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David A. Spiegel, MD

About David A. Spiegel, MD

Dr. Spiegel specializes in neuromuscular diseases, trauma, and scoliosis and is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is a Center for Global Health Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He attended Duke University for college, medical school, and orthopedic surgical residency training, and then completed both a research and a clinical fellowship in pediatric orthopedics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

He has also dedicated considerable energy to volunteer work in low and middle-income countries, most frequently Nepal and Iraq. Dr. Spiegel has received five humanitarian awards, including the President's Call to Service Award (2006) by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, for 4,000 hours of community service, the Golden Apple Award from Health Volunteers Overseas (2009), and the Humanitarian Award from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (2013), the Scoliosis Research Society (2016), and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2017).

Dr. Spiegel has served as an Honorary Consultant in Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children in Banepa, Nepal, for more than 20 years and is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq. He has served on the Committee on Children’s Orthopaedics in Underdeveloped Regions of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) for more than 10 years, and was Chairman for three years. He has also served as Chairman of the Bone and Joint Decade committee and the Global Courses Committee of POSNA. He has been on the Board of Orthopaedics Overseas, Global-HELP, the Ponseti International Association, and Miracle Feet. He served on the International Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and directed their international scholars program for two years.

He has served as a consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Mongolia and Somalia, and was on the steering committee for the WHO’s Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care. He has delivered more than 300 invited lectures, mostly at international venues including Nepal, Iran, Iraq, China, Pakistan, Tanzania, Mongolia and Somalia.

He co-edited a textbook entitled Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings (2014), and the second edition has been released in 2019.

Titles

Attending Surgeon

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Certifications

Orthopaedic Surgery – American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards and Honors

2016, Walter P. Blount Humanitarian Award, Scoliosis Research Society

2014, AAOS Achievement Award

2013, Humanitarian Award, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

2009, Golden Apple Award, Health Volunteers Overseas

2006, President's Call to Service Award (4000 hours of community service), Presidents Council on Service and Civic Participation

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
- 2004 – present, POSNA committee on children’s orthopaedic’s in underdeveloped areas (COUR) 

Scoliosis Research Society

American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

Association of Children’s Orthotics and Prosthetic Clinics (ACPOC)

International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Boards

Global Journal of Surgery
World Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

Academic and Institutional Committees

Health Volunteers Overseas, Washington, D.C.
- Board of Directors
- Chairman of Educational Resources Committee

Alltogether Now (Boulder, CO)
- Advisory Board

Global-HELP, Seattle, WA
- Orthopaedic Board of Directors

Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care, World Health Organization
- Planning Committee

Miracle Feet
- Advisory Board

Research Interests

Cerebral palsy and neuromuscular diseases Spinal deformities Strengthening the delivery of orthopedic and surgical care in underdeveloped regions.

Education & training

Medical Degree

MD - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Internship

General and Thoracic Surgery - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Residency

Orthopedic Surgery - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Fellowship

Research Fellow, Orthopedic Surgery - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Publications

Publications

2023

Daniel Badin, MD, Keith D. Baldwin, MD, MSPT, MPH, Patrick J. Cahill, MD, David A. Spiegel, MD, Suken A. Shah, MD, Burt Yaszay, MD, Peter O. Newton, MD, and Paul D. Sponseller, MD, MBA. When to Perform Fusion Short of the Pelvis in Patients with Cerebral Palsy? JB JS Open Access. 2023 Apr-Jun; 8(2): e22.00123.

2022

Meltzer-Bruhn, A.T., Landrum, M.R., Spiegel, D.A. et al. Does nutrition consultation in the year leading up to neuromuscular scoliosis surgery result in significant weight gain, or just a larger magnitude curve? Spine Deform 10, 151–158 (2022).

2021

David A. Spiegel, & Sikandar Hayat. (2021). Clubfoot and the Ponseti Method in 2021. Journal of Pakistan Orthopaedic Association, 33(04), 132–135.

Baghdadi S, Yadav P, Banskota B, et al. Outcome Measures in Clubfoot. J Foot Ankle Surg (Asia Pacific) 2021;8(3): 132–140.

Swarup I, Cazzulino A, Williams BA, Defrancesco C, Spiegel D, Shah AS. Outcomes After Surgical Fixation of Posterior Sternoclavicular Physeal Fractures and Dislocations in Children. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021 Jan;41(1):11-16.

