Ehsan Saadat, MD

Dr. Ehsan Saadat is a Harvard and Emory-trained orthopaedic spine surgeon, with special expertise in minimally invasive, motion preserving and complex revision spine surgery.Dr. Saadat studied biomedical engineering at UC Berkeley and earned his MD from UC San Francisco School of Medicine. During the course of his undergraduate and medical studies, Dr. Saadat was heavily involved in advanced musculoskeletal imaging research, focusing on advanced MRI technologies in developing a better understanding of disorders of the spine.After finishing medical school, Dr. Saadat completed his orthopaedic surgical training at Harvard, where he received extensive training in complex spinal surgery and scoliosis. While at Harvard, he was part of the team who took care of the victims of the Boston marathon bombing. He also served as the chief editor of the Orthopaedic Journal at Harvard Medical School, and was honored as chief resident at Massachusetts General Hospital during his last year of training.After finishing general orthopaedic training, Dr. Saadat then completed a spine surgery fellowship at the prestigious Emory Spine Center. There, he gained further experience in the full spectrum of spine surgery, ranging from treatment of challenging spinal deformities to cutting-edge techniques such as motion-preserving cervical laminoplasty, as well as minimally-invasive surgery.Dr. Saadat has authored numerous research publications covering a wide range of topics in orthopaedics and spine surgery, and is frequently invited to present his work at national and international conferences. He has authored multiple book chapters, and has heavily contributed to the newest authoritative textbook of techniques in spine surgery.Dr. Saadat's areas of interest include disk replacement surgery, minimally-invasive microscopic decompression of the cervical and lumbar spine, microdiscectomy for disk herniations, anterior cervical fusion, minimally invasive spinal fusions (XLIF and ALIF), and complex revision spine surgery.

Dr. Saadat is a thoughtful and caring physician and always has his patient's best interest as his first priority. He spends a lot of time with his patients, and tailors a surgical treatment specific to each patient's problem, needs, and goals. Dr. Saadat uses the latest advanced technologies to deliver safe and effective care that helps patients get back to the lives they love as fast as possible.