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Office
San Francisco Spine Surgeons/St. Marys' Spine Center
1 shrader st #600/450
San Francisco, CA 94117Phone+1 415-750-5570Fax+1 415-750-8103- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. James Zucherman is an orthopedic surgeon in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including St. Mary's Medical Center and UCSF Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and has been in practice 43 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), Tagalog, Vietnamese, Russian, and Chinese (Cantonese). He specializes in orthopedic spine surgery and is experienced in minimally invasive spine surgery, spine traumatology, spine deformity surgery, thoracic spine surgery, and lumbar myelopathy.
Education & Training
- University of Hong KongFellowship, Spinal Surgery, 1981 - 1982
- St Mary's Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1977 - 1981
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1975 - 1977
- University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1975
- Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1974
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1975 - 2024
- TX State Medical License 1975 - 1995
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014-2022
- Best Technology Innovation Wall Street Journal, 2007
Clinical Trials
- A Pivotal Study of the Premia Spine TOPS™ System Start of enrollment: 2017 Jul 17
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Are all Cages Created Equal? Analysis of Cervical Cage Malfunctions Using FDA MAUDE Database.Victor Ungurean Jr, Amit S Piple, Oluwatodimu Richard Raji, Andrea Rowland, Adam Schlauch, Dimitriy G Kondrashov, Ken Y Hsu, James F Zucherman> ;Spine. 2024 Apr 15
- An Analysis of a Decade of Lumbar Interbody Cage Failures in the United States: A MAUDE Database Study.Amit S Piple, Victor Ungurean Jr, Oluwatodimu R Raji, Andrea Rowland, Adam Schlauch, Dimitriy G Kondrashov, Ken Hsu, James Zucherman> ;Spine. 2023 Dec 1
- 11 citationsMultiexpandable cage for minimally invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusionJeffrey D Coe, James F Zucherman, Donald W Kucharzyk, Kornelis A. Poelstra, Larry E. Miller, Sandeep Kunwar> ;Medical Devices. 2016 Sep 28
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Press Mentions
- St. Mary’s Medical Center Selected to Study Use of TOPS™ SystemSeptember 6th, 2018
- Bay Area Top Doctors 2017January 11th, 2018
- 340 Spine Surgeons to Know — 2017 FeaturedApril 20th, 2017
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Other Languages
- Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), Tagalog, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese (Cantonese)
Hospital Affiliations
- St. Mary's Medical CenterSan Francisco, California
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