Our Faculty
ISASS has named Dr. Morgan P. Lorio as its 2024-2025
President.
Glenn Abel
08/14/2024
Morgan P. Lorio, the ISASS, MD, FACS has been named ISASS President for 2024-
2025.
Dr. Lorio, an orthopedic spinal and hand surgeon with over thirty years of experience,
has been actively engaged with ISASS since its inception. Dr. Lorio’s involvement with
the organization’s Coding and Reimbursement Taskforce dates back to 2012.
Since recovering from a significant spinal injury, Morgan P. Lorio, MD, FACS has
become a renowned advocate for spinal injuries, an expert in spinal policy, and a
notable pioneer in spinal technology. His specialties include cervical spine pathology
affecting the upper extremities, artificial discs, motion preservation, advanced biologics,
minimally invasive spine surgery (including adult deformity), basivertebral nerve
ablation, disc modulation (regenerative medicine) and in issues particular to the female
spine such as sacroiliac disease, coccydynia, and vertebral augmentation.
After receiving his Doctor of Medicine from Louisiana State University, Dr. Lorio
completed two years of additional study in General Surgery, followed by a residency in
Orthopaedic Surgery at SUNY-Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
In addition, he served a Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship at the Hand Center of
Western New York, a Spine Surgery and Clinical Research Fellowship under Dr. EH
Simmons at Buffalo General Hospital, and a Visiting Clinical Spine Practice Fellowship
under Dr. Hansen Yuan at SUNY-Upstate Medical Center Syracuse. He holds
certifications by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Subspecialty Certificate in
Surgery of the Hand (formerly CAQ Hand), and the American Board of Spine Surgery.