Ken Hsu, MD, Director Of Spinal Surgery with San Francisco Spine Surgeons
Get to know Director Of Spinal Surgery Dr. Ken Hsu, who serves the population of California.
Dr. Hsu completed his undergraduate degree from Manhattan College in 1972, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Biology. He then attended State University of New York Downstate Medical Center where he graduated with his Medical Degree om 1976, giving him over four decades of experience in his field.
After obtaining his Medical Degree he completed his internal medicine internship at Loma Linda University Medical Center. He then completed his general surgery residency at Mr. Zion Hospital followed by an Orthopaedic Surgery residency with the St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center. Wanting to further his training he them completed his Spine Surgery and Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship with the University of Hong Kong, before becoming a research associate with the Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Hsu is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, which he is also a diplomate of. He has been awarded as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. To stay up to date in his field he remains a professional member of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, American Medical Association, California Medical Association, San Francisco Medical Society, and the North American Spine Society. He is the President of the San Francisco Orthopedic Medical Group, on the Board of Directors for the Spartek Medical Technologies and the American Back Society and on the Clinical Faculty on the San Francisco Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. He is also an inductee of the Epsilon Sigma Pi and Phi Beta Kappa. He is also a qualified medical evaluator with the State of California. He currently practices as an Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon and Director of Spine Surgery with San Francisco Spine Surgeons and St. Mary’s Medical Center.
Dr. Hsu is world-renowned as a co-inventor of the X-STOP device, a minimally invasive surgical solution for patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis and the first Interspinous Decompression Device (IPD) to be approved by FDA for use in the United States. X-STOP has started an era of Interspinous Process Decompression both in the US and in the rest of the world. He presented at numerous national and international conferences on the topics of spine surgery and the X-STOP procedure. Dr. Hsu has also authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in surgical textbooks. Ken Hsu was among the first spine surgeons to use pedicle screw fixation of the spine in the Western United States. Dr. Hsu has participated in numerous clinical trials of spine surgical devices, including X-STOP, Flexicore and Prodisc lumbar total disc replacement and Cervicore cervical total disc replacement
Orthopaedic surgeons are devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles. Some orthopaedists are generalists, while others specialize in certain areas of the body, others specialty focuses include shoulder and elbow, hand, and spine. Orthopaedic surgeons treat broken bones, and replace painful joints, and also treat patients for sports injuries, back pain, ruptured discs and spinal stenosis, bone tumors, carpal tunnel, hand arthritis and hand injuries, club foot, bow legs and hip dysplasia, orthopaedic trauma, limb lengthening, achilles tendon injuries, bunions and foot and ankle injuries, osteoporosis, and arthritis.
Learn More about Dr. Ken Hsu:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/30066-Ken-Hsu-orthopaedic-surgeon-San-Francisco-CA-94117 His profile with San Francisco Spine Surgeons, https://www.sfspine.com/providers/ken-y-hsu-m-d/, he can be contacted at (415) 750-5570, and is located in San Francisco, CA.
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