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Physician Bios
Eeric Truumees, MD
Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Fellowship-Trained in Spine Surgery
Dr. Eeric Truumees is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Texas Spine and Scoliosis in Austin, Texas. At Texas Spine and Scoliosis in central Texas, Dr. Truumees treats cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disorders. His specialties include spinal trauma, complex/revision spine surgery and artificial disc replacement.
Dr. Truumees earned his bachelor of arts degree in biology and religious studies from the University of Virginia and earned his medical degree from UVA as a Bowman Scholar. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Truumees furthered his education by completing a fellowship in Spinal Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital with the world renowned Dr. Harry Herkowitz in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Prior to moving to Austin in 2010, Dr. Truumees was an attending spine surgeon at William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan, where he also served as Clinical Director for the Harold W. Gehring Center for Biomechanical Research and Implant Retrieval He also served as Adjunct Faculty for the Bioengineering Center at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Dr. Truumees served for several years as a Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas, Dell School of Medicine and as a Spine Subspecialty Director for their residency in Orthopaedic Surgery.
In 2020, Dr. Truumees was elected president of the North American Spine Society (NASS), the world’s largest society of spine surgeons and spine physicians. Dr. Truumees is internationally recognized as a leader in spine surgery. He has been a member of the Board of Directors for the North American Spine Society. Dr. Truumees also has served in the Communiucations Cabinet for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of AAOS Now. Dr. Truumees has been the Deputy Editor of The Spine Journal and sits on the editorial boards of several other prestigious spine journals including Spine and Clinical Spine.
With his partners in Austin, and with colleagues around the world, Dr. Truumees remains actively involved in spine research with active clinical trials. He has published widely in journals such as Spine, Medical Engineering & Physics, The Spine Journal, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - British Volume and many more. Recently, Dr. Truumees and his partners completed an "Essential Technique" guide on microdiscectomy surgery for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Essential Surgical Techniques. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed articles and textbook chapters.
Dr. Truumees’ research and academic work has included more than 15 NIH and industry-sponsored multicenter trials, which generated over 30 peer-reviewed publications of original research, 40 invited publications, 50 chapters and monographs and two books. Dr. Truumees has given more than 200 national and international presentations, lectureships and instructorships.
Dr. Truumees is a member of the following professional societies: the American Orthopaedic Association, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the North American Spine Society, the Cervical Spine Research Society, the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, the Foundation for Orthopaedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS), and many more.
Who we Are
Texas Spine and Scoliosis is a regional referral center for the treatment of back and neck pain and scoliosis
Texas Spine & Scoliosis approved for the new BRAIVE scoliosis tethering study
Read about various patient success stories that have been performed by the physicians at Ascension Texas Spine & Scoliosis
