About Richard D. Guyer, MD
Dr. Richard Guyer is Co-founder of the Texas Back Institute and Director of their Spine Fellowship Program. Dr. Guyer is Co-director of the Center for Disc Replacement at Texas Back Institute and was instrumental in bringing artificial disc replacement surgery to the United States after its creation and use in Europe. He is founder of the Texas Back Institute Research Foundation (TBIRF) and Chairman of the Board for the program. Also, Dr. Guyer is Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas.
Dr. Guyer received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed his internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas followed by an orthopaedic surgical residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Guyer completed two spine fellowships; the first at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH under Henry Bohlman, MD, and a second in Long Beach, CA with Leon Wiltse, MD.
Dr. Guyer is a member of many medical and spine societies serving in leadership roles and on many committees. These include the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Cervical Spine Research Society, Institute for Spine & Biomedical Research, International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine, Lumbar Spine Research Society, and North American Spine Society.
Dr. Guyer has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles with current articles in press. He has made nearly 600 presentations and over 250 posters. He is a reviewer for multiple journals including the International Journal of Spine Surgery, European Spine Journal and Global Spine Journal.
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