UCSF Neurological Surgery faculty since 2006
 
Dr. Praveen Mummaneni is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at UCSF. In addition, he is the Director of the Cervical Spine Program, Director of the Minimally Invasive Spine Program, Director of the Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Fellowship Program, and Co-Director of the UCSF Spine Center. Dr. Mummaneni specializes in complex cervical spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, degenerative spine disease, adult spinal deformity (kyphosis and scoliosis), spinal tumors, and spinal trauma.
 
Dr. Mummaneni is board certified in neurosurgery. In 2005, he was selected as one of the Best Doctors in America. In 2006, he was the honored guest of the Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons. In 2007, he was the first neurosurgeon to win the Scoliosis Research Society's Travelling Fellowship Award. In 2008, he was the honored guest of the Taiwan Neurospinal Society and was an editor of the textbook Spinal Deformity: A Guide to Surgical Planning and Management. Dr. Mummaneni was also the lead author on the largest cervical spine artificial disc trial published to date (J Neurosurg Spine 2007;6(3):198-209) and he is involved in numerous clinical studies.
 
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Education, Training, and Previous Positions
 
1991: BA, Boston University College of Liberal Arts
1995: MD, Boston University School of Medicine
1995-1996: Intern, Department of General Surgery, University of California, Irvine
1997-2001: Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
1999-2000: Visiting Scholar, Biomechanics, University of California, Berkeley
2001-2002: Complex Spine Fellow, Emory University
2001-2002: Clinical Instructor, Neurosurgery, Emory University
2002-2006: Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Emory University
2002: Complex Spine Fellow, Northwestern University
2002: Complex Spine Fellow, Indiana Spine Group
2003: Visiting Surgeon, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik, Murnau, Germany
2004-2005: Director, Neuro-ICU, Emory University
2004: Traveling Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis
2004: Visiting Surgeon, Rehabilitation Clinic Langensteinbach, Karlsbad, Germany
2005: Victor Horsley Visiting Surgeon, National Hospital, Queen's Square, London
2005: SRS Edgar Dawson Traveling Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
2005-2006: Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Emory University
2005-2006: Co-director, Spine Fellowship Program, Emory University
 
Selected Professional Memberships and Appointments
 
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of Spine and Peripheral Nerves
Scoliosis Research Society: Candidate Member
Editorial Board, Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques
 
Selected Honors and Awards
 
1989-1991: Dean's List, Boston University
1991: Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Boston University
1994: Alpha Omega Alpha, Boston University
1995: Magna Cum Laude, Boston University
2004: Spinal Deformity Education Group Award and Traveling Fellowship
2004: South Carolina Spine Society: Honored Guest Speaker
2005: Scoliosis Research Society: Edgar Dawson Traveling Fellowship Award
2005:Best Doctors in America
2006: Japanese Congress of Neurosurgeons: Honored Guest
2006: Best Doctors in America
2007: Scoliosis Research Society: European Traveling Fellowship Award
2007: Best Doctors in America
2008: Taiwan Neurospinal Society: Honored Guest
2008: Best Doctors in America
 
Contact
 
Praveen Mummaneni MD
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Neurological Surgery
505 Parnassus Ave. Rm. M779
San Francisco, CA 94143-0112
Phone: (415) 353-3998 (academic)
 
Selected Recent Publications
 
Kanter AS, Wang MY, Mummaneni PV. A treatment algorithm for the management of cervical spine fractures and deformity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Neurosurg Focus 2008;24(1):E11.
 
Coric D, Mummaneni PV. Nucleus replacement technologies. J Neurosurg Spine 2008;8(2):115-20.
 
Keyoung HM, Kanter AS, Mummaneni PV. Delayed-onset neurological deficit following correction of severe thoracic kyphotic deformity. J Neurosurg Spine 2008;8(1):74-9.
 
Kanter AS, Jagannathan J, Shaffrey CI, Ouellet JA, Mummaneni PV. Inflammatory and dysplastic lesions involving the spine [review]. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2008;19(1):93-109.
 
Chi JH, Lee R, Mummaneni PV. Concepts of Surgical Correction-Segmental Derotation and Translation Techniques. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2007;18(2):325-328.
 
Mummaneni PV, Robinson JC, Haid RW Jr. Cervical arthroplasty with the PRESTIGE LP cervical disc. Neurosurgery 2007;60(4 Suppl 2):310-4; discussion 314-5.
 
Mummaneni PV, Burkus JK, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA. Clinical and radiographic analysis of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion: a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Neurosurg Spine 2007;6(3):198-209.
 
Deutsch H, Haid R, Rodts G Jr, Mummaneni PV. The decision-making process: allograft versus autograft [Review]. Neurosurgery 2007;60(1 Supp1 1):S98-102.
 
Mummaneni PV, Haid RW, Rodts GE Jr. Combined ventral and dorsal surgery for myelopathy and myeloradiculopathy [Review]. Neurosurgery 2007;60(1 Supp1 1):S82-9.
 
Mummaneni PV, Deutsch H, Mummaneni VP. Cervicothoracic Kyphosis. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2006;17:277-87.
 
Mummaneni PV, Walker DH, Mizuno J, Rodts GE. Infected vertebroplasty requiring 360 degrees spinal reconstruction: long-term follow-up review. Report of two cases. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2006;5:86-89.
 
Mizuno J, Mummaneni PV, Rodts GE, Barrow D. Spontaneous Lumbar CSF Leak Causing Recurrent Subdural Hematomas: Case Report. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2006;4:183-185.
 
Dhall SS, Tumialan LM, Mummaneni PV. Chance Fracture of the Second Thoracic Vertebra: Case Illustration. Journal of Trauma 2006;60:922.
 
Resnick DK, Choudhri TF, Dailey AT, Groff MW, Khoo L, Matz PG, Mummaneni P, Watters WC, Wang J, Walters BC, Hadley MN. Guidelines for the performance of lumbar fusion for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 17: bone growth stimulators and lumbar fusion. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2005;2:735-738.
 
Resnick DK, Choudhri TF, Dailey AT, Groff MW, Khoo L, Matz PG, Mummaneni P, Watters WC, Wang J, Walters BC, Hadley MN: Guidelines for the performance of lumbar fusion for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 16: bone graft extenders and substitutes. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2005;2:731-734.
 
Boakye M, Mummaneni PV, Garrett M, Rodts GE, Haid RW: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Using Polyetheretherketone Spacer and Bone Morphogenetic Protein. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2005;2:521-525.
 
Sasso RC, Best N, Mummaneni PV, Reilly T, Hussain S. Analysis of Operative Complications in a Series of 471 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedures. Spine 2005;30:670-674.
 
Wang J, Mummaneni PV, Haid RW. Current Treatment Strategies for the Painful Lumbar Motion Segment: Posterolateral Fusion Versus Interbody Fusion. Spine 2005;30(16 Suppl):S33-43.
 
Mummaneni PV, Rodts GE. The Mini-Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Neurosurgery 2005;57(4 Suppl):256-261.
 
Rodts GE, Mummaneni PV. Discogenic Back Pain: The Case for Surgery. Clinical Neurosurgery 2004;51:277-280.