Zachary L. McCormick, MD

Journal Article

1. Singla P, Babington JR, Adler A, Cao F, Chen Z, Cheng J, Furnish T, Hah JM, Hanna MN, Kesayan T, Kim P, Kissoon NR, McCormick ZL, Nicholson K, Osborne MD, Patel N, Petersohn JD, Provenzano DA, Rosenow JM, Schuster NM, Singh W, Soin A, Barreveld A (2026). CMS Proposed Restrictions on Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Procedures for Chronic Pain: Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Implications for Millions of Americans. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
2. McCormick ZL, RESET Clinical Trial Investigator Group (NCT04246281 (2026). Authors' response to the letter to the editor on "Comparison of percutaneous 60-day peripheral nerve stimulation of the lumbar medial branches to usual care with standard interventional management for chronic low back pain-a multicenter pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RESET)". Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 27(2), 236-237.
3. Cohen SP, McCormick ZL, Hurley R (2026). Post-sacral lateral branch radiofrequency ablation neuritis: The more we know, the less we understand. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 27(3), 383-384.
4. Provenzano DA, Li S, Deer TA, Kapural L, Khalouf FK, Vetri F, Zora KM, Guirguis MN, McCormick Z (2026). Prospective, non-inferiority, multicenter, randomized, single-blind clinical trial comparing cooled radiofrequency ablation to standard radiofrequency ablation to manage chronic facetogenic lumbar back pain. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
5. McCormick ZL, Sen H, Cooper AN, Conger AM, Fogarty AE, Glinka Przybysz A, Burnham T, Kendall R, Wagner G, Hansen PA, Pierce J, Hashimoto B, Cushman DM, Martin B (2026). The Safety and Effectiveness of Lumbar Transforaminal Injection of Sterile Amniotic Fluid Filtrate Compared to Steroid for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain Due to Spinal Stenosis: A Phase I/II Double-Blinded Randomized Trial. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
6. Hurley RW, McCormick ZL, Cohen S (2026). Rationing by assumption: De-implementation of spinal injections requires rigorous comparative evidence. The journal of pain, 106296.
7. Smuck M, McCormick ZL, Gilligan C, Hailey MK, Quinn ML, Bentley A, Metcalfe K, Bradbury B, Lukes DJ, Taylor R (2025). A cost-effectiveness analysis of intraosseous basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of chronic low back pain. The spine journal, 25(2), 201-210.
8. Brown TK, Caragea MA, Beckwith M, Ni A, Chen L, Woodworth T, Blatt M, Cheney C, Carson D, Kuo K, Randall D, Huang EY, Carefoot A, Mills M, Cooper AN, Przybysz AG, Burnham T, Conger AM, McCormick Z (2025). Evaluating the effectiveness of genicular radiofrequency ablation for chronic knee pain using the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) global health-physical health domain: Results of a cross-sectional cohort study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 4(1), 100539.
9. Klessinger S, Schuster N, MacVicar J, Miller DC, McKenna M, Vorobeychik Y, Popescu A, McCormick ZL, Doan L, Hambraues J, Waring PH, Zhao Z, Boies B, Nagpal A, International Pain and Spine Intervention Societ (2025). Safety practices for interventional pain procedures: Facet interventions. Interventional Pain Medicine, 4(1), 100549.
10. Stensland M, Sanford E, Houle TT, McGeary C, Cobos BA, Lugosi S, Lehman L, Nabity PS, Covell C, Fitzgerald E, Mojallal M, Reed DE, Pangarkar S, Eapen BC, Nanda U, McCormick ZL, McGeary (2025). The Relationship Between Psychosocial Factors and Response to Epidural Steroid Injection for Chronic Lumbosacral Radicular Pain: A Prospective Pilot Study. Journal of pain research, 18, 1991-2002.
11. Schuster NM, Broachwala M, Ahadian FM, Argoff CE, Cohen SP, Durbhakula S, Gulati A, Hurley RW, Kohan L, McCormick ZL, Wahezi SE, Barreveld A (2025). Reply to Wang et al.'s Reply to "Notable Concerns in Methodology and Conclusions of the Wang et al. Meta-Analysis in BMJ by the American Academy of Pain Medicine" by Schuster et al. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
12. Sen H, Cooper A, Conger A, McCormick ZL, Przybysz A (2025). Dorsal root ganglion stimulation for multifactorial refractory foot pain: A case report. Interventional Pain Medicine, 4(3), 100614.
13. McCormick ZL, Hurley RW, Cohen S (2025). Sacroiliac joint complex pain consensus practice guidelines from a multispecialty, international working group: an infographic. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 26(12), 936-937.
14. D'Souza RS, McCormick ZL, Hurley RW, Cohen S (2025). Evidence-based recommendations for sacroiliac joint complex pain management. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
15. McCormick ZL, Hurley RW, Anitescu M, Bhaskar A, Bhatia A, Cassidy RC, Chen AS, Dawson TC, De Andrés Ares J, de Campos JL, Hayek SM, Hernández-Porras BC, Kissoon NR, Kohan LR, Elgueta Le Beuffe MF, Moon JY, Provenzano DA, Reece DE, Schuster NM, Smith CC, Stout A, Szadek K, Thomas DA, Tontisirin N, Vagg MF, Van Zundert J, Woodbury A, Cohen S (2025). Consensus practice guidelines on sacroiliac joint complex pain from a multispecialty, international working group. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 26(12), 817-917.
16. McCormick ZL, Hurley RW, Anitescu M, Bhaskar A, Bhatia A, Cassidy RC, Chen AS, Dawson TC, Ares JA, de Campos JL, Hayek SM, Hernández-Porras BC, Kissoon NR, Kohan LR, Beuffe MFEL, Moon JY, Provenzano DA, Reece LDE, Schuster NM, Smith CC, Stout A, Szadek K, Thomas DA, Tontisirin N, Vagg MF, Van Zundert J, Woodbury A, Cohen S (2025). Consensus practice guidelines on sacroiliac joint complex pain from a multispecialty, international working group. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
17. Ehsanian R, Buttner JA, Schneider B, McCormick Z (2025). Patient selection, clinical outcomes, associated healthcare utilization, and cost-effectiveness of basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of vertebrogenic low back pain: A narrative review. North American Spine Society journal, 24, 100788.
18. Tran J, McCormick ZL, Lanting BA, Lisk K, Loh (2025). Patient-specific knee radiofrequency ablation using contrast spread analysis and 3D anatomy knowledge: Teaching Images. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
19. Gutierrez GG, McCormick ZL, Engle MP, Gilmore CA, Pingree MJ, Pope JE, DiBenedetto DJ, Kissoon NR, Sayal PK, Zurn CA, Crosby ND, Boggs J (2025). A multicenter, prospective, single-arm study of 60-day peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerves for the treatment of headache. Headache, 65(10), 1776-1787.
20. Glinka Przybysz A, Galang E, Sangio CA, Wirawan C, Cooper AN, Amatto A, Martin B, Burnham R, Conger AM, McCormick ZL, Burnham T (2025). Evaluating prognostic block selection criteria in cervical medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy: A retrospective cohort study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 4(1), 100559.
21. North J, Calodney A, Trainor D, McCormick ZL, Paez J, Loudermilk E, Christopher A, Noles J, Phillips G, Jolly S, Yang MI, Guirguis M, Kloster D, Pak DJ, Peacock J, Engle M, Shah B, Wilson D, Anitescu M, Atallah J, Chatas J, Leier T, Rosen S, Goldberg (2025). Spinal cord stimulation plus conventional medical management versus conventional medical management alone for severe, non-surgical, refractory back pain: a randomized clinical trial followed by crossover. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
22. Saad K, Young C, Cooper AN, Dickenson B, Kendall R, Glinka Przybysz A, Burnham T, McCormick ZL, Conger (2025). Is Nervus Femoralis Radiofrequency Ablation an Effective Treatment for Recalcitrant Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome? Results of a Cross-Sectional study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
23. Quazi M, Madrid R, Thiyagarajan S, Abboud P, Kanjanapanang N, Shilling M, Sen H, Cooper AN, Conger AM, Lin P, Chang KH, McCormick ZL, Ehsanian (2025). Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Knee Pain: Systematic Review with Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
24. Caragea M, Essman M, Conger A, Quinlan N, Chalmers P, McCormick (2025). Management of post-arthroplasty pain: a narrative review of emerging interventional treatments. Pain management, 15(4), 213-226.
25. McCormick ZL, Curtis T, Cooper A, Wheatley M, Smuck (2024). Low back pain-related healthcare utilization following intraosseous basivertebral nerve radiofrequency ablation: a pooled analysis from three prospective clinical trials. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 25(1), 20-32.
26. Marshall GS, McCormick ZL, Johns JS, Verduzco-Gutierrez M, Herrera-Restrepo O, Harrison L (2024). Understanding the Sequelae of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the United States. Infectious diseases and therapy, 13(11), 2213-2220.
