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Andrew J. Pugely, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Introduction

Dr. Andrew J. Pugely is an Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa. Dr. Pugely joined the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in July 2016. Dr. Pugely received his medical school training from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Health Care Delivery Science at Dartmouth. Dr. Pugely completed his residency at the University of Iowa before moving on to a fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO., and then a fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Comprehensive Spine Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Pugely is the President of the Iowa Orthopedics Society, Vice Chair and a member of the North American Spine Society (NASS) Value Committee. He is a member of the Iowa Orthopedics Society, AO Spine North America, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Iowa Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Pugely is dedicated to providing surgical care to adults with a wide variety of spine conditions.

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Education

  • BS in Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
  • MD, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Masters of Health Care Delivery Science, Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business and The Dartmouth Institute, Hanover, New Hampshire
  • Resident in Orthopedic Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Adult and Fellowship Pediatric Spine Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Fellow in Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Research Interests

  • Areas of research interest include Health informatics; database research: NSQIP, NIS, KID, Medicare, SEER, ABOS; Health economics; performance measurement; risk-adjustment methodology; surgical volume/utilization trends. Orthopedic surgery: total joint arthroplasty, spine, trauma, arthroscopy, and pediatrics.
  • Clinical - Adult deformity spinal surgery; pediatric deformity, spine trauma, outpatient surgery, minimally invasive surgery
  • Research - Health informatics; database research: NSQIP, NIS, KID, Medicare, SEER, ABOS; health economics; performance measurement; risk-adjustment methodology; surgical volume / utilization trends Orthopedic Surgery: total joint arthroplasty, spine trauma, arthroscopy, pediatrics

Licenses & Certifications

  • State of Iowa Medical License, Iowa
  • Board Certification, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Olinger CR, Pugely, A. Fracture-dislocations of the Subaxial Cervical Spine. Seminars in Spine Surgery: Cervical Trauma, Stephens.
  • Poorani Sekar, James Merchant, Bruce Alexander, Kelly Miell, Brice Beck, Rajeshwari Nair, Daniel Suh, Christopher Richards, Mireia Puig-Asensio, Andrew Pugely, Julia Walhof, Kimberly Dukes, Marin Schweizer, 1306. Lower Treatment Failure Rates in Patients with Non-Staphylococcal Prosthetic Joint Infections (PJI) Treated with Debridement and Implant Retention (DAIR) Receiving Chronic Antibiotic Suppression (CAS), Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue Supplement_2, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1145
  • Ganesh V, Kancherla Y, Igram CM, Pugely AJ, Salem AK, Shin K, Lim TH, Seol D. Pharmacotherapies to prevent epidural fibrosis after laminectomy: a systematic review of in vitro and in vivo animal models. Spine J. (10):1471-1484. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.05.007.
  • Bydon M, Sardar ZM, Michalopoulos GD, El Sammak S, Chan AK, Carreon LY, Norheim E, Park P, Ratliff JK, Tumialán L, Pugely AJ, Steinmetz MP, Hsu W, Knightly JJ, Ziegenhorn DM, Donnelly PC, Mullen KJ, Rykowsky S, De A, Potts EA, Coric D, Wang MY, Qureshi S, Sethi RK, Fu KM, Patel AA, Yoon ST, Brodke D, Stroink AR, Bisson EF, Haid RW, Asher AL, Burton D, Mummaneni PV, Glassman SD. Representativeness of the American Spine Registry: a comparison of patient characteristics with the National Inpatient Sample. J Neurosurg Spine. 39(2):228-237. doi: 10.3171/2023.3.SPINE221264.
  • Shray Kumar, Katelyn Koschmeder, Alex Coffman, Natalie Glass, Valerie Keffala, Cassim Igram, Andrew Pugely, Catherine Olinger; (2024) Evaluation of Pain Catastrophizing Scale for surgical referral to pain psychology in patients undergoing spinal surgery; PMID: 39021894
  • Callaghan JJ, Rosenberg AA, Rubash HE, Clohisy JC, Beaule PE, Della Valle CJ. The Adult Hip, 3rd Ed.  Wolters Kluwer 2016. Callaghan JJ, Liu SS, Pugely AJ. Overview of Primary Femoral Components. In the Adult Hip, 3rd Ed, Callaghan JJ, Rosenberg AA, Rubash HE, Clohisy JC, Beaule PE, Della Valle CJ (editors), Wolters Kluwer, 2016, Chapter 55, pg 716-720.
  • Anderson PA, Pugely AJ. Chapter 11: Surgical Approach to the Posterior Cervical Spine. Bridwell and Dewald’s Textbook of Spinal Surgery. Bridwell KH, Gupta MC. LWW. Dec 16, 2019
  • Pugely AJ, Huddleston P, Kalakoti P. Physician and Hospital Reputation Management. How to Navigate the Quagmire of Public Quality Rankings, Patient Satisfaction and Online Reviews. SpineLine. March/April 2018.
  • Pugely AJ, Odum SM. Bundled Payments in Spinal Surgery: What Does the Practicing Clinician Need to Know. SpineLine. May/June 2017.