Dr. Evan Baird, MD

Dr. Evan O. Baird is an Assistant Professor of Spinal Surgery in the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He also serves as full-time faculty at Mount Sinai West Hospital in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Baird is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina School of Medicine and completed his Orthopaedics residency at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he was honored by faculty members by being selected as Administrative Chief Resident in his final year of training. Dr. Baird continued his training as an Adult Spine Surgery Fellow at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, widely regarded as one of the most sought-after spine fellowships in the country. He has trained with world leaders in spine surgery, including in motion preservation techniques for the treatment of the cervical spine. Dr. Baird specializes in both traditional and minimally invasive cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgery, as well as complex and revision surgery. His areas of interest include the treatment of cervical and lumbar stenosis, spondylolisthesis, disc herniations and radiculopathy, cervical and thoracic myelopathy and spinal trauma. Dr. Baird's research interests include spine surgical outcomes and spine biomechanics. He has authored portions of several spine surgery textbooks, numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and presented research at national research meetings.