KennethAndrewHoodDO

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Spine Surgeon

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Office
Excelsior Orthopaedics
3925 Sheridan Dr
Amherst, NY 14226
Phone+1 716-250-9999

Fax+1 623-242-1232

Dr. Kenneth Hood is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Excelsior Orthopedics in Amherst, NY. He received his medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and has been in practice 8 years. He is fellowship trained in spine surgery and is experienced in robotic spinal fusion, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, minimally invasive spine surgery, and disk replacement.

University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2014 - 2015
Riverside University Health SystemResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2009 - 2014
NYIT College Of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2009
University of RochesterBA, Economics, 2001 - 2005

PubMed

19 citations
Clinical Evaluation, Imaging, and Management of Adolescent Idiopathic and Adult Degenerative Scoliosis
Wonsuk Kim, Jack Porrino, Kenneth A. Hood, Tyson S. Chadaz, Andrea Klauser
Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 2019-07-01
8 citations
Update on Imaging of Spinal Fixation Hardware
Blair A. Winegar, Matthew D. Kay, Tyson S. Chadaz, Mihra S. Taljanovic, Kenneth A. Hood
Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology. 2019-03-29
9 citations
Incomplete Follow-up After Growth Modulation Surgery: Incidence and Associated Complications.
John Kemppainen, Kenneth A. Hood, Joanna H. Roocroft, John A. Schlechter, Eric W. Edmonds
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. 2016-07-01

Journal Articles

Complications of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis
Shridharani S, Munroe BA, Hood KA, Sem in Spine Surg, 1/1/2017
Incomplete Follow-up after Growth Modulation Surgery: Incidence and Associated Complications
Kemppainen JW, Hood KA, Roocfroft JH, Schlechter JA, Edmonds EW, J Peds Orthop., 1/1/2016
Cervical Total Disc Arthroplasty
Basho R, Hood KA, Global Spine J., 1/1/2012

Books/Book Chapters

The Spine
Chapter: Anatomy of the Anterior Cervicothoracic Spine
Page 339 - 356Kenneth A. Hood, Shyam ShridharaniEditors: Steven Garfin, Frank Eismont, Gordon Bell, Jeffery Fischgrund, Christopher Bono.Elsevier , PhiladelphiaEdition 7,2018
Rothman-Simeone and Herkowitz�s The Spine
Chapter: Chapter 19 - Thoracic Spine Surgical Approaches.
Hood KA, Shridharani SEditors: Steven R. Garfin, MD, Frank Eismont, MD, Gordon Bell, MD, Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, MD, and Chris Bono, M.D..Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA2017

Abstracts/Posters

A Retrospective Examination of a Classic Approach to Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Management.
Hood KA, Schlechter JA, Nguyen S, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV, 1/24/2015

Lectures

Treating Back Pain.
Tucson, AZ - 1/31/2017
Should intraoperative neuro-monitoring be used in all ACDF.
Nashville, TN - 1/28/2017
Perioperative steroids to reduce dysphasia after ACDF.
Nashville, TN - 1/28/2017
Thoracolumbar Trauma: Current Treatment Strategies and Controversies.
The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/24/2017
Spine Emergencies.
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/15/2017
Upper Cervical Spine Trauma: Occiput to C2.
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/20/2016
Introduction to Thoracolumbar Spine Surgical Approaches.
Phoenix, AZ - 1/16/2016
Thoracolumbar Trauma.
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/13/2016
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Manifestations in the Cervical Center.
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/7/2016
Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon�s Inside Look at Healing Back Pain.
The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/2/2016
Subaxial Cervical Spine Trauma.
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ - 1/16/2015
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