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Livestrong explains the causes and treatments for scoliosis pain according to experts including Matthew E. Cunningham, MD, PhD , spine surgeon at HSS. According to Dr. Cunningham, the condition is most often diagnosed between the ages of 10 and 15 when the spine is still developing, but it can affect people throughout the lifespan. Adults are much more likely to experience pain, not from the curvature itself but from the strain it puts on certain muscles and joints. He said, “Scoliosis pain in adults can affect the lower back and also cause pain shooting down the leg. If there's pressure on certain nerves, your legs may also feel weak.” “The only way to diagnose scoliosis definitively is through an X-ray,” noted Dr. Cunningham. Physical therapy and exercise can be included in a treatment plan. Dr. Cunningham said, “While specific exercises must be geared to each individual, the general aim is to strengthen the muscles that support your spine.” He continued, “If one of your symptoms is pain, doctors may also order other tests to see if you have another medical condition. Other sources of back pain include infection, fracture, lack of vitamin D, arthritis, sprains, strains and more.” He added that surgery is a last step for a treatment option and typically reserved for patients who have pain regardless of how big or small the scoliosis is. Read the full article at Livestrong.com .

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Dr. Matthew E. Cunningham is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Interim Chief of the Scoliosis Service at Hospital for Special Surgery. He has clinical interest in thoracic and lumbar spine care, including spinal deformity (scoliosis, flatback, kyphosis, and spondylolisthesis) for adult and pediatric patients, and degenerative problems (stenosis, herniated discs, arthritis, instability) in adults. In consideration of each and every patient, he focuses on the discovery and refinement of less-invasive, less-painful, and less-disruptive ways to correct spinal pathology. This includes surgical solutions for acute spine problems (herniated discs, pinched nerves, radiculopathy) and chronic/degenerative problems (stenosis, spine arthritis, disc herniations, and spinal deformity). Dr. Cunningham conducts clinical research and participates in two multi-center study groups to improve outcomes in pediatric (CSSG) and adult (ISSG) spine deformity surgical patients. After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Dr. Cunningham attended Columbia University for both graduate and medical school. While there, he was a student with the National Institute of Health-funded Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) and was recognized with many academic honors including induction into Alpha Omega Alpha and receiving the Alfred E. Steiner Research Award, the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, and the Miriam Berkman Spotnitz Award. Dr. Cunningham was also recognized for his clinical excellence, winning the Virginia P. Apgar and New York Orthopaedic Hospital Awards.

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Laboratory for disc repair strategies.

We investigate the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms of disc fusion, with the goal of harnessing these innate mechanisms to result in the formation of a more consistent fusion mass. We foster a close collaboration between clinicians and a multidisciplinary team of investigators with expertise in cell biology, molecular biology, and biomechanics. Our overall goal is to use our research findings to develop novel and innovative therapies for our patients.

Areas of Investigation

• Tissue Engineering of the intervertebral disc
• Molecular biology vs. small molecule augmentation of spinal fusion
• Molecular analysis of disc physiology in healthy spines
• Mechanisms of vascular invasion control in the healthy and diseased disc

Dr. Cunningham has clinical interest in thoracic and lumbar spine care, including spinal deformity (scoliosis, flatback, kyphosis, and spondylolisthesis) for adult and pediatric patients, and degenerative problems (stenosis, herniated discs, arthritis, instability) in adults. He conducts clinical research and participates in two multi-center study groups to improve outcomes in pediatric (CSSG) and adult (ISSG) spine deformity surgical patients. Dr. Cunningham’s laboratory is focused on the goal of developing a minimally invasive spinal fusion technique that would eliminate the need for open surgery. His laboratory investigates the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms of disc fusion, with the goal of harnessing these innate mechanisms to result in the formation of a more consistent fusion mass.

Our laboratory consists of a multidisciplinary team of investigators with expertise in cell biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, biomechanics, mechanical engineering, and biomaterials, and orthopedic surgeons from the Sports Medicine Service.

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Matthew E. Cunningham, MD , Laboratory Director

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Robert Frawley, BS, Graduate Student George (Nick) Spaniel, BS, Technician Iyer, Sravisht MD, Resident, HSS

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Carl Blobel, MD, PhD Joseph Lane, MD Stephen Doty, PhD Adele Boskey, PhD Frank Cammisa, MD Celeste Abjornson, PhD Chisa Hidaka, MD Han Jo Kim, MD Virginie LaPhage, PhD Bernard Rawlins, MD

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We have opportunities for medical students, residents, fellows, and post-doctoral candidates to work in our laboratory. Our laboratory carries out translational research related to disc fusion. Medical students, residents, and fellows can assist with animal surgery, tissue dissection, tissue preparation for histologic analysis.

Recent Publications

• Bjerke BT, Cheung ZB, Shifflett GD, Iyer S, Derman PB, Cunningham ME. Do Current Recommendations for Upper Instrumented Vertebra Predict Shoulder Imbalance? An Attempted Validation of Level Selection for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. HSS J. 2015 Oct;11(3):216-22. doi: 10.1007/s11420-015-9451-y. Epub 2015 Jun 27.
• Rodeo SA, Lebaschi A, Carballo C, Zong J, Khilnani T, Cunningham ME, Lane J, Maher S. What's New in Orthopaedic Research. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Dec 2;97(23):1972-8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.O.00958. Review.
• Liu S, Diebo BG, Henry JK, Smith JS, Hostin R, Cunningham ME, Mundis G, Ames CP, Burton D, Bess S, Akbarnia B, Hart R, Passias PG, Schwab FJ, Lafage V. The benefit of nonoperative treatment for adult spinal deformity: identifying predictors for reaching a minimal clinically important difference. International Spine Study Group (ISSG). Spine J. 2016 Feb;16(2):210-8. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.10.043. Epub 2015 Oct 31.
• Swarup I, Bjerke-Kroll BT, Cunningham ME. Paraspinous hemolymphangioma associated with adolescent scoliosis. World J Clin Cases. 2015 Jun 16;3(6):514-8. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i6.514.
• Kiely PD, Cunningham ME. Letter to the editor: Off-label rhBMP-2 use in pediatric spine deformity surgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 May;15(5):545-6.
• Rodeo SA, Sugiguchi F, Fortier LA, Cunningham ME, Maher S. What's new in orthopaedic research. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Dec 3;96(23):2015-9.
• Schroeder JE, Cunningham ME, Ross T, Boachie-Adjei O. Early results of sacro-iliac joint fixation following long fusion to the sacrum in adult spine deformity. HSS J. 2014 Feb;10(1):30-5.
• Hart RA, Cabalo A, Bess S, Akbarnia BA, Boachie-Adjei O, Burton D, Cunningham ME, Gupta M, Hostin R, Kebaish K, Klineberg E, Mundis G, Shaffrey C, Smith JS, Wood K; International Spine Study Group. Comparison of patient and surgeon perceptions of adverse events after adult spinal deformity surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Apr 20;38(9):732-6.
• Damle SR, Rawlins BA, Boachie-Adjei O, Crystal RG, Hidaka C, Cunningham ME. Lumbar spine intervertebral disc gene delivery: a pilot study in lewis rats. HSS J. 2013 Feb;9(1):36-41. doi: 10.1007/s11420-012-9319-3.
• Gladnick BP, Schreiber JJ, Ishmael CR, Bjerke-Kroll B, Cunningham ME. Assessment of Vertebral Curves Using the Manual Post-It® Technique. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2013 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print]
• Yagi M, Patel R, Lawhorne TW, Cunningham ME, Boachie-Adjei O. Adult thoracolumbar and lumbar scoliosis treated with long vertebral fusion to the sacropelvis: a comparison between new hybrid selective spinal fusion versus anterior-posterior spinal instrumentation. Spine J. 2014 Apr;14(4):637-45.

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Dr. Matthew E Cunningham, MD PHD, is an Orthopedic Surgery specialist in New York, New York. He attended and graduated from Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons in 2000, having over 24 years of diverse experience, especially in Orthopedic Surgery. He is affiliated with many hospitals including Hospital For Special Surgery. Dr. Matthew E Cunningham also cooperates with other doctors and physicians in medical groups including New York Society For The Relief Of Ruptured And Crippled Maintain. Dr. Matthew E Cunningham may accept Medicare Assignment. Call (212) 774-2515 to request Dr. Matthew E Cunningham the information (Medicare information, advice, payment, ...) or simply to book an appointment.

