Harry N. Herkowitz, MD serves as Chairman and Director of the Section of Spine Surgery and the Fellowship Program in Spine Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Herkowitz is an active member of several societies, including the Research Council of the North American Spine Society, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Association, the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and the Academic Orthopedic Society.

Dr. Herkowitz is an author of 36 chapters, 39 refereed journal articles, and 33 non-refereed health journal articles. He is an editor of the sixth edition of Rothman Simeone The Spine. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Spinal Disorders, Spine, Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, Advances in Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, and Cervical Spine Research Society. He has been honored with the Volvo Award for Clinical Research in Low Back Pain.