Advanced Spine and Orthopaedic Care

12/31/2025

Wishing everyone a happy new year. Special thanks to the patients that came to see us and the staff that works tirelessly behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly.

12/24/2025

I was recently fortunate enough to have the incredibly talented capture some striking images of minimally invasive spine surgery - a technique has revolutionized spine surgery in recent years.

Brian’s recent work focuses on capturing just the hands at work with beautiful artistry. I encourage you all to explore his work.

12/23/2025

This lovely patient was my 5th surgical patient in practice as a new surgeon in Seattle in 2016. Nine years later he found me in California and flew down this month to have a two level outpatient revision surgery at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. I’m thrilled to see him planning his trip back home one week post-op and off pain medicine. Outstanding.

10/08/2025

10/08/2025

This lovely patient made my day. 9 years ago I performed a laminectomy procedure on him as a new surgeon at the University of Washington in Seattle. I remember he was one of my first surgical cases.

He remembered me, followed my career, and today flew down to Los Angeles just to see me again for a consult. Stories like this are very humbling and make me quite grateful for having this career.

09/23/2025

Highlights from day one at the FOCOS Hospital in Ghana. We had a half day of clinic and a visit to a local orphanage. Grateful for the team that we’ve assembled for this mission trip. Excited for the week of surgery ahead!

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09/11/2025

Excited to share that our practice is now seeing patients in our San Pedro location! Today was our first day. For years I’ve found this community to be hardworking, kind and respectful. Grateful to finally have this opportunity. Call us at 562-732-4578 for an appointment.

09/09/2025

This past week we helped a patient with a very complex spine problem. He had a cervial deformity and a lumbar scoliosis both of which were fixed in the past. Unfortunately, he sustained hardware failure with a broken rod in the middle of this thoracic spine. This can sometimes happen with long complex fusions. We performed a revision utilizing a “multi rod technique” and placed 4 screws into the pelvis which is shown in this image.

This strategy, while technically challenging has great benefit in these tough situations. 4 rods and pelvic screws allow a rigid construct that is very resistant to failure and provides peace of mind for patients. Across the middle thoracic spine where the construct is most vulnerable, we have 6 rods in place. We also place large cages in the front of the spine to provide additional support.

I’ve learned many of these complex techniques after many years of doing revision cases and from my experience doing complex scoliosis cases abroad in Africa. I’m happy to report that the patient is doing well less than two weeks after this complex reconstruction.

09/08/2025

We had a great day in Marina Del Rey. Three cases and clinic. Big shoutout to my PA Calvin for making it all go smoothly today.

09/30/2023

I always love when patients leave us hand written cards for appreciation. As you can see it’s not just me but our concierge staff that makes the spine experience exceptional at our practice. .md

09/17/2023

Best spine team in the world. I’m glad they had a nice team building event. Their ability to care about each other and work as a team translates to an exceptional work environment for the patients. .md

09/14/2023

This week I had the joy and privilege of having Arthur Sackeyfio, a fellow spine surgeon, come to visit us from the FOCOS hospital in Accra Ghana. He has been a friend and colleague for ten years. We aim to share knowledge and continue to grow the outreach program together. Great to have him at Long Beach. I’m grateful to have this collaboration! .md