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23286
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13340
National Ranking
550

Overview

Marcel F. Dvorak is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada, focusing primarily on medicine with extensive work across related subfields such as surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, emergency medicine, biomedical engineering, and public health.

The core topics of Dvorak's research include spinal fractures and fixation techniques, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, pelvic and acetabular injuries, spinal cord injury research, trauma and emergency care studies, emergency and acute care studies, and medical imaging and analysis.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Dvorak encompass F. Cumhur Öner, Klaus J. Schnake, Gregory D. Schroeder, Lorin M. Benneker, and Alexander R. Vaccaro.

Dvorak has contributed to multiple publication venues with significant presence in the following journals:

  • Global Spine Journal
  • The Spine Journal
  • European Spine Journal
  • Spine
  • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Dvorak include:

  • Description and Reliability of the AOSpine Sacral Classification System, 2020, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Association of CSF and Serum Neurofilament Light and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Injury Severity, and Outcome in Spinal Cord Injury, 2023, Neurology
  • In-Hospital Mortality for the Elderly with Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, 2020, Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Development of a machine learning algorithm for predicting in-hospital and 1-year mortality after traumatic spinal cord injury, 2021, The Spine Journal
  • Regional and experiential differences in surgeon preference for the treatment of cervical facet injuries: a case study survey with the AO Spine Cervical Classification Validation Group, 2020, European Spine Journal

Best Publications

  • A new classification of thoracolumbar injuries : The importance of injury morphology, the integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex, and neurologic status

    Alexander R. Vaccaro;Ronald A. Lehman;R. John Hurlbert;Paul A. Anderson

  • Early versus delayed decompression for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS).

    Michael G. Fehlings;Alexander Vaccaro;Jefferson R. Wilson;Anoushka Singh

  • AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system: fracture description, neurological status, and key modifiers.

    Alexander R. Vaccaro;Cumhur Oner;Christopher K. Kepler;Marcel Dvorak

  • The subaxial cervical spine injury classification system: a novel approach to recognize the importance of morphology, neurology, and integrity of the disco-ligamentous complex.

    Alexander R. Vaccaro;R. John Hulbert;Alpesh A. Patel;Charles Fisher

  • Incidence and Prevalence of Spinal Cord Injury in Canada: A National Perspective

    Vanessa K. Noonan;Matthew Fingas;Angela Farry;David Baxter

  • The thoracolumbar injury severity score: a proposed treatment algorithm.

    Alexander R. Vaccaro;Steven C. Zeiller;R. John Hulbert;Paul A. Anderson

  • AOSpine subaxial cervical spine injury classification system

    Alexander R. Vaccaro;John D. Koerner;Kris E. Radcliff;F. Cumhur Oner

  • Cerebrospinal fluid inflammatory cytokines and biomarkers of injury severity in acute human spinal cord injury.

    Brian K. Kwon;Anthea M.T. Stammers;Lise M. Belanger;Arlene Bernardo

  • Radiographic measurement parameters in thoracolumbar fractures: a systematic review and consensus statement of the spine trauma study group.

    Ory Keynan;Charles G. Fisher;Alexander Vaccaro;Michael G. Fehlings

  • Impact of surgical intervention on quality of life in patients with spinal metastases.

    Alexis Falicov;Charles G. Fisher;Joe Sparkes;Michael C. Boyd

  • The surgical approach to subaxial cervical spine injuries: an evidence-based algorithm based on the SLIC classification system.

    Marcel F. Dvorak;Charles G. Fisher;Michael G. Fehlings;Y Raja Rampersaud

  • Surgical decision making for unstable thoracolumbar spine injuries: results of a consensus panel review by the Spine Trauma Study Group.

    Alexander R. Vaccaro;Moe R. Lim;R. John Hurlbert;R. John Hurlbert;Ronald A. Lehman

  • The Influence of Time from Injury to Surgery on Motor Recovery and Length of Hospital Stay in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Observational Canadian Cohort Study

    Marcel F. Dvorak;Vanessa K. Noonan;Vanessa K. Noonan;Nader Fallah;Nader Fallah;Charles G. Fisher

  • The epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in British Columbia, Canada.

    Brian Lenehan;John Street;Brian K. Kwon;Vanessa Noonan

  • A clinical prediction model for long-term functional outcome after traumatic spinal cord injury based on acute clinical and imaging factors.

    Jefferson R. Wilson;Robert G. Grossman;Ralph F. Frankowski;Alexander Kiss

  • The surgical algorithm for the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system

    Alexander R. Vaccaro;Gregory D. Schroeder;Christopher K. Kepler;F. Cumhur Oner

  • The urgency of surgical decompression in acute central cord injuries with spondylosis and without instability.

    Brian Lenehan;Charles G. Fisher;Alex Vaccaro;Michael Fehlings

  • Contusion, dislocation, and distraction: primary hemorrhage and membrane permeability in distinct mechanisms of spinal cord injury

    Anthony M Choo;Jie Liu;Clarrie K Lam;Marcel Dvorak

  • Methylprednisolone for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Nathan Evaniew;Emilie P. Belley-Côté;Nader Fallah;Vanessa K. Noonan

  • AOSpine Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification System

    Alexander Vaccaro;Christopher Kepler;John Koerner;Marcel Dvorak

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles G. Fisher
Charles G. Fisher University of British Columbia
Brian K. Kwon
Brian K. Kwon University of British Columbia
Michael G. Fehlings
Michael G. Fehlings University of Toronto
Alexander R. Vaccaro
Alexander R. Vaccaro Thomas Jefferson University
James S. Harrop
James S. Harrop Thomas Jefferson University
Christopher M. Bono
Christopher M. Bono Harvard University
Wolfram Tetzlaff
Wolfram Tetzlaff University of British Columbia
Stirling Bryan
Stirling Bryan University of British Columbia
David O. Okonkwo
David O. Okonkwo University of Pittsburgh

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