Research Mentors

Name	Area of Research
Todd Albert, MD Rothman Institute Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 925 Chestnut St, 5th Fl Philadelphia, PA 19107-4216 Ph: (267)339-3617 tjsurg@aol.com	Cervical Lumbar Revision Adult Scoliosis
Kenneth Cheung, MD Queen Mary Hospital Department of Ortho Surgery Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong Ph: 852 2974 0282 ken-cheung@hku.hk	Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Formation and Repair Low Back Pain, Including Disease Gene Hunting and the Molecular Control of Disc Degeneration Tissue Engineered Intervertebral Disc Replacement Aetiology of Scoliosis and New Treatment Methods Including Nitinol Bioactive Bone Cement for Spinal Fixation and Osteoporotic Fractures
Matthew Dobbs, MD St. Louis Children's Hospital Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, 4S-60 One Children's Place St. Louis, MO 63110 (314) 454-4814 dobbsm@wudosis.wustl.edu	Genetics of Heritable Orthopaedic Conditions
Siavash S. Haghighi, DVM PhD Neurodiagnostic Center SHARP HealthCare, Ortho/Neuro 7901 Frost St San Diego, CA 92123 Ph: (858) 541-3459 siavash.haghighi@sharp.com	Spinal Cord Injury Spinal Cord Injury Modeling Clinical Neurophysiology Disc Degeneration Techniques and Strategies Disc Regeneration Techniques and Strategies Spine Biomechanics
Yutaka Hiraizumi, MD PhD Showa Univ. School of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, 142-8666 Japan Ph: 81 3 3784 8543 hiraizum@med.showa-u.ac.jp	Kyphotic Deformity & Spinal Corrective Osteotomy & Osteoporotic Spine Endoscopic Surgery & Thoracosocpic Scoliosis Surgery, Endoscopic Lumbar Surgery Rheumatoid Spine Spinal Cord Monitoring & Neurophysiology Spine & Spinal Cord Anatomy & Pathology Biomaterials & Anti-adhesion Biomechanics of the Lumbar Spine Cervical Spine Anatomy
Panagiotis Korovessis, MD General Hospital Agios Andreas Orthopaedic Department 65-67 Haralabi Str Patras, 26224 Greece Ph: 30 61 0227202 korovess@otenet.gr	Spine Injuries Degenerative Lumbar Spine Spine Grafting and Substitutes Bracing in Scoliosis
Isador H. Lieberman, MD MBA FRCSC Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon Texas Back Institute 6020 W Parker Road Suite 200A Plano, TX 75093 (972) 608-5000 ilieberman@texasback.com	Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Adult Spinal Deformity Reconstruction Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Spinal Tumor Reconstruction Spinal Trauma Reconstruction Osteoporosis Multiple Myeloma Vertebral Compression Fractures Disc Arthroplasty
Richard J. Nasca, MD 1912 Verrazzano Dr Wilmington, NC 28405 Ph: (910) 256-5320 rjnasca@aol.com	Biomechanics of Existing and New Spine Implants
Jeffrey H. Owen, PhD 5226 N. Calle Ladero Tucson, AZ 85718 (410) 666-2588 jowen48@gmail.com	Intra-Operative Monitoring Neurophysiology Neuroanatomy Electronics Statistics
Matthew N. Songer, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Associates of Marquette PC 1414 West Fair Avenue, Suite 149 Upper Peninsula Medical Center Marquette, MI 49855-2675 Ph: (906) 225-1321 matthewsonger@gmail.com	Research, Design and Testing of Instrumentation Systems for the Spine
Jeffery L. Stambough, MD MBA Tristate Orthopaedic Treatment Center 4600 Smith Road, Suite B Cincinnati, OH 45212 (513) 235-9138 drstambough@fuse.net	Adult Degenerative and Reconstructive Surgery
Ian A. F. Stokes, PhD University of Vermont 694 Johnnie Brook Road Richmond, VT 05477 (802) 656-2250 Ian.Stokes@uvm.edu	Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
Theodore A. Wagner, MD UWMC Department of Orthopedic Surg. 1959 NE Pacific St BB1033A Box 356500 Seattle, WA 98195 Ph: (206) 543-3690 wagner@u.washington.edu	Spondylolithesis & Kyphosis Surgery
Michael J. Yaszemski, MD PhD Mayo Clinic Dept of Ortho Surgery 200 1st Street, SW Rochester, MN 55905 Ph: (507) 266-5262 yaszemski.michael@mayo.edu	Tissue Engineering Biomaterials Spinal Biomechanics

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