Jeffrey Varghese, MD

Education & Training:

Fellowship:

John H. Moe Spine Fellowship, Twin Cities Spine Center

Residency:

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, St. Joseph’s University Medical Center

Chief Resident, 2022–2023

Research Fellowship:

Clinical Spine Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

2015–2017

Professional Affiliations:

Board Member for the Paige Fraser Foundation, a non-profit organization.

2022 – Present

North American Spine Society, Member-in-Training
AO Spine, Member
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow-in-Training
New Jersey Orthopaedic Society, Member

Leveraging enabling technology in healthcare to optimize delivery of personalized healthcare.
AI integration, Machine Learning, Robotics, Navigation in Healthcare.
Applied Science/Technology

Awards:

White Cloud Award for Best Clinical Paper:

Iyer S, Zgonis E, Steinhaus M, Varghese J, Stein D, Yang J, Albert T, Schwab F,
Lebl D, Kim HJ, Cunningham M, Farmer J, Girardi F, Huang R, Qureshi S, Rawlins
B, Beckman J, Sandhu H. Intravenous ketorolac substantially reduces opioid use
following lumbar spinal fusion: early results of a randomized, double-blinded,
placebo controlled trial. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Technologies.
Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Youth Volunteer of the Year Award for American Red Cross of Greater New York
Letters of Commendation:

NYS Assemblyman Kenneth P. Zebrowski and NYS Senator Thomas P.
Morahan for Representing New York State for outstanding service to the
community

Science Olympiad, Regional Competition – Five Star Science – First Place 2007
Science Olympiad, Regional Competition – Robot Ramble – Second Place 2007

 
Publications:

Reviewer for Spine Journal
Diebo BG, Varghese J, Lafage R, Schwab FJ, Lafage V. (2015). Sagittal alignment of the spine: What do you
need to know? Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 139:295-301. PMID: 26562194.
Yan P, Bao H, Qiu Y, Bao M, Varghese J et al. (2016). Mismatch Between Proximal Rod Contouring and
proximal Junctional Angle: A Predisposed Risk Factor for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Degenerative
Scoliosis. Spine. 42(5):E280-287. PMID: 27557450.
Bao H, Varghese J, Lafage R et al. (2017). Principal radiographic characteristics for cervical spinal deformity:
A health-related quality of life analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 42(18):1375-1382. PMID: 28277386.
Diebo B, Lafage V, Varghese J et al. (2017). After nine years of three-column osteotomies, are we doing
better? Performance curve analysis of 573 surgeries with 2-year follow up. Neurosurgery. 83(1):69-75. PMID:
28973410.
Pesenti S, Ghailane S, Varghese J et al. (2017). Bone substitutes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery
using sublaminar bands: is it useful? International Orthopaedics. 41(10):2083-2090. PMID: 28540414
Jeffrey John Varghese, MD
Bao H, Laibaud B, Varghese J et al. (2018). Lumbosacral stress and age may contribute to increased pelvic
incidence: an analysis of 1625 adults. Eur Spine J. 27(2):482-488. PMID: 29027007.
Iyer S, Sheha E, Fu M, Varghese J, Cunningham M, Albert T, Schwab F, Lafage V, Kim HJ. (2018). Sagittal
Spinal Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity: An Overview of Current Concepts and a Critical Analysis Review.
JBJS Review. 6(5):e2. PMID: 29738410.
Newman J, Shah N, Diebo BG, Goldstein A, Coste M, Varghese J, Murray D, Naziri Q, Paulino C. (2020). The
top 100 classic papers on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the past 25 years: a bibliometric analysis of the
orthopaedic literature. Spine Deformity. 8(1):5-16. PMID: 31981150.
Lovecchio F, Elysee J, Lafage R, Varghese J, Bannwarth M, Schwab F, Lafage V, Kim HJ. (2021). The
Impact of Pre-Operative Supine Radiographs on Surgery Strategy in Adult Spinal Deformity. J Neurosurg
Spine. 36(1):71-77. PMID: 34507286.
McDonald T, Shah S, Hargiss J, Varghese J, Boeyer M, Pompliano M, Neal K, Lonner B, Larson N, Yaszay B,
Newton P, Hoernschmeyer D, Harms Nonfusion Study Group (HNSG). (2022). Segmental Spinal Growth
Changes after Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT): Hope or Hype? Spine Deform. Jul;10(4):791-797. PMID:
35064912
Iyer S, Steinhaus M, Kazarian G, Zgonis E, Cunningham M, Farmer J, Kim HJ, Lebl D, Huang R, Lafage V,
Schwab F, Qureshi S, Girardi F, Rawlins B, Beckman J, Varghese J, Muzammil H, Lafage R, Sandhu H.
(2023). Intravenous ketorolac substantially reduces opioid use following lumbar spinal fusion: early results of a
randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). PMID: 37737686.
Onafowokan OO, Das A, Mir JM, Alas H, Williamson TK, Mcfarland K, Varghese J, Naessig S, Imbo B,
Passfall L, Krol O, Tretiakov P, Joujon-Roche R, Dave P, Moattari K, Owusu-Sarpong S, Lebovic J, Vira S,
Diebo B, Lafage V, Passias PG. (2023). Predictors of reoperation for spinal disorders in Chiari malformation
patients with prior surgical decompression. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. PMID: 38268684.