Bio
Vagmin Vora, a native of Bombay, India, is an alumnus of Topiwala National Medical College – Bombay University, where he received his medical degree and of Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals – Bombay University where he completed his orthopedic surgery residency. His fellowships include: one in spine and scoliosis surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Weil Medical College Cornell University in New York, NY and the other in pediatric orthopedics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and at Medical Centre in Ohio.
Dr. Vora has been a practicing spine surgeon since 2004 in India and in various locations in the U.S. He served as an attending spine surgeon at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and as an assistant professor of orthopedics at Penn State University College of Medicine in Hershey, PA.
He was most recently in private practice in York, PA and Oxon Hill, MD. Dr. Vora is licensed to practice in several states, including Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, New Jersey and Maryland as well as the District of Columbia.
Education
Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Centre - Fellowship
Cincinnati OH
August, 2003 - July, 2004
Pediatric Orthopedics. ACGME Accredited Fellowship.
Hospital for Special Surgery and Weil Medical College Cornell University - Fellowship
New York, NY
August, 2002 - July, 2003
Spine and Scoliosis. ACGME Accredited Fellowship.
Grant Medical College and Sir J.J Group of Hospitals - Residency
Bombay, India
February, 1997 - July, 1997
Post M.S. (Orth.) Chief Resident
Grant Medical College and Sir J.J Group of Hospitals - Residency
Bombay, India
August, 1993 - July, 1996
Three-year residency program
The residency training excludes one year of internship, which is a requirement for joining a residency program at Bombay University.
Certifications
Board Eligible - American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, 2004
Passed ABOS Part l (written) in July 2014.
Board Certified - Master of Surgery (Orthopedics), 1997
Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Bombay University.
MD - United States Medical Licensing Exams, 1995
M.B.B.S., 1993
Topiwala National Medical College and B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital, Bombay University.
Publications
The Role of Postoperative Furosemide Therapy in the Treatment of Pleural Effusion Following Kyphosis/Scoliosis Surgery.
Journal of Children's Orthopedic Research
2011
Other contributors include Crawford A.
Complications of Titanium vs. Stainless Steel Elastic Nailing of Pediatric Femur Fractures.
JBJS
2008
Other contributors include Wall EJ, Jain V., Mehlman C., Crawford A.
A Pedicle Screw Construct Gives an Enhanced Posterior Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis When Compared to Other Constructs-Myth or Reality.
Spine
2007
Other contributors include Crawford A.H., Babekir N., Boachie-Adjei 0., Lenke L.G., Peskin M., Charles G., Kim YJ.
Clinical and Arthroscopic Diagnosis in Common Affections of the Knee: A Comparative Study of 80 Cases.
Thesis, Bombay University, M.S. Orth. exam.
1997