Radiculopathy near Riverside, CA

Biography: Dr. Clifford Douglas is a board-certified neurosurgeon practicing with California Advanced Surgical Specialists in Riverside, California. A fellowship-trained physician, Dr. Douglas specializes in the care and surgical treatment of patients in need of spinal reconstructive surgery for deformities, brain tumors, degenerative spine disorders, brain trauma, and endoscopic and stereotactic neurosurgery procedures. He has extensive experience in treating essential tremor, scoliosis, degenerative spine conditions, and other movement disorders, such as Parkinson's Disease, dystonia, and epilepsy. Dr. Douglas graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where he also completed his residency and a fellowship in Pediatric and Adult Deformity. He also completed a Doctorate and Master's Degree in Physiology, and a Doctoral Degree in Neurophysiology at Loma Linda University.Dr. Douglas has been on the active medical staff at Riverside Community Hospital for several years and most recently served as the Section Chief of Neurosurgery, and Director of Complex Spine Disorders at Loma Linda University where he also served in several other leadership positions.

Biography: After obtaining his bachelor's degree from UCLA he continued with medical school in Pomona at Western University of Health Sciences and then went on to complete a neurological surgery residency at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in San Bernardino. He continued his training at the University of Cincinnati Mayfield Clinic and Spine Institute where he completed an Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship, learning the most advanced skills, techniques, and cutting edge technology to fully treat spine problems that are seen in adults and children.He serves as the medical director of Children's Spine Foundation which allows him to help underprivileged children who suffer from severe cases of scoliosis. Through this nonprofit foundation, Dr Cramer has brought together numerous neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons from all around the United States to Guadalajara Mexico to perform scoliosis surgeries free of charge. After their initial 2013 surgery experience Dr Cramer has been able to make this an annual mission trip having performed over 30 major spine surgeries on mostly children. Dr Cramer enjoys teaching and often has medical students and residents routinely train with him. He serves as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of California Medical School Riverside and also as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Western University of Health Sciences. In addition to his clinical experience, Dr Cramer's fellowship research project was selected for the International American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Mayfield Clinic Science Award in 2008 presented in Orland Florida He became the first osteopathic surgeon to receive this award.