Award Winning Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon Dr. Saqib Siddiqui
Dr Siddiqui is an orthopedic spine surgeon fellowship trained in spinal disorders both surgical and non-surgical. Dr Siddiqui believes in providing the appropriate type and level or care tailored to the individual patient. Whether it is non operative care such as physical therapy, brace treatment, injections or some other form of non surgical treatment. The ultimate goal is to make the patient feel better.
If surgical care is what you require, there are a range of options from traditional spinal fusions, to state of the art cutting edge options such as disc replacement, minimally invasive spine surgery, kyphoplasty, minimally invasive surgery and other emerging technologies such as interspinous distraction procedures.
Dr Siddiqui completed his medical degree at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia. After a residency at St. Vincent's Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in New York City, Dr Siddiqui focused on spine care by completing a prestigious fellowship in spinal surgery at the Texas Back Institute in Plano, Texas.
Dr Siddiqui has published articles in numerous orthopedic and spine peer reviewed journals and a text book chapter on lumbar spinal arthroplasty. He has presented his research at national and international spine and orthopedic meetings and received awards for his research.
| Specialty: | Spinal Surgery |
| Medical School: | University of New South Wales Medical School, Sydney, Australia |
| Medical Degree: | MD |
| Credentials: | MD, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon |
| Gender: | Male |
| Insurances: | Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Texas, Most Major Commercial Plans |
| Medicare: | Yes |
| Medicaid: | No |
| Date of Birth: | August 7, 1965 |
| Nationality: | United States |
| Interests: | Travel, Real Estate Investing, Cinema, Guitar |
| 1977-1982 | North Sydney Boys’ High School, Sydney, Australia |
| 1983-1988 | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery |
| Dec 1988 | Medical License in State of New South Wales, Australia (Inactive) |
| Jan 1990 | Medical License in the United Kingdom (Inactive) |
| Feb 2000 | Medical License New York State (License no. 216848) (Inactive) |
| Mar 2005 | Medical License Texas (License no. M0921) (Active) |
| Jul 2005 | Board Eligible American Board of Orthopedic Surgery |
| Jan 1989-Dec 1989 | Royal Newcastle Hospital- Internship Surgery |
| Jan 1990-Dec 1992 | Royal North Shore Hospital- Junior Resident Surgery |
| Jan 1993-Dec 1993 | John Hunter Hospital- Senior Resident Surgery |
| Jan 1994-Dec 1994 | Manly District Hospital- Registrar Orthopaedic Surgery |
| July 1995-June 1996 | Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY- Intern Surgery |
| July 1996-June 2000 | Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center / Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY - House Officer Orthopaedic Surgery |
| July 2000-June 2005 | St. Vincent’s Medical Center/Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, New York, NY -Resident Orthopedics |
| Aug 2005-Aug 2006 | Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX- Spine Surgery Fellow |
| Aug 2006-Aug 2007 | Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Texas Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Tomball, TX. |
| Aug 2007-Present | President and CEO, The Spine Center of Houston, Houston, TX. |
| Sept 2002 | AAMISS (American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery): Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Cervical Spine. West Palm Beach, FL. |
| Dec 2002 | AO Basic Trauma Course, Davos, Switzerland. |
| Jan 2003 | AO Basic Spine Trauma Course, Washington DC. |
| Feb 2003 | 70th Annual AAOS Meeting, New Orleans, LA. |
| Mar 2003 | AAMISS (American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery):Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Keystone, CO. |
| May 2003 | First Annual Review Course, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY. |
| Sep 2003 | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Cadaver Course, Secaucus, NJ (Sofamore-Danek). |
| Oct 2003 | 18th Annual NASS Meeting, San Diego, CA. |
| Apr 2004 | NYU Prosthetics and Orthotics course, New York NY. |
| May 2004 | AO North America Pelvic Fracture Advanced course, Toronto, Canada. |
| Jul 2004 | ASHS Comprehensive Hand Surgery Review Course, Dallas, TX. |
| Aug 2004 | Zimmer Trauma and Joint Reconstruction National Resident’s Conference, Chicago, IL. |
| Sep 2004 | Medtronic Midas Rex Course, Ft. Worth, TX. Competency Certificate Obtained. |
| Oct 2004 | Orthopedic Trauma Association Resident’s Basic Fracture Course, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. |
| Oct 2004 | North American Spine Society 19th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. |
| Nov 2004 | Zimmer National Resident’s Trauma Conference, Newport, RI. |
| Dec 2004 | AO Interactive Advanced Spine Trauma and Degenerative Disease Course, Davos, Switzerland. |
| Feb 2005 | 71st AAOS Annual Meeting, Washington DC. |
| Mar 2005 | AAOS Board Review Course, Chicago, IL. |
| May 2005 | Miller Board Review Course, Denver, CO. |
| Jun 2005 | Maine Board Review Course, Waterville, Maine. |
| Oct 2005 | Medtronic Minimally Invasive Surgery Cadaver Workshop Memphis, TN. |
| Nov 2005 | 3rd Trans Atlantic Spine Congress “Innovations in Spine Surgery” Dallas, TX. |
| Dec 2005 | AAMISS (American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery): 2005 Update Course “Innovations and Advances in Disc Surgery” Miami, FL. |
| Dec 2005 | 33rd Annual Meeting, Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego CA. |
| Dec 2005 | IST Course and Cadaver Workshop: Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Spine Fusion, Dallas, TX. |
| Dec 2005 | Course and Cadaver workshop, Biologic Vertebral Augmentation with Optimesh Minimally Invasive Technique, Dallas, TX. Competency Certificate Obtained. |
| Feb 2006 | Course and Cadaver workshop, Trans1 AxiaLIF Clinical training, Fort Worth, TX. Competency Certificate Obtained. |
| Apr 2006 | DePuy Bioskills and Cadaver Workshop, Baltimore, MD. Table Instructor. |
| Jun 2006 | Synthes Spine Anterior Lumbar Approach Course and Cadaver Workshop. Table Instructor. |
| Aug 2006 | Osteotech Bone grafting think tank, New York NY Course Participant. |
| Aug 2006 | DePuy Spine Advanced Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Think Tank and Cadaver Workshop, Denver, CO. |
| Oct 2006 | Nuvasive XLIF and Minimally invasive TLIF cadaver workshop, San Diego, CA. |
| Feb 2007 | Synthes Prodisc Artificial Disc Symposium, Denver, CO. |
| Mar 2007 | Synthes Prodisc Artificial Disc Training, Philadelphia, PA. |
| Apr 2007 | IST Minimally Invasive TLIF Cadaver Workshop. |
| May 2007 | Spine Arthroplasty Society Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany. |
| Oct 2007 | Nuvasive Advanced XLIF course, San Diego, CA. |
| Oct 2007 | North American Spine Society, 22nd Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. |
| Dec 2007 | Percutaneous Discectomy and Minimally Invasive Spine surgery course, Ellman laboratories, Oceanside, NY. |
| Feb 2008 | Certification course completed, Medtronic Prestige Artificial Disc Replacement, Denver, CO. |
| Mar 2008 | IST Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Cadaver Course, Las Vegas, NV. |
| Apr 2008 | Prodisc-C Artificial Disc Replacement Course, New York, NY. |
| May 2008 | Annual Meeting, Spine Arthroplasty Society, Miami, FL. |
| Oct 2008 | Annual Meeting, Society of Pre Sacral Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV. |
| Apr 2009 | Annual Meeting, Society of Lateral Access Surgeons, San Diego, CA |
| Jun 2009 |
Nuvasive TLIF and XLIF Master's course, San Diego, CA |
| May 2010 | 10th Annual Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology, New Orleans |
| Oct 2010 | Trans1 Axcess Visit & Advanced Product Training, Wilmington, NC |
| Apr 2010 | Nuvasive Minimally Invasive TLIF Course, San Diego, CA |
| Jun 2010 |
Association of Presacral Spine Surgeons, Annual Meeting, Chicago Illinois. |
Candidate Member American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Member North American Spine Society
Member Spine Arthroplasty Society
Member Texas Medical Association
Member Harris County Medical Society
Member Texas Orthopedic Association
| 1. | Siddiqui SA, Rocco J, Lipton JF, Vigorita VJ, Bianchi J.” Quality of Allograft Bone and the outcome of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Spinal Fusion.” AOA Resident’s Meeting, April 2001, Memphis, TN. |
| 2. | Siddiqui SA, Das K, Shah A, Hillard V, Chiles B, Cerabona F.” A Comparison of Polyetherether Ketone Cages to Femoral Cortical Allograft as a Single Piece Interbody Spacer in Transforaminal Interbody Fusion.” 19th Annual NASS Meeting, October 2004, Chicago, IL. |
| 3. | Siddiqui, SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. 6th Annual Meeting Spine Arthroplasty Society Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 2006. |
| 4. | Siddiqui, SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. 33rd Annual Meeting International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Bergen, Norway, June 2006. |
| 5. | Siddiqui, SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. Spine Across the Sea 2006 Annual Meeting, July 2006, Maui, Hawaii. |
| 6. | Siddiqui, SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. NASS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA Sept. 2006. |
