Dr. DePasse is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon who graduated from Stanford with a Bachelor of Science, studied medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and completed an orthopedic surgery residency and subsequent orthopedic trauma fellowship at Brown University. He then finished a spine surgery fellowship at Philadelphia’s prestigious Rothman Orthopaedic Institute under the direction of Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD. At Rothman, Dr. DePasse trained in the newest spine surgery techniques. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed orthopedic and spine surgery journals and co-authored multiple book chapters.