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Appointed: 1989

Iain Kalfas, M.D.

(216) 444-9064

Iain Kalfas, M.D.

Department: Center for Spine Health
Location: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code S40
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
WorkPhone:(216) 444-9064

Iain Kalfas, M.D.

Department: Neurological Surgery
Location: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code S40
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
WorkPhone:(216) 444-9064

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ USA
1989
Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Neurological Surgery
Cleveland, OH USA
1988
Fellowship - Allegheny General Hospital
Neurotrauma
Pittsburgh, PA USA
1986
Internship - Cleveland Clinic
Neurological Surgery
Cleveland, OH USA
1983
Medical School - Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Rootstown, OH USA
1982

Certifications

  • Neurological Surgery

Specialty Interests

complex spinal surgery and reconstruction, image-guide spinal navigation, including instrumentation and fusion, Minimally Invasive Surgery, neck and back disorders

Awards & Honors

  • EDI Innovation Award, Surgical Navigation Device, 1998
  • Top Doctors in Northeast Ohio, 2003-2006
  • Best Doctors in America, 2005-2007

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

Innovations & Patents

Surgical navigation device

Memberships

  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • American Association of Neurological Surgery
  • North American Spine Society
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Neurological Society of America

Treatment & Services

  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Complex Spinal Reconstruction
  • Complex Spinal Surgery
  • Deformity Correction
  • Image-Guided Spinal Navigation
  • Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Neurological Surgery
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spinal Surgery
  • Spine Decompression
  • Spine Reconstruction
  • Thoracic Spine Surgery

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

Languages Spoken

  • English