Dr. Robert Eastlack is Head of the Division of Spine Surgery at Scripps Clinic, Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Co-Director for the Spine Fellowship Training Program at Scripps Clinic and the San Diego Spine Foundation in San Diego. He is Past President/Current Board member of the San Diego Orthopaedic Society, and a member of the International Spine Study Group, focused on adult deformity and minimally invasive research in spine surgery.

He is active as a fellow in the Scoliosis Research Society and is a Director of the San Diego Spine Foundation. Dr. Eastlack has published more than 100 articles and 175 studies/abstracts in addition to contributing chapters to 11 books. He received his fellowship training in spine surgery from Mayo Clinic, after completing an orthopaedic surgery residency and research fellowship at UC San Diego. Prior to that, he obtained his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, and graduated from Stanford University after studying Human Biology with a focus in neurophysiology.