Orthopedic spine fellowship programs

The fellowship requires a minimum of two projects. Fellows are expected to submit abstracts of their projects to the major spine society meetings. A completed manuscript ready for submission for publication is expected by the end of the fellowship year. The fellow has access to three clinical research coordinators, one clinical research assistant, one clinical data coordinator, and a statistician to assist them with their research needs.

The fellow will present their research at a symposium held by Hoag Orthopedics at the end of the year. Fellows are paid at the PGY-6 level including benefits, and receive two weeks of paid vacation. The deadline for completing the application process for our program is October 30th, via SF Match. Invitations to interview will be sent out to selected applicants upon review of all applications. Applicants must be eligible to obtain an unrestricted California Medical License prior to the start of Fellowship for credentialing purposes.

In alliance with the match guidelines, we will not be in contact with you after your interview. Your consideration of the Hoag Orthopedic Institute's Surgical Spine Fellowship is appreciated and we welcome your questions regarding the program.

Throughout his career, Dr. Anderson has published several articles on spine care. He performs artificial disc replacement, decompression and spinal fusion procedures along with other techniques. Anderson earned his medical degree at Wayne State University in Detroit and completed his residency at affiliated hospitals. His additional training includes a fellowship at Case Western Reserve in Ohio. Bae is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center as well as co-director of the spine fellowship program.

He focuses on minimally invasive microsurgery and the treatment of cervical and lumbar spinal disease. His clinical interests also include motion preservation technology and non-fusion technologies. Ravi S. Bains focuses on orthopedic surgery of the spine. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is the program director of the spine surgery fellowship at the Oakland Spine Center.

Sigurd H. Berven is an associate professor in residence and director of the spine fellowship program at UCSF. His clinical interests include pediatric and adult deformity, degenerative conditions of the spine, spinal tumors and spinal trauma. In terms of research, he is interested in basic science studies in the molecular basis of spine fusion. He completed his residency in pediatric orthopedic surgery at Boston Children's Hospital and completed a spine surgery fellowship at UCSF. He focuses on spinal reconstructive surgery, cervical and lumbar disc and fusion surgery, spinal tumor and infections and spinal deformities.

Carragee completed an orthopedic surgery residency at Stanford University School of Medicine and has completed a fellowship in spine and pediatric surgery at the University of Hong Kong.

Eastlack is a fellowship trained spine specialist and co-director of the San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders spine fellowship program. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. His clinical interests include spinal stenosis, spinal deformity, radiculopathy, disc herniations, spondylolisthesis, complex spinal reconstructions and spinal tumors.

Eastlack completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at University of California San Diego. He also completed an orthopedic spine surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic. Eismont is the chairman of the department of orthopedics, chief of the spine division and director of fellow education at The University of Miami Leonard M.

Miller School of Medicine. His research interests include treatment for cervical spine disorders, and he has published several articles in professional journals, such as the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, on his research. He earned his medical degree at the University of Rochester N.

Garfin is chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at UC San Diego. He also serves as the co-spine fellowship director at UC San Diego. His clinical interests include radiculopathy, reconstructive spine surgery, sciatica, spinal stenosis, failed back syndrome and herniated discs. He has also been involved in the design, use and clinical trial assessment for new techniques that have been developed over the last two decades to treat spinal deformities, disorders and injuries.

Richard D. He has also served as an editorial board member for Spine and The Spine Journal. Guyer earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, where he also completed his residency in orthopedic surgery.

His clinical expertise includes the surgical treatment of degenerative diseases of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, deformity, trauma and tumors. He has been a pioneer in minimally invasive spine surgery and artificial disc replacement. Goldstein is a co-author in the pivotal studies for the FDA trials on single level cervical and lumbar disc replacement as well as two level ProDisc artificial lumbar disc replacements.

In addition to his clinical practice Dr. Goldstein has served on the editorial board of The Spine Journal and as a reviewer for several other publications. His additional training includes a fellowship in spine surgery at the Maryland Spine Fellowship in Baltimore. John G. His clinical interests include cervical fusion, disc degeneration, discectomy, herniated disc, kyphoplasty, laminoplasty, lumbar decompression and lumbar fusion.

Janssen's clinical interests include degenerative spine conditions, spinal deformity, spinal tumors, spinal infection and injuries. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and completed a spine fellowship in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Eric O. He also serves as program director of the spine fellowship program. His clinical interests include spinal degeneration, deformity, tumor and fracture.

Klineberg completed his residency at University of Washington in Seattle. He has also completed a spine surgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Lee is an associate clinical professor in the UC San Diego department of orthopedic surgery.

Fellows will become proficient in the diagnosis of clinical disorders of the spine, the pathogenesis of these disorders, the operative and nonoperative treatment modalities available for managing these disorders, and the results and complications of such treatment. This learning environment provides a unique opportunity to develop clinical judgment that will ultimately lead to the ability to function independently as the primary surgeon.

Fellows are expected to attend and participate in the following weekly scheduled conferences at OHSU:. To ensure adequate coverage of the service, fellows to should plan to attend different meetings. Additional meetings may be approved on a case-by-case basis if the fellow has original research to present. All fellows are expected to participate in at least one original research project, supervised by an attending spine surgeon, and one review article, book chapter or similar.

Opportunities for both in-house and external grant funding exist for collaboration in valid clinical or basic science research projects. An epidemiologist and outside statistical consultant are available for research project design and analysis. In addition, two full-time research assistants support the spine service.

Fellows are encouraged to begin their research project early, in order to prepare abstracts for submission by March or early April. The goal is to have a peer-review publication submitted by the end of the fellowship year. Authorship: Fellows will be given first authorship on papers if they complete a nearly final draft prior to the conclusion of the fellowship.

However, if the attending physician has to substantially complete the paper, or a major rewrite is needed, the fellows will forgo the privilege of first authorship. Presentation: Costs for travel and registration to any North American meeting at which the fellows are presenting original research will be covered by the spine education fund. Abstract authorship and presentation will be handled as for paper authorship.

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