Provider Bio
Dr. Robert Harper is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with extensive
fellowship training in spine surgery. Dr. Harper is highly skilled in
treating a broad range of conditions in the back, neck, and spine using
the latest surgical methods available. He specializes in anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion, lumbar and cervical disc replacement, cervical
foraminotomy, posterior cervical and thoracic decompression and fusion,
lateral and anterior lumbar interbody fusion, lumbar fusion, lumbar decompression/laminectomy,
lumbar microdiscectomy, revision spine surgery, and adult deformity reconstruction.
This expertise includes the latest techniques in minimally invasive spine
surgery, such as image-guided and robotic spine surgery.
Dr. Harper earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Missouri
in Columbia. He then attended Washington University in St. Louis, where
he received his post-baccalaureate pre-medical certificate and a Master
of Arts degree in biological sciences. He returned to the University of
Missouri and graduated summa cum laude with his medical degree at its
School of Medicine. He was also elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor
Medical Society. Dr. Harper completed his orthopedic surgery residency
at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, and continued his
training with a spine surgery fellowship at Stanford University in California.
Embracing the challenges and intricacies of spine surgery, his motivation
stems from witnessing patients’ significant improvement, freeing
them from severe pain and disability. He uses the latest technology and
methods, offering a variety of surgical techniques to meet the needs of
his patients. Driven by a philosophy of treating each patient as a member
of his own family, he provides the compassionate, experienced care each
patient deserves and needs to get back to a life in motion.