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Center for Neurosciences & Spine Visiting Professor Lectureship

The Center for Neurosciences & Spine Visiting Professor Lectureship invites prominent physicians, scientists and thought leaders in the fields of neurology and neurosurgery to deliver a guest lecture and engage in informal round-table discussions with peers at Virginia Mason. The lectureship aims to foster communication across national and international lines to stimulate innovation, improve practice, and inspire novel clinical, research, and quality initiatives in neuroscience. Its goal is to bring to the Center for Neurosciences & Spine an exceptional senior scholar who can contribute to and enrich the community's research, education, quality and innovation endeavors.

While on site, visiting professors meet with members of the Center for Neurosciences & Spine team for the purpose of discussion and education. They do not have direct patient contact or provide clinical care of any kind. A Virginia Mason provider sponsors every visiting professor and is responsible for directing the professor’s lecture content and arranging round-table participation of mutual interest to the professor and the team. The sponsor serves as the visiting professor’s main contact point during the day of the lectureship.

The Center for Neurosciences & Spine is pleased to welcome Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi as Visiting Professor on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.

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Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA
Friday, Feb. 7, 7:30 a.m.
Benaroya Research Institute
1201 9th Ave, Seattle, WA

Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA, is Co-Chief of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Spine and spine surgeon at HSS. He also serves as Chief Medical Officer of HSS Florida.

Dr. Qureshi received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. While in medical school, he also earned an MBA in health administration. Dr. Qureshi completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and then received advanced training in complex spine surgery under Dr. Henry Bohlman in Cleveland, Ohio. Additionally, Dr. Qureshi completed the Cervical Spine Research Society's Traveling Fellowship.

Dr. Qureshi is a recognized leader and one of the premier surgeons in the field of minimally invasive and motion-sparing spine surgery. He holds the Patty and Jay Baker Chair in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. He is a founding member and treasurer of the Minimally Invasive Spine Study Group (MISSG) and runs one of the busiest clinical practices in the country, performing nearly 300 minimally invasive spine surgeries annually.

Dr. Qureshi's major research interests include outcomes related to minimally invasive spine surgery, cost-effectiveness and value of spinal surgery procedures, and comparative effectiveness of various treatments of spinal pathology. He has authored more than 100 articles, book chapters, and textbooks and has given more than 100 invited lectures around the world.
 

Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA

Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA

Past Center for Neurosciences & Spine Visiting Lecturers

2024
- Serena Hu, MD, Vice Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and (by courtesy) Neurosurgery, and Chief of the Division of Spine Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine
- Juan Uribe, MD, Chief of the Division of Spinal Disorders, Barrow Neurological Institute, Arizona

2023
- Michael Wang, MD, Director of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, Florida
- Eric Klineberg, MD, Chief of Spine Service, University of California, Davis

2022
- Michael Kelly, MD, Director of Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
- Julianne Santarosa, MD, Spinal Access Surgeon, Surgical Elite, Texas
- Vijay Yanamadala, MD, MBA, Medical Director of Spine Quality and Surgical Optimization, Hartford Healthcare, Connecticut

2021
- Todd Albert, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

2019
- Mark Weidenbaum, MD, Director of Spine Optimization Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Dean Chou, MD, Associate Director of the Neurospine Center at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

2018
- Han Jo Kim, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- Gregory Mundis Jr., MD, Medical Director, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders

2017
- Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD, Head of Orthopedic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- David Polly, Jr., MD, Professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of Spine Service, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

2016
- Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH, Chief, Pediatric Spine and Scoliosis Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
- John H. Shin, MD, Director, Stereotactic Spine Radiosurgery and Spine Metastases Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital

2015
- Louis G. Jenis, MD, Chief of Spine Surgery, Massachusetts General and Newton-Wellesley Hospitals

How to Become a Center for Neurosciences & Spine Visiting Professor

The Center for Neurosciences & Spine hosts a maximum of two visiting professor lectures per year, one in the fall and one in the spring. Invitation as a Center for Neurosciences & Spine Visiting Professor Visiting Professor is at the discretion of the Center for Neurosciences & Spine and requires:

  • Sponsor. Each visiting professor must be sponsored by a Virginia Mason Center for Neurosciences & Spine provider who proposes the visiting professor, contact information, content and lecture date to the Center for Neurosciences & Spine Executive Director and Administrative Director, Research and Academics. If approved, a letter of invitation is sent to the visiting professor.
  • CV and Photo. Upon accepting the invitation, visiting professors will be expected to provide electronic copies of their curriculum vitae and a professional photo.
  • Compliance. Visiting professors must comply with Virginia Mason’s Observers Policy.
  • Preparation. Visiting professors must arrive to Virginia Mason on the day of their appointment ready to present and engage in program activity.

For more information, please contact Kelsey Hanson, MBA, Manager, Research & Academics.