Dr. Kenneth Pettine

Dr. Pettine co-founded Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine in 1991 and The Spine Institute (formerly Rocky Mountain Spine Arthroplasty Specialists) in 2004. He is co-inventor and co-designer of the Maverick™ Artificial Disc, a patented disc replacement device for the spine, which is currently the subject of a clinical trial and should receive final FDA approval in 2009 and is widely used outside the United States. Dr. Pettine is also co-inventor of the Prestige™ cervical artificial disc. The Prestige™ disc is FDA approved and currently available in the United States.

Dr. Pettine has an extensive background in spinal surgery, research and rehabilitation.  He is board certified and is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the North American Spine Society, the Spine Arthroplasty Society, and the International Spinal Injection Society. He received his spine fellowship training at the Institute for Low Back Care in Minneapolis. Dr. Pettine completed his residency and his master’s degree in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. His medical degree was awarded from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

His past appointments include: Staff Orthopedic Surgeon and Chief of the Sports Medicine Clinic at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Georgia; Associate Clinical Professor at the Medical College of Georgia; and Visiting Consultant at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.

Dr. Pettine is the recipient of numerous honors, a distinguished speaker at national and international symposiums, and is the author of nearly twenty research publications. A complete listing of Dr. Pettine’s C.V. can be viewed here.