| 1. | Bitan FD, Neuwirth MG, Kuflik PL, Casden A, Bloom N, Siddiqui S: The use of Short and Rigid Anterior Instrumentation in the Treatment of idiopathic Thoracolumbar Scoliosis. Spine 2002;27:1553-1557. |
| 2. | Mashoof AA, Siddiqui SA, Otero M, Tucci JJ: Supplementation of Autogenous Bone Graft with Coralline Hydroxyapatite in Posterior Spine Fusion for Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis. Orthopedics 2002;Vol. 25(10):1073-1076. |
| 3. | Siddiqui SA, Lipton J, Bryk E, Vigorita V, Evangalista J. Comment On: RefSource:J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1999 Mar; 81(2):333-5/PMID:10204946. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1999 Sep;81(5):935. |
| 4. | Siddiqui SA, Mashoof AA, Strehlow AN, Lipton JF, Vallejo C, Meyerson R: Painful Patella in a 64-Year-Old Woman: Orthopedic, Radiology, Pathology Conference. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research 2003;August,Vol. 413:309-315. |
| 5. | Siddiqui SA, Rocco J, McKechnie A, Meyerson R, Sands AK: Technique for Percutaneous Insertion of Intramedullary Nail for Intertrochanteric Hip Fracture. American Journal of Orthopedics 2004;Vol 33(3):117-120. |
| 6. | Siddiqui SA, Lipton JF, Vigorita VJ, Evangelista J, Bryk E: Bone Biopsy as a screening Technique for Bone Bank Allograft Donation. American Journal of Orthopedics 2004;Vol 33(3):123-126. |
| 7. | Fowble VA, Siddiqui SA, Sanda AK: Fracture of the Lateral Process of the Talus: A Report of 2 Cases. American Journal of Orthopedics 2004;Vol. 33(10):522-5. |
| 8. | Siddiqui SA, Smith AM, Mashoof AA, Bryk E: Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in Patients with HIV: A Report of Four Cases and Literature Review. American Journal of Orthopedics 2004; Vol 33(12): 618-622. |
| 9. | Choi G, Siddiqui SA, Bryk E: Bifurcate Metatarsal Causing Foot Deformity: A case report. Foot and Ankle International. October 1,2006;Vol 29 (10):843-846. |
| 10. | Cutler, AR, Siddiqui SA, Mohan AL, Hillard VH, Cerabona F, Das K. Comparison of polyetheretherketone cages with femoral ring allograft as a single-piece interbody spacer in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. J Neurosurgery:Spine December 2006; Vol 5(6):534-539. |
| 11. | Siddiqui, SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. The Spine Journal. 2007;Vol 6(5): 56S-57S. |
| 1. | Siddiqui SA, Blumenthal S, Ohnmeiss D et al. Lumbar Spinal Arthroplasty. Book chapter in “Tricks of the Trade in Spine Surgery” Editor: A. Vaccarro, MD. |
| 1. | Bitan FD, Neuwirth MG, Kuflik PL, Casden A, Bloom N, Siddiqui S. “The use of Short and Rigid Anterior Instrumentation in the Treatment of idiopathic Thoracolumbar Scoliosis.” Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, Sept. 1998, New York, NY. |
| 2. | Siddiqui SA, Rocco J, Lipton JF, Vigorita VJ, Bianchi J. “Quality of Allograft Bone and the outcome of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Spinal Fusion.” 2002 AOA Resident’s Meeting, Memphis, TN. |
| 3. | Siddiqui SA, Das K, Shah A, Hillard V, Chiles B, Cerabona F.”A Comparison of Polyetherether Ketone Cages to Femoral Cortical Allograft as a Single Piece Interbody Spacer in Transforaminal Interbody Fusion.” 19th Annual NASS Meeting, October 2004, Chicago, IL. |
| 4. | Siddiqui SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. 6th Annual Meeting Spine Arthroplasty Society Meeting, May 2006, Montreal, Canada. |
| 5. | Siddiqui SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. 33rd Annual Meeting International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Bergen, Norway, June 2006. |
| 6. | Siddiqui, SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. Spine Across the Sea 2006 Annual Meeting, July 2006, Maui, Hawaii. |
| 7. | Siddiqui, SA, Guyer R, Zigler J, Ohnmeiss D, Blumenthal S, Sachs B, Hochschuler S. “Factors related to the 20 best and 20 worst 24-month outcomes of total disc replacement in prospective FDA-regulated trials. NASS Annual Meeting, Sept. 2006, Seattle WA. |
Third Place Resident Writer’s Award, American Journal of Orthopedics, February 2005 for paper: “Bone Biopsy as a screening Technique for Bone Bank Allograft Donation.” Siddiqui SA, Lipton JF, Vigorita VJ, Evangelista J, Bryk E: American Journal of Orthopedics 2004;Vol 33(3):123-126.
Dr Siddiqui is an orthopedic spine surgeon fellowship trained in spinal disorders both surgical and non-surgical. Dr Siddiqui believes in providing the appropriate type and level or care tailored to the individual patient. Whether it is non operative care such as physical therapy, brace treatment, injections or some other form of non surgical treatment. The ultimate goal is to make the patient feel better.
