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What are your thoughts on the best residencies for training spinal surgeons? Of course, spine is a major component of neurosurgery and thus is a huge focus of every program, but I wonder if any programs have particular strengths in/are well known for spine specifically, either clinically speaking or in terms of research.
UCSF-- has the top training and research in deformity, tumor, trauma, MIS with several huge names in spine
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Based on these responses, it seems that Doximity rates programs based on their spine reputation!
Are there any programs on the rise, gaining new faculty, more grants/research money, etc?
You can tell from responses above that posters are med students or junior residents. WashU used to be good when Lenke and Lehman were there (ortho). UCSF and Emory have a shitty spine training. IMHO, the best residency programs that provide a solid spine training during residency:
-Rush (All star guys Fessler and Traynelis)
-Wisconsin-Milwaukee (The place of the first spine fellowship in the country)
-Jefferson (strong ns and ortho programs)
Miami has one of the highest volume spine centers in the country for operative experience. Includes all aspects of spine surgery. The Miami project is well funded and excels for spinal cord injury research