Bio Sketch

Dr. M. Adam Kremer is a board certified neurosurgeon who joins Jagannathan Neurosurgery from Anchorage, Alaska. Dr. Kremer previously spent 11 years in Holland, Michigan where he specialized in minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Kremer served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Michigan State University from 2013-2019.

Dr. Kremer completed his undergraduate and medical education at Vanderbilt University. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha, honor societies reserved for top academic scholarship. He went on to complete his neurosurgical residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. He has been Board Certified since 2009 and is a member of Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Michigan State Medical Society and American Medical Association.

He specializes in all aspects of spine surgery including lumbar fusions, kyphoplasty, ALIF, TLIF, XLIF, anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion, posterior cervical fusion, laminectomy, microdiskectomy and other related neurosurgical techniques. He also performs cranial surgery.

Dr. Kremer has spent time teaching advanced neurosurgical techniques on faculty at Michigan State University. He has also been a guest instructor for Depuy/Synthes Spine on Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and for Globus Medical on Minimally Invasive TLIF. His research interests include minimizing radiation exposure in spine surgery and on improving quality outcomes in spine surgery. He recently published a paper on the use of expandable interbody cages in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF).

Residency

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Neurosurgery,
  July 1998 to December 2003
  

Internship

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center, General Surgery,
  July 1997 to June 1998

Graduate Work

• M.D. Degree, 1997
  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  AOA Honors Medical Society

Undergraduate Work

• B.S. Degree Chemistry, 1993
  Vanderbilt University
  Summa Cum Laude, Honors in the College of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa
  

License

• Tennessee MD 36590; May 24, 2002 (2/28/21)


• Missouri 2004034547; December 6, 2004 (1/31/20)


• Kansas 04-32375; April 21, 2007 (7/31/2019)


• Michigan 4301091606; March 19, 2008 (1/31/21)
  BNDD 498929550 NPI 1982646949

Hospital Appointments

• Middle Tennessee Medical Center, 2004


• Stonecrest Medical Center, 2004


• St. Johns Medical Center, 2005


• Freeman Medical Center, 2005


• Holland Hospital, 2008


• North Ottawa Community Hospital, 2008


• Zeeland Community Hospital, 2008

Memberships

• American Medical Association


• Congress of Neurological Surgeons


• Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons


• Michigan State Medical Society

Clinical Instructor

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  2013-present


• Clinical Instructor, Surgical Services
  2000-2001
  Meharry Medical College


• Guest Faculty, DePuy Synthes National Sales Meeting
  January 15-16 2014
  Less Invasive Spine Surgery


• Guest Faculty, DePuy Synthes
  April 2014
  Future Leaders – Surgical Management of Spine Tumors


• Globus Medical Invitation – Chicago, IL
  September 19, 2015
  MERC Educational Program MIS TLIF


• Guest Instructor, DePuy Synthes
  October 10, 2015
  Advanced Less Invasive Surgery Concepts and Techniques


• Globus Medical Invitation
  October 22, 2016
  MERC Educational Program MIS TLIF


• Globus Medical 2017 National Sales Meeting
  January 14, 2017
  Presenter/Sagittal Balance; Facilitator/X-ray Tips & Pearls

Publications

• “Vertebroplasty of Focal Paget’s Disease of the Spine.” Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. July 2003 Volume 98 Number 4
  M. Adam Kremer, Al Fruin, Theodore C. Larson III, John Roll, Robert J. Weil.
  
  “The f→X Transition in ICI.” Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 146, 169-180 (1991)
  Monica A. Stepp, M. Adam Kremer, Patricia C. Tellinghuisen, and Joel Tellinghuisen.
  
  “Defining the Effectiveness of Lumbar Surgery in a Nationwide, Prospective Longitudinal Quality of Life Registry: An Analysis of Variability in Patient-Reported Outcomes and Preliminary Predictive Models of Treatment Failure.” Neurosurgery 61, Issue CN_suppl_1, Aug 2014, 194-195
  Saniya S. Godil, MD, Matthew J. McGirt, MD, Steve D. Glassman, MD,…, M. Adam Kremer, MD, et al.
  
  “A Retrospective Review of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Patients Treated with Expandable and Static Spacers.” Journal of Spine Surgery, accepted June 2019
  Adam Kremer, MD; Stacie Wynsma; Torrey Shirk, BS; Charles Ledonio, MD.

Other

• MARS Midline Retractor Design Team MIS TLIF , 2010


• Physician Clinical Lecture Series , 2013
  Minimally Invasive Lumbar Surgery


• Physician Lecture Series , February 2014
  MIS Spine Surgery


• KICK 2D Navigation Alpha Site Location, January 2016
  MIS Spine Surgery


• M. Adam Kremer, MD; Matthew Badin, MSc; Michael Gorhan, BS; Larry McGrath, PhD; Vanessa Danielson, MSc; Samir Bhattacharyya, PhD. “Reduction in Radiation Exposure for Spine Fusions with the KICK System: A Case Study” , 2018
  


• Nerve Mapping Platform Strategy and Indications, July 2018
  


• Research Projects
  • Radiation Exposure During Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive TLIF Surgery

Presentations at Conferences

• Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Houston, TX. October 6, 2018


• Global Spine Congress, Toronto, Canada. Canada May 15-18, 2019


• American Association Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA April 13-17, 2019


• International Lumbar Spine Society, Kyoto, Japan. June 3-7, 2019


• North American Spine Society, Honolulu, HI. July 31, 2019


• North American Spine Society, Chicago, IL. Sept 25-28, 2019