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Why we created the National Scoliosis Clinic
The National Scoliosis Clinic was created to improve patient care and experience for those with scoliosis. This digitally-enabled telehealth clinic will allow for many improvements over the current scoliosis pathways. Specifically, this new system allows for early and accurate diagnosis, convenient and immediate care, improved access for all regardless of geographic location, decrease in the number of X-rays, decrease in the avoidable scoliosis surgeries, and placing the patient in the center of their scoliosis treatment.
Leadership Team
Dr. Micheal Gardner, MD
Co-Founder & CEO
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Malcolm DeBaun, MD
Co-Founder
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Duke University School of Medicine
Medical Advisors
John Vorhies, MD
Pediatric Spine Surgeon
Stanford University
Michael Glotzbecker, MD
Case Western Reserve University
Amer Samdani, MD
Philadelphia Shriners
Todd Milbrandt, MD
Mayo Clinic
Craig Louer, MD
Vanderbilt University
Amit Jain, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
How it works
A National Scoliosis Clinic-trained primary care clinician will oversee the assessment and treatment of scoliosis in children and adolescents virtually.
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