Benjamin Elder, MD/PhD, is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, and Biomedical Engineering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and he serves as the associate program director for the neurosurgery residency program. His clinical practice focuses on adult spinal deformity and complex spine surgery. He has an active clinical research program focused on bone health optimization and treatment of osteoporosis for spinal pathologies as well as on optimizing the biomechanics of spinopelvic fixation in spinal deformity patients, with over 200 peer-reviewed publications. Additionally, he runs a basic science research lab focused on bone and cartilage tissue engineering approaches for the spine funded by multiple R01 grants.
He obtained B.S. and M.S. degrees in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Rice University, and his M.D. at Baylor College of Medicine in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program. He completed his neurosurgery residency training at Johns Hopkins, including an infolded neurosurgery complex spine fellowship, and additional postgraduate fellowship training in orthopedic spinal deformity surgery under Dr. Khaled Kebaish.
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Camilo Molina
Camilo Molina
Camilo Molina
Camilo Molina, MD FAANS is Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery and Director of Spinal Deformity and Spinal Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. His specialties include cervical spine deformity, cervical spine disease, degenerative spine disease, minimally invasive spine surgery, and more.
Dr. Molina is a spine fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with dedicated complex spine deformity and oncology training. He specializes in the entire spectrum of spine disease, but has a unique interest in spinal tumors and spinal deformities. He has an active laboratory devoted to the study of spinal cord injury, spinal oncology, spinal deformity, and enabling spine surgery technologies.
His clinical and research vision converges on the mission of providing his patients an avenue to return to their lives in the least disruptive manner. He is an expert and lead developer in novel robotic and augmented reality spine surgery solutions.
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