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Practice contact
(970) 476-7220
Vail
US
Ernest Braxton MD, MBA
Orthopaedic Surgeon - Spine Specialty
Professional level:
Practice
Primary Practice: Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
Primary Hospital: Vail Valley Medical Center
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Practice Contact

Phone
(970) 476-7220

Clinical Expertise

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Artificial Disc Technology Sports-Related Neurotrauma Motion Preservation Technology Awake Spine Surgery

Biography

Dr. Ernest E. Braxton Jr. is a Board-Certified neurosurgeon specializing in complex spine, minimally invasive outpatient spine surgery, artificial disc technology, and sports-related neurotrauma. He is passionate about minimally invasive spine surgery because patients return to performance faster. He is an expert with motion preservation technology such as artificial disc surgery and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Braxton is an Afghan war veteran with extensive experience caring for complex combat injuries during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Primary Practice

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Primary practice
Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery

Hospital Affiliations

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(219) 836-1600
HEART OF THE ROCKIES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
(719) 530-2200
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(405) 602-8100
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(970) 256-6201
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(334) 283-6541
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(308) 344-2650
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(937) 523-1000
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(307) 532-4181
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PRIMARY HOSPITAL
Vail Valley Medical Center
(970) 476-2451

Education & Training

RESIDENCY
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium (AGH) Program
INTERNSHIP
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (WHMC) Program
MEDICAL / PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
UNDERGRADUATE
United States Air Force Academy

Publications

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PMID: 38228370 Int J Spine Surg. 2024 Jan 16; Epub 2024 Jan 16.
Airway Management for Emergency Spinal Epidural Hematoma Evacuation With Awake Spine Surgery: Case Report and Literature Review.
Favour C Ononogbu-Uche Colin Gold Kyle R Brena Muhammad M Abd-El-Barr Holley A Spears Laura B Humen Ernest E Braxton
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PMID: 36983563 J Pers Med. 2023 Feb 22;13(3) Epub 2023 Feb 22.
Clinical Consequences of Incidental Durotomy during Full-Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression Surgery in Relation to Intraoperative Epidural Pressure Measurements.
Roth A A Vargas Marco Moscatelli Marcos Vaz de Lima Jorge Felipe Ramírez León Morgan P Lorio Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli Albert E Telfeian John Fiallos Ernest Braxton Michael Song Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
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PMID: 36836589 J Pers Med. 2023 Feb 17;13(2) Epub 2023 Feb 17.
Identification of the Magna Radicular Artery Entry Foramen and Adamkiewicz System: Patient Selection for Open versus Full-Endoscopic Thoracic Spinal Decompression Surgery.
Roth Antonio Vargas Eduardo Miquelino De Olinveira Marco Moscatelli Jorge Felipe Ramírez León Morgan P Lorio Rossano Kepler Fiorelli Albert E Telfeian Ernest Braxton Michael Song Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
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PMID: 36220776 Int J Spine Surg. 2022 Oct;16(5):767-771. Epub 2022 Oct 11.
Joint International SILACO, SICCMII, ISASS Symposium as a Model for a Collaborative Framework to Create Literature on Advances in Spine Surgery, Patient Care, and Policy.
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski Jaime Moyano Morgan P Lorio Jorge Felipe Ramírez León Ernest Braxton Cristiano Menez Carolina Ramírez Martínez José Gabriel Rugeles-Ortíz Manuel Rodriguez Garcia Albert E Telfeian Luis Duchen Álvaro Dowling Anthony Yeung
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PMID: 34624839 J Neurosurg Spine. 2022 Mar 01;36(3):399-407. Epub 2021 Oct 8.
Predictors of long-term clinical outcomes in adult patients after lumbar total disc replacement: development and validation of a prediction model.
Domagoj Coric Jack Zigler Peter Derman Ernest Braxton Aaron Situ Leena Patel
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PMID: 34266934 Int J Spine Surg. 2021 Aug;15(4):612-632. Epub 2021 Jul 15.
Final Long-Term Reporting from a Randomized Controlled IDE Trial for Lumbar Artificial Discs in Single-Level Degenerative Disc Disease: 7-Year Results.
Kris Radcliff Jack Zigler Ernest Braxton Glen Buttermann Dom Coric Peter Derman Rolando Garcia Anton Jorgensen Nicole C Ferko Aaron Situ James Yue
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PMID: 31790063 Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Dec 15;44 Suppl 24:S1-S12.
Postoperative Care Pathways Following Lumbar Total Disc Replacement: Results of a Modified Delphi Approach.
Ernest Braxton Jr Bryan J Wohlfeld Scott Blumenthal Anthony Bozzio Glenn Buttermann Richard Guyer Jocelyn Idema Daniel Laich Joseph Morreale Michael Nikolakis Atul Patel John Scott Price Jens-Peter Witt Jack Zigler Monika Martin
Ernest, SPINE 2019
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PMID: 28290971 Mil Med. 2017 Mar;182(3):e1849-e1853.
Delayed Diagnosis of TSH-Secreting Adenoma Attributed to Worsening Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in a Military Veteran Because of Provider Anchoring Bias.
Shyam K Daya Andrew O Paulus Ernest E Braxton Jr Penny J Vroman Derek A Mathis Ryan Lin Mark W True
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PMID: 27277389 Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2016 Oct;6(10):1034-1039. Epub 2016 Jun 9.
Failure pressures after repairs of 2-cm × 2.5-cm rhinologic dural defects in a porcine ex vivo model.
Ryan P Lin Erik Kent Weitzel Philip G Chen Kevin Christopher McMains Daniel R Chang Ernest E Braxton Jacob Majors Leon Bunegin