The Scoliosis and Spine Center offers a team of fellowship-trained and internationally-recognized medical professionals who treat more than 10,000 patients with spinal disorders each year. Please click here for more information about our program.

Unique Patient Education Program

The Scoliosis and Spine Center places special emphasis on educating and guiding patients and their families through all aspects of treatment. Our unique Clinical Case Management system features full-time registered nurses who prepare patients and their families for every step of a particular treatment pathway, operative or non-operative. This continuum of care, which begins with our physicians, results in more effective communication and completely prepares patients for their treatment and recovery. It is not uncommon for our patients to comment "You are the first doctor to spend so much time with me."

Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment Approaches

Patients travel to our Center from all over the world because of our reputation for treating all aspects of spine problems, surgical and non-surgical. Treatment programs are individualized, and while each surgeon at The Scoliosis and Spine Center is considered a craftsman in the most advanced spine procedures and techniques, we only prescribe to our patients what they need and what is appropriate, not what is in vogue.

Our Center features a certified nurse practitioner who specializes in non-operative spine care and who works closely with our surgeons providing expert spine problem management.

Motion Preservation

Motion is life, and life is motion. Most of our patients do not want to have a fusion if another option is available. The Spine and Scoliosis Center is world renowned for the development and research into disk replacement procedures and flexible rods which preserve motion. These are usually part of FDA prospective investigational studies. We have participated in clinical research in the development of cervical disk replacement, lumbar disk replacement, and posterior flexible rod systems. Patients are enrolled according to strict US FDA guidelines as part of nationwide studies which are listed on the website - www.spine-health.com. We cannot promote or recruit patients for these studies but we can provide educational materials to patients on an individual basis if you qualify.

Expert Treatment of All Aspects of Spine Problems

We provide expert care of all spine and neck problems including:

Cervical:

Lumbar:

Spinal Deformity:

Tumors of the Spine:

Infections of the Spine:

Sports-related injuries:

FDA Studies We Have Performed Or Are Currently Involved In:

Charite lumbar disk replacement - for diskogenic low back pain

Dynesys posterior lumbar system - for Grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis or central lumbar spinal stenosis

Cervical disk replacement - for cervical radiculopathy or herniated cervical disk

BAK Vista

Laparoscopic BAK

OP-1

Osteotech Grafton Putty

Spine Fellowship Education Program

We also offer a nationally-acclaimed fellowship education program for orthopaedic surgeons electing to specialize in spine surgery. Physicians who participate in this annual program receive extensive experience and training in surgery, clinic, academics, and research. These physicians are an important part of our treatment program and after graduating from our Center establish successful spine programs throughout the United States.