- Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists PC (ONS)

Paul J. Apostolides, M.D.
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Reconstructive Spine Surgery
General Neurosurgery

Dr. Paul Apostolides is a neurosurgeon and fellowship-trained spine surgeon who has extensive experience in minimally invasive and reconstructive spine surgery including minimally invasive spinal fusion.

Dr. Apostolides graduated Stanford University and University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his residency at the prestigious Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona where he also completed fellowship training in spine surgery. Board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, Apostolides is a well-published and nationally recognized expert in spinal surgery. He served on the North American Spine Society Guidelines Committee, which creates treatment standards for spinal disorders used by spine specialists across the country.

Dr. Apostolides believes that surgery is a last choice for treatment of back pain and should be considered only after the cause of a patient’s symptoms has been accurately identified and all non-surgical options have been thoroughly explored. Most episodes of acute back pain will be resolved with rest, activity modifications, anti-inflammatory medications, physical therapy and a home exercise program. Most patients can avoid future episodes by taking a global approach to their recovery that includes weight and posture control, muscle strengthening, sleeping on a good mattress and not smoking. Patients who have structural problems of their spine or spinal instability and have not benefited from conservative treatment, are often excellent surgical candidates. Only a very small select group of people with back pain in combination with degenerative disc disease will benefit from surgical intervention. The goal of treatment, whether surgical or non-surgical, is to get the patient back to his, or her, normal activity level.