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    Trevor Luck, MD

    St Luke's University Hospital

    Trevor Luck, MD is an Orthopaedic Surgery resident (PGY-3) at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Drexel University College of Medicine, where he was a Biomedical Research Scholar, and completed his undergraduate education in Neuroscience at Muhlenberg College, graduating summa cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

    Dr. Luck’s academic interests center on spine surgery and outcomes research, with a particular focus on traumatic spinal cord injury, degenerative spine disease, and perioperative risk stratification. His work emphasizes the use of frailty indices, physiologic markers, and large national databases to predict functional recovery, complications, and value-based outcomes in spine surgery. He has conducted multiple registry- and database-based studies evaluating predictors of functional independence and neurologic recovery following spinal cord injury and lumbar fusion.

    He has authored and coauthored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals including Global Spine Journal, World Neurosurgery, Journal of Surgical Research, Scientific Reports, and Neurocritical Care. His spine-related research has addressed topics such as outcomes after traumatic spinal cord injury, anterior versus posterior lumbar fusion in obese patients, postoperative NSAID use following lumbar fusion, and imaging optimization in idiopathic scoliosis. Dr. Luck has presented this work at regional, national, and international spine and orthopaedic meetings, including the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting, International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium, and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting.

    In addition to his research, Dr. Luck is committed to education and mentorship and has held leadership roles in academic organizations focused on the neurosciences. He is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the North American Spine Society and plans to pursue fellowship training in spine surgery with the goal of an academic career dedicated to outcomes research, surgical innovation, and the advancement of high-value spine care.

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