Jared Wilcox, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCSC
Jared Wilcox, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCSC
- Attending Neurosurgeon, Spine Program
Specialties
Conditions
- Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors
- Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
- Adult Degenerative Deformity, Scoliosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Canal Stenosis, Lateral Recess Stenosis
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- 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
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- 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
Residency
Fellowship
Certifications and Special Training
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