Dr. Alan Sander Hilibrand M.D.
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
999 North Route 73 Suite 401 Marlton NJ, 08053About
Dr. Alan Hilibrand is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Hilibrand specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Hilibrand tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.D., Yale University School of Medicine (Class President)
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Radiculopathy and myelopathy at segments adjacent to the site of a previous anterior cervical arthrodesis.
- Anterior cervical corpectomy in patients previously managed with a laminectomy: short-term complications.
- Degenerative lumbar stenosis: diagnosis and management.
- A plate-rod device for treatment of cervicothoracic disorders: comparison of mechanical testing with established cervical spine in vitro load testing data.
- Diagnosing basilar invagination in the rheumatoid patient. The reliability of radiographic criteria.
- Surgical treatment of thoracic spinal stenosis: a 2- to 9-year follow-up.
- The use of biologic materials in spinal fusion.
- Impact of smoking on the outcome of anterior cervical arthrodesis with interbody or strut-grafting.
- Magnetic resonance imaging analysis of soft tissue disruption after flexion-distraction injuries of the subaxial cervical spine.
- A comparison of three screw types for unicortical fixation in the lateral mass of the cervical spine.
- Autograft versus allograft in degenerative cervical disease.
- Cervical myelopathy. current diagnostic and treatment strategies.
- The impact of adjacent level disc degeneration on health status outcomes following lumbar fusion.
- Passing the Boards: can USMLE and Orthopaedic in-Training Examination scores predict passage of the ABOS Part-I examination?
- Early findings in a pilot study of anterior cervical fusion in which bioabsorbable interbody spacers were used in the treatment of cervical degenerative disease.
Awards
- 2010 Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs
- 2012 Philadelphia Super Doctors
Treatments
- Osteonecrosis (avascular Necrosis), Neck Pain, Back Pain And More
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Fellowships
- Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University
Experience & Accolades
- Vice Chairman (Academic Affairs and Faculty Development)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Joseph and Marie Field Professor of Spinal SurgerySidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- Professor of Neurological Surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Professor of Neurological Surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- President of the Cervical Spine Research Society20142014-2015
- Chair of Communications CabinetAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Chair of Continuing Medical EducationNorth American Spine Society
- ABC Traveling Fellow of American Orthopaedic Association2007
- Leadership Fellow of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons20062005 - 2006
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