Dr. Lapsiwala received his medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University, School of Medicine. After completing a general surgery internship and neurosurgery residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, he completed a spine fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Lapsiwala has received many awards including a Congress of Neurological Surgery/DePuy AcroMed Clinical Fellowship in Spinal Neurosurgery. The $50,000 fellowship award is given for research in spinal neurosurgery. Dr. Lapsiwala’s research has focused in biomechanics of the spine and neuro-oncology. He has presented and published widely in the areas of spinal biomechanics, spine surgery, and neurosurgery. John M. Grollmus, M.D.