27. Caragea M, Le A, Curtis T, Ni A, Clark T, Joyce A, Hickman C, Lawrence B, Randell Z, Goodman P, Poduska A, Rasmussen M, Cooper A, Teramoto M, Glinka Przybysz A, Burnham T, Conger A, McCormick Z (2024). The effect of lumbar medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy on cobb angle progression in individuals with adult scoliosis compared to natural history: A cross-sectional study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(2), 100411.
28. Boos A, Cooper A, Martin B, Burnham R, Glinka Przybysz A, Conger AM, McCormick ZL, Burnham T (2024). The effectiveness of sacral lateral branch radiofrequency neurotomy for posterior sacroiliac joint complex pain in patients selected by dual sacral lateral branch blocks; A real-world cohort study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(4), 100442.
29. Hejazi A, Willis C, Ye X, Youssef J, Moebus C, Goss B, Cornwall B, Brodke D, McCormick ZL, Schaecher K, Brixner (2024). The relationship of PROMIS physical function scores and healthcare resource utilization in patients treated for chronic low back pain. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(4), 100522.
30. Ehsanian R, Fernandez S, Cooper A, Cushman DM, Conger A, Burnham T, Fogarty AE, Aiyer R, Smolinski K, McCormick Z (2024). Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation practice patterns: A survey study of the International Pain and Spine Interventional Society. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(3), 100432.
31. Burnham TR, Miller S, Cooper AN, Conger A, Nagpal AS, Eckmann M, McCormick Z (2024). Shoulder terminal sensory articular nerve radiofrequency ablation for nonsurgical refractory shoulder pain due to rotator cuff pathology and osteoarthritis: a technical note. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 25(9), 563-567.
32. Martin BI, Conger A, Burnham T, Finch D, McCormick Z (2024). Collecting patient-reported outcomes for the assessment of interventions for pain conditions: Development, accuracy and usability of a customizable mobile app. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(3), 100427.
33. Braun S, Mascoe J, Caragea M, Woodworth T, Curtis T, Blatt M, Cheney C, Brown T, Carson D, Kuo K, Randall D, Huang EY, Carefoot A, Teramoto M, Cooper A, Mills M, Burnham T, Conger A, McCormick Z (2024). The association of payer type on genicular radiofrequency neurotomy treatment outcomes: Results of a cross-sectional study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(2), 100407.
34. Zheng P, Hao D, Christolias G, Marshall B, Smith CC, Sudhakaran S, Patel J, McCormick ZL, International Pain & Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committe (2024). FactFinders for patient safety: Delaying epidural steroid injections: Infection and safe platelet cutoff. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(1), 100383.
35. Beckwith M, Cushman D, Clark T, Park PK, Burnham T, Burnham R, McCormick ZL, Conger (2023). Radiofrequency Ablation of the Infrapatellar Branch of the Saphenous Nerve for the Treatment of Chronic Anterior Inferomedial Knee Pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 24(2), 150-157.
36. Turtle J, Miller S, Yang A, Hurley RW, Spina N, McCormick Z (2023). Considerations for Lumbar Medial Branch Nerve Radiofrequency at Spinal Motion Segments Adjacent to a Fusion Construct. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 24(2), 165-170.
37. Shaikh W, Miller S, McCormick ZL, Patel PM, Teramoto M, Walega D (2023). Chemical Neurolysis of the Genicular Nerves for Chronic Refractory Knee Pain: an Observational Cohort Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
38. Sherwood D, Yang A, Hunt C, Provenzano D, Kohan L, Hurley RW, Cohen SP, Shah V, McCormick Z (2023). Treating Refractory Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Complex Pain in the Current Healthcare Ecosystem: A Call to Action. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 24(10), 1131-1132.
39. McCormick ZL, Conger A, Kendall R, Wagner G, Henrie AM, Littell M, Sperry BP, Petersen R, Cooper AN, Teramoto M, Burnham T (2023). A Pragmatic Randomized Prospective Trial of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of the Medial Branch Nerves versus Facet Joint Injection of Corticosteroid for the Treatment of Lumbar Facet Syndrome: 12 Month Outcomes. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 24(12), 1318-1331.
40. Caragea M, Woodworth T, Curtis T, Blatt M, Cheney C, Brown T, Carson D, Kuo KT, Randall D, Huang EY, Carefoot A, Teramoto M, Mills M, Cooper A, Burnham T, Conger A, McCormick Z (2023). Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Knee Joint Pain: A Real-world Cohort Study with Evaluation of Prognostic Factors. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 24(12), 1332-1340.
41. Alomari A, Ferreira-Dos-Santos G, Singh M, Burnham T, Cao X, McCormick Z, Flamer D, Kumar P, Hoydonckx Y, Khan JS, Tumber PS, Alvares D, Bhatia (2023). End-on versus parallel radiofrequency lesioning for neurotomy of the cervical medial branch nerves: a study protocol of a prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial: the "EndPaRL" study. Trials, 24(1), 721.
42. Miller S, Caragea M, Carson D, McFarland MM, Teramoto M, Cushman DM, Cooper AN, Burnham T, McCormick ZL, Conger (2023). The Effectiveness of Intradiscal Corticosteroid Injection for the Treatment of Chronic Discovertebral Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 25(1), 33-46.
43. Caragea M, Le A, Curtis T, Ni A, Clark T, Joyce A, Hickman C, Lawrence B, Randell Z, Goodman P, Poduska A, Rasmussen M, Cooper A, Teramoto M, Burnham T, Conger A, McCormick Z (2023). Does medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy accelerate degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis compared to natural progression? A cross-sectional cohort study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 2(4), 100289.
44. Saffarian M, Holder EK, Mattie R, Smith CC, Christolias G, Patel J, McCormick ZL, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committe (2023). FactFinders for patient safety: Preventing local anesthetic-related complications: Local anesthetic chondrotoxicity and stellate ganglion blocks. Interventional Pain Medicine, 2(4), 100282.
45. Fogarty AE, Godambe M, Duszynski B, McCormick ZL, Steensma J, Decker (2023). Interventional pain physician beliefs on climate change: A Spine Intervention Society (SIS) survey. Interventional Pain Medicine, 2(4), 100287.
46. Stephens AR, McCormick ZL, Burnham TR, Conger (2023). The impact of social deprivation on patient satisfaction in physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine using the press Ganey® outpatient medical practice survey. Interventional Pain Medicine, 2(3), 100276.
47. Lee DW, Cheney C, Sherwood D, Wahezi S, Monteiro P, McCormick ZL, Conger A, Duszynski B, Smith C (2023). The effectiveness and safety of sacral lateral branch radiofrequency neurotomy (SLBRFN): A systematic review. Interventional Pain Medicine, 2(2), 100259.
48. Beckwith M, McCormick ZL, Joyce A, Teramoto M, Mountan S, Cushman DM, Burnham T, Conger (2023). Is routine intravenous access commonly established before interventional pain procedures? Results of a spine intervention society practice pattern survey. Interventional Pain Medicine, 2(2), 100246.
49. Nagpal AS, Zhao Z, Miller DC, McCormick ZL, Duszynski B, Benrud J, Chow R, Travnicek K, Schuster N (2023). Best practices for interventional pain procedures in the setting of a local anesthetic shortage: A practice advisory from the Spine Intervention Society. Interventional Pain Medicine, 2(1), 100177.
50. Hurley RW, Adams MCB, Barad M, Bhaskar A, Bhatia A, Chadwick A, Deer TR, Hah J, Hooten WM, Kissoon NR, Lee DW, Mccormick Z, Moon JY, Narouze S, Provenzano DA, Schneider BJ, van Eerd M, Van Zundert J, Wallace MS, Wilson SM, Zhao Z, Cohen S (2022). Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 47(1), 3-59.
51. Rainey J, Miller S, Conger A, Anderson L, McCormick (2022). A Letter to the Editor Regarding Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of the Painful Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(3), 603-604.
52. Holder EK, Raju R, Dundas MA, Husu EN, McCormick Z (2022). Is there an association between lumbosacral epidural lipomatosis and lumbosacral epidural steroid injections? A comprehensive narrative literature review. North American Spine Society journal, 9, 100101.
53. Carson D, Hickman C, McCormick (2022). The Retrodural Space of Okada Accessed During Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection. PMID: 35266537. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(7), 1334-1335.
54. Cushman DM, Teramoto M, Babu A, Olafsen N, Onishi K, Asay A, McCormick Z (2022). Sports Medicine Physician Decision-Making, Practice Changes, and Mental Health During the Early Phase of the SARS-CoV-2 Global Pandemic. Clinical journal of sport medicine, 32(1), 28-39.
55. Boody BS, Sperry BP, Harper K, Macadaeg K, McCormick Z (2022). The Relationship Between Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics and Successful Treatment Outcomes After Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation: A Pooled Cohort Study of Three Prospective Clinical Trials. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(Suppl 2), S2-S13.
