George A. Frey, MD - is a board certified Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon and the founder of the Colorado Comprehensive Spine Institute. Dr. Frey has focused his medical practice on the treatment of all complex problems of the spine including cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions in the adult as well as the child. Dr. Frey has extensive experience and additional training in the areas of complex spinal reconstruction surgery, revision surgery, and scoliosis surgery for the child and adult. His current practice reflects a strong expertise in the complex adult spine problem, where deformity or revision surgery is involved.

Dr. Frey is a highly regarded spine specialist who received his medical training from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Dr. Frey completed his residency and fellowship in Orthopedic Spine Surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He also completed advanced specialized Fellowship training in reconstructive and traumatic spinal surgery involving all regions of the spine for such conditions as scoliosis, trauma, degenerative deformities, tumors, and infections. Dr. Frey has served the Front Range medical community and has been in practice since 1993. In 2001, he founded The Colorado Comprehensive Spine Institute, a multidisciplinary program for the management of spinal disorders of all types. In addition, he has been an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado - Health Sciences, Denver, CO, for over a decade, and served as the Chief of Spinal Surgery  for 2005.

Dr. Frey is very active as a leader in the development of new surgical techniques, spinal systems and implants. He has taken a prominent role in the national and international educational process of his fellow surgical spine specialists and lectures extensively in these areas. Dr. Frey has a specific expertise in emerging motion sparing ( non fusion) technologies and techniques for minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles in the area of spinal and orthopedic surgery.

Dr. Frey was born in Basel, Switzerland and enjoys skiing, biking, vintage car racing, restoration, and motor sports. He is married to Heidi, an accomplished attorney and small business owner. Together, they enjoy their young daughter and two sons.