Kevin Gill, M.D.

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Dr. Kevin Gill practices orthopaedic surgery with a specialty in Disorders of the Spine. He is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center and is Residency Program Director for the five year orthopaedic resident training program. He previously served as Vice-President, Medical Services at UT Southwestern Medical Center/University Hospital-St. Paul. Dr. Gill received his bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Austin. After receiving his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Gill completed a general surgery internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He also obtained a post-graduate fellowship in spinal surgery from the University of Vermont and The London Hospital and Clinic, London England. He has a Masters of Medical Management degree from Tulane University. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and American Board of Spine Surgery, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Gill also holds memberships in American Orthopaedic Association, the North American Spine Society, the Cervical Spine Research Society, the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Gill is a member of the American College of Physician Executives and a Diplomat of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He serves as an Advisory Editor of the Journal Spine and The Spine Journal. In 1991, 1994, and 1995, Dr. Gill and his research group won the Volvo and Camp Awards in Clinical Sciences for International Low Back Pain Research. In 2008 his research group received the Kappa Delta Orthopaedic Research Award for clinical science work studying degenerative disc disease in identical twins. His extensive clinical experience involves the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative cervical and lumbar spine conditions including spinal fusions, disc arthroplasty and minimally invasive spine surgery. He participates in multiple clinical trials that investigate motion preservation implants and surgical techniques. His latest clinical trail is "Triumph"-Globus Medical- posterior disc replacement system.

Medical School

Baylor College of Medicine (1980)

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1981), General Surgery

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1985), Orthopedic Surgery

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1985), Spine Surgery

Fellowship

London England Hospital and Clinic (1985), Spine Surgery

Fellowship

University of Vermont Medical Center (1986), Orthopedic Surgery

• Coflex Interspinous process spacer-IDE with Paradigm Spine
• Long term 18 year follow-up in degenerative spine conditions of identical twin cohort
• MOBI Disc/ ZImmer/Biomet-Patient Reported Outcome Measures
• Prodisc Cervical-IDE and continued access study with Synthes Spine
• Quality Study on Spine Surgery Approval and Certification Process
• The Millennial Learner
• TOPS-Total Posterior Spinal Implant-IDE with Impliant company
• Triumph-IDE study-posterior disc replacement-Globus Medical

Featured Publications

Similarities in Degenerative Findings in the Lumbar MRI of Identical Twins

Michele Battie, David Haynor, Lloyd Fisher, Kevin Gill and Laura Gibbons Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1995 77-A(11) 1162-1670

1994 Volvo Award in Clinical Sciences: The Long-Term Effects of Physical Loading and Exercise Lifestyles on Back-Related Symptoms, Disability and Spinal Pathology Among Men.

Tapio Videman, Seppo Sarna, Michele Battie, Seppo Koskinen, Kevin Gill, Heli Paananen, and Laura Gibbons: Spine 1995 20(6) 699-709

1991 Volvo Award in Clinical Sciences "Smoking and Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: An MRI Study of Identical Twins."

Michele Battie, Tapio Videman, Kevin Gill, Giovanni Moneta, Richard Nyman, Jaakko Kaprio, Markku Koskenvuo Spine 1991 16(16) 1015-1021

1995 Volvo Award in Clinical Sciences: Determinants of Lumbar Disc Degeneration. A Study Relating Lifetime Exposures and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Identical Twins.

Michele Battie, Tapio Videman, Laura Gibbons, Lloyd Fisher, Hannu Manninen and Kevin Gill Spine 95 20(24) 2601-2612

Magnetic resonance neurography in chronic lumbosacral and pelvic pain: Diagnostic and management impact- Institutional audit.

Dessouky R, Xi Y, Scott KM, Khaleel M, Gill K, Jones S, Khalifa DN, Tantawy HI, Aidaros MA, Chhabra A World Neurosurg 2018 Mar

A new quantitative measure of disc degeneration.

Videman T, Battié MC, Gibbons LE, Gill K Spine J 2017 Feb

Lumbar spinal stenosis is a highly genetic condition partly mediated by disc degeneration.

Battié MC, Ortega-Alonso A, Niemelainen R, Gill K, Levalahti E, Videman T, Kaprio J Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 2014 Aug

Aging changes in lumbar discs and vertebrae and their interaction: a 15-year follow-up study.

Videman T, Battié MC, Gibbons LE, Gill K Spine J 2014 Mar 14 3 469-78

A comparison of film and computer workstation measurements of degenerative spondylolisthesis: intraobserver and interobserver reliability.

Bolesta MJ, Winslow L, Gill K Spine 2010 Jun 35 13 1300-3

Associations of 25 structural, degradative, and inflammatory candidate genes with lumbar disc desiccation, bulging, and height narrowing.

