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Noel Goldthwaite, M.D. Education Professional Training Licensure & Board Certification Current Practice Publications Presentations Education Undergraduate University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Degree: Bachelor of Arts Major: Anthropology Year of Graduation: 1970 Post Baccalaureate Study Mammalian Spinal Cord Regeneration University of California, Berkeley 1973 to 1974 Medical School Autonomous University of Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico Years Attended: 1975 to 1978 University of California, Davis Davis, California Degree: Doctor of Medicine Year of Graduation: 1980 Professional Training Internship University of California, Davis Sacramento Medical Center Davis, California 1981 to 1982 Residency I General Surgery University of California, Davis Sacramento Medical Center Davis, California 1981 to 1982 Residency II Orthopedic Surgery San Francisco Orthopedic Residency Program St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center San Francisco, California 1982 to 1986 Licensure and Board Certification State of California Medical License Diplomate, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Part I, July 1986; Part II, July 1989 Current Practice 1988 to Present Chief of Orthopedic Surgery SpineCare Medical Group, Inc. 1850 Sullivan Avenue Daly City, California 1986 to 1988 Orthopedic Surgeon San Francisco Orthopedic Surgeons Medical Group, Inc. San Francisco, California Publications, Articles Hsu K, Zucherman JF, Derby R, Goldthwaite N, White AH, Wynne G:  Painful Lumbar End-Plate Disruptions:  A Significant Discographic Finding.  Spine,13(1):76-78, January 1988 Zucherman JF, Schofferman L, Schofferman J, Hsu K, White AH, Gunthorpe H, Picetti G, Goldthwaite N:  Diptheroid and Association Infections as a Cause of Failed Instrument Stabilization Procedures in the Lumbar Spine.  Abstract in  International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, April 1988 Zucherman JF, Derby R, Hsu K, Picetti G, Kaiser JA, Goldthwaite N, Schofferman J, White AH:  Normal Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Abnormal Discography.  Spine, Volume 13, Number 12:1355-1359, December 1988 Schofferman L, Schofferman J, Zucherman JF, Gunthorpe H, Hsu K, Picetti G, Goldthwaite N, White AH:  Occult Infections Causing Persistent Low Back Pain.  Spine, Volume 14, Number 4:417-419, April 1989 Schofferman L, Schofferman J, Zucherman J, Hsu K, White AH, Picetti G, Goldthwaite N:  Experience with Occult Infections of the Lumbar Spine.  Orthopaedic Transactions 1989;13:18 White AH, Goldthwaite N:  Management of the Athlete with Spondylolisthesis. Surgical Rounds for Orthopedics, Volume 3, Number 6:20-27, June 1990 Saal JS, Franson R, Dobrow R, White AH, Saal JA, Goldthwaite N:  High Levels of Phospholipase A2 Activity in Lumbar Disc Herniations.  Spine,Volume 15, Number 7:674-678, July 1990 Schofferman L, Schofferman J, Zucherman J, Gunthorpe H, Goldthwaite N, Picetti G, White AH:  Diptheroids and Associated Infections as a Cause of Failed Instrument Stabilization Procedures in the Lumbar Spine.  Spine 1991;16:356-358 Hsu K, Zucherman JF, Wynne G,  Goldthwaite N, Schofferman J, White AH:  Deterioration of Motion Segments Adjacent to Lumbar Fusions.  Accepted for  publication in Spine Schofferman L, Schofferman J, Zucherman JF, Gunthorpe H, Hsu K, Picetti G,  Goldthwaite N, White AH:  Occult Infections Causing Persistent Low Back Pain.  Spine, Volume 14, Number 4:417-419, April 1989. Schofferman L, Schofferman J, Zucherman JF, Gunthorpe H, Hsu K, Picetti G, Goldthwaite N, White AH:  Occult Infections Causing Persistent Low Back Pain.  Spine, Volume 14, Number 4:417-419, April 1989. Palit M, Schofferman J, Goldthwaite N, Reynolds J, Kerner M, Keaney D, Lawrence-Miyasaki L:  Anterior Discectomy and Fusion for the Management of Neck Pain.  Spine, Volume 24, Number 21:2224-8, November 1999. Slosar P, Reynolds J, Schofferman J, Goldthwaite N, White A, Keaney D:  Patient Satisfaction After Circumferential Lumbar Fusion.  Spine, Volume 25, Number 6:722-6, March 2000. Barrick W, Schofferman J, Reynolds J, Goldthwaite N, McKeehen M, White A:  Anterior Fusion Improves Discogenic Pain at Levels of Posterolateral Fusion.  Spine, Volume 25, Number 7:853-7, April 2000. Schofferman J, Slosar P, Reynolds J, Goldthwaite N: A Prospective Randomized Comparison of 270° Fusions to 360° Fusions (Circumferential Fusion).  Spine, 26(10):E207-E212. Publications, Book Chapter Goldthwaite N, White AH: "Toward Percutaneous Spine Fusion." Chapter in Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. AH White, S Rothman, C Ray, eds. C.V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 1987 Original Research Presentations Saal JS, Franson RC, Dobrow R, Saal JA, White AH, Goldthwaite N: "Biomechanical Evidence of Inflammation in Discogenic Lumbar Radiculopathy: Analysis of Phospholipase A2 Activity in Human Herniated Disc." International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Kyoto, Japan, May 1989 Smith G, Schofferman J, Schofferman L, Pletz J, Reynolds J, Goldthwaite N, White AH: "Preoperative Desmopressin (DES) Does Not Decrease Perioperative Blood Loss in 2 Level Laminectomy and Discectomy." Abstract and poster, North American Spine Society, onterey, California, August 8-11, 1990 Derby R, Kine G, Murphy K, Reynolds J, Goldthwaite N, White AH, Hsu K, Zucherman J: "Steroid Response and Duration of Radicular Pain as a Predictor of Surgical Outcome." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Heidelberg, Germany, May 15, 1991 Slosar P, Schofferman J, White AH, Reynolds J, Goldthwaite N: "Does Discography Alter the Surgical Plan?" Presented at the 9th annual meeting of the North American Spine Society, inneapolis, Minnesota, October, 1994 Slosar P, Reynolds J, Schofferman J, Goldthwaite N, White AH: "Combined Anterior and Posterolateral Lumbar Fusions, Primary and Revision Procedures." Presented at the 9th annual meeting of the North American Spine Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 19-22, 1994 Smith G, Goldthwaite N, White AH, Reynolds J, Keaney D, Roos T: "Complications of Anterior Cervical Fusion." Presented at the annual meeting of the North American Spine Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 19-22, 1994Palit M, Schofferman J, Goldthwaite N, Reynolds J, Kerner M, Keaney D, Lawrence-Miyasaki L, White AH: Presented at the annual meeting of the North American Spine Society, Vancouver, BC, October 1996 Barrick W, Schofferman J, Reynolds J, Goldthwaite N, McKeehen M, White AH: "Anterior Fusion Improves Discogenic Pain at Levels of Posterolateral Fusion." Presented at the annual meeting of the North American Spine Society, Vancouver, BC, October, 1996 Garges K, Goldthwaite N, Schofferman J, Koestler M: "C2/3, C3/4 Anterior Discectomy and usion for Cervicogenic Headache." Presented at the combined North American Spine Society, American Pain Society, Charleston, SC, April 26-29, 1998

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