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The Spine Institute on the Emerald Coast Tell us about your practice. Our experienced, board-certified medical professionals provide comprehensive, patient-centered care for virtually all spinal disorders. Our compassionate care includes the most current, clinically proven solutions for all conditions affecting the adolescent and adult spine. Conditions treated include acute and chronic low back and neck pain, radiculopathy, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, scoliosis, infections and spinal trauma. What is your goal? Our goal is to serve the community by helping to restore and maintain optimal health and quality of life. We are humbled and proud to have become the primary spine care and complex surgical providers on the Emerald Coast since 2012.
Kornelis Poelstra M.D. Ph.D. is a recognized
world leader in the diagnosis and treatment of complex spinal diseases. He specializes in robotic-assisted, minimally invasive spine surgery and complex traditional spinal deformity correction. Dr. Poelstra lectures and trains surgeons worldwide on these topics. He recently became the first surgeon in the world to use robotic spine surgery for lateral spinal deformity reconstruction.
Lori Poelstra M.D. is currently the director of The Spine Institute and First Assist Surgeon. She is dual board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Dr. Poelstra enjoys alleviating patients’ pain by providing interventional diagnostic and therapeutic pain procedures and injections. Charles Wingo M.D. came to us 18 months ago from
Tallahassee where he had taken care of the neck and back problems of FSU Seminole athletes for 20 years. He has a specific interest in interventional pain injections, minimally invasive spine surgery and artificial disc replacements.
John Britt M.D. joined us in January from Illinois. He was previously Lieutenant Commander at the U.S. Naval Medical Center in San Diego and the U.S. Naval Hospital in Naples, Italy. He specializes in cervical and complex lumbar spine surgery and is a skilled scoliosis surgeon. Pritesh Patel M.D. is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He joins us now from Panama City, Florida, and has a special interest in acute and chronic musculo-skeletal pain medicine, headache, fibromyalgia, concussions/traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Jon Needler PA-C and Rachel Samuelson PA-C work closely with our physicians and are highly skilled in diagnosis and treatment of even the most complex spinal pathologies.
CONTACT: (850) 460-2350 | EmeraldCoastSpine.com | Locations in Destin, Fort Walton Beach and Crestview
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