
Primary Office
Waco Clinic
254-761-4477
Gregory J. Elders, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery, Spinal Surgery
Education
- University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, M.D., 1996-1999
- University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, B.S., 1990-1995
Specialty Training
- Fellowship in Spine Surgery, Texas Back Insitute, Plano, TX, 2004-2005
- Residency Program in Orthopaedic Surgery, Detroit, MI, 2000-2004
- General Surgical Internship, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 1999-2000
Scott & White Appointment
July 6, 2009
Board Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Publications and Research
- Sengupta DK, Truumees E, Patel CK, Kazmierczak C, Hughes B, Elders GJ, Herkowitz HN. Outcome of local bone versus autogenous iliac crest bone graft in the instrumented posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976.) 31[9], 985-991. 2006.
- Elders GJ, Blumenthal SL, Guyer RD, Hochschuler SH, Rashbaum RF, Sachs BL, Zigler JE, Ohnmeiss DD. Effect of degenerative facet joint arthrosis on outcome after prosthetic disc replacement. 2005.
- Annals of the 5th Annual Meeting, Spine Arthroplasty Society, New York, NY, May 2005.
- Guyer RD, Elders GJ. Disc prosthesis for degenerative disease and axial instability--CHARITÉTM Artificial Disc. Seminars in Spine Surgery 17[4], 297-309. 2005.
- Musante D, Elders GJ, Rashbaum RF, Zigler JE, Ohnmeiss DD, Sachs BL. Range-of-motion outcome data for prodisc II artificial disc replacement vx. fusion: 2 year follow-up of operative and adjacent level. 2005.
- Annals of the 5th Annual Meeting, Spine Arthroplasty Society, New York, NY, May 2005.
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Patient Care Emphasis
Spinal trauma, spinal deformity, and adult degenerative spinal conditions including spinal stenosis, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, degenerative disc disease and disc herniations.
Research & Education
Health Care Professionals
Patients