Bernard A. Rawlins, MD

Appointments

Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Scoliosis, Spine, Trauma

Special Expertise

Adult and pediatric Scoliosis and Kyphosis surgery including multiiplanar revision deformity surgery

Arthroscopic spine surgery

Cervical spine trauma spondylolsis and disc surgery

Athletic spine injuries including fractures, spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis.

Education

MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, US

Residency

St Lukes’/Roosevelt Hospital, General Surgery, US

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Orthopedic Surgery, US

Fellowship

Minnesota Spine Center, Spine Surgery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure

New York  

Bernard A. Rawlins, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Gu WY, Rabin J, Rawlins BA, Liu ZP, Lai WM, Mow VC: Streaming potential response of human lumbar annulus fibrosus is altered with disc degeneration. Trans Orthop Res Soc 22:125, 1997

Iatridis JC, Rawlins BA, Handler SR, Krishnan L, Foster RJ, Weidenbaum M., Mow VC: Compressive material properties of human lumbar annulus fibrosus are altered with degeneration and aging. Trans Orthop Res Soc 22:124, 1997

Iatridis JC, Setton LA, Foster RJ, Rawlins BA, Weidenbaum M, Mow VC: Human annulus fibrosus behaves nonlinearly and isotropiclly in finite deformation confined compression. ASME Bioengineering Conference BED 29:192, 1996

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Research Description

Dr. Rawlins performs research on the mechanics of the intervertebral disc and design of instrumentation for spine surgery. He has written numerous scientific articles and chapters on spine surgery.

Clinical Trials

• Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells