

The Spine Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Professional Building 2 - Suite 380
Detroit, Michigan 48236 United States
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Dr. Richard Veyna, MD, Detroit, MI, 48236
Dr. Richard Veyna is a Board Eligible Neurosurgeon in Detroit, MI who treats neck pain, spinal disorders and back pain. He has a special interest in minimally invasive surgery, surgical treatment of aneurysms, deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve tumors. Dr. Veyna established a leading regional deep brain stimulation program in Minnesota performing dozens of implants for Parkinson's Disease and Essential tremor disorder.
Working with closely with neurologists and therapists, Dr. Veyna was instrumental in creating one of the leading Deep Brain Stimulation programs in the Midwest.
With a unique process of evaluating back and spine disorders, the experts with the Spine Center at St. John Providence Health System tailor an effective treatment plan that offers each patient state-of-the-art surgical and non-surgical approaches to back and neck pain. The team of spine experts have extensive experience in effectively treating spinal deformities, tumors, spine trauma or degenerative diseases.
Dr. Richard Veyna is a Neurosurgeon with The Spine Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
Languages
Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Back pain
- Cervical spine disorders
- Chiari malformation
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Head injury
- Headache / migraine
- Migraine headaches
- Myalgias
- Neck disorders
- Neck pain
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal infections
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Thoracic spine disorders
- Trauma
- 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
- Back surgery
- Bone graft substitutes
- Bracing
- Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
- Cervical spine surgery
- Dynamic lumbar stabilization
- Endoscopic microdiscectomy
- Exercise
- Interspinous process spacers
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Laminoplasty
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Neck surgery
- PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Posterior cervical decompression
- Posterior cervical discectomy
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Scoliosis surgery
- Skull base surgery
- Spinal cord surgery
- Spinal Decompression
- Spinal fusion
- Spine Surgery
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Upper back surgery
- Upper cervical specific techniques
- Vertebroplasty
Professional Distinctions
- Neurosurgical Fellowship, Louisiana State University