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• Dr. Matthew E Cunningham attended and graduated from Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons in 2000.
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• NPI Enumeration Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
• NPPES Last Update: Thursday, May 19, 2016

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• eRx - He does not participate in the Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program.
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• EHR - He does not use electronic health records (EHR). The Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program encourages health care professionals to use certified EHR technology in ways that may improve health care. Electronic health records are important because they may improve a health care professional's ability to make well-informed treatment decisions.
• MHI - He does not commit to heart health through the Million Hearts initiative. Million Hearts is a national initiative that encourages health care professionals to report and perform well on activities related to heart health in an effort to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
• MOC - He does not participate in the Medicare Maintenance of Certification Program. A "Maintenance of Certification Program" encourages board certified physicians to continue learning and self-evaluating throughout their medical career.

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Dr. Cunningham is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Interim Chief of the Scoliosis Service at Hospital for Special Surgery. He has clinical interest in thoracic and lumbar spine care, including spinal deformity (scoliosis, flatback, kyphosis, and spondylolisthesis) for adult and pediatric patients, and degenerative problems (stenosis, herniated discs, arthritis, instability) in adults. In consideration of each and every patient, he focuses on the discovery and refinement of less-invasive, less-painful, an...   read more

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• Fellowship, Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, 1998
• Residency, Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, 1999

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• Castle Connolly Top Doctors in America, 2012-24
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Media Appearances

UPMC Spine Center: Restoring Lives With a Comprehensive Approach North Hills Monthly January 2023

Coming Back from a Back Injury UPMC Today Passavant Spring 2011

Orthopedic and Spine Industry Leader to Know: Dr. Matthew El-Kadi of UPMC Passavant Becker's  Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management Review October 19, 2010

The Evolution of Neurosurgery at UPMC Passavant North Hills Monthly July 2010

Matt El-Kadi, MD, PhD: His Success in Neurosurgery and the Reason Behind It  (pdf) M.D. News  (Greater Pittsburgh Edition) Fall 2009

Celebrating 25 Years of Bringing the Best in Neurosurgical Care to Our Community The Point North Magazine February 2009

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John Goldsmith on scientific misconduct and the Lilienfeld study (An oldie but still relevant today)

Background to the Lilienfeld study and the “Moscow signal”:

In the early 1960s it was discovered that from 1953 the Soviets had been beaming highly focused microwaves directly into the US Embassy in Moscow at an estimated power density that ranged from .005 mW/cm2 to .018 mW/cm2.112 Averaged measurements determined that although the intensity reaching the Embassy was approximately 500 times less than the US standard for occupational exposure, it was twice the highest limit allowed in the Soviet standard.This created a quandary for the US, for if they truly believed their thermally-based 10 mW/cm2 standard was safe they could hardly conclude that the level of microwaves at their Embassy was undermining the health of the Embassy staff. Concerns were raised about the purpose of irradiation of the Embassy. Was it eavesdropping or a more sinister attack on the health of the employees? An initial study was done on the Moscow personnel in 1967 that examined a group of 43 workers, (37 exposed and 7 not exposed). They were tested for abnormalities in chromosomes and 20 out of the 37 were above the normal range among the exposed, compared to 2/7 among the non-exposed. In the final report the scientists urged a repeat and follow-up study which was clinically indicated for 18 persons, but was not undertaken by the end of the contract period, June 30, 1969. The evidence of chromosome changes was strong enough to have triggered clinical guidelines that would have recommended ceasing reproductive activity until the condition had improved. At a Superpower summit in June 1967 the irradiation of the Moscow Embassy was the subject of a confidential exchange between US President Lyndon Johnson and Soviet Prime Minister Alexi Kosygin. Johnson asked that the Soviet Union stop irradiating its Moscow Embassy with microwaves and harming the health of American citizens. In 1966 a covert study, called Project Pandora, was commenced to study the possible effects on health from the microwave irradiation of the Moscow Embassy staff, who were not told the true reason for the investigation. In a related study, Project Bizarre, a primate was exposed to microwaves at half that permitted by the US standard. The findings of this study concluded, “[t]here is no question that penetration of the central nervous system has been achieved, either directly or indirectly into that portion of the brain concerned with the changes in work functions”�.

