TEXAS BACK INSTITUTE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

The Texas Back Institute Research Foundation (TBIRF) was founded in 1985 to fulfill the mission of improving care for patients with back pain through research and education. With the collaborative efforts of multiple spine centers nationally and internationally, TBIRF has performed research focused primarily on diagnostic evaluations and treatment outcomes. This work has included topics such as discography, presurgical psychosocial screening and new technologies such as total disc replacements and minimally invasive surgical procedures. The findings from the research work are shared with peers through presentations at numerous national and international spine conferences and are published in medical journals such as Spine, the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, and The Spine Journal. A compilation of the research work performed at TBIRF as well as by the TBI faculty of the Spine Surgery Fellowship Training Program can be viewed by clicking here. The Foundation has organized the..

Also known as: TBIRF, Texas Back

Primary location: Plano United States