Dr. Jack Zigler, MD, Plano, TX, 75093

Jack E. Zigler, M.D. is a Spine Surgeon at Texas Back Institute. Dr. Zigler earned his Medical Degree from SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, NY, graduating Cum Laude. He completed his residency in Surgery at the Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center and then served as a resident and Chief resident in Orthopedic Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY. Dr. Zigler was the Arnold Fellow in Spine Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Zigler currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Cervical Spine Research Society, is a Past President of the American Spinal Injury Association, and is on the Scientific Program Committee for the Spine Arthroplasty Society. Dr. Zigler is a former Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Southern California, the former Chief of the Spinal Injury Service at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, has written over 40 published articles, and has authored two textbooks on spinal surgery. Dr. Zigler is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques and is an Associate Editor for the Spine Arthroplasty Society Journal. He implanted the first ProDisc lumbar artificial disc in the United States, and has taught the procedure to several hundred surgeons around the world.

Dr. Jack Zigler is an Orthopedic Surgeon with Texas Back Institute.

Type of Spine Care Professional

Orthopedic Surgeon

Areas Served

Plano, TX

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Conditions and Treatments

Conditions

• Arm pain
• Back pain
• Cervical spine disorders
• Degenerative disc disease
• Degenerative spinal conditions
• Foot drop
• Herniated disc / bulging disc
• Leg pain
• Lower back pain
• Lumbar spine disorders
• Muscle pain / muscle strain
• Myelopathy
• Neck disorders
• Neck pain
• Nerve pain / neuralgia
• Sciatica / radiculopathy
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Trauma

Treatments

• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
• Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
• Anterior cervical corpectomy
• Anterior cervical discectomy / decompression
• Anterior cervical fusion
• Artificial disc replacement - cervical
• Artificial disc replacement - lumbar
• Back surgery
• Bone graft substitutes
• Caudal injections
• Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
• Discectomy
• Dynamic lumbar stabilization
• Epidural steroid injection - cervical
• Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
• Facet joint injections / blocks
• Facet rhizotomy injection
• Injections
• Interspinous process spacers
• Laminectomy / decompression surgery
• Laminoplasty
• Lower back surgery
• Lumbar corpectomy
• Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
• Medial branch nerve blocks
• Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Neck surgery
• PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
• Posterior cervical decompression
• Posterior cervical discectomy
• Posterior cervical foraminotomy
• Posterolateral lumbar fusion
• Radiofrequency procedures
• Spinal fusion

Professional Affiliations

• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• North American Spine Society
• American Spinal Injury Association
• Cervical Spine Research Society

Certifications

• Board Certified, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

Professional Distinctions

• Fellowship, Spinal surgery, Case Western Reserve University
• Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, USC School of Medicine
• Former Chief of Spinal Injury Service at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Hospital