William Dillin, MD, is a co-founder of the Kerlan-Jobe Spine Center as well as an associate at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. His spine fellowhsip was performed at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia under the direction of Richard Rothman, MD, and Frederick A. Simeone, MD. He is a member of the North American Spine Society, AO Spine, Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Society of Lateral Access Surgery.
Dr. Dillin is board-certified, and his clinical interests include minimally invasive, less invasive and maximally invasive spine operations as well as an array of non-surgical procedures directed at spinal pain. The Kerlan-Jobe physicians, including Dr. Dillin, serve as team physicians and consultants to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Sparks and a number of other sports teams.
"I think the great thing about being a spine surgeon is that you are the decision-making doctor and you can offer patients the best advice for their conditions," says Dr. Dillin. "Also, it's a renewable specialty, that is, a specialty in which you are acquiring new information all the time. That's what makes it stimulating, knowing that things change constantly and that you are a part of something dynamic, not static. You can keep up with new techniques and increase your fundamental knowledge."
Dr. Dillin earned his medical degree at The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio and completed an orthopedic surgery residency at University of California, San Francisco.
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