A haematologic study by J & S Tonascia in 1976 found highly significant differences between Moscow Embassy employees and other foreign service staff (control group). White blood cell counts were much higher in the Moscow staff as well as several other significant changes noted over time. These results were never published, but obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. At this time there was a US Congressional radiation inquiry underway and the Department of Defense (DoD) was arguing that the US RF/MW Standard was already strict enough. They argued that there was no scientific evidence for the Soviet Standard being set at a level one thousand times lower than the US standard. The Moscow Embassy employees and dependants were studied for possible health effects of microwave irradiation by a team from John Hopkins University, under the direction of epidemiologist Professor Abraham Lilienfeld. Dr Lilienfeld noted that the study group was quite small and that the follow-up time too short to generally identify significant health effects such as cancer. He recommended that continued health status surveillance should be carried out, but this was not done. The incidence of sickness and death were compared with employees & dependents in other Eastern European embassies, and with the average US rates. The incidence of multiple-site cancers was far more frequent in the Moscow Embassy group than in any other population studied. It was noted that while multiple-site cancers are characteristic of older populations, the Moscow Embassy group was relatively young. According to Goldsmith, concerns of the John Hopkins team were “downgraded”� by the state department and the wording of the team report altered to lessen its impact. Lilienfeld strongly recommended that additional follow up studies be undertaken since the latency periods for some types of cancer had been insufficient for cancer to occur, if indeed it were to result from microwave exposure. Nevertheless, according to Goldsmith, the overall findings were consistent with excess cancer incidence both in the Moscow Embassy cohort and in the other Eastern European embassy personnel.Data on exposure and occurrence of some cases of cancer were withheld from Professor Lilienfeld until after his report was completed and it was too late to include in the results. Reviews of the work done by contract investigators were interpreted as inconclusive because the State Department had failed to complete the necessary follow-up work which was recommended by the Lilienfeld team.

From The Procrustean Approach , pp. 105 – 107

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From Iris Atzmon, June 1, 2012:

Where the trail leads… Ethical problems arising when the trail of professional work lead to evidence of cover-up of serious risk and mis-representation of scientific judgement concerning human exposures to radar

– Prof. John R. Goldsmith, M.D., M.P.H.

Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 5 (1995), 92-4. Introduction

Professional interaction over fifteen years between myself, an epidemiologist, and a lawyer started in 1974, when we were both in Washington, evaluating environmental health problems. The lawyer, recently disappointed with the outcome of a case which hinged on the testimony of an epidemiologist, began a dialogue about the criteria for use of probabilities in the scientific and judicial system. We agreed on the importance of making clear these differences, and he documented them in an article.

These differences can be misused in both legal and scientific procedures, under circumstances in which the failure to demonstrate conventional statistical significance (scientifically) is erroneously interpreted as meaning that preventing exposure would not be a reasonable public health measure.

When the lawyer started his private practice he sought expert epidemiological advice in the case of foreign service workers with cancer who had been exposed to microwave radiation in the US Embassy in Moscow.

The trail then led to a major investigation of health risks of Embassy staff by a leading U.S. epidemiologist. The report of this study was said to be negative but actually had some disturbing findings. The trail took a sharp turn when the lawyer provided me copies of documents, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, which indicated persistent cover-up and deliberate distortions of views of highly regarded scientists with respect to risks from these exposures. A published report on personnel risks from radar exposure in the U.S. Navy diluted the experience of increased leukemia in an exposed group with the low rates in a less exposed group, bringing down likelihood of a significant result and concluding that no effect occurred.

The ethical issues concern whether a scientist who inadvertently finds this evidence should disclose it, in light of security considerations among other matters. The trail, in this presentation, ends with an application of the legal use of probability in interpreting epidemiological evidence on the central scientific issue, the possible health risks from microwave radiation.

For the full paper: http://www.eubios.info/EJ54/EJ54H.htm

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