56. McCormick ZL, Sperry BP, Boody BS, Hirsch JA, Conger A, Harper K, Lotz JC, Burnham T (2022). Pain Location and Exacerbating Activities Associated with Treatment Success Following Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: An Aggregated Cohort Study of Multicenter Prospective Clinical Trial Data. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(Suppl 2), S14-S33.
57. Conger A, Burnham TR, Clark T, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2022). The Effectiveness of Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Vertebrogenic Low Back Pain: An Updated Systematic Review with Single-Arm Meta-analysis. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(Suppl 2), S50-S62.
58. McCormick ZL, Conger A, Smuck M, Lotz JC, Hirsch JA, Hickman C, Harper K, Burnham T (2022). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics Associated with Treatment Success from Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: An Aggregated Cohort Study of Multicenter Prospective Clinical Trials Data. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(Suppl 2), S34-S49.
59. Burnham TR, Smith A, McCormick ZL, Teramoto M, Burnham (2022). Evaluation of an Ultrasound-Assisted Longitudinal Axis Lateral Crest Approach to Radiofrequency Ablation of the Sacroiliac Joint. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 101(1), 26-31.
60. Derby R, Vorobeychik Y, Schneider BJ, McCormick Z (2022). Comparison of two needle versus one needle lesioning techniques for thoracic medial branch neurotomy. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(2), 100085.
61. Schneider BJ, Joshi M, Ehsanian R, McCormick ZL, Patel J, Zheng P, Nagpal A (2022). Patient-perceived duration of effect of lidocaine and bupivacaine following diagnostic medial branch blocks; a multicenter study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(2), 100083.
62. Burnham TR, Clements N, Conger A, Kuo K, Lider J, Caragea M, Kendall R, Cunningham S, Meiling JB, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2022). A comparison of the effectiveness of cervical medial branch radiofrequency ablation for chronic facet joint syndrome in patients selected by two common medial branch block paradigms. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(2), 100091.
63. Reisinger R, Caragea M, Teramoto M, Shipman H, Berry-Rieser D, Oli M, Kendall R, Burnham T, Conger A, McCormick (2022). The association of payer type and opioid use on functional improvement at short-term follow-up after lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injection: Results of a large registry study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(2), 100073.
64. Nagpal AS, Vu TN, Gill B, Conger A, McCormick ZL, Duszynski B, Boies B (2022). Systematic review of the effectiveness of caudal epidural steroid injections in the treatment of chronic low back or radicular pain. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(4), 100149.
65. Benzon HT, Maus TP, Kang HR, Provenzano DA, Bhatia A, Diehn F, Nelson A, McCormick ZL, Liu BP, de Andres Ares J, Anitescu M, Blackham K, Bhaskar A, Brill S, Collins J, Gulve A, Hurley RW, Jeon YH, Moon JY, Rauck RL, Rodes M, Lee RK, Shah V, Shanthanna H, van Zundert J, Huntoon M, Rathmell JP, Borges MS, Cohen SP, Greenberger PA (2021). The Use of Contrast Agents in Interventional Pain Procedures: A Multispecialty and Multisociety Practice Advisory on Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, Gadolinium Deposition in the Brain, Encephalopathy After Unintentional Intrathecal Gadolinium Injection, and Hypersensitivity Reactions. Anesth Analg, 133(2), 535-552.
66. Fields AJ, Ballatori A, Han M, Bailey JF, McCormick ZL, O'Neill CW, Demir-Deviren S, Krug R, Lotz J (2021). Measurement of vertebral endplate bone marrow lesion (Modic change) composition with water-fat MRI and relationship to patient-reported outcome measures. European spine journal, 30(9), 2549-2556.
67. Conger A, Kendall RW, Sperry BP, Petersen R, Salazar F, Cunningham S, Henrie AM, Bisson EF, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2021). One-year results from a randomized comparative trial of targeted steroid injection via epidural catheter versus standard transforaminal epidural injection for the treatment of unilateral cervical radicular pain. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 46(9), 813-819.
68. McCormick ZL, Cohen SP, Walega DR, Kohan (2021). Technical considerations for genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation: optimizing outcomes. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 46(6), 518-523.
69. McCormick ZL, Patel J, Conger A, Smith CC, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2021). The Safety of Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(2), 518-519.
70. Lee H, Punt JA, Patel J, Stojanovic MP, Duszynski B, McCormick ZL, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2021). Do Corticosteroid Injections for the Treatment of Pain Influence the Efficacy of Adenovirus Vector-Based COVID-19 Vaccines?. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(6), 1441-1464.
71. Sperry BP, Conger A, Kohan L, Walega DR, Cohen SP, McCormick Z (2021). A Proposed Protocol for Safe Radiofrequency Ablation of the Recurrent Fibular Nerve for the Treatment of Chronic Anterior Inferolateral Knee Pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(5), 1237-1241.
72. Conger A, Schuster NM, Cheng DS, Sperry BP, Joshi AB, Haring RS, Duszynski B, McCormick Z (2021). The Effectiveness of Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Neurotomy for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain in Patients with Modic Changes: A Systematic Review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(5), 1039-1054.
73. Lee H, Punt JA, Miller DC, Nagpal A, Smith CC, Sayeed Y, Patel J, Stojanovic MP, Popescu A, McCormick ZL, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2021). Do Corticosteroid Injections for the Treatment of Pain Influence the Efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines?. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(4), 994-1000.
74. Cushman DM, Teramoto M, Asay A, Clements ND, McCormick Z (2021). Corticosteroid and Local Anesthetic Use Trends for Large Joint and Bursa Injections: Results of a Survey of Sports Medicine Physicians. PM & R, 13(9), 962-968.
75. Cushman DM, York E, Asay A, Ross B, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2021). Changes in clinical practice perceptions and mental health of sports medicine physicians due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The Physician and sportsmedicine, 50, 1-10.
76. Huynh L, Chang RG, Chhatre A, Sayeed Y, MacVicar J, McCormick ZL, Duszynski B, Smith (2021). Reopening Interventional Pain Practices during the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(7), 1496-1502.
77. Smith C, Sudhakaran S, McCormick ZL, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committe (2021). Is There a Risk of Neurological Complications Due to Vascular Infarction Associated with Particulate Steroid Use During Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections?. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(1), 212-213.
78. Levin J, Chan J, Huynh L, Smuck M, Koltsov J, Kesikburun B, Wagner GE, Caragea M, Kuo K, McCormick ZL, Schneider B, Berlin E, Kennedy DJ, Kesikburun (2021). Thoracic transforaminal epidural steroid injection for management of thoracic spine pain: A multicenter cross-sectional study of short-term outcomes. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(1), 100004.
79. Koshi E, Meiling JB, Conger AM, McCormick ZL, Burnham T (2021). Long-term clinical outcomes of genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation for chronic knee pain using a three-tined electrode for expanded nerve capture. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(1), 100003.
80. Schneider BJ, Ehsanian R, Levin J, Huynh L, Kennedy DJ, McCormick Z (2020). Intra-articular Sacroiliac Joint Needle Placement: Ultrasound, Fluoroscopy, and the Criterion Standard. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 99(6), e79.
81. Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Laimi (2020). The Magnitude and Duration of the Effect of Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injections on Pain Severity in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 99(7), 617-625.
82. Petrin Z, Marino RJ, Oleson CV, Simon JI, McCormick Z (2020). Paralysis After Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection in the Absence of Hematoma: A Case of Congestive Myelopathy Due to Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula and a Review of the Literature. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 99(9), e107-e110.
83. McCormick ZL, Burnham T, Cunningham S, Kendall RW, Bougie D, Teramoto M, Walega D (2020). Effect of low-dose lidocaine on objective upper extremity strength and immediate pain relief following cervical interlaminar epidural injections: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 45(10), 767-773.
84. Cushman DM, Christiansen J, Kirk M, Clements ND, Cunningham S, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2020). Image guidance used for large joint and bursa injections; a survey study. The Physician and sportsmedicine, 48(2), 208-214.
85. Conger A, Cushman DM, Speckman RA, Burnham T, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2020). The Effectiveness of Fluoroscopically Guided Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection for the Treatment of Radicular Pain; a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(1), 41-54.
86. Smith CC, McCormick ZL, Mattie R, MacVicar J, Duszynski B, Stojanovic M (2020). The Effectiveness of Lumbar Transforaminal Injection of Steroid for the Treatment of Radicular Pain: A Comprehensive Review of the Published Data. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(3), 472-487.
87. Hynes A, Vydra D, Clements N, Julia J, Nagpal A, Cushman DM, McCormick Z (2020). Current Trends in the Use of Sedation During Spine Intervention Procedures: A Survey Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(5), 1086-1088.
88. Conger A, Burnham T, Salazar F, Tate Q, Golish M, Petersen R, Cunningham S, Teramoto M, Kendall R, McCormick Z (2020). The Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Ablation of Medial Branch Nerves for Chronic Lumbar Facet Joint Syndrome in Patients Selected by Guideline-Concordant Dual Comparative Medial Branch Blocks. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(5), 902-909.
