Takashi Hirase
Experienced in Bone Tumor
Experienced in Bone Tumor
9400 Campus Point Dr, 
La Jolla, CA 

Overview

Takashi Hirase, MD, MPH, is a dual fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon and musculoskeletal oncologist. He has a particular interest and expertise in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, as well as providing advanced care in primary and metastatic tumors of the spine and pelvis.

Dr. Hirase has authored over 100 peer-reviewed research articles, book chapters, and abstracts, and has delivered numerous presentations and lectures at various national and international conferences. His research interest focuses primarily on investigating novel techniques, biomaterials, and treatment modalities that improve surgical outcomes in spine surgery and orthopedic oncology. His work also largely focuses on identifying modifying risk factors, developing perioperative risk stratification models, and improving health disparities with the goal of translating the data into real-world improvements in patient care.

He completed a clinical fellowship in spine surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, where he developed extensive expertise in both minimally invasive and complex spine procedures, including the treatment of advanced scoliosis and revision spinal deformities. He then pursued a second fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, gaining specialized training in the management of benign and malignant tumors affecting the spine, pelvis and extremities.

Dr. Hirase is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bone Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Kyphosis, Spinal Fusion, and Osteotomy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 77 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Bone Tumor.

Specialties
Orthopedics
Licenses
Orthopaedic Surgery in NY
Orthopaedic Surgery in CA
Hospital Affiliations
UC San Diego Health
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Health First
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Highmark
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Horizon Healthcare
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Independent Health
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Medicaid
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Wellcare
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Locations

9400 Campus Point Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
Other Locations
200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Hirase has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Laminectomy
Scoliosis
Cervical Spondylosis
Bone Tumor
Spinal Fusion
Cervical Myelopathy
Cervical Disc Surgery
Spinal Tumor
Spinal Stenosis
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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