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Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH

Professor
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT, US

Dr. Erica Bisson is Professor of Neurosurgery, as well as Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedics. She received her medical school training at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts and completed her Neurosurgical training at the University of Vermont. She then went on to complete a fellowship in complex spinal disorders at the University of Utah, under the direction of Dr. Ronald Apfelbaum. After which, she joined the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts and Emerson Hospital as Senior Staff with an adjunct appointment as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Tufts University, School of Medicine. She returned to Utah in 2009 joining the Spine Division in the Department of Neurosurgery. Within the department she has served as the Director of our CAST approved Neurosurgical Spine Fellowship and as the Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion.

Dr. Bisson is a fellow of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, and a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Spine Section. Dr. Bisson has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles and serves as principal investigator on several national and international multicenter trials. She continues to work collaboratively on research with faculty in Neuroradiology and Exercise and Sports Medicine at the University of Utah as well as Neurosurgery Spine faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Additionally, she serves many roles nationally for neurosurgery, including being a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Neurosurgery and serving as the Scientific Program Chair for the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine and Peripheral Nerves.

In addition to early career leadership opportunities, including being selected to participate in the 2012 AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, Dr. Bisson was elected by UUMG to participate in both the University of Utah and the Intermountain Healthcare Leadership courses. In 2023, Dr. Bisson completed her fellowship in the Executive Leadership in Healthcare program at Drexel University. Dr. Bisson's leadership journey includes serving a 2 year term as the President of the University of Utah Medical Board. In 2022, she transitioned into the roleof Executive Medical Officer for our faculty practice at the Universiy of Utah and now serves in that role and as Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs at the SFE School of Medicine.

Dr. Erica Bisson specializes in complex spine surgery with a focus on cervical disease (neck pain) , utilizing both novel artificial disc and fusion technology. She also treats patients with spinal cord injury, spine trauma, and degenerative spinal conditions (neck and back pain). Dr. Bisson’s professional interests include occipitocervical disease, cervical degenerative disorders, advanced spinal fusion techniques, and image-guided surgery.

Disclosure(s): Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing); nView: Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing); Proprio: Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing); Stryker - K2M: Consultant (Ongoing); Vestia Ventures MiRus Investment, LLC: Consultant (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing)

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