Richard A. Hynes, M.D., F.A.C.S.
`Curriculum Vitae
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`Medical Licensure Florida Medical License since 1992
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`Board Certification Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
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`Diplomate, American Board of Spine Surgeons
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`Education
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`08/1989 - 07/1990 Harvard University, Beth Israel Hospital, Departments of
`Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Boston Massachusetts
`Fellowship Spine Surgery
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`07/1985 - 06/1989
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`Tripler Army Medical Center
`07/1983 - 06/1984
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` General Surgery Internship
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`08/1979 - 05/1983
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`Tripler Army Medical Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu,
`Hawaii Orthopaedic Residency
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`Rutgers Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry,
`Piscataway, New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson School of
`Medicine
`M.D. Degree
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`The American University, Washington, D.C.
`Degree: M.S. (Biology), Major: (Physiology)
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`Rutgers – The State University
`Camden, New Jersey
`Degree: B.A. (Biology), (Philosophy)
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`08/1976 - 05/1978
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`08/1971 - 05/1975
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`Brevard Orthopaedic Spine & Pain Clinic Inc. dba The B.A.C.K. Center, 2222 South Harbor City Boulevard, Ste 610, Melbourne,
`Florida 32901, Office Phone 321-723-7716, Office Fax 321- 723-0604, e-mail www.thebackcenter.net
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`Spine Surgeon, The B.A.C.K. Center, Melbourne, Florida
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`Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Orthopaedic Service, Fort
`Gordon, Georgia, Chief, Spine Service
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`Letterman Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
`San Francisco, California, Chief, Spine Service, Assistant Chief,
`Orthopaedics
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`Immediate Past President, Holmes Regional Medical Center
`Medical Staff
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`President, Holmes Regional Medical Center Medical Staff.
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`President, Brevard Orthopaedic Spine and Pain Clinic, Inc. dba
`The B.A.C.K. Center
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`Chief of the Department of Surgery, Holmes Regional Medical
`Center, Melbourne, Florida
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`Chief and Founding Member of the Department of Orthopaedic
`Surgery, Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, Florida
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`Experience
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`11/1992 - Present
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`12/1991 - 11/1992
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`07/1990 - 12/1991
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`Positions Held
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`2010 - Present
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`2008 - 2010
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`1996 - Present
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`1997 - 1999
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`1997 - 1999
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`Clinical Appointments
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`2010
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`2007
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`2000
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`1990
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`Assistant Professor, College of Medicine,
`University of Central Florida
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`University Research Professor, College of Engineering, Florida
`Institute of Technology
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`Co-Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Florida
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`Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward
`Heber School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, Adjunct Assistant
`Professor of Surgery
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`1989 - 1990
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`Brevard Orthopaedic Spine & Pain Clinic Inc. dba The B.A.C.K. Center, 2222 South Harbor City Boulevard, Ste 610, Melbourne,
`Florida 32901, Office Phone 321-723-7716, Office Fax 321- 723-0604, e-mail www.thebackcenter.net
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`Instructor Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard University
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`Publications
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`Fung, Daniel A., Davis, Timothy T., Hynes, Richard A., Spann, Scott W., Mac Millan,
`Michael, Kwon, Brian, Liu, John C., Acosta Jr., Frank L., Drochner, Tom,
`“Retroperitoneal Oblique Window to the L2-S1 Intervertebral Discs in the Lateral
`Position: An Anatomic Study.” NASS Summer Meeting in Naples, Florida, July 31-
`August 3, 2013
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`Davis, T.T., Hynes, R.A., Spann, S.W., MacMillan, M., Kwon, B., Liu, J., Acosta, F.,
`Drocher, T.E., “Retroperitoneal Oblique Window to the L2-S1 Intervertebral Discs in the
`Lateral Position: an Anatomic Study”, ABSTRACT NO: 10-A-119-SMISS Digital Poster
`Category for the 2012 Annual Meeting in Miami, Florida, September 21-23, 2012
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`Santoni, B.G., Hynes, R.A., McGilvray, K.C., Rodriguez-Canessa, G., Lyons, A.S.
