Specialty
Spine Surgery
Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Board Certified 2015
Medical School
Indiana University School of Medicine 2007
Residency
Stanford University School of Medicine
2010-2012
Fellowship
University of Utah
2012-2013
Meet Dr. Smith
Board certified orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Micah Smith, joined Ortho NorthEast’s SpineONE team in 2013. He has a particular interest in cervical spine, deformity, and minimally invasive surgery. He employs minimally and less invasive principles to his surgical approach to spine surgery as appropriate, including XLIF and percutaneous fixation. He also utilizes motion preserving technology in the cervical spine with disc replacement surgery when indicated. He does complex deformity using both traditional open and minimally invasive techniques. He performs super minimally invasive fusions that allow patients to go home the same day as surgery and also does endoscopic spine surgery and outpatient surgery.
His Spine Fellowship training at the University of Utah was a unique experience where he worked with both spine fellowship-trained neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons. This has afforded him the ability to combine both disciplines into his own spine practice. He has research experience regarding herniated discs and has won awards for his research in spine deformity and spine trauma. He is a member of the North American Spine Society and AO Spine.
Dr. Smith has passion for serving as a missionary and has volunteered with the Christian Medical and Dental Association as an international medical missionary in Nicaragua and Honduras numerous times, and has served on the Board of Trustees. Additionally, Dr. Smith enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, cycling, boating, snow and water skiing, soccer, and reading.
Locations
Dr. Smith is available to see patients at the following locations:
Fort Wayne - North
Fort Wayne - Southwest
WarsawONE
Dr. Smith's
Areas of Expertise
Anterior Lumbar Fusion
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)
Arm Pain
Back
Balance Issues
Bone Fracture
Cervical
Disc Degeneration
Disc Herniation
Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF)
Leg Pain with Numbness and Tingling
Lumbar
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Myelopathy
Neck
Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (OLIF)
Radiculopathy
Sagittal Imbalance
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Shoulder Pain with weakness/numbness/tingling in fingers and hands
SI Joint
Spinal Compression Fracture
Spinal Deformity
Spondylolisthesis
Stenosis
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF)
Workers’ Compensation Injury