Medical School: University of Washington College of Medicine, Seattle, WA (1986)
Spine Fellowship: Minnesota Spine Center, Minnesota, MN (1992)
Orthopaedic Residency: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (1991)
Excellence in Teaching Award in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Vermont (1995, 1998 and 2003)
Surgical Treatment of Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Disorders, Including Degenerative, Traumatic and Tumor Related Conditions
Special Interest and Training in Reconstructive Procedures and Adult and Pediatric Deformities
Dr. Monsey's research activities include clinical review of surgical treatment of metastatic spine disease, biomechanics of cervical orthoses, modeling of biomechanics risk prediction of pathological fractures, clinical studies of pre-op bracing as a prediction of fusion success, and use of Roentgen Stereophotogrammetric Analysis to evaluate changes in motion after fusion.
3/01/05 - 11/30/13: NIH 1R01AR051146 "Mechanical Injury and Repair in the Intervertebral Discs" (PI: James Iatridis)
Abbott RD, Purmessur D, Monsey RD, Brigstock DR, Laudier DM, Iatridis JC. Degenerative Grade Affects the Responses of Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells to Link-N, CTGF, and TGFß3. J Spinal Discord Tech. 2013;26(3):E86-94. PMID:22907063.
Abbott RD, Purmessur D, Monsey RD, Iatridis JC. Regenerative potential of TGFß3 + Dex and notochordal cell conditioned media on degenerated human intervertebral disc cells. J Orthop Res 2012 Mar;30(3):482-8. PMID:21866573.
Abbott RD, Purmessur D, Holenstein FO, Godburn KE, Monsey RD, Iatridis JC: TGFß3 Increases the Regenerative Potential of Human Degenerated Intervertebral Disc Cells while Notochordal Cell Conditioned Medium Stimulates Proteoglycan Syntheses. Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Volume 36, 2011
Abbott RD, Howe AK, Purmessur D, Monsey RD, Iatridis JC: Effects of Large Matrix Strains on Human Annulus Fibrosus Cells. Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Volume 36, 2011
Barbir A, Godburn KE, Michalek AJ, Lai A, Monsey RD, Iatridis JC: Effects of Torsion on Intervertebral Disc Gene Expression and Biomechanics using a Rat Tail Model. Spine 2011;36(8):607-614
Link to publications on PubMed