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Spine
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Spine
Biography
- Dr. Kwon currently serves as a spine surgery consultant for the Charlotte Hornets basketball team.
 
Clinic Locations 
                                                        
                        Education 
                            - University of Michigan - B.S. in Biology & B.A. in Art History
 - University of Virginia - Doctor of Medicine
 - New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Residency
 - Panorama Spine Center | Denver, CO - Spine Fellowship
 
Practice 
                            - Orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine care.
 
Awards 
                            - Named a 2023 Top Doctor by Charlotte Magazine
 - 2022 North Carolina's Top Doctors, Charlotte Region, SouthPark Magazine
 - Named a 2021 Top Doctor by Charlotte Magazine
 
Research 
                            Presentations
- MERC Advanced MIS posterior course. Denver, CO. 2018 | Course Chairman
 - Society of Lateral Access Surgery meeting (SOLAS). NYC, NY 2016 | Faculty
 - Society of Minimally invasive spine surgery – podium presentation	2014
- The Use Of Lateral Interbody Fusion With Concomitant Smith-Peterson. Osteotomies To Improve Sagittal Balance And Increase Lumbar Lordosis.
 
 - SOLAS Meeting – podium presentation				2012
- Creation of Lumbar Lordosis using eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion and Concomitant Smith Peterson Osteotomies
 
 - IMAST – podium presentation						2006
- Postural versus instrumented reduction in thoracolumbar Burst fractures; a radiographic analysis.
 
 - Weidenbaum M, Kwon AJ, Lowenstein J, Sugalski M.  			2002 
- The hip-sacrum index - a fixed sagittal pelvic parameter.
 - IMAST 2002 (International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques), Switzerland.
 
 - Kwon AJ. Adjacent level degeneration of the cervical spine. 2005 Denver Spine Symposium. Denver, CO.
 - Kwon AJ. Cervical spine trauma: Diagnosis and management. 2005 Synthes Spine Trauma Course. Denver CO
 
Publications
- Kwon, AJ. Et al. Indirect decompression and vertebral body endplate strength after lateral interbody spacer impaction: cadaveric and foam-block models. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 May;24(5):727-33
 - Kwon, A. et al. Mechanical loading differentially regulates 2006 membrane-bound and soluble RANKL availability in MC3T3-E1 cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Apr;1068:568-72.
 
Testimonials 
                        Dr. Kwon and his staff at OrthoCarolina have been wonderful from my first visit, through a complicated surgery and now post-op. I feel as though I have had very personal care. My questions were answered and after my first post-op, my spirits were lifted through both Dr. Kwon and his PA, Steven's, kind words of encouragement. I would highly recommend Dr. Kwon and Orthocarolina.
