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Joshua Bakhsheshian, M.D., M.H.A.

  1. Neurosurgeon
  2. Surgeon
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  1. Phoenix, Arizona

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Joshua Bakhsheshian, M.D., M.H.A., is a neurosurgeon with combined orthopedic and neurologic spine surgery fellowship training in minimally invasive, robotic, endoscopic and complex spinal surgery in the treatment of spinal disorders. Dr. Bakhsheshian completed his neurosurgery residency with an enfolded fellowship in minimally invasive and complex spinal surgery at Keck School of Medicine and Los Angeles County Medical Center of University of Southern California. Subsequently, he completed a comprehensive adult and pediatric spine surgery fellowship at Columbia University and at Weill Cornell Medical Centers (New York-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital).

Dr. Bakhsheshian obtained a wide array of skillsets from his interdisciplinary subspecialty training, which allows him to provide a truly individualized treatment approach uniquely tailored to each of his patients. His clinical expertise includes cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine operations utilizing minimally invasive, robotic, or motion-preserving techniques, as well as complex deformity operations in adult and adolescent patients for both spinal deformity and spine tumor surgery.

Dr. Bakhsheshian is an Assistant Professor, Director of Robotic Spine Surgery and Clinical Spine Surgery Research in the Department of Neurosurgery. He is a surgeon-scientist actively involved in data analytics, outcomes research and the development of safer surgical techniques to advance evidence-based spine care. Dr. Bakhsheshian is the recipient of several national research grants and has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed research publications, abstracts, and textbook chapters.

  1. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
  2. Ankylosing spondylitis
  3. Astrocytoma
  4. Atlantoaxial instability
  5. Back pain
  6. Benign brain tumor
  7. Central cord syndrome
  8. Cervical herniated disk
  9. Cervical kyphosis
  10. Cervical myelopathy
  11. Cervical radiculopathy
  12. Cervical spinal stenosis
  13. Cervical spine deformity
  14. Cervical spine injury
  15. Cervical spondylolisthesis
  16. Cervical spondylosis
  17. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
  18. Charcot's arthropathy
  19. Congenital neck anomaly
  20. Congenital scoliosis
  21. Degenerative disk disease
  22. Degenerative scoliosis
  23. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
  24. Ependymoma
  25. Failed back syndrome
  26. Glioma
  27. Hemangioblastoma
  28. Hemivertebra
  29. Klippel-Feil syndrome
  30. Kyphoscoliosis
  31. Kyphosis
  32. Low back pain
  33. Lumbar herniated disk
  34. Lumbar radiculopathy
  35. Lumbar spinal stenosis
  36. Lumbar spondylosis
  37. Marfan syndrome
  38. Meningioma
  39. Metastatic spinal cord compression
  40. Myelopathy
  41. Nerve compression syndrome
  42. Neurofibroma
  43. Occipitocervical region dysfunction
  44. Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament
  45. Osteogenesis imperfecta
  46. Osteomyelitis
  47. Paget's disease of the bone
  48. Pelvic obliquity
  49. Plexiform neurofibroma
  50. Pseudarthrosis
  51. Scheuermann's kyphosis
  52. Schwannoma
  53. Scoliosis
  54. Skeletal dysplasia
  55. Spina bifida
  56. Spinal arteriovenous malformation
  57. Spinal cord injury
  58. Spinal cord metastasis
  59. Spinal cord tumor
  60. Spinal fracture
  61. Spinal headache
  62. Spinal metastasis
  63. Spinal pain
  64. Spinal sarcoma
  65. Spinal stenosis
  66. Spinal tumor
  67. Spine arthritis
  68. Spine deformity
  69. Spondyloarthritis
  70. Spondylolisthesis
  71. Spondylolysis
  72. Spondylosis
  73. Spondylotic myelopathy
  74. Syringomyelia
  75. Tethered spinal cord
  76. Thoracic herniated disk
  77. Thoracic myelopathy
  78. Thoracic radiculopathy
  79. Tumors and masses
  80. Vertebral osteomyelitis
  81. Vertebral tumor
  1. Atlantoaxial fusion
  2. Cervical disk replacement
  3. Cervical diskectomy
  4. Cervical laminectomy
  5. Cervical pseudoarthrosis procedure
  6. Cervical scoliosis surgery
  7. Cervical spine fusion
  8. Cervical spine surgery
  9. Cervical traction
  10. CT-guided surgery
  11. Degenerative scoliosis surgery
  12. Exoscopic surgery
  13. Foraminotomy
  14. Gardner Wells tongs insertion
  15. Halo skull traction
  16. Laminectomy
  17. Laminoplasty
  18. Laminotomy
  19. Lumbar diskectomy
  20. Lumbar fusion
  21. Lumbar laminectomy
  22. Lumbar pseudoarthrosis procedure
  23. Lumbar scoliosis surgery
  24. Minimally invasive cancer surgery
  25. Minimally invasive cervical diskectomy
  26. Minimally invasive cervical foraminotomy
  27. Minimally invasive cervical spinal fusion
  28. Minimally invasive diskectomy
  29. Minimally invasive foraminotomy
  30. Minimally invasive lumbar decompression
  31. Minimally invasive lumbar diskectomy
  32. Minimally invasive lumbar foraminotomy
  33. Minimally invasive lumbar spinal fusion
  34. Minimally invasive neurosurgery
  35. Minimally invasive spinal fusion
  36. Minimally invasive spine surgery
  37. Minimally invasive surgery
  38. Minimally invasive thoracic diskectomy
  39. Minimally invasive thoracic foraminotomy
  40. Minimally invasive thoracic spinal fusion
  41. Neurostimulation treatment
  42. Occipitocervical fusion
  43. Osteotomy
  44. Pelvic fixation
  45. Revision cervical spinal surgery
  46. Revision lumbar spinal surgery
  47. Revision of previous trauma surgery
  48. Revision spinal surgery
  49. Revision thoracic spinal surgery
  50. Robotic spine surgery
  51. Robotic surgery
  52. Sacroiliac joint fusions
  53. Scoliosis surgery
  54. Skeletal traction
  55. Spinal cord stimulation
  56. Spinal deformity correction surgery
  57. Spinal fusion
  58. Spinal stabilization surgery
  59. Spondylolisthesis surgery
  60. Synovial cyst removal
  61. Thoracic scoliosis surgery
  62. Thoracoplasty
  63. Tumor biopsy
  64. Tumor resection
  65. Ultrasound-guided surgery
  66. Vertebral column resection
  67. Vertebrectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
  • Robotic Spine Surgery
  • Motion-Preserving Techniques
  • Adolescent Spinal Deformity
  • Adult Spinal Deformity
  • Spine Tumor Surgery
  • Complex Spinal Surgery
  1. 2023
    Postdoctoral Fellowship - Adult and Pediatric Comprehensive Spine SurgeryDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center
  2. 2022
    Residency - Neurological SurgeryLos Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center
  3. 2021
    Clinical Fellowship - Complex & Minimally Invasive Spine SurgeryDepartment of Orthopedic and Neurological Spine Surgery, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center
  4. 2015
    Doctor of MedicineChicago Medical School
  5. 2013
    Research FellowshipNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
  6. 2011
    Master of Science - Healthcare Administration and ManagementRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  7. 2010
    Master of Science - Biomedical SciencesRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  8. 2007
    BS - Physiology and NeuroscienceUniversity of California San Diego

