David A. Spiegel, MD
Areas of expertise: Cerebral palsy, Fractures, Neuromuscular disorders, Scoliosis
About David A. Spiegel, MD
Dr. Spiegel specializes in neuromuscular diseases, trauma, and scoliosis and is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is a Center for Global Health Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He attended Duke University for college, medical school, and orthopedic surgical residency training, and then completed both a research and a clinical fellowship in pediatric orthopedics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
He has also dedicated considerable energy to volunteer work in low and middle-income countries, most frequently Nepal and Iraq. Dr. Spiegel has received five humanitarian awards, including the President's Call to Service Award (2006) by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, for 4,000 hours of community service, the Golden Apple Award from Health Volunteers Overseas (2009), and the Humanitarian Award from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (2013), the Scoliosis Research Society (2016), and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2017).
Dr. Spiegel has served as an Honorary Consultant in Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children in Banepa, Nepal, for more than 20 years and is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq. He has served on the Committee on Children’s Orthopaedics in Underdeveloped Regions of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) for more than 10 years, and was Chairman for three years. He has also served as Chairman of the Bone and Joint Decade committee and the Global Courses Committee of POSNA. He has been on the Board of Orthopaedics Overseas, Global-HELP, the Ponseti International Association, and Miracle Feet. He served on the International Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and directed their international scholars program for two years.
He has served as a consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Mongolia and Somalia, and was on the steering committee for the WHO’s Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care. He has delivered more than 300 invited lectures, mostly at international venues including Nepal, Iran, Iraq, China, Pakistan, Tanzania, Mongolia and Somalia.
He co-edited a textbook entitled Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings (2014), and the second edition has been released in 2019.
Titles
Attending Surgeon
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Orthopaedic Surgery – American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards and Honors
2016, Walter P. Blount Humanitarian Award, Scoliosis Research Society
2014, AAOS Achievement Award
2013, Humanitarian Award, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
2009, Golden Apple Award, Health Volunteers Overseas
2006, President's Call to Service Award (4000 hours of community service), Presidents Council on Service and Civic Participation
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
- 2004 – present, POSNA committee on children’s orthopaedic’s in underdeveloped areas (COUR)
Scoliosis Research Society
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
Association of Children’s Orthotics and Prosthetic Clinics (ACPOC)
International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Boards
Global Journal of Surgery
World Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Academic and Institutional Committees
Health Volunteers Overseas, Washington, D.C.
- Board of Directors
- Chairman of Educational Resources Committee
Alltogether Now (Boulder, CO)
- Advisory Board
Global-HELP, Seattle, WA
- Orthopaedic Board of Directors
Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care, World Health Organization
- Planning Committee
Miracle Feet
- Advisory Board
Research Interests
Cerebral palsy and neuromuscular diseases Spinal deformities Strengthening the delivery of orthopedic and surgical care in underdeveloped regions.
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Internship
General and Thoracic Surgery - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Residency
Orthopedic Surgery - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Fellowship
Research Fellow, Orthopedic Surgery - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2023
Daniel Badin, MD, Keith D. Baldwin, MD, MSPT, MPH, Patrick J. Cahill, MD, David A. Spiegel, MD, Suken A. Shah, MD, Burt Yaszay, MD, Peter O. Newton, MD, and Paul D. Sponseller, MD, MBA. When to Perform Fusion Short of the Pelvis in Patients with Cerebral Palsy? JB JS Open Access. 2023 Apr-Jun; 8(2): e22.00123.
2022
Meltzer-Bruhn, A.T., Landrum, M.R., Spiegel, D.A. et al. Does nutrition consultation in the year leading up to neuromuscular scoliosis surgery result in significant weight gain, or just a larger magnitude curve? Spine Deform 10, 151–158 (2022).
2021
David A. Spiegel, & Sikandar Hayat. (2021). Clubfoot and the Ponseti Method in 2021. Journal of Pakistan Orthopaedic Association, 33(04), 132–135.
Baghdadi S, Yadav P, Banskota B, et al. Outcome Measures in Clubfoot. J Foot Ankle Surg (Asia Pacific) 2021;8(3): 132–140.
Swarup I, Cazzulino A, Williams BA, Defrancesco C, Spiegel D, Shah AS. Outcomes After Surgical Fixation of Posterior Sternoclavicular Physeal Fractures and Dislocations in Children. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021 Jan;41(1):11-16.
Karkenny AJ, Magee LC, Landrum MR, Anari JB, Spiegel D, Baldwin K. The Variability of Pelvic Obliquity Measurements in Patients with Neuromuscular Scoliosis. JB JS Open Access. 2021 Mar 10;6(1):e20.00143. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.20.00143. PMID: 33748643; PMCID: PMC7963507.
2020
Baldwin KD, Cahill PJ, Sponseller PD, Abel MF, Spiegel DA, Flynn JM, Pahys JM; Harms Study Group Investigators. BMI change following spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery. Spine Deform. 2020;8:1081-1087.
Swarup I, Hughes MS, Cazzulino A, Spiegel DA, Shah AS. Open Reduction and Suture Fixation of Acute Sternoclavicular Fracture-Dislocations in Children. JBJS Essent Surg Tech. 2020;10:e19.00074.
