Dr. Joseph A. Christiano, MD, Tucson, AZ, 85710
Western Neurosurgery, Ltd.
520- 881-8400
6567 E Carondelet Drive - Suite 305
Tucson, Arizona 85710 United States
6567 E Carondelet Drive - Suite 305
Tucson, Arizona 85710 United States
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Carondelet Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and affiliated partner Western Neurosurgery, Ltd.Additional Location
Carondelet Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital
350 N. Wilmot Road
Tucson, Arizona 85711 United States
350 N. Wilmot Road
Tucson, Arizona 85711 United States
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Dr. Joseph A. Christiano, MD, Tucson, AZ, 85710
Dr. Joseph A. Christiano, MD is a Board Certified Neurosurgeon with Carondelet Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and affiliated partner Western Neurosurgery, Ltd. in Tucson, Arizona. He treats Spinal Disorders including herniated discs, spinal stenosis, chronic pain conditions as well as brain and spine tumors. He specializes in the surgical treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders He completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Louisville and did his fellowship in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Neurosurgeon
Areas Served
Tucson and Southern Arizona
Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Acute Pain
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arm pain
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Cancer
- Cervical spine disorders
- Chiari malformation
- Chronic pain
- 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
- Leg pain
- Lower back pain
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Neuropathic pain
- Osteoporotic compression fracture
- Pinched nerve
- Post Surgery Functional Problems
- Post Surgery Pain
- Post-concussion syndrome
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal infections
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Trauma
- Tumors
- Vertebral subluxation
Treatments
- Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
- Anterior cervical corpectomy
- Anterior cervical discectomy / decompression
- Anterior cervical fusion
- Back surgery
- Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
- Cervical spine surgery
- Discectomy
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Lower back surgery
- Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Nerve testing
- PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Posterior cervical decompression
- Posterior cervical discectomy
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spinal cord surgery
- Spinal Decompression
- Spinal fusion
- Spine Surgery
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Upper back surgery
Professional Affiliations
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Professional Distinctions
- Fellowship, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery - Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR