Sam Bakshian, MD, QME

Dr. Bakshian grew up in Southern California. After completing his Bachelor of Science Degree at UCLA, he moved to New York where he completed his medical training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 1992, he returned back to his hometown and completed an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the University of Southern California. Throughout his career Dr. Bakshian has had an interest in managing spinal disorders. He has been involved with research projects on mechanical stability of the spine and this led him to pursue further subspecialty training in management of spinal disorders. After having completed his spinal surgery fellowship at the Southern California Orthopaedic Institute in 1998, he started in private practice in Los Angeles at Tower Orthopaedics in the Cedar Sinai Medical Towers.

Dr. Bakshian specializes in the surgical and non-surgical management of disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. This includes degenerative disease, disc herniations, spinal stenosis, spinal deformity, spinal trauma as well as spinal tumors. Dr. Bakshian has been further involved in the minimally invasive management of spinal disorders and endoscopic techniques as well as minimally invasive spinal fusions. Dr. Bakshian is actively involved with teaching and has given numerous seminar and continuing medical education meeting on this matter. He is presently an attending physician at Cedar Sinai Medical Center and is a member of the Cedar Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders.

Dr. Bakshian is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons as well as a member of the American Medical Association. He is also a Qualified Medical Examiner for the California Industrial Medical Council Department of Industrial Relations and is proficient with the rules and regulations regarding industrial injuries. Dr. Bakshian considers himself a true patient advocate.

To balance out this vigorous lifestyle, Dr. Bakshian enjoys golfing, sailing, scuba diving, and maintaining a good sense of humor.