Steven W. Hwang, MD

• American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurological Surgery
• American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery - General

Medical Education|University of Toronto|Toronto|ON|Canada|06/30/2003

Internship|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Boston|MA|United States of America|06/23/2004

Residency|Tufts New England Medical Center|Boston|MA|United States of America|06/30/2009

Fellowship|Shriners Hospitals for Children - Philadelphia|Philadelphia|PA|United States of America|06/30/2010

Fellowship|Baylor College of Medicine|Houston|TX|United States of America|06/29/2011

Fellowship|Texas Children Hospital|Houston|TX|United States of America|06/30/2011

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor

• 2020-present: American Academy of Neurological Surgeons / Congress of Neurological Surgeons Evidence-Based Guidelines Committee (liaison for NASS)
• 2014-Present: North American Spine Society (NASS), Board of Directors, 2021-Present; Evidence and Analysis Research Council, Director, 2022-present; Payer Policy Review Committee, 2014-present; Coverage Committee, 2018-present
• 2023-Present: NSQIP Surgeon Champion
• 2020-Present: Ronald McDonald House Charities, Philadelphia region
• 2013-Present: Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), Active Member, 2013-present; Member, L.E.A.D. (leadership group), 2024-present
• 2021-Present: Shriners Spine Study Group Case Discussions Co-Chair

• Reviewer, The Spine Journal
• Reviewer, Neurosurgery
• Reviewer, Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons

• 2023, Scoliosis Research Society Travelling Fellowship
• 2020, World Pediatric Project Humanitarian of the Year Award
• 2017, Scoliosis Research Society Dawson Fellowship

• Podium Presentation: 58th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting; Paper #65: What is the incidence and course of lumbar vertebral body tethering breakage? (9/2023)
• Podium Presentation: 58th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting; Paper #70: Does tone affect outcomes in cerebral palsy patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion? (9/2023)
• Podium Presentation: 57th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting; What happens after a vertebral body tether break: incidence, location, and progression with 5-year follow-up (9/2022)
• Podium Presentation: 57th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting; Congenital spinal dislocation: a case series and review of the literature (9/2022)
• Podium Presentation: 57th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting; In adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, do all instrumentation-related complications require revision surgery? (9/2022)
• ePoster: 57th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting; Pain after vertebral body tethering: incidence, risk factors, and timing (9/2022)