The Spine Center was established as a center of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of spine conditions and disorders. The Spine Center operates under the direction of orthopaedic surgeon Jesse Stem.

The Spine Center team pulls together everyone involved in the treatment of a patient’s spine: the orthopaedic surgeon, physician assistant, physiatrist, physical therapist – and the patient – and works together to insure consistent delivery of the highest quality care available.

The availability of on-premises interventional pain therapy has enhanced the level of treatment available to spine patients. Dr. Joyce Huerta, physiatrist, is on staff to provide patients with non-surgical management of pain. Interventional injections offer pain relief to patients and allow the physicians to exhaust non-surgical spine treatments, and to possibly avoid spine surgery.

Kamal Chantal, PA-C, Spine Center physician assistant, has been trained in every aspect of the diagnosis and treatment of spine conditions. Available to provide initial work-ups for patients, and some follow-up care, Mr. Chantal’s role allows our surgeons to see more patients, thus reducing wait time for new patients to get an appointment with The Spine Center surgeons.