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Parviz Kambin
Born1931
NationalityAmerican
Medical career
ProfessionOrthopaedic surgeon
InstitutionsDrexel University
Sub-specialtiesMinimally invasive spinal surgery


Parviz Kambin (born 1931) is an American medical doctor and orthopaedic surgeon. He is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and has established an Endowed Chair of Spinal Surgery Research at Drexel University College of Medicine. He has published more than 55 articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited two textbooks and has contributed chapters in spinal surgery textbooks. He has lectured worldwide in the field of minimally invasive spinal surgery. His research and development in this specialty began in 1970.

Biography

Kambin was born in Tehran, Iran on May 21, 1931. He received his doctorate degree in medicine from Tehran University Faculty of Medicine in 1956. He continued his post-graduate training as an intern at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center. He then moved on to do a four-year residency at New Jersey Orthopaedic Hospital and New York University, and received his American Board Certification in Orthopaedic Surgery in 1965.[1]

Kambin is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and has an Endowed Chair of Spinal Surgery at Drexel University, College of Medicine. He has been recognized by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and his work in part has been exhibited in the Mutter Museum. Together with several colleagues, he assisted in the establishment of the International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery in 1988 and was elected the first president of the society in 1990. He coined the term "Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery" and is credited in the Dorland's Medical Dictionary for describing the Kambin Triangular Working Zone.[2]

Research and Development

Parviz Kambin's contributions to the field of spinal surgery have been recognized both in the medical circle[3] [4][5][6] and the Surgical industry.[7][8] Kambin's early experimental work, with the debulking of the nuclear mass began in 1970. By utilising a series of cadaveric studies at the University of Pennsylvania and The Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, he developed instruments and described the anatomy and the path of the lateral access to the spinal canal for access and removal of the herniated disc fragments.

Demonstration of Kambin triangular working zone on a spine model

He subsequently began his experimental work on the efficacy of the postero-lateral access to the herniated lumbar discs. Kambin's preliminary study of nine patients who underwent lateral discectomy was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research in April 1983, and is considered to be the first publication on this subject in western literature.[9][10]. He is also credited with 34 US and European patents in the field of minimally invasive spinal surgery.[11]

Awards

  • The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons "Lifetime Achievement Award." July, 2000.[citation needed]
  • The American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Medicine & Surgery "Minimally Invasive Hall of Fame" Las Vegas, Nevada, December, 2000.[citation needed]
  • Royal College of Surgeons, USA "Lifetime Achievement Award", December, 2005.[citation needed]
  • World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery & Techniques Lifetime Achievement Award, June, 2008.[citation needed]

International Activities

During a meeting with Adam Schreiber from Switzerland, Mario Brock from the University of Berlin and J.A.N. Shepperd from the UK, a desire to establish an international society dedicated to the research and teaching of the emerging technology was expressed. Parviz Kambin was elected the first President of the newly organized society. He coined the term Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery by registering the Society as a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and research in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The name of International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS) was established on April 10, 1990.[12] His first textbook, entitled Arthroscopic Microdiscectomy, Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery, was published in 1991. The Society was formed under the auspices of the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology).

Teaching

Parviz Kambin remained an active member of The Graduate Hospital, where he served his patients, taught and did research for more than 30 years. Subsequently, he accepted a full time Academic position at the Drexel University College of Medicine where he continued with his research and patient care.[13] He has also contributed to The Parviz Kambin Lectureship at the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society, where annually renowned spine surgeons present their work to the Philadelphia orthopaedic community. Norman Johanson, Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Drexel, has commented, "Dr. Kambin’s trail-blazing work in minimally invasive spine surgery serves as an inspiration to me, the faculty, and the orthopaedic residents here."[14]

Selected Publications

  • Kambin, P.: Discectomie Percutanee Au Tracer. Abstract Rhumato, Vol. 23 pp 11, September/October, 1987.
  • Kambin, P: Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy: Current Practice. Surgical Rounds for Orthopaedics, pp 31-35, December, 1988.
  • Schaffer, J.L. and Kambin, P.: Percutaneous Posterolateral Lumbar Discectomy and Decompression with a 6.9-Millimeter Cannula. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 73-A, No. 6, pp 822-831, July, 1991.
  • Schaffer, J.L., Kambin P: Percutaneous Posterolateral Lumbar Discectomy and Decompression with a 6.9 Millimeter Cannula: Analysis of Operative failures and Complications. The Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery, pp 375-377, 1993.
  • Kambin,P., Cohen, L., Brooks, M., and Schaffer, JL: Development of Degenerative Spondylosis of the Lumbar Spine after Partial Discectomy. SPINE Vol. 20, No.5 pp 599-607, March, 1995.
  • Kambin, P., Casey, K., O'Brien, E., and Zhou, L: Transforaminal arthroscopic decompression of lateral recess stenosis. J Neurosurgery 84: 462-467, 1996.
  • Hermantin, F.U., Peters, T., Quartararo, L., Kambin, P: Prospective, Randomized Study Comparing the Results of Open Discectomy with Those of Video-Assisted Arthroscopic Microdiscectomy. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 81-A, No. 7, pp 958 -65, July, 1999.

References

  1. ^ "Find a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon". The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ^ Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary (32nd ed. ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier. 2012. p. 2094. ISBN 978-1-4160-6257-8. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Philadelphia Medical Society 2006
  4. ^ Royal College of Surgeons, USA “Lifetime Achievement Award”, December, 2005
  5. ^ American International University, Honorary PhD award, December, 2005
  6. ^ World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery & Techniques "Lifetime Achievement Award", June, 2008
  7. ^ Joimax(R) for the first time awards the Parviz Kambin prize in cooperation with SMISS in the frame of the first US TESSYS(R) user meeting in Denver, Colorado. (2011, Apr 29). PR Newswire Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/863915470?accountid=10559
  8. ^ Stryker Spine"Lifetime Achievement Award" Naples, Florida, December 2000.
  9. ^ Yeung, AT; Tsou, PM (1 April 2002). "Posterolateral endoscopic excision for lumbar disc herniation: Surgical technique, outcome, and complications in 307 consecutive cases". Spine. 27 (7): 722–31. PMID 11923665.
  10. ^ Hoogland, Thomas; Schubert, Michael; Miklitz, Boris; Ramirez, Agnes (November 2006). "Transforaminal Posterolateral Endoscopic Discectomy With or Without the Combination of a Low-Dose Chymopapain: A Prospective Randomized Study in 280 Consecutive Cases". Spine. 31 (24): E890–E897. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000245955.22358.3a.
  11. ^ PatentBuddy http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Kambin-Parviz/3354189. Retrieved 20 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Home". ISMISS.
  13. ^ "Introducing The Spine Center at MCP Hospital". MCP Hospital. InnerView. 7 December 1995.
  14. ^ Lecture made by Dr. NA Johanson at the 100th Anniversary of The Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society, May 11, 2015.
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