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Who is Dr. Carragee, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon in Palo Alto, CA?
Dr. Eugene Carragee, MD is an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, who primarily practices in Palo Alto, CA with 2 additional practice locations. He is board certified. Dr. Carragee completed his residency at Stanford Univ Hosp, Orthopedic Surgery; Stanford Univ Hosp, Internal Medicine. Dr. Carragee is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Carragee’s practice accepts Medicare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Carragee’s office at (650) 725-6797.
What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Carragee?
Dr. Eugene Carragee, MD is a highly-rated, board-certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions and procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Carragee empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Spinal Deformity, Spinal Disc Replacement, Spinal Reconstructive Surgery, Spinal Surgery, and comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Palo Alto, CA community, Dr. Carragee is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.
Where did Dr. Carragee go to medical school and complete their residency?
Fellowship: University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China | University Of Hong Kong, China
Residency: Stanford Univ Hosp, Orthopedic Surgery; Stanford Univ Hosp, Internal Medicine | Stanford University Medical Center | Stanford University Medical Center
Medical School: Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca
Is Dr. Carragee board certified as an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon?
Yes, Dr. Eugene Carragee, MD is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery , American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery since 1994
What languages does Dr. Carragee speak?
Dr. Carragee and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:
English
What conditions does an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon like Dr. Carragee typically treat?
As an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Dr. Carragee diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Carragee. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly. Learn more about our claims-based healthcare methodology.
Also known as:
- Low Back Pain
- Back Pain
- Lumbago
- Lower Back Ache
- Backache
ICD-10 Codes:
- M5450: Low back pain, unspecified
Also known as:
- Walking and Mobility Problems
- Walking Problems
- Gait Abnormalities
- Trouble Moving
- Mobility Issues
ICD-10 Codes:
- R269: Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility
Also known as:
- Neck Pain
- Neck Injuries and Disorder
- Cervical Pain
- Sore Neck
- Neck Ache
ICD-10 Codes:
- M542: Cervicalgia
Also known as:
- Lower Back Disc Displacement
- Spine Injuries and Disorder
- Slipped Disc in Lower Back
- Herniated Disc in Lumbar Spine
- Lumbar Disc Protrusion
ICD-10 Codes:
- M5126: Other intervertebral disc displacement, lumbar region
Also known as:
- Pinched Nerve in Lower Back
- Back Pain
- Peripheral Nerve Disorder
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Lower Back Nerve Compression
- Compressed Nerve in Lower Back
ICD-10 Codes:
- M5416: Radiculopathy, lumbar region
Also known as:
- Lower Back Spinal Stenosis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Narrowing of Lower Back Spinal Canal
- Lumbar Spinal Canal Narrowing
- Lumbar Stenosis
ICD-10 Codes:
- M48061: Spinal stenosis, lumbar region without neurogenic claudication
What procedures does an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon like Dr. Carragee typically perform?
As an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, procedures performed by Dr. Eugene Carragee may include:
- Allograft Reconstruction
- Ankle Second Opinion
- Arthrodesis
- Arthropathy
- Arthroscopy
- Cartilage Transplantation
- Casting and Splinting
- Deformity Correction (Post Trauma)
Please contact Dr. Carragee's office directly to confirm care for your specific procedure, for more information, or to schedule a consultation.
Does Dr. Carragee accept my insurance?
Dr. Carragee accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 725-6797 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.
What insurance plans does Dr. Carragee accept in Palo Alto, CA?
Dr. Carragee in Palo Alto, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.
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Where is Dr. Carragee's office located?
Recognitions
Awards
North American Spine Society
Outstanding Paper Award
San Francisco Super Doctors
North American Spine Society
Leon Wiltse Award
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
Volvo Clinical Research Award
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
Clinical Research Award
Stanford University School of Medicine
Excellence in Teaching Award
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
Best Paper Award
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
Outstanding Research Award
Summa Cum Laude, State
University of New York at Albany
Various awards and Commendations, U.S. Army (to)
Publications
Magnetic resonce imaging predictors of surgical outcome
, 2013
Does a Fibronectin and Aggrecan Complex Play a Role in Painful Vertebral Disks?
