atifmalik
Atif Malik, M.D., grew up in Houston, Texas, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree at the Houston Baptist University. Graduating with Cum Laude honors in Fine Arts, Biology and Chemistry, Dr. Malik went on to finish his Medical Degree from St. Georges University School of Medicine. Dr. Malik completed his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine where he was then chosen to serve as Chief Resident. He then went on to sub-specialize by completing an Interventional Pain Fellowship from Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He further trained in percutaneous and endoscopic spine surgery under world renowned spine surgeon, Dr. Thomas Hoogland of the Alpha Klinic in Munich, Germany and fellowship trained in advanced spinal surgical technique developed by Wooridul Hospital in Soul, Korea. Dr. Malik has been one of the first physicians to educate and train endoscopic spine surgeons in the United States in a bloodless and minimally invasive technique to preserve normal disc tissue.
Hometown: Germantown, MD United States
Occupation: Physician
Interests: American Spine is a multi-specialty practice dedicated to treating painful spinal conditions using state of the art techniques. American Spine physicians are leaders in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, offering you a safe and effective alternative to open neck or back surgery. We continue to perfect these procedures either through an advanced surgical approach or using specialized surgical instruments known as Spine PulseTM. Our spine surgeons perform arthroscopic/endoscopic spine procedures just like orthopedic surgeons perform arthroscopies of the peripheral joints such as knees and shoulders. Spine PulseTM surgeries are mostly done to correct spinal stenosis or herniated discs and can eliminate pain and disability in a 1 hour procedure using light sedation, intra-operative nerve monitoring and local anesthesia. For herniated and degenerated discs or stenosis of the cervical, and lumbar spine, the best and most recent medical evidence has shown that outpatient endoscopic spinal surgery provides equal outcome results with less cost, faster recovery and fewer complications to than traditional open spine surgery.
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