Leonard I. Voronov, M.D., Ph.D.

Contact Information

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Loyola University Chicago

2160 S. First Avenue Maywood, IL 60153

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital

5000 S. Fifth Avenue

P.O. Box 5000 (151)

Hines, IL 60141

Phone: 708-202-5802

Fax: 708-202-7938

E-mail: LVoronov@hotmail.com

Education

MD, Moscow Medical Academy (Formerly First Moscow Medical Institute), Moscow, Russia, 1981-1987.
PhD (Surgery), Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia, 1989-1991.

Research and Professional Activities

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

North American Spine Society, 2002 - Present
The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, 2008 – Present

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE:

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) 2002-2005
Educational Resources Committee (LCME) Stritch School Of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago 2007-2008
Scientific Committee, Spine Arthroplasty Society Annual Meeting, April 28 – May 1, 2009 London, England
Spine Arthroplasty Society CME Committee 2009 – Present
Scientific Program Committee, Spine Arthroplasty Society Annual Meeting, April 27 –30, 2010 New Orleans, LA
Spine Arthroplasty Society Research Committee 2010 – Present
Scientific Committee, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas April 26-30, 2011.
Scientific Committee, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, March 20-23, 2012.
Basic Science Program Co-Chair, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, March 20-23, 2012.

HONORS/AWARDS:

Synthes Spine Best Paper Award by the American Spinal Injury Association. ASIA Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2003.
North American Spine Society Outstanding Paper Award “Response of Charite Total Disc Replacement under Physiologic Loads: Prosthesis Component Motion Patterns” 2005.
Second place award of the Cervical Spine Research Society 34th Annual Meeting, November 29-December 2, 2006.
Basic Science Best Poster Award of the Cervical Spine Research Society 35th Annual Meeting, “Effect of Retained Annular Fibers on the Kinematics of Cervical Arthroplasty.” November – December 2007.
Spine Arthroplasty Society Best Scientific Paper Award “Kinematics of Facet Arthroplasty: A Comparison of L5-S1 and L3-L4 Levels”. SAS8 Global Symposium, Miami Beach, Florida, 2008.

