Dr. Lapp is a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with a broad background in non-operative and surgical spinal disorders in adults and children. He received his undergraduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University and graduated with honors from The State University of New York School of Medicine at Stony Brook. From there, he completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine followed by a fellowship in spinal surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to OSA, Dr. Lapp served as chief of adult spine surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Center and currently teaches as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Tufts University. He maintains an active research interest and has presented papers at the Scoliosis Research Society, the North American Spine Society, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.