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Office
3600 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94610
Summary
- Alem Yacob, MD is an Orthopaedic Surgeon based in Oakland, CA with a subspecialty in Orthopedic Spine Surgery. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and his fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Yacob is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. His contributions to medical literature include publications in HSS Journal, International Journal of Spine Surgery, Spine, and The Spine Journal on topics including etiology-based classification, Vitamin D in spinal surgery, degenerative spondylolisthesis, and psoas morphology, among others.
Education & Training
Rush University Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2015 - 2016
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2010 - 2015
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2016 - 2025
IL State Medical License 2015 - 2017- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 11 citationsEtiology-Based Classification of Adjacent Segment Disease following Lumbar Spine Fusion:Philip K. Louie, Garrett K. Harada, Arash J. Sayari, Benjamin C. Mayo, Jannat M. Khan
HSS Journal. 2020-07-01 - 5 citationsA Review of Vitamin D in Spinal Surgery: Deficiency Screening, Treatment, and OutcomesBenjamin C. Mayo, Dustin H. Massel, Alem Yacob, Ankur S. Narain, Fady Y. Hijji
International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2020-06-01 - 15 citationsIn Degenerative Spondylolisthesis, Unilateral Laminotomy for Bilateral Decompression Leads to Less Reoperations at 5 Years When Compared to Posterior Decompression Wit...Calvin C. Kuo, Maqdooda Merchant, Mayur Kardile, Alem Yacob, Kamran Majid
Spine. 2019-11-01
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