Videman T, Saarela J, Kaprio J, Näkki A, Levälahti E, Gill K, Peltonen L, Battié MC Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Feb 60 2 470-81

 Featured Books

Classification of injuries to the Thoracolumbar spine. In The Orthopaedic Clinics of North America

Robert W. Buchol and Kevin Gill (1986).

Introduction to Lumbar Interbody Fusion. In Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Kevin Gill (Ed.) (1989). Rockville, Maryland, Aspen Publishing

Clinical indications for Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. In Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Kevin Gill (1989). Rockville, MD, Aspen Publishers

Technique and Complications of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. In Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Kevin Gill (1989). Rockville, MD, Aspen Publishing

Fusion of the Lumbar Spine. In Neurological Surgery

David K. Selby, Kevin Gill, Scott l. Blumenthal, Robert J. Henderson, T.C. Derian (1990). Youmans (ed)

The Management of Treatment Failures After Decompressive Surgery, Surgical Alternatives and Results. In The Adult Spine

Kevin Gill, John W. Frymoyer (1991). New York, Raven Press

CT-Discography. In The Adult Spine

Kevin Gill, Roger P. Jackson (1991). New York, Raven Press

Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy. In Chemonucleolysis and Related Intradiscal Therapies

Kevin Gill (1994). New York, Thieme Medical Publishers Inc.

Discography. In The Lumbar Spine (Vol 1-Second Edition)

Kevin Gill (1995). Philadelphia, PA, W. B. Saunders Company

Percutaneous and Suction Discectomy. In Adult Spine: Principles and Practice. 2nd Edition

Kevin Gill, Vert Mooney (1997). Philadephia, PA, Lippincott-Raven

The Management of Treatment Failures After Decompressive Surgery: Surgical Alternatives and Results. In Adult Spine: Principles and Practice. 2nd Edition

Kevin Gill (1997). Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott- Raven Publishers

When a Fusion is Deemed Necessary, How Important is Careful Psychological Evaluation. In Adult Spine: Principles and Practice. 2nd Edition

Kevin Gill (2001). Burr Ridge, IL, SpineLine/Current Concepts

Acute Neck Pain and Cervical Herniated Disk. In AAOS Spine Update

Michael J. Bolesta, Kevin Gill (2004). AAOS

The Poly-Traumatized Patient with Fractures. A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. In Management of Spine Fractures

Karl-Ake Jansson, Kevin Gil (2011). Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, Springer-Verlag

• Kappa Delta Award-AAOS
  Outstanding Orthopaedic Research (2008)
• Volvo Award-ISSLS
  Lower Back Research (1995)
• Camp Award - Scandinavia
  The Long-Term Effect of Different Types of Excersises on Back-Related Symptions, Disability and Spinal Pathology in Former Athletes (1994)
• Volvo Award in Clinical Sciences
  The Long-Term Effect of Different Types of Excersises on Back-Related Symptions, Disability and Spinal Pathology in Former Athletes (1994)
• Volvo Award-ISSLS
  Lower Back Research (1991)
• Who's Who
  High School and College (1973-1977)
• Association for Professionals for Health
  Honor
• Best Paper - Finish Society for Back Research
  Disc Signal, Bulging or Disc Height Narrowing are associated with AGC1, COL1A1, COL1A2, COL2A1, COL5A1, COL9A1, COL9A2, COL11A1, COL11A2, ILA, IL1RL1, IL18R1, and IL18RAP genes.
• Best Paper - Finnish Back Pain Society
  Occupational Driving and Lumbar Disc Degerneration: A Case Control Study
• Camp Award - Scandinavia
  "Smoking and Lumbar Intevertebral Disc Degeneration: an MRI Study of Identical Twins
• Honors Graduate - AOA
  Baylor College of Medicine
• Pre-Medical Honor Society
  Honor Membership
• University of Texas at Austin
  Cum Laude Graduate

• Alpha Omega Alpha, Baylor College of Medicine (1980)
• Am College of Health Care Executives (2003)
• AMA, TMA, DCMS (1986)
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS) (1990)
• American College of Forensic Examiners (1997)
• American College of Forensic medicine (1996)
• American College of Physician Executives (1998)
• American Orthopaedic Association (2006)
• Cervical Spine Research Society (1988)
• International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (2016)
• International Society Study of the Lumbar Spine (1989)
• North American Spine Society (1987)
• Society Internationale De Chirurgie orthopaedique Et De Tramatologie, Belgique (1993-1999)
• Spine Orthoplasty Society (2002)
• Texas Orthopaedic Association (1988)
• Texas Spine Society (1989)