South Shore Brain and Spine Specialists
West Islip, New York 11795 United States
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Dr. Kevin J. Mullins, MD, FACS, West Islip, NY 11795
Dr. Kevin J. Mullins is a board certified neurosurgeon who specializes in the management of spinal and cranial disorders. Dr. Mullins has been annually named as one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005 and was named Long Island’s top neurosurgeon by the Long Island Business News (2007).
Dr. Mullins has performed over 3,500 neurosurgical operations and specializes in the management of neck and back problems. Patients undergo a comprehensive evaluation with most patients managed with non-operative interventions such as physical therapy or pain management intervention. For a minority of patients who require surgery, Dr. Mullins performs a full spectrum of surgical procedures that range from minimally invasive (Intradiscal Electrothermy, Nucleoplasty, Percutaneous Discectomy) to complex spinal reconstruction. Dr. Mullins also has extensive experience in the surgical and radiosurgical management of primary and metastatic brain tumors.
Dr. Kevin Mullins is a Neurosurgeon with South Shore Brain and Spine Specialists.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arm pain
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Cervical spine disorders
- Chiari malformation
- Coccydynia
- Degenerative disc disease
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Foot drop
- Foot pain
- Fracture
- Headache / migraine
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Joint pain
- Kyphosis
- Leg pain
- Lower back pain
- Muscle pain / muscle strain
- Myelopathy
- Neck disorders
- Neck pain
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Piriformis syndrome
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Tumors
- Upper back pain
- Whiplash
Treatments
- ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Annulus repair
- Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
- Anterior cervical corpectomy
- Anterior cervical discectomy / decompression
- Anterior cervical fusion
- Artificial disc replacement - cervical
- Back surgery
- Bone graft substitutes
- Bracing
- Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
- Discectomy
- Dynamic lumbar stabilization
- Endoscopic microdiscectomy
- Exercise
- Interspinous process spacers
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Laminoplasty
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Lumbar corpectomy
- Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Neck surgery
- Nerve testing
- PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Posterior cervical decompression
- Posterior cervical discectomy
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Reconstructive / revision spine surgery
- Spinal cord surgery
- Spinal Decompression
- Spinal fusion
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Upper back surgery
- Vertebroplasty
Professional Affiliations
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American Medical Association
Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery
Professional Distinctions
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Chief of Neurosurgery - Good Samaritan Hospital
- Chief of Neurosurgery - Southside Hospital
- Director of the Institute of Neuroscience - Southside Hospital