Tyler G. Smith, M.D.

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon

Sierra Spine Institute

5 Medical Plaza Dr, Suite 120

Roseville, CA 95661

Office 916.352.0016

www.sierraspine.com

I am a Fellowship Trained and Board Certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon with a strong

interest in minimally invasive surgical techniques. I focus my practice exclusively on

evaluating and treating conditions of the spine in adults and adolescents.

EDUCATION Fellowship in Spine Surgery

Stanford University Combined Program

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Stanford, California and

St. Mary’s Hospital

San Francisco, California

August 2009 – July 2010

Internship and Residency

The Ohio State University

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Columbus, Ohio

July 2004 – June 2009

Doctorate of Medicine

University of Nevada School of Medicine

Reno, Nevada

August 2000 – May 2004

Bachelors of Science

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, California

Major: Biology

Minor: Health Care Policy

September 1990 – March 1995

WORK HISTORY

● Founder and Spine Surgeon, Sierra Spine Institute 2018 - present

● Spine Surgeon, Roseville Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine 2010 - 2018

● Spine Surgeon, Sutter North Medical Group 2012 - present (inactive)APPOINTMENTS

● American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Boards Examiner

● Sutter Health System Valley Area Spine Program Co-Medical Director

● Sutter Roseville Medical Center Co-Medical Director, Spine Surgery Service

● West Coast Joint and Spine Center, Board of Directors

● Sutter Sierra Surgical Center, Spine Division Medical Director and Board Member

● Recovery Laboratories, Medical Director

● Assurance Home Care, Orthopedic Medical Director

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

● American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

● North American Spine Society

● Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

● International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery

AWARDS/HONORS

● Best Medical Doctor, Style Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards 2021, 2023-2025

● Top Doctor - Orthopedics, California Magazine Reader’s Poll 2020

● Innovator of the Year, InVictus MIS Team, Atec Spine 2019

● Best Doctor, Roseville / Granite Bay Press Tribune Reader’s Poll 2015 & 2023

● Resident of the Year, Riverside Methodist Hospital 2006-2007

● Board of Directors, Free to Smile Foundation (Emeritus)

● Outstanding Medical Student in Biochemistry 2001

● McCleary Scholarship for Outstanding Medical Students 2001-2003

● Excellence in Academics Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2003

● Mensa International, member at large

● UCSD Intercollegiate Water Polo Team 1990-1993

● Emergency Medical Technician I and Wilderness First Responder

● National Merit Scholar Semifinalist

● United State Whitewater Rafting Team, Whitewater World Championships, Zambezi

River Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 1996

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

● Complications of the Prone Transpsoas Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for

Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease: A Multicenter Study

Mohamed A. R. Soliman, MD, MSc, PhD, Luis Diaz-Aguilar, MD, Cathleen C. Kuo,

BS, Alexander O. Aguirre, BS, Asham Khan, MD, Jose San Miguel, MD, Rodrigo

Amaral, MD, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, Isaac L. Moss, MD, Tyler G.

Smith, MD, 9 Gurvinder S. Deol, MD, Jeff Ehresman, MD, Madison Battista, BS,

Bryan S. Lee, MD, M. Craig McMains, MD, Samuel A. Joseph Jr., MD, David

Schwartz, MD, Andrew D. Nguyen, MD, PhD, William R. Taylor, MD, Luiz Pimenta,

MD, PhD, John Pollina, MD; Neurosurgery 93(5):1106-1111, November 2023 PMID

37272706

● Early “Prone Lateral” Experience vs “PTP” Proceduralization.

Antoine Tohmeh, MD; Tyler G. Smith, MD; Bryan Lee, MD; Isaac Moss, MD; Gene

Massey, MD; Daniel Cavanaugh, MD; David G. Schwartz, MD; Samuel Joseph, MD;

John Pollina, MD,

● Initial Multi-Center Clinical Experience with Prone Transpsoas Lateral Interbody

Fusion: Feasibility, Perioperative Outcomes, and Lessons Learned.Tyler G. Smith, MD, Samual A Joseph Jr MD, Benjamin Ditty MD, Rodrigo Amaral

MD, Antoine Tohmeh MD, William R Taylor MD, Luiz Pimenta Md PhD. North

American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2021 March 3

● Effects of Surgical Positioning on L4-5 Accessibility and Lordosis in Lateral

Transpsoas Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Comparison of Prone and Lateral Decubitus

in Asymptomatic Adults

Tyler G. Smith, MD, John Pollina, MD, Samuel A Joseph Jr MD, Kelli Howell. World

Neurosurgery, 2021 Feb 3. PMID: 33548538

● Retrospective Study of Interfixated Interbody Implants in Multilevel Anterior Cervical

Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) Procedures.

Tyler G Smith MD, David Vincent MD, Leonel Hunt MD, Gabriel Hunt Jr MD.

