Douglas Wong, MD, is the spine fellowship director at Panorama Orthopedic Clinic and Spine Center and chief of orthopedic spinal trauma at St. Anthony Central Level 1 Trauma Center in Denver. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society and Scoliosis Research Society. He is also the team physician for the United States Disabled Ski Team.
Dr. Wong's clinical expertise is focused on the treatment of back injuries, infections, spinal fractures, spinal stenosis as well as minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques and disc replacement surgery. He has served as the principal investigator for DePuy Charite Lumbar Disc Replacement study in Colorado and the Stryker Flexicore Lumbar Disc Replacement study in Colorado. He is actively involved in research and his work has been published in publications, such as Surgical Techniques for the Spine.
Dr. Wong earned his medical degree at University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and completed his orthopedic residency at University of Virginia Medical Center, also in Charlottesville. He has completed a spine fellowship at Lakewood (Colo.) Orthopaedic Clinic.
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