Board of Directors Bios

Ralph Rashbaum, MD

Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Specialization: Spine Surgeon

Education/Degrees

• 1964 B.S. -- University of the City of New York, Queens College
• 1968 M.D. -- The Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL

Internships/Residency

• Internship and surgical residency -- Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY
• Orthopedic surgery residency -- Case Western Reserve and University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
• Spinal cord injury fellowship -- Wade Park VA Hospital, Cleveland with Dr. Henry Bohlman
• Spine fellowship -- The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA with Drs. Rothman and Simeone

Distinctions/Honors

• Co-founder, Texas Back Institute, concurrently founder of one of the first back schools in the United States.
• Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX.
• Actively involved in Texas Back Institute spine fellowship program.
• Referred complex spine cases from across the country, aiding patients from railroad workers to celebrities like golfer Lee Trevino and country singer Willie Nelson.

Publications

• Contributing Author, "Lumbar Disc Disease" (1989)
• Author, numerous research papers published in international spine journals

Professional Organizations

• Dallas County Medical Society
• Texas State Medical Society
• Southern Medical Association
• American Pain Society
• International Association for Study of Pain
• The Dallas County Pharmaceutical Society
• Dallas/Fort Worth Rheumatism Society
• Dallas Orthopedic Foundation
• North Texas Spine Society