November 2019

NEUROSCIENCES

THE NEXT FRONTIER IN SPINE CARE: NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE INTEGRATED SPINE CENTER EXPANDS NON-SURGICAL OFFERINGS TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES

Featuring: Alpesh Patel, MD

Episode Summary

Northwestern Medicine offers the only Spine Center in Illinois that brings together orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery under the same roof in order to meet the needs of our patients. Alpesh Patel, MD, joins us today to discuss the inconsistencies in treatment in the field today and how Northwestern Medicine's unique, multidisciplinary spine program is addressing patients' confusion about back and neck pain and improving patient outcomes.
Alpesh Patel, MD, is the Director of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery at Northwestern Medicine and a Spine Surgeon with fellowship training in both Orthopaedic Spine Surgery and Neurosurgery. He specializes in cervical spine surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Patel’s experience and research includes cervical spine surgery, cervical myelopathy, herniated discs, minimally invasive surgery, spine trauma and spinal cord injuries. He also cares for patients with spinal stenosis, spine cancers and tumors, and neck pain. Dr. Patel is known for his clinical research on patient outcomes, genetics of spinal disease, and injuries of the spine and spinal cord. And for his research in cost-effectiveness and value in spine care, making spine surgery at Northwestern, as well as throughout the United States and the world, safer and more effective.

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