Cervical Radiculopathy Expert Witnesses

Dallas, Texas

Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Orthopedic Surgery - Cervical spine, Lumbar spine, Spine trauma, MVC, Neck pain, Back pain, Thoracic spine, Cervical radiculopathy, Lumbar radiculopathy, Cervical myelopathy, Spine fusion, Spinal decompression

Luis Felipe Colón, MD Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon • Medical Expert Witness Bilingual (English/Spanish) Dr. Luis Felipe Colón is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic spine surgeon at Texas Orthopaedic Associates in Dallas and Plano. He specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, cervical and lumbar degenerative conditions, spinal trauma, and complex revision procedures. He provides clear, objective, and efficient medical-legal reviews with a standard one-week turnaround time and excellent current availability. Dr. Colón completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga. He then pursued a prestigious spine surgery fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York—consistently ranked the #1 orthopaedic hospital in the United States for 15 consecutive years. During fellowship, he trained under internationally recognized leaders including Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi (minimally invasive spine surgery) and Dr. Han Jo Kim (complex spine surge...

Seattle, Washington

Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - Cervical Spine, Thoracic Spine, Lumbar Spine, Cranial Surgery, Spinal Tumors, minimally invasive spine surgery, Cervical Spondylosis, Cervical Myelopathy, Thoracic Disc Herniation, Cervical Radiculopathy, Lumbar Stenosis, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Lumbar disc herniation, Thoracic stenosis, Thoracic Myelopathy

I am a Neurosurgeon who worked in private practice in Seattle Washington for 22 years at Swedish Medical Center. Prior to that I was on the faculty of Northwestern University Department of Neurological Surgery for two years. I completed my residency and cerebrovascular fellowship at the University of Washington and my internship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons as a member of AOA in 1990. I received my Board Certification in Neurosurgery in 2003, which was then renewed in 2013 and is current. I obtained my MBA (Honors) from University of Washington in 2016, while working as a full time neurosurgeon. I then took all three of the CFA exams and passed first attempt (Level 1 in 2021, Level 2 2022, and Level 3 in February 2024). I recently left Neurosurgery to pursue a career in consulting. I had a very busy neurosurgical practice, performing 400-600 surgeries per year. Although I performed about 20% cra...