* CLICK HERE FOR DR PRADHAN'S CURRICULUM VITAE *
Dr.
Ben B. Pradhan is a Board Certified, and Fellowship Trained, Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, whose practice focuses solely on spine
problems. He treats cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal disorders. As the former Director of Clinical Research,
and Spine Surgery Fellowship Coordinator at THE SPINE INSTITUTE of Santa Monica, CA / CEDARS-SINAI Medical Center, he has
been very involved in research and teaching within the ever changing field of spine surgery. He presently heads the
spine surgery department of the RISSER ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP in Pasadena, CA. RISSER is one of the most established orthopaedic
groups in southern California, established in 1937, and one with a long tradition of spinal care.
Dr. Pradhan is a Princeton graduate. He started out his education and career as an aerospace
engineer, but was drawn toward the engineering and technological advances being made in the field of spine surgery.
After completing high school as the valedictorian, he graduated from Princeton with academic honors, was recruited to
UCLA for a PhD in aerospace engineering with a UC Chancellor's fellowship where he was nominated for outstanding graduate
engineering student, and completed his MD training at UCLA with a Dean's scholar recognition. He completed his orthopaedic
surgery residency at UCLA and his spine surgery fellowship with Dr. Rick Delamarter, whom he subsequently joined as a partner
in THE SPINE INSTITUTE (Santa Monica, CA - now at CEDARS-SINAI) for the next four years. Dr. Pradhan joined
the RISSER Orthopaedic Group on a part time basis for two years following the untimely passing of his predecessor there, Dr.
Charles Prickett. Dr. Pradhan fully moved his practice to RISSER in Pasadena in August 2008.
During the course of his extensive education and training,
and subsequently his practice and teaching, Dr. Pradhan has compiled over 300 peer reviewed scientific publications, presentations,
abstracts, and posters. He has presented his experience on topics of modern spine surgery in major spine surgery research
and medical society meetings internationally as well as nationally. He has also been awarded various honors from the
major spine surgery societies, which have been chronicled on this website.
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OFFICE LOCATIONS:
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Tel (626) 797-2002
Fax (626)
798-0567
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RISSER Orthopaedic
Group
2627 East Washington Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91107-1412
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Spine Care and Surgery
289
W Huntington Dr, Suite 304
Arcadia,
CA 91007
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Huntington
Hospital, Pasadena, CA
Methodist
Hospital, Arcadia, CA
Glendale
Adventist Hospital and Verdugo Hills Hospital/USC, Glendale, CA
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* EDUCATION AND TRAINING: [click here for detailed CV]
- Washington International School, Washington,
DC [Class Valedictorian]
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Princeton University, Princeton, NJ [graduated with High Honors, in Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics]
- UCLA Graduate School of Engineering, CA [nominated
Most Outstanding Graduate Student, in Aerospace Engineering]
- UCLA (Geffen) School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA [Dean's Scholar]
- UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los
Angeles, CA [top 5% of Board Examinees]
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The Spine Institute of Santa Monica, Spine Surgery Fellowship, Santa Monica, CA [with Dr. Rick Delamarter]
- The Spine Institute of Santa Monica, CA [Spine
Surgery Practice, Director of Clinical Research, Fellowship Coordinator]