Dr. Hieu Ball
Double fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon
Hieu T. Ball, M.D., is a double fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon who completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Harvard Medical School. He has been in practice for 20 years in Northern California.
In this exciting time of technological advances in spine surgery, Dr. Hieu Ball devotes his practice to critical evaluation of the most current treatment options for neck, mid-back, and low-back problems. His patient-centered, individualized approach to caring for patients helps him achieve accurate diagnoses and logical treatment plans that optimize the spinal health outcomes for his patients. His CalSpineMD office staff is organized and dedicated to ensuring that each patient receives the utmost personal attention and care.
Dr. Ball grew up in Hawaii, attended Punahou Academy, and later matriculated at Cornell University for his undergraduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. He later attended Tufts University Medical School, where he earned his Medical Doctorate and Masters in Public Health in the university’s 4-year combined degree program. His General Surgery internship took place at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Ball matched at Harvard Medical School for his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, six years which involved extensive clinical training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Beth Israel-New England Deaconess Hospital with leading, internationally renowned professors and faculty. He served as Chief Resident and Pediatric Spine Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital where he focused on pediatric trauma, hip dysplasia treatment, and complex pediatric spinal deformity. Dr. Ball then performed a second spine fellowship in adult spine surgery at UCLA/St. John’s Medical Center under Dr. Rick Delamarter and Edgar Dawson.
