Mohamad Bydon, M.D., is a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with the distinction of being the Charles B. and Ann L. Johnson Professor of Neurosurgery I. He holds the academic rank of full professor in three departments: Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Health Services Research. Dr. Bydon attended Dartmouth College and Yale University School of Medicine. He completed residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and is fellowship trained in complex spinal surgery and spinal oncology. He specializes in robotic and minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS) for various spinal conditions, including back pain and neck pain, spinal stenosis, spinal tumors, spinal deformity and spinal fusion. He holds clinical expertise in:
- Complex spinal surgery.
- Minimal access and minimally invasive surgery for spine disease.
- Tumors of the spinal cord and spinal column.
- Robotic and advanced navigation surgery.
- Spinal deformity.
- Spontaneous spinal CSF leak.
- Chiari malformation.
- Stem cell therapies for degenerative spine disease and spinal cord injury.
As a neurosurgeon clinician-scientist, Dr. Bydon is principal investigator of Mayo Clinic's Neuro-Informatics Laboratory. The laboratory focuses on artificial intelligence, data analytics, patient safety, surgical outcomes and novel therapeutic treatments for spine disease and spinal cord injury.
Dr. Bydon also is medical director of the Mayo Clinic Neurosurgical Registry, a database focused on improving outcomes and safety for patients.
