Purpose Spine surgery has grown to become a subspecialty of orthopaedics concerned with the particular problems related to spinal disorders.
Spinal disorders comprise a large variety of conditions which deserve specialized, extended study.
This fellowship will provide special additional knowledge to the body of knowledge normally encompassed in an orthopaedic residency training program. Description The fellowship program in spine surgery at Vanderbilt University will be under the direct supervision of Dan M. Spengler, M.D., Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. The fellowship curriculum has been designed by attending spine surgeons. The spine fellow attends combined neurosurgical and orthopaedic conferences. Such conferences foster a positive interactive experience, in contrast to the adversarial relationship so frequently encountered between the specialties of orthopaedics and neurosurgery.