Jeffrey Fischgrund, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Fischgrund currently is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has a special interest in spine surgery.

A graduate of George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., Dr. Fischgrund completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, and a spine surgery fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. After completion of his medical training in 1993 he joined the practice of Weissman, Gitlin, Herkowitz, M.D., P.C.

He has authored numerous scientific articles and textbook chapters on surgery of the spine and has lectured extensively about spine trauma and reconstructive spinal surgery. In addition, Dr. Fischgrund pursues research interests on spinal surgery and is a leading researcher on bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP’s) and cervical disc replacements. He also instructs medical students, orthopaedic residents and spine fellows at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak.

Dr. Fischgrund is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Michigan Orthopaedic Society, Michigan State Medical Society, Oakland Count Medical Society, Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the Spine Study Group.