A Specialist in Neurosurgery

George Yang, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon with advanced fellowship training in trauma and complex spine surgery. He specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, revision spine surgery, spinal deformity correction and failed back surgery syndrome.

Dr. Yang also treats brain tumors and traumatic brain and spine injuries, offering both minimally invasive and traditional surgical techniques tailored to each patient’s condition.

He treats the following conditions:

  • Brain tumors
  • Cervical, thoracic and lumbar disc disease
  • Failed back surgery syndrome
  • Herniated discs and sciatica
  • Myelopathy and spinal cord compression
  • Spinal deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis)
  • Spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis
  • Spinal tumors
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Traumatic spine fractures

Dr. Yang offers the following procedures:

  • Artificial disc replacement
  • Cervical, thoracic and lumbar fusion (posterior, anterior, lateral)
  • Craniotomy for tumor
  • Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty
  • Microdiscectomy and laminectomy
  • Minimally invasive spine surgery (ALIF, XLIF, TLIF)
  • Revision surgery for prior spinal hardware
  • Spinal cord stimulator placement
  • Spinal instrumentation for fractures or deformity
  • Spinal tumor surgery

Speaks: English, Mandarin

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