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Joseph Schwab

Professor

Orthopaedics

Orcid identifier0000-0002-2059-7559
  • Professor
    Orthopaedics
  • Director, Spine Oncology
    Orthopaedics
  • Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
    Orthopaedics
  • Professor
    Computational Biomedicine
  • Co-Director, Center for Surgical Innovation and Engineering
    Computational Biomedicine
  • Professor
    Neurosurgery
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Orthopedic Surgery, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, United States

CURRENT CEDARS-SINAI APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Orthopaedics1 Jul 2025 - present
  • Director, Spine Oncology
    Cedars-Sinai, Orthopaedics1 Sep 2023 - present
  • Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
    Cedars-Sinai, Orthopaedics1 Sep 2023 - present
  • Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Computational Biomedicine1 Jul 2025 - present
  • Co-Director, Center for Surgical Innovation and Engineering
    Cedars-Sinai, Computational Biomedicine20 Oct 2024 - present
  • Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Neurosurgery1 Jul 2025 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Instructor
    Harvard Medical School, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, United States4 Sep 2007 - 1 Nov 2023
  • Assistant Professor
    Harvard Medical School, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, United States3 Nov 2015 - 7 Nov 2017
  • Associate Professor
    Harvard Medical School, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, United States7 Nov 2017 - 1 Jun 2023
  • Director
    Massachusetts General Hospital, SORG Researcdh Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, United States4 Sep 2007 - 1 Jun 2023
  • Co-Director
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Stephen L Harris Chordoma Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, United States7 Nov 2017 - 6 Jun 2023
  • Chief Spinal Surgery
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, United States1 Nov 2018 - 1 Jun 2023
  • Director Spine Oncology
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, United States1 Nov 2018 - 1 Jun 2023
  • Director Orthopaedic Registries
    MassGeneral Brigham, Boston, United States1 Nov 2019 - 1 Jun 2023
  • Director Center for Physical Artificial Intelligence
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, United States1 Nov 2021 - 1 Jun 2023

DEGREES

  • BA
    Miami University, Oxford, United States5 Sep 1989 - 30 Jun 1993
  • MD
    Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States5 Jul 1995 - 4 Jun 1999
  • MS
    Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States5 Jul 1995 - 5 Nov 1999
  • MS
    Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, United States5 Aug 2008 - 8 Jun 2010
  • MS, Data Science
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States1 Sep 2021 - 1 Jun 2024

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Board Certification
    American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery1 Jun 2010 - present

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Residency
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States30 Jul 1999 - 30 Jun 2004
    Residency
  • Fellow
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States1 Jul 2004 - 30 Jun 2006
    Musculoskeletal OncologyClinical Fellowship
  • Fellow
    Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, United States1 Jul 2006 - 1 Jul 2007
    Spine SurgeryClinical Fellowship
  • Traveling Fellow
    AO, Bologna, Italy1 May 2010 - 15 Jun 2010
    Spine OncologyOtherSupervised by Stefano Boriani

TAGS

  • Orthopaedics
  • Oncology and carcinogenesis
  • Computational biomedicine
  • Spine
  • Wearable materials
  • Predictive and prognostic markers
  • Comprehensive Spine Surgery Fellowship