Karkenny AJ, Magee LC, Landrum MR, Anari JB, Spiegel D, Baldwin K. The Variability of Pelvic Obliquity Measurements in Patients with Neuromuscular Scoliosis. JB JS Open Access. 2021 Mar 10;6(1):e20.00143. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.20.00143. PMID: 33748643; PMCID: PMC7963507.

2020

Baldwin KD, Cahill PJ, Sponseller PD, Abel MF, Spiegel DA, Flynn JM, Pahys JM; Harms Study Group Investigators. BMI change following spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery. Spine Deform. 2020;8:1081-1087.

Swarup I, Hughes MS, Cazzulino A, Spiegel DA, Shah AS. Open Reduction and Suture Fixation of Acute Sternoclavicular Fracture-Dislocations in Children. JBJS Essent Surg Tech. 2020;10:e19.00074.

Fournier MN, Sinclair MR, Zheng ET, Spiegel DA, Johnson AL, Shah AS, Riccio AI, Elliott ME, Bae DS, Sawyer JR. The Frequency of Mediastinal Injury in Acute Posterior Sternoclavicular Dislocations: A Multicenter Study. J Pediatr Orthop. 2020;40:e927-e931.

Al-Mahdi W, Ibrahim MM, Spiegel DA, Arkader A, Nance M, Baldwin KD. Is systemic inflammatory response syndrome relevant to pulmonary complications and mortality in multiply injured children? J Pediatr Orthop 2020;40:1-7.

Baldwin KD, Cahill PJ, Sponseller PD, Abel MF, Spiegel DA, Flynn JM, Pahys JM; Harms Study Group Investigators. BMI change following spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery. Spine Deform. 2020;8:1081-1087.

Baldwin KD, Stevenson K, Spiegel DA, Talwar D, Shah A. Adding value in single-event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) for cerebral palsy patients with crouch gait: A retrospective study showing value added by a second surgeon. Current Orthopaedic Practice 2020;31(4)

2019

LeBrun DG, banskota B, Banskota AK, Rajbhandary T, Baldwin KD, Spiegel DA. Socioeconomic status influences functional severity of untreated cerebral palsy in Nepal: A prospective analysis and systematic review. Clin Orthop Rel Res 2019;477:10-21.

Anari JB, Arkader A, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KD. Approaching Unusual Pediatric Distal Humerus Fracture Patterns. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019;27:301-311.

2018

Banskota B, Yadav P, Rajbhandari T, Shrestha OP, Talwar D, Banskota A, Spiegel DA. Outcomes of the Ponseti Method for Untreated Clubfeet in Nepalese Patients Seen Between the Ages of One and Five Years and Followed for at Least 10 Years. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018;100:2004-2014.

Kolman SE, Glanzman AM, Prosser L, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KD. Factors that predict overall health and quality of life in non-ambulatory individuals with cerebral palsy. Iowa Orthop J 2018;38:147-152.

Anari J, Cahill PJ, Flynn JM, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KD. Intra-operative computed tomography guided navigation for pediatric pelvic instrumentation. World J Orthop 2018;9:185-189.

Kolman SE, Glanzman AM, Prosser L, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KD. Factors that predict overall health and quality of life in non-ambulatory individuals with cerebral palsy. Iowa Orthop J 2018;38:147-152.

DeFrancesco CJ, Miller DJ, Cahill PJ, Spiegel DA, Flynn JM, Baldwin KD. Releasing the tether: Weight normalization following corrective spinal fusion in cerebral palsy. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2018;26:2309499018782556.

Premkumar A, Ying X, Mack Hardaker W, Massawe HH, Mshahaba DJ, Mandari F, Pallangyo A, Temu R, Masenga G, Spiegel DA, Sheth NP. Access to Orthopaedic Surgical Care in Northern Tanzania: A Modelling Study. World J Surg. 2018 42:3081-3088.

Books

2022

Orthopedic surgery in a global context. UPOJ 32, June 2022.

2020

Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Ed 2. Springer, New York, 2020.

 

2015

Gosselin RA, Mock CN, Joshipura M, Spiegel DA, Shearer DW, Zirkle LG, Coughlin RR. The challenges of orthopedic trauma care in the developing world. In Browner BD, Jupiter JB, Krettek C, Anderson PA (Eds) Skeletal Trauma. 5th Edition, Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2015. pp. 39-68.

