Ryan Snowden, M.D. Fellowship Trained Spine Surgeon

Biography

Ryan D. Snowden, M.D. is a fellowship-trained, orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine surgery. Dr. Snowden is a graduate of University of Louisville School of Medicine. Following this he completed an Orthopaedic Surgical residency at the University of Kentucky Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine where he was a recipient of the Thomas D. Brewer Visiting Professor Presentation Award. He completed his Spine Surgery fellowship with the Indiana Spine Group, focusing on complex cervical and lumbar deformity as well as all other aspects of spine surgery.

He holds memberships with the American Medical Association, the North American Spine Society and the Cervical Spine Research Society.

He has extensive research experience and interest in cervical disc arthroplasty, anterior cervical fusion, safety of ambulatory cervical and lumbar surgery, scoliosis, anterior lumbar surgery and Sacroiliac joint fusions. His research has been presented at several national meetings.

In his free time Dr. Snowden spends time with his wife, Christin Snowden, and sons Sawyer, Finley and Holden. He also enjoys golf, CrossFit, golf and playing with their two Labradors.

Education

Undergraduate:
-Georgetown College, 2004-2008, Georgetown, KY

Medical School:
-University of Louisville School of Medicine, 2008-2012, Louisville, KY

Residency:
-University of Kentucky Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, 2012-2017, Orthopaedic Surgical Residency, Lexington, KY

Fellowship:
-Indiana Spine Group, 2017-2018, Spine Fellowship, Carmel, IN

Research and Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Snowden R, Armstrong J, Mauffrey C, Seligson D. How we do it: posteromedial supine approach to the medial tibial plateau surgical and anatomic approach. EJOST. 2012 Aug 1;22(6):487-91.
D. Seligson. C Mauffrey, R Snowden. Knife edge plating for bicondylar plateau fracture. INJURY. 2011 Sep 1;42:S4
Functional Outcome of Primary Total Elbow Replacement Comparing Triceps On and Triceps Off surgical approaches. PI- Srinath Kamineni. SICOT 2014
Total Elbow Arthroplasty: Triceps Triple Window Approach. PI- Srinath Kamineni. Abstract SICOR 2014
Kamineni, Srinath, Eric Abbenhaus, and Ryan Snowden. "“Triple Window” Surgical Approach to the Elbow: A Hybrid Exposure." Techniques in Shoulder & Elbow Surgery 21.4 (2020): 116-123.
Characteristics of Obese Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. PI- Vince Prusik, Ryan Muchow. Ryan Snowden. SRS ePoster (2015).
Snowden RD, Prusick VW, Oeffinger DJ, Iwinski HJ, Muchow RD. Increased acute postoperative wound problems following spinal fusion in overweight patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B. 2019 Jul 1;28(4):374-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/BPB.0000000000000610
Jenkins TJ, Snowden RD, Smucker J, Hsu WK, Riew KD, Sasso RC. No SCARE Protocol: A Streamlined Safety Protocol. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 2019 May. PubMed ID: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-18-00698
Snowden R, Miller J, Saidon T, Smucker JD, Riew KD, Sasso R. Does index level sagittal alignment determine adjacent level disc height loss?. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2019 Jun 21;1(aop):1-8. Doi: 10.3171/2019.4.SPINE181468. - Podium Presentation CSRS Annual Meeting 2019
Snowden R, Fischer D, Kraemer P. Early outcomes and safety of outpatient (surgery center) vs inpatient based L5-S1 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2020 Jan 14. pii: S0967-5868(18)32206-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.11.001.
Boody BS, Smucker JD, Sasso W, Miller JW, Snowden R, Sasso RC. Evaluation of DIAM™ Spinal Stabilization System for lower lumbar disc degenerative disease: A randomized, prospective, single-site study. Journal of orthopaedics. 2020 Sep 1;21:171-7. PMID: 32256000 PMCID: PMC7118278 DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2020.03.025
Snowden, Ryan, and Rick Sasso. "Repair of pars interarticularis defect utilizing a pedicle and laminar screw construct: A technique discussion and case series." Techniques in Orthopaedics 36.1 (2021): 40-44.

Clinical Research

Clinical Outcomes for 1 & 2 level ACDF utilizing an Integrated Interbody Devices: Stalif-C. FDA IDE Trial
SI Joint Stabilization in Long Fusions to the Pelvis (SILVIA) ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04062630
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Medtronic.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04073563
OSTEOAMP Lumbar Fusion Intra-Patient Controlled Study (SELECT)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05405374

Presentations

Characteristics of Obese Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. PI- Vince Prusik, Ryan Muchow. Ryan Snowden. SRS ePoster Presentation (2015).
Snowden RD, Prusick VW, Oeffinger DJ, Iwinski HJ, Muchow RD. Increased acute postoperative wound problems following spinal fusion in overweight patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. PSONA ePoster Presentation (2015).
Snowden R, Miller J, Saidon T, Smucker JD, Riew KD, Sasso R. Does index level sagittal alignment determine adjacent level disc height loss? Podium Presentation CSRS Annual Meeting (2019)
Clinical Outcomes for 1 & 2 level ACDF utilizing an Integrated Interbody Devices: A Prospective, Non-Randomized Study. PI – Jad Khalil. E-poster SMISS Annual Meeting 2019, Global Spine Congress 2019, Podium Presentation ISASS 2019