David Gendelberg, MD
Assistant Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

Dr. Gendelberg’s research focuses on management of spinal injuries, delivering care to the underserved, minimally invasive techniques and bone health.

After earning his medical degree at Rutgers- Robert Wood Johnson, Dr. Gendelberg completed a residency in orthopedic surgery at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He completed fellowships in spine surgery at the University of Washington - Harborview Medical Center as well as in minimally invasive spinal surgery under Neel Anand MD at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles.

• Correction: Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: review of current classifications and proposal of a novel classification system.
  European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society 2024 Rangwalla K, Filley A, El Naga A, Gendelberg D, Baldwin A, Maziad A, Arora A, Wague A, O'Donnell J, Chryssikos T, Kasir R, Shah J, Theologis A, Tan L, Mummaneni P, Alamin T, Berven SH
• Correction: Do peri‑operative parathyroid hormone (PTH) analogues improve bone density and decrease mechanical complications in spinal deformity correction?-a minimum 2‑year radiological study measuring Hounsfield units.
  European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society 2024 Chung A, Robinson J, Gendelberg D, Jimenez J, Anand A, Rao A, Khandehroo B, Khandehroo B, Kahwaty S, Anand N
• Obturator inlet and iliac oblique technique for safe, convenient, and reliable iliac screw placement.
  North American Spine Society journal 2023 El Naga AN, Gendelberg D
• Thoracic costotransversectomy characteristics and 90-day complications vary based on underlying diagnosis.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Spine 2023 El Naga AN, Gendelberg D, Tavolaro C, Zhou H, Bellabarba C, Bransford RJ
• Selective thoracolumbar fusion in adult spinal deformity double curves with circumferential minimally invasive surgery: 2-year minimum follow-up.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Spine 2023 Anand N, Robinson J, Chung A, Gendelberg D, Jiménez-Almonte JH, Kahwaty S, Khandehroo B, Walker C
• Do peri-operative parathyroid hormone (PTH) analogues improve bone density and decrease mechanical complications in spinal deformity correction?-a minimum 2-year radiological study measuring Hounsfield units.
  European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society 2023 Chung A, Robinson J, Gendelberg D, Jimenez J, Anand A, Rao A, Khandehroo B, Khandehroo B, Kahwaty S, Anand N
• Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: review of current classifications and proposal of a novel classification system.
  European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society 2023 Rangwalla K, Filley A, El Naga A, Gendelberg D, Baldwin A, Maziad A, Arora A, Wague A, O'Donnell J, Chryssikos T, Kasir R, Shah J, Theologis A, Tan L, Mummaneni P, Alamin T, Berven SH
• Impact of social determinants of health on perioperative opioid utilization in patients with lumbar degeneration.
  North American Spine Society journal 2023 Wague A, O'Donnell JM, Rangwalla K, El Naga AN, Gendelberg D, Berven S
• Does the Global Alignment and Proportion score predict mechanical complications in circumferential minimally invasive surgery for adult spinal deformity?
  Neurosurgical focus 2023 Gendelberg D, Rao A, Chung A, Jimenez-Almonte JH, Anand A, Robinson J, Khandehroo B, Khandehroo B, Kahwaty S, Anand N
• Prevalence and Modes of Posterior Hardware Failure With a Staged Protocol for Circumferential Minimally Invasive Surgical Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity: A 13-Year Experience.
  International journal of spine surgery 2022 Anand N, Chung A, Kong C, Alayan A, Khandehroo B, Kahwaty S, Gendelberg D
• Management of severe adult spinal deformity with circumferential minimally invasive surgical strategies without posterior column osteotomies: a 13-year experience.
  Spine deformity 2022 Anand N, Alayan A, Kong C, Kahwaty S, Khandehroo B, Gendelberg D, Chung A
• Guidelines on How to Perform a Systematic Review in Spine Surgery.
  Clinical spine surgery 2021 Koslosky E, Gendelberg D, Zhu J
• Classification in Brief: The Meyerding Classification System of Spondylolisthesis.
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2020 Koslosky E, Gendelberg D
• Classifications in Brief: AO Thoracolumbar Classification System.
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2020 Vu C, Gendelberg D
• Guidelines on How to Perform a Meta-Analysis in Spine Surgery: Strengths and Weaknesses of Design.
  Clinical spine surgery 2019 Gendelberg D, Slattery CA, Verma K
• Utility of a long arm extension cast in management of pediatric fractures: A technique revisited.
  Trauma case reports 2018 Reynolds AW, Hennrikus WL, Adebayo T, Winthrop Z, Gendelberg D
• Lyme Arthritis of the Pediatric Elbow: A Case Series.
  Orthopedics 2018 Gendelberg D, Hennrikus WL
• Decreased Radiation Exposure Among Orthopedic Residents Is Maintained When Using the Mini C-Arm After Undergoing Radiation Safety Training.
  Orthopedics 2017 Gendelberg D, Hennrikus WL, Sawyer C, Armstrong D, King S
• Restoring Volar Tilt in AO Type C2 Fractures of the Distal Radius With Unilateral External Fixation.
  The Journal of hand surgery 2017 Taylor KF, Gendelberg D, Lustik MB, Drake ML
• Self-Reported Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Revision Carpal Tunnel Surgery With or Without Hypothenar Fat Pad Transposition.
  Hand (New York, N.Y.) 2017 Pace GI, Zale CL, Gendelberg D, Taylor KF
• Distinguishing Pseudomeningocele, Epidural Hematoma, and Postoperative Infection on Postoperative MRI.
  Clinical spine surgery 2016 Radcliff K, Morrison WB, Kepler C, Moore J, Sidhu GS, Gendelberg D, Miller L, Sonagli MA, Vaccaro AR
• Management of Simple Clavicle Fractures by Primary Care Physicians.
  Clinical pediatrics 2016 Stepanyan H, Gendelberg D, Hennrikus W
• A Radiation Safety Training Program Results in Reduced Radiation Exposure for Orthopaedic Residents Using the Mini C-arm.
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2015 Gendelberg D, Hennrikus W, Slough J, Armstrong D, King S
• The Effect of Closed Reduction of Small Finger Metacarpal Neck Fractures on the Ultimate Angular Deformity.
  The Journal of hand surgery 2015 Pace GI, Gendelberg D, Taylor KF
• Operative and nonoperative treatment approaches for lumbar degenerative disc disease have similar long-term clinical outcomes among patients with positive discography.
  World neurosurgery 2013 Smith JS, Sidhu G, Bode K, Gendelberg D, Maltenfort M, Ibrahimi D, Shaffrey CI, Vaccaro AR
• Management of cervical spine trauma: can a prognostic classification of injury determine clinical outcomes?
  The Orthopedic clinics of North America 2012 Helgeson MD, Gendelberg D, Sidhu GS, Anderson DG, Vaccaro AR