Radiculopathy near Saint Marys, GA

Care Philosophy: Matching the correct patient to the proper treatment plan. Spine surgery involves many variables and each patient has a unique presentation. The goal is to find the least disruptive way to achieve symptom relief for each individual patient.

Biography: Dr. Niemeier is an orthopedic spine surgeon who provides consultation and treatment for patients with all spinal disorders. Dr. Niemeier earned a bachelor's degree at Clemson University before attending medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed a residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center where he was selected as the Kurt Niemann Most Outstanding Resident. Following residency training, he went on to complete specialized fellowship training in Spine Surgery at the Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, California. He has published over a dozen peer reviewed journal articles on a wide spectrum of orthopedic topics, is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), North American Spine Society (NASS) and AO Spine, and continues to have an active role in clinical research. In addition to the latest techniques in spinal reconstruction, Dr. Niemeier is trained in minimally invasive surgery and motion-preserving techniques.

Biography: Dr. Emmanuel Gage is a nationally recognized leader in a number of interventional pain-relief techniques, including spinal cord stimulation and vertiflex superion, a minimally invasive procedure to alleviate spinal stenosis. Dr. Gage has performed more than 15,000 interventional procedures, including cervical and thoracic interlaminar, sympathetic blocks, and joint injections. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of John Carroll University in Ohio, Dr. Gage won early acceptance to the University of Toledo Medical School as well as the school's Gregory A. Nemunaitis Award for Outstanding Medical Student in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Dr. Gage sees patients in the Centurion Spine Waycross and Brunswick offices.

Care Philosophy: Dedicated to improving patients quality of life through a comprehensive and thoughtful examination and diagnosis. Ongoing specialty care and patient education delivered with compassion in a timely manner.

Care Philosophy: At Optim Orthopedics, we know you're not yourself when even just one part of you is hurt. Because in orthopedics, everything is connected: bones, joints, ligaments, and cartilage. We're connected too. Our doctors cover every bone in the body and we work together as a team for our patients. We call our approach - Combined Strength, and we use it to get you back to you.