Spine Universe Editorial Board

Doctor Haim Blecher is a board certified and fellowship trained orthopaedic spine surgeon. Dr. Blecher is the Director of University Spine Associates. He has extensive experience treating adult and pediatric scoliosis, degenerative spinal conditions, spinal tumors, and trauma. Dr. Blecher brings state-of-the-art techniques in spine care to the Princeton and New Jersey areas. His practice includes complex reconstructive and minimally invasive spine surgery, total disc replacement, and treatment of common back and neck disorders.

Dr. Blecher received his medical degree from State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, NY. His academic career is heralded by many awards and honors. Dr. Blecher completed a surgical internship and orthopaedic surgical residency at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ and simultaneously received training in orthopaedic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York, NY. Under the tutelage of Michael G. Neuwirth MD, Dr. Blecher completed a Spine Surgery Fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

Dr. Blecher authored two disc replacement research projects that gained international recognition in 2004 at the Spine Arthroplasty Society conference in Austria. In addition, he was a clinical instructor of the CHARITE™ Artificial Disc Replacement certification course in Cincinnati, OH for DePuy Spine, Inc.

In addition, Dr. Blecher is an active member of several professional organizations including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society and Spine Arthroplasty Society.

Haim D. Blecher, MD is on the Spine Universe Editorial Board.

SpineUniverse articles from Haim D. Blecher, MD

• Implanting Expanding Cages to Reconstruct the Spine: Patient Cases
  Two cases studies, complete with pre- and postoperative x-rays, demonstrate how expandable vertebral cages are used in spinal reconstruction.
• Vertebral Body Reconstruction Using Expandable Cages
  Vertebral body reconstruction following corpectomy or vertebrectomy present the surgeon with a technical challenge. Learn about expandable cages and how spine surgeons use these devices in spinal reconstruction.