Awards and honors

  1. 2025
    Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Spine Emerging Investigator American Academy of Neurological Surgery
  2. 2025
    Top 20 Under 40 HonoreeNorth American Spine Society
  3. 2024
    Douglas Burton Award - Spine Deformity's best ASD paper of 2024Scoliosis Research Society
  4. 2021
    Best PaperNorth American Spine Society
  5. 2019
    National Institute of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Research Education Grant (R25) Resident AwardeeUniversity of Southern California
  6. 2018
    Best Socio-Economic Abstract PresentationCalifornia Association of Neurological Surgeons
  7. 2017
    Michael Apuzzo Award for Creativity and InnovationUniversity of Southern California
  8. 2017
    Consulting Service of the YearLos Angeles County Hospital Emergency Department
  9. 2016
    Alpha Omega Alpha Postgraduate AwardUniversity of Southern California
  10. 2016
    Gabriel Zada Neurosurgery Top Gun AwardUniversity of Southern California
  11. 2015
    John J. Sheinin Research AwardChicago Medical School
  12. 2014
    Physicians of Tomorrow AwardAmerican Medical Association
  13. 2014
    Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Research Fellowship AwardNorthwestern University
  14. 2014
    Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Junior InducteeChicago Medical School
  15. 2013
    Distinction in Research AwardChicago Medical School
  16. 2013
    Fellows Award for Research ExcellenceNational Institutes of Health

Professional memberships

  1. 2020 - 2021
    Fellow MemberAO Spine North America
  2. 2019 - 2020
    ConsultantResident Board, California Association of Neurological Surgeons
  3. 2018 - 2022
    MemberCalifornia Association of Neurological Surgeons
  4. 2015 - 2020
    Teaching AssistantAnnual Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camp, University of Southern California
  5. 2015 - present
    MemberAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons
  6. 2015 - present
    MemberCongress of Neurological Surgeons
  7. 2015 - present
    MemberNorth American Spine Society
  8. 2014 - 2015
    Vice PresidentAlpha Omega Alpha, Chicago Medical School
  9. 2014
    Teaching AssistantHealthcare Administration/Management, Chicago Medical School
  10. 2013
    Teaching AssistantNeurosurgery Review Course, Chicago Medical School
  11. 2011
    Teaching AssistantMedical Neuroscience, Chicago Medical School
  12. 2011
    Teaching AssistantMedical Physiology, Chicago Medical School
  13. 2010 - 2012
    Class PresidentClass of 2014, Chicago Medical School

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