Spine Center of Excellence

The Spine Center of Excellence is made up of a multi-disciplinary team of doctors, nurses and therapists who create a unique resource—a comprehensive, collaborative, patient-centered approach to caring for people with neck or back pain. The team focuses on each patient by individually reviewing every case to determine the best course of action.

This team approach improves outcomes by utilizing non-surgical as well as minimally invasive procedures, providing relief with quicker recovery and less post-operative pain. The team also provides an ongoing management program complete with a Nurse Navigator.

Thibodaux Regional is designated as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. This national designation is awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality specialty care – which expanded recently to include more robust quality measures focused on improved patient health and safety, as well as new cost-efficiency measures.

Comprehensive Spine Care from Initial Evaluatiom to Complex Surgery and Everything in Between

Conditions Treated

• Herniated disc
• Neck and arm pain
• Back and leg pain
• Degenerative disc disease
• Spinal stenosis
• Radiculopathy
• Neurogenic claudication
• Myelopathy
• Sacroilliac joint dysfunction
• Pyriformis syndrome

Rehabilitative Care

• EMG/Nerve conduction testing
• Physical and occupational therapy
• Trigger point and musculoskeletal injections
• Joint injections

Procedures Performed

• Interentional pain management
• Kyphoplasty
• Vertiflex
• Minimally invasive lumbar fusion
• Discogenic pain procedures
• Spinal cord stimulator therapy
• Joint injections
• Peripheral nerve block
• Basivertebral nerve ablation for vetebrogenic back pain
• Radio frequency nerve ablation for joints and spine
• Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar epidural steroid injections
• Other minimally invasive spine procedures

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

• Neck fusion
• Disc replacement
• Lumbar fusion
• Microdiscectomy
• Laminectomy
• Kyphoplasty
• SI joint fusion

Our Team of Physicians, Nurses and Therapists

Listed below is the expert team that work together to ensure your experience at the Thibodaux Regional Spine Center is a success. To view a doctor’s profile, simply click on the name.

Neurology

• Jessica Baity, MD
• Tashfin Huq, MD
• Ebony McKinnies, MD
• Derek Neupert, MD

Neurosurgery

• Deepak Awasthi, MD
• Lindsay Lasseigne, MD

Pain Management

• Brandon Brooks, MD
• Derek Haight, MD
• Luis Hernandez, MD
• Elizabeth Mortazavi, DO
• Ashley Peairs, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

• Trevor Boudreaux, MD
• Todd Cowen, MD

Radiology

• Jay Fakier, MD
• Blain Arthurs, MD
• Greg Dobard, MD
• Carlos Gimenez, MD

Rheumatology

• Beau Boudreaux, MD
• Ross Thibodaux, MD

Physical and Occupational Therapy

WellFit

Please call our Nurse Navigator at (985) 493-4501 to schedule your appointment.