William S. Rosenberg, MD, is an innovator in both his practice of medicine and in the development of new technologies and devices in life sciences. Dr. Rosenberg specializes in complex spinal surgery as a neurosurgeon with Midwest Neurosurgery Associates in Kansas City. Prior to joining his current group, he was Director of the Neurospinal Disorders Program at University of California, San Francisco and Co-Founder of the Spine Biomechanics Laboratory at University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Rosenberg received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and trained in neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Rosenberg is Chief Medical Officer for OsteoGeneX, a new company developing anabolic bone-forming compounds for multiple platforms, including systemic osteoporosis, local fusion and medical device coatings. He is currently a Fellow in the Kansas Technology Enterprise Center’s PIPELINE Program in Entrepreneurship. He has served as consultant for a number of medical device companies in various stages of development as well as for venture capital firms.