Alex Vaccaro, MD, PhD, is president of Rothman Orthopaedics in Philadelphia and the Richard H. Rothman professor and chair of the department of orthopedic surgery, as well as professor of neurosurgery, at Thomas Jefferson University, also in Philadelphia.
Dr. Vaccaro also serves as co-director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley and is past president of the Cervical Spine Research Society, the American Spinal Injury Association and the Association for Collaborative Spine Research.
He has authored more than 1,200 peer-reviewed publications, over 380 book chapters and edited more than 65 textbooks. At Rothman, which performs more than 35,000 surgeries annually, he has advanced the use of AI and navigation technology to improve patient care and efficiency.
Dr. Vaccaro earned his medical degree from Washington, D.C.-based Georgetown University’s School of Medicine and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Thomas Jefferson University. He also completed a spine fellowship at the University of San Diego and later earned a PhD in spinal trauma, as well as an MBA from Philadelphia-based Temple University.
He is also advancing the use of AI and navigation technology to improve patient care and efficiency.“We can now focus on getting our message out, educating patients,” Dr. Vaccaro told Becker’s. “We can focus on things that are important, like equity in care and health equity. We work in communities where people struggle with the social determinants of health, and AI helps us redirect resources toward that.”
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