Dr. Jonathan Carmouche is a graduate of The George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in general and Orthopaedic Surgery at The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, NY. He completed two fellowships. The first was in Musculoskeletal Research at the Center for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Rochester. This was followed by a fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Scoliosis and Spinal Surgery at the Twin Cities Spine Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Carmouche completed a Masters of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Dr. Carmouche currently serves as the Section Chief of Spine and Pediatrics for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Carilion Clinic. He serves on the faculty at the Virginia Tech School of Medicine as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. He serves as the Vice Chair for Research in the department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine. He is an active member of several orthopaedic, Spine and medical societies, and has served on local and national committees. Dr. Carmouche helped to establish and directs the Carilion Clinic Orthopaedics-Musculoskeletal Education and Research Center (CCO-MERC). The group was established to organize and facilitate interdisciplinary research for faculty as well as students at VTCSOM. Areas of research interest include biomechanic impact of lateral interbody fusions, advances in cervical myelopathy imaging and novel bone grafting techniques. Dr. Carmouche serves as Fellowship director for the Fellowship in Scoliosis and Spine Surgery. In addition, Dr. Carmouche serves as the director of the Orthopaedic Research Fellowship. His practice emphasizes minimally invasive spine surgery including spine fusions, decompressions, and revision surgeries. In addition, he has special interest in and focuses on cervical spine reconstructions and complicated pediatric and adult scoliosis and spine deformity surgery. Dr. Carmouche has four children and has lived in Roanoke since 2007.