Penn Medicine Provider
Orthopaedic Surgery
David S. Casper, MD
4.8
(694)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 14 and up
Penn Orthopaedics Radnor
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About me

  • Director of Clinical Research, Spine Surgery
  • Co-Director, Spine Surgery Fellowship
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Casper’s clinical interests include diagnosing and treating degenerative pathologies of the cervical and lumbar spine. He specializes in performing cervical laminoplasties, disc arthroplasty, and minimally invasive spine surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

695 reviews

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May 2025
5.0
5.0
quick and efficient
April 2025
5.0
5.0
thank you dr casper.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
attentive, kind and thorough.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
very knowledgeable and caring

Insurance accepted

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Casper is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Boden LM, Boden SH, Muhammad N, Kanzler MA, Casper DS. Complications and Cost in Open Versus Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression: A Database Study , Clinical Spine Surgery, 10(2): 2025

Alqazzaz A, Thompson Z, Dehghani B, Barchick S, Ozturk A, Khalsa A, Casper DS. Geographical and Specialty-specific variation in the Utilization of Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy. , Clinical Spine Surgery, 37(8): 2024

Patel S, Khalsa A, Casper DS. Does Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery Increase the Likelihood of Developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea? , World Neurosurgery: 2024

Boden LM, Rodriguez C, Kelly JD 4th, Khalsa AS, Casper DS. Mindfulness Applications: Can They Serve as a Stress, Anxiety, and Burnout Reduction Tool in Orthopaedic Surgery Training? A Randomized Control Trial. , JBJS Open Access: 2023

Aflatooni J, Mohanty S, Angelov I, Hirase T, Bondar K, Kakareka M, Saucedo J, Casper D, Saifi C. Crossing the cervicothoracic junction: an evaluation of radiographic alignment, functional outcomes, and patient-reported outcomes , J Neurosurg Spine: 2023

Santangelo G, Wathen C, Macaluso D, Dagli MM, Ali ZS, Malhotra NR, Casper DS, Spadola M, Ghenbot Y, Thakkar K, Maze G, Welch WC, Ozturk AK Comparison of Single-Level Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Radiculopathy , International Journal of Spine Surgery: 2023

Mohanty S, Barchick S, Kadiyala M, Lad M, Rouhi AD, Vadali C, Albayar A, Ozturk AK, Khalsa A, Saifi C, Casper DS. Should patients with lumbar stenosis and grade I spondylolisthesis be treated differently based on spinopelvic alignment? A retrospective, two-year, propensity matched, comparison of patient-reported outcome measures and clinical outcomes from multiple sites within a single health system , Spine Journal: 2023

Linna NB, Zhang S, Farooqi AS, Jia L, Huffman W, Casper DS, Khalsa AS. Association of Thoracic MRI Findings With Specialty and Training , Global Spine Journal: 2022

Falk D, Chenna S, Khalsa A, Casper DS Combined Lateral Corpectomy with Posterior Instrumented Fusion for the Management of Post-Infectious Kyphosis. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. , Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 29: 2022,DOI:10.1016/j.inat.2022.101529

Woodward TK, Cortese BD, Gupta S, Mohanty S, Casper DS, Saifi C Racial Differences in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A multi-Site Study , Clinical Spine Surgery, 35(4): 2022,176-180