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Richard P. Schlenk, MD

Associate Staff, Department of Neurosurgery

Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute

Cleveland, OH

(216) 445-4318

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Doctor Schlenk completed a Spine Fellowship in the Cleveland Clinic's Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic surgery and performed his neurosurgery residency training at the New Jersey Medical School.

Dr. Schlenk's specialty interests are complex spinal reconstructive surgery, deformity correction, spinal tumors and surgical treatment of osteoporotic compression fractures.

SpineUniverse articles from Richard P. Schlenk, MD

Advances in Fusion Biologics
A successful spinal fusion is dependent upon bone healing as well as the use of some form of bone graft.
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Requires Prompt Surgery
Varying signs and symptoms make cervical spondylotic myelopathy, or the narrowing of the cervical spinal canal, a diagnostic challenge.

Spine Universe Author Biography

Richard P. Schlenk, MD

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