MichaelH.HeggenessMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Houston, TX

Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

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Office
6620 Main St
13TH floor
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-986-6016

Fax+1 713-798-1144

Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1984 - 1989
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1990 - 2023
KS State Medical License 2012 - 2020

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2012
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

87 citations
An evidence-based clinical guideline for the use of antithrombotic therapies in spine surgery.
Christopher M. Bono, William C. Watters, Michael H. Heggeness, Daniel K. Resnick, William O. Shaffer
The Spine Journal. 2009-12-01
279 citations
Undertreatment of Osteoporosis in Men With Hip Fracture
Gary M. Kiebzak, Garth A. Beinart, Karen Perser, Catherine G. Ambrose, Sherwin J. Siff
Archives of Internal Medicine. 2002-10-28
116 citations
Hypoxic adipocytes pattern early heterotopic bone formation
Elizabeth A. Olmsted-Davis, Francis H. Gannon, Mustafa Ozen, Michael Ittmann, Zbigniew Gugala
The American Journal of Pathology. 2007-02-01

Press Mentions

Vertebral Endplates Are a Significant Source of Chronic Low Back Pain — the Evidence Behind the Intracept ProcedureNovember 5th, 2018
60 Spine Surgeons on the Forefront of Biologics & Stem Cells FeaturedNovember 15th, 2017
Spine Surgeon Leader to Know: Dr. Michael Heggeness of BaylorClinicFebruary 12th, 2016
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