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Serena S. Hu, M.D.

Orthopedic surgeon

Dr. Serena Hu, an orthopedic surgeon and co-director of the UCSF Spine Center, specializes in spine disorders, in particular the treatment of adult scoliosis and the prevention of its complications. In her research, she studies the prediction and prevention of metastatic fractures of the spine that could lead to paralysis; and disc degeneration and its potential prevention or reversal.

Hu, who joined UCSF in 1991, completed medical training at McGill University in Montreal, Canada before serving an internship in general surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. She was a resident in orthopedic surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical School in New York. Following her residency, she completed a fellowship in spine and scoliosis surgery at Rancho Los Amigos in Downey, Calif.

Read a Q&A with Hu.

Clinics

Cardiovascular Genetics Program
400 Parnassus Avenue, Plaza Level, Room 94
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2873
Fax: (415) 476-5355

Hours: Monday
noon – 4 p.m

Spine Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-0332
Phone: (866) 81-SPINE or Neuro-spine Fax: (415) 353-2339
Ortho-spine Fax: (415) 353-4047

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Serena S. Hu

Additional Languages

French

Education

McGill University School of Medicine 1984

Residencies

Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical School, Orthopedic Surgery 1989

Fellowships

Rancho Los Amigos, Spine and Scoliosis Surgery

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Lafage V, Blondel B, Schwab F, Hostin R, Hart R, O'Shaughnessy B, Bess S, Hu SS, Deviren V, Ames CP. Spontaneous improvement of cervical alignment after correction of global sagittal balance following pedicle subtraction osteotomy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Oct; 17(4):300-7.
  2. Abdul-Jabbar A, Takemoto S, Weber MH, Hu SS, Mummaneni PV, Deviren V, Ames CP, Chou D, Weinstein PR, Burch S, Berven SH. Surgical site infection in spinal surgery: description of surgical and patient-based risk factors for postoperative infection using administrative claims data. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Jul 1; 37(15):1340-5.
  3. Laws CJ, Coughlin DG, Lotz JC, Serhan HA, Hu SS. Direct lateral approach to lumbar fusion is a biomechanically equivalent alternative to the anterior approach: an in vitro study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 1; 37(10):819-25.
  4. Indrakanti SS, Weber MH, Takemoto SK, Hu SS, Polly D, Berven SH. Value-based care in the management of spinal disorders: a systematic review of cost-utility analysis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Apr; 470(4):1106-23.
  5. Zuo J, Joseph GB, Li X, Link TM, Hu SS, Berven SH, Kurhanewitz J, Majumdar S. In vivo intervertebral disc characterization using magnetic resonance spectroscopy and T1? imaging: association with discography and Oswestry Disability Index and Short Form-36 Health Survey. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Feb 1; 37(3):214-21.
  6. Hu SS. Iliac crest bone graft: are the complications overrated? Spine J. 2011 Jun; 11(6):538-9.
  7. Hu SS. The effect of type of osteotomy on the risk of postoperative spinal infections. Spine J. 2010 May; 10(5):451-3.
  8. Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Zhao W, Blood EA, Tosteson AN, Birkmeyer N, Herkowitz H, Longley M, Lenke L, Emery S, Hu SS. Surgical compared with nonoperative treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. four-year results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized and observational cohorts. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Jun; 91(6):1295-304.
  9. Mok JM, Cloyd JM, Bradford DS, Hu SS, Deviren V, Smith JA, Tay B, Berven SH. Reoperation after primary fusion for adult spinal deformity: rate, reason, and timing. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Apr 15; 34(8):832-9.
  10. Pekmezci M, Berven SH, Hu SS, Deviren V. The factors that play a role in the decision-making process of adult deformity patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Apr 15; 34(8):813-7.
  11. Aryan HE, Newman CB, Lu DC, Hu SS, Tay BK, Bradford DS, Puttlitz CM, Ames CP. Relaxation of forces needed to distract cervical vertebrae after discectomy: a biomechanical study. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2009 Apr; 22(2):100-4.
  12. Mok JM, Guillaume TJ, Talu U, Berven SH, Deviren V, Kroeber M, Bradford DS, Hu SS. Clinical outcome of deep wound infection after instrumented posterior spinal fusion: a matched cohort analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Mar 15; 34(6):578-83.
  13. Lurie JD, Berven SH, Gibson-Chambers J, Tosteson T, Tosteson A, Hu SS, Weinstein JN. Patient preferences and expectations for care: determinants in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Nov 15; 33(24):2663-8.
  14. Mok JM, Durrani SK, Piper SL, Hu SS, Deviren V, Berven SH, Burch S. Extravasation of rhBMP-2 with use of postoperative drains after posterolateral spinal fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Jul 1; 33(15):1668-74.
  15. Harner CD, Ranawat AS, Niederle M, Roth AE, Stern PJ, Hurwitz SR, Levine WN, DeRosa GP, Hu SS. AOA symposium. Current state of fellowship hiring: is a universal match necessary? Is it possible? J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Jun; 90(6):1375-84.
  16. Lieberman JA, Lyon R, Feiner J, Hu SS, Berven SH. The efficacy of motor evoked potentials in fixed sagittal imbalance deformity correction surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Jun 1; 33(13):E414-24.
  17. Mok JM, Berven SH, Diab M, Hackbarth M, Hu SS, Deviren V. Comparison of observer variation in conventional and three digital radiographic methods used in the evaluation of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Mar 15; 33(6):681-6.
  18. Dang AB, Hu SS, Tay BK. Biomechanics of the anterior longitudinal ligament during 8 g whiplash simulation following single- and contiguous two-level fusion: a finite element study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Mar 15; 33(6):607-11.
  19. Hu SS, Tribus CB, Diab M, Ghanayem AJ. Spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Mar; 90(3):656-71.
  20. Mok JM, Pekmezci M, Piper SL, Boyd E, Berven SH, Burch S, Deviren V, Tay B, Hu SS. Use of C-reactive protein after spinal surgery: comparison with erythrocyte sedimentation rate as predictor of early postoperative infectious complications. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4):415-21.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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