Carl Lauryssen, MD, is the co-director of spine research and development at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is certified by the American and Canadian boards of neurological surgery. Previously, he was on faculty at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, and he directed the advanced neurosurgical spine program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Dr. Lauryssen was the first neurosurgeon to inject stem cells into a human spinal cord, as part of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration trial. Additionally, he has twice won the young investigator award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons for his research on cervical stenotic myelopathy and stem cell work.
Dr. Lauryssen focuses on minimally invasive spine surgery, motion preservation and failed spine surgery. He has participated actively in device development and holds a number of patents for inventions used in spine surgery.
Dr. Lauryssen earned his medical degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and completed his residency at the University of Calgary in Canada. He has also completed a spinal neurosurgical fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
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