About Harvinder S. Sandhu, MD

Dr. Sandhu is an Attending Spine Surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Cornell Medical Center in New York. He specializes in the surgical treatment of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar disorders and is also an active scientist in the Clinical Research division of the institution. Prior to arriving to Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Sandhu was chief of the Spine Surgery section of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Dr. Sandhu completed his residency at the State University of New York and fellowship training in spinal surgery at UCLA. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the American Board of Spine Surgery. He is also a member of several professional and academic societies including the Orthopaedic Research Society, the Scoliosis Research Society, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the Medical Society of the State of New York. His current teaching responsibilities include educating medical students, residents, and fellows on state-of-the-art techniques in spinal surgery.

As a scientist, Dr. Sandhu has written numerous papers in the area of bone biology and spinal fusion with an emphasis on novel methods of stimulating successful spinal fusion. He has received research awards from the North American Spine Society, the Orthopaedic Research Society, and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. He is also the principle investigator for the Hospital for Special Surgery site for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT), the largest clinical trial ever funded by the National Institutes for Health (NIH) in the area of musculoskeletal disease. Dr. Sandhu also lectures frequently at national and international symposia and is an advisor and consultant for medical device manufacturers.