A surgeon who listens first.

That belief shapes every visit. Dr. Mushlin is a board-certified neurosurgeon who has devoted his career entirely to the spine, and he begins where the patient begins — by listening. Most spine problems do not require surgery, and his first goal is always a balanced plan built around how you want to live, not a procedure for its own sake. When an operation truly is the right answer, he favors modern, minimally invasive techniques and explains every step in plain language, so the decision feels like one you made together.

Years of training in the most complex spinal cases mean the difficult and revision problems that many practices refer elsewhere are exactly the work he was prepared for — and that same depth and patience reach the everyday back and neck pain that brings most people through the door. The goal is the same in either case: get you back to the life you were living, with a plan that fits it.