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Kourosh Tavanaiepour

Kourosh Tavanaiepour, D.O.

Assistant Professor; Chief, Division of Adult Spine; Medical Director, Spinal Surgery; Medical Director, Spine Center; Medical Director, Spine Neuro-Oncology Program; Program Director, Neurotrauma and Spine Fellowship Program

Department: Neurosurgery – Jacksonville
Business Phone: (904) 383-1022
Business Email: kourosh.tavanaiepour@jax.ufl.edu

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About Kourosh Tavanaiepour

Kourosh Tavanaiepour, D.O., is a UF assistant professor of neurosurgery and a UF Health neurosurgeon in Jacksonville, Florida. He is medical director of the UF Health Comprehensive Spine Center and specializes in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery and neurological surgery. Clinical interests include treatment of all types of spine disorders, from chronic back pain to complex conditions such as adult scoliosis. Other conditions treated include intervertebral disc disease, spinal tumors and spine deformities.

Additional Positions:
Chief
2021 – Current · Division of Adult Spine
Program Director
2020 – Current · Neurotrauma and Spine Fellowship Program
Medical Director
2019 – Current · UF Health Comprehensive Spine Center
Medical Director
2019 – Current · Spine Neuro-Oncology Program
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
2017 – Current · University of Florida
Medical Director
2017 – Current · Spinal Surgery

Board Certifications

  • Neurological Surgery
    American Osteopathic Board of Neurological Surgery

Clinical Profile

Specializes in Minimal Invasive and Complex Spine and Neurological Surgery

Specialties

  • Neurosurgery

Subspecialties

  • Spine Surgery

Areas of Interest

  • Cervical Herniated Disk
  • Herniated Disk
  • Lumbar Herniated Disk
  • Scoliosis
  • Spinal Injury
  • Spinal Tumor

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Halo vest immobilization – an institutional review of safety in acute cervical spine injury from 2013 to 2017.

    Journal
    British journal of neurosurgery.
    Volume/Issue
    35(5):639-642
    [DOI]
    10.1080/02688697.2021.1947976.
    [PMID]
    34319211.
    3 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  2. Acute recurrent bradycardia with evoked potential loss during transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

    Journal
    Anaesthesia reports.
    Volume/Issue
    8(1):63-66
    [DOI]
    10.1002/anr3.12049.
    [PMID]
    33163964.
    3 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  3. Combined Posterior-Anterior Interbody Fusion in the Management of Traumatic Lumbosacral Dissociation: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

    Journal
    Cureus.
    Volume/Issue
    12(2)
    [DOI]
    10.7759/cureus.7089.
    [PMID]
    32226690.
    1 citation PubMed Publisher’s Site

  4. Spontaneous Cerebral Spinal Fluid Rhinorrhea with Meningocele Secondary to Congenital Foramen Rotundum Defect: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

    Journal
    Asian journal of neurosurgery.
    Volume/Issue
    15(1):187-189
    [DOI]
    10.4103/ajns.AJNS_228_19.
    [PMID]
    32181200.
    5 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  5. Surgically Treated de Novo Cervicomedullary Arachnoid Cyst in Symptomatic Adult Patient.

    Journal
    World neurosurgery.
    Volume/Issue
    116:329-332
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.046.
    [PMID]
    29777892.
    4 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  6. Management of severe traumatic flexion-distraction injuries in a multisystem trauma patient: A case report.

    Journal
    Trauma case reports.
    Volume/Issue
    5:18-23
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.tcr.2016.09.009.
    [PMID]
    29942850.
    1 citation PubMed Publisher’s Site

Grants

  1. Globus Medical Fellowship Grant

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    GLOBUS MEDICAL

  2. Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Fellowship

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NUVASIVE

Education

  1. Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Fellowship

    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  2. Neurological Surgery Residency

    Hackensack University Medical Center

  3. Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

    Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(904) 383-1022
Emails:
Business:
kourosh.tavanaiepour@jax.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
UF Department of Neurosurgery – Jacksonville
580 W 8TH ST
 JACKSONVILLE FL 32209
Business Street:
UF Health Neurosurgery – Jacksonville
580 West 8th Street
8th Floor, Tower I
 Jacksonville FL 32209