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Bio
Dr. Edward Scheid is a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery. Although Dr. Scheid has performed more than 5,000 successful spine surgeries, he is not a physician who immediately recommends surgery to his patients.
“I take a step-by-step approach,” Dr. Scheid explained. “The first thing I do is find the real source of the patient’s problem – and I do this in a very deliberate and precise manner.”
After the source of their problem has been pinpointed, Dr. Scheid can then develop an individualized treatment plan that can help relieve their pain and improve the quality of their lives.
His extensive training and experience in reoperative spine surgery and spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain allows him to help patients who have failed traditional spine surgery and those who have been told they are not candidates for traditional spine surgery.
Dr. Scheid graduated with honors from John Carroll University in Cleveland, OH, where he received the Presidential Scholarship for Academic Achievement. He then attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, graduating with honors as one of the top five students in a class of more than 230 graduates. He was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha and Hobart Amory Hare Medical Societies.
Dr. Scheid remained at Jefferson Hospital for his internship in general surgery and completed his residency in neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences. He then spent several years training at the Delaware Valley Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center, a national center of excellence for the treatment of spinal disorders, where he perfected techniques in spinal surgery and had the unique opportunity to learn from world-class neurosurgical and orthopedic spine surgeons.
Dr. Scheid’s research interest lies in improving the safety of spine surgery. He recently authored a landmark article appearing in The Spine Journal that explained a new neuromonitoring protocol that improves outcomes in lateral access spine surgery.
Dr. Scheid is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and a member of many prestigious organizations, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, North American Spine Society, and the American Medical Association.
Education
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Internship
Philadelphia, PA
Internship - General Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Residency
Philadelphia, PA
Residency - Neurological Surgery
1 year dedicated training with Orthopedic Spine program
2 years at Delaware Valley Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center Philadelphia, PA
Jefferson Medical College - Medical Education
Philadelphia, PA
John Carroll University - Pre-Professional Education
Cleveland, OH
B.S. - Chemistry
Certifications
Board-Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Licensed in the states of:
- New Jersey
- New York
Publications
Use of Motor Evoked Potentials During Lateral Lumbar lnterbody Fusion Reduces Postoperative Deficits.
Spine Journal
2017
Other contributors include Riley M, Doan A., Vogel R., Aguirre A., Pieri K., Scheid EH.
Use of Motor Evoked Potentials During Lateral Lumbar lnterbody Fusion Reduces Postoperative Deficits.
American Academy of Neurological Surgeons Meeting
2017
Other contributors include Riley M, Doan A., Vogel R., Aguirre A., Pieri K., Scheid EH.
Epidemology of Early Tracheostomy in Cervical Spinal Cord lnjury.
Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine
2004
Other contributors include Harrop JS, Scheid EH, Vaccaro A. Przybyf1ski G.
Materials and Material Properties in: Benzel E (ed).
Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance and Management-2nd edition.
2003
Other contributors include Scheid EH, Sharan A., Bennett G.
Delayed recurrence of posterior fossa hemangioblastoma as spinal cord neoplasm.
Journal of Spinal Disorders
2003
Other contributors include Harrop JS, Benitez RP, Scheid EH, Aikens R, Myers D.
Variation in position and size of dorsal root ganglia in the cervical spine: An anatomic study.
Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society Meeting
2002
Other contributors include Scheid EH, Scomavacchi HM, Schneck C.
Prevention of carotid angioplasty hypotension with temporary pacemakers.
Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery and lnterventional Neuroradiology
2000
Other contributors include Scheid EH, Harrop JS, Benitez RP, Rosenwasser RH.