, 2013
Thoracolumbar fracture dislocation sustained during childbirth
, 2012
Functiol assessment of the acute local
, 2012
Retrograde ejaculation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion with
, 2012
A biologic without guidelines: the YODA project
, 2012
Commentary: Penetrating neck injury: George Orwell is Struck by Lighting
, 2012
Commentary: Battle injuries: Jessica Lynch sets the record straight
, 2012
Marching home, again: spine casualties, combat exposure, and the long wars
, 2012
Commentary: The veteran: A need to talk but no one wanted to hear about it
, 2012
Morbidity and Mortality of C2 Fractures in the Elderly: Surgery and Conservative Treatment
, 2012
Commentary: Revision lumbar surgery and revisiting the role of preoperative depression screening
, 2012
Overview of Axial Skeleton Injuries: Burden of Disease
, 2012
Maging Nonspecific Low Back Pain Do Nonclinical Patient Characteristics Matter?
, 2011
Commentary: One small step
, 2011
Charlson Score is a Robust Predictor of 30-Day Complications Following Spil Metastasis Surgery
, 2011
Outcome of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection Is Predicted by Assay of a Complex of Fibronectin
, 2011
Future directions for The Spine Jourl: maging and reporting conflict of interest issues
, 2011
Local bone graft harvesting and volumes in posterolateral lumbar fusion: a technical report
, 2011
Retrograde ejaculation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion using rhBMP-2
, 2011
A challenge to integrity in spine publications
, 2011
A critical review of recombint human bone morphogenetic protein-2 trials in spil surgery
, 2011
Are Persistently Symptomatic Vertebral Compression Fractures
, 2011
Predictors of Survival After Surgical Treatment of Spil Metastasis
, 2011
Intradiscal treatment of back pain
, 2011
A case of late epidural hematoma in a patient on clopidogrel therapy postoperatively
, 2011
Accelerated Degeneration After Failed Cervical and Lumbar Nucleoplasty
, 2010
Identification of a complex between fibronectin
, 2010
Minimum acceptable outcomes after lumbar spil fusion
, 2010
The vertebroplasty affair: the mysterious case of the disappearing effect size
, 2010
Cytokine evaluation in individuals with low back pain using discographic lavage
, 2010
Pseudomorbidity in iliac crest bone graft harvesting
, 2009
Epidural Interferon Gamma-Immunoreactivity A Biomarker for Lumbar Nerve Root Irritation
, 2009
2009 ISSLS Prize Winner
, 2009
Continuing debate: validity and utility of magnetic resonce
, 2009
Changes in posterior lumbar disk contour abnormality with flexion
, 2009
Surgery for Low Back Pain A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice
, 2009
Interventiol Therapies, Surgery
, 2009
Lifetime Asymptomatic for Back Pain The Validity of Self-report Measures in Soldiers
, 2009
Clinical Research Is the Spine Field a Mine Field?
, 2009
TREATMENT OF NECK PAIN Injections and Surgical Interventions
, 2009
Lumbar Spine: Reliability of MR Imaging Findings
, 2009
Is the self-reported history accurate in patients with persistent axial pain after a motor vehicle
, 2009
Does acute placement of instrumentation
, 2008
Reliability of readings of magnetic resonce imaging features of lumbar spil stenosis
, 2008
Reliability of magnetic resonce imaging readings for lumbar disc herniation
, 2008
Assessment of neck pain and its associated disorders - Results of the bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Treatment of neck pain
, 2008
The burden and determints of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions
, 2008
Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders
, 2008
The burden and determints of neck pain in the general population
, 2008
Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers - Results of the bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Research priorities and methodological implications - The bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Clinical practice implications of the bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Methods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders
, 2008
Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population
, 2008
A new conceptual model of neck pain - Linking onset, course
, 2008
Treatment of neck pain - Injections and surgical interventions
, 2008
The burden and determints of neck pain in workers - Results of the bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Validity of self-reported history in patients with acute back or neck pain after motor vehicle
, 2008
Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers - Results of the bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
The burden and determints of neck pain in workers - Results of the bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Methods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders
, 2008
The burden and determints of neck pain in the general population
, 2008
Research priorities and methodological implications - The bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Clinical practice implications of the bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Treatment of neck pain
, 2008
Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population
, 2008
Assessment of neck pain and its associated disorders - Results of the bone and joint decade 2000
, 2008
Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders
, 2008
A new conceptual model of neck pain - Linking onset, course
, 2008
The burden and determints of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions
, 2008
A brief overview of evidence-informed magement of chronic low back pain with surgery
, 2008
The pyrite standard: the Midas touch in the diagnosis of axial pain syndromes.