89. Schoutens C, Cushman DM, McCormick ZL, Conger A, van Royen BJ, Spiker W (2020). Outcomes of Nonsurgical Treatments for Symptomatic Adult Degenerative Scoliosis: A Systematic Review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(6), 1263-1275.
90. King W, McCormick Z, Smith C, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2020). Risks of Precipitate Formation When Combining Corticosteroids with Local Anesthetic for Use During Interventional Pain Procedures. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(2), 423-424.
91. Burnham T, Conger A, Salazar F, Petersen R, Kendall R, Cunningham S, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2020). The Effectiveness of Cervical Medial Branch Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Facet Joint Syndrome in Patients Selected by a Practical Medial Branch Block Paradigm. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(10), 2071-2076.
92. Binler D, House LM, Mattie R, Saltychev M, Nagao M, Pekmeczi M, Metz L, O'Neil C, Shah V, McCormick Z (2020). The Reliability of a Grading System for Digital Subtraction Imaging Quality During Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(11), 3126-3132.
93. DeFrancesch F, Sperry BP, Aprill CN, Choe D, McCormick Z (2020). Prevalence and Discordance of the "Startle Response" with True Discogenic Pain According to Spine Intervention Society Guidelines for Provocation Discography: A Cohort Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(11), 2738-2742.
94. Schneider BJ, Miller DC, Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Smith (2020). Anticoagulants for Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(6), 1294-1295.
95. Patel J, Saffarian M, Popescu A, Schneider BJ, McCormick ZL, Smith C (2020). Epidural Steroid Injections and Risk of Lumbar Surgical Site Infection. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(9), 1999-2000.
96. Conger A, Sperry BP, Cheney CW, Burnham TM, Mahan MA, Onofrei LV, Cushman DM, Wagner GE, Shipman H, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2020). The Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Axial Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review with Narrative Synthesis. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(11), 2699-2712.
97. Burnham T, Sampson J, Speckman RA, Conger A, Cushman DM, McCormick Z (2020). The Effectiveness of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection for the Treatment of Suspected Sacroiliac Joint Complex Pain; a Systematic Review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(10), 2518-2528.
98. Joyce AA, Conger A, McCormick ZL, Kendall RW, Wagner G, Teramoto M, Cushman D (2020). Changes in Interventional Pain Physician Decision-Making, Practice Patterns, and Mental Health During the Early Phase of the SARS-CoV-2 Global Pandemic. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(12), 3585-3595.
99. House LM, Tabari KN, Rieder TN, McCormick Z (2020). Pain in the Pandemic: Ethical Approaches During COVID-19. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(11), 2629-2633.
100. Koshi E, Cheney CW, Sperry BP, Conger A, McCormick Z (2020). Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Knee Pain Using a Three-Tined Electrode: A Technical Description and Case Series. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(12), 3344-3349.
101. Miller DC, Patel J, Gill J, Mattie R, Saffarian M, Schneider BJ, Popescu A, Babaria V, McCormick Z (2020). Corticosteroid Injections and COVID-19 Infection Risk. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(8), 1703-1706.
102. Conger A, Sperry BP, Cheney CW, Kuo K, Petersen R, Randall D, Salazar F, Cunningham S, Henrie AM, Bisson E, Kendall R, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2020). Does the Contrast Dispersion Pattern During Fluoroscopically Guided Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection Predict Short-Term Pain and Functional Outcomes? An Exploratory Analysis of Prospective Cohort Data. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(12), 3350-3359.
103. Popescu A, Saffarian M, Schneider BJ, McCormick ZL, Smith C, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2020). Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets for Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(12), 3712-3713.
104. Conger A, Case C, McCormick Z, Kendall (2020). Diagnostic Imaging Pitfalls of Upper Thoracic Spine Fractures. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(5), 1079-1081.
105. Sudhakaran S, McCormick ZL, Smith (2020). Digital Subtraction Imaging for Transforaminal Injections. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(10), 2592-2593.
106. McCormick ZL, Conger A, Sperry BP, Teramoto M, Petersen R, Salazar F, Cunningham S, Michael Henrie A, Bisson E, Kendall (2020). A Randomized Comparative Trial of Targeted Steroid Injection via Epidural Catheter vs Standard Transforaminal Epidural Injection for the Treatment of Unilateral Cervical Radicular Pain: Six-Month Results. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(10), 2077-2089.
107. Mordhorst TR, McCormick ZL, Presson AP, Collier WH, Spiker W (2020). Examining the relationship between epidural steroid injections and patient satisfaction. The spine journal, 20(2), 207-212.
108. Starr JB, Gold LS, McCormick Z, Suri P, Friedly (2020). Repeat procedures and prescription opioid use after lumbar medial branch nerve radiofrequency ablation in commercially insured patients. The spine journal, 20(3), 344-351.
109. Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick Z (2020). Are there gender-related differences in the psychometric properties of the Oswestry Disability Index?. European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine, 56(5), 594-599.
110. Dudli S, Ballatori A, Bay-Jensen AC, McCormick ZL, O'Neill CW, Demir-Deviren S, Krug R, Heggli I, Juengel A, Karppinen J, Brunner F, Farshad M, Distler O, Lotz JC, Fields A (2020). Serum Biomarkers for Connective Tissue and Basement Membrane Remodeling are Associated with Vertebral Endplate Bone Marrow Lesions as Seen on MRI (Modic Changes). International journal of molecular sciences, 21(11),
111. McCormick ZL, Patel J, Smith (2020). Inadvertent Internal Skin Burn Caused by Radiofrequency Electrodes During Ablation Procedures. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(4), 862-863.
112. Cushman DM, Christiansen J, Clements ND, Cunningham S, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2019). Infections After Large Joint or Bursa Injection: A Survey of 554 Sports Medicine Physicians. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 98(12), 1106-1109.
113. Krug R, Joseph GB, Han M, Fields A, Cheung J, Mundada M, Bailey J, Rochette A, Ballatori A, McCulloch CE, McCormick ZL, O'Neill C, Link TM, Lotz (2019). Associations between Vertebral Body Fat Fraction and Intervertebral Disc Biochemical Composition as assessed by Quantitative MRI.doi: 10.1002/jmri.26675. [Epub ahead of print]. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging,
114. McCormick ZL, Choi H, Reddy R, Syed RH, Bhave M, Kendall MC, Khan D, Nagpal G, Teramoto M, Walega DR (2019). A Randomized Prospective Trial of Cooled Versus Traditional Radiofrequency Ablation of the Medial Branch Nerves for the Treatment of Lumbar Facet Joint Pain. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2018-000035. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 44(3), 389-397.
115. Furman MB, Bernstein J, McCormick ZL, Schneider B (2019). Concerns regarding Interventional Spine and Pain Procedures in Patients on Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Medications (Second Edition). doi:10.1136/rapm-2018-100223. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID:30635499. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
116. Walega DR, McCormick ZL, Manning D, Beal M, Hardt K, Avram (2019). Radiofrequency Ablation of Genicular Nerves Prior to Total Knee Replacement Has No Effect on Post-Operative Pain Outcomes: A Prospective Randomized Sham-Control Trial with 6 Month Follow-up. pii: rapm-2018-100094. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2018-100094. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
117. Clements N, Vydra D, Cushman DM, Nagpal A, Julia J, Zheng P, McCormick Z (2019). Trends in steroid agent and diluent choices for epidural steroid injections: a survey of Spine Intervention Society physicians. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
118. Lovett-Carter D, Kendall MC, McCormick ZL, Suh EI, Cohen AD, De Oliveira G (2019). Pectoral nerve blocks and postoperative pain outcomes after mastectomy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 44(10), 923-928.
119. McCormick ZL, Schneider B, Smith C, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2019). Driving After an Epidural Steroid Injection Without Sedation. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(1), 195-196.
120. McCormick ZL, Smith CC, MD, Engel, AJ (2019). Patient Safety Committee Preventing External Skin Burns During Thermal Radiofrequency Neurotomy. Accepted for publication. . Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(4), 852-853.
121. McCormick ZL, Schnieder B, Smith (2019). FactFinders for Patient Safety: Driving After an Epidural Steroid Injection Without Sedation. 10.1093/pm/pny155. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(1), 195-196.
122. Cushman DM, Monson N, Conger A, Kendall RW, Henrie AM, McCormick Z (2019). Use of 0.5mL and 1.0mL of local anesthetic for genicular nerve blocks. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny277. 20(5):1049-1052. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(5), 1049-1052.
123. Vydra, D, Hynes A, Clements N, Nagpal A, Julia J, Schneider BJ, Maus TP, Cushman DM, McCormick Z (2019). Current Practice Trends in Image-Guidance During Cervical and Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections. pii: pnz065. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnz065. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID:30938803. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
124. Conger A, Cushman DM, Walker K, Petersen R, Walega DR, Kendall R, McCormick Z (2019). A Novel Technical Protocol for Improved Capture of the Genicular Nerves by Radiofrequency Ablation. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(11), 2208-2212.
