Orthopaedic Surgeon in Los Angeles, California (CA)

Brian Perri, DO is Associate Director of Orthopedic Spine Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders. Dr. Perri's clinical specialty and interests is reconstructive surgery for spinal tumors and deformities, as well as micro/minimal invasive surgery and motion preservation surgery for degenerative spinal diseases.

Dr. Perri's areas of research interest have involved traumatic brain and spinal cord injury and subsequent neuroprotective and recovery therapies. He has presented his findings at numerous national and international conferences, including the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorder of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, International Meeting for Traumatic Brain Injury and the Richard Lende Winter Neurosurgery Conference, as well as meetings of the Cervical Spine Research Society, North American Spine Society and Traumatic Brain Injury Society. Dr. Perri has also presented his recent research on the artificial disc replacement and potential postoperative complications, and his work on developing a classification system for cervical kyphotic deformities with strategies and techniques for surgical reconstruction.

Dr. Perri has been a guest reviewer for The Spine Journal, which is the official journal of the North American Spine Society. He is a member of the North American Spine Society, American Medical Association and American Osteopathic Association. He co-authored a spine surgery textbook chapter on complications in the IDE study using the carbon fiber reinforced polymer cervical cage for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion compared with those in clinical practice.

Dr. Perri received his bachelor's degree from Allegheny College and his degree in medicine from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. He received a master's degree in neuroscience at the University of Hartford/University of Pennsylvania. He completed his orthopedic residency at Pinnacle Health Systems in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and his fellowship training in spine surgery at Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders.