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4700 Waters Avenue
Savannah, Georgia 31404 United States
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Physician Champion for Memorial Spine: James Lindley, MD, FACS, Savannah, GA, 31405
Dr. James Lindley Jr. is a Board Certified Neurological Surgeon in Savannah, Georgia specializing in a broad range of complex spinal disoders. He completed his neurological surgery training at Wake Forest University Medical Center and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He joined the Neurological Institute of Savannah in 1990.
His primary interests include minimally invasive spine surgery, motion preservation spine surgery and degenerative conditions such as spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis and scoliosis. In recent years Dr. Lindley has assisted in perfecting existing technology to ensure more successful outcomes for a broader range of patients. He also participates in clinical trials evaluating new technology.
Dr. James Lindley is a physician champion for the Center of Excellence for Spine Surgery at Memorial Spine and has been instrumental in developing a program that is evidence based and research driven.
Memorial Spine is regionally recognized for its accomplishments in spine surgery. Taking a comprehensive approach to spine-related pain, the spine specialists at Memorial Health have demonstrated their commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for patients experiencing back pain, neck pain and degenerative spine conditions.
Dr. James Lindley Jr. is a Neurosurgeon with Memorial Spine.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
Languages
Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Acute Pain
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arm pain
- Arthritis
- Auto-related injuries
- Back pain
- Cancer
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cervical spine disorders
- Chiari malformation
- Chronic pain
- Coccydynia
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Extremity Dysfunction/Pain
- Facet syndrome
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Foot drop
- Fracture
- Head injury
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Kyphosis
- Leg pain
- Ligament strain
- Lower back pain
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Neck pain
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Neuropathic pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporotic compression fracture
- Pinched nerve
- Post Surgery Pain
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal infections
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Trauma
- Tumors
- Upper back pain
- Vertebral subluxation
- Workers' Compensation Injuries
Treatments
- Annulus repair
- Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
- Anterior cervical corpectomy
- Anterior cervical discectomy / decompression
- Anterior cervical fusion
- Artificial disc replacement - cervical
- Artificial disc replacement - lumbar
- Back surgery
- Bone graft substitutes
- Caudal injections
- Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
- Cervical spine surgery
- Coccygectomy
- Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
- Diagnostic testing
- Disc arthroplasty
- Discectomy
- Discography
- Dynamic lumbar stabilization
- Endoscopic microdiscectomy
- Epidural steroid injection - cervical
- Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
- Facet joint injections / blocks
- Facet rhizotomy
- Facet rhizotomy injection
- Interspinous process spacers
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Laminoplasty
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Lower back surgery
- Lumbar corpectomy
- Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Medial branch nerve blocks
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Myelotomy
- Neck surgery
- Nerve blocks
- Pain pumps
- PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Posterior cervical decompression
- Posterior cervical discectomy
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Radiofrequency Neuroablation
- Radiofrequency procedures
- Reconstructive / revision spine surgery
- Sacroiliac joint injections / blocks
- Scoliosis surgery
- Skull base surgery
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spinal cord surgery
- Spinal Decompression
- Spinal fusion
- Spine Surgery
- Sports medicine
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Transforaminal injections
- Trigger point injections
- Upper back surgery
- Vertebroplasty
- X-STOP
Professional Affiliations
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- North American Spine Society
- Spine Arthroplasty Society
- Southern Neurosurgical Society
- American College of Surgeons
Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Neurological Surgery
Professional Distinctions
- Chief of Staff, Saint Joseph's Hospital 2007-2009
