Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
UCI School of Medicine
Orange, CA, US
Dr. Don Young Park is a Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery and the Director of the Advanced Endoscopic and Outpatient Spine Program at UC Irvine Health. His expertise is in endoscopic spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, and outpatient spine surgery. Dr. Park graduated from UCLA, then earned his medical degree from UCSD School of Medicine. He then completed his orthopaedic surgery residency and spine surgery fellowship at Stanford. He was recently an Associate Clinical Professor and Vice Chair of Quality and Safety for the UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. At UCLA, he led the clinical, educational, and research efforts in minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.
Dr. Park was one of the first to perform biportal endoscopic spine surgery and endoscopic lumbar fusion in the United States. He teaches residents, fellows, and surgeons from across the country on endoscopic spine surgery. Dr. Park has published both basic science and clinical peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as written textbook chapters on minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery. He has won multiple “Best Paper” awards from the North American Spine Society and the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for his research. His current research interests include clinical outcome studies in spinal endoscopy to advance the knowledge of endoscopic spine surgery.
Disclosure(s): Alphatec Spine: Consultant (Ongoing), Royalty Recipient (Ongoing); Amplify Surgical: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing), Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing); Globus Medical: Consultant (Ongoing); NuVasive, Inc: Consultant (Ongoing); Seaspine: Consultant (Ongoing), Royalty Recipient (Ongoing); Stryker: Consultant (Ongoing)
Bi-Portal Endoscopic Technique – Advantages, Challenges, What’s Its Role
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
1:55 PM – 2:05 PM PST
Question and Answer Discussion
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
2:15 PM – 2:25 PM PST