Jason M. Cuéllar Featured on Health News Today
Jason M. Cuéllar, MD, PhD, FAAOS Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Dr. Cuéllar is a highly-trained, award-winning orthopedic surgeon who specializes in treating spinal disorders. As the Founder of Cuéllar Spine, he extends his services to patients across South Florida, maintaining offices in Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, and Miami.
Within the local medical community, Dr. Cuéllar is affiliated with esteemed institutions such as Jupiter Medical Center, HCA Florida JFK North Hospital, and HCA Florida Aventura Hospital. Furthermore, he conducts surgeries at the SurgCenter of Palm Beach Gardens, Miami Surgical Center, and Lake Worth Surgical Center in Florida, as well as at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Prior to medical school, Dr. Cuéllar completed an Undergraduate Degree in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior at U.C. Davis, followed by a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, where he researched the mechanisms of pain and pain pathophysiology within the spinal cord.
His refined technical skills and knowledge make him one of the most sought-after spinal surgeons in the nation. Dr. Cuéllar is the product of one of the top, most competitive medical training programs in the United States: U.C. Davis and Stanford University Medical School. Throughout his medical school training, he continued to work in a pain research laboratory, completing post-doctoral research, and one year as a Medical Scholars Research Fellow.
Thereafter, Dr. Cuéllar completed his training in orthopedic surgery at the prestigious New York University-Hospital for Joint Diseases (NYU-HJD). During this 6-year training period, he treated patients at the two busiest level-1 trauma centers in New York state. He received training in spinal surgery from world-renowned scoliosis and deformity spinal surgeons, Drs. Thomas Errico, Frank Schwab and Peter Passias, among many others.
While at NYU-HJD, Dr. Cuéllar completed an extra year as a Musculoskeletal Research Fellow, performing both basic science and clinical research to advance the field of spine surgery and inflammatory cytokine research.
He completed his final year of training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in the spinal disorders fellowship, under the directorship of Dr. Hyun Bae and Neel Anand at The Spine Center. This was a combined neurosurgical and orthopedic spine fellowship.
A valuable asset to the field of orthopedics and spinal care, Dr. Cuéllar is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS). The ABOS is an organization with the goal of establishing educational and professional standards for orthopedic residents and surgeons as well as evaluating the qualifications and competence of orthopedic surgeons.
On a professional level, Dr. Cuéllar is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (FAAOS) and a member of the North American Spine Society.
Learn More about Dr. Jason M. Cuéllar:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/81328529-Jason-Cuellar-Orthopedist or through Cuéllar Spine, https://cuellarspine.com/meet-dr-cuellar/
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