Paddling, duck-diving, popping up and taking a beating on the reef all add up on the spine. Surfers know it better than anyone.
Dr. Ali H. Mesiwala, MD, FAANS is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in minimally invasive and reconstructive spine surgery, with a focus on motion-preserving disc replacement. Freesurf readers may remember his look at what surfing asks of the human spine in a past issue.
About the practice
- Experience: More than 8,000 operations in private practice since 2004
- Specialties: Cervical and lumbar disc replacement, minimally invasive SI joint surgery, and spinal cord stimulation
- Outpatient focus: Most cases are done in an outpatient setting
- Training: Johns Hopkins (biomedical engineering), UCSF School of Medicine, and neurosurgery residency at the University of Washington
Based in Southern California with offices in Newport Beach and the Los Angeles area.