`Henson, M.A.W., Womack, W.J., Puttlitz, C.M. “Cortical Bone Trajectory for Lumbar
`Pedicle Screws”, The Spine Journal, Volume 9, Issue 5, 366-373, May 2009
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`Brevard Orthopaedic Spine & Pain Clinic Inc. dba The B.A.C.K. Center, 2222 South Harbor City Boulevard, Ste 610, Melbourne,
`Florida 32901, Office Phone 321-723-7716, Office Fax 321- 723-0604, e-mail www.thebackcenter.net
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`Professional Organizations
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`Diplomate
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`Diplomate
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`Fellow
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`Fellow
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`Fellow
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`Diplomate
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`Diplomate
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`Member
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`Member
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`American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
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`American Board of Spine Surgeons
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`American College of Spine Surgeons
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`The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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`American College of Surgeons
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`National Board of Examinees
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`North American Spine Society
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`Scoliosis Research Society
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`Spine Arthroplasty Society
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`Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons
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`American Medical Association
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`Hynes, R.A., Santoni, B.G., Henson, MA.W., Puttlitz, C.P., “ Dense Bone Engagement
`in Osteoporotic Vertebra Using a Novel Pedicle Screw Trajectory Results in enhanced
`Fixation” , ABSTRACT NO: 374 Digital Poster category for the 2008 Annual Meeting in
`Orlando, Florida, February 27 - March 1, 2008
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`Hynes, R.A., “Complications of the Lumbar Anterior Surgical Approach for Artificial
`Disk Replacement of the Lumbar Spine”, The Spine Journal, 5 (2005) IS-189S
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`Hynes, R.A., Gabriel, W.C., “Percutaneous Tendo Achilles Repair; A Long Term
`Follow-Up Study”, Journal of Orthopaedic Techniques, Vol. #2, 99-105, June 1993
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`White, A.A., III Bernhardt, M., Hynes, R.A., “Cervical Spondylitic Myelopathy”,
`Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Current Concepts Review, Vol. 75, #1, 119-129,
`January 1993
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`Hynes, R.A., McCarthy, Bernhardt, M., White, A.A., III, “Radiologic Versus Pedicle
`Screw Placement Techniques”, Orthopaedic Transactions, Vol. 15, #2, 353, 1990
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`Hynes, R.A., Gabriel, M.A., “Percutaneous Tendo Achilles Repair; A Ten Year Review,
`Orthopaedic Transactions, Vol 13, #1, 173, 1989
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`Hynes, R.A., Jones, D., “Primary Idiopathic Scoliosis”, Orthopaedic Transactions, Vol
`12, #1, 1988
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`Hynes, R.A., Romash, M., “Bilateral Symmetrical Synchondrosis of Navicular First
`Cuneform Joint Presenting as a Lytic lesion”. Foot and Ankle 8, (3), 164-168, 1987
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`Swabb, E.A., Hynes, R.A., Marnane, W.G., McNeil, J.S., Decker, R.A., Tai, Y.I.,
`Donowitz, M., “Intestinal Filtration-Secretion Due to Increased Intraluminal Pressure in
`Rabbits”. American Journal of Physiology, 242, G65-G75, 1982
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`Swabb, E.A., Hynes, R.A., Donowitz, M., “Elevated Intraluminal Pressure Alters Rabbit
`Small Intestinal Transport in Vivo”. American Journal of Physiology, 242, G58-64, 1982
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`Donowitz, M., Mathias, Formal, S., Hynes, R.A., Collins, H’, “Ileal Secretion Causes
`Choleresis in the Rabbit, A New Contributor to Diarrhea”. Gastroenterology, 86, 1221,
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`Donowitz, M., Charney, R., Hynes, R.A., Formal S., Collins, H, “Significance of
`Abnormal Rabbit Heat Histology in the Pathogenesis of Diarrhea”, Infectious
`Immunology, 26, (1), 380-386, 1979
