Dr. Shane S. Pak

ABOUT

• Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 2004
• Fellowship Trained in Adult and Pediatric Spinal Surgery
• Co-Inventor of the RJB spinal navigation system

Dr. Mike Kim established his orthopaedic practice in Las Vegas in 2026 after many years in Los Angeles and Baltimore in a mix of private and academic institutions as both a private practice spinal surgeon and an educator in an orthopaedic surgery residency program. 

Over the course of his career, Dr. Pak has performed more than 3000 spinal surgeries as well as being prominent in the research of new technologies for spinal surgery. He has been invited to present his work at numerous national and international conferences. He is the co-inventor of a brand-new spinal navigation technology that is revolutionizing the spinal surgery field. 

Dr. Pak has served as the consulting spinal surgeon for the NFL Baltimore Ravens as well as the back specialist of choice for multiple prominent national musical acts and rock bands. 

Dr. Pak earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of medicine. He completed spine fellowship training in Chicago as the last fellow for Ronald Dewald – the legendary spinal surgeon with the first spinal fellowship in the United States as well as simultaneously being in the first class of the new Chicago Spine Fellowship – currently regarded as one of the most prestigious spine surgery fellowships in the United States. Following fellowship, he practiced at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland then moved his practice to the Los Angeles area until recently accepting the offer to bring his expertise in primary and revision minimally invasive and complex spinal surgery to Las Vegas.

He has served as Chairman of Orthopaedics as well as Chairman of Surgery at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel, California.

AREAS OF SPECIALTY
Dr. Pak specializes in treatment of all spine conditions and is especially noted in his expertise of salvage of prior failed back surgeries done at other facilities.

EDUCATION and TRAINING

• Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine – University of Pennsylania – Philadelphia, PA 
• Orthopedic Surgery Residency: The Union Memorial Hospital; The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions; University of Maryland Shock Trauma – Baltimore, MD

• Fellowship:  
  • Ronald Deward Spine Fellowship – Rush University – Chicago, IL
  • The Chicago Spine Fellowship – Rush University – Chicago, IL

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• Southern Hills Hospital 
• Spring Valley Hospital 
• West Henderson Hospital
• Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Surgery (LVIAS)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• North American Spine Society

AWARDS

• Elected “Top Doc” San Gabriel Valley – Pasadena Magazine 
• “Most Compassionate Doctor” Award – vitals.com