James W. Nie, BS (he/him/his)

Medical Student
University of Illinois College of Medicine

I am James Nie, BS, an M3 at UIC College of Medicine. I am currently a research coordinator for Kern Singh, MD at Rush University Medical Center. In this laboratory, we focus on clinical outcomes, defined through radiographic outcomes and patient-reported outcomes (PROs), in patients undergoing minimally invasive spine surgery.

Poster(s):

• Clinical Trajectory for Patients with Predominant Back Pain versus Predominant Leg Pain Undergoing Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Posterior Instrumentation
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• COVID-19 Shutdown Did Not Affect Mental Health Scores in Lumbar Decompression Patients in a Large Metropolitan Region
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Does Poor Mental Health Correlate with Inferior Patient-reported Outcomes Following Cervical Disc Replacement?
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Early Summative Depressive Burden Affects Patient-reported Outcomes in Matched Lumbar Decompression Cohorts
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Establishing Long Term Minimum Clinically Important Difference in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Establishing Minimum Clinically Important Difference for Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Patients Undergoing Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Impact of Sleep Disturbance on Clinical Outcomes in Lumbar Decompression
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Increased Depressive Burden in the Early Postoperative Period Is Associated with Inferior Long-term Outcomes After Cervical Disc Replacement
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Pain Interference Influence on Postoperative Clinical Trajectory in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Perception of Physical Function, Pain, and Disability Outcomes Are Strongly Correlated with Mental Health up to Two Years After Lumbar Decompression
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Postoperative Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing MIS-TLIF versus LLIF for Adjacent Segment Disease
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Postoperative Clinical Trajectory in Patients Undergoing MIS-TLIF versus LLIF for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Preoperative Predictors of Prolonged Hospitalization in Patients Undergoing Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Racial Disparities in Opioid Usage After Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• Recovery Ratios and Minimum Clinically Important Difference for Clinical Outcomes in Workers’ Compensation Recipients Undergoing MIS-TLIF versus ALIF
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• The Minimum Clinically Important Difference in PROMIS Measures for Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression
  Friday, April 21, 2023