Fournier MN, Sinclair MR, Zheng ET, Spiegel DA, Johnson AL, Shah AS, Riccio AI, Elliott ME, Bae DS, Sawyer JR. The Frequency of Mediastinal Injury in Acute Posterior Sternoclavicular Dislocations: A Multicenter Study. J Pediatr Orthop. 2020;40:e927-e931.
Al-Mahdi W, Ibrahim MM, Spiegel DA, Arkader A, Nance M, Baldwin KD. Is systemic inflammatory response syndrome relevant to pulmonary complications and mortality in multiply injured children? J Pediatr Orthop 2020;40:1-7.
Baldwin KD, Cahill PJ, Sponseller PD, Abel MF, Spiegel DA, Flynn JM, Pahys JM; Harms Study Group Investigators. BMI change following spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery. Spine Deform. 2020;8:1081-1087.
Baldwin KD, Stevenson K, Spiegel DA, Talwar D, Shah A. Adding value in single-event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) for cerebral palsy patients with crouch gait: A retrospective study showing value added by a second surgeon. Current Orthopaedic Practice 2020;31(4)
2019
LeBrun DG, banskota B, Banskota AK, Rajbhandary T, Baldwin KD, Spiegel DA. Socioeconomic status influences functional severity of untreated cerebral palsy in Nepal: A prospective analysis and systematic review. Clin Orthop Rel Res 2019;477:10-21.
Anari JB, Arkader A, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KD. Approaching Unusual Pediatric Distal Humerus Fracture Patterns. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019;27:301-311.
2018
Banskota B, Yadav P, Rajbhandari T, Shrestha OP, Talwar D, Banskota A, Spiegel DA. Outcomes of the Ponseti Method for Untreated Clubfeet in Nepalese Patients Seen Between the Ages of One and Five Years and Followed for at Least 10 Years. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018;100:2004-2014.
Kolman SE, Glanzman AM, Prosser L, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KD. Factors that predict overall health and quality of life in non-ambulatory individuals with cerebral palsy. Iowa Orthop J 2018;38:147-152.
Anari J, Cahill PJ, Flynn JM, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KD. Intra-operative computed tomography guided navigation for pediatric pelvic instrumentation. World J Orthop 2018;9:185-189.
Kolman SE, Glanzman AM, Prosser L, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KD. Factors that predict overall health and quality of life in non-ambulatory individuals with cerebral palsy. Iowa Orthop J 2018;38:147-152.
DeFrancesco CJ, Miller DJ, Cahill PJ, Spiegel DA, Flynn JM, Baldwin KD. Releasing the tether: Weight normalization following corrective spinal fusion in cerebral palsy. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2018;26:2309499018782556.
Premkumar A, Ying X, Mack Hardaker W, Massawe HH, Mshahaba DJ, Mandari F, Pallangyo A, Temu R, Masenga G, Spiegel DA, Sheth NP. Access to Orthopaedic Surgical Care in Northern Tanzania: A Modelling Study. World J Surg. 2018 42:3081-3088.
Books
2022
Orthopedic surgery in a global context. UPOJ 32, June 2022.
2020
Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Ed 2. Springer, New York, 2020.
2015
Gosselin RA, Mock CN, Joshipura M, Spiegel DA, Shearer DW, Zirkle LG, Coughlin RR. The challenges of orthopedic trauma care in the developing world. In Browner BD, Jupiter JB, Krettek C, Anderson PA (Eds) Skeletal Trauma. 5th Edition, Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2015. pp. 39-68.
2014
Spiegel DA, Banskota B, Banskota AK. Clubfoot in Child Health in Kushner AL, (Ed). Operation Health: Surgical care in the developing world. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2014.
Crawford EA, Franklin CCD, Spiegel DA, Baldwin KB. Pediatric Orthopaedics. In: S. Namdari, SG Pill, S Mehta (Eds). Orthopedic Secrets: 4th edition. Saunders, Philadelphia. Philadelphia 2014. pp. 145-219.
Spiegel DA, Nagda T, Aroojis A. Neglected fractures and dislocations in children and adolescents. Jaypee brothers Medical Publishers, Philadelphia 2014 pp. 277-291.
Spiegel DA, Bickler SW. Barriers to the delivery of orthopedic care. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. Pp. 23-25.
Spiegel DA, Banskota B. General principles of pediatric trauma. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 247-254.
Spiegel DA, Banskota B, Wilkins KE. Management of upper extremity fractures. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 255-273.
Spiegel DA, Banskota B, Wilkins KE. Management of lower extremity fractures. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 275-290.
Spiegel DA, Banskota AK, Banskota B. Neglected septic arthritis in children. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 303-314.
Penny JN, Spiegel DA Chronic osteomyelitis in children. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds).Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 315-324.
Olgun ZD, Yazici M, Spiegel DA, Awais SM, Bijukachhe B. Chronic osteomyelitis in children. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 335-353.
Aroojis A, Pirani S, Banskota B, Banskota AK, Spiegel DA. Clubfoot etiology, pathoanatomy, basic Ponseti technique, and Ponseti in older patients in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 357-368.
Sabharwal S, Schwend RM, Spiegel DA. Evaluation and treatment of angular deformities. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 385-396.
Penny JN, Ekure J, Spiegel DA, Watts HG. Injection injuries and polio. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 405-422.
Banksota B, Folz M, Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA Cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular conditions. in Gosselin RA, Spiegel DA, Folz M (Eds). Global Orthopaedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings. Springer, New York, 2014. pp. 423-427.