Speaker

Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, MSc

Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist in the Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, MSc is currently an Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist in the Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he also serves as the Director of Spine Surgical Research and Vice Chair of Clinical Academic Affairs. Dr. Schoenfeld is a graduate of Kent State University, the University of Michigan and The Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. He completed his spine surgery training at the Harvard Combined Program.

Dr. Schoenfeld’s clinical interests include the treatment of degenerative spinal disorders and his research is, or has been, supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and the Department of Defense. His work has led to the development of the New England Spinal Metastasis Score (NESMS) and the Stopping Opioids after Surgery (SOS) score. He has published 320 papers in the scientific literature and edited several textbooks including Principles of Orthopaedic Practice for Primary Care Providers and Orthopaedic Surgery Essentials: Spine.

Dr. Schoenfeld is a member of the Board of Directors of the North American Spine Society (NASS). His research has received national awards from the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, the Academic Surgical Congress and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, and he has received the prestigious North American Spine Society Outstanding Research Award five times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022).