Harvinder S. Sandhu, MD

Dr. Sandhu completed his training in Spinal Surgery at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He subsequently was chief of the Spinal Surgery service at UCLA from 1995 to 1997 until his recruitment to the Hospital for Special Surgery in July of 1997.

Appointments

Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

Assistant Scientist, Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery

Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Specialty
Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty
Spine, Trauma

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

American Board of Spine Surgery

State Licensure
New York

Education

MD, Northwestern University , US

Residency

State University of New York , New York, US

Fellowship

University of California at Los Angeles, US

Harvinder S. Sandhu, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

For Professionals

• Augmentation of Skeletal Repair Cells, Matrices, and Factors
• Bone Morphogenetic Proteins: State of the Art in Spine Fusion Surgery
• A Novel Method for the Quantitative Evaluation of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Special Expertise

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Laparoscopic Spine Surgery

Microsurgery

Computer Assisted Surgery

Bone Morphogenetic Proteins

Awards

North American Spine Society Award for Outstanding Scientific Exhibit, 1996

Affiliations

SpineUniverse.com

Spine Journal (advisory)

Electronic Journal of Orthopaedics

Selected Publications

Sandhu, H.S., Kanim, L.E.A., Kabo, J.M., Toth J.M., Zeegan, E., Liu D, Seeger, L., Dawson, E.G., Evaluation of rhBMP-2 with an OPLA Carrier in a Canine Posterolateral (Transverse Process) Spinal Fusion Model, Spine 20(24), 2669-2682, 1995.

Sandhu, H.S., Turner S., Kabo, J.M., Kanim, L.E.A., Liu D, Nourparvar A., Delamarter R. B., Dawson, E.G., Distractive Properties of a Threaded Interbody Fusion Device, Spine 21(10), 1201-1210, 1996.

Sandhu, H.S., Luppen, C.A., Kanim, L.E.A., Spinal Applications for Recombinant Bone Morphogenetic Protein, Spine: State of the Art 10(2): 255-268, 1996.

Sandhu, H.S., Kanim, L.E.A., Kabo J.M., Toth, J.M., Zeegen E.N., Liu, D. Delamarter, R.B., Dawson, E.G., Effective Doses of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Experimental Spinal Fusion,. Spine 21(18):2115-2122, 1996.

Wang, J.C., Sandhu, H.S., Yu, W.D., Minchew, J.T., Delamarter, R.D., MRI Parameters for Imaging Titanium Spinal Instrumentation, Journal of Spinal Disorders, 10(1):27-52, 1997.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.