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Iain Kalfas, M.D.

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Appointed: 1989
Gender: Male
Languages: English
Neurological Surgery
Phone:(216) 444-9064
Location:Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code S80
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Center for Spine Health
Phone:(216) 444-9064
Location:Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code S80
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
 
 
Education & Fellowships
Medical School:Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH
 
Internship:Cleveland Clinic, Neurological Surgery, Cleveland, OH
Residency:Cleveland Clinic, Neurological Surgery, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship:Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Fellowship:Allegheny General Hospital, Neurotrauma, Pittsburgh, PA
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Additional Training

  • Cleveland Clinic Practice Management Course

  • Minimally Invasive Anterior Approaches to the Thoracic Spine
  • Practical Course on Spinal Instrumentation
  • Prestige Anterior Cervical Disc Replacement Training Course
  • Coflex Interspinous Posterior Interspinous Device
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Certifications

Neurological Surgery

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Specialty Interests
Complex spinal surgery and reconstruction, including instrumentation and fusion; image-guide spinal navigation; neck and back disorders, minimally invasive surgery.
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Innovations & Patents
Surgical navigation device
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Awards & Honors
  • EDI Innovation Award, Surgical Navigation Device, 1998
  • Top Doctors in Northeast Ohio, 2003-2006
  • Best Doctors in America, 2005-2007
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Professional Memberships
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • American Association of Neurological Surgery
  • North American Spine Society
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Neurological Society of America
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Specializes in Diseases and Conditions
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Specializes in Services
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Complex Spinal Surgery
  • Deformity Correction
  • Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spinal Surgery
  • Spine Decompression
  • Spine Reconstruction
  • Thoracic Spine Surgery
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Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide medical education about recent trends. The collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly discloses payments to its physicians and scientists for speaking and consulting of $5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties, and fiduciary relationships in companies with which they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide information as accurately as possible about its doctors’ connections with industry and those of their immediate family members. As of 8/4/2008, Dr. Kalfas has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. Patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.

Royalty Payments.  Dr. Kalfas has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries related to the companies shown below:
  • Mako Surgical
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