Michael J. Vives

Michael Vives, MD is an Professor and Chief of the Spine Division in the Department of Orthopaedics at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School. He has extensive experience in the operative and nonoperative treatment for a wide range of spinal injuries and disorders. Dr. Vives is Board-Certified and specializes in the management of: • disc herniations • spinal stenosis • disc degeneration • scoliosis • spinal fractures/spinal cord injury • spinal tumors He has extensive experience with emerging techniques such as disc replacement, minimally invasive surgery and computer guided spine surgery. Dr. Vives' expertise has earned him positions on the editorial boards of scientific journals including The Spine Journal, The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, and SpineLine. He has authored 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has presented close to 130 scientific and clinical lectures at meetings at the national and international level. Dr. Vives trained at renown spine programs while completing his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University and his fellowship in Spinal Surgery at the University of California, San Diego. He was elected to the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha, while earning his MD from the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from The College of William and Mary where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Vives is active in ma