Pediatric and Adult Spinal, Scoliosis and Reconstructive Surgery

Pediatric and Adult Spinal, Scoliosis and Reconstructive Surgery

Various spinal deformities and reconstructive spinal surgery.

Dr. Lawrence Lenke is the Jerome J. Gilden endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and holds the positions of Co-Chief, Adult/Pediatric Scoliosis and Reconstructive Spinal Surgery and Chief, Spinal Surgery at Shriners Hospital - St. Louis Unit. Dr. Lenke’s practice is devoted to spinal surgery with an emphasis on complex reconstructive surgery and treatment of various spinal deformities such as scoliosis. He operates weekly at St. Louis Shriners Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. After receiving his medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. Lenke completed his internship and residency training at Washington University School of Medicine in Orthopaedic Surgery. Also, while at Washington University, he completed fellowship training in pediatric and adult spinal surgery. In 1994 and again in 2004, Dr. Lenke received board certification from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Lenke is an active member of numerous professional societies: the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Medical Association, American Orthopaedic Association, the American Spine Society, and the Scoliosis Research Society, in addition to many more. As an author, Dr. Lenke has contributed over 75 chapters to medical textbooks, more than 210 articles to scientific peer-reviewed journals, and over 70 non-peer-reviewed/invited articles. He also serves as an editor for textbooks and scientific journals, including the recently published textbook, Spinal Deformity: A Guide to Surgical Planning and Management. He has presided as chair to over 50 professional spinal surgery meetings worldwide and is the chairman of IMAST (International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques) until 2009 for which he has authored/coauthored over 510 scientific abstracts/presentations. He has been an invited lecturer over 200 times and has accepted 55 visiting professorships. He has also participated in two prestigious International Traveling Fellowships in the field of spinal surgery.

The Best Doctors in America - Fourth listing. Woodward/White, Inc., 1998;Life member of National Registry of Who’s Who, January 2000; The Best Doctors in St. Louis, 2000-2007; Scientific Recognition: Russell Hibbs Award, Best Clinical Research Paper, Scoliosis Research Society, 25th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1991; Best Resident/Fellow Paper Presentation, Missouri State Orthopaedic Association, Annual Meeting, 1992; GICD Spinal Cord Research Award: Astrocyte Response and Transforming Growth Factor-B Localization to Spinal Cord Injury. XIth Annual Meeting of Group International Cotrel-Dubousset, Marsailles, France, 1994; Scoliosis Research Society European Traveling Fellowship Award participant, May 1995; John H. Moe Award, Best Scientific Poster, Scoliosis Research Society, 30th Annual Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, 1995; 1st Runner-up, Russell Hibbs Award, Best Clinical Research Paper, Scoliosis Research Society, 32nd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, September 1997; 2nd Annual Lee T. Ford Award for Academic Achievement, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 1998; American Orthopaedic Association American British Canadian (ABC) Traveling Fellowship Award Participant, April-May 1999; American Orthopaedic Association Best Clinical Research Paper, Annual Residents Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, February 2000; 2000 Regional Zimmer Travel Award, 113th Annual Meeting of the AOA, Hot Springs, Virginia, June 2000; Louis A. Goldstein Award, Best Clinical Poster: Decompression Alone vs. Decompression and Limited Fusion for the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis. Scoliosis Research Society 40th Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, September 2005; Russell Hibbs Award, Best Clinical Research Presentation: Posterior Vertebral Column Resection (VCR) for Severe Pediatric & Adult Spinal Deformity: Indications, Results & Complications of 43 Consecutive Cases. Scoliosis Research Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2007.

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery in 1994, and recertified in 2004.

Northwestern University Medical School

Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine

Pediatric and Adult Spine Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine