Frank La Marca

Biography

 Frank, a TRS co-founder, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedics, and Director of the Surgical Spine Program in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He is also Co-Director of the Spine Lab, a joint endeavor between the Departments of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering at Michigan. Frank received his M.D. at Catholic University Medical School in Rome, Italy in 1993, and completed his Residency in Neurosurgery in 1996. He completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois in 1997. He then completed a Residency in Neurosurgery and a Fellowship in Complex and Reconstructive Spinal Surgery at Northwestern University in 2003. In 2004 Frank moved to the University of Michigan. Frank has published 24 manuscripts and received numerous honors. He has also received funding for a variety of research projects from DePuy Spine and Stryker Corporation.

Research Interest

 Pediatric Neurosurgery