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`Brevard Orthopaedic Spine & Pain Clinic Inc. dba The B.A.C.K. Center, 2222 South Harbor City Boulevard, Ste 610, Melbourne,
`Florida 32901, Office Phone 321-723-7716, Office Fax 321- 723-0604, e-mail www.thebackcenter.net
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`Donowitz, M. Wickline, W. Reynolds, D., Hynes, R.A., Charney, A., Zinner, M., “Effect
`of Altered Intestinal Water Transport on Rabbit Ileal Blood Flow”, American Journal of
`Physiology, 236 (4), E482-E487, 1979
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`Donowitz, M., Charney, A., Hynes, R.A., “Propranolol Prevention of Cholera
`Enterotoxin-Induced Intestinal Secretion in the Rat”, Gastroenterology, 76, 482-491,
`1979
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`Swabb, E., Hynes, R.A., W., Donowitz, M., “Ileal Secretion of Water and Electrolytes
`Induced by Acute Elevation of Intralaminal Hydrostatic Pressure”, Gastroenterology, 74,
`1100, 1978
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`Presentations
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`Aging Spine Conference, Chicago, February 2007, “Surgical Management of Vertebral
`Compression Fracture”
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`“Complications of the Lumbar Anterior Surgical Approach for Artificial Disk
`Replacement of the Lumbar Spine”, presented at the NASS, North American Spine
`Society Meeting, Philadelphia, October 2005
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`“Non-Iliac Autogenous Graft Use in Anterior Cervical Fusion”, presented at Cervical
`Research Society, December 5-7, 2002
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` “Medialized Pedicle Screw Technique Poster”, presented at Scoliosis Research Society,
`September 19-22, 2001
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`“Laparoscopic Assisted Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion” presented at the Central
`Florida Chapter, Association of Operating Room Nurses, Holmes Regional Medical
`Center, February 21, 2001, Melbourne, Florida
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`“Successful Fusion of the Cervical Spine using Autograft Cornerstone Wedge” presented
`at the CRS, Cervical Research Society meeting 2001
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`“Low Back Pain and Sciatica” presented at the Harvard Medical School Department of
`Continuing Education, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, October 12-14, 2000,
`Boston, Massachusetts
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`“Management of Low Back Pain” presented at the Orthopaedic Update, Health First
`Orthopaedic & Spine Institute, February 18, 2000, Melbourne, Florida
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`“Laparoscopic Spine Fusion” presented at Holmes Regional Medical Center, October
`1996, Melbourne, Florida
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`Brevard Orthopaedic Spine & Pain Clinic Inc. dba The B.A.C.K. Center, 2222 South Harbor City Boulevard, Ste 610, Melbourne,
`Florida 32901, Office Phone 321-723-7716, Office Fax 321- 723-0604, e-mail www.thebackcenter.net
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`Hands-on-Workshop Moderator, “Spinal Instrumentation-Texas Scottish Rite System” at
`the Ninth Symposium of the Spine sponsored by Jefferson Medical College and The
`Spine Study Group, Naples, Florida, April 29, 1993
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`“Augmentation of Sacral Segmental Fixation with Hook Fixation in S2 Pedicle”,
`presented at the 1993 Pedicle Fixation of the Lumbar Spine Workshop Poster Section,
`sponsored by the Scoliosis Research Society and the North American Spine Society in
`Orlando, Florida, May 13-15, 1993
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`“Percutaneous Tendoachilles Repair, A Ten Year Review”, presented at Academy of
`Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting, Poster Section and Sports Medicine Society Special Day
`Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada 1989
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`“Primary Idiopathic Lumbosacral Scoliosis” presented at the American Orthopaedic
`Association Residents Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988, and at the Pediatric
`Society of North America, May 1988
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`“Bilateral Symmetrical Synchondrosis of Navicular First Cuneform Joint Presenting as a
`Lytic Lesion”, presented at Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, Denver, Colorado,
`November 1986
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`Brevard Orthopaedic Spine & Pain Clinic Inc. dba The B.A.C.K. Center, 2222 South Harbor City Boulevard, Ste 610, Melbourne,
`Florida 32901, Office Phone 321-723-7716, Office Fax 321- 723-0604, e-mail www.thebackcenter.net
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