Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics; Division Chief of Spine Surgery; Co-Director, Louis A. Goldstein Spine Surgery Fellowship
University of Rochester Medical Center / University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Biography
Varun Puvanesarajah, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Division Chief of Spine Surgery, and Co-Director of the Louis A. Goldstein Spine Surgery Fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is a board-certified, fellowship-trained spine surgeon who treats degenerative disease, spinal deformity, fractures, metastatic disease, and primary spinal tumors. His work combines complex clinical care with outcomes and translational research.
Research interests
Outcomes and risk factors after spine surgery; degenerative spine disease; adult spinal deformity; spine tumors and metastatic disease; gait, balance, and functional recovery; intervertebral disc biology; surgical complications; health disparities