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Brian R. Subach, MD.

“It has always been my primary goal to get patients back to their families, their lives, and their jobs as quickly as possible when spinal problems arise. In doing so, I have realized that patience and a non-operative approach is usually most effective. After examining you and reviewing your studies, I will try to give you both a clear diagnosis of your problem and an understandable therapeutic plan. If you and I decide that surgery is the only remaining option, as a neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon, I will make every effort to ensure that both the decision and the actual surgery are as painless as possible. I, along with my partners at the Virginia Spine Institute, have been able to combine our expertise and extensive training in both neurosurgery and orthopaedic surgery to offer you the most up to date treatment modalities and surgical interventions available today."

Dr. Brian R. Subach completed his undergraduate degree with honors from Kalamazoo College in Michigan before graduating from the University of Michigan Medical School with distinction in 1993. By that time he had achieved the Edgar A. Kahn Award for excellence in Surgery, the C. Gardner Child Award for excellence in Neurosurgery, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He went on to complete a seven-year Neurosurgery Residency at the University of Pittsburgh and was given the Department’s Resident Teaching Award for his performance. He received additional training in neurovascular surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas before going on to complete a post-graduate Fellowship in complex spinal surgery at the Emory Clinic in Atlanta. He is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and currently eligible for certification from the American Board of Neurological Surgeons (ABNS).

Dr. Subach has written extensively regarding both his clinical and laboratory investigations. To date he has authored more than 40 articles in peer reviewed journals, contributed to or edited a dozen textbooks, and has presented nearly 40 invited lectures at national and international meetings. He is currently a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and the North American Spine Society (NASS). He participates in the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care, is active in the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, and is Editor-in-Chief for the Young Neurosurgeons Committee of the AANS. He is an Associate Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and a longtime member of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Subach recently left his appointment as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Emory University Medical School and has joined the Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, Virginia. His interests include artificial disc technology, minimally invasive techniques, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), and resorbable spinal implants. He continues to perform clinical research and instructs courses in advanced surgical techniques.