Burak M. Ozgur, MD

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Burak M. Ozgur, MD

Neurosurgery

Affiliation

  • Hoag Physician Partners
  • Hoag Specialty Clinic

Language

  • English

About Dr. Ozgur

Dr. Burak Ozgur is a neurosurgeon and Director of the Hoag Spine Institute in Orange County. Dr. Ozgur is double board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Spine Surgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgical techniques for common degenerative and complex disorders of the spine including tumors, scoliosis, and trauma. Dr. Ozgur also has a strong interest in spinal biomechanics, and innovative minimally invasive spine surgery development and research.

He received his undergraduate degree in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and completed medical school at the University of Vermont, College of Medicine. Dr. Ozgur completed his neurosurgery residency, as well as a combined orthopedic surgery/neurosurgery spine fellowship, at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center.

Dr. Ozgur has authored over 30 articles in peer-reviewed publications, has made over 145 presentations at various venues, has written nine book chapters, and published a surgical textbook, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Practical Guide to Anatomy and Techniques. He recently published another book outlining remarkable patient stories and experiences called Grabbing Life By The Horns. Dr. Ozgur is also a member of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, AANS/CNS Spine Section, Society of Lateral Access Surgery, AANS, CNS, and the North American Spine Society.

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 Fractures
  • 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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National Provider ID (NPI): 1205877651

Education

  • Medical Education - University of Vermont (Medical Doctor)
  • Internship - University of California San Diego Medical Center (General Surgery)
  • Residency - University of California San Diego Medical Center (Neurosurgery)
  • Fellowship - University of California San Diego Medical Center (Neurosurgery)

Board Certification

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery - Neurological Surgery

Affiliations

  • Hoag Physician Partners
  • Hoag Specialty Clinic

Area of Focus

  • Neurosurgery