AliBydonMD

Summary

• Dr. Ali Bydon is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His busy clinical practice focuses on degenerative disorders of the spine, spinal tumors, and complex reconstruction and restoration of the spine. Dr. Bydon is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
  
  Dr. Ali Bydon earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor. He completed residency training in Neurological Surgery at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where he graduated with distinction in 2006. He also completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Henry Ford, as well as a fellowship at Louisiana State University on the Surgical Treatment of Peripheral Nerves. Dr. Bydon then completed a one-year instructorship in Spinal Oncology and Complex Reconstructive Spinal Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
  
  He is the director of the Spinal Column Biomechanics and Surgical Outcomes Laboratory at Johns Hopkins. His research focuses on spinal biomechanics, spinal disparities and surgical outcomes. He has co-authored over 140 peer-reviewed manuscripts and numerous book chapters. Dr. Bydon is also a principal investigator of several national, multi-center, prospective clinical trials evaluating long-term patient reported outcomes following spine surgery. He also serves as a reviewer for a dozen scientific publications, including Spine and Neurosurgery.
  
  Dr. Bydon is an educator who has helped train over 30 currently-practicing neurosurgeons. He is the recipient of the prestigious Richard Otenasak Faculty Teaching Award (2011) and serves as the co-director of Neurosurgical Medical Student Education. He has received Maryland’s “Favorite Physician” yearly award since 2008. He was also voted by his peers as Baltimore Top-Doc.