YasharJavidanMDFAAOS

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Associate Professor, Chief of Spine Surgery, Co-director of UC Davis Spine Center

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Dr. Yashar Javidan is an orthopedic surgeon in Sacramento, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of California, Davis Medical Center and Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California. He received his residency training at USC (University of Southern California) and is fellowship-trained in complex spinal deformity and has been in practice 8 years. He specializes in adult and pediatric scoliosis, cervical deformity, minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal tumors, traumatic spinal cord injury and fractures, and congenital spinal anomaly.

University of California Davis HealthFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2014 - 2015
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2009 - 2014
Rancho Los Amigos National RehabilitationMD, Resident Surgeon, 2009 - 2013
University of California, IrvineB.S., Developmental & Cell Biology, 2005 - 2009
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 2009

American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Fellow, 2024
AO Spine AO Spine Faculty
Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Fellow, 2016
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Illinois Delta Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2008
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PubMed

Journal Articles

Safety and Efficacy of Power-Assisted Pedicle Tract Preparation and Pedicle Screw Placement
Seehausen DA, Andras L, Skaggs DL, Spine Deformity, 1/1/2014
Combinatorial roles for BMPs and Endothelin 1 in patterning the dorsal-ventral axis of the craniofacial skeleton
Alexander C, Zuniga E, Blitz IL, Le Pabic P, Zhang T, Cho KW, Crump JG, Schilling TF, Development, 1/1/2011
Hedgehog signaling is required for cranial neural crest morphogenesis and chondrogenesis at the midline in the zebrafish skull
Wada N, Nelson S, Camey TJ, Kelsh RN, Schilling TF, Development, 1/1/2005
Requirements for endoderm and BMP signaling in sensory neurogenesis in zebrafish
Holzschuh J, Wada N, Wada C, Schaffer A, Tallafuss A, Bally-Cuif L, Schilling TF, Development, 1/1/2005
AP2-dependent signals from the ectoderm regulate craniofacial development in the zebrafish embryo
Knight RD, Zhang T, Nelson S, Schilling TF, Development, 1/1/2005
Skeletal and pigment cell defects in the lockjaw mutant reveal multiple roles for zebrafish tfap2a in neural crest development
Knight RD, Nelson S, Zhang T, Schilling T, Developmental Dynamics, 1/1/2004
Lockjaw encodes a zebrafish tfap2a required for early neural crest development
Knight RD, Nair S, Nelson SS, Afshar A, GeislerR, Rauch GJ, Schilling TF, Development, 1/1/2003
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Books/Book Chapters

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Chapter: The Value Of Disk Replacement?
Page 45 - 51Kramer J, Smith JEditors: Sam W. Wiesel MD, Scott D. Boden MD.2014
Cell and Developmental Biology (Reliable Lab Solutions)
Chapter: Development of cartilage and bone
Page 429 - 451Alexander C and Schilling TFEditors: W Dietrich, M Westerfield and L Zon.Academic Press, London2009
Methods in Cell Biology
Chapter: Development of Cartilage and Bone
Page 413 - 433with Schilling TFEditors: H.W. Detrich, M. Westerfield, & L.I. Zon.Academic Press, San Diego2004

Abstracts/Posters

Safety and Efficacy of Power-Assisted Pedicle Tract Preparation and Pedicle Screw Placement
Seehausen DA, Andras L, Skaggs DL, AAOS Annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
Monitoring BMP signaling and its Role in Craniofacial Development
TF Schilling, C Alexander, P Hsieh, N Wada, I Blitz, K Cho, American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco CA, 1/1/2007
Sonic Hedgehog Directly Induces and Patterns the Midline Cartilage of the Larval Skull
N. Wada, SS Nelson, TF Schilling, Gordon Research Conference on Developmental Biology, Ventura, CA, 1/1/2005
AP-2-Dependent Ectodermal Signals Regulate Skeletogenesis of Zebrafish Neural Crest
TF Schilling, RD Knight, Society for Developmental Biology 63rd Annual Meeting, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1/1/2004
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Diamond Doc Award Recognizes Physicians for Exceptional Patient CareNovember 30th, 2021
Diamond Doc Award Recognizes Physicians for Exceptional Patient CareNovember 30th, 2021