Joseph M. Zavatsky MD

Joseph M. Zavatsky, M.D. is a board-certified orthopaedic spine surgeon. He is joining the Florida Orthopaedic Institute here in Tampa, FL after practicing at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, LA from 2008 to 2014, where he was the Director of the Scoliosis & Deformity Institute, Co-Director of the Spine Center, and Section Chief of Orthopaedic Spine. He was also the Surgical Clerkship Director for the University of Queensland Australia School of Medicine at Ochsner Medical Center. Additionally, he served as the team spine consultant for the NBA New Orleans Pelicans and the NFL New Orleans Saints.

He earned his M.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his surgical internship and Orthopaedic Surgery training at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. At NYU / Hospital for Joint Disease he completed his Spine Fellowship. Additionally, he completed an International AO Traveling Spine Fellowship at the Instituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan, Italy.