About Dr. Czerwein

John K. Czerwein Jr., MD

Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon

John K. Czerwein Jr., MD, specializes in the treatment of orthopaedic spinal disorders in adult and adolescent patients. Treating all disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine

Medical Director of Spine

Our Lady of Faima Hospital

Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery

Landmark Medical Center

Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Brown University, Alpert School of Medicine

Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon

John K. Czerwein JR.

Fellowship Trained Spine Surgeon

Brown University Alpert Medical School

Brown Alpert Medical School 2020 Dean's Excellence

Teaching Award

Dr. John Czerwein

Medical Director of Spine

Our Lady of Faima Hospital

Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery

Landmark Medical Center

Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Brown University

About:

Adult Spinal Surgery

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Spinal Disorders

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John K. Czerwein Jr., MD, specializes in the treatment of orthopaedic spinal disorders in adult and adolescent patients. Treating all disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Dr. Czerwein takes great care in providing each patient with an individual treatment plan with the goal of restoring function and the return to an active and healthy life. Plans may include conservative non-operative treatments such as physical therapy or cortisone injections as well as surgical options.

Dr. Czerwein is one of the only spine surgeons specializing in minimally invasive surgical procedures in the region.

Dr. Czerwein attended college at Providence College before completing his medical degree at The Chicago Medical School in Northern Chicago, IL. Dr. Czerwein finished his orthopaedic internship and residency at Albert Einstein University-Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. He furthered his education and training with a Spine Fellowship at Brown University Alpert Medical School/University Orthopedics at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, R.I.

On the personal side, Dr. Czerwein and his wife Melissa, reside in Northern Rhode Island with four children. In his free time, Dr. Czerwein is a foodie and enjoys traveling for food and pleasure as well as snowboarding, triathlons, exercising and is an avid outdoorsman.

Meet Spine Surgeon Dr. John Czerwein

Dr. John Czerwein is a fellowship trained spine surgeon with University Orthopedics. Dr. Czerwein is a Rhode Island native and Providence College graduate who returned home after fellowship training to begin his practice in Rhode Island

Undergraduate Degree:

Providence College, Providence, R.I.

Post Graduate Studies:

Harvard University, Boston, MA

Medical Degree:

The Chicago Medical School North Chicago, IL – Doctor of Medicine

Residency:

Surgical Internship Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein University, Bronx, NY
Orthopaedic Surgery Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein University, Bronx, NY

Fellowship:

Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship, Warren Alpert Medical School Brown University, Providence, R.I.

Certifications:

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery – Board-Certified
Fellowship of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Hospital Affiliations:

St. Joseph Hospital, North Providence, R.I.
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, R.I.
Miriam Hospital, Providence, R.I.
Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Landmark Medical Center, R.I.

Professional Affiliations:

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
North America Spine Society
Rhode Island Orthopaedic Society
Rhode Island Medical Society

Publications & Presentations

Czerwein, Jr., Thakur, Chritian, Palumbo, Perioperative Management of Chronic Anticoagulation in Orthopaedic Surgery, The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, December 2010
Czerwein, Thakur, Migliori, Lucas, Palumbo, Complications of Anterior Lumbar Surgery, The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, May 2011
Thakur, Daniels, Schiller, Valdes, Czerwein, Schiller, Esmende, and Terek, Benign Tumors of the spine, The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, November 2012
University Orthopedics’ Dr. Czerwein performs revolutionary robotic spine surgery

Invited Presentations

Czerwein, Olsewski, Incidence of Adjacent Segment Degeneration, Abstract Accepted for podium presentation North American Spine Society, 2009
Czerwein, Wollowick, Sarwahi, Thornhill, Incidence, Distribution, and Surgical Relevance of Abnormal Pedicles in Normal and Deformed Spines: A CT-Based Study of 6,354 Pedicles, Abstract Accepted for podium presentation International Meeting of Advanced Spine Technologies, 2009
Czerwein, Wollowick, Thornhill, Amaral, Sarwahi, Do the Convexity or Concavity of Structural Curves in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Correlate with Abnormal Pedicle Morphology?, Abstracted accept for poster presentation International Meeting of Advanced Spine Technologies, 2009
Czerwein, Olsewski, Wollowick, Incident of Adjacent Segment Deterioration in Lumbar Stenosis Treated Surgically, poster presentation American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 2008
Czerwein, Wollowick, Sharan, Thornhill, Amaral, Sarwahi, Does Abnormal Pedicle Morphology Correlate with Degree of Vertebral Rotation, Curve Severity, or Location Within the Curve Apex in the Pediatric Spinal Deformity?, Abstract accepted poster presentation International Meeting of Advance Spine Technologies, 2008, poster presentation Scoliosis Research Society, 2008, presentation North American Spine Society, 2008, abstract accepted American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008, poster presentation Scoliosis Research Society of India, 2008
Czerwein, Wollowick, Sharan, Thornhill, Amaral, Sarwahi, Does a Dysmorphic Pedicle Predispose to Pedicle Screw Malpositioning?, Abstract accepted for presentation International Meeting of Advance Spine Technologies, 2008, oral presentation American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008
Czerwein, Wollowick, Sharan, Thornhill, Amaral, Sarwahi, Preoperative CT Does Not Appear to Improve Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement and Exposes the Patient to Increased Quantities of Radiation, Abstract accepted for presentation International Meeting of Advanced Spine Technologies, 2008, oral presentation Scoliosis Society, 2008
Czerwein, Olsewski, Spine Surgery in the Patient 80 Years of Age or Older, Abstract accepted poster presentation American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 2009, North American Spine Society, October 2007, International Meeting of Advanced Spine Technologies, 2008
Czerwein, Friend, Thornhill, Amaral, Sharan, Sarwahi, Does Availability of Preoperative Computed Tomography Improve the Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement?, Abstract accepted for special oral presentation paper North American Spine Society, October 2008, North American Spine Society, October 2007, International Scoliosis Research Society, September 2007
Czerwein, Friend, Thornhill, Amaral, Sharon, Sarwahi, A New CT-Based Classification of Pedicels in Spinal Deformity, Abstract accepted poster presentation International Meeting of Advanced Spine Technologies, July 2007, International Scoliosis Research Society, September 2007
Czerwein, Amaral, Sharan, Sarwahi, An Analysis of Laminar Thickness and Length in the Proximal Thoracic Spine in AIS, Abstract accepted poster presentation International Meeting of Advanced Spine Technologies, July 2007, International Scoliosis Research Society, September 2007
Czerwein, Friend, Amaral, Sharan, Sarwahi, Segmental Direct Vertebral rotational Technique for Scoliosis Correction, Abstract accepted poster presentation paper North American Spine Society, October 2007, International Scoliosis Research Society, September 2007
Czerwein, Olsewski, Use of thBMP-2 as Adjunct in Posterolateral Lumbar Spine Fusion. Abstract accepted poster presentation International Meeting of Advanced Spine Technologies, July 2007, oral presentation Eastern Orthopaedic Association, August 2007
Czerwein, Tindel, Kyphoplasty Assisted Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Burst Fractures, Abstract presented for poster presentation North American Spine Society, September 2006
Czerwein, Seimon, Vargas-Soto, Clinical Outcome of Proximal Femoral Resection in CP, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2006
Czerwein, Sheinkop, Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty, Functional Outcomes in High-Flex Total Knee Arthroplasty, Midwest Orthopaedics, Rush University, 2002

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