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Children’s Hospital Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
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Evalina Burger, MD
Provider's Specialties
- Orthopaedic Surgery
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My care philosophy
Our group is committed to providing the highest quality professional and ethical care to all patients through integration of comprehensive education and exceptional musculoskeletal research.
Get to know Evalina Burger, MD
Conditions Treated
- Back Pain
- Neck Pain or Stiffness
- Broken Bones
- Spine Injuries
Languages spoken
- Afrikaans
- English
Experience and background
I specialize in the treatment of most spinal diseases in adults. I am particularly interested in complex spinal surgery, adult deformity and scoliosis.
Undergraduate 1980
University of the Orange Free State
Undergraduate 1984
University of the Orange Free State
Internship 1985
Vereeniging and Sebokeng Hospitals (Kopanong Hospital)
Internship 1985
1 Military Hospital Pretoria
Internship 1987
1 Military Hospital Voortrekkerhoogte
Graduate 1993
University of Pretoria
Residency 1993
Pretoria Academic Hospital (University of Pretoria)
The G F Dommisse prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Research 1993
University of Pretoria
ABC Traveling Fellow 2000
Top 6 Orthopedic surgeons of the English Speaking World are invited to travel the world.
SAOA
Partners in Care Award 2009
University of Colorado Hospital
Cambridge 2010 Edition of Who’s Who Executives and Professionals 2010
Cambridge
Thomas Whitecloud Award for the best Basic Science paper 2010
IMAST
Best Poster Award 2010
Correlation of Vertebral Strength Topography with Three-Dimensional Computed tomography structure.
NASS
Female Spine Surgeons to Know 2011
Becker's Spine Review
Best Doctor for Executives 2012
Named Best Spinal Surgery Doctor
ColoradoBiz Magazine
Spine Surgeons to Know 2012
Becker's Spine Review
Women Spine Surgeons to Know 2013
Becker's Spine Review
MORE Award 2014
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Spine Surgeons to Know 2014
Becker's Spine Review
Best Doctors in America 2015
Best Doctors, Inc.
Best Doctors in America 2016-2017 2017
Denver Business Journal
Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2017
The Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board
Best Clinical Paper Award 2017
Pelvic Incidence and Its Relationship to Total Hip Dislocation in Patients with Previous Lumbar Spine Fusion”, Cape Town, South Africa, November 30-December 2, 2017, Kleck CJ, York P, Dayton M, Hogan C, Burger EL.
International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT)
Best Doctors in America 2017-2018 2018
Denver Business Journal
Hull Deformity award 2018
Patient Specific Spine Rods (PSSR) Decrease Rate of Mechanical Complications (MC) after Correction of Adult Spine Deformity (ASD)”, Montreal, Canada, October 10-13, 2018, Kleck CJ, Patel VV, Cain CMJ, Calabrese D, Reeves B, Noshchenko A, Burger EL.
SICOT
10 Spine Surgeon Leaders to Know 2019
Becker’s Spine Review, January 30, 2019
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