Clinical Focus

• Spine Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Residency Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery (2009 - present)
• Associate Residency Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery (2007 - 2009)
• Resident Selection Commitee, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine (2004 - present)
• Chief of the Education Commitee, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine (2005 - present)

Honors and Awards

• AOA-JOA Traveling Fellowship, American Orthopaedic Association (2010)
• Saul Halpern, MD Orthopaedic Educator Award, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center (2005)
• Timothy J. Bray Trauma Award, UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (2003)
• Cum laude, Harvard Medical School (1997)
• Highest Distinction, UC Berkeley (1993)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Orthopedic Surgery

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

Dr. Cheng's research interests lie in the biologic enhancement of spinal fusions, molecular techniques of intervertebral disc regeneration, and techniques of spinal instrumentation. For more information, please go to http://www.ivanchengmd.com.

Publications

• Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009; 32 (2 Suppl): S176-93
• Point of view: spinopelvic parameters in postfusion flatback deformity patients. Cheng I, Spine J. 2009; 9 (8): 672-3
• Chymopapain: a shot from the past. Mitra R, Wedemeyer M, Cheng I. Pain Pract. 2008 Jul-Aug; 8 (4): 331-2
• Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008; 33 (4 Suppl): S153-69
• Retroperitoneal lymphocele after anterior spinal surgery. Patel AA, Spiker WR, Daubs MD, Brodke DS, Cheng I, Glasgow RE. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008; 33 (18): E648-52