Frank L. Acosta, MD, is an associate professor of neurological surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and surgeon at the USC Spine Center in Los Angeles. He previously served as associate professor of neurological surgery and clinical director of complex spinal reconstruction and spinal deformity at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is a member of AOSpine North America, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Acosta focuses his practice on adult spine deformity, revision spinal reconstruction, failed back syndrome and minimally invasive spine surgery. He serves as a reviewer for The Spine Journal, and his work has also been published in a wide-array of peer-reviewed journals, such as Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques and Spine. He has delivered lectures nationally and internationally. During his career he has won numerous research awards, including the Scoliosis Research Society's Small Exploratory Research Award and AOSpine International's Hansjörg Wyss Research Award.
"The most satisfying aspect of being a spine surgeon is the immediate sense of gratification that I feel when I am able to improve people's quality of life by alleviating their back pain and when I am able to show them the X-rays of their spines before and after surgery, particularly for patients with scoliosis," says Dr. Acosta.
Dr. Acosta earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in Boston and completed his neurosurgery residency at University of California, San Francisco. He has also completed a complex and reconstructive spine surgery fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago.
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