Northwestern University, Wellington K. Hsu, MD, Spine Surgeon

Dr. Hsu is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Neurological Surgery. He specializes in the operative treatment of cervical and lumbar degenerative disorders, motion-sparing technology, and spinal cord injury.

He also serves as the director of the Laboratory for Regenerative Technologies of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His research interests focus on regenerative technologies as bone graft substitutes for spine fusion such as:

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for bone healing
Nanomatrix technology for cell-based therapies
Demineralized bone matrix
Bone morphogenetic protein
Novel osteoinductive growth factors

Dr. Hsu was recently chosen as one of the American Orthopaedic Association North American Traveling Fellows for 2009, a prestigious honor bestowed upon a select group of orthopaedic surgeons.

Specialty

Degenerative Spine Surgery
Spine Trauma/Spinal Cord Injury
Spine Tumors
Spine Infections

Education

B.S. Music Performance - Violin, University of Wisconsin
M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA Medical Center

Fellowship

Basic Science Fellowship, UCLA Medical Center
Spine Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Membership

North American Spine Society
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Institute for Bionanotechnology in Medicine

Journal Publications (selected)

Hsu WK, Anderson PA. An Update on the Management and Treatment of Odontoid Fractures. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2009 (accepted)

Hsu WK, Wang JC, Krenek L, Liu NQ, Lieberman JR. Stem Cells from Human Fat as Cellular Delivery Vehicles in a Rat Posterolateral Spine Fusion Model, J Bone Joint Surg Am, 2008 May;90(5):1043-52

Hsu WK, Wang JC. The Contemporary Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein in Spine Fusion. The Spine Journal, 2008 May-Jun;8(3):419-25

Tow BP, Hsu WK, Wang JC. Disc Regeneration – A Glimpse of the Future. Clinical Neurosurgery, 2007, Vol. 54:122-8.

Hsu WK. Resident Work Hour Limitations: A Resident’s Perspective. SpineLine, Sept/Oct 2007, pp. 20-23

Hsu WK and Sugiyama OS, Park SH, Conduah A, Feeley BT, Liu NQ, Krenek L, An DS, Chen IS, Lieberman JR. Lentiviral-mediated BMP-2 Gene Transfer Enhances Healing of Segmental Femoral Defects in Rats. Bone, 2007 Apr; 40(4):931-8

Hsu WK, Feeley BT, Krenek L, Stout DB, Chatziioannou AF, Lieberman JR. The Use of 18F-Fluoride and 18F-FDG PET Scans to Assess Fracture Healing in a Rat Femur Model. European Journal of Nuclear Imaging and Molecular Medicine, 2007 Aug; 34(8):1291-301

Hsu WK, Wang JC. Biologic Substitutes in Spinal Arthrodesis. Coluna Magazine, March 2006

Hsu WK, Wang JC. Demineralized Bone Matrix in Spinal Arthrodesis. Seminars in Spine Surgery, 2006 April;18:22-25

Lieberman JR, Hsu WK . Prevention of Venous Thromboembolic Disease After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 Sep;87(9):2097-112

Feeley BT, Hsu WK, Lieberman JR. Thromboprophylaxis after Hip Fractures: Hip Fractures in the Elderly. Techniques in Orthopedics. 19(3):171-180, Sep 2004.

Ghiselli, G, Wang JC, Bhatia NN, Hsu WK, Dawson EG. Adjacent segment degeneration in the lumbar spine: an analysis of 215 patients. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2004 Jul;86-A(7):1497-503

Hsu WK, Wang JC. Bone graft substitutes: the use of genetically engineered bone morphogenetic proteins for spinal fusion. Current Opinions in Orthopedics. Jun 2004

Ghiselli G, Wang JC, Hsu WK, Dawson EG. L5-S1 segment survivorship and clinical outcome analysis after L4-L5 isolated fusion. Spine. 2003 Jun 15;28(12):1275-80

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