Selected Publications

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Havey RM, Voronov LI, Tsitsopoulos PP, Carandang G, Ghanayem AJ, Lorenz MA, Zindrick MR, Patwardhan AG. Relaxation Response of Lumbar Segments Undergoing Disc Space Distraction: Implications to the Stability of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Implants. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print].
Renner SM, Tsitsopoulos PP, Dimitriadis AT, Voronov LI, Havey RM, Carandang G, McIntosh B, Carson C, Ty D, Ringelstein JG, Patwardhan AG. Restoration of spinal alignment and disk mechanics following polyetheretherketone wafer kyphoplasty with StaXx FX. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Aug;32(7):1295-300.
Lee M, Dumonski M, Phillips F, Voronov L, Renner S, Carandang G, Havey R, Patwardhan AG. Disc Replacement adjacent to Cervical Fusion: A Biomechanical Comparison of Hybrid Construct vs. Two-Level Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Feb 1. [Epub ahead of print].
Martin S, Ghanayem A, Tzermiadianos M, Voronov L, Havey R, Renner S, Carandang G, Abjornson C, Patwardhan AG. Kinematics of Cervical Total Disc Replacement Adjacent to a Two-Level, Straight vs. Lordotic Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Aug 1;36(17):1359-66.
32. Patwardhan AG, Tzermiadianos MN, Tsitsopoulos PP, Voronov LI, Renner SM, Reo ML, Carandang G, Ritter-Lang K, Havey RM. Primary and coupled motions after cervical total disc replacement using a compressible six-degree-of-freedom prosthesis. Eur Spine J. 2010 Sep 24.
Paxinos O, Tsitsopoulos PP, Zindrick MR, Voronov LI, Lorenz MA, Havey RM, Patwardhan AG. Evaluation of pullout strength and failure mechanism of posterior instrumentation in normal and osteopenic thoracic vertebrae. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Oct;13(4):469-76.
Patwardhan AG, Tzermiadianos MN, Tsitsopoulos PP, Voronov LI, Renner SM, Reo ML, Carandang G, Ritter-Lang K, Havey RM. Primary and coupled motions after cervical total disc replacement using a compressible six-degree-of-freedom prosthesis. Eur Spine J. 2010 Sep 24.
Nassos JT, Ghanayem AJ, Sasso RC, Tzermiadianos MN, Voronov LI, Havey RM, Rinella AS, Carandang G, Patwardhan AG. Biomechanical evaluation of segmental occipitoatlantoaxial stabilization techniques. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Dec 1;34(25):2740-4.
Phillips FM, Tzermiadianos MN, Voronov LI, Havey RM, Carandang G, Dooris A, Patwardhan AG. Effect of two-level total disc replacement on cervical spine kinematics. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Oct 15;34(22):E794-9.
Voronov L, Havey R, Sjovold S, Funk M, Carandang G, Zindrick D, Rosler D, Patwardhan AG. Kinematics of Total Facet Replacement (TFAS-TL™) with Total Disc Replacement. Spine Arthroplasty Society Journal 2009 September 3(3):85–90.
Voronov L, Havey R, Rosler D, Sjovold S, Rogers S, Carandang G, Ochoa J, Yuan H, Webb S, Patwardhan AG. L5-S1 Segmental Kinematics after Facet Arthroplasty. Spine Arthroplasty Society Journal 2009 June 3(2):50-8.
Paxinos O, Ghanayem AJ, Zindrick MR, Voronov LI, Havey RM, Carandang G, Hadjipavlou A, Patwardhan AG. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with a locked plate and wedged graft effectively stabilizes flexion-distraction stage-3 injury in the lower cervical spine: a biomechanical study. Spine. 2009 Jan 1;34(1):E9-15.
Phillips FM, Tzermiadianos MN, Voronov LI, Havey RM, Carandang G, Renner SM, Rosler DM, Ochoa JA, Patwardhan AG. Effect of the Total Facet Arthroplasty System after complete laminectomy-facetectomy on the biomechanics of implanted and adjacent segments. Spine J. 2009 Jan;9(1):96-102.
Zindrick MR, Tzermiadianos MN, Voronov LI, Lorenz M, Hadjipavlou A. An evidence-based medicine approach in determining factors that may affect outcome in lumbar total disc replacement. Spine. 2008 May 15;33(11):1262-9.
Tzermiadianos MN, Mekhail A, Voronov LI, Zook J, Havey RM, Renner SM, Carandang G, Abjornson C, Patwardhan AG. Enhancing the stability of anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a biomechanical comparison of anterior plate versus posterior transpedicular instrumentation. Spine. 2008 Jan 15;33(2):E38-43.
Snyder J, Tzermiadianos M, Ghanayem AJ, Voronov LI, Rinella A, Dooris A, Carandang G, Renner S, Havey R, Patwardhan AG. Effect of Uncovertebral Joint Excision on the Motion Response of the Cervical Spine after Total Disc Replacement", Spine 2007 Dec 15;32(26):2965-9.
Phillips FM, Voronov LI, Gaitanis IN, Carandang G, Havey RM, Patwardhan AG. Biomechanics of posterior dynamic stabilizing device (DIAM) after facetectomy and discectomy. Spine J. 2006 Nov-Dec;6(6):714-22.
