Distal Radius Plates on Canine Tendons. Rosenwasser, MP, Su, BW, Sinicropi, SM, Raia, FJ, Parisien, M, Strauch, RJ.
2001 American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD), The Inflammatory Effect of Titanium Distal Radius Plates on Canine Tendons. Rosenwasser, MP, Su, BW, Sinicropi, SM, Raia, FJ, Parisien, M, Strauch, RJ.
2001 New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH) Annual Residents and Fellows Conference (New York, NY). 1st Place Award. The Inflammatory Effect of Titanium Distal Radius Plates on Canine Tendons, Sinicropi, SM, Su, BW, Raia, FJ, Parisien, M, Strauch, RJ, Rosenwasser, MP.
1999 NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Conference, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York, NY), Basicervical vs. Intertrochanteric Fractures: A Retrospective Analysis of Radiographic and Functional Outcomes. Su, BW, Chapman, CB, Sinicropi, SM, Rosenwasser, MP.
1999 The National Science Foundation Corporate and Foundation Alliance Conference (Washington, DC) , A History of The National Journal of Young Investigators. BW Su, B Gebre, C Peterson.
1998 National Academy of Sciences Seminar (Washington, DC) , The Impact of an Undergraduate Research Journal: The National Journal of Young Investigators. BW Su and A Medina-Marino.
1998 The National Science Foundation/Engineering Research Center Seminar Series Lecture (Durham, NC), Effects of Near Field Phase Aberration in Ultrasonic Breast Imaging. BW Su. Gauss, R, Trahey, GE.

Publications

Bessey J, Su BW, Vaccaro AR. The Application of PEEK Materials in Orthopaedic Surgery. Interactive Educational Program, Total Joints 2009
Su BW, Kim PD, Cha T, Lee J, April EW, Weidenbaum M, Vaccaro AR. An Anatomical Study of the Mid-Lateral Pars (MLP) Relative to the Pedicle Footprint in the Lower Lumbar Spine. Spine 2009 Jun 1;34(13):1355-62.
Su BW, Cha T, Kim PD, Lee J, April EW, Weidenbaum M, Vaccaro AR. A Morphologic and Radiographic Study of Lumbar Facets Relavent to Transfacet Fixation. Spine 2009 May 15;34(11):E384-90.
Lipton CB, Heyworth BE, Su BW, Patterson AH, Rosenwasser MP. Malpractice Lawsuits for Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in New York State. In preparation for the New England Journal of Medicine.
Su BW, Heyworth BE, Protopsaltis TS, Lipton CB, Sinicropi SM, Chapman CB, Kuremsky MA, Rosenwasser MP. Basicervical versus intertrochanteric fractures: an analysis of radiographic and functional outcomes. Orthopedics. 2006 Oct;29(10):919-25.
Chapman CB, Su BW, Sinicropi SM, Bruno R, Strauch RJ, Rosenwasser MP. Vitallium radial head prosthesis for acute and chronic elbow fractures and fracture-dislocations involving the radial head. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2006 Jul-Aug;15(4):463-73.
Su BW, Raia FJ, Quitkin HM, Parisien M, Strauch RJ, Rosenwasser MP. Gross and histological analysis of healing after dog flexor tendon repair with the Teno Fix device. J Hand Surg [Br]. 2006 Oct;31(5):524-9.
Su BW, Solomons M, Barrow A, Senoge ME, Gilberti M, Lubbers L, Diao E, Quitkin HM, Grafe MW, Rosenwasser MP. A device for zone-II flexor tendon repair. Surgical technique. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [Am]. 2006 Mar;88 Suppl 1 Pt 1:37-49.
Su B, Levine WN. Arthroscopic Bankart repair. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. 2005 Nov;13(7):487-90.
Nercessian OA, Martin G, Joshi RP, Su BW, Eftekhar NS. A 15- to 25- year follow-up study of primary Charnley low-friction arthroplasty: a single surgeon series. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2005 Feb;20(2):162-7.
Su BW, Rosenwasser MP. Author reply, Letter to Editor for a device for Zone II flexor tendon repair. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [Am]. 2005 Nov;87(11):2590-1.
Su BW, Solomons M, Barrow A, Senoge ME, Gilberti M, Lubbers L, Diao E, Quitkin HM, Rosenwasser MP. Device for zone-II flexor tendon repair. A multicenter, randomized, blinded, clinical trial. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [Am].. 2005 May;87(5):923-35.
Sinicropi SM, Su BW, Raia FJ, Parisien M, Strauch RJ, Rosenwasser MP. The effects of implant composition on extensor tenosynovitis in a canine distal radius fracture model. Journal of Hand Surgery [Am]. 2005 Mar;30(2):300-7.
Su BW, Protopsaltis TS, Koff MF, Chang KP, Strauch RJ, Crow SA, Rosenwasser MP. The biomechanical analysis of a tendon fixation device for flexor tendon repair. Journal of Hand Surgery [Am]. 2005 Mar;30(2):237-45.
Opotowsky AR, Su BW, Bilezikian JP. Height and lower extremity length as predictors of hip fracture: results of the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2003 Sep;18(9):1674-81.
Nercessian OA, Joshi RP, Martin G, Su BW, Eftekhar NS. Influence of demographic and technical variables on the incidence of osteolysis in Charnley primary low-friction hip arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2003 Aug;18(5):631-7
Ahmad CS, Sinicropi SM, Su B, Puffinbarger WR. Congenital medial dislocation of the patella. Orthopedics. 2003 Feb;26(2):189-90.
Blank PS, Su BW, Mahoney EJ, Chernomordik L, Zimmergerg J. Reversible Inhibition in Calcium Triggered Exocytosis by Lysolipids. Abstract in Journal of General Physiology. 1997, Volume: Vol. 110(1).

Book Chapters

Su BW, Rihn J, Albert TJ. Surgical Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Rothman-Simeone: The Spine 6th Edition. Editors: Herkowitz, Garfin, Eismont, Bell, and Balderston. In Press
Su BW, Vaccaro AR. Artificial Disc Replacement - Cervical and Lumbar; Chapter 71. Spine Secrets 2nd Edition. In Press
Su BW, Albert TJ. Cervical Myelopathy – Anterior versus Posterior Approach. Controversies in Spine Surgery: Evidence-Based Treatment Recommendations. Editors: JC Eck, AR Vaccaro. In Press
Vaccaro AR, Su BW, Cha TD. Resorbable Anterior Plates. Cervical Spine Surgery: Current Trends and Challenges. Editors: Mummaneni, Kanter, Wang, and Haid. In Press

Studies in Progress

Correlation of Radiographic Kyphosis and Loss of Vertebral Body Height to Posterior Ligamentous Complex Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures.
Outcomes of Cervical Laminectomy and Posterior Fusion with a Screw Rod Construct for Treatment of Multi-Level Cervical Myelopathy
Treatments and Outcomes for Lower Lumbar Burst Fractures: A systematic Review.
Cauda Equina vs. Conus Medullaris Syndrome: A Review of the Literature
Su BW, Hilibrand AS. Cervical Spine Injuries in Athletes: Cervical disc herniations and common fractures/ligamentous injuries. Athletic Spine Injuries: State of the Art. Seminars in Spine Surgery Sports.