Known for making the spine stronger, he will now make a spine center stronger. The renown orthopedic surgeon Dr. Rick B. Delamarter has joined the faculty of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as Co-Director of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center. Dr. Delamarter, who also will serve as Vice Chair of Spine Services in Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Surgery, has been the principal investigator for dozens of research studies on new artificial discs and is well known in the literature for his spine research.
Taking some talent with him, Dr. Delamarter, previously the Medical Director of The Spine Institute of Santa Monica and an Associate Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, is bringing several members of his surgical and research team to the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, including Drs. Hyun Bae, Timothy Davis, Michael Kropf, and Alexandre Rasouli.
“Dr. Delamarter is respected nationally as a surgeon and physician/researcher. His expertise in minimally invasive back surgery and in artificial disc replacement will further enhance Cedars-Sinai’s position as one of the nation’s leading spine centers, ” said Bruce Gewertz, M.D., in the news release. Dr. Gewertz is Chair of Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Surgery and the Harriet and Steven Nichols Endowed Chair in Surgery.
Dr. Delamarter obtained his medical degree from the University of Oregon Health Science Center, thencompleted his surgical internship and orthopedic residency at UCLA Medical Center. He followed this up with a spine fellowship at Case Western Reserve University and received training at the Acute Spinal Cord Injury Unit of Cleveland Veteran’s Hospital.
Dr. Delamarter’s pedigree includes numerous national and international research awards, including the Volvo Award from the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, as well as awards from the Orthopaedic Research Society and the North American Spine Society. He can be found in the lab actively working on new spine research and treatments, and has written more than 200 abstracts, articles and book chapters.
Dr. Delamarter told OTW that his first step as Co-Director is to “take an already-quality program at Cedars-Sinai and help turn it into a more academic-based program with emphasis on basic science research. We are already building new laboratories at the medical center to accommodate this new focus.”
Regarding research capacity at the facility, Dr. Delamarter told OTW that he is “moving both clinical and research staff (20 to 25 people) and several significant research projects to Cedars-Sinai. The research is focused on cellular regeneration, biomechanical studies and translational research, which we anticipate will lead to significant advances in spinal surgery techniques.”
Does dr delamarter take Medicare ?
Thank you
Gerard Fleminks