Spine and Neuroscience Center of South Florida
Spine and Neuroscience Center of South Florida
The Spine and Neuroscience Center (SNC) of South Florida has a mission to improve each patient’s condition and quality of life through compassionate, evidence-based spine care while utilizing the most advanced, least invasive treatment options available in the industry. We strive to deliver the best experience by providing the highest standard of care, comfort, respect, education, and service.
Spine and Neuroscience Center of South Florida
5000 W Oakland Park Blvd
Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313
954-730-2751
Vision Statement
SNC of South Florida will raise the bar in spine and neuroscience care by placing greater value on patient education. To improve lives of those suffering from spine problems by offering the most technologically advanced treatment options combined with innovative thinking and clinical expertise, and creating culture built on service excellence.
SNC of South Florida Team will prepare you for surgery and pain management, prior to and after surgery, as well as recovery outside of the hospital. Our goal is to help you regain mobility as quickly and painlessly as possible.
This approach consistently leads to:
- Better outcomes
- Shorter hospital stays
- Faster recovery
- Less pain
New Surgical Suites
FMC has recently finished remodeling its brand new Specialty Surgical Suites, giving us the ability to provide you a private room with a VIP experience.
As a patient, it’s important to know that our orthopedic surgeons will first try to develop non-surgical solutions to address your needs. If surgery does turn out to be necessary, our orthopedic surgeons and staff will educate you on the procedure and the recovery process. As you attend Joint Class, you will be thoroughly educated about what to expect before, during, and after surgery.
Concierge Service
At Florida Medical Center our Spine and Neuroscience Team will guide you through surgery from referral to recovery. Our Providers collaborate with each patient to provide the most advanced surgical and non-surgical treatment options. We are committed to safely and effectively meet our patients needs and expectations. Below are examples of treatment options available at SNC.
To schedule an appointment with one of our providers, please contact us as 954-730-2751.
Treatment Options
Our spine program provides innovative, comprehensive care for condition of the neck, back and spine. Our collective expertise in orthopedics, neurosurgery, physiatry (physical medicine), pain management, physical and occupational therapy, and nurse navigation ensures the patients are seen by the most appropriate specialist, right from the start.
Minimally invasive procedures with their smaller incisions can pose a challenge to surgeons due to the limited view the patient’s anatomy. The Mazor XTM Robotic Guidance Platform helps to overcome this challenge with a 3D comprehensive surgical plan and analytics that gives the surgeon comprehensive information and visualization before the surgery starts. Consequently, the Platform supports the surgeons’ commitment to operate with precision.
Minimally invasive surgery has been a major focus in recent years, often providing the most advanced technologies along with high quality care for patients.
JOIMAX is the leading provider of complete system for endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery allowing our surgeons to perform endoscopic assisted discectomies.
Florida Medical Center has established its reputation as a leader in spine surgery with its advanced technologies and excellence in patient care. The Mazor XTM Robotic Guidance Platform and Joimax complete endoscopic platform helps us to continue our leadership in spine surgery excellence.
Our Spine Coordinator with the providers and patients to coordinate treatment from referral through recovery. From the first visit, we collaborate with each patient to decide on the best treatment option. Often this is not surgery.
Please use this QR code to review our patient guidebook for your upcoming surgery.
Treatments
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Physical Conditioning and Rehabilitative Programs
- Behavioral Medicine Components, including relaxation training, stress management and pain reduction training
- Psychological interventions for depression and anxiety and pain-coping responses
- Medication Management
- Spinal Injection
- Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty
- Diagnostic Discography
- Percutaneous Discectomy
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Surgical Decompression and Discectomy
- Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation
- Medtronic Mazor X™ robotic guidance platform for minimally invasive surgery
- Medtronic O-armTM provides enhanced 3D visibility and surgical feedback
- Stereotactic Image-Guided Spinal Fusion
- Intracept Procedure
- Cervical and Lumbar disc replacement
- JOIMAX Endoscopic assisted discectomy- JOIMAX is the leading provider of complete system for endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery allows our surgeons to perform endoscopic assisted discectomies.
- aprevoTM Spinal Implant
- Endoscopic TLIF
- ZIEHM Imaging
Our Team
- Christopher A. Brown, MD – Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
- Kenneth L. Jarolem, MD – Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
- Lloyd Maliner, MD – Neurological surgery