Robert H. Byers, M.D.

Dr. Byers joined Mt. Tam Orthopedics in 1993 as the group’s first spine surgeon, and has been providing patients from Marin and the Bay Area with state-of-the-art spine care since then.  After graduating first in his class at George Washington University School of Medicine, he completed his internship and residency at University of California at San Francisco.  He subsequently spent an additional year of training in a Fellowship of Disorders of the Spine, under the guidance of Robert G. Watkins, M.D., at the world-renowned Kerlan and Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, where many sports professionals seek spinal and orthopedic care.  He then enjoyed eight years of private practice at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West LA before returning to the Bay Area in 1993.

Dr. Byers has continued to make every effort to provide his patients with the ultimate experience in diagnostic evaluation, followed by appropriate conservative, and if necessary, operative care.  Patient education is a keystone to obtaining successful outcomes, and is sought in every single patient’s case, not only by Dr. Byers, but by his extremely well trained and informative staff.  One of the hallmarks of his practice is the fact that patients need not go beyond Marin to obtain excellent, and in many cases, less invasive surgical procedures when alternative treatments have failed.

Dr. Byers' assistant is Alison Dumont.

Hospital Affiliations:

• Marin General Hospital
• Novato Community Hospital
• Marin Specialty Surgery Center

Staff:

• Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA
  Chief of Surgery, July 2003-July 2007
  Chief of Orthopedics, July 1999-July 2003

Fellowship:

• Disorders of the Spine, Robert G. Watkins, M.D.
  Kerlan & Jobe Orthopedic Clinic, Inglewood, CA
  1984-1985

Residency:

• University of California San Francisco
  Orthopedic Residency, July 1981-June 1984
  General Surgery Residency, July 1979-June 1980

Internship:

• University of California San Francisco
  Internal Medicine, June 1978-June 1979

Professional Work Experience:

• Private Practice:
  Mt. Tam Orthopedics, Larkspur, CA
  February 1993-Present
• Los Angeles, CA, 1986-December 1992
  Emergency Medical Physician, July 1980-June 1981
• Lodi Community Hospital, Lodi, CA
  Vallejo General Hospital, Vallejo, CA

Medical Education:

• George Washington University School of Medicine
  Washington, D.C.
  Doctor of Medicine with Distinction, May 1978

Honors:

• Ordronaux Award
  (Highest Scholastic Standing; 1st in class of 150)
  AOA Honorary Society
• ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientist)
• Foundation Award, Senior Year
• Leopold Schepp Foundation Award-Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years
• Lawson Award in OB/GYN
• Kine-Kane Obstetrical Honor Society

Work Experience:

• National Ambulance Company, Rochester, N.Y.
  Ambulance driver/attendant, 1973-1974

Undergraduate Education:

• State University of New York at Stony Brook,
  September 1969-May 1973, B.S. Biology

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