A minimally invasive spine specialist is a physician that specializes in the treatment of patients with spine disorders.  The focus of their patient care is to diagnose the cause of the spine problem, and then to treat the specific cause of the problem which will usually alleviate the symptoms; i.e. back pain.

A physician who is a minimally invasive spine specialist is usually board-certified in anesthesia as well as pain management.  Other terms used for this specialty include pain management, interventional spine specialist or minimally interventional spine specialist.  Regardless of the term used, key is physician’s board certification.

Indiana Spine Group is a center of excellence for the treatment of spinal disorders and abnormalities.  Located in Indianapolis - with offices in Kokomo and Anderson, we provide comprehensive spine care – including interventional pain management treatments, nonsurgical spine treatments, minimally invasive spine procedures, minimally invasive spine surgery and spine surgery.  Treating both adults and children, some common diagnoses that we treat include degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, herniated cervical disc, failed back syndrome, osteoporosis and scoliosis. 

Physicians with Indiana Spine Group include:

§          Ken Renkens, MD (neurosurgical spine surgeon)

§           Rick Sasso, MD (spine surgeon)

§           Kevin Macadaeg, MD (minimally invasive spine specialist)

§           Thomas Reilly, MD (spine surgeon)

§          Jonathan Gentile, MD (minimally invasive spine specialist)

§          John Arbuckle, MD (minimally invasive spine specialist

Stacia Matthews, health reporter with RTV6, just completed (January 2008) - a marathon in Phoenix.  Stacia has raised over $65,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. 

Stacia has reported on many new spinal procedures and treatments, interviewing physicians with Indiana Spine Group.  She has interviewed us for stories about cervical disc replacement, as well as other spine surgery, spine wellness and interventional pain management topics.  You can see her health report on the RTV6's evening news at 5:00 pm.

Congratulations Stacia!

All About Our Spine Symposium - Continuing Medical Education  

Welcome to Indiana Spine Group’s spine education blog.  The purpose of this blog is to provide information about continuing medical education opportunities sponsored by Indiana Spine Group.  In 2007, Indiana Spine Group hosted their first spine symposium for physicians and other health care practitioners.  Over 120 people attended this conference. 

At this conference, we kept hearing about the need for this type of conference – so Indiana Spine Group is going to host a spine symposium in 2008.  Entitled Back Talk – the second spine symposium will be held on August 22 and 23, 2008.  This continuing medical education conference for physicians and other health pracititioners will provide the latest information on interventional pain management - including non-surgical spine treatments, minimally invasive spine procedures and back surgery (cervical and lower back surgery) - helping practitioners treat their patients with back pain and spinal disorders.

To learn more about the conference call 317.228.7000 or click here.   

If you would like to receive a spine conference brochure, send us your contact information.  This can be faxed to 317.228.9029 or emailed to lkriech@indianaspinegroup.com.