Meet Dr. Christopher R. Edwards
As a leader in the field of adult spinal disorders, Christopher R. Edwards, MD brings exceptional skill and knowledge to the specialty of adult spine rehabilitation and reconstruction. He is widely respected as one of the foremost experts in the non-operative treatment of back and neck pain, using newer techniques that were designed initially to treat high performance athletes. In addition, he is considered an expert and pioneer in the development of endoscopic (minimally invasive) spine surgical techniques for those patients requiring advanced care. Dr. Edwards was recruited to come to the Southeast as part of the Atlanta Sports Medicine Clinic because of his capabilities in the treatment of professional and high performance athletes, as well as his expert abilities in the use of endoscopic spine technology. In 1995, Dr. Edwards was invited to join Resurgens Orthopeadics where he continued to excel and was recognized for performing a series of firsts in the field of spine medicine. He was the first to perform a thoracoscopic discectomy and fusion in the state of Georgia, the first to perform the laparoscopic (gasless) anterior lumbar discectomy in the state, and the first to perform the percutaneous transforaminal Micro Endoscopic Discectomy (MED) in the state.
​He was also the first to introduce and use the Watkins Protocol Stabilization Rehabilitation Program in the metro-Atlanta area. Dr. Edwards is considered a leader in the field of minimally invasive spine surgical techniques and has been asked on numerous occasions to lecture, teach and demonstrate these new procedures to many of his colleagues in the United States, Europe and South Africa.
Dr. Edwards is a second generation Morehouse Man, having graduated from Morehouse College and the Morehouse School of Medicine. He completed his surgical internship and residency at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and he credits his expertise in spine training to the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic at USC in Los Angeles, CA where he completed his spine fellowship under the world renowned spine specialist, Dr. Robert G. Watkins.
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Honors in Leadership, Memberships and Affiliations:
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Morehouse School of Medicine
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President of the Georgia Physicians Association
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Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine, Academic Affairs, and Finance and Investments Committees
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Vice Chair of Board of Trustees for Grady Memorial Hospital (FDHA)
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North American Spine Society
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National Medical Association
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Georgia State Medical Association
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Atlanta Medical Association
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Honors as Medical Director and Spine Consultant:
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Morehouse College
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Clark-Atlanta University
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Albany State College
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Atlanta Olympic Games
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Nike Professional Golf Tour Championship/Atlanta
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Gene Sarazen World Open
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USA Olympic Physician
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Athletes Village
Although Dr. Edwards has a focus on non-operative treatments using new therapies and modalities, his expert surgical skill has not gone unnoticed, where he has been spotlighted in the Atlanta media as a highly-skilled Spine Specialist and The Medical Man. Dr. Edwards has helped thousands of patients return to healthy, active, fulfilling lives following spine injury. Despite the numerous accolades, he believes his most important contribution is in service to the community first as a Christian, and an Educator of young men and women. His life goal is to provide service and render assistance wherever and whenever it is needed, to the best of his ability and to always first give God the glory.