Yi Lu
Experienced in Tethered Cord Syndrome

Dr. Yi Lu

Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
Boston, MA 
Offers Telehealth

Experienced in Tethered Cord Syndrome
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
Boston, MA 
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Overview

Dr. Lu is a spine surgeon and an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. Additionally, Dr. Lu serves as the Director of Neurosurgical Trauma at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Lu completed medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He went on to complete his training at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and he completed his Spine Fellowship at the University of Miami Department of Neurosurgery.Dr Lu’s clinical practice is focused on minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal deformity and scoliosis correction, spinal tumor (primary and metastasis, and spinal trauma. His research involves spinal cord injury, namely the axon regeneration and locomotion recovery after spinal cord injury. Dr. Lu is committed to putting his patients first and treating his patients as if they were his own family.

Dr. Lu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tethered Cord Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Epidural Abscess, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 81 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Boston University School Of Medicine@, 2001 - 2003|Columbia University College Of Physicians & Surgeons, 2003 - 2005
Residency
Boston Children's Hospital (Trainees), 2006 - 2009
Specialties
Neurosurgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in MA
Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery
Fellowships
University of Miami Department of Neurosurgery Spine, 2012 - 2013
Hospital Affiliations
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male
Awards
AANS Spinal Cord Injury Research Award 2011
Brigham Way 2014
Brigham Way 2018
Stepping Strong Innovator Award 2018
Stepping Strong Innovator Award 2020

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Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-525-7378

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Lu has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Chiari Malformation
Spinal Fusion

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


5 Clinical Trials

Sacroiliac Joint Stabilization in Long Fusion to the Pelvis: Randomized Controlled Trial
Sacroiliac Joint Stabilization in Long Fusion to the Pelvis: Randomized Controlled Trial
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: February 18, 2025
Intervention Type: Procedure, Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Randomized, Controlled, Single-blind Study of Probable Benefit of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold™ for Safety and Neurologic Recovery in Subjects With Complete Thoracic AIS A Spinal Cord Injury as Compared to Standard of Care
Randomized, Controlled, Single-blind Study of Probable Benefit of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold™ for Safety and Neurologic Recovery in Subjects With Complete Thoracic AIS A Spinal Cord Injury as Compared to Standard of Care
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: January 17, 2024
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
The INSPIRE Study: InVivo Study of Probable Benefit of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold(TM) for Safety and Neurologic Recovery in Subjects With Complete Thoracic AIS A Spinal Cord Injury
The INSPIRE Study: InVivo Study of Probable Benefit of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold(TM) for Safety and Neurologic Recovery in Subjects With Complete Thoracic AIS A Spinal Cord Injury
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: January 17, 2024
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Spineology Clinical Outcomes Trial: An Investigation Device Exempt (IDE) Performance Goal Clinical Investigation
Spineology Clinical Outcomes Trial: An Investigation Device Exempt (IDE) Performance Goal Clinical Investigation
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: October 20, 2021
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
The Coflex®COMMUNITY Study: An Observational Study of Coflex® Interlaminar Technology
The Coflex®COMMUNITY Study: An Observational Study of Coflex® Interlaminar Technology
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: December 24, 2019
Intervention Type: Device
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81 Total Publications

Disparities in NIH Funding for Acute Traumatic and Chronic Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A 10-Year National Analysis.
Disparities in NIH Funding for Acute Traumatic and Chronic Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A 10-Year National Analysis.
Journal: The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
Published: June 03, 2025
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