Academics

Dr. Ranson’s latest published works in Interventional Pain Management

Publications

  • Deer T, Ranson M, Kapural L, Diwan S. Guidelines for the Proper Use of Steroid Injections for the Chronic Pain Patient. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management 2009;13(4):288-295
  • Deer T, Ranson M, Stewart D. Relevant Anatomy for Spinal Delivery. In: Krames E, Peckham HP, Rezai AR eds. Neuromodulation. 2009. Burlinton, MA: Elsevier:441-440
  • Huh B, Park CH, Ranson M, Campbell GL, Ravanbabahkt J. Thermogram in Spinal Cord Stimulation with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Review of the Literature. Neuromodulation 2010;13(2):114-116
  • Ranson MT, Deer T. Epidural Injections for the Treatment of Spine-Related Pain Syndromes. In: Mathis JM, Golovac S eds, Image-Guided Spine Interventions. 2010. New York, NY. Springer; 157-174.
  • Deer T, Kim C, Bowman R, Ranson M, Stewart C, Tolentino W. Spinal Cord Stimulation as a Method of Reducing Opioids in Severe Pain: A Case report and Review of the Literature. West Virginia State Medical Journal Special Issue “Substance Abuse in West Virginia-The Road Forward”, 2010; Vol. No. 4. 56-59.
  • Ranson, M. The Future of Neuromodulation. IN: Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain. Elsevier 2011
  • Waldman’s Book of Pain Management 2nd Ed. Associate Editor, Author Chapter 176. Complications of Neuromodulation. 2011. Elsevier
  • Deer T, Bowman R, Schocket M, Kim C, Ranson M, Amirdelfan K, Raso L. The Prospective Evaluation of Safety and Success of a New Method of Introducing Percutaneous Paddle Leads and Complex Arrays With and Epidural Access System. Neuromodulation 2012:15(1):21-30
  • Technical Note: Sacroiliac Fusion Under Direct Visualization Utilizing Impacted Allograft with Subchondral Autograft: A Less Invasive Approach than Traditional Open Fusion and other MIS Arthrodesis Techniques. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pain. 2014 Vol. No. 3

Research

  • Investigator April 2009-2012: Prometra’s Utilization in Mitigating Pain II (PumpII)
  • Investigator: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Study Comparing the Vertiflex Superion Interspinous Spacer (ISS) to the X-Stop Interspinous Process Decompression (IPD) System in Patients with Moderate Spinal Stenosis.
  • 2007-2008: Duke University, “Efficacy of Indirect Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections with Catheter: A Retrospective Analysis.”
  • Summer 1999: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Microbiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine. Investigated the effect of various cytokines on cell adhesion.
  • June 1998- May 1999: Medical Research Assistant, Department of Anatomy Tulane University School of Medicine. The research project focused on the effect of TGF-b on cellular proliferation and differentiation in a pro-adipocyte cell line.
  • June 1995-1999: Graduate student, Tulane University. Performed molecular genetic studies of substrate binding and catalytic activity by the bacterial cytochrome P450 102.
  • Summer 1994: Volunteer at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA. Participated in a research project that was investigating the correlation between levels of intracellular alpha-tocopherol and the incidence of certain cancers in mice.