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Doctor Deutsch’s subspecialty is spine surgery. He is co-director of the Rush Spine Center. He is skilled in complex spinal procedures and spine tumor surgery. Dr. Deutsch specilizes in the care of patients with degenerative and traumatic disease of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine with a strong emphasis on minimally invasive surgery.

Dr. Deutsch has a special interest in failed previous spine surgery and failed back syndrome. He is also involved in research on motion preservation technology and artificial disk technology.

Dr. Deutsch has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and has published abstracts and book chapters. His research interest is in the etiology of chronic back pain. He is also involved in professional education on a national level and is an associate editor at spineuniverse.com.

Dr. Deutsch earned his medical degree from University of Miami School of Medicine graduating with honors in 1996. He completed his internship in surgery and residency in neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Following his residency, Dr. Deutsch continued with a Spine Surgery Fellowship at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He joined Rush University Medical Center in Chicago in 2003.

Harel Deutsch, MD is on the Spine Universe Editorial Board.

SpineUniverse articles from Harel Deutsch, MD

• Anterior Cervical Fixation: BMP
  Medtronic Sofamor Danek has introduced the first product using bioengineered bone morphogenetic protein (BMP). In some uses, fusion rates have been near 100%.
• Anterior Cervical Fixation: Plating
  Anterior cervical plating enhances arthodesis (fusion) after discectomy.
• Anterior Cervical Plating and Fixation: New Technology
  While advances are being made in interbody grafts, parallel improvements have been made in anterior cervical plating.
• Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation: Material Technologies
  The most commonly available polymer is polyetheretherketone (PEEK). The PEEK graft replacements are stronger than bone but they are softer and less likely to cause the adjacent bone to collapse.
• Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation: Material Technology
  New technology is addressing the deficiencies of autograft and allograft.
• BMP and Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation
  Scientists have isolated the protein promoters of fusion known as bone morphogenetic protein, BMP.
• New Technologies in Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation
  Recent advances in several different fields are significantly impacting anterior cervical spine fixation. Material engineering has developed several types of new materials to replace traditionally used bone products and titanium.
• New Technologies in Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation
  Material engineering and molecular biology provides replacements for traditional bone products and titanium.
• New Technologies in Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation: References
  Professional article References.
• References: New Technologies in Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation
  Article References.