Dr. Ali Bydon specializes in degenerative disorders of the spine (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar osteophytes or disk herniation; cervical, thoracic and lumbar synovial cyst herniation; cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal stenosis; cervical, thoracic and lumbar spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, spondylolysis, and degenerative scoliosis), neoplastic disorders of the spine (intradural spinal tumors, intramedullary spinal tumors, extradural metastatic spinal tumors, spinal meningiomas, spinal schwannaomas), traumatic spinal cord and vertebra column injuries; complex reconstruction and restoration of the spine; and minimally invasive spine surgery.

Dr. Bydon earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor. He completed residency training in Neurological Surgery at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit where he graduated with distinction. He also completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Henry Ford, as well as a fellowship at Louisiana State University on the Surgical Treatment of Peripheral Nerves. He is the recipient of the prestigious “Richard Otenasak Faculty Teaching Award” for 2009/2010. A reviewer for several spine publications, Dr. Bydon has co-authored over 75 peer-reviewed articles related to spinal pathologies, spinal biomechanics, spinal disparities and outcomes.

Dr. Bydon sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center on Wednesdays, and at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on Mondays.