Robin Young, CFA

Procedure of the Month

This is the case of a 68 year-old male suffering from severe back pain for 3 months. Patient failed conservative treatment with high doses of analgesics. MRI was performed, as shown in Figure 1 below. This T2-weighted image clearly revealed evidence of acute fracture with bone marrow edema at the L1 level. Which choice do you think best describes the patient's treatment options (click on the x-ray below to take the multiple choice/guess test)?

Figure 1: Preoperative T2-weighted sagittal MRI showed evidence of bone marrow edema indicative of acute fracture at the L1 level (arrow).

Case review and x-rays courtesy of
Dr. Bassem A Georgy.
Interventional Radiologist Valley Radiology Consultants Assistant Clinical Professor University of California, San Diego

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Robin R. Young, CFA
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Robin R. Young, CFA is founder and president of RRY Publications and Robin Young Consulting Group., a firm specializing in evaluating and promoting orthopedic technologies and companies through a disciplined and comprehensive analysis of the industry, its participants, procedures, technologies and patient trends. Mr. Young is an internationally recognized expert in his field, with over two (2) decades of experience.

Over the course of his career, Robin has been an active and integral part of the development, analysis and funding of several major orthopedic technologies including; spine cages, engineered allograft, living cell biomaterials, anti-adhesives, third generation hemostats, calcium based bone void products, nucleus replacement implants and dynamic stabilization implants. After a successful career as one of the leading medical technology analysts on Wall Street (Stephens, Inc., Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, John G. Kinnard and Company), he was instrumental in forming and managing the HealthpointCapital research and private equity practice.

Mr. Young maintains relationships with over 1,000 orthopedic companies, surgeons, distributors and regulatory professionals. Through these relationships, Mr. Young has played an analytical or consultative role in the development of numerous orthopedic companies. In addition to his active consulting role, Mr. Young has organized and / or keynoted numerous industry conferences including, most recently:

+ Spine Technology Summit, Montreal, Canada - May 2006
+ Stem Cell Summit, Chicago, IL - March, 2006
+ MassMEDIC Conference, Boston, MA - May, 2005
+ BioData Conference, Geneva, Switzerland - January, 2005
+ InSpine Med Tech Conference, Dallas Tx - November, 2004
+ MB Ventures Conference, Memphis, Tn - October, 2004
+ HealthpointCapital Biomaterials Summit - October, 2004
+ Seminar on Dynamic Stabilization, NASS - October, 2004
+ World Congress of Biomaterials, Sydney, AU - August, 2004
+ HealthpointCapital Spine Summit, NYC - October, 2003

In concert with HealthpointCapital, Mr. Young wrote three highly acclaimed orthopedic industry reference books, "Dynamic Stabilization Workbook-2004", "Biomaterials Industry Outlook-2004" and the "Spine Industry Workbook-2003". In total, Mr. Young is the author of over 15 published articles, over 1,000 research reports and 5 published books on various medical and investment topics. Mr. Young has been quoted in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine. He has appeared as an expert commentator on CNBC, CBS Evening News and Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser. Finally, he has taught at the graduate schools of the University of Minnesota and the University of Saint Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Young lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania with his wife and daughter.

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