Tapanut Chuntarapas, M.D.

Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Surgery

• M.D., Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
• Diploma of Clinical Sciences, Mahidol University Thailand
• Diploma of the Thai Board of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute of Thailand
• Certificate Fellowship in Spine Surgery, Saint Louis University, Missouri USA.
• Certificate Fellowship in Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Wooridul Spine Hospial, Seoul, South Korea.
• Certificate of Chinese Thai Acupuncture, the 7th Acupuncture Certification Program

• Fellowship in Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Wooridul Spine Hospial, Seoul, South Korea.
• Fellowship in Endoscopic Spine Surgery, The Tantan Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
• Certificate of Attendance “International Endoscopic Spine Surgery Workshop”
• Endoscopic Lumbar Spine Surgery Workshop, S Spine & Nerve Hospital, Bangkok Thailand
• Endoscopic Spinal Disease Treatment Seminar 2024, S Spine & Nerve Hospital, Bangkok Thailand
• Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Himmaeera Hospital, Busan South Korea
• The 20th ASEAN Congress of Neurological Surgery, Chiang Mai Thailand

•  Zebala LP, Chuntarapas T, Kelly MP, Talcott M, Greco S, Riew KD. Intrawound vancomycin powder eradicates surgical wound contamination: an in vivo rabbit study. J Bone Joint Surg Am.2014 Jan 1;96(1):46-51
• Song KS, Piyaskulkaew C, Chuntarapas T, Buchowski JM, Kim HJ, Park MS, Kang H, Riew KD. Dynamic radiographic criteria for detecting pseudarthrosis following anterior cervical arthrodesis. J Bone Joint Surg Am.2014 Apr 2;96(7):557-63.
• Kim HJ, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Park MS, Song KS, Piyaskulkaew C, Chuntarapas T. Patients With Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Requiring Revision Surgery have Higher Post-op Lumbar Lordosis and Larger Sagittal Balance Corrections. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Jan 29. [Epub ahead of print]
• O'Neill KR, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Chuntarapas T, Dorward I, Neuman B, Ahmad A, Baldus C. Extension of Spine Fusion to the Sacrum following Long Fusions for Deformity Correction. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Apr 8. [Epub ahead of print]
• Mesfin A, Park MS, Piyaskulkaew C, Chuntarapas T, Song KS, Kim HJ, Riew KD. Neck Pain following laminoplasty. Global Spine J 2015;5:17–22.
• Han Jo Kim, Lawrence G. Lenke, Yasushi Oshima, Tapanut Chuntarapas, Addisu Mesfin, Stuart Hershman, Jeremy L. Fogelson, K. Daniel Riew. Cervical lordosis actually increases with aging and progressive degeneration in spinal deformity patients. Spinal Deformity J 2014 Sep vol2 issue 5 ,p410-414
• Oshima Y, Kelly MP, Song KS, Park MS, Chuntarapas T, Vo KD, Yeom JS, Takeshita K, Riew KD. Spinolaminar line test as a screening tool for C1 stenosis. Global Spine J. 2016 Jun;6(4):370-4.
• Mesfin A, Bakhsh WR, Chuntarapas T, Riew KD. Cervical scoliosis: Clinical and radiographic outcomes. Global Spine J. 2016 Feb;6(1):7-13