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Jared Wilcox, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCSC

  • Attending Neurosurgeon, Spine Program
4.68 out of 5

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

Insurance Information

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Ratings & Reviews

4.68 out of 5
14 Reviews

The star rating is a calculation based on feedback from our patients using our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Learn more about our survey process. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

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    August 4th 2025
    Good

    Patient Review

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    June 20th 2025
    Explained everything!

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    June 13th 2025
    Dr Wilcox made things happen. Admitted same day. Surgery scheduled for Sunday.

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    June 13th 2025
    First time we have been to your clinic, but Dr Wilcox took the time to listen to us, answering questions and looking into medical things patient needs in the future, we found him very caring and considerate as your whole staff was

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    April 18th 2025
    Dr. Wilcox and Lauren Bridges are the best!!
    • Patient Review

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      March 28th 2025
      Dr. Wilcox is a great listener and has the kind of bedside manner every doctor should have. He's also very knowledgeable and instills confidence. His bedside manner Oscar
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      March 21st 2025
      Dr. Wilcox is great. Probably the best Doctor I have ever seen.
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      March 14th 2025
      Dr. Wilcox is a wonderful! Each time I have seen him, he was very informative and would answer any questions that we had.
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      February 21st 2025
      Overall great experience
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      January 31st 2025
      The Doctor explained, listened, and interacted just fine. But the wait is mentally taxing
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      January 31st 2025
      I feel Dr. Wilcox will do a great job and produce as good as outcome that produce some pain relief.
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      January 10th 2025
      Dr. Wilcox explained everything very thoroughly.
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      December 6th 2024
      Wait time to see the doctor.
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      November 26th 2024
      Highly recommend this surgeon. He thoroughly explained everything to me.