"Our mission is to restore function and reduce or eliminate pain experienced by patients with back pain. We treat patients holistically addressing the mind, body and spirit through a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team of specialists."
The Neurosurgical Spine Program at USC University Hospital
Los Angeles, California 90033 United States
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Dr. Thomas C. Chen, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
Thomas C. Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Neurosurgeon, specializes in neuro-oncology, treating a wide range of brain and spinal cord tumors. His clinical and research interests are three pronged: 1) using neuronavigational instrumentation and frameless strategic devices to localize brain tumors prior to open surgery; 2) performing clinical trials for the treatment brain tumors; 3) conducting translational lab research focusing on gliomas. Dr. Chen received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed his surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at USC, where he also earned his doctorate in experimental pathology. He then completed a one-year spine fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin before joining the USC faculty in 1997. He is currently a tenured associate professor of neurosurgery and pathology.
Dr. Thomas C. Chen 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
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgery
- American Association of Cancer ResearchNorth American Spine Society
- Society of Neuro-Oncology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Professional Distinctions
- Associate Professor, USC Neurosurgery Spine Center
- Co-Director, USC/Norris Neuro-Oncology Program
- Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pathology, USC Keck School of Medicine