Career History

2000 - Present
Director, Spine Surgery
St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
1999 - Present
Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon
CPMC, San Francisco, CA

Education

1983
B.A., Physiology
UC Berkeley, CA
1990
M.D.
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
1990 - 1992
Research Fellow:
Rancho Los Amigos, Pathokinesiology, Dr. Perry Downey, CA
1992 - 1993
General Surgery Intern
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1993 - 1994
Orthopaedic Research Fellow
University of New Mexico
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
1994 - 1999
Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1999 - 2000
Spine Fellowship, James Reynolds, MD
Spine Care Medical Group/San Francisco Spine Institute

Memberships & Committees

Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Spine Surgeons
California Orthopedic Association
North American Spine Society

Selected Publications

Naraghi, FF, Decoster, TA, Moneim, MS: Heterotopic Ossification. Orthopedics, Vol 19,2,1996.
Naraghi, FF, DeCoster, TA, Moneim, MS, Miller, RA: Reduction Clamp. Orthopedic Review, July 1994.
Naraghi, FF: Fracture reducing apparatus. U.S. Patent #5,084,047, Jan, 28, 1992.
Renwick, SE, Naraghi, FF, et al: Cystic degeneration of muscle. J Orthop Trauma, Vol 8, No 5, 1994.
Miller RA, Firoozbakhsh K, Naraghi FF: Determination of in vitro metatarsocuneiform pressure. Foot and Ankle, Vol 16, Feb. 1995.
Firoozbakhsh K, Behzadi K, DeCoster TA, Moneim MS, Naraghi FF: Mechanics of retrograde nail vs. Plate fixation for supracondylar femur fractures. J Orthop Trauma, Vol 9, No 2, 1995.
Firoozbakhsh K, Moneim MS, Doherty W, Naraghi FF: Internal fixation of oblique metacarpal fractures: A biomechanical evaluation by impact loading. CORR, 325, April, 1996.
Firoozbakhsh K, Decoster TA, Moneim MS, McGuire MS, Naraghi, FF: Staple leg profile influence on pull-out strength. CORR, 331:300-307, 1996.

Presentations

Artificial Disc Replacement, Grand Rounds, St. Luke's Hospital, July, 2005
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Grand Rounds, St. Luke's Hospital, February 2004.
Making Sense of Spinal Instrumentations, Seton Hospital, March 2003.
Vertebral Augmentation Techniques for Fractures, Grand Rounds, St. Luke's Hospital, 2003
Foraminal Stenosis: A simple Radiographic Marker Associated with Pseudarthrosis after ALIF, NASS, October 2000.
Functional Outcome of Retrograde Nail vs. Plate fixation for Severe Open Distal Femur Fractures, Winner of 1997 Vernon Thompson Award. 61st Annual Meeting Western Orthopedic Association, Sun Valley, ID.

Board Certification

2002
Diplomate American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
2004 
Diplomate American Board of Spine Surgery

Additional Certifications

2005
Artificial Disc Replacement, ChariteTM
2005 
Endoscopic Discectomy
2004 
Laser Discectomy
2003 
Nucleoplasty

Hospital Affiliations

St. Luke's Hospital
California Pacific Medical Center
Seton Hospital

Common Operations Performed

MicroEndoscopic Discectomy
Kyphoplasty
Artificial Disc Replacement (ChariteTM)
Anterior and Posterior Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Decompression, fusion, Instrumentation
Laser-assisted discectomy
C1 lateral mass and C2 pedicle fixation
Complex Revision Spinal Surgery
General Orthopaedic Surgery

Common Diagnosis Treated

Degenerative Disc Disease of Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine
Disc Herniation
Spinal Trauma
Adult Scoliosis
Spinal Infections
Spine Tumors
Fractures

Research

Epidural Abcess: Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome: 10 year experience. In Preparation.
Comparison of Nucleoplasty to Laser-assisted discectomy. In Preparation.
Pilot Study of the effect of Tisseel in the disc nucleus after discectomy, on-going clinical trial.
Kyphoplasty for chronic VCF's.

Awards / Honors

1999
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
1997
Vernon Thompson Award: Functional Outcome of Retrograde Nail vs. Plate fixation for Severe Open Distal Femur Fractures

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