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Scott Spann MD (born April 24, 1958 in Greenville, South Carolina) is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, medical device inventor, former world-class swimmer and recovered quadriplegic. ==Medical Career== Scott Spann is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon and fellowship-trained in the surgical treatment of the spine. He is the founder of (Westlake Orthopaedics Spine and Sports ) in Austin, TX. Dr. Spann attended the University of South Carolina Medical School where he served as President of the State Student Section of the American Medical Association, and then completed his residency with the Ochsner Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. While a resident, Dr. Spann enlisted in the United States Medical Corps, from which he later retired as a Major. After residency, he performed a fellowship in spine surgery in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Spann eventually opened a private practice in Knoxville, Tennessee and served as the Chairman of Orthopedics of east Tennessee's largest hospital system. Then Dr. Frank Noyes, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Hall of Fame Inductee, recruited Dr. Spann to come to Cincinnati and begin the Spine Care Institute. Finally, in 1997, Dr. Spann and his family returned to Austin, Texas, where Dr. Spann had earned his undergraduate degree and met and married his college sweetheart. There he founded Westlake Orthopaedics and helped to found Westlake Hospital. In 2005 Dr. Spann began researching stem cells and their effectiveness in treating orthopaedic injuries. As a result he became one of the earliest to adapt stem cells for use in a clinical setting. In April, 2010 an international biopharmaceutical company opened a stem cell harvesting center in Dr. Spann's Westlake office. A member of numerous medical organizations, Dr. Spann is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (certifying body of orthopedic surgeons in the United States) and Chairman of Spine Surgery at Westlake Hospital. He is also a consultant and instructor for several medical device companies, and has been a part of numerous product design teams for spinal implants, holding more than a dozen patents for orthopaedic products and procedures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scott Spann (surgeon)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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