Dr. James W. Dwyer is a Board Certified orthopedic surgeon credentialed by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He has completed his Bachelor of Science Degree at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ with honors and received his medical degree from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ. Dr. Dwyer completed four years of orthopedic residency at its various affiliated hospitals. Dr. Dwyer's spine surgery fellowship was completed at St. Mary's Spine Center and Seton Medical Center in San Francisco with the Spine Care Medical Group, San Francisco Spine Institute, Stanford University Hospital, and Kaiser Hospital Oakland. Dr. Dwyer's area of special interest is in degenerative and traumatic orthopedic spinal disorders. Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at New Jersey Medical School - UMDNJ, Newark, NJ and Director of the New Jersey Spine Institute. Dr. Dwyer has presented many formal lectures to orthopedic surgical residents and is presently involved in their training. One of Dr. Dwyer's most notable accomplishments includes performing the first arthroscopic microdiscectomy in New Jersey as well as the first laparoscopically assisted lumbar interbody fusion. Dr. Dwyer is currently participating in an FDA study for Spinal Flexus Device and has done FDA studies for the X- Stop Device. He was also was among the first to perform Cervical and Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacements.