About Dennis Lee Abernathie, MD

Board certification

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1981
  • Fellow American College of Surgeons, 1986

Education

Undergraduate
University of Missouri , Rolla BS , Electrical Engineering
Medical
University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia M.D.
Internship
University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia Rotating Surgery
Residency
University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia Orthopaedic Surgery
Military
Shepard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, TX Major
Fellowship
Southern Illinois University, Springfield Spine

Hospital/academic affiliations

Hospital
  • Boone Hospital Center | 1601 E Broadway, Columbia, Mo.
  • Columbia Regional Hospital | 404 Keene St., Columbia, Mo.

Society memberships

National Society Memberships
  • American College of Surgeons
Specialty Society Memberships
  • North American Spine Society
Additional Society Memberships
  • Missouri State Medical Association

  • Boone County Medical Society

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

  • University of Missouri Orthopaedic Association

  • Missouri Chapter - American College of Surgeons

Achievements

Lecturer - Boone County Medical Society

Patents Pending - Method and Device for Drilling and Tapping a Bore for a Bone Screw - Attachment for Operating Table - Thompson Tube Retractor - Spinal Fusion Cage and Method of Use - Device and Method for Button Fusion - A Device to Reduce the Load of a Disk and to Enlarge the Spinal Canal - A Device to Accurately Form a Rod and Its Method of Use - A Device and Method for the Early Detection of Nerve Loss from Spinal Stenosis

Contact Information

Dennis L. Abernathie, M.D., F.A.C.S. 1 South Keene Street Columbia, MO USA 65201 View map Phone 573 876-8628 Fax (573) 442-1277

Other staff in my practice

Luis R. Visot, NREMT-P -
Debbie Davis, LPN -
Diane Giessman

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