Adam S. Kanter, MD
Adam S. Kanter, MD
Neurosurgery
Affiliation
- Hoag Physician Partners
- Hoag Specialty Clinic
Language
- English
About Dr. Kanter
Treat every patient as if they were family – this is how Adam S. Kanter, MD, MS, MBA, FAANS defines his commitment to patients. He has an unrelenting desire to give his patients the absolute best experience and outcome that hands can provide and believes every point of contact is an opportunity to positively impact the patient experience.
Dr. Kanter serves as the Ron & Sandi Simon Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair, Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute and Chief of Neurosurgery, Hoag Specialty Clinic. His practice focus is on lateral access surgical techniques and minimally invasive interbody fusion.
Prior to joining Hoag, Dr. Kanter served as Chief of Spine Surgery and as Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. A respected researcher, inventor and surgeon, Dr. Kanter is board certified in neurological surgery.
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Conditions Treated
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Arthritis Of The Low Back
- Artificial Disc Replacement
- Back Pain
- Bulging Disc
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
- Cervical Disc Disorder
- Cervical Spondylosis
- Chronic Neck Pain
- Complex Spine Surgery
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Degenerative Herniated Disc
- Difficulty Walking
- Disc Herniation
- Dorsalgia
- Herniated Cervical Disc
- Herniated Disc
- Herniated disk
- Intervertebral disc disorders
- Kyphosis
- Limb Numbness
- Limb Weakness
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbago
- Lumbar Decompression
- Lumbar Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Lumbar Spine Fusion (Lumbar Lateral Interbody Fusion LLIF)
- Mechanica Idiopathic Chronic Low Back Pain
- Microdiscectomy
- Middle Back Pain
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Myleopathy
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Compression
- Nerve Impingement
- Pain in Spine
- Posterior Cervical Laminectomy
- Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Protruding Disc
- Radiating Pain
- Radiculopathy
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Slipped Disc
- Spinal Arthritis
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Pain
- Spinal Fractures
- Spinal Osteoarthrisis
- Spinal Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spinal Trauma
- Spinal Tumors
- Spine
- Spine Pain
- Spine Revision Surgery
- Spine Surgery
- Spine Trauma
- Tailbone Pain
- Thoracic Spine Pain
- Thoracic spine fracture
- Upper Back Pain
- Weakness in Limbs
- lumbar arthritis
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Education
- Medical Education - University of Vermont (Medicine)
- Internship - University of Virginia (General Surgery)
- Residency - University of Virginia Medical Center (Neurological Surgery)
- Fellowship - University of California San Francisco (Spine Surgery)
Board Certification
- American Board of Neurological Surgery - Neurological Surgery
Affiliations
- Hoag Physician Partners
- Hoag Specialty Clinic
Area of Focus
- Neurosurgery