Virk, Michael

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Developing nonlinear k-nearest neighbors classification algorithms to identify patients at high risk of increased length of hospital stay following spine surgery. Neurosurgical focus. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Which supervised machine learning algorithm can best predict achievement of minimum clinically important difference in neck pain after surgery in patients with cervical myelopathy? A QOD study. Neurosurgical focus. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Research using the Quality Outcomes Database: accomplishments and future steps toward higher-quality real-world evidence. Journal of neurosurgery. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Do comorbid self-reported depression and anxiety influence outcomes following surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy?. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Sleep Disturbances in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Prevalence and Postoperative Outcomes-an Analysis From the Quality Outcomes Database. Clinical spine surgery. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Characteristics of patients who return to work after undergoing surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis: 5-year follow-up from the prospective multicenter Quality Outcomes Database registry. Neurosurgical focus. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
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Intraoperative electrical stimulation of the human dorsal spinal cord reveals a map of arm and hand muscle responses. Journal of neurophysiology. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Variation in Cervical Pedicle Morphology: Important Considerations for Posterior Cervical Procedures. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Development of new postoperative neck pain at 12 and 24 months after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Leveraging machine learning to ascertain the implications of preoperative body mass index on surgical outcomes for 282 patients with preoperative obesity and lumbar spondylolisthesis in the Quality Outcomes Database. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
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Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with severe axial neck pain: is anterior or posterior approach better?. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
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Inferior Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Medicaid Insurance After Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Prospective Registry Analysis of 608 Patients. World neurosurgery. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
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Differences in postoperative quality of life in young, early elderly, and late elderly patients undergoing surgical treatment for degenerative cervical myelopathy. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
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Differences in Patient-Reported Outcomes Between Anterior and Posterior Approaches for Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Quality Outcomes Database Analysis. World neurosurgery. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Classifying Patients Operated for Spondylolisthesis: A K-Means Clustering Analysis of Clinical Presentation Phenotypes. Neurosurgery. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
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Does reduction of the Meyerding grade correlate with outcomes in patients undergoing decompression and fusion for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis?. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
"July Effect" Revisited: July Surgeries at Residency Training Programs are Associated with Equivalent Long-term Clinical Outcomes Following Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Surgery. Spine. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
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Patient-reported outcome improvements at 24-month follow-up after fusion added to decompression for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a multicenter study using the Quality Outcomes Database. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Neurosurgery in COVID-19 Ground Zero: The Weill Cornell Medicine Experience. World neurosurgery. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
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In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "Primary Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Thoracic Spine: A Pediatric Case Report". World neurosurgery. 2020 Letter GET IT
Predictors of the Best Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Surgery for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. Neurosurgery. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
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A Comparison of Minimally Invasive and Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: An Analysis of the Prospective Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgery. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 17
Sexual Dysfunction: Prevalence and Prognosis in Patients Operated for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. Neurosurgery. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Outcomes and Complications With Age in Spondylolisthesis: An Evaluation of the Elderly From the Quality Outcomes Database. Spine. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
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Comparison of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Interbody Lumbar Fusion. Global spine journal. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 30
Open versus minimally invasive decompression for low-grade spondylolisthesis: analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 10
Correlation of return to work with patient satisfaction after surgery for lumbar spondylolisthesis: an analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgical focus. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Regional Variance in Disability and Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Surgery for Grade I Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Quality Outcomes Database Analysis. World neurosurgery. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
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Obese Patients Benefit, but do not Fare as Well as Nonobese Patients, Following Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Surgery: An Analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgery. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 31
Spinal meningiomas. Handbook of clinical neurology. 2020 Review GET IT
Change in Policy Allowing Overlapping Surgery Decreases Length of Stay in an Academic, Safety-Net Hospital. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.). 2019 Academic Article GET IT
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Scoliosis Correction with One Ventricle: A Multispecialty Approach. 2019 GET IT
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Primary Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Thoracic Spine: A Pediatric Case Report. 2019 GET IT
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The MISDEF2 algorithm: an updated algorithm for patient selection in minimally invasive deformity surgery. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 36
Applicability of cervical sagittal vertical axis, cervical lordosis, and T1 slope on pain and disability outcomes after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in patients without deformity. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 15
CT-Guided Block and Radiofrequency Ablation of the C2 Dorsal Root Ganglion for Cervicogenic Headache. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 4
A comparison of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and decompression alone for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Neurosurgical focus. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 23
Predictive model for long-term patient satisfaction after surgery for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgical focus. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 31
Laminectomy alone versus fusion for grade 1 lumbar spondylolisthesis in 426 patients from the prospective Quality Outcomes Database. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 44
Lateral Prepsoas (Oblique) Approach Nuances. Neurosurgery clinics of North America. 2018 Review GET IT
Times cited: 5
Editorial. Damage capitation as malpractice reform. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2018 Comment GET IT
Defining the minimum clinically important difference for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgical focus. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 82
Women fare best following surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a comparison of the most and least satisfied patients utilizing data from the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgical focus. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 29
Subsidizing the Sick: How Community Rating Works. Clinical spine surgery. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with 3D-Navigation Guided Cortical Bone Trajectory Screws for L4/5 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 1-Year Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes. World neurosurgery. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 10
Editorial. Nuances of restoration of lumbar lordosis using an MIS anterior column release versus posterior 3-column osteotomy. Neurosurgical focus. 2017 Editorial Article GET IT
Minimally invasive versus open fusion for Grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgical focus. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
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Stereotactic navigation for the prepsoas oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion: technical note and case series. Neurosurgical focus. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
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Frequency of symptomatic vertebral body compression fractures requiring intervention following single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery for spinal metastases. Neurosurgical focus. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 36
Opposing roles for serotonin in cholinergic neurons of the ventral and dorsal striatum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 33
Bone flap explantation, steroid use, and rates of infection in patients with epilepsy undergoing craniotomy for implantation of subdural electrodes. Journal of neurosurgery. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 10
Vagus nerve stimulation vs. corpus callosotomy in the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a meta-analysis. Seizure. 2012 Review GET IT
Times cited: 83
Recovery from mu-opioid receptor desensitization after chronic treatment with morphine and methadone. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 78
Buprenorphine is a weak partial agonist that inhibits opioid receptor desensitization. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 47
Agonist-specific regulation of mu-opioid receptor desensitization and recovery from desensitization. Molecular pharmacology. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 45
Lentiviral-mediated BMP-2 gene transfer enhances healing of segmental femoral defects in rats. Bone. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
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A mouse model of episodic ataxia type-1. Nature neuroscience. 2003 Academic Article GET IT
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Episodic ataxia type 1 mutations in the human Kv1.1 potassium channel alter hKvbeta 1-induced N-type inactivation. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
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Spinal Associative Plasticity In Humans awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Principal Investigator Subaward 2022 - 2023

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M.D., Ph.D., Oregon Health Sciences University, College of Medicine 2009
B.A., Cornell University 1997

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Michael Virk

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miv2010@med.cornell.edu

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Clinical Profile

VIVO Weill Cornell Medical College

Michael Virk Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

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