Faculty

Mayo Clinic Course Directors

Bradford L. Currier, M.D.
Professor of Orthopedics
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Rochester, Minnesota

Michael J. Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Orthopedics
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Rochester, Minnesota

Guest Faculty
Todd J. Albert, M.D.
Richard H Rothman Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedics Professor of Neurosurgery,
Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals,
The Rothman Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Richard G. Fessler, M.D., Ph.D.
John Harper Seely Professor & Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinoisctio

Steven R. Garfin, M.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Orthopaedics
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA

Luiz M. Pimenta, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, World Spine Society
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Federal University of Sao Paulo and Faculdade de Jundiai
Sao Paulo, Brazil

David W. Polly, Jr., M.D.
Professor and Chief
Spine Surgery
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Alexander R. Vaccaro, M.D., Ph.D.
The Everett and Marion Gordon Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Co-Chief, Spine Surgery and Spine Fellowship Program
Co-Director, Delaware Valley Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center
Professor of Neurosurgery
Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jeffrey C. Wang, M.D.
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Service
Professor of Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery and Biomechanical Engineering
Executive Director, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center
Santa Monica, California

Mayo Clinic Faculty
Richard Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Orthopedics

Barry D. Birch, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Jeffrey S. Brault, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Mark B. Dekutoski, M.D.
Associate Professor of Orthopedics

Charles (Michel) M. Harper, Jr. M.D.
Professor of Neurology

Paul M. Huddleston, III, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics

William E. Krauss, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Tim J. Lamer, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Patrick H. Luetmer, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology

W. Richard Marsh, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery

Peter S. Rose, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics

Randy A. Shelerud, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Faculty Disclosure Statement:

As a provider accredited by ACCME, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Mayo School of CME) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course director(s), planning committee, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.