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Specialty: Spine

Born in St. Louis, 1949
He and his wife, Judy, have 7 children.

Board Certified: Dr. Piper founded what is now St. Peters Bone & Joint Surgery in 1980, after completing an Orthopedic surgery residency at Barnes Hospital Washington University in St. Louis. His M.D. was earned at St. Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Piper also attended St. Louis University for his undergraduate degree, majoring in chemistry. He has been certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery since 1982.

Dr. Piper is a member of AO Spine of North America. He has chaired many conferences at the Practical Anatomy Workshop, part of St. Louis University, in St. Louis. These are well recognized spinal surgery conferences that feature facutly and participants from around the world. These have been held since 1997. Dr. Piper has collaborated with spine device manufacturers to improve the quality of instrumentation and implants used in the repair of spinal degenerative conditions.

Public Service: He has served as a medical missionary for the Crudem Foundation as a volunteer Orhtopedic Surgeon to the Haitian poor yearly since 1994. Dr. Piper has performed over 300 surgeries ranging from the correction of pediatric deformities to repairing long bone fractures and eradicating long standing bony infections. He has also operated in the Dominican Republic to treat adolescent scoliosis.

Dr. Piper specializes in spine surgery. He is Board Certified in the specialty of Spine Surgery, passing in 1997 the American Board of Spine Surgery Certifying Examination. He is board certified orthopedic surgeon with the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons since 1982.

Hospital Affiliations (all in St. Charles County, Missouri)

	Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
	St. Joseph Hospital - West Lake St. Louis
	St.Louis Spine and Orthopedic Surgery Center in Chesterfield, MO

Specialty: Adult Spine Surgery

Born in St. Louis, MO 1972
Married to his wife, Laurie, Lived in the St. Charles area for over 10 years. He and his wife Laurie have one daughter, Grace, age 8.

Chris has worked with Dr. Piper and orthopedic spine surgery for over 10 years. He has completed undergraduate work at Southeast Missouri State University and has earned his Masters Degree at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. He has been board certified as an adult nurse practitioner since 1999. Prior to engaging in the adult spine care, Chris worked over one year in adult internal medicine as well as 9 years moonlighting in the emergency department at Barnes St. Peters Hospital, treating acute care pathology in the adult clients.

Chris's experiences extend beyond the clinical setting as well. He is currently and has been adjunct faculty at St. Louis University as well as adjunct associate professor at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. He is a member of the North American Spine Society, St. Louis Spine Society, American College of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and AO Spine of North America.

Chris also maintains a strong community presence by participating as faculty at many of the local spine conferences held.

Hospital Affiliations:
St. Joseph's Hospital West at Lake St. Louis
Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital
St. Louis Spine and Orthopedic Surgery Center in Chesterfield, MO