Renner SM, Natarajan RN, Patwardhan AG, Havey RM, Voronov LI, Guo BY, Andersson GB, An HS. Novel model to analyze the effect of a large compressive follower pre-load on range of motions in a lumbar spine. J Biomech. 2006 Jul 13.
O’Leary P, Lorenz M, Nicolakis M, Voronov L, Zindrick M, Ghanayem A, Havey R, Carandang G, Sartori M, Gaitanis I, Fronczak S, Patwardhan A. Response of Charité Total Disc Replacement under Physiologic Loads: Prosthesis Component Motion Patterns. Spine J 2005 Nov-Dec;5(6):590-9. Winner 2005 Outstanding Paper Award - North American Spine Society.
King D, Chase J, Havey R, Voronov L, Sartori M, McEwen H, Beamer W, Patwardhan A. Effects of Growth Hormone Transgene Expression on Vertebrae in a Mouse Model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Spine, 2005, Jul 1;30(13):1491-5.
Gaitanis IN, Carandang G, Phillips FM, Magovern B, Ghanayem AJ, Voronov LI, Havey RM, Zindrick MR, Hadjipavlou AG, Patwardhan AG. Restoring geometric and loading alignment of the thoracic spine with a vertebral compression fracture: effects of balloon (bone tamp) inflation and spinal extension. Spine J. 2005 Jan-Feb;5(1):45-54.
Dooris A, Voronov L, Havey R, Patwardhan A. The Effect of Fixed Center of Rotation Disc Implantation on Motion Segment Load Sharing: A Pilot Study. Roundtables in Spine Surgery. Spine Biomechanics, 2005;1(1):31-7.
Stanley SK, Ghanayem AJ, Voronov LI, Havey RM, Paxinos O, Carandang G, Zindrick MR, Patwardhan AG. Flexion-Extension Response of the Thoracolumbar Spine Under Compressive Follower Preload. Spine, 2004 November 15;29(22):E51-514.
Phillips F, Patwardhan AG, Voronov LI, Havey RM, Carandang G. Effect of Supplemental Translaminar Facet Screw Fixation on the Stability of Stand-Alone ALIF Cages Under Physiologic Compressive Preloads. Spine, 2004 August 15;29(16):1731-6.
Patwardhan A, Carandang G, Ghanayem A, Havey R, Cunningham B, Voronov L, Phillips F. Compressive Preload Improves the Stability of the Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Cage Constructs. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2003 September;85-A(9):1749-56.
Patwardhan A, Havey R, Carandang G, Simonds J, Voronov L, Ghanayem A, Meade K, Gavin T, Paxinos O. Effect of Compressive Follower Preload on the Flexion-Extension Response of the Human Lumbar Spine. J. Orthopaedic Research, 2003 May;21(3):540-6.
Patwardhan A, Ghanayem A, Simonds J, Hodges S, Voronov L, Paxinos O, Havey R. An experimental model of adult-onset slip progression in isthmic spondylolisthesis. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002;91:322-4.
Kuzin M, Shkrob O, Vetshev P, Belichenko O, Sinitsin V, Kuznetsov N, Ippolitov I, Voronov L, Yagelsky V. Comparative evaluation of diagnostic methods in thymus diseases. Khirurgia 1993;5:3-9.
Kuzin M, Shkrob O, Gekht B, Vetshev P, Zairatiants O, Kuznetsov N, Chilingaridi K, Ippolitov I, Voronov L, Kurochkin A. Diagnosis, surgical treatment and prognosis in patients with generalized myasthenia. Khirurgia 1993;4:11-20.
Vetshev P, Voronov L, Sokolov A. Diagnosis of lesions of the thymus gland in generalized myasthenia gravis. Khirurgia 1991;10:143-148.
Kuzin M, Shkrob O, Belichenko O, Kulakova A, Vetshev P, Kuznetsov N, Murza L, Voronov L. Magnetic resonance tomography in the diagnosis of surgical diseases. Khirurgia 1991;9:103-113.
Shkrob O, Vetshev P, Ippolitov I, Khodzhaev Z, Voronov L. Residual thymus gland in patients operated for myasthenia. Khirurgia 1991;2:117-121.
Zairatiants O, Vetshev P, Popova I, Ippolitov I, Voronov L. Cortical-cell thymomas with predominance of so-called nurse-cells in patients with myasthenia. Arkhive Pathologii 1991;53(1):15-20.
Shkrob O, Vetshev P, Sokolov A, Shagal D, Ippolitov I, Voronov L, Khodzhaev Z. Tactical and technical errors in surgical treatment of patients with generalized myasthenia. Khirurgia 1991,1:113-20.
Kuzin N, Rustamov G, Zavodnov V, Voronov L. Blood flow and functional status of the mucosa before and after vagotomy. Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I.I.Grekova 1990;6:145-149.
Kuznetsov V, Trubcheninova L, Derevnina N, Veskova T, Ivshina A, Tabagari D, Krumm A, Ozherelyev A, Voronov L. Immune homeostasis disturbances in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Voprocy Oncologii 1988;6:673-682.

BOOK CHAPTER:

Patwardhan AG, Gaitains I, Voronov LI: Biomechanics of the Spine. In Spivak JM and Connolly PJ, Eds., Orthopaedic Knowledge Update- Spine 3, Chapter 3, pp. 25-34, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2006. Co-Author.