Darren R. Lebl, M.D., M.B.A, F.A.A.O.S, F.A.O.A., P.C.Harvard & Stanford Trained
Cervical Spine &
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon

Darren R. Lebl, M.D., M.B.A, F.A.A.O.S, F.A.O.A., P.C.

Dr. Darren R Lebl is an Associate Professor in spinal surgery specializing in minimally invasive surgery, the cervical spine, motion preserving spine procedures, and microsurgery. His practice involves a customized approach to each individual patient to help maximize quality of life and musculoskeletal health. He incorporates innovative procedures, newer and less invasive surgical techniques, and biologic healing agents into his practice.

Dr. Lebl graduated from The University of Chicago with a triple major in biochemistry & molecular biology, chemistry, and economics with honors in each. He then attended medical school on scholarship at Stanford, surgical residency at Harvard, obtained an MBA degree at Wharton, and subspecialty surgical fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He pursued additional subspecialty training in cervical spine disorders, occipitocervical disorders, and spinal deformity surgery with international leaders in the USA, China, Japan, Spain, and Germany.

Dr. Lebl was the Editor-in-Chief of the Orthopaedic Journal at Harvard Medical School. He received the honor of serving as the academic Chief Resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He was later recognized as an “emerging leader” by the world’s oldest and most distinguished orthopaedic association, the American Orthopaedic Association, for his contributions to education and research.

He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on complication avoidance in spinal surgery, cervical spine disorders, degenerative disorders, minimally invasive procedures, and motion preserving technologies. Dr. Lebl has also participated in medical missions to the Gambia and Ghana in West Africa.

Dr. Lebl was the director of the Complex Cervical Spine Symposium at HSS that brings leading international cervical spine surgeons to New York for an educational exchange in a CME accredited surgeon-training course. Dr. Lebl also works with several cutting-edge medical device companies on technologies to improve spine surgery and patient performance.

Dr. Lebl is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is an active member of distinguished societies such as the Cervical Spine Research Society, the North American Spine Society, and the Scoliosis Research Society.

Dr. Lebl has operated on and cared for spine patients on four different continents and has been an invited lecturer at many regional, national, and international academic meetings around the world. His private patients have included elite professional athletes, international patients, musicians, other doctors, and high performance individuals.