DouglasCBurtonMD

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Marc and Elinor Asher Spine Professor and Vice-Chair Orthopedic Surgery, University Kansas School of Medicine

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Office
3901 Rainbow Blvd
Orthopedic Surgery
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone+1 913-588-6100

Fax+1 913-588-0862

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2000 - 2000
Texas Back InstituteFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 1999 - 2000
University of Kansas School of MedicineResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1994 - 1999
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 1994

PubMed

Cost Benefit of Implementation of Risk Stratification Models for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
Peter G Passias, Tyler K Williamson, Nicholas A Kummer, Ferran Pellisé, Virginie Lafage
Global Spine Journal. 2025-03-01
The gap between surgeon goal and achieved sagittal alignment in adult cervical spine deformity surgery.
Justin S Smith, David Ben-Israel, Michael P Kelly, Virginie Lafage, Renaud Lafage
Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2025-03-01
3 citations
Adult Cervical Deformity Patients Have Higher Baseline Frailty, Disability, and Comorbidities Compared With Complex Adult Thoracolumbar Deformity Patients: A Comparati...
Justin S Smith, Michael P Kelly, Thomas J Buell, David Ben-Israel, Bassel Diebo
Global Spine Journal. 2025-03-01

'Not Going To Spend the Time I Have Left Being Sad': KC-Area Doctor Diagnosed With Terminal Brain CancerAugust 17th, 2023
Douglas C. Burton, M.D. Receives SRS Lifetime Achievement AwardFebruary 27th, 2024