Spine

Loyola’s orthopaedic spine activities include caring for both adults and children. Our physicians can accommodate patients with deteriorating (degenerative), traumatic, tumor formation (neoplastic) and infectious conditions of the neck (cervical), middle back (thoracic) and lower back (lumbar) spine conditions.

The spine surgeons treat the following conditions:

• Arm pain
• Back pain
• Complex spinal reconstruction
• Congenital spine deformities
• Curvature of the spine
• Flatback
• Leg pain, herniated disk
• Neck pain
• Scoliosis (adult and pediatric)
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal fusions
• Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal)
• Spinal tumors
• Spondylolisthesis (shifting of the vertebrae)
• Spondylolysis (fracture of the vertebrae)

Locations and Contacts
A full spectrum of treatment for the spine is available in Maywood at:

Loyola Outpatient Center

Services also are offered at the following Loyola sites:

Loyola Center for Health at Hickory Hills
Loyola Primary Care Center at Darien
Loyola Primary Care Center at Wheaton
Oakbrook Terrace Medical Center


If you would like to make an appointment or need assistance to find an appropriate physician, please call us at (888) LUHS-888.

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Physical medicine & rehabilitation

Section Chief
Alexander Ghanayem, MD