Professional of the Year for 2008 in Reconstructive Spine Surgery: Rex Marco, M.D.

	Rex Marco, M.D.
Industry	Healthcare
Title	M.D.
Expertise	Adult and pediatric spinal deformities and disorders, tumors of the spinal column and extremities, adult degenerative conditions of the cervical and lumbar spine, scoliosis, spine trauma, sarcoma
Current Organization	University of Texas at Houston
Type of Organization	Medical center
Major Product	Patient care
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California at Irvine, 1987; M.D., U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
Born	April 20, 1965, Orange, California
Honors & Awards	Excellence in Research, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, University of California at Irvine, 1987; NIH-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholar, University of Michigan, 1988; NIH-Neurotology Traineeship, UCLA School of Medicine, 1991; Deputy Resident Research Award, UC Davis Medical Center, 1998; Mid American Orthopaedic Association Travel Grant
Published Works	Book chapters including- Spine Tumors, Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 9, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2008; Primary Osseous Tumors of the Cervical Spine, Cervical Spine Surgery: Diagnosis and Management, Albert TJ, Lee JY, Lim MR (eds.), Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2008; Cartilaginous Tumors: Evaluation and Treatment, Liverpool Book of Orthopaedics (in press); Primary Spinal Tumors, Decision Making in Spinal Care, Vacarro AR and Anderson DG (eds.), Thieme Medical Publishers Inc., 2007; Articles including Marco RAW, Kushwaha VP, Thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with posterior decompression and pedicle screw instrumentation supplemented with balloon-assisted vertebroplasty and calcium phosphate reconstruction, JBJS, January 2009; Teh BS, Bloch C, Galli-Guerva M, Doh L, Richardson SL, Chiang S, Yeh P, Gonzalez M, Lunn W, Marco R, Jaroslaw J, Paulino AC, Lu HH, Butler EB, Amato RJ, The treatment of primary and metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with image-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal, 3(1), 2007; Shah V, Marco RAW, Delayed presentation of cervical ligamentous injury without radiologic evidence, Spine, 32:E168-E174, 2007; Samartzis D, Marco RAW, Jenis L, An HS, Subsidence after ACDF, American Journal of Orthopaedics, 2006
Affiliations	North American Spine Society; Scoliosis Research Society; Orthopaedic Research Society; AO North America; Musculoskeletal Tumor Society; Korean American Spine Society; Harris County Medical Society; Texas Orthopaedic Association; Current Appointments: Associate Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Chief of Spine Surgery & Musculoskeletal Oncology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Director, Spine and Scoliosis Center, University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Director, Texas Medical Center Spine Fellowship, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine; Co-Director, Spine Service, Shriner's Hospital for Children; Spine Surgery Consultant, NBA Houston Rockets, WNBA Houston Comets, Rice University Athletics; U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Physician; Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, Rice University
Hobbies & Sports	Snowboarding, coaching baseball, teaching
Work History	MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX, 2000-02; Orthopaedic Associates, Houston TX, 2002-05; UT Houston, Houston TX, 2005-present
Spouse	Emina
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