Jared Wilcox, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCSC

  • Attending Neurosurgeon, Spine Program
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Specialties

Conditions

  • Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors
  • Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
  • Adult Degenerative Deformity, Scoliosis
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Canal Stenosis, Lateral Recess Stenosis
    • Spinal Cord Injury
    • Radiculopathy
    • Neurogenic Claudication

Procedures Performed

  • Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Discectomy and Decompression: Transforaminal, Interlaminar
  • Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery: MISS
  • Cervical Spine Fusion: ACDF, PCF
  • Cervical Disc Replacement and Laminoplasty
    • Anterior Lumbar Spine Fusion: ALIF, OLIF
    • Lateral Lumbar Spine Fusion: LLIF
    • Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion: TLIF, PLIF
    • Deformity Correction: Thoraco-Lumbar-Pelvis Fusion

About

Dr. Jared Wilcox is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Wilcox has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders and is fellowship-trained in complex spine surgery, including:

  • Adult deformity
  • Degenerative spine disorders
  • Cervical myelopathy
  • Spinal cord tumors
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Minimally invasive spine surgery 

He completed his neurosurgical training at McGill University in Montreal and his scientific training at the University of Toronto. 

Dr. Wilcox has a specific interest in endoscopic and minimally invasive surgical applications for spinal pathologies, and he is one of the only surgeons in Kentucky who performs endoscopic spine surgery. As a surgeon scientist at the UK Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, he is developing clinical trial platforms for improved management of traumatic and compressive spinal cord injury. 

Along with UK HealthCare’s Dr. Francis Farhadi, Dr. Wilcox is conducting clinical trials for improving recovery following spinal cord injury with initial surgery (NCT06520020) and spinal cord stimulation after injury has occurred (NCT06243211).

Faculty Rank

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Training & Education

Degree

BSC, MSc: Guelph University, Canada
MD, PhD (combined): University of Toronto, Canada

Residency

Neurosurgery: McGill University, Canada

Fellowship

Deformity and Complex Spine Fellowship, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.

Certifications and Special Training

FRCS(C): Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Neurosurgery

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