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Gene Tekmyster, DO

Title(s)	Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
School	Keck School of Medicine of Usc
Address	Toyota Sports Performance Center - Orthopaedic Clinic Health Sciences Campus El Segundo CA 90245
Phone	+1 323 865 7710
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Biography

Awards and Honors

NASS	2021		SpineLine “20 under 40.”
NASS	2023		Chair of Patient Safety Committee for NASS (North American Spine Society) as of 11/2023

Overview

Gene Tekmyster, DO, believes that the goal of treatment should be optimization and return of pre-injury function. Dr. Tekmyster is double board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and in sports medicine. As a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician (physiatrist), his focus remains on decreasing pain and working with his patients to allow them to resume their activities. As each person is unique, patients can be confident an individualized treatment plan will be presented and implemented. His specialties include advanced interventional spine care, regenerative treatments and sports medicine.

In demand as a speaker nationally and internationally, Dr. Tekmyster has widely published and presented on spine and sports medicine topics. He is at the forefront of spine research with an interest in regenerative therapeutics to treat chronic low back pain. In the time he has been a part of Keck Medicine of USC he has brought in new technologies to treat chronic low back pain an spinal stenosis.

Dr. Tekmyster is a physician consultant for the Los Angeles Kings professional hockey team and USC Trojans Athletic Medicine and team physician for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard teams.

He enjoys outdoor activities, especially cycling and hiking with his family. He also is an avid weightlifter and holds weightlifting and strength training coaching certifications.

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In The News

	The Doc Talk (2/6/2024)
	Why these DOs pursued MBAs (8/1/2023)
	The NASS Podcast Ask the Experts: Current updates and evidence for regenerative intradiscal treatment options Gene Tekmyster, DO Zorica Buser, PhD, MBA Ken Blank, PhD, MS, MHA (7/1/2023)
	The NASS Podcast Ask the Experts: Updates to SMaX: Prevention of Wrong-Site Spinal Surgery & Procedures Gene Tekmyster, DO Addisu Mesfin, M (7/1/2023)
	Podium Presentation and at the American Academy of PM&R Annual Assembly, Nashville, TN Management of Athletic Pubalgia (11/1/21)
	Podium Presentation at North American Spine Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA Assessment of hemorrhagic complications during interventional spine facet joint procedures. (9/1/21)
	Periprocedural management of anticoagulant and antiplatelet medication – An update and evidenced based approach, USC Spine Center Virtual Symposium and Webinar (9/1/21)
	Podium Presentation at Spine Intervention Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC The Incidence of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Complications Associated With Ceasing Vs Maintaining Anticoagulant And /Or Antiplatelet Agents For Spine Pain Interventions Targeting The Facet Joint. (8/1/21)

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Publications

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Telehealth in PM&R: Past, present, and future in clinical practice and opportunities for translational research. PM R. 2023 09; 15(9):1156-1174. Tenforde AS, Alexander JJ, Alexander M, Annaswamy TM, Carr CJ, Chang P, Díaz M, Iaccarino MA, Lewis SB, Millett C, Pandit S, Ramirez CP, Rinaldi R, Roop M, Slocum CS, Tekmyster G, Venesy D, Verduzco-Gutierrez M, Zorowitz RD, Rowland TR. PMID: 37354209.

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Phy Physical and Rehabilitation Me Tra Traumatology
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Team Approach: Management of an Acute L4-L5 Disc Herniation. JBJS Rev. 2021 10 12; 9(10). Buser Z, Tekmyster G, Licari H, Lantz JM, Wang JC. PMID: 34637405.

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Ort Orthopedics
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Physical Therapy Considerations and Recommendations for Patients Following Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant Surgery. Neuromodulation. 2021 Apr 05. Tekmyster G, Jonely H, Lee DW, Myerson J, Avery M, Moradian M, Desai MJ. PMID: 33819381.

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Neu Neurology
Interspinous Process Decompression With The Superion® Spacer For Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Real-World Experience From A Device Registry. Med Devices (Auckl). 2019; 12:423-427. Tekmyster G, Sayed D, Cairns KD, Raso LJ, Kim C, Block JE. PMID: 31632160; PMCID: PMC6781846.

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Poster 160 Transient Unilateral Ptosis in Collegiate Hockey Player Due to Concussion: A Case Report. PM R. 2016 Sep; 8(9S):S214. Tekmyster G, Minaie A. PMID: 27672927.

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Phy Physical and Rehabilitation Me Tra Traumatology
Should antiplatelet medications be held before cervical epidural injections? PM R. 2014 May; 6(5):442-50. Furman MB, Plastaras CT, Popescu A, Tekmyster G, Davidoff S, Kennedy DJ. PMID: 24863733.

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Phy Physical and Rehabilitation Me Tra Traumatology
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