Spine Universe Author Biography

Dr. Kaiser received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, completed his internship from the Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and his residency from the Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He also completed a neurosurgical spine fellowship from The Emory Clinic, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, Dr. Kaiser was a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.

Included among his accomplishments, Dr. Kaiser has received various prestigious awards including The Elsberg Award from New York Society of Neurosurgery, The Peter F. Curran Thesis Award and The American Heart Association Research Fellowship from Yale University School of Medicine. In addition, while in medical school, Dr. Kaiser was a Farr Scholar and Class President.

Dr. Kaiser is also a member of numerous professional organizations including the Joint Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerve, the American Association of Neurological Surgery, the Congress of Neurological Surgery, and a past member of the Society of Neuroscience and the American Medical Student Association.

To date, Dr. Kaiser has published over 30 articles and abstracts in such professional, peer-reviewed journals as Neurosurgical Focus and the Journal of Neurosurgery. Dr. Kaiser has also contributed to numerous medical textbooks and has made a variety of presentations at major medical meetings.

Dr. Kaiser is married and lives in New Jersey.

Spinal Case Studies From Michael G. Kaiser, M.D.

• Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease: 34-Year-old Male
  This relatively young man (34-years-old) is diagnosed with cervical spondylotic myelopathy with associated left C7 radiculopathy.