Michael Steinmetz, MD

Appointed
2007

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Spine surgery
Madison, WI
2006

Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Neurosurgery
Cleveland, OH
2005

Internship - University of New Mexico School of Medicine
General Surgery
Albuquerque, NM
1999

Medical Education - Texas Tech University School of Medicine
MD
Lubbock, TX
1998

Undergraduate - New Mexico State University
Microbiology
Las Cruces, NM
1994

Professional Highlights

• He has published greater than 145 articles in leading medical journals, is co-author of the text, Anatomical Basis of Neurologic Disease (2009), with a 2nd Edition currently under revision, and is co-editor of Benzel’s Spine Surgery.  He has also served as editor for three additional textbooks, sits on a number of editorial boards, and is a reviewer for several neurosurgery journals, as well as Section Editor for World Neurosurgery, a member of the editorial board for Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine and Deputy editor of The Spine Journal.  He has contributed more than 60 Chapters to the body of surgical spine care literature, with several more in progress.

  Dr. Steinmetz is actively involved in the various professional societies of neurosurgery and spine surgery.  Serving in multiple roles in the Congress of Neurological Surgeons since his early years of training, he is now a member of the CNS Nominating Committee, and Education Committee.  A member of the Executive Committee and Scientific Planning Committee of the CNS/American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Joint Section on Diseases of the Spine & Peripheral Nerves since 2007, he is also Chairman of their Exhibits Committee.   He s a member of the Minimally Invasive, CME, Governance, Advocacy and the PAC committees for the North American Spine Society.

Certifications

• Neurological Surgery

Specialty Interests

cervical spondylosis, chiari malformation, complex spine instrumentation, degenerative spine disease, spinal cord tumors, Spine Tumors

Memberships

• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• North American Spine Society
• Society for Neurosciences

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Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Steinmetz receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• Globus Medical, Inc.
• Cerapedics, Inc.

Royalty Payments. Dr. Steinmetz receives or has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries commercialized through the companies shown below:

• Globus Medical, Inc.

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