Spain Hodges MD

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Physician

Summary

Spain Hodges, MD is an Orthopaedic Surgeon located in Birmingham, AL, with a specific focus on Orthopedic Spine Surgery. A University of Alabama School of Medicine graduate, he further specialized with a Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He currently practices at both Grandview Medical Center and St. Vincent's East, bringing expertise in managing conditions such as lumbar degenerative disease, cervical spine disorders, and spine osteoarthritis, among others. He has also contributed to the medical literature with publications in respectable journals like Evidence Based Spine Care Journal and Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques.

University of Mississippi School of MedicineFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2007 - 2008
University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2002 - 2007
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 2002

Journal Articles

Dynamic anterior cervical plating for multi-level spondylosis: Does it help?
Ashraf A. Ragab, F. Spain Hodges, Clint P. Hill, Robert A. McGuire, and Michelle Tucci, Evidence Based Spine Care Journal, 5/2010
The ability of MRI to predict failure of nonoperative treatment of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis
Hodges FS, McAtee S, Kirkpatrick JS, Theiss SM., Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, 12/19/2006

Books/Book Chapters

Spinal Reconstruction – Clinical Examples of Basic Science, Biomechanics, and Engineering
Chapter: Clinical Strategies for Delivery of Osteoinductive Growth Factors
FS Hodges, SM TheissCRC Press2007