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Professor
Columbia University
New York City, New York
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD- Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tenure; Chief of Spine Surgery Och Spine Hospital; Chief, Reconstructive, Robotic & MIS Surgery; Director, Adult and Pediatric Spine Fellowship; Director, Athletes Spine Center; Director, Spine Research
Dr. Ronald A. Lehman, Jr. is a nationally recognized expert in the treatment of adult and pediatric spine conditions. He specializes in diseases of the entire spine, including cervical spine, cervical disc arthroplasty/replacement, myelopathy, and radiculopathy, as well as pediatric and adult spinal deformities including scoliosis, kyphosis, revision spinal surgeries and minimally invasive (MIS) applications for deformity surgery. Dr. Lehman also focuses on Minimally Invasive Spine surgery (MIS) of the cervical and lumbar spine and degenerative diseases of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He sees patients at The Spine Hospital in Manhattan New York City, NY.
Dr. Lehman received his MD from Jefferson Medical College and completed his residency at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He then completed his fellowship training in Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He returned to Washington University in 2014 as a Professor of Orthopedic and Neurological Surgery.
Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia University, he served as the Chief of Pediatric and Adult Spine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as a Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) in the US Army for 17 years, receiving three Meritorious Service Medals (MSMs), the “A” Proficiency Designator and the Order of Military Medical Merit. He served as Consultant to the White House under President Barrack Obama, Consultant to the Surgeon General of the Army for Spine, Consultant to the United States Military Academy at West Point and Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD. He also served as Consultant to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Device Evaluation. Dr. Lehman is the recipient of several Department of Defense (DOD) research grants totaling more than $10 million as a Primary Investigator (PI).
Dr. Lehman currently serves as the Director at Large of the Scoliosis Research Society. He served as the Program Chairman of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), and the Lumbar Spine Research Society (LSRS) in 2015. Additionally, he took over as Chairman of the International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) in 2015 and served in this capacity until 2018. To highlight a few. He has served as faculty at over 120 academic courses, including Chairman at 21 different courses. Dr. Lehman has over 200 peer reviewed publications and has had more than 500 abstracts presented at both national and international courses and conferences.
Website: www.spinesurgeonlehman.com
Friday, March 17, 2023
4:01 PM – 4:10 PM EST