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Learn more about the providers at Seton Spine & Scoliosis Center, the only spine specialized neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and non-surgical rehabilitation group in the central Texas area.
Physician Bios
Matthew J. Geck, MD | John K. Stokes, MD | Lee E. Moroz, M.D.
Matthew J. Geck, MD
Spine and Scoliosis Surgeon
Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Fellowship-Trained in Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery
Co-Chief, Seton Spine and Scoliosis Center, Austin Texas
Co-Founder, SpineHope, a non profit organization that transforms the lives of children with spinal deformities worldwide through surgery, education and research.
Matthew J. Geck MD is a board certified, fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon who has a practice focused exclusively on spine and scoliosis surgery. For the past 10 years his Austin-based practice has focused exclusively on spine and scoliosis surgery, and since 2003 has become the largest spinal deformity practice in central Texas treating adult and pediatric scoliosis, kyphosis and other complex spinal problems. Dr. Geck also specializes in cervical disc replacement and cervical myelopathy. Dr. Geck’s practice is a referral center for some of the most complex cases of adult and pediatric scoliosis, as well as other complex problems of the adult and pediatric spine. He has performed well over 1200 spine operations in practice. He has had the largest spinal deformity practice in Central Texas since 2003, treating scoliosis, kyphosis, and other complex spinal problems.
 Dr. Geck believes in patient centered care, leading him to be awarded the Patients’ Choice award by MDx Medical, an independent patient research organization. This award goes to fewer than 5% of physicians nationwide, and he is rated 4 out of 4 stars at Vitals.com.
Dr. Geck was raised in Wisconsin. He performed his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin in the Medical Scholars program and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1992. He attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and graduated in 1996 Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Geck performed his orthopedic surgery residency at the UCLA Medical Center, and was Chief Resident in 2000. To add to his adult and pediatric spine training, he elected to perform two fellowships in spine surgery. Dr. Geck was certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2003. He has been in practice in Austin, Texas since 2002. He served as medical director at his previous practice, from 2008 to 2009. Dr. Geck was then named as Co-Chief of the Seton Spine and Scoliosis Center in November of 2009.
Dr. Geck performed an ACGME approved spine fellowship in adult and pediatric spine surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He then spent additional time at Miami Children's Hospital focusing on complex spinal deformities such as scoliosis, kyphosis, and revision surgery for the previously operated scoliosis patient.
Dr. Geck is also the Founder of SpineHope, a non profit organization that transforms the lives of children with spinal deformities worldwide through surgery, education and research. In addition to 7 trips to Cali, Colombia performing life changing spinal surgeries for underprivileged children, Dr. Geck intends through SpineHope to develop additional global outreach programs. For his efforts in global outreach for complex spine problems Dr. Geck was given the University of Wisconsin’s Forward under 40 award in 2009.
Dr. Geck has written or presented more than 40 scientific papers and book chapters in the journals Spine, The Journal of Spinal Disorders, Orthopedic Clinics in North America, and at the Scoliosis Research Society, International Meeting for Advanced Spinal Techniques, North American Spine Society, Cervical Spine Research Society, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a Fellow of the Scoliosis Research Society, North American Spine Society, and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
Special Interests
- Spinal Deformity
- Adult and pediatric scoliosis
- Previously Operated Scoliosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Conservative treatment of spinal deformities
- Kyphosis
- Failed spine surgery
- Flatback Syndrome
- Cervical disc replacement.
- Cervical myelopathy.
- Minimally invasive spine surgery, including XLIF, MAST, and other technologies.
- Degenerative disease of the neck and back.
- Herniated discs in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.
- Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal stenosis
Clinical Services
Spinal Deformity
- Conservative care of adult and pediatric spinal deformities
- Adult and pediatric scoliosis surgery
- Adult and pediatric kyphosis surgery
- Care for the previously operated scoliosis patient
- Brace treatments for scoliosis and kyphosis
- Growing rods for early onset scoliosis
- Titanium rib/VEPTR for early onset scoliosis
- Spinal osteotomies for complex scoliosis or kyphosis
- Complex spinal instrumentation
- Minimally invasive/Less invasive surgery for spinal deformities
Degenerative Spine
- Conservative care of degenerative spinal disorders
- Cervical and lumbar disc replacement
- Microscopic cervical and lumbar discectomy
- Minimally invasive/less invasive spinal surgery
- MAST: Minimal Access Spinal Technologies
- XLIF: Lateral Access Surgery
- Cervical and lumbar spinal decompression for stenosis
- Cervical and lumbar reconstruction for spinal instability
Tumor
- Primary spine tumors and metastases to the spine.
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John K. Stokes, MD
Board-Certified Neurosurgeon
Fellowship-Trained in Spine Surgery
Co-Chief, Seton Spine and Scoliosis Center
Dr. Stokes is a board-certified neurosurgeon, fellowship-trained in spinal surgery with a practice entirely focused on spinal surgery. He has been in practice in Austin for more than seven years and has performed thousands of spinal procedures. His practice serves as a referral center for complex spinal problems for the region. 
Dr. Stokes completed undergraduate training at the University of Texas - Austin in 1992 adding to a long family history of Longhorn graduates. Dr. Stokes subsequently obtained his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1995. He then completed Neurosurgical residency training at the University of North Carolina Hospitals and Clinics in Chapel Hill, NC. During six years of intense Neurosurgical training, he developed a keen interest in Spinal Neurosurgery prompting advanced fellowship training at the Cedars Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders in Los Angeles, CA and UCLA ending in 2002.
Dr. Stokes obtained Board Certification by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 2005 and remains a member in good standing. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He was named as Co-Chief of the Seton Spine & Scoliosis Center, Austin TX, in November 2009.
Dr. Stokes has published numerous scientific articles in peer reviewed journals and has authored book chapters relevant to spinal surgery. In addition, he has given presentations at scientific meetings around the country. Dr. Stokes was a principal investigator in a FDA IDE (investigational device exemption) study of the Mobi-C artificial cervical disc. He also collaborates with several medical device manufacturers in the development of new spinal technologies.
Clinical Services:
- Conservative/Non-operative treatment of spinal disease
- Minimally invasive spinal surgery
- Artificial cervical disc placement
- Artificial lumbar disc placement
- Endoscopic spinal surgery
- Spinal deformity surgery
- Treatment of failed spinal surgery
- Surgery for spinal instability/spondylolisthesis
- Surgery for spinal cord tumors
- Surgery for tumors of the spinal column
- Surgery for herniated cervical, thoracic and lumbar discs
- Treatment of degenerative disc disease
- Decompression for cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal stenosis
- Implantation of spinal cord stimulators and drug delivery devices
- Other forms of surgical treatment for spinal pathology
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Lee E. Moroz, M.D.
Board-Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Dr. Moroz is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He completed his undergraduate work at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.  Dr. Lee Moroz received his medical degree from the University of Texas at Houston and went on to complete his residency training at NYU Medical Center’s Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation. Dr. Moroz served as Chief Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Manhattan V.A. Hospital.
At Seton Spine & Scoliosis in Austin, Dr. Moroz specializes in helping patients return to activity without having to resort to surgery. His focus of care is the diagnosis and assessment of back and neck pain problems. Dr. Moroz is proficient in pain relieving spinal injections.
The work of Dr. Moroz has been published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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