Ryan Schnetzer, M.D.

Dr. Ryan Schnetzer is a homegrown, board-certified, fellowship-trained, orthopaedic spine surgeon. He completed his degree graduating cum-laude while playing football on two SEC Championship teams for the University of Georgia. While at the University of Georgia, Dr. Schnetzer received the SEC Male Scholar-Athlete Award, Coaches Senior Leadership Award, and achieved the SEC Academic Honor Roll three years running. His special interests include treating mechanical and neurological disorders of the spine, disc replacement, spine deformity, and instability. He is certified in the latest minimally invasive robot-assisted techniques for nerve decompression and fusion that provides for a shorter hospital stay, less recovery time, less blood loss, and hyper-accurate hardware placement.

Dr. Schnetzer has authored numerous national medical journal articles, medical textbook chapters, and has presented on a national level.

CLINICAL INTERESTS
Spine Care: including Cervical Fusion, Cervical Spine Decompression and Disc Replacement, Disc Degeneration/Herniation, Fracture Management, Microdiscectomy, Myelopathy, Radiculopathy, Scoliosis, Spinal Stenosis (Arthritis of the Spine), Spondylolysis, Lumbar Disc Degeneration/Herniation, Epidural Injections, Lumbar Fusion, Lumbar Spine Decompression, Spondylolisthesis (Slippage of the Spine), and Scheuermann’s Kyphosis

EDUCATION
Certification: Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Spine Surgery, University of Wisconsin
Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Florida
Medical Degree: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta

HOSPITAL AND SURGERY CENTER AFFILIATIONS
Medical Center Navicent Health
Coliseum Northside Hospital
Houston Medical
Perry Hospital
OrthoGeorgia Outpatient Surgery Center