David Mitchell

Dr. Mitchell is a Board Certified orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in operative and non-operating spine treatments, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, Workers Compensation injuries, and spine orthopaedics. He graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina and University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Dr. Mitchell completed his spine fellowship at the Indiana Spine Group in Indianapolis. He is also an appointed Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. Mitchell has been treating spine fractures since 1992. Dr. Mitchell came up with the idea for the Augmenta VAD as a result of deficiencies and problems he saw with other kyphoplasty products on the market, namely balloon kyphoplasty products. He found that balloons are often unpredictable in the voids they create in vertebral bodies, offer less control in making voids, are complicated to use, and are expensive. The Augmenta VAD is a simple, elegant, effective alternative to other kyophoplasty devices.

Dr. Mitchell was the first physician in South Carolina to perform kyphoplasty in the office setting for Medicare patients in 2012. If a patient has a painful vertebral fracture, kyphoplasty in office is generally as safe as, and significantly less expensive than, the same procedure done in a hospital setting.

Dr. Mitchell is a Past President of the South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, a Past President of the South Carolina Spine Society, and has been certified by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery since 1998.