Dr. Stephan Du Plessis

Biography

Stephan du Plessis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary and serves as Vice-Chair of the Calgary Spine Program. He received his medical degree and completed his residency at the University of the Free State in South Africa in 1990 and 1998, respectively. Following that, he completed combined neurosurgical orthopaedic spine fellowships at the University of Calgary in 1999. His research interests include optimization of motion-preserving spinal procedures and minimally invasive spinal surgery, with a focus on vertebral body reconstruction and predicting vertebral body collapse in metastatic spine disease. Dr. du Plessis is also involved in the design and development of motion preservation technology, parametric solid modeling for spinal implants, and finite element analysis for spinal disorders. Clinically, he specializes in complex cervical spine problems, spinal oncology, and minimally invasive motion-preserving spinal surgeries.

Research Interests