Bethesda, MD - Michael K. Rosner, MD, is being recognized by
Continental Who's Who as a Trusted
Healthcare Professional in the Medical field for his exemplary career in
Neurosurgery and in acknowledgment of his work at George Washington University
Hospital.
A board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Rosner has been
practicing since 2003. He has been with George Washington University Hospital
in Washington, D.C., for seven years and is affiliated with George Washington
University Medical Faculty Associates. As a professor of neurological surgery,
he is currently the interim chair of the GW Department of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Rosner leads the neurological surgery department's activities as the GW
academic health care enterprise continues its journey to pre-eminence as a
health care provider in the nation's capital. As part of the leadership team of
the GW MFA and SMHS, he is responsible for growing the clinical and academic
footprint of the department and bolstering the department's local, national,
and global reputation.
Dr. Rosner has several clinical and research interests in spinal column
disorders and neuro-trauma. His clinical interests include complex spine
disorders such as scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis of all age groups, degenerative
spinal pathology, revision spine surgery, deformity correction, spinal
oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, and neuro-trauma. His current
management style utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to managing spinal
column disorders.
Before embarking on his professional journey, Dr. Rosner received a Bachelor of
Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University in
Milwaukee, WI. A graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1995, he
completed a surgical internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in
Washington, D.C. the following year. After a research fellowship at the Walter
Reed Army Institute of Research in 1999 and residency training in neurological
surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2002, he completed a fellowship
in complex and reconstructive spine surgery at Northwestern University in
Evanston, IL in 2003.
After fellowship training, Dr. Rosner was a staff neurosurgeon at Walter Reed
and deployed in 2003 to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was
subsequently deployed in 2005 to the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad,
Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2006, he was selected as Chief
of Neurosurgery at Walter Reed. Later, he was chosen as the Integrated Chief of
Neurosurgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Retiring from the
U.S. Army in 2015, Dr. Rosner was honored to serve our country during his
active-duty years.
Dr. Rosner attributes his success to his military background. As a professor of
neurosurgery and interim department chair, the doctor enjoys teaching and
mentoring medical students and residents. He will likely become the official
chair of the neurosurgery department this year. He hopes to build up the
department, as he did at Walter Reed.
Among his awards and honors, Dr. Rosner was the Spinal Deformity Education
Group (SDEG) Traveling Fellow in 2004 and received the General Hayes Award for
the outstanding attending surgeon who exemplifies devotion to the NNC
Neurosurgical Residency Program in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2013. He was awarded
the General Chennault Award in 2009 as the most outstanding teaching faculty at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Board-certified through the American Board of Neurological Surgery, Dr. Rosner
is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He is also a
member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Society of Neurological
Surgeons, the Scoliosis Research Society, and the North American Spine Society.
The recipient of several research grants, Dr. Rosner is the principal
investigator of numerous laboratory and clinical research studies. He has
published many peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has been
actively involved with organized neurosurgery on the national level. He served
on the Executive Committee of the AANS/CNS Spine Section and was previously
chair of the SRS research committee.
On a personal note, Dr. Rosner is married to Dr. Inger (Lerra) Rosner, a
board-certified urologic oncologist working at the Inova Schar Cancer
Institute. They have three sons and live in Bethesda, MD. Outside of work, Dr.
Rosner enjoys spending quality time with his family.
For more information, visit www.gwdocs.com/profile/michael-rosner.
