Robert F. Heary, MD, serves as medical director of the Spine and Pain Center at HackensackUMC Mountainside in Glen Ridge, N.J., according to The Jersey Tomato Press.
Here are six key notes:
1. A board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Heary is the first New Jersey physician to head the CSRS.
2. In addition to his role as chief of neurosurgery at HackensackUMC Mountainside, Dr. Heary also teaches neurosurgery at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School in Newark.
3. Dr. Heary is on the editorial boards of Neurosurgery, the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, World Neurosurgery, Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine and Spinal Deformity.
4. He has published more than 125 articles, 55 book chapters and 100 abstracts.
5. The president-elect of the Lumbar Spine Research Society, Dr. Heary is also a director-at-large on the board of directors for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
6. After earning his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Heary completed a neurological surgery residency at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in Newark. He then completed a spine fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.