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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Spine

Spine Lab

Our fellowship-trained spine surgery faculty are highly skilled and provide surgical treatment opportunities for our trainees for all forms of pathology of the spine including:

  • Degenerative disease
  • Trauma
  • Spine deformity (including scoliosis)
  • Craniocervical junction disorders (including Chiari malformation)
  • Syringomyelia
  • Infections
  • Tumors of the vertebrae, nerves or spinal cord.

Our residents are an integral part of our healthcare team which includes allied health professionals, fellowship-trained surgeons, pain management specialists and physiatrists.  

Treatments include

  • pain injections
  • nerve ablations
  • spinal cord stimulators
  • analgesia infusion devices
  • Navigation-assisted and robotic-assisted surgery
  • Custom spinal implants
  • Carbon-fiber screws for tumor surgery
  • Minimally-invasive (MIS) or ‘keyhole’ surgery of the spine

We provide many unique spine research opportunities for our trainees, striving to allow each resident to reach their potential not only as a physician, but as a scientist as well.

 

Spine Faculty

Joshua A. Dian, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Dr. Dian

Miki Katzir, MD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Surgical Spine Oncology, Nebraska Medicine
Co-Director, Comprehensive Spine Program, Nebraska Medicine

Miki Katzir, MD