Quick response, neurosurgical expertise and the promise from a doctor to a patient helped Dean Otto recover from paralysis. He's now raising money for others with spinal cord injuries and just ran a half marathon with his neurosurgeon.
Read MoreSpasticity experienced by children with cerebral palsy or other neurological disorders impacts every aspect of daily life.
Read MorePediatric neurosurgeon Scott Wait, MD, of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates performed life-saving brain surgery on Anthony, son of local TV host Colleen Odegaard. In this interview, Anthony, Colleen and Dr. Wait describe the experience on Charlotte Today.
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Watch VideoForty-seven-year-old Tracy Bari has been physically active her entire life, from competing in gymnastics as a child and on her ski team in college to running marathons and triathlons. As a real estate agent in Destin, Florida, she is constantly on the move. But recently, severe back pain was putting the brakes on her high-energy life and successful career.
Read MorePatient Tracy Bari found relief from intense back pain by undergoing minimally invasive lumbar fusion (TLIF). Our on-site multi-position, open MRI revealed instability in her L3-4 vertebrae.
Watch VideoCharles woke up one morning and could not feel his left side. An AVM had ruptured in his brain. Three years later, Charles is living a full life, from pitching in a Little League game at Cooperstown to playing violin at Merlefest.
Watch VideoSix of 11 patients enrolled in the clinical study of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold have had an AIS upgrade in their spinal cord injury. Neurosurgeon Dom Coric, MD, of our practice is a co-principal investigator for this study.
Read MoreVictor was gradually losing the use of his hands. This was impacting his life and his livelihood as a barber. When he woke one morning and was unable to walk, Victor turned to our practice for help.
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