Advocate Brain & Spine Institute at Advocate Lutheran General

Spine care: Top neurosurgeons in their field treating complex spine conditions, including adult and pediatric scoliosis and spine deformity.

Patient navigators: We want to connect you with the health care programs and services that fit your needs. Our patient navigators make connecting quick and easy, without the anxiety of sorting through our many resources. The service is free and our navigators speak several languages, including English, Polish and Korean.

Advanced stroke care: The American Heart/Stroke Association named Advocate Lutheran General Hospital a Gold Plus Quality Achievement award winner. As a comprehensive stroke center and a destination for emergency advanced endovascular treatment, we offer the highest possible outcome from acute stroke. Learn more.

Leading-edge imaging: We provide state-of-the-art outpatient diagnostic imaging in our Center for Advanced Care, allowing patients access to cutting-edge treatment options and emerging technologies in neurological care. EOS- low dose, 3D imaging for complex spine.

Advocate Memory Center: Advocate Lutheran General is home to the Advocate Memory Center. We're aligned with the Alzheimer’s Association to address all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. We offer a unique memory improvement program, called Expressions, designed to help patients and families in the earliest stages of dementia. Learn more.

Sleep medicine: Advocate Lutheran General's Sleep Center is fully accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), signifying the very highest quality care using the most current clinical standards in the field. Learn more.

Rehabilitation: Our Rehabilitation Care Unit is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for utilizing the most recent advances and rigorous standards to demonstrate that we are among the best. Learn more.

We also provide access to pediatric neurosurgery at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge. Our program offers a family-centered, interdisciplinary approach designed to improve the futures of children with neurological conditions.

Our team of neurosurgeons specialize in adult and pediatric care of the brain and spine, including:

• Minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures
• Artificial disc replacement
• Complex spine reconstruction
• Pediatric scoliosis and spine deformity
• Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain or spine tumors
• Carpal tunnel release/peripheral nerve disorders
• Endovascular surgery
• Awake brain surgery
• Image-guided brain and spine surgery
• Microscopic brain surgery

Learn more about treatment for brain conditions at Advocate.

Spine conditions

• Back pain
• Complex traumatic spinal disorders
• Compression fractures
• Degenerative spine disease
• Degenerative disc disease
• Disc herniation
• Neck pain
• Herniated disc (ruptured disc)
• Myopathy
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Kyphosis
• Scoliosis
• Spinal deformities
• Sciatica
• Spinal instability
• Spine fractures
• Spine infections
• Spine tumors
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Spondylosis
• Spondylolysis (pars fracture)
• Flat-back syndrome
• Failed back syndrome
• Arm pain
• Myelopathy
• Cervical disc disease
• Lumbar disc disease

Learn more about treatment for spine conditions at Advocate.

• Craniotomy for removal of brain tumor
• Minimally invasive brain surgery
• Awake craniotomy
• Stereotactic radiosurgery
• Intra-operative computerized image guided brain surgery
• Robotic surgery
• Neurology
• Neuroradiology
• Neuro-oncology
• Endovascular interventional procedures

Learn more about treatment for brain conditions at Advocate.

Spine services

• Minimally invasive spine surgery
• Spinal fusion
• Spinal reconstruction
• Revision of previous failed surgery
• Artificial disc replacement
• Robotic surgery
• Adult and pediatric scoliosis surgery
• Spinal cord stimulator for pain
• Discectomy
• Outpatient discectomy
• Outpatient microdiscectomy
• Laminectomy
• Laminoplasty
• True Beam
• Spinal tumor surgery
• On site advanced imaging

Learn more about treatment for spine conditions at Advocate.

Get a second opinion for:

• Brain tumor diagnosis and treatment plan
• Spine condition diagnosis and treatment plan

Making the process easy

As a patient, you’ve already been through a number of appointments and you have received images of your brain. Now, getting an independent second opinion offers tremendous value because it provides an unbiased recommendation regarding a potential solution.

3 simple steps:

• Schedule: Call to schedule your second opinion consultation
• Review: Our experts examine your brain or spine images and the recommendation you received
• Recommendation: We either validate the recommendation you received, or offer a new perspective regarding your situation

Schedule a second opinion

To schedule a second opinion consultation, contact our patient navigator who will help identify the right physician to meet your needs, as well as ensure you are seen in a timely manner.

Call 844-376-3876 to learn more.

For more information, please call 847-723-2078.

• Learn about the signs of stroke.
• Learn more about stroke care at Advocate.

Comprehensive Stroke Clinic
Brain & Spine Institute
1700 Luther Ln, Suite 1170
Park Ridge, IL 60068