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Scott D. Boden, M.D.
The Emory Clinic
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center


Specialties
Spine
Orthopaedic Surgery

Area of Clinical Interest
anterior lumbar interbody fusion
cervical fusion
disc degeneration
discectomy
herniated disc
kyphoplasty
kyphosis
laminectomy
laminoplasty
lumbar decompression
lumbar disorders
lumbar fusion
microdiscectomy
posterior lumbar interbody fusion
sacroiliac degeneration
sciatica
spinal infections
spinal pain
spinal surgery
spinal trauma
spondylolisthesis
spondylosis
thoracic fusion
vertebral fractures


Hospital Affiliation(s)
Emory University Hospital

Addresses Locations

Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center
59 Executive Park South Atlanta , GA 30329 Map to the office
(404) 778-7000


Year started practicing at Emory
1992

Education
Medical School
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 1986

Internship
George Washington University Medical Center

Residency
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C. 1991

Fellowship
Case Western Reserve University Hospital, Cleveland, OH 1992

Organizational Leadership Memberships
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Orthopaedic Association

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Eastern Orthopaedic Association

North American Spine Society

Orthopaedic Research Society

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Spine Journal



Awards
Eugene T. Nordby Award
International Intradiscal Therapy Society, 1997

Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award
Presented by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1999

Marshall R. Urist Young Investigator Award
Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, 1997

Mayfield Award
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1997

Outstanding Research Paper Award
North American Spine Society

Outstanding Research Paper Award
North American Spine Society, 1994

Outstanding Research Paper Award
North American Spine Society, 1996

Outstanding Research Paper Award
North American Spine Society, 1997

Outstanding Research Paper Award
Presented by North American Spine Society, 1998

Volvo Award for Low Back Research
International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, 1995

Volvo Award for Low Back Research
Presented by International Society for Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, 1998

Young Investigator Award
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 1996

Major or Recent Publications
Evaluation of carriers of bone morphogenetic protein for spinal fusion. Spine 26(8)850, 2001, .

Biology of lumbar spine fusion and use of bone graft substitutes: present, future and next generation. Tissue Engineering 6(4)383-99, 2000, .

Gene therapy for spine fusion. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (379 Suppl)S225-33, 2000, .

LMP-1, a LIM-domain protein, mediates BMP-6 effects on bone formation. Endocrinology 139(12)5125-34, 1998, .

Lumbar spine imaging: role in clinical decision making. Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 4(5)238-248, 1996, .

The use of rhBMP-2 in interbody fusion cages. Definitive evidence of osteoinduction in humans: a preliminary report. Spine 25(3)376-81, 2000, .