Submitted for Podium Presentation NASS Annual Meeting 2021

● Cervical Lordosis Changes with Hyperlordotic Interbody Cages: Biomechanical

Analysis of Effect of Decompression, Facetectomy and Integrated Screw Fixation,

David Vincent, MD; Tyler G. Smith, MD; Steven Tresser, MD; Alexander W. Turner,

PhD. ePoster North American Spine Society 2017

● Feasability Study for X-Stop Placement in Developing Nations, Zucherman et al,

submitted for publication

● Indicators of Return to Function After ACL Reconstruction. Residency Research

Project. Advisor: David Flanigan MD

● Biomechanical Investigation of a Novel Occiput to C2 Posterior Instrumentation

Construct. Residency Research Project. Advisor: Josue Gabriel MD

● Structural Integrity of the Rotator Cuff Tendon with Various Defects, conducted at the

University of California, San Francisco, AOSSM poster presentation 2001. Advisor:

Stephen B. Gunther, MD

● Research Assistant for Lake Tahoe Orthopedic Institute, 1998. Epidemiologic

Investigation of Winter Sports Injuries at a Ski Resort. Advisor, Randy Watson MD

● Research Assistant for Sierra Internal Medicine, ongoing clinical and basic science

investigation into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 1997-1999. Advisor: Daniel W.

Peterson MD

PRESENTATIONS

● “Prone Transpsoas Approach - What Does the Literature Say?” Moderator for PTP

Summit, Oceanside CA 2023

● “Neuromonitoring and Single Position Surgery: is SSEP the new standard?” Society

of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV 2021

● MIS Case Debate - Prone Lateral, Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV 2021

● “Comparison of early “prone lateral” experience vs “PTP” proceduralization:

Learnings, efficiencies, and perioperative outcomes” Society of Minimally Invasive

Spine Surgery Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV 2021

● “Saphenous SSEP monitoring of femoral nerve health during lateral lumbar interbody

fusion” Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV

2021

● “Neuromonitoring and Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion - What Do We Really Need”

SOLAS Symposium at North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Chicago Il

2019

● “Innovations in Spine Surgery” Sutter Health System Virtual Grand Rounds, 2020● “Low Back Pain: A Primer for Primary Care Physicians” Sutter Neuroscience Institute

CME Series, 2015

● “Single Position Surgery in Lateral Interbody Instrumented Fusion” Society of Lateral

Access Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2014

● “Bendini vs Manual Rod Bending - a Head to Head Trial of Accuracy and Speed”

Society of Lateral Access Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2014

● “Doc, My Back is Killing Me - Now What?” Sutter Community Lecture Series, 2012 -

ongoing

● “Feasability Study for X-Stop Placement in Developing Nations”, World Congress of

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques, Las Vegas, NV, 2010

● “Feasability Study for X-Stop Placement in Developing Nations”, Global Health

Initiatives Conference, Unite for Sight, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2010

● “X-stop Back to Work: Proposal for a Novel Healthcare Delivery System in

Underserved Rural Communities” Poster Presentation for International Society of

Spine Surgeons and Spine Arthroplasty Society, New Orleans, LA 2010

● “Spine Care for Nurses” Nursing Ground Rounds, St. Mary’s Hospital 2009

● “Indicators of Return to Function After ACL Reconstruction” Mallory-Coleman

Research Convocation, The Ohio State University Medical Center 2009

● “Pediatric Cavovarus Foot Deformity” Columbus Children’s Hospital Orthopedic

Surgery Grand Rounds 2007

● “Total Disc Arthroplasty of the Spine – the Near Horizon” Riverside Methodist

Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds 2007

● “Occipitocervical Instability” Riverside Methodist Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Grand

Rounds 2006

INVENTIONS and DESIGN PROJECTS

● US Patent #9,974,577 - Methods and Instruments for Performing Leveraged

Reduction During Single Position Spine Surgery

● Invictus MIS with SingleStep pedicle screw fixation system, manufactured and

distributed by Atec Spine Technologies Inc.

● Prone Transpsoas (PTP) Founding Council Member and technique developer with

Atec Spine Technologies Inc.

● SafeOp Design and Development Team, Atec Spine Technologies Inc.● Contoured Interlock - PEEK Interfixated Interbody Cage, manufactured and

distributed by Nuvasive Inc.

● Hyperlordotic Interlock - PEEK Interbody spacer, with and without integrated fixation,

design team member, Nuvasive Inc.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

● Faculty Surgeon for Alphatec, teaching and proctoring complex lateral interbody

fusion (LLIF) and neuromonitoring techniques - ongoing

● Faculty Surgeon for SI Bone, teaching iFuse percutaneous sacroiliac joint fusion

techniques - Emeritus

● Faculty Surgeon for Nuvasive, teaching and proctoring XLIF and lateral corpectomy

technique - Emeritus

● Medical School Instructor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Musculoskeletal Medicine Educational Module 2004-2009

● Whitewater Voyages River Rafting Guide School Instructor 1994-1997

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

● Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, California

● West Coast Joint and Spine Center, El Dorado Hills, California

● Sutter Sierra Surgery Center, Roseville, California

● Sutter Surgical Hospital North Valley, Yuba City, California

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

● American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, 2012 - present

LICENSURE

● California State Medical License #A108880

● Federal DEA Licensure current

REFERENCES

● Available upon request