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Specialized Back and Spine Care
80 percent of Americans will have back pain during their lives. Often, this pain can be treated. The nationally ranked Ochsner Back and Spine Center in Baton Rouge offers the region’s best care for back and neck pain so you can get back to doing what you love.
The Ochsner Back and Spine Center brings together award-winning medical experts from across disciplines. Orthopedists, neurosurgeons, pain management specialists, and more all work together to create a treatment plan specific to you. No more going from doctor to doctor, clinic to clinic. Your Ochsner Back and Spine Center team delivers care in one location, making it easy for you to find care.
Team of Experts
You’ll have access to a comprehensive team of fellowship trained experts from Ochsner, including orthopedists, neurosurgeons, pain specialists, physical therapists and more conveniently located in Baton Rouge. Plus, a dedicated nurse coordinator will guide each patient through their care journey, being a resource every step of the way.
Advanced Procedures
Back and spine pain shouldn’t always equal surgery, but when it does, Ochsner’s Back and Spine Center surgeons are experts. They offer minimally invasive and advanced surgical approaches — giving our patients better results and quicker recovery times.
Conditions We Treat
- Neck and back pain
- Degenerative diseases of the spine
- Spinal deformities
- Complex adult spinal deformity
- Complex pediatric spinal deformity
- Chin on chest deformity
- Scoliosis
- Sagittal imbalance
- Kyphosis
- Cervical and lumbar disc hernias
- Traumatic spinal fractures
- Cervical fractures
- Thoracic fractures
- Lumbar fractures
- Spinal infections
- Stenosis (narrowing of the spine)
- Lumbar
- Cervical
- Tumors
- Spinal tumors
- Metastatic and primary tumors
- Tumors arising from the neural structures
- Tumors affecting the spinal column
- Chiari malformations
- Nerve injuries and Nerve tumors
- Carpal tunnel and other nerve entrapment neuropathies
Connect with Us
Same-day Appointments
We understand your pain. That’s why it’s important to us that you can access the Baton Rouge’s top care when you need it conveniently. A physician referral is not needed for an initial appointment; please call 225-761-5200 to schedule today.
For referring physicians
For appointment access to any Ochsner clinic, contact Ochsner Clinic Concierge, our dedicated physician referral line at 225-761-5200.
How to refer a patient
To initiate a patient transfer with a physician 24/7, contact 225-761-5200.
Access to Back and Spine Care Across the Region
Patients can receive care in the following regions:
- Greater New Orleans
- Baton Rouge
- Northshore: Slidell and Covington
Learn More About Back and Spine Care
Neck and Back Pain FAQs
Pain management physician Brandon Hicks, MD, hosts an in-depth discussion with neurosurgeon Justin Haydel, MD, and physical medicine and rehabilitation physician Erin Derbigny, MD, to provide answers for patients seeking treatment for neck and back pain.
