Dr. Brian Neuman | Spine Surgeon | Washington University Orthopedics

Dr. Neuman provides personalized spine care for pediatric and adult patients, specializing in the surgical treatment of complex spinal deformity conditions and complex revision surgery for the treatment of scoliosis, kyphosis, flatback syndrome, nonunion, and malalignment. He also has an interest in treating degenerative conditions (stenosis, spondylolisthesis, disc herniation, etc.) of the spine.

Common Diagnoses Treated

Degenerative disc disease
Disc herniations
Flatback syndrome
Kyphosis
Malalignment
Myelopathy (Cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions)
Nonunion
Osteoporotic conditions of the spine
Radiculopathy
Scoliosis
Spinal infection
Spinal stenosis
Spinal trauma
Spinal tumor
Spondylolisthesis

Common Procedures

Complex deformity surgery and revision surgery
Complex spinal reconstruction
Minimally invasive spine surgery

Clinical Office Locations

Center for Advanced Medicine

4921 Parkview Place, Suite 12A
St. Louis, MO 63110
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Medical Office Building 4
1044 North Mason Road, Suite 110
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

One Children’s Place
4S60, Suite 1B
St. Louis, MO 63110

Hospital Affiliations

Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Academic Office Mailing Address

Washington University School of Medicine
Campus Box 8233

660 South Euclid Avenue

Saint Louis, MO 63110

MyChart Patient Portal

Patient Education

Spine patient education

Patient Resources

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Patient Forms

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Neuman BJ, Harris AB, Klineberg EO, Hostin RA, Protopsaltis TS, Passias PG, Gum JL, Hart RA, Kelly MP, Daniels AH, Ames CP, Shaffrey CI, Kebaish KM; and the International Spine Study Group. Defining a Surgical Invasiveness Threshold for Increased Risk of a Major Complication Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. Spine. 2021;46(14):931-938
Ibaseta A, Rahman R, Andrade NS, Skolasky RL, Kebaish KM, Sciubba DM, Neuman BJ. Determining validity, discriminant ability, responsiveness and minimal clinically important differences for PROMIS in adult spinal deformity. J Neurosurg Spine. 2021;1-9
Ren M, Bryant BR, Harris AB, Kebaish KM, Riley LH, III, Cohen DB, Skolasky RL, Neuman BJ. Opioid use after adult spinal deformity surgery: patterns of cessation and associations with preoperative use. J Neurosurg. Spine. 2021;33(4):490-495
Neuman BJ, Harris AB, Klineberg E, Hostin R, Protopsaltis TS, Passias PG, Gum J, Hart R, Kelly M, Daniels A, Ames C, Shaffrey C, Kebaish KM, International Spine Study Group. Defining a surgical invasiveness threshold for increased risk of a major complication following adult spinal deformity surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021;Epub ahead of print
Rahman R, Wallam S, Zhang B, Sachdev R, McNeely EL, Kebaish KM, Riley LH 3rd, Cohen DB, Jain A, Lee SH, Sciubba DM, Skolasky RL, Neuman BJ. Appropriate Opioid Use After Spine Surgery: Psychobehavioral Barriers and Patient Knowledge. World Neurosurg. 2021 Mar 19:S1878-8750(21)00436-8.
Ibaseta A, Rahman R, Skolasky RL, Reidler JS, Kebaish KM, Neuman BJ. SRS-22r legacy scores can be accurately translated to PROMIS scores in adult spinal deformity patients. Spine J. 2020; 20(2): 234-240.
Rahman R, Ibaseta A, Reidler JS, Andrade NS, Skolasky RL, Riley LH, Cohen DB, Sciubba DM, Kebaish KM, Neuman BJ. Changes in patients' depression and anxiety associated with changes in patient-reported outcomes after spine surgery. J Neurosurg Spine. 2020; 31: 1-20.
Neuman BJ, Harris A, Jain A, Kebaish KM, Sciubba DM, Klineberg EO, Kim HJ, Zebala L, Mundis GM, Lafage V, Passias P, Lafage R, Protopsaltis TS, Bess S, Hamilton DK, Scheer JK, Ames CP; International Spine Study Group (ISSG). Reciprocal Changes in Cervical Alignment After Thoracolumbar Arthrodesis for Adult Spinal Deformity. Spine. 2019; 44(22): E1311-E1316.
Raad M, Jain A, Huang M, Skolasky RL, Sciubba DM, Kebaish KM, Neuman BJ. Validity and responsiveness of PROMIS in adult spinal deformity: The need for a self-image domain. Spine J. 2019; 19(1): 50-55.
Miller EK, Lenke LG, Neuman BJ, Sciubba DM, Kebaish KM, Smith JS, Qiu Y, Dahl BT, Pellisé F, Matsuyama Y, Carreon LY, Fehlings MG, Cheung KM, Lewis S, Dekutoski MB, Schwab FJ, Boachie-Adjei O, Mehdian H, Bess S, Shaffrey CI, Ames CP; AOSpine Knowledge Forum Deformity, the International Spine Study Group. External Validation of the Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Frailty Index (ASD-FI) in the Scoli-RISK-1 Patient Database. Spine. 2018; 43(20):1426-1431
Miller EK, Vila-Casademunt A, Neuman BJ, Sciubba DM, Kebaish KM, Smith JS, Alanay A, Acaroglu ER, Kleinstück F, Obeid I, Sánchez Pérez-Grueso FJ, Carreon LY, Schwab FJ, Bess S, Scheer JK, Lafage V, Shaffrey CI, Pellisé F, Ames CP; European Spine Study Group; International Spine Study Group. External validation of the adult spinal deformity (ASD) frailty index (ASD-FI). Eur Spine J. 2018; 27(9): 2331-2338
