Amazingly, surgeons can take bone from one part of the body and place it in another and it will grow there. Bone is one of the only tissues in our body that can regenerate in this way. Spine surgeons often make use of this natural phenomenon to perform a spinal fusion. That is, they use the natural growing powers of bone to stabilize a segment of the spine...

Cross Section of Intervertebral Disc Between Two Vertebrae Doctors at the Spine Center are taking a leading role in the advancement of the Artificial Disc Replacement.  Getting implantable devices like these from the lab to patients requires rigorous testing and approval by the Food and Drug...

Artificial Disc Replacement [caption id="attachment_2631" align="alignleft" width="331" caption="Artificial Disc implanted in Cervical Spine (view from side)"][/caption] Cervical Disc Disease The cervical spine has seven vertebrae and between each of those vertebrae is a disc. Age, genetics, and...

Dr. Kaiser is a board certified neurosurgeon and faculty member of the Neurosurgical Department at Columbia University with advanced subspecialty training in complex spinal surgery. Dr. Kaiser's clinical interests include artificial cervical disc replacement, minimally invasive spine surgery,...