Michael Scott Turner, MD, PhD, a Neurosurgeon with Comprehensive Neurosurgery
Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Scott Turner, who serves patients in Lewisville, Texas.
A board-certified and fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with more than 15 years of experience in the field, Dr. Turner sees patients at his private practice – Comprehensive Neurosurgery – in Lewisville, Texas. He is proficient in the latest minimally invasive surgical techniques for the relief of back and neck pain, and works to improve patient outcomes by using these techniques on patients with degenerative disc disease, spinal tumors and spinal deformity. He is also trained in the treatment of cranial disorders, including brain tumors.
Originally from California where he completed his undergraduate education, he moved to Chicago and graduated with his medical and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. He then went on to complete his internship and residency in neurological surgery at the University of Chicago in 2010. After completing a fellowship in spine surgery at the Cedars Sinai Spine Institute Foundation in 2011, he moved to Texas to start his medical practice.
Passionate about his profession, the doctor is board-certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, whose broad aim is to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards, and advance the science of neurological surgery and thereby serve the cause of public health.
Among his other roles, Dr. Turner can be found on staff at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine, and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving.
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgeons are doctors who diagnose and treat problems with the nervous system, often by performing surgery on the brain or spine. They treat strokes, tumors, certain types of birth defects, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.
Learn More about Dr. Michael Scott Turner:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/234684-Michae-Turner-Neurosurgeon or through Comprehensive Neurosurgery, https://comprehensiveneurosurgery.com/about-us/meet-dr-turner/
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