Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Program
Phone: (412) 647-1025
e-mail: kanteras@upmc.edu

Also see Media Appearances below.

Specialized Areas of Interest:

Minimally invasive spine surgery; endosurgical complex spine surgery; artificial disc technology; spinal tumors; experimental therapies for spinal cord regeneration..

Biography:

Adam S. Kanter, MD, joined the faculty of the Department of Neurosurgery as an assistant professor in January of 2008 and is director of the department’s minimally invasive spine program.

Dr. Kanter received his medical degree from the University of Vermont in 2001 and completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Virginia in 2007. He completed further subspecialty fellowship training in minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of California in San Francisco and Auckland City Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.

Dr. Kanter has published numerous papers in refereed journals and authored several book chapters. His publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.

Hospital Privileges:

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
UMPC Passavant
UPMC Presbyterian
UPMC St. Margaret
UPMC Shadyside

Professional Organization Membership:

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Society of Lateral Access Surgeons
Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons
North American Spine Society
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerves
American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons

Editorial Service

• Editorial Board:

The Physician & Sports Medicine
SpineLine

• Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Neurosurgical Focus
Yonsei Medical Journal

Media Appearances

Pounded spinal cord can mimic more serious injury
October 4, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette