Dr. Isaac Moss is a professor and chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut and program director of the UConn Spine Surgery fellowship. After completing his residency at the University of Toronto, he pursued a fellowship at Rush University.

Dr. Moss has been a faculty member at UConn since 2011, where he has built a practice treating the full spectrum of spinal conditions, including straightforward and complex degenerative and deformity pathology, employing minimally invasive techniques whenever feasible.

Over the past 15 years, Dr. Moss has built a reputation as a national leader in minimally invasive spine surgery, serving on the Board of Directors of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, serving as Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Spine Surgery, and speaking at professional and industry-sponsored meetings across the country and beyond.

Dr. Moss’ research interests include advancing understanding of clinical outcomes, developing regenerative therapies for intervertebral disc degeneration, and studying the biomechanics of the spine and spinal surgery constructs. He is a dedicated educator, passionate about passing on what he has learned from his mentors and colleagues to the next generation of spine surgeons.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
Other	Dawson College	Health Science (First Choice Program)
Other	McGill University	Medicine
Other	University of Toronto	Applied Science
Other	Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada	Clinician Investigator Program

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Residency	University of Toronto	Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship	Rush University Medical Center	Spine Surgery

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Lawson Family Post Graduate Fellowships	University of Toronto
R.I. Harris Award	University of Toronto
Top Scoring Posters	Canadian Orthopedic Association Annual Meeting
T.R. Sullivan Award	University of Toronto
Gallie Bateman Award	Department of Surgery University of Toronto
Canada Graduate Scholarship Masters Award	Canadian Institute of Health Research
J.A. Nutter Award	Canadian Orthopaedic Resident Association
Research Scholarship	Advanced Regenerative Tissue Engineering Centre
Surgeon Scientist Fellowship Research 2006-2008	Draxis Health
Ontario Graduate Scholarship	Government of Ontario
J.W. McConnell Award	McGill University
Dean's Honours List	McGill Faculty of Medicineip Research
Glaxo Wellcome Award	McGill Faculty of Medicineip Researchps
Dean's Honour's List 1996-1998	Dawson College

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
American Orthopaedic Association: Emerging Leaders Program	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2016
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International	2013
North American Spine Society SECTION ON SPINE BIOLOGICS AND RESEARCH	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International	2012
North American Spine Society	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International	2010
American Medical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2010
Orthopedic Research Society	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2007
Canadian Orthopaedic Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2006
University of Toronto Division Orthopaedic Surgery	Research Committee	Member	External	University	2005	2009
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2003
Canadian Medical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2003
Ontario Medical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2003

Clinical Research: Evaluating the efficacy and clinical outcomes of spinal surgical techniques including both well-established and novel decompression and fusion strategies.

Basic Science Research: Tissue engineering of the intervertebral disc with an eventual goal to develop a biologic regenerative treatment for degenerative disc disease.

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Abstracts

Case Reports

Erratums

Other

Reviews

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Allogeneic Articular Chondrocyte Survived in the Degenerating Rabbit Intervertebral Disc In Vivo: Implications for Cell Therapy with Allogeneic Cells	Talk	Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting	2012	San Francisco, CA
Why Don't Annular Defects Heal? Does Interposed Nucleus Pulposus Prevent Healing? An In Vivo Histological Study	Talk	North American Spine Society Meeting	2011	Chicago, IL
Repair of Osteochondral Defects Using Genepin-cross-linked Elastin-like Polypeptide Hydrogels	Poster	Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting	2009	Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
In Vivo Feasibility of Thiol-modified Hyaluronan and Elastin-like Polypeptide Hydrogels for the Treatment of Early Degenerative Disc Disease	Poster	Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting	2009	Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Biomechanical and Biochemical Evaluation Composite Scaffolds for Nucleus Pulposus Tissue Engineering	Talk	Gallie Day, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto	2008	Toronto, Canada
Mechanical and Biological Investigation of A Novel Hyaluronan and Elastin-like Polypeptide Nucleus Pulposus Scaffold	Talk	Canadian Spine Society Annual Meeting	2008	Sun Peaks, British Columbia
Nucleus Pulposus Tissue Repair in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Biochemical and Mechanical Evaluation of a Novel Human Disc Cell - Hyaluronan/Elastin Polypeptide Scaffold Composite	Poster	Orthopedic Research Society Annual Meeting	2008	San Francisco, CA
Novel Hyaluronan and Elastin Biomaterial for Tissue Engineering of the Nucleus Pulposus	Talk	Canadian Orthopedic Residents Association	2007	Halifax, Nova Scotia
A Novel Composite Scaffold for Tissue Engineering of the Intervertebral Disc	Poster	Canadian Connective Tissue Conference	2007	Toronto, Ont. Canada
A Tissue Engineering Approach to Degenerative Disc Disease	Poster	TERMIS NA annual meeting	2007	Toronto, Ont. Canada
Does Repair of Distal Radius Fractures Require Orthopedic Expertise?	Talk	Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting	2004	Hollywood, FL