About Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD

Dr. Praveen Mummaneni is the Director of the Cervical Spine Program, Director of the Minimally Invasive Spine Program, Director of the Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Fellowship Program, and Co-Director of the UCSF Spine Center. Dr. Mummaneni specializes in complex cervical spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, degenerative spine disease, adult spinal deformity (kyphosis and scoliosis), spinal tumors, and spinal trauma.

Dr. Mummaneni has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America every year from 2005-2010. In 2006, he was the honored guest of the Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons. In 2007, he was the first neurosurgeon to win the Scoliosis Research Society's Travelling Fellowship Award. In 2008, he was the honored guest of the Taiwan Neurospinal Society and was an editor of the textbook Spinal Deformity: A Guide to Surgical Planning and Management. He is currently the Annual Meeting Chair of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Dr. Mummaneni was also the lead author on the largest cervical spine artificial disc trial published to date (J Neurosurg Spine 2007;6(3):198-209) and he is involved in numerous clinical studies. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.