Rush International Spine Education (RISE)

Rush International Spine Education (RISE)

This is a new initiative that provides novel education, via blended learning to address the diagnosis, treatment, outcomes and preventive measure of various spinal disorders.

Cervical Radiculopathy and Myelopathy

RISE is a comprehensive, interactive series on spinal disorders and the first RISE course available covers Cervical Radiculopathy and Myelopathy. Along with the series of 13 online lectures, there are also 8 interactive case-based discussion webinars. The program will be led by senior, experienced faculty who will serve as mentors to each registered participant for the year.

RISE Faculty

This is the world-class faculty of the RISE Program:

• Howard S. An, MD, Program Director, Rush
• Dino Samartzis, DSc Program Director, Rush
• Richard Assaker, MD, CHRU Lille, France
• Matthew W. Colman, MD, Rush
• Harel Deutsch, MD, Rush
• Christopher J. DeWald, MD, Rush
• Richard G. Fessler, MD, Rush
• Ricardo B. V. Fontes, MD, PhD, Rush
• Sapan Gandhi, MD, Harvard
• Sravisht Iyer, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery
• Krishn Khanna, MD, Orthopaedics Northeast
• Ralph Kothe, MD, Schoen Clinic Hamburg, Germany
• Stephane Litrico, MD, University of Nice, France
• Philip Louie, MD, Virginia Mason
• Michael T. Nolte, MD, Rush
• Frank M. Phillips, MD, Rush
• Vincent Traynelis, MD, Rush