Our Patients
Spine Neurosurgery Comes to Rescue When Injury Threatens Spinal Cord
Matt Ryan fractured his neck in multiple places in a bodysurfing accident. Spinal neurosurgeon Dr. Jon Park repaired the complicated break, saving him from paralysis.
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Experienced Experts in Treating Neurological Spine Disorders
The Stanford Neurological Spine Disorders Clinic provides comprehensive spine care and neurosurgery to treat spinal trauma, disease and deformity in adults and children at Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children's Health.
Neurological Spine Disorders Clinic at Boswell Building
Our Doctors
Care and Treatment of Neurological Spine Disorders
Nonsurgical Treatments
Interventional Spine Program
Operating within the Stanford Spine Center, the Interventional Spine Program is an outpatient program focusing on the conservative and non-operative management of neck, back, hip, shoulder and musculoskeletal pain syndromes. Headed by Dr. Matthew Smuck, the program's emphasis is on restoring function and alleviating pain. The program is unique in offering a full continuum of services from evaluation and diagnosis to custom physical therapy, targeted medications and injections.
Interventional Spine Program
Operating within the Stanford Spine Center, the Interventional Spine Program is an outpatient program focusing on the conservative and non-operative management of neck, back, hip, shoulder and musculoskeletal pain syndromes. Headed by Dr. Matthew Smuck, the program's emphasis is on restoring function and alleviating pain. The program is unique in offering a full continuum of services from evaluation and diagnosis to custom physical therapy, targeted medications and injections.
Interventional Spine Services
- Epidural steroids (cervical epidural steroid
injections) - Trigger point injections
- Joint injections
- Facet joint injections
- Nerve root blocks
- Diagnostic injections
- Discography
- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
- Radiofrequency lesioning
- Percutaneous discectomy
Spine Tumor Radiosurgery
Radiosurgery is a technique in which narrow, focused beams of radiation are used to destroy tumors without harming the surrounding healthy tissue.
The CyberKnife, developed at Stanford, has been used for patient treatment since 1994. The system delivers high-dose precision radiation directly to cancers of the spine in an outpatient setting
Our Patients
Partnering Stanford Hospital Sinus and Spine Experts Forges New Paths to Brain
Stanford surgeons teamed up for an unusual surgery, endonasal odontoidectomy. The successful procedure on her brain stem saved Sandi Wearing’s ability to speak.
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials.
Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.
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- Send medical records before your appointment
- Bring any MRI or CT films
- Plan on being at the clinic for approximately one to two hours
AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT
To reorder a prescription, have your pharmacy call 650-723-4720 or fax a refill request to 650-725-0390.
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Email: IMS@stanfordmed.org
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PHYSICIAN HELPLINE
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Fax: 650-320-9443
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TRANSFER CENTER
Phone: 1-800-800-1551, 24 hours - 7 days a week
Stanford Health Care (formerly Stanford Hospital & Clinics) provides comprehensive services to refer and track patients, as well as provides the latest information and news for physicians and office staff. For help with all referral needs and questions visit Referring Physicians.
HOW TO REFER
To refer a new patient or ask questions regarding a referral, call 650-723-6469. For urgent referrals, call 650-723-6661 and request the spine neurosurgeon on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You may also fax a referral form with supporting documentation to 650-320-9443.
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To make an appointment with one of our neurological spine disorders specialists, please call 650-723-6469.