Michael L. Gordon, M.D.

About Dr. Michael L. Gordon

Dr. Michael Gordon is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in surgery of the spine. He trained at Johns Hopkins University and USC Spinal Cord Injury Center, and has been at the leading edge in spinal surgical technology since he began practice in Newport Beach in 1987. He specializes in a range of spinal surgeries from minimally invasive to complex deformities of the cervical and lumbar spine.

Having performed more than 8000 spinal surgeries, Dr. Gordon has extensive experience in complex reconstructive spinal instrumentation surgery of the cervical and lumbar spine as well as disk replacement, adult deformity, and degenerative scoliosis. For patients with disk herniations Dr. Gordon has performed more than 1,500 outpatient minimally-invasive spinal surgeries.

He has been a clinical instructor for a leading medical device company and has consulted for several national spinal instrumentation companies. He has assisted in the design of spinal pedicle screw implants and is an expert in minimally invasive kyphoplasty fracture treatment.

Dr. Gordon has three adult children and lives with his wife in Newport Beach. He and his wife are founding members of the Sage Hill School in Orange County. In his leisure time he is an avid photographer, skier and pianist.

Education Medical Education - Cornell University Medical College, New York (Medical Doctor)
Internship - Mount Sinai Medical Center (General Surgery)
Residency - Mount Sinai Medical Center (General Surgery)
Residency - Johns Hopkins Hospital (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Fellowship - LAC-Rancho Los Amigos Med Ctr. (Spine Surgery)