Overview
Dr. Lorenzo Deveza is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine surgery and orthopedic oncology at the Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor Medicine. He is a clinician-scientist and engineer with research interests in stem cell biology, bone healing and tissue engineering, medical device design, biomechanics and applications in AI and machine learning. Dr. Deveza received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from San Jose State University and then subsequently obtained a Masters degree from the University of California Davis in Biomedical Engineering. Prior to medical school, he was a R&D biomechanical engineer for an orthopaedic medical device start-up, which he continued to participate in throughout his training. He attended medical school at Stanford University where he jointly worked towards his Ph.D. in Bioengineering as part of the Stanford MSTP program. Dr. Deveza completed his orthopedic residency at Baylor College of Medicine. He did a spine surgery fellowship at New York University Langone Medical Center focusing on complex spinal deformity surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. He completed a second fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with a focus on spine, pelvis and extremity tumor resections and reconstructions. Dr. Deveza has received multiple research awards and received the Fellow Teaching award while at MSKCC. He holds several U.S. patents in collaboration with his industry partners. Dr. Deveza is happy to see patients with conditions related to spine surgery or orthopaedic oncology.
Dr. Deveza is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Synovitis. His top areas of expertise are Lordosis, Scoliosis, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Synovitis, and Spinal Fusion.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 21 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Synovitis.
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Locations
Houston, TX 77030
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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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Experienced
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Deveza isExperienced. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- LordosisDr. Deveza isExperienced. Learn about Lordosis.
- ScoliosisDr. Deveza isExperienced. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Spinal FusionDr. Deveza isExperienced. Learn about Spinal Fusion.
- SynovitisDr. Deveza isExperienced. Learn about Synovitis.