Fellowship Trained Spine Surgeon in Greensboro, North Carolina (NC)

Max W. Cohen, MD, FAAOS | Founding Physician

Dr. Cohen is an innovator and a leader in spine care, known for his skill in the operating room and his compassion for patients. He specializes in complex spinal disorders, including minimally invasive spine surgery and scoliosis in children and adults.

Over his years in practice, Dr. Cohen has treated tens of thousands of patients and performed thousands of surgeries. His patients benefit from his continual quest to develop new products and techniques that will improve results in spinal surgery. In 2009, Dr. Cohen pioneered the use of the universal clamp (developed by French surgeons Brice Ilharreborde and Keyvan Mazda) in spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis in the U.S. He currently is a consultant to spinal implant manufacturer Medtronic, helping develop instrumentation to improve patients’ outcomes and recovery time and also training other surgeons in these newly developed techniques.

An honors graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, Dr. Cohen completed his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was chief resident. He also completed a spine and scoliosis fellowship at Cornell University’s prestigious Hospital for Special Surgery, ranked recently as the top orthopaedics hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. He has practiced in Greensboro since 2002 and is board-certified in orthopaedic surgery.