2014

Spiegel DA, Banskota B, Banskota AK. Clubfoot in Child Health in Kushner AL, (Ed). Operation Health: Surgical care in the developing world. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2014.

Crawford EA, Franklin CCD, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KB. Pediatric Orthopaedics. In: S. Namdari, SG Pill, S Mehta (Eds). Orthopedic Secrets: 4th edition. Saunders, Philadelphia. Philadelphia 2014. pp. 145-219.

Spiegel DA, Nagda T, Aroojis A. Neglected fractures and dislocations in children and adolescents. Jaypee brothers Medical Publishers, Philadelphia 2014 pp. 277-291.

Spiegel DA, Bickler SW. Barriers to the delivery of orthopedic care. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. Pp. 23-25.

Spiegel DA, Banskota B. General principles of pediatric trauma. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 247-254.

Spiegel DA, Banskota B, Wilkins KE. Management of upper extremity fractures. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 255-273.

Spiegel DA, Banskota B, Wilkins KE. Management of lower extremity fractures. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 275-290.

Spiegel DA, Banskota AK, Banskota B. Neglected septic arthritis in children. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 303-314.

Penny JN, Spiegel DA Chronic osteomyelitis in children. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds).Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 315-324.

Olgun ZD, Yazici M, Spiegel DA, Awais SM, Bijukachhe B. Chronic osteomyelitis in children. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 335-353.

Aroojis A, Pirani S, Banskota B, Banskota AK, Spiegel DA. Clubfoot etiology, pathoanatomy, basic Ponseti technique, and Ponseti in older patients in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 357-368.

Sabharwal S, Schwend RM, Spiegel DA. Evaluation and treatment of angular deformities. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 385-396.

Penny JN, Ekure J, Spiegel DA, Watts HG. Injection injuries and polio. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 405-422.

Banksota B, Folz M, Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA Cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular conditions. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 423-427.

Patient experience rating

(based on 182 submissions)

  • Clear Explanation
    4.8 of 5
  • Showed Concern
    4.8 of 5
  • Included in decisions
    4.8 of 5
  • Would recommend
    4.8 of 5
  • Discussion of Proposed Treatment
    4.8 of 5
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Comments

  • ALWAYS A Great Time w Se. Spiegal

    5 of 5
    May 22, 2024
  • Initially I was scared and worried, but Dr. Spiegel was awesome during this whole experience and made me very comfortable with my child being under his care!

    5 of 5
    May 10, 2024
  • The doctor was very nice, gave us a lot of time and attention, and was thorough about discussion treatment. We were very appreciative of his support

    5 of 5
    Mar 25, 2024
  • Took his time to explain our options. Very caring

    5 of 5
    Mar 04, 2024
  • Dr. Spiegel was phenomenal with my child. I'm used to people just talking around my kid because he's nonverbal but he went to my kid, got to his level and watched the show with my kid and I 1000% believe that's why it was one of the best appts I have had with my kid. It was amazing and unlike anything we've experienced outside of his Speech and OT team.

    5 of 5
    Feb 29, 2024
  • Dr Spiegel has been remarkable during the entire process. My daughter fractured her humerus and he performed surgery on her in August. The entire practice including the CRNP Meredith were very involved during the recovery process. I could not thank the team enough. Would highly recommend Dr. Spiegel.

    5 of 5
    Feb 17, 2024
  • We have been seeing Dr. Spiegel for 15 years. He is so thorough and has a great bedside manner.

    5 of 5
    Dec 02, 2023
  • Dr spiegel is amazing

    5 of 5
    Aug 23, 2023
  • We appreciated how much time Sr. Spiegel spent with us going over our daughter's upcoming procedure.

    5 of 5
    Aug 04, 2023
  • Dr. Spiegel is a very friendly and warm person with a patient, calm demeanor who sets everyone at ease.

    5 of 5
    Jun 22, 2023
  • Dr. Speigel was the best orthopedic I ever experienced. The way he handle my child, listen to his concerns and thoughts and included us in the treatment plan. He had a great sense of humor as well

    5 of 5
    Jun 08, 2023
  • The Provider was amazing and made my son feel at ease!

    5 of 5
    Apr 29, 2023
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