Who is the very best surgeon in the world for adult scoliosis?

Answer 1

Many people when asked this question will say a different surgeon name.

Dr. Boachie- Adjei at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Boachie overcame adversity,

poverty, and racial prejudice to come to America from Africa, work three jobs to pay his way through college, get a scholarship to Columbia, graduate the top of his class, and become the Chief of Spinal Surgery at the #2 ranked orthopedic hospital in the country.

He routinely takes cases no one else will touch because of the liability risk, including patients who have been "botched" by other surgeons and "hopeless" cases. He has invented countless instruments and spinal systems used by thousands of spine surgeons every year. He created a foundation called FOCOS (Foundation for Orthopedics and Complex Spine.) Every year through FOCOS, Dr. B spends 3 months in developing countries providing free medical care to people in need. Dr. B also uses FOCOS donations to build medical facilities, and train local doctors to treat patients year round.

There was more than $20,000 from his bill the insurance company did not

cover, and he wrote it all off. In our family, Dr. B. is the man!

There is also Randal R. Betz, M.D.Chief of Staff and Medical Director of Spinal Unit at Shriner Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA.