COMPREHENSIVE SPINE CENTER:
A San Francisco Bay Area Medical Practice
Dr. Fred Naraghi practices orthopedic surgery & neurosurgery in San Francisco, CA
Dr. Naraghi graduated with an MD 20 years ago.
Private Practice at Fred Naraghi, MD, Inc.
Common Operations Performed:
• Microdiscectomy
• Artificial Disc Replacement: Lumbar and Cervical
• Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty
• Anterior and Posterior Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Fusion
• Plasma Disc Decompression, Laser, Nucleoplasty, Hydrodiscectomy
• X-Stop
• XLIF, TLIF, Minimally invasive Fusion
• Non-Fusion Technologies
• C1 lateral mass and C2 pedicle fixation
• Complex Revision Spinal Surgery, With or Without Neurologic involvement
• Orthopaedic Trauma
Common Diagnosis Treated:
• Disc Herniation
• Spinal Stenosis
• Cervical Myelopathy
• Vertebral Compression Fractures
• Degenerative Disc Disease of Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine
• Spinal Trauma, C1 to Sacrum, With or Without Neurologic involvement.
• Scoliosis
• Spine Tumors
• Spinal Infections
• Fractures
On-Going Research:
• Recent Advances in Spinal Stenosis
• Bone Morphogenic Protien for Cervical Fusion (Presentation at NASS 9/2006)
• Non-Fusion Stabilization of Spine
• Percutaneous Discectomy with intraop-neuromonitoring
• Comparison of Plasma to Laser-assisted discectomy.
• Pilot Study of the effect of Tisseel in the disc nucleus after discestomy.
• Epidural Abcess: Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome: 10 year experience.
SPECIALTIES
Minimally-Invasive Spine Surgeries, including Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine.
EXPERIENCE
Director, Spine Surgery
Comprehensive Spine Center
Medical Practice industry
October 2007 – Present (2 years 5 months)
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Fred Naraghi, MD, Inc.
Medical Practice industry
October 2007 – Present (2 years 5 months)
EDUCATION
New York Medical College MD 1990
BA in Physiology, UC Berkeley, CA
M.D. 1990. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
1990-1992 Research (voluntary), Dr. Perry, Pathokinesiology Lab at Rancho Los Amigos, Amputee Gait Analysis,
Downey, CA
1992-1993 Internship, General Surgery, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA.
1993-1994 Orthopaedic Research (voluntary), Dr. Firoozbaksh,
University of New Mexico, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Albuquerque, NM.
1994-1999 Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery
University of New Mexico, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Albuquerque, NM.
1999-2000 Fellowship, Spine Surgery, James Reynolds, MD, and Paul Slosar, MD,
Spine Care Medical Group/San Francisco Spine Institute.
Daly City, CA.
For spine surgeons in California, there are currently 3 boards that are recognized by the State: 1) American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, 2) American Board of Neurologic Surgery, and 3) American Board of Spine Surgery. Dr. Fred Naraghi is board certified by both the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, and American Board of Spine Surgery. If you wish to investigate Dr. Fred Naraghi’s record, please visit: http://www.medbd.ca.gov/lookup.html.
