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Scheuermann’s Disease Fund volunteers

MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Medical Advisory Board of
The Scheuermann's Disease Fund

Roles

The members of the Medical Advisory Board are asked to promote advocacy and advance research to improve upon existing treatment protocols for Scheuermann’s patients.

Alan Daniels, MD
Alan Daniels, MD

University Orthopedics, Providence RI

Board - Certified Orthopedic Surgeon Chief, Division of Spine Surgery Adult Spine Surgery / Spinal Deformity Surgery Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Chief, Adult Spinal Deformity Service.

​Brown University -The Warren Alpert Medical School, Department of Orthopedics.
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Spine Surgery Division Chief, Spine Fellowship Director.

Bassel Diebo, MD
Bassel Diebo, MD

University Orthopedics, Providence, RI

Spine and Scoliosis Surgeon
​Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Director of Spine Research and Innovation
Director of Spine Research Fellowship

Brown University-The Warren Alpert Medical School, Department of Orthopedics Assistant Professor of Orthopedics 

Eren Kuris, MD
Eren Kuris, MD

University Orthopedics, Providence, RI

Board-certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Adult Spine / Spinal Trauma
Cervical / Lumbar Spine Surgery
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Director, Spine Trauma, Tumor and Infection

​Brown University-The Warren Alpert Medical School, Department of Orthopedics Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Associate Residency Program Director, Spinal Tumor, Trauma, Infection Director

Baron Lonner, MD
Baron Lonner, MD

The Spine Center at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery
Dr. Lonner has performed over 3,000 surgeries in pediatric and adult scoliosis patients including primary and revision surgeries and has authored over 120 publications in orthopedic literature. 

David Polly, MD
David Polly, MD

University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 

Professor and Chief of Spine Surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Jason Lowenstein, MD
Jason Lowenstein, MD

The Advanced Spine Center, Morristown, NJ and New York, NY 

Scoliosis &Spinal Deformity Surgeon, Medical Director and Chief of Scoliosis & Spinal Deformity at Morristown Medical Center and the Atlantic Health System and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health

Micheal Kelly, MD
Micheal Kelly, MD

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA 

Director of scoliosis and spinal deformities in the Division of Orthopedics & Scoliosis

Dr. Peter Newton
Dr. Peter Newton

Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA

Chief of the Division of Orthopedics & Scoliosis as well as Surgeon-in-Chief and clinical professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine

Dr. Shay Bess
Dr. Shay Bess

Colorado Scoliosis and Spine Specialists

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon specializing in scoliosis, cervical and thoracolumbar spine deformity, and revision spine surgery in pediatric and adult patients. ​President and Founder of the International Spine Study Group. Since its inception in 2009, the International Spine Study Group has presented more than 2,000 scientific abstracts, has published 400-plus peer reviewed manuscripts, and is internationally recognized as one of the most successful spine research study groups in the world. 

Dr. David Skaggs
Dr. David Skaggs

Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA Co-Director Spine Institute, Executive Vice-Chair of Orthopaedics, Director Pediatric Orthopaedics, and Professor of Orthopaedics, Pediatrics and Neurosurgery.

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