Dr. O’Brien Recently Named Spine & Neurosurgeon Leader in Complex Spinal Deformity Correction

Sept. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- Dr. O’Brien is the medical director of research at the Baylor Scoliosis Center in Plano, Texas. He has a professional interest in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal deformity in pediatric and adult patients. During his career, he has served as the chairman of the Scoliosis Research Society Global Outreach Committee, which provides complex spine care to patients in Central and South America.

He has also worked with Health Volunteers Overseas to provide care for patients with spinal deformities in Columbia and Nicaragua. Dr. O'Brien is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Cervical Spine Research Society and North American Spine Society. Dr. O'Brien earned his medical degree at State University of New York at Downstate in Brooklyn, where he also completed his residency in orthopedic surgery.

His additional training includes a fellowship in spine surgery at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis and an international spine fellowship at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. He also completed the Scoliosis Research Society traveling fellowship in Chicago.

For more information about Dr. O' Brien, visit http://southwestscoliosis.com/meet-us.php.

There are relatively few scoliosis specialists in the United States, but the medical staff at Baylor Scoliosis Center features fellowship-trained scoliosis surgeons who specialize in scoliosis care and offer advanced treatment options. The surgeons on our medical staff work with primary care physicians across the country to educate them on rapidly advancing technology in scoliosis treatment and make them more aware that scoliosis can be treated in adults.

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The Baylor Scoliosis Center specializes in advanced surgical options to straighten spines curved because of scoliosis - a common disorder of the spine. Since January 2005, the Baylor Scoliosis Center has focused on the care of adolescent and adult scoliosis patients. We are a national referral center located on the campus of Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, and we also see patients at a clinic at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth.