Spine Surgeon Leader to Know: Dr. Harvinder Sandhu of Hospital for Special Surgery

Harvinder S. Sandhu, MD, is an associate attending orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery and an assistant scientist in the hospital’s research division. He previously served as chief of the spinal surgery service at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is a member of Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, North American Spine Society and Scoliosis Research Society.

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Dr. Sandhu is also an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and his clinical and research interests include minimally invasive spine surgery, laparoscopic spine surgery, microsurgery, computer-assisted surgery and bone morphogenetic proteins.

 

Dr. Sandhu has won research awards from the North American Spine Society, the Orthopaedic Research Society and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, including the Volvo Award in Spinal Research. He has more than 75 peer-reviewed scientific publications and also holds multiple patents for the diagnosis and treatment of spinal disorders.

 

Dr. Sandhu earned his medical degree at Northwestern University in Chicago and completed his residency at State University of New York. He has also completed a fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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