Hsu, MD, is a top spine surgeon who lends his skills and expertise to serve patients at San Francisco Spine Surgeons at St. Mary’s Spine Center in San Francisco, California, a practice completely dedicated to treatment of spinal disorders, which he established in 2014 alongside partner physicians, Dr. Zucherman and Dr. Kondrashov. Dr. Hsu additionally can be found on staff at Sutter Health and Bro
wn & Toland Physicians, is a Clinical Faculty member in the San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency Program and Director of Orthopaedic Services at St. Mary's Spine Center (1988-present), and serves as President of San Francisco Orthopaedic Surgeons Medical Group, Inc. San Francisco Orthopaedic Surgeons is one of the oldest orthopaedic surgery groups in the United States with our history going back to the 1930’s. With thirty-five years of experience as a spine surgeon, Dr. Hsu specializes in all facets of his specialty. “Dr. Hsu is world-renowned as a co-inventor of the X-STOP device, a minimally invasive surgical solution for patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis and the first Interspinous Decompression Device (IPD) to be approved by FDA for use in the United States. X-STOP has started an era of Interspinous Process Decompression both in the US and in the rest of the world”, states the official website of San Francisco Orthopaedic Surgeons Medical Group, Inc. in addition, Dr. Hsu has presented at numerous national and international conferences on the topics of spine surgery and the X-STOP procedure, has also authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in surgical textbooks, and has participated in numerous clinical trials of spine surgical devices, including X-STOP, Flexicore and Prodisc lumbar total disc replacement, and Cervicore cervical total disc replacement. Dr. Hsu was among the first spine surgeons to use pedicle screw fixation of the spine in the Western United States. Hsu, MD, please visit https://www.sfspine.com/providers/ken-y-hsu-m-d/. Hsu, MD, is a 1976-graduate of State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine in Brooklyn, New York. His postgraduate training includes his one-year internship at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, CA (1976-1977), two-year general surgery residency at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine/ UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion in San Francisco, California (1977-1979), his four-year at The San Francisco Orthopedic Residency Program at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine/ St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California (1979-1983), and fellowship in Spine and Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery the University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. Dr. Hsu received additional training by Dr. Harry Crock in Australia (1985), trained in anterior lumbar fusion instrumentation by Dr. Kiyoshi Kaneda in Hokkaido, Japan (1989), and visited Professor Jürgen Kramer, a world authority in “intervertebral disk disease,” in Bochum, Germany (1991). Dr. Hsu attained board certification in orthopedic surgery with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Furthermore, he has been honored with a Castle Connolly Top Doctors Awards, multiple Patients' Choice Award (2011, 2012, 2016), several Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016), and an On-Time Doctor Award (2016). He is a member of several professional societies and associations, which allows him to remain at the forefront of his challenging field. Dr. Hsu is fluent in English, Japanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese. As a result of his compassionate attitude, patient centric philosophy, and commitment to excellence in all facets of spine surgery, Ken Y. Hsu, MD, has been honored with a 2016 Top Doctor Award. Top Doctor Awards is dedicated to selecting and honoring those healthcare practitioners who have demonstrated clinical excellence while delivering the highest standards of patient care. Hsu, MD, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/30066-Ken-Hsu-orthopaedic-surgeon-San-Francisco-CA-94117.
