Spine surgeon leader to know: Dr. Eric Woodward of New England Baptist Hospital

Spine Leaders

Eric J. Woodward, MD, is chief of neurosurgery at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, and serves as the director of the neurosurgery spine fellowship. Prior to this, he was chief of the division of spinal surgery in neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Dr. Woodward is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Joint Section of the AANS/CNS for Spine and Peripheral Nerve. Over the last 18 years, he has served as faculty, board member, foundation trustee and chairman of the board of AOSpine North America. He is also CMO of InVivo Therapeutics, a medical device company focused on developing solutions for spinal cord injury patients.  

 

Dr. Woodward focuses on conditions of the back, neck and spine. His research interests include spinal cord injury, adult spinal deformity, disc replacement and intra-operative imaging. He is a member of the editorial board for The Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques and Spine Universe.com, and serves as a reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine and Neurosurgery.

 

Dr. Woodard earned his medical degree at Pennsylvania State University in State College and completed his neurological surgery residency at Emory University in Atlanta. He has also completed a fellowship in complex spine surgery at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.  

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