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John D. V. Attenello, MD

Accepting New Patients
1513 South Grand Avenue, Suite 380
Los Angeles, CA 90015
1976.6 miles away
Speaks: English
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1513 South Grand Avenue, Suite 380, Los Angeles, CA 90015

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About John D. V. Attenello

John Attenello, M.D. is a fellowship trained Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon specializing in treatment of spinal disorders using minimally invasive techniques. He completed his medical school training and spine surgery fellowship at the University of California San Diego, one of the most comprehensive and highly regarded fellowships in the country. He trained under Dr. Steven Garfin, the internationally renowned leader in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, where he specialized in both open and minimally invasive surgeries with the most modern techniques and technology in the industry. He also joined his fellowship director, Dr. Richard Todd Allen, as the first spine surgeons on the west coast to use augmented reality with 3D navigation in surgery. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and he was featured in Becker’s Spine Review’s “10 Spine Surgeons to Know.”

Medical School

University of California - San Diego
2015

Fellowship

University of California San Diego Medical Center
Orthopedic Surgery
2021

Residency

University of Hawaii
Orthopedic Surgery
2020

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Los Angeles, CA 90015

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Affiliated Locations
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
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Clinical Interests

  • Abnormal Vertebrae
  • Adolescent Scoliosis
  • Adolescent Spine Deformity
  • Adult Deformity Surgery
  • Adult Degenerative Scoliosis
  • Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Anterior Cervical Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Anterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Thoracic Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Thoracic Spine
  • Atlantoaxial Rotary Subluxation
  • Awake Spine Fusion
  • Back Hair Tufts
  • Back Injury
  • Back Surgery
  • Bertolotti's Deformity
  • Biological Enhancement Of Spine Fusions
  • Bone Growth Stimulator
  • Bulging Disc
  • Burst Fracture
  • Butterfly Vertebrae
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Cerebral Palsy Spine Disorders
  • Cervical Collar
  • Cervical Decompression
  • Cervical Deformity
  • Cervical Disc Degeneration
  • Cervical Disc Disease
  • Cervical Herniated Disc
  • Cervical Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Cervical Laminoplasty
  • Cervical Myelopathy
  • Cervical Radiculopathy
  • Cervical Spinal Stenosis
  • Cervical Spine Deformities
  • Cervical Spine Fracture
  • Cervical Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Cervical Spine Fusion
  • Cervical Spine Injection
  • Cervical Spine Injury
  • Cervical Spine Mass
  • Cervical Spine Steroid Injection
  • Cervical Spine Stress Fracture
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Cervical Spine Tumor
  • Cervical Spondylolisthesis
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Cervicogenic Headache
  • Chordoma
  • Coccygectomy
  • Coccyx Fracture
  • Coccyx Injury
  • Complex Spine Deformities
  • Complex Spine Surgery
  • Compression Fracture
  • Compression Fracture Surgery
  • Congenital Scoliosis
  • Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Cordotomy
  • Craniocervical Junction Surgery
  • Decompression Laminectomy
  • Decompression Neck Surgery
  • Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Cervical Spine
  • Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Lumbar Spine
  • Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Spine
  • Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Thoracic Spine
  • Degenerative Spine Conditions
  • Diplomyelia
  • Direct Lateral Approach
  • Disc Arthroplasty
  • Disc Replacement
  • Disc Surgery
  • Diskectomy
  • Dorsal Column Stimulator
  • Dorsal Root Entry Zone (Drez) Lesioning Procedure
  • Dural Graft Of The Spine
  • Endoscopic Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Endplate Fracture
  • Enuresis
  • Eos Xray Machine
  • Epidural Injection
  • Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
  • Facet Injection
  • Facet Joint Syndrome
  • Facet Surgery
  • Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
  • Fecal Incontinence
  • Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
  • Foot Drag
  • Foraminotomy
  • Forestier's Disease
  • Forestier's Disease Surgery
  • Growing Rods
  • Hemivertebrae
  • Herniated Disc
  • Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Hydrorhachis
  • Infantile Idiopathic Scoliosis
  • Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (Acdf)
  • Interlaminar Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Interspinous Device Placement
  • Intracept Procedure
  • Intradiscal Injection
  • Intradiscal Steroid Injection
  • Intraspinal Abscess
  • Jarcho Levin Syndrome
  • Joint Injection
  • Juvenile Scoliosis
  • Klippel Feil Syndrome
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Kyphosis
  • Laminectomy
  • Laminoplasty
  • Laminotomy
  • Laser Spine Surgery
  • Lateral Access Spine Surgery
  • Lordosis
  • Low Back Surgery
  • Lower Back Injury
  • Lower Back Pain
  • Lumbar Disc Disease
  • Lumbar Drain
  • Lumbar Herniated Disc
  • Lumbar Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Lumbar Instability
  • Lumbar Scoliosis
