Academic Divisions
Overview
Spinal Surgery Division within the Department of Neurosurgery at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital is comprised of surgeons and clinicians dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of patients suffering from a wide range of disorders of the spine and spinal cord. Our team includes world-class experts utilizing a patient-centered, multidisciplinary approach with innovative surgical and nonsurgical techniques specifically designed for, and individualized to, each patient.
Our multidisciplinary team offers a full complement of effective treatment options and services, including:
- Surgical treatment
- Medical management
- Spine-specific physical and occupational therapy
- Interventional procedures
- Complementary and alternative medical options
- Behavioral health services
Highly specialized physicians provide services ranging from surgical intervention to minimally invasive spine surgery, injections, and other interventions, including:
- Discectomy
- Kyphoplasty
- Vertebroplasty
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
- Spinal cord stimulators
- Percutaneous or open spinal instrumentation and fusion for back and neck pain
- Radical tumor resection and reconstruction
- Spinal reconstruction for traumatic spine injuries
- Highly complex spinal deformity correction with osteotomies
- Disc replacement
- Intrathecal pumps
- Dynamic stabilization
Conditions we treat:
- Congenital spinal disorders
- Degenerative disc disease (Spondylosis)
- Disc herniation
- Spinal stenosis
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Lumbar radiculopathy (Sciatica)
- Low back pain
- Neck pain
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Post-laminectomy syndrome
- Tumors of the spine: Chordomas, Spinal Cord Tumors, Sacral Tumors
- Spine trauma or injury
- Osteoporosis
- Osteopenia
Subspecialty Centers
- Degenerative Spinal Disorders Center
- Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Tumor Center
- Spinal Innovation and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Center
- Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Center
- Congenital Spinal Disorders Center
- Spine Trauma and Spinal Emergencies Center
- Spinal Radiosurgery Center
Our Team
Department Chair
Director
Neurosurgery Department Clinical Faculty
Neurosurgery Department Clinical Staff
Research
Neurosurgery Department
Brown University Neuroscience & Neuroengineering Collaborators
Brown University – David Borton, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Technology
“We have a very comprehensive and sophisticated spine program in that it is multi-disciplinary and multi-subspecialized and entirely patient-centered.”
– Adetokunbo A. Oyelese, MD, PhD
Rhode Island Hospital
593 Eddy Street, APC 6
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 793-9166
Fax: (401) 444-2788