Kevin T. Foley

Dr. Foley is a practicing neurosurgeon and active entrepreneur who invented many of the surgical devices and techniques that have revolutionized minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Foley is the Chairman of Semmes-Murphy Neurologic & Spine Institute and a tenured professor of neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery and biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee. He has authored over 35 book chapters and more than 125 journal publications, lectured at more than 600 scientific meetings and educational workshops, and holds more than 150 patents issued by the USPTO. Dr. Foley is the recipient of the 2019 AANS Cushing Award for Technical Excellence and Innovation in Neurosurgery, awarded by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He received his M.D. from UCLA.