, 2007
Does minor trauma cause serious low back illness?
, 2006
Are first-time episodes of serious LBP associated with new MRI findings?
, 2006
Surgical treatment for unstable low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults
, 2006
A gold standard evaluation of the discogenic pain diagnosis as determined by provocative
, 2006
A prospective controlled study of limited versus subtotal posterior discectomy
, 2006
Low-pressure positive discography in subjects asymptomatic of significant low back pain illness
, 2006
The surgical treatment of disc degeneration: is the race not to the swift?
, 2005
Clinical practice. Persistent low back pain.
, 2005
Discographic, MRI and psychosocial determints of low back pain disability and remission
, 2005
Prospective controlled study of the development of lower back pain
, 2004
Diagnostic evaluation of low back pain
, 2004
Clinical outcomes after lumbar discectomy for sciatica
, 2003
Indications for lumbar microdiskectomy.
, 2002
Provocative discography in volunteer subjects with mild persistent low back pain.
, 2002
Discography. a review.
, 2001
Psychological screening in the surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation
, 2001
Psychological and functiol profiles in select subjects with low back pain.
, 2001
Changes in posterior disc bulging
, 2001
Provocative discography in patients after limited lumbar discectomy - A controlled
, 2000
2000 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies - Lumbar high-intensity zone
, 2000
Can discography cause long-term back symptoms in previously asymptomatic subjects?
, 2000
The rates of false-positive lumbar discography in select patients without low back symptoms
, 2000
Is lumbar discography a determite of discogenic low back pain
, 2000
False-positive findings on lumbar discography
, 1999
Activity restrictions after posterior lumbar discectomy
, 1999
Pain control and cultural norms and expectations after closed femoral shaft fractures.
, 1999
The clinical use of erythrocyte sedimentation rate in pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis
, 1997
Single-level posterolateral arthrodesis, with or without posterior decompression
, 1997
Instrumentation of the infected and unstable spine
, 1997
A prospective alysis of magnetic resonce imaging findings in patients with sciatica
, 1997
Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis.
, 1997
The clinical use of magnetic resonce imaging in pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis
, 1997
Wound care after posterior spil surgery
, 1996
Are postoperative activity restrictions necessary after posterior lumbar discectomy?
, 1996
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN THE YOUNG ATHLETE
, 1994
INCREASED RATES OF COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ANKLE FRACTURES
, 1993
Pudendal nerve palsy after femoral intramedullary iling.
, 1993
EARLY COMPLICATIONS IN THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF ANKLE FRACTURES
, 1991
REPETITIVE TRAUMA AND NERVE COMPRESSION
, 1988
What is Dr. Carragee's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.
Dr. Carragee's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1881740355.
What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Carragee?
Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Carragee
What is Dr. Eugene Carragee's specialty?
Dr. Carragee is a Orthopedic Spine Surgeon near Palo Alto, CA.
What does an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon do?
Orthopaedic surgeons specializing in the spine, recognized by several state medical boards as a fellowship subspecialty of orthopaedic surgery, focus on the evaluation and treatment for both nonoperative and operative of a wide range of primary spinal disorders. These include trauma, degenerative conditions, deformities, tumors, and reconstructive issues related to the spine.
Is this Dr. Eugene Carragee affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?
Yes, Dr. Carragee is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals
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Is Eugene Carragee accepting new patients in Palo Alto, CA?
Yes, Dr. Eugene Carragee is accepting new patients at this time.
Does Dr. Eugene Carragee offer online booking?
Please contact Dr. Carragee's office at (650) 725-6797 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.
How can I make an appointment with Eugene Carragee?
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Which board certifications does Dr. Eugene Carragee have?
Dr. Eugene Carragee is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
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