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Lumbar Spine Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Lumbar Spine Fracture
  • Lumbar Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Lumbar Spine Injection
  • Lumbar Spine Injury
  • Lumbar Spine Mass
  • Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
  • Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Lumbar Spine Tumor
  • Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
  • Lumbar Spondylosis
  • Lumbar Tumor Surgery
  • Lumbosacral Plexus Lesions
  • Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
  • Magnetic Expansion Control
  • Malunion Fracture Of The Spine
  • Medial Branch Blocks
  • Mehta Casting
  • Meningioma Of The Spine
  • Microdiscectomy
  • Microsurgery Of The Cervical Spine
  • Microsurgery Of The Lumbar Spine
  • Microsurgery Of The Thoracic Spine
  • Microsurgical Laminoplasty
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Motion Sparing Spine Surgery
  • Multilevel Cervical Arthroplasty
  • Muscle Spasticity
  • Myelitis/Myelopathy
  • Myelopathy
  • Myelopathy Surgery
  • Navigation Spine Surgery
  • Neck Arthritis
  • Neck Pain
  • Nerve Compression Of The Cervical Spine
  • Nerve Compression Of The Lumbar Spine
  • Nerve Compression Of The Thoracic Spine
  • Neural Foraminal Stenosis
  • Neurogenic Claudication
  • Neuromuscular Scoliosis
  • Non Invasive Scoliosis Treatment
  • Non Surgical Coccyx Fracture Care
  • Non Surgical Treatment Of Tarlov Cyst
  • Nonunion Fracture Of The Spine
  • Occipito Cervical Fusion
  • Odontoid Fractures
  • Pars Injection
  • Pediatric Spine Deformity
  • Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
  • Post Laminectomy Kyphosis
  • Post Laminectomy Syndrome
  • Posterior Cervical Laminectomy And Fusion
  • Posterior Cervical Laminotomy
  • Posterior Cervical Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation And Fusion
  • Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Thoracic Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
  • Prone Transpsoas (Ptp) Technique
  • Radiculopathy
  • Radiofrequency Ablation Of Benign Spine Tumors
  • Radiofrequency Ablation Of Metastatic Spine Tumors
  • Repair Of Failed Fusions
  • Rhizotomy
  • Rigo Cheneau Bracing
  • Robotic Spine Surgery
  • Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
  • Sacral Dimples
  • Sacral Fracture
  • Sacral Fracture Surgery
  • Sacroiliac Joint Block
  • Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
  • Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
  • Sacroiliac Joint Pain
  • Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
  • Sacroiliitis
  • Scheuermann's Disease
  • Schmorl's Nodes
  • Schroth Therapy
  • Schwannoma Neurilemmoma
  • Sciatica
  • Scoliosis
  • Scoliosis Bracing
  • Scoliosis Surgery
  • Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
  • Severe Kyphotic Deformities
  • Severe Lordotic Deformities
  • Smith Petersen Osteotomy
  • Spasticity
  • Spasticity Of Spine/Back
  • Spina Bifida
  • Spina Bifida Surgery
  • Spinal Abscess
  • Spinal Abscess Surgery
  • Spinal Compression Fusion
  • Spinal Cord Anomalies
  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator
  • Spinal Cord Surgery
  • Spinal Cyst
  • Spinal Cyst Removal
  • Spinal Disorders
  • Spinal Intervention
  • Spinal Schwannoma
  • Spinal Schwannoma Surgery
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Spinal Stenosis Surgery
  • Spinal Tethering For Scoliosis
  • Spinal Tumor
  • Spine Arteriovenous Malformation (Avm)
  • Spine Arthritis
  • Spine Decompression Surgery
  • Spine Deformity
  • Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
  • Spine Fracture
  • Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Spine Fusion
  • Spine Ganglion Cyst
  • Spine Hardware Removal
  • Spine Injection
  • Spine Injury
  • Spine Instrumentation
  • Spine Mass
  • Spine Mets
  • Spine Microsurgery
  • Spine Osteotomy
  • Spine Reconstruction
  • Spine Revision
  • Spine Stapling
  • Spine Stress Fracture
  • Spine Surgery
  • Spine Tumor
  • Spondylectomy
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylolisthesis Surgery
  • Spondylosis
  • Spondylosis Surgery
  • Spondylosis With Myelopathy
  • Spondylosyndesis
  • Sports Related Cervical Spine Injury
  • Sports Related Coccyx Injury
  • Sports Related Injury
  • Sports Related Lumbar Spine Injury
  • Sports Related Spinal Cord Injury
  • Sports Related Spine Injury
  • Sports Related Thoracic Spine Injury
  • Surgery For Sciatica
  • Surgery For Spasticity
  • Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
  • Sympathetic Nerve Block
  • Synovial Cyst
  • Tarlov Cyst
  • Tarlov Cyst Surgery
  • Tenotomy
  • Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
  • Thoracic Disc Disease
  • Thoracic Herniated Disc
  • Thoracic Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Thoracic Laminectomy
  • Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
  • Thoracic Spine Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Thoracic Spine Fracture
  • Thoracic Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Thoracic Spine Fusion
  • Thoracic Spine Injection
  • Thoracic Spine Injury
  • Thoracic Spine Mass
  • Thoracic Spine Stress Fracture
  • Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Thoracic Spine Tumor
  • Thoracic Spondylolisthesis
  • Thoracic Spondylosis
  • Three Column Osteotomy
  • Transpsoas Approach
  • Transthoracic Discectomy
  • Tubular Discectomy
  • Ultrasound Guided Steroid Injection Of The Spine
  • Vascular Malformations Of The Spine
  • Vater Syndrome
  • Vertebrae Surgery
  • Vertebral Column Resection
  • Vertebral Epiphysitis
  • Vertebral Hemangioma
  • Vertebral Stapling
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib