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The Neurosurgical Spine Program at USC University Hospital
Los Angeles, California 90033 United States
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Dr. Patrick C. Hsieh, MD, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
Dr. Patrick C. Hsieh is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon, with expertise in spine tumors, spinal deformity, minimally invasive surgery, and other complex spinal procedures. While completing his surgical internship and neurosurgery residency at Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center in Chicago, he also received specialized training in spinal deformity surgery and advanced minimal invasive spine surgery. Dr. Hsieh then completed an additional spine instructorship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, specializing in spinal oncology and complex spinal reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Hsieh provides care to patients with all neurosurgical problems, but his primary clinical interests are in minimal invasive spine surgery, spinal oncology, en bloc spondylectomy, spinal deformity surgery, and complex spinal reconstructive surgery. He is particularly interested in the application of innovative techniques and technology for the treatment spinal diseases, including minimal invasive spinal procedures, artificial disc replacement, and other motion preservation surgeries. His research focuses on outcome studies of spinal oncology surgery, spinal deformity surgery, and minimal invasive spine procedures. His other research endeavors include studies on spinal biomechanics and the application of osteobiologics and nanoparticles for spine reconstructions.
Dr. Patrick Hsieh is a Neurosurgeon with USC Neurosurgical Spine Institute.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Back pain
- Cancer
- Cervical spine disorders
- Chiari malformation
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Head injury
- Lower back pain
- Neck disorders
- Neck pain
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal infections
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Thoracic spine disorders
- Trauma
- Tumors
- Upper back pain
- Vertebral subluxation
- Whiplash
Treatments
- Back surgery
- Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
- Cervical spine surgery
- Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
- Diagnostic testing
- Diet & nutritional counseling
- Electrotherapy, e.g. TENS
- Endoscopic microdiscectomy
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Lower back surgery
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Medications for pain and related health issues
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Neck surgery
- Non-surgical treatment and diagnosis
- Pain management
- Reconstructive / revision spine surgery
- Scoliosis surgery
- Skull base surgery
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spinal cord surgery
- Spinal Decompression
- Spinal fusion
- Spine Surgery
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
- Upper back surgery
- Upper cervical specific techniques
Professional Affiliations
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
- Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cloister Alumni
- American Medical Association
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
- Golden Key Honor Society
- Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
- UCLA Association of Chemist and Biochemist
Certifications
- Board Eligible, American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Professional Distinctions
- Director, USC Neurosurgery Spine Center