125. Popescu A, McCormick ZL, Smith CC, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2019). Strategies to Minimize Risk in Lumbar Transforaminal Injections: Imaging and Injectate. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(7), 1449-1450.
126. Tate Q, House LM, McCormick ZL, Mahan M (2019). High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Primarily Axial Back Pain due to Degenerative Scoliosis with Spinopelvic Imbalance: Case Report. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(10), 2071-2074.
127. Starr JB, Gold L, McCormick ZL, Suri P, Friedly (2019). Trends in lumbar radiofrequency ablation utilization from 2007 - 2016. . The spine journal,
128. Revivo G, Amstutz DK, Gagnon CM, McCormick Z (2019). Interdisciplinary Pain Management Improves Pain and Function in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Pain Associated with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome. PM & R, 11(2), 150-157.
129. Burnham T, Hilgenhurst G, McCormick ZL (2019). Second-degree Skin Burn from A Radiofrequency Grounding Pad: A Case Report and Review of Risk Mitigation Strategies.doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12143. [Epub ahead of print]. PM & R,
130. Zheng P, Schneider BJ, Yang A, McCormick Z (2019). Image-Guided Sacroiliac Joint Injections: an Evidence-based Review of Best Practices and Clinical Outcomes. PM & R, 11 Suppl 1, S98-S104.
131. Yang AJ, McCormick ZL, Zheng PZ, Schneider B (2019). Radiofrequency Ablation for Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Complex Pain: A Narrative Review. PM & R, 11 Suppl 1, S105-S113.
132. Schneider BJ, Rosati R, Zheng P, McCormick Z (2019). Challenges in Diagnosing Sacroiliac Joint Pain: A Narrative Review. PM & R, 11 Suppl 1, S40-S45.
133. Cushman DM, Ofek E, Syed RH, Clements N, Gardner JE, Sams JM, Mulvey JL, McCormick Z (2019). Comparison of Varying Corticosteroid Type, Dose, and Volume for the Treatment of Pain in Small- and Intermediate-Size Joint Injections: A Narrative Review. PM & R, 11(7), 758-770.
134. McCormick ZL, Lehman VT, Plastaras CT, Walega DR, Huddleston P 3rd, Moussallem C, Geske JR, Verdoorn JT, Kennedy DJ, Maus TP, Carr C (2019). Low-Pressure Lumbar Provocation Discography According to Spine Intervention Society/International Association for the Study of Pain Standards Does Not Cause Acceleration of Disc Degeneration in Patients With Symptomatic Low Back Pain: A 7-Year Matched Cohort Study. Spine, 44(19), E1161-E1168.
135. Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Laimi (2018). Psychometric properties of the neck disability index amongst patients with chronic neck pain using item response theory. Disability and rehabilitation, 40(18), 2116-2121.
136. House LM, McKay RE, Eagan JT Jr, McCormick Z (2018). Nocturnal phantom shock cessation with zolpidem. Heart & lung, 47(1), 76-79.
137. Saltychev M, Liami K, Rantakokko J, Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Aalto V, Kivimaki M, Vahtera (2018). Use of Pain Medication Before and After Lumbar Discectomy: Longitudinal Analysis of a Nation-Wide Cohort 2018. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4733.18.07580-6. Epub 2018 Feb 1. Minerva chirurgica, 73(3), 280-287.
138. McCormick ZL, DeFrancesch F, Loomba V, Moradian M, Bathina R, Rappard (2018). Diagnostic Value, Prognostic Value, and Safety of Provocation Discography. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(1), 3-8.
139. Smith CC, Schneider B, McCormick ZL, Gill J, Loomba V, Engel AJ, Duszynski B, King W, Standards Division of the Spine Intervention Society (2018). Risks and Benefits of Ceasing or Continuing Anticoagulant Medication for Image-Guided Procedures for Spine Pain: A Systematic Review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(3), 438-448.
140. McCormick ZL, Reddy R, Korn M, Dayanim D, Syed RH, Bhave M, Zhukalin M, Choxi S, Ebrahimi A, Kendall MC, McCarthy RJ, Khan D, Nagpal G, Bouffard K, Walega D (2018). A Prospective Randomized Trial of Prognostic Genicular Nerve Blocks to Determine the Predictive Value for the Outcome of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Knee Pain Due to Osteoarthritis. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(8), 1628-1638.
141. Schneider B, McCormick ZL, O'Brien Jr D, Bunch M, Smith (2018). On Behalf of the Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee. Factfinders for Patient Safety: Conscious Sedation. doi.org/10.1093/pm/pny048. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
142. McCormick ZL & Hooton (2018). Regenerative Medicine: Ushering in a New Era in Pain Medicine. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny259. [Epub ahead of print]. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
143. Schneider B, McCormick ZL, Smith (2018). FactFinders for Patient Safety: Conscious Sedation. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny048. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 1;19(9), 1872-1873.
144. Popescu A, Patel J, McCormick ZL, Maus TP, Rodes M, Walega DR, Smith C (2018). FactFinders for Patient Safety: Are Gadolinium-Based Contrast Media Safe Alternatives to Iodinated Contrast Agents for the Safe Performance of Spinal Injection Procedures? doi: 10.1093/pm/pny090. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 1;19(10), 2089-2090.
145. McCormick ZL, Popescu A, Smith C, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committe (2018). FactFinders for Patient Safety: Risk of Bleeding with Nonaspirin Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Before Spine Procedures. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny091. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(11), 2322-2323.
146. McCormick ZL, Chung B, Smith C, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2018). Internal Skin Burn Due to Novel Radiofrequency Ablation Technology. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(7), 1497-1498.
147. Kennedy DJ, Zheng PZ, Smuck M, McCormick ZL, Huynh L, Schneider B (2018). A minimum of 5-year follow-up after lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in patients with lumbar radicular pain due to intervertebral disc herniation. The spine journal, 18(1), 29-35.
148. Cushman DM, Bruno B, Christiansen J, Schultz A, McCormick Z (2018). Efficacy of Injected Corticosteroid Type, Dose, and Volume for Pain in Large Joints: A Narrative Review. PM & R, 10(7), 748-757.
149. Revivo GA, Amstutz DK, Gagon CM, McCormick Z (2018). Interdisciplinary Pain Management Improves Pain and Function in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Pain Associated with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome. PM & R, S1934-1482(18), 30376-9.
150. McCormick ZL, Chang Chien GC, So M, Datta R, Singh J (2018). Three Epidural Steroid Techniques. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.09.034. PM & R, 10(11), 1271-1278.
151. McCormick ZL, Shah VN (2018). Objective Technical Considerations for Appropriate Digital Subtraction Imaging during Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.05.002. [Epub 2018 May 26]. PM & R, 10(10), 1130-1133.
152. Kendall MC, Castro Alves LJ, Suh EI, McCormick ZL, De Oliveira G (2018). Regional Anesthesia to Ameliorate Postoperative Analgesia Outcomes in Pediatric Surgical Patients: An Updated Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. doi: 10.2147/LRA.S185554. eCollection 2018. Local and regional anesthesia, 15(11), 91-109.
153. Conger A, Burnham T, Cushman DM, Cunningham S, Teramoto M, Kendall R, McCormick Z (2018). Does Updated Compared to Older Fluoroscopic Imaging Technology Reduce Radiation Dose During Interventional Spine Procedures? A Pragmatic Cohort Study. 1(2), 56-60.
154. Wagner GE, Cushman DM, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2018). Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time in Lumbar Medial Branch Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation. 1(2), 37-41.
155. Cushman D, Sliwa J, McCormick Z (2018). Is Residency Training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation a Sedentary Activity?. 1(2), 52-55.
156. Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Fogg B, Cushman D (2017). The effect of body mass index on fluoroscopy time and radiation dose in intra-articular glenohumeral joint injections. Clinical imaging, 42, 19-24.
157. Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Bärlund E, Laimi (2017). Psychometric properties of the Oswestry Disability Index. International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation, 40(3), 202-208.
158. Saltychev M, Barlund E, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Paltamaa J, Laimi (2017). A study of the psychometric properties of 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 in a large population of people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Clinical rehabilitation, 31(2), 262-272.
159. Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Laimi (2017). Confirmatory factor analysis of 12-Item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule in patients with musculoskeletal pain conditions. Clinical rehabilitation, 31(5), 702-709.
160. McCormick ZL, Nelson A, Bhave M, Zhukalin M, Kendall M, McCarthy RJ, Khan D, Nagpal G, Walega D (2017). A Prospective Randomized Comparative Trial of Targeted Steroid Injection Via Epidural Catheter Versus Standard C7-T1 Interlaminar Approach for the Treatment of Unilateral Cervical Radicular Pain. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 42(1), 82-89.
161. McCormick ZL, Choxi SC, Lee DT, Marcolina A, Press J, Kennedy DJ, Smuck M, Walega DR, Cushman D (2017). The Impact of Body Mass Index on Fluoroscopy Time During Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection; A Multicenter Cohort Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 18(1), 25-35.
162. McCormick ZL, Nelson A, Kendall MC, McCarthy RJ, Nagpal G, Walega D (2017). Does Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection with Low-Dose Lidocaine Cause Objective Upper Extremity Weakness? A Preliminary Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 18(12), 2296-2305.
163. McCormick ZL, Popescu A, Smith CC, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2017). Fact Finders for Patient Safety: Routine Intravenous Access for Epidural Steroid Injections Without Sedation. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 18(6), 1193-1194.
164. Schneider BJ, McCormick ZL, Smith CC, Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee (2017). Particulate or Nonparticulate Steroids for Lumbar Transforaminal Injections. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 18(9), 1817-1818.
165. McCormick ZL, Mattie R, Ebrahimi A, Lee DT, Marcolina A, Press J, Kennedy DJ, Smuck M, Walega DR, Cushman (2017). Is There a Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections?. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 18(7), 1326-1333.
166. McCormick ZL, Korn M, Reddy R, Marcolina A, Dayanim D, Mattie R, Cushman D, Bhave M, McCarthy RJ, Khan D, Nagpal G, Walega D (2017). Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of the Genicular Nerves for Chronic Pain due to Knee Osteoarthritis: Six-Month Outcomes. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 18(9), 1631-1641.
167. McCormick ZL, Bhave M, Lee DT, Scholten P, Chu SK, Babu AN, Caldwell M, Ziegler C, Ashraf H, Clark R, Gross C, Cara J, McCormick K, Ross B, Press J, Walega DR, Cushman (2017). The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Intraarticular Hip Injection: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Pain physician, 20(5), E721-E726.
168. Mattie R, Wong J, McCormick Z, Yu S, Saltychev M, Laimi (2017). Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy for the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review of the Literature. PM & R, 9(6), 603-611.
169. Maneyapanda MB, McCormick ZL, Marciniak C, Reger (2017). Long-Term Dosing of Intrathecal Baclofen in the Treatment of Spasticity After Acquired Brain Injury. PM & R, 9(6), 556-562.
170. Cushman D, Teramoto M, Curtis B, Lee DT, Marcolina A, McCormick (2017). Does Trainee Involvement in Fluoroscopic Injections Affect Fluoroscopic Time, Immediate Pain Reduction, and Complication Rate?. PM & R, 9(10), 1013-1019.
171. Plastaras C, McCormick Z, Nguyen C, Rho M, Nack SH, Roth D, Casey E, Carneiro K, Cucchiara A, Press J, McLean J, Caldera F (2016). Is Hip Abduction Strength Asymmetry Present in Female Runners in the Early Stages of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome? Am J Sports Med, 44(1), 105-12.
172. Maneyapanda MB, Chang Chien GC, Mattie R, Amorapanth P, Reger C, McCormick Z (2016). Ultrasound Guidance for Technically Challenging Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Refill: Three Cases and Procedure Description. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 95(9), 692-7.
173. Joshi AB, McCormick ZL, Sully K, Garvan C, Plastaras C (2016). Factors That Predict Satisfaction With Medical Care: Data From 27,212 Injured Workers Surveyed for 14 Years. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 58(1), 101-7.
174. McCormick ZL, Lynch M, Liem B, Jacobs G, Hwang P, Hornby TG, Rydberg L, Roth (2016). Feasibility for developing cardiovascular exercise recommendations for persons with motor-complete paraplegia based on manual wheelchair propulsion; A protocol and preliminary data. The journal of spinal cord medicine, 39(1), 45-9.
175. McCormick ZL, Lynch M, Jacobs J, Liem B, Hwang P, Hornby TG, Ryderberg L, Roth (2016). Feasibility for Developing Cardiovascular Exercise Recommendations for Persons with Motor-Complete Paraplegia Based on Wheel Propulsion Energy Consumption. The journal of spinal cord medicine, 39(1), 45-49.
176. Babu AN, McCormick Z, Kennedy DJ, Press (2016). Local, national, and service component cost variations in the management of low back pain: Considerations for the clinician. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 29(4), 685-692.
177. El-Yahchouchi CA, Plastaras CT, Maus TP, Carr CM, McCormick ZL, Geske JR, Smuck M, Pingree MJ, Kennedy D (2016). Adverse Event Rates Associated with Transforaminal and Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections: A Multi-Institutional Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 17(2), 239-49.
178. McCormick ZL, Cushman D, Lee DT, Scholten P, Chu SK, Babu AN, Caldwell M, Ziegler C, Ashraf H, Sundar B, Clark R, Gross C, Cara J, McCormick K, Ross B, Smith CC, Press J, Smuck M, Walega D (2016). Is There a Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Sacroiliac Joint Injection? A Multicenter Cohort Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 17(7), 1241-8.
179. McCormick ZL, Slipman C, Kotcharian A, Chhatre A, Bender FJ 3rd, Salam A, Menkin S, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras (2016). Percutaneous Lumbar Disc Decompression Using the Dekompressor: A Prospective Long-Term Outcome Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 17(6), 1023-1030.
180. Carr CM, Plastaras CT, Pingree MJ, Smuck M, Maus TP, Geske JR, El-Yahchouchi CA, McCormick ZL, Kennedy D (2016). Immediate Adverse Events in Interventional Pain Procedures: A Multi-Institutional Study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 17(12), 2155-2161.
181. Cushman D, Mattie R, Curtis B, Flis A, McCormick Z (2016). The effect of body mass index on fluoroscopic time and radiation dose during lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections. The spine journal, 16(7), 876-83.
182. Saltychev M, Vastamäki H, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Vastamäki M, Laimi (2016). Psychometric Properties of the Pain Numeric Rating Scale When Applied to Multiple Body Regions among Professional Musicians. PloS one, 11(9), e0161874.
183. McCormick ZL, Chu SK, Binler D, Neudorf D, Mathur SN, Lee J, Marciniak (2016). Intrathecal Versus Oral Baclofen: A Matched Cohort Study of Spasticity, Pain, Sleep, Fatigue, and Quality of Life. PM & R, 8(6), 553-62.
184. Chu SK, Babu AN, McCormick Z, Mathews A, Toledo S, Oswald (2016). Outcomes of Inpatient Rehabilitation in Patients With Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty. PM & R, 8(8), 761-6.
185. Cushman D, Flis A, Jensen B, McCormick (2016). The Effect of Body Mass Index on Fluoroscopic Time and Radiation Dose During Sacroiliac Joint Injections. PM & R, 8(8), 767-72.
186. Cushman DM, Mattie R, Clements ND, McCormick Z (2016). The Effect of Body Mass Index on Fluoroscopic Time and Radiation Dose During Intra-articular Hip Injections. PM & R, 8(9), 876-82.
187. McCormick ZL, Cushman D, Marshall B, Caldwell M, Patel J, Ghannad L, Eng C, Makovitch S, Babu A, Chu SK, Marciniak C, Walega DR, Press J, Plastaras C, Kennedy D (2016). Pain Reduction and Repeat Injections After Transforaminal Epidural Injection With Particulate Versus Nonparticulate Steroid for the Treatment of Chronic Painful Lumbosacral Radiculopathy. PM & R, 8(11), 1039-1045.
188. Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Laimi (2016). Poster 109 Confirmatory Factor Analysis of 12-Item WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) in Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions. PM & R, 8(9S), S197.
189. Maneyapanda MB, McCormick Z, Marciniak CM, Reger C (2016). Poster 372 Long-Term Intrathecal Baclofen Treatment for Spasticity after Acquired Brain Injury: Does Diagnosis Affect Dosing?. PM & R, 8(9S), S282.
190. Mattie R, McCormick Z, Saltychev M, Laimi (2016). Poster 403 Using Item Response Theory to Determine the Ability of the Numeric Rating Scale to Accurately Discriminate Between Levels of Pain Severity in Patients with Radicular or Musculoskeletal Pain. PM & R, 8(9S), S293.
191. Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Laimi K, Saltychev (2016). Using Item Response Theory to Determine the Ability of the Numeric Rating Scale to Accurately Discriminate Between Levels of Pain Severity in Patients with Radicular or Musculoskeletal. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.07.330. Epub 2016 Sep 24. PM & R, 8(9S), S293.
192. McCormick Z (2016). Public Commentary: Best Practices in Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy: Optimizing Therapy and Troubleshooting. Neuromodulation,
193. Reddy RD, McCormick ZL, Marshall B, Mattie R, Walega D (2016). Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of Genicular Nerves for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain: A Protocol for Patient Selection and Case Series. Anesthesiology and pain medicine, 6(6), e39696.
194. Lucas M, Stewart C, Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Saltychev M, Levin (2016). A Systematic Review of Available Treatments for Discogenic Low Back Pain. Current physical medicine and rehabilitation reports, 4(2), 117-31.
195. Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Huie (2016). Presentation and Rehabilitation in a Patient with Toxoplasmosis Encephalitis: A Case Study and Review. 8(6), 602-606.
196. McCormick Z, Kennedy DJ, Garvan C, Rivers E, Temme K, Margolis S, Zander E, Rohr A, Smith MC, Plastaras (2015). Comparison of Pain Score Reduction Using Triamcinolone vs. Betamethasone in Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 94(12), 1058-64.
197. Cushman D, McCormick Z, Casey E, Plastaras C (2015). Discrepancies in describing pain: is there agreement between numeric rating scale scores and pain reduction percentage reported by patients with musculoskeletal pain after corticosteroid injection?. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 16(5), 870-6.
198. McCormick ZL, Gagnon CM, Caldwell M, Patel J, Kornfeld S, Atchison J, Stanos S, Harden RN, Calisoff (2015). Short-Term Functional, Emotional, and Pain Outcomes of Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Treated in a Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 16(12), 2357-67.
199. Plastaras C, McCormick ZL, Garvan C, Macron D, Joshi A, Chimes G, Smeal W, Rittenberg J, Kennedy D (2015). Adverse events associated with fluoroscopically guided lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injections. The spine journal, 15(10), 2157-65.
200. Lynch MM, McCormick Z, Liem B, Jacobs G, Hwang P, Hornby TG, Rydberg L, Roth E (2015). Energy Cost of Lower Body Dressing, Pop-Over Transfers, and Manual Wheelchair Propulsion in People with Paraplegia Due to Motor-Complete Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, 21(2), 140-8.
201. McCormick Z, Margolis S, Temme K, Rivers E, Cameron SA, Smith MC, Rohr A, Zander E, Garvan C, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras (2015). Concordant pain provocation during transforaminal epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radiculopathy: effect on pain outcome and predictive factors. Pain physician, 18(1), E19-26.
202. McCormick ZL, Walega D (2015). Cervical epidural steroid injection for refractory somatic tinnitus. Pain practice, 15(2), e28-33.
203. McCormick ZL, Chu SK, Goodman D, Oswald M, Reger C, Sliwa (2015). An Appropriate Population for Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation? A Case Series of Three Patients With Advanced Heart Failure on Continuous Inotropic Support. PM & R, 7(6), 662-6.
204. McCormick Z (2015). Public Commentary: Best Practices in Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy: Dosing and Long-Term Management. Neuromodulation,
205. Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Yu S, Kennedy DJ, Levin (2015). Are All Epidurals Created Equally? A Review of the Literature on Caudal, Interlaminar, and Transforaminal Injections from the Last 5 years. Current physical medicine and rehabilitation reports, 3(2), 159-72.
206. McCormick ZL, Kennedy D (2015). Truth in Medicine: Why most reviews and commentaries on spine treatments are flawed. Current physical medicine and rehabilitation reports, 3(2), 124-8.
207. McCormick Z, Cushman D, Caldwell M, Marshall B, Ghannad L, Eng C, Patel J, Makovitch S, Chu SK, Babu AN, Walega DR, Marciniak C, Press J, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras (2015). Does Electrodiagnostic Confirmation of Radiculopathy Predict Pain Reduction after Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection? A Multicenter Study. Journal of nature and science, 1(8),
208. McCormick ZL, Marshall B, Walker J, McCarthy R, Walega D (2015). Long-Term Function, Pain and Medication Use Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation for Lumbar Facet Syndrome. International journal of anesthetics and anesthesiology, 2(2),
209. McCormick Z, Cushman D, Casey E, Garvan C, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras (2014). Factors associated with pain reduction after transforaminal epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radicular pain. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 95(12), 2350-6.
210. McCormick Z, Plastaras (2014). Transforaminal epidural steroid injection in the treatment of lumbosacral radicular pain caused by epidural lipomatosis: a case series and review. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 27(2), 181-90.
211. McCormick Z, Chang-Chien G, Marshall B, Huang M, Harden R (2014). Phantom limb pain: a systematic neuroanatomical-based review of pharmacologic treatment. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 15(2), 292-305.
212. Chien GC, McCormick Z, Araujo M, Candido K (2014). The potential contributing effect of ketorolac and fluoxetine to a spinal epidural hematoma following a cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injection: a case report and narrative review. Pain physician, 17(3), E385-95.
213. Plastaras C, McCormick Z, Macron D, Garvan C, Joshi A, Chimes G, Smeal W, Rittenberg (2014). Adverse events associated with fluoroscopically guided zygapophyseal joint injections. Pain physician, 17(4), 297-304.
214. Chang-Chien GC, Knezevic NN, McCormick Z, Chu SK, Trescot AM, Candido K (2014). Transforaminal versus interlaminar approaches to epidural steroid injections: a systematic review of comparative studies for lumbosacral radicular pain. Pain physician, 17(4), E509-24.
215. Mathur SN, Chu SK, McCormick Z, Chang Chien GC, Marciniak C (2014). Long-term intrathecal baclofen: outcomes after more than 10 years of treatment. PM & R, 6(6), 506-513.e1.
216. McCormick Z, Bouffard KJ, Neudorf D, Casey (2014). A mediastinal mass presenting with unilateral periscapular and arm pain. PM & R, 6(6), 560-3.
217. Chu SK, McCormick Z, Hwang S, Sliwa JA, Rydberg (2014). Outcomes of acute inpatient rehabilitation of patients with left ventricular assist devices. PM & R, 6(11), 1008-12.
218. McCormick ZL, Walker JT, Marshall B, McCarthy R, Walega D (2014). Long-term Pain and Functional Outcomes of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation for Lumbar Facet Syndrome: A Case Series. Physical medicine and rehabilitation international, 1(5), 5.
219. McCormick Z (2014). A Systematic Review of Opioid Prescription Guidelines for the Treatment of Chronic Pain.
220. McCormick Z (2014). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Migraine Prophylaxis. 22(10),
221. McCormick Z (2014). A Practical Plan for Preventing Low Back Pain.
222. McCormick ZL, Plastaras (2013). Efficacy of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection in the Treatment of Lumbosacral Radicular Pain in Obese, Overweight, and Non-overweight Populations; a Pilot Study. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 26(2), 183-8.
223. McCormick Z, Chu SK, Chang-Chien GC, Joseph (2013). Acute pain control challenges with buprenorphine/naloxone therapy in a patient with compartment syndrome secondary to McArdle's disease: a case report and review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 14(8), 1187-91.
224. McCormick Z, Lynch M, Chen (2013). Fever after traumatic spinal cord injury: a case of Brucella sepsis. PM & R, 5(11), 982-4.
225. McCormick Z (2013). Characterizing Long-term Pain and Pain-related Disability in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis. 21(10),
226. McCormick Z (2013). The Effects of Wedged Footwear on Lower Limb Frontal Plane Biomechanics During Running.
227. McCormick Z (2013). Characterizing Diffuse Axonal Injury after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: a Novel use of Moltivoxel Proton Spectroscopy. 21(3),
228. McCormick Z (2013). The Incidence of Stingers in Professional Football Players. 21(1),
229. McCormick Z (2012). Ambient hospital noise causes sleep disruption as measured by EEG. 21(9),

Review

1. Stensland M, McGeary D, Covell C, Fitzgerald E, Mojallal M, Lugosi S, Lehman L, McCormick Z, Nabity (2025). The role of psychosocial factors in mediating the treatment response of epidural steroid injections for low back pain with or without lumbosacral radiculopathy: A scoping review. PloS one, 20(1), e0316366.
2. Chen AS, Leet JG, Schneider B, Teramoto M, Abdullah NM, McCormick Z (2024). Physician turnover rates and job stability in interventional spine and pain practices: Results of an IPSIS survey study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(1), 100392.
3. Schneider BJ, Hunt C, Conger A, Qu W, Maus TP, Vorobeychik Y, Cheng J, Duszynski B, McCormick Z (2022). The effectiveness of intradiscal biologic treatments for discogenic low back pain: a systematic review. The spine journal, 22(2), 226-237.
4. Fogarty AE, Burnham T, Kuo K, Tate Q, Sperry BP, Cheney C, Walega DR, Kohan L, Cohen SP, Cushman DM, McCormick ZL, Conger (2022). The Effectiveness of Fluoroscopically Guided Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Knee Pain Due to Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 101(5), 482-492.
5. Gill B, Cheney C, Clements N, Przybsyz AG, McCormick ZL, Conger (2022). Radiofrequency Ablation for Zygapophyseal Joint Pain. Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America, 33(2), 233-249.
6. Meiling JB, Barndt BS, Ha CT, Eubanks JE Jr, Schappell JB, Raum GM, Khan SA, Prokop L, Conger A, McCormick ZL, Hunt C (2022). The therapeutic effect of genicular nerve radiofrequency for chronic knee pain after a total knee arthroplasty: A systematic review. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(1), 100072.