Neuman BJ, Ailon T, Scheer JK, Klineberg EO, Sciubba DM, Jain A, Zebala L, Passias P, Daniels A, Burton D, Protopsaltis T, Hamilton K, Ames CP, International Spine Study Group. Development and validation of a novel adult spinal deformity surgical invasiveness score: analysis of 464 patients. Neurosurgery. 2018; 82(6): 847-853
Miller EK, Neuman BJ, Jain A, Daniels AH, Ailon T, Sciubba DM, Kebaish KM, Lafage V, Scheer JK, Smith JS, Bess S, Shaffrey CI, Ames CP; International Spine Study Group. An assessment of frailty as a tool for risk stratification in adult spinal deformity surgery. Neurosurg Focus. 2017; 43(6): E3
Miller EK, Ailon T, Neuman BJ, Klineberg EO, Mundis GM, Jr., Sciubba DM, Kebaish KM, Lafage V, Scheer JK, Smith JS, Hamilton DK, Bess S, Shaffrey CI, Ames CP, International Spine Study Group. Assessment of a novel adult cervical deformity frailty index as a component of preoperative risk stratification. World Neurosurg. 2018; 109: e800-e806.
Neuman BJ, Baldus C Zebala LP, Kelly MP, Shaffrey C, Edwards C 2nd, Koski T, Schwab F, Glassman S, Parent S, Lewis S, Lenke LG, Buchowski JM, Smith JS, Crawford CH 3rd, Kim HJ, Lafage V, Lurie J, Carreon L, Bridwell KH. Patient Factors that influence decision making: randomization versus observational nonoperative versus observations operative treatment for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis. Spine. 2016; 41(6): E349-58.
Master H, Pennings JS, Coronado RA, Bley J, Robinette PE, Haug CM, Skolasky RI, Riley LH 3rd, Neuman BJ, Cheng JS, Aaronson OS, Devin CJ, Wegener ST, Archer KR. How Many Steps Per Day During the Early Postoperative Period are Associated With Patient-Reported Outcomes of Disability, Pain, and Opioid Use After Lumbar Spine Surgery? Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021; 102(10): 1873-1879
Passias PG, Brown AE, Bortz C, Alas H, Pierce K, Ahmad W, Naessig S, Lafage R, Lafage V, Hassanzadeh H, Labaran LA, Ames C, Burton DC, Gum J, Hart R, Hostin R, Kebaish KM, Neuman BJ, Bess S, Line B, Shaffrey C, Smith J, Schwab F, Klineberg E, International Spine Study Group. Increasing Cost Efficiency in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Identifying Predictors of Lower Total Costs. Spine. 2021 online ahead of print.
Wang KY, McNeely EL, Dhanjani SA, Raad M, Puvanesarajah V, Neuman BJ, Cohen D, Khanna AJ, Kebaish F, Hassanzadeh H, Kebaish KM. COVID-10 Significantly Impacted Hospital Length of Stay and Discharge Patterns for ADult Spinal Deformity Patients. Spine. 2021 online ahead of print.
Harris AB, Kebaish FN, Puvanesarajah V, Raad M, Wilkening MW, Jain A, Cohen DB, Neuman BJ, Kebaish KM. Caudally directed upper-instrumented vertebra pedicle screws associated with minimized risk of proximal junctional failure in patinets with long posterior spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity. Spine J. 2021 Mar 13:S1529-9430(21)00120-0. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.03.009. Online ahead of print.
Marrache M, Harris AB, Puvanesarajah V, Raad M, Cohen DB, Riley LH, Neuman BJ, Kebaish KM, Jain A, Skolasky RL. Persistent sleep distrubance after spine surgery is associated with failure to achieve meaningful improvements in pain and health-related quality of life. Spine J. 2021 Mar 25:S1529-9430(21)00158-3. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.03.021. Online ahead of print.

Full publication listing can be found here.

Research Interests

Dr. Neuman has research interests in developing indices to quantify the invasiveness of spinal deformity surgery and patients' frailty, as well as the use of PROMIS outcomes measures in spine patients to help with patient communication, expectations and overall satisfaction.

Background

Dr. Neuman earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA. He completed his residency training in orthopaedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, and fellowship training in orthopaedic spine surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Prior to joining Washington University Orthopedics, Dr. Neuman was an Associate Professor at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

Board Certifications

Board-certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Medical Degree

Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Professional Societies and Organizations

2021-present, American Orthopaedic Association, Fellow member
2020-present, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Fellow member
2019-2021, American Orthopaedic Association, emerging leader member
2018-present, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), member, Developmental Committee
2013-present, North American Spine Society (NASS), member, Radiology and Outcomes Committee
2013-2020, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), candidate member
2012-present, AOSpine, member

Washington University Orthopedics

Brian J. Neuman, MD