Hyun Bae, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and director of spine education at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles. He also serves as the medical director of the Spine Institute in Santa Monica. He is a deputy editor for the International Journal of Spine Surgery, the official scientific journal of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. He has also written numerous research articles and has presented on behalf of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. Bae focuses on minimally invasive microsurgery and the treatment of cervical and lumbar spinal disease. He also has a professional interest in minimally invasive surgery, motion preservation technology, artificial disc replacement and non-fusion technologies.
Dr. Bae is actively involved in research, focusing on stem cell repair of degenerative disc disease and the use of growth factors to treat spinal cord injury. He was among the first to use growth factor tissue engineering for intervertebral discs and chaired the "Spine Across the Sea" meeting in 2012 for the North American Spine Society.
Dr. Bae earned his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., and completed his residency at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He has also completed a spine fellowship at Case Western Reserve Hospital in Cleveland.
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