7. Conger A, Gililland J, Anderson L, Pelt CE, Peters C, McCormick Z (2021). Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Painful Knee Osteoarthritis: Current Evidence and Future Directions. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(Suppl 1), S20-S23.
8. Yang AJ, Wagner G, Burnham T, McCormick ZL, Schneider B (2021). Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Complex Pain: A Comprehensive Review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(Suppl 1), S9-S13.
9. Eckmann MS, McCormick ZL, Beal C, Julia J, Cheney CW, Nagpal A (2021). Putting Our Shoulder to the Wheel: Current Understanding and Gaps in Nerve Ablation for Chronic Shoulder Pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(Suppl 1), S2-S8.
10. Michalik A, Conger A, Smuck M, Maus TP, McCormick Z (2021). Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Vertebral Body Endplate Low Back Pain: Current Evidence and Future Directions. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(Suppl 1), S24-S30.
11. Sperry BP, Cheney CW, Kuo KT, Clements N, Burnham T, Conger A, Cushman DM, McCormick Z (2021). Percutaneous treatments for residual and/or phantom limb pain in adults with lower-extremity amputations: A narrative review. PM & R, 15(2), 235-245.
12. Mattie R, Brar N, Tram JT, McCormick ZL, Beall DP, Fox A, Saltychev (2021). Vertebral Augmentation of Cancer-Related Spinal Compression Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Spine, 46(24), 1729-1737.
13. Cheney CW, Ahmadian A, Brennick C, Zheng P, Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Nagpal (2021). Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Hip Pain: A Comprehensive, Narrative Review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(Suppl 1), S14-S19.
14. House LM, Barrette K, Mattie R, McCormick Z (2018). Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: Techniques and Evidence. Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America, 29(1), 1-17.
15. Kendall MC, Robbins ZM, Cohen A, Minn M, Benzuly SE, Triebwasser AS, McCormick ZL, Gorgone (2017). Selected highlights in clinical anesthesia research. Journal of clinical anesthesia, 43, 90-97.

Commentary

1. Tate Q, Meiling JB, Burnham TR, Conger A, McCormick Z (2022). A Pilot Study of an Expanded Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation Protocol for the Treatment of Chronic Knee Pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(3), 599-602.

Case Report

1. Safaeian P, Mattie R, Hahn M, Plastaras CT, McCormick Z (2016). Novel Treatment of Radicular Pain With a Multi-Mechanistic Combination Topical Agent: A Case Series and Literature Review. Anesthesiology and pain medicine, 6(2), e33322.

Editorial

1. Robinson CL, Stojanovic MP, McCormick Z (2025). Regenerative medicine: Are we at a crossroads for interventional pain medicine or just another phase?. Interventional Pain Medicine, 4(4), 100718.
2. Cohen SP, Gerdesmeyer L, McCormick Z (2024). Non-surgical interventional treatments for knee osteoarthritis: The need for different perspectives, cross-specialty collaboration, and preclinical and translational research. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(1), 100385.
3. Sherwood D, Rivers WE, Hunt C, McCormick Z, de Andres J, Schneider B (2023). Commentary on recent spinal cord stimulation publications. Interventional Pain Medicine, 2(1), 100241.
4. McCormick Z (2022). Vertebrogenic Pain: A Phenomenon Driving New Understanding of Chronic Axial Low Back Pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(Suppl 2), S1.
5. Conger A, Smuck M, Truumees E, Lotz JC, DePalma MJ, McCormick Z (2022). Vertebrogenic Pain: A Paradigm Shift in Diagnosis and Treatment of Axial Low Back Pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(Suppl 2), S63-S71.
6. Burnham TR, McCormick Z, Norman Harden (2022). The Need to Elevate Research Rigor Involving Regenerative Agents and Orthobiologics as Pain Treatments. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(7), 1199-1200.
7. Ehsanian R, Malone DC, Hambraeus J, Monteiro PM, Hodde M, Lee D, McKenna M, Wahezi SE, McCormick ZL, Duszynski B, Cheng D (2022). Guidelines for composing and assessing a paper on the treatment of pain: A practical application of evidence-based medicine principles to a cost-effectiveness analysis of the MINT randomized clinical trials. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(1), 100010.
8. McCormick Z (2021). The Growth of Radiofrequency Denervation for Pain Indications. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(Suppl 1), S1.
9. McCormick ZL, Hurley (2021). The Evolution of Radiofrequency Denervation for Pain Indications. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(7), 1465-1467.
10. McCormick ZL, Schneider BJ, Prather H, Sullivan W, Smuck (2020). Approaching the Management of Expectations in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Enthusiasm vs Realism. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(8), 1519-1522.

Letter

1. Durbhakula S, Broachwala M, Schuster NM, McCormick Z (2023). Striking Errors in the Methodology, Execution, and Conclusions of the Cochrane Library Review of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Low Back Pain by Traeger et al. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.),
2. Glinka Przybysz A, Cooper A, McCormick Z (2023). Response to: Commentary by Dr. Wahezi et al., "The importance of interventional pain research in academic settings: a call for change to fortify our future. A message from the Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD)". Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 24(12), 1401-1402.
3. Koshi E, Sperry BP, Maus T, Oxner W, McCormick ZL, Murphy (2021). Radicular Pain from Intervertebral Disc Cysts Effectively Treated Without Aspiration by Infraneural Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(3), 762-765.
4. Waring PH, Schneider BJ, McCormick Z (2021). Comparative Versus Non-Comparative Dual Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks before Radiofrequency Neurotomy: Is There a Difference in Prognostic Value?. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 22(8), 1883-1884.
5. McCormick ZL, Burnham T, Walega D (2021). Response to 'Effect of low-dose lidocaine on objective upper extremity strength and immediate pain relief following cervical interlaminar epidural injections: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial'. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 46(12), 1114.
6. McCormick ZL, Schneider BJ, Smith CC, Duszynski BS, Stojanovic M (2021). Clinical Relevance of Epidural Steroid Injections on Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome-related Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. The Clinical journal of pain, 37(11), 865-866.
7. Clements ND, McCormick ZL, Vydra D, Nagpal A, Akuthota V, Kennedy DJ, Cushman D (2020). Serious Complications Associated with Interventional Spine Procedures-Results of a Spine Intervention Society Survey. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(3), 651-653.
8. Khan D, Nagpal G, Conger A, McCormick ZL, Walega D (2020). Clinically Significant Hematoma as a Complication of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of the Genicular Nerves; a Case Series. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(7), 1513-1515.
9. Eckmann MS, Johal J, Bickelhaupt B, McCormick Z, Abdallah RT, Menzies R, Soliman S, Nagpal A (2020). Terminal Sensory Articular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Intractable Shoulder Pain: A Novel Technique and Case Series. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(4), 868-871.
10. Conger A, Shah L, Shah V, McCormick (2020). Cone Beam Tomosynthesis: An Emerging Technology for Procedural Image Guidance. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(10), 2610-2613.
11. Walega D, Mccormick Z, Avram (2019). Pre-TKR genicular nerve ablation. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
12. Vydra D, Hynes A, Clements N, Nagpal A, Julia J, Schneider BJ, Maus TP, Cushman DM, McCormick Z (2019). Current Practice Trends in Image Guidance During Lumbar and Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(11), 2327-2329.
13. McCormick ZL, Walega D (2019). Managing Patient Expectations Is Vital to Successful Pain Management. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(7), 1453-1454.
14. Miller DC, Schneider BJ, McCormick Z (2019). Caution When Withholding Antithrombotic and Antiplatelet Agents for Interventional Spine Procedures and the Need for Further Risk Stratification. Pain physician, 22(4), 413-415.
15. Conger A, McCormick ZL, Henrie A (2019). Pes Anserine Tendon Injury Resulting from Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of the Inferior Medial Genicular Nerve. PM & R, 11(11), 1244-1247.
16. Burnham T, Hilgenhurst G, McCormick Z (2019). Second-degree Skin Burn from a Radiofrequency Grounding Pad: A Case Report and Review of Risk-Mitigation Strategies. PM & R, 11(10), 1139-1142.
17. McCormick ZL, Walega D (2018). Third-Degree Skin Burn from Conventional Radiofrequency Ablation of the Inferiomedial Genicular Nerve. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(5), 1095-1097.
18. McCormick ZL, Walega D (2018). Achieving Meaningful Success in Studies of Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(10), 2093-2094.
19. Walega DR, McCormick Z (2018). Chemical Neurolysis of the Genicular Nerves for Chronic Knee Pain: Reviving an Old Dog and an Old Trick. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(9), 1882-1884.
20. McCormick Z, Kennedy DJ, Garvan C, Rivers E, Temme K, Margolis S, Zander E, Rohr A, Smith MC, Plastaras (2015). Response to: Letter to the Editor Regarding Comparison of Pain Score Reduction Using Triamcinolone vs. Betamethasone in Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain. McCormick Z et al. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2015 Apr 16 [EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT]. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 94(12), e122-4.

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