Here are 11 private practices that offer spine surgery fellowship programs. If you would like to recommend another practice for inclusion on this list, please contact Anuja at avaidya@beckershealthcare.com.
Boulder (Colo.) Neurological & Spine Associates. The Justin Parker Neurological Institute offers a fellowship in conjunction with Boulder Neurosurgical & Spine Associates. The program focuses on training participating surgeons in treatments and procedures for a wide range of conditions, such as degenerative disc disease, fractures, spinal deformities, infections and tumors. Fellows are given the opportunity to train under five surgeons who have dual neurosurgical and orthopedic spine training. They are also exposed to the latest spine instrumentation and treatment modalities, including stereotactic radiosurgery. Alan T. Villavicencio, MD, is the director of the program.
Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (Chicago). The Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush spine surgery fellowship program provides training in surgical and conservative treatment of spinal disorders, including pediatric spinal disorders, such as pediatric scoliosis, cervical spine, acute spinal injuries, degenerative disorders, adult deformities and tumors. Fellows work with orthopedic residents and medical students, and they have teaching responsibilities. Howard S. An, MD, serves as the director of the program.
OrthoCarolina (Charlotte, N.C.). OrthoCarolina's spine fellowship program is structured to provide participating surgeons with exposure to different areas of spinal pathology and a variety of treatments, including both anterior and posterior approaches to the entire spine. The program also provides fellows with training in instrumentation systems. Fellows train under eight full-time practicing spine surgeons and two physicians, including a neurologist who specializes in conservative care of spinal conditions. Bruce V. Darden, II, MD, serves as the director of the spine fellowship program.
OrthoIndy (Indianapolis). Spine surgery fellows at OrthoIndy rotate with three fellowship-trained surgeons. Fellows are trained in operative and nonoperative treatment of spinal pathology at all levels of the spine, in adult and pediatric patients, such as degenerative cervical and lumbar disease and spinal deformity. Several OrthoIndy spine surgeons utilize minimally invasive surgical techniques and surgical navigation. The fellowship program director is David G. Schwartz, MD.
San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders. The San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders provides fellows with the opportunity to train under nationally recognized specialists in both non-operative and operative spine care. Fellows participate in inpatient and outpatient care and are trained in a number of procedures, including anterior, posterior and minimally invasive techniques. The program is co-directed by Robert K. Eastlack, MD, and Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD.
Sonoran Spine Center (Gilbert, Ariz.). The spine fellowship program gives participating surgeons the opportunity to train in spinal deformity and spinal reconstructive surgery procedures as well as learn about treatments for degenerative conditions, congenital problems, infection, tumor and trauma affecting the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. The fellows are also responsible for decision making along with the spine surgery team as well as participation in surgery and follow-up care. Dennis Crandall, MD, serves as director of the program.
SpineCare Medical Group (Daly City, Calif.). The spine surgery fellowship program at SpineCare Medical Group focuses on training in a number of areas of spine care, such as degenerative spinal pathology, including herniated discs, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, scoliosis and spondylolisthesis. Fellows evaluate patients in the clinic,
participate in preoperative decision making and are involved in 50 to 75 surgical procedures per month. Fellows also learn the principles of practice management, including managed care, contracting, billing and collection. James B. Reynolds, MD, is the director of the fellowship program.
Spine Institute of Arizona (Scottsdale). Surgeons completing their fellowship at the Spine Institute of Arizona train under six surgeons who focus on orthopedic spine surgery, neurosurgical spine surgery, pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Fellows learn to treat a wide array of disorders, including degenerative diseases, pediatric and adult deformity, trauma and tumors. They learn to perform minimally invasive and open techniques as well as disc technology and kyphoplasty procedures. Fellows also learn how to perform cervical and lumbar injections through an optional rotation. Edward J. Dohring, MD, is the director of the fellowship program.
Texas Back Institute (Plano). The spine surgery fellowship program at the Texas Back Institute offers mentorship under fellowship-trained spine surgeons, as well as conservative care physicians and pain management physicians. Fellows get the opportunity to see patients with a wide array of conditions including degenerative spinal disorders, pediatric and adult scoliosis, spine trauma and spine tumors. Fellows also get the opportunity to evaluate new surgical techniques by participating in both on-site and off-site cadaveric training labs. Richard Guyer, MD, directs the fellowship program.
The Spine Practice of J. Patrick Johnson, MD (Los Angeles). The fellowship program at The Spine Practice of J. Patrick Johnson, MD gives participants the opportunity to train under Dr. Johnson who has trained 62 spine surgery fellows, 40 neurosurgery fellows and
16 orthopedic spine fellows. Fellows are trained in a number of areas of spine research, technologies and treatments, such as minimally invasive surgical technologies, computerized image guided surgeries, endoscopic spinal surgeries and spinal motion preservation technology.
Twin Cities Spine Center (Minneapolis). Surgeons participating in Twin Cities Spine Center's fellowship program are trained in a number of areas of spinal pathology, including spinal deformities, fractures, tumors, infections and degenerative and metabolic diseases. Fellows learn both surgical and non-surgical techniques. Fellows also participate in clinic, research projects and